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RUSSIA'S ORDER OF RIFLES.
(Chicago Herald.)
A dispatch from Cleveland says the
Russians have ordered 3,000,000 rifles
from this country. Which again calls
attention to Russia's mistake In not
do.ug its shopping early.
THE KNOCKER KNOCKED.
(Houston Post.)
"That man who was waiting for op
portunity to knock said that all he got
was a mighty punk opportunity."
"He was not waiting for opportunity !
to knock; he was waiting to knock op
portunity."
ARBITRATION VS. LAWSUITS.
(San Francisco Chronicle.)
The Seattle chamber of commerce has
organized un arbitration committee, for
the purpose of settling differences
among its members which would other
wise lead to litigation.
Of course, that is nothing new.
Many trade organizations including at
least one in this tate, have similar
committee, which are continually set
tling disputes in that way, and doing
li promptly and at trifling expense.
Those, of course, are disputes within
that particular trade. They are very
common.
A Chamber of Commerce committee
would, of course, consider all disputes
arising out of commercial transactions ,
among member* of the general mer- j
cantiie community. New York city has j
a very effective arbitration system and i
doubtless other American cities.
i tit trouble is the difficulty, perhaps
impossibility, of enforcing the award*
of arbitration boards against the will
of the defeated party. If he is willing
to defy public opinion, and possibly
expulsion from the organization, he
need not pay.
Efforts have been made in various
staies to permit the awards of arbitra
tion boards to be entered as Judgments
in the appropriate court, and enforced
as other Judgments are enforced. We
believe that is the law in New York
but do not know how It works or
whether such Judgments are subject to
appeal. But, as a rule, the awards are
promptly compiled with, because most
business men will do what they have
voluntarily promised to do.
In a discussion on this general sub
ject in the Commonwealth Club some
years ago, a well known lawyer of this
city expressed the opinion that It would
be well if there was a law that no suit
would be entertained In any court, un
til it had been affirmatively shown that
all possible efforts had been made by
the parties to settle the dispute by
arbitration.
And why not?
DYNASTIES IN DANGER.
(Seattle P.-X.)
t'p to within the past week it might
well be said that the part which the
various countries In Europe were tak
ing in the present war has been in ac
cordance with the earnest desires of the
people of the belligerent countries, who
are supporting their governments whole
heartedly. But the attitude which is
now taken by Bulgaria and by Oreeec
shows a difference. In each country
It is the sovereign, not the people, who
has determined what the attitude of
the government shall be.
The king of Bulgaria was born a
subject of the kaiser. It was through
the Influence of Germany and Austria
that he was placed on the throne of
Bulgaria, after the forced deposition of
Alexander. Bulgaria owes Its exist
ence as an Independent nation to Rus
sia. Russia entered upon a war with
Turkey on account of the outrages
which the Turks were committing upon
the Bulgarians, and as a result of Rus
sian victory Bulgaria was made In
dependent. The Bulgars owe a large
debt of gratitude to Russia and have
behind *hem centuries of oppression
at the hands uj (he Turks. Yet, the
uynusiy has forced their country into
wav against Kussia and on tne side
of then ancient und bitter enemy, the
Turk.
tit Greece the king ,a Danish prince
of strong pro-German proclivities und
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wiiuse strong minded wile is a sister
of the kaiser, has dismissed his cabinet,
wnicn had a large majority in parua
linent und which is strongly favorable
* to entering the war in detense of its
ally Serbia, and unnuunces a policy of
irienuly neutrality towards Germany
and Austria. This assumption by the
king of supreme power to overrule the
•v 11, ol parliament comes after the
French have landed troops in Greek
territory, on the way through tiiat Greek
territory to assist the Serbs, who have
been the allies of Greece in two recent
wars.
The majority sentiment in both
Greece and Bulgaria, could it Und ex
pression, would doubtless be exactly
opposite to tlie position which the raon
arclis oi those two countries have
taken. The tinal outcome of the war
is likely to see changes of dynasty in
botli countries. Bulgaria and Greece
may even emerge as republics.
THAT "HYMN OF HATRED."
(Cartoons Magazine.)
