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WASHINGTON BYWAYS
Making a set pech In th house Is a
serious proposition with Champ Clark ol
Missouri, minority leader of the house, and
Ita delivery In the house la made with
quite as great care for details aa might be
expected from David Belasco In ataglng a
play.
In the first place Clark gets down In front
of the speaker s desk, where he will have
plenty of room to wander around. Being a
big man, physically as well as mentally, he
looks well to bodily comfort, and for that
reason comes Into the houso on the day of
his speech with on alpaca coat. No frock
:oats for Champ when ho expects to rant
md tear around for two hours. Ills pockets
re bulging with handkerchiefs. He la ac
companied by one of his secretaries and
.hat functionary Is loaded down with books
md papers and planted In a seat where he
ran b within calling distance when his
chlof needs to bo careful and specific and
itfer to figures.
When Champ gets started on his speech
he wanders here, there and everywhere.
After he stops to mop away the perspira
tion on his brow he sheds his handkerchief
wherever ha happens to be. He la certain
to get back to It In fifteen minutes. In the
meantime ha has wandered from tha demo
cratic side over to the majority side, drop
ping a handkerchief here, picking up one
there. Frequently he takes off his spec
tacles, hands them to his secretary and
continues his speech. The secretnry wipes
thorn off carefully and the next- time
Champ Is In his vicinity he gives them
back. v
Tha secretary has another duty to per-
form. Champ has a habit of telling stories
to illustrate his arguments and In doing sol
ha wanders away from what he had started
out to say. Finally ha brings himself up
with a sharp turn, goes over to the secre
tary. Who la following the manuscript of
the speech, gