AN OPEN LETTER
In an open letter to Mr. Wilson in
the New York Times, entitled'Tlease,
Mr. President,” Prof. Albert Bushnell
Hart of Harvard writes the following
among many pleas:
“Mr. President, would you mind
trying also to come to an understand
ing with our Latin-American friends “!
The Mexicans hate us; the Central
American and Haitian powers fear
us. We are terribly upset about such
small countries as Belgium and Ser
bia, and quite indifferent as to the
aspirations of the little countries
alongside of us. They are poor little
countries, weak little countries, im
provident little countries, exasper
ating little countries, but not one of
them wants us as masters. On the
other hand, cannot we snuggle up
with the ABC powers, which seem
to like our society ? Please, Mr. Presi
dent, do something to reassure the
Latin-Americans. The Monroe doc
trine will not desert us; it has been
our constant friend for a hundred
years. The Monroe doctrine will take
care of itself. Don’t get us too deep
into difficulties with little neighbors
which may cause us to. detach troops
when we need them most.
TOM WATSON AGAIN.
In his magazine Tom Watson is all
riled up because Arthur Brisbane of
the Hearst papers calls attention to
the fact that the Egyptians were
Negroes. Tom says that the only
Negroes in Egypt were those with
ropes around their necks. This is
quite different from the testimony of
Dr. Rudolph Virchow, who was sent
| to Egypt by the German Anthropo
1 logical Association to see if he could
not prove the Egyptians white. In his
j opening address upon his return Dr.
! Virchow said: “I thought I could find
by comparative examination of the
I living and the remains and pictures
of the dead, some points establishing
I the change of the ancient Egyptians
into the Egyptians of historic times,
but I have returned with the convic
tion that ancient Egypt and its neigh
boring countries have not essentially
changed during all these periods. If
Menes really existed, then they were
in his times Negroes, since quite old
mural paintings show Negroes with
all their peculiarities.”
JAPANESE RESERVISTS
LOYAL TO UNCLE SAM
Attention has frequently been call
ed during the past decade to the
large Japanese population settled in
the Sandwich Islands. It has been
authoritatively shown that these col
onists from Dai Nippon included be
tween 30,000 and 40,000 reservists of
the Mikado’s armies, many of them
veterans of the terrible campaigns in
Manchuria in 1904 and 1905. Their
presence in the Hawaiian archipelago
was described as a danger and it was
predicted that at the first sign of any
trouble between Tokio and Washing
ton they would rise, overpower the
small United States garrison and
take possession of the islands. It
was thoroughly impressed upon the
newspaper reading American people
that they were dependent for their
retention of Hawaii and also the
Philippines upon the good will and
consideration of the Mikado’s govern
ment.
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Yet one of the first tokens of ap
proval to reach President Wilson af
ter his historic address to both houses
of Congress the week before last wTas
an intimation from Honolulu that the
entire body of trained Japanese re
servists in the Sandwich Islands
placed their services wholly at his dis
posal and were not only ready but
eager to serve loyally the Stars and
Stripes under which they lived side
by side with the troops of the United
States.
IN THE LAND OF
THE MOUNTAINS
Bertha Traband Myers.
Out where the mountains veiled in
purple mist
Stand waiting, are the first to be
kissed
By the morning sun as it comes on
tip-toe
And throws its kisses as it runs—
just so—
From its silvered tapering finger tips,
While the veil of purple mist slips
Low and the singing mountain breeze
Answering, sways the fragrant pine
trees
Until the sweet scent wafted far and
deep
Wakes the valley as it lies asleep
Dreaming dreams of sweet content
And breathing deeply moves the
ferns all bent
Whose dainty lace hangs wet and
cool
Drooping o’er the rock-lined pool
Of the crystal sparkling water-fall
’Neath the pine trees straight and
tall;
Where the things of mountains sing
a hymn
While the glory of the night grows
dim
In the grandeur of new beauties just
begun;
’Tis way out there I’d like to run
and run
And take big draughts of mountain
air like wine—
That’s all I’d ever ask to have for
me and mine.
TREATISE ON HAMITIC HOUSES
Bertha Carr Rider has just pub
lished a technical study of the dwell
ings of peoples from the Neolithic to
Hellenistic times and attempts to
show the ethnic relationship of the
peoples whoerected these structures.
She supports, on an architectural
basis, the conclusion that a vast Ha
mitic Empire once prevailed in Eu
rope, Africa and Asia, and that these
people were the briginators of civili
zation.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the Matter of the Estate of Peyton
Brooks, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the credi
tors of said deceased will meet the ad
ministrator of said estate, before me.
County Judge of Douglas County, Ne
braska, at the County Court Room, in
said County, on the 19th day of April,
1917, and on the 19th day of September,
1917, at 9 o’clock a. m., each day, for the
purpose of presenting their claims for
examination, adjustment and allowance,
bix months are allowed for the creditors
to present their claims, from the 18th day
of March, 1917.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
90-4t. County Judge.
M Annie Banks Cecil B. Wilkes!
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