"Ernst Eissauer's llymn of Hate,' (
which has been taught in the public |
schools of Germany, coupled with the
‘ Gott strafe England' mauness, may ’
Well lead one to ask: ‘vv(hence this
orgy of hatred'.' is it of the heart or
of the head." Punch's famous car
toon of a German family inuuiging in
tneir morning haired brings the sub
ject into the ridicule that it deserves.
Aobody can be expected to burst wltn
hatred like a venomous toad. To cher
isn a persistent hatred is unnatural.
Even the author of the much-quoted
•Hymn’ is said to he sorry that he
ever wrote it; like the author of 'The
Purple Cow,' he has repudiated his
I masterpiece. Meanwhile, Germany
claims that not only England but an
tlie world hates her. sho nas made tiiis
world hate almost a boast."
THE REPUBLIC OF TAXES.
(Dallas Evening Journal.)
At Mercedes, Tex., circulars have
been found proposing an uprising of
Mexicans to seize the states of Cali
fornia, Arizano, Texas, New Mexico,
.Oklahoma and Mississipi, and to weld
' these into the republic of Texas.
There are some of our own people
'who yet regret that Texas ever surren
dered her autonomy to become a mere
(state in the union, and who believe
I that Texas would have been better off
had she remained a republic. Perhaps
tills new dream of empire would ap
peal to these Texans t^ere it founded
on a feasible scheme.
But there are defects in the pros
i pectus which indicate that the pro
| motors care more for mere conquest
'than they know of geography. How,
for instance, can they weld the live
'states aforementioned into an indivisi
i ble republic without also utilizing the
state of Louisiana, which lies between
Texas and Mississippi? To conquer the
live states named In the prospectus
| would be a big Job, but to eliminate
Wr eradicate Louisiana In addition
would be an undertaking of the impos
sible sort.
A STRAW HAT DECISION.
(Seattle P.-I.)
The lid has been taken from the
|straw hat by a New Jersey court.
[Heretofore there has been confusion
| in the various states as to when the
'hat should be properly squelched, the
date varying from September 1 to
October 1. The question came to a
New Jersey court in the regular or
jder of business and without any hesi
tation the court delivered the entirely
'sane and logical dictum that straw
hats are In season in warm weather,
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Burgunby (Special) ,, „ $150
Cal. Port XXX „ „ $2.00
Cal. Sherry “Old” „ „ $2.00
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1 regardless of the name of the month.
Two youths felt called upon to as
uiit passersby and destroy their
■straw headgear after September 15.
he court held this to be without war
i ant of law or of common sense and
j imposed jail sentences, thus furnish
ing protection to conservative citizens
who cling to their summer hats as a
.matter of sentiment as well as comfort.
in thiB favored I’uget sound district
I this decision virtually gives tho straw
hat a twelve months' lease of life.
There may be u few men who will care
to resurrect the sun-bleached, soot-be
grlmed relic of vacation days, in mid
winter, but If these be there will cer
tainly come days when such action will
I he Justified and sustained by the court.
REGULATING THE DOCTOR.
(Seattle P.-I.)
The medical profession, and no doubt
the public will be Interested In the
announcement of a compaign for ad
justing physicians’ fees by the public,
in the manner that railroad rates are
” intr. lltd by the interstate commerce
ccmmission.
A farmer, writing to Farm and Fire
side, suggests that everybody should
purchase a family medicine book and
a medicine chest and let nature take
its course. He contends that he finds
it hard to be honest and at the same
time pay doctors bills.
“I believe these ‘brain lords' should
be controlled in the same maner as
::re railroads rates,” writes the farm
philosopher, “and I think It will final
ly come to this.”
The difficulty with the “doctor book”
is that it is the source of the greatest
satisfaction when least used. When
an emergency arises, and life and
death may lie in (he scales, nobody
will ordinarily stop to thumb a book
for information, but will look around
for the nearest doctor, and be glad to
pay his fee.
Tf there is to be any fee lowering the
physician himself will probably attend
[to tt. No civic body could force a
doctor to contribute his services at a
given price. The proposition is lik •
leading a horse to water and forcing
him to drink.
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