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A PUBLIC WARNING.
(.Boston Record.;
i he iiastktnd cud* 1* stirring a vast
amount of comment that tnlsse* the
point. The point Is that this catastro
phe demonstrates an utter lack of lew
10 prevent the' construction or use, on
i he lakes at least, of boats unsafe for
[rattle. The seamen’s bill, which Is to
go Into effect next November, ha* been
oiagged into the discussion, from both
points of view; but of what important
pertinence is it to point out require
ments in that bill concerning life-sav
ing precautions, when it is remember
ed that this traged; occurred not on
the open water but at the dock? No
amount of provisions for saving life
after an accident can excuse the acci
dent itself I The point is that the boat
toppled over, nut that there might have
been lids or that change in the material
or Human equipment of tile vessel,
i ne necessity lor life boats, life pre
servers and a competent crew ably
• •ulcered is plain—it id not a recent
discovery. The distinguishing feature
of this Buatand disaster is the fault
in the boat. The tremendous warning
to me public is that the law does not
at present protect the public against
. essels which are death-trap*. The
peat in the world uiid the finest life
preserving equipment known could not
nave prevented or excused lids over
turn of a crowded boat.
KOVAL MARRIAGES.
(Toronto Telegram. J
Brians royal house will a at a
.uss tor royal imulllco io marry into
whan Uiis wai Is concluded,
German royalties, even it ilia liulien
-ollerns are left on ttie throne, can
never again marry or be given in mar
riage Willi kings or (jueens, princes <>r
i ii iiu esses of Britain's royal family.
I loyal families of Germany and of
countries sympathetic wilti Germany
are excluded from the list of candi
dates for wedlock with British royal
ties. Russia’s state church is on bro
therly terms with the church of En
gland. Religious difflerenees would
not asolutely forbid a Russo-British
royal marriage.
Europe is not the home of many
royal houses that are at once Protest
ant and pro-British. War’s effect on
mure royal marriages in Britain is
more interesting than important.
British people are now concerned with
more awful and momentous issues tha
more awful and momentous issues than
those related to the intermarriage of
royalties. British princes and prin
cesses for all time to come will have
ro took elsewhere than Germany for
brides and bridegrooms.
GERMANY'S FUTURE.
(Boston Record)
Writing in his new book, ‘The War
and After,” Sir Oliver Bodge lets drop
this significant sentence:
Ultimately there may e a future
for German colonies in South Ameri
ca; and if that development be at
tempted, I trust that we shall imitate
the example of our friends in the
northern continent and remain strict
ly neutral and impartial.
Even before this was penned, a
distinguished American hazarded in
private the following forecast of how
the war would end: There would,
he said, be a deadlock, prolonged un
til its costs could not bo borne. Then
Germany and Great Britain would
shake hands, the latter saying "Re
store Belgium, yield up the captured
part of Franco, nationalize Poland
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and seek your place in the sun in
that richest of all continents, South
-jnerica—we will not sa> you nay.'
The Monroe Doctrine’.' It is effective
only so far us enforced. The liberated
German navy combined with the un
paralleled German army could drive
coaches through it, especially if we
had no better wav of stopping them
than by correspr.de nee.
ALIENATING MIC DEFENDERS.
tDunn County (Wisj News.;
Roosevelt's bud break at tile mili
tary cump at Platujburg, which was
the occasion of a reprimand directed
by Secretary of War Garrison to
I General Wood, was just such an out
burst us might have been expected
from the belligerent ex-president and
just such an utterance as proves the
maker of it unlit for a post of high
responsibility and honor.
it could not have been more ill- |
timed and better calculated to stir :
up feeling.
During the entire administration
of President Wilson to date, thiH
former president who, better than
others, should know aud appreciate
how hard the path of tin- executive
can be made ’by just such opposition,
has done all he could to embarrass
Hie White House. At this juncture,
’ however, the inllammatory and in- |
cendlary pronouncements of Mr. I
Roosevelt are especially harmful and
utterly lacking in excuse.
The most evident result of hi-s
course is the ulienation of the sup
port of those who in tile past have
acquired the habit of apo'oglzlng for
his idiosyncrasies and mental ex
cesses.
WILL KING COTTON
BE DEPOSED
tAmerican Review of Reviews.)
All the German endeavors to find
substitutes for cotton may appear
ridiculous to us who have been
brought up with tiie idea that “cot
ton is king” and that we are destined
for all time to supply this fiber to
the civilized world.
The farmers who cultivated the
madder root and the planters who
raised indigo were also inclined to
Jes when they were apprised of the
fact that German chemists had suc
ceeded in reproducing In the labora
tories the dyes which their crops fur
nished. But when the manufactured
materials drove the natural products
from the markets and left the farmers
and planters without a job, hilarity
ceased.
History may repeat itself, and wil
low bark and nettle or some other
substitute raised on German soil may
in the near future threaten the su
premacy of King Cotton. The German
chemist has a duty to perform, and
with his perseverance and application
he does not shrink from any prob
lem, however, difficult it might ap
pear to outsiders.—Hugo Schweitzer.
CAN’T DISPLACE THE MULE.
(Chicago Post.)
The military motor has worked a
marvel of changes in tho armies of tho
world, but it has been powerless to-af- !
feet tiie status of that standby of tho
years, the army mule. Teamsters and
soldiers swear at, but just as fervent
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ly by, the mule. The not always pas
sive but wholly unproud critter gen
erally docs Its endeavor in a manner
entirely admirable, and it performs
prodigious foals in a way to throw
work-ambitious horse, man and motor
into mortal funks.
Tlie in hie lias brought more thun
one army out of the slough of de
spond. The getteral commander gets
prals« tor a strategic retreat, but the
credit belongs to the mules.
There ale tbousauds of mules in the
armies of Europe today. They will be
found in the armies ol Europe a cer
tury hence If, unhappily, there are
armies left lit that day The American i
army won’t march a step unless; the j
faithful .Mlssuuri mule is at his post I
in the line-up.
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IMMIGRATION AND LABOR. j
(N’ew Tork Post.)
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la Englanu they are speculating on 1
tne results of a death list of half u
million adult workers, though the ac
tual Jeath list for Oreal Britain as
yet falls far short of 100,000. Here, on
the contrary, the decline in adult labor
is already a fact. There is little pros
pect of an end to the war before 191(i,
and it will be some time after peace
lief ore the stream of immigration sets
in again, in other words, by the sum
mer of 1910 thin country will have at |
• east a million less workers than it I
would have had if there tiad been no 1
war. The subtraction^ of such a frae- ,
lion of our labor supply will be felt,
though the war, in all its consequences j
has brought such confusion that the J
effects will probably not be so eh.'t,;
marked as if the same phenomenon
had occurred in times of peace.
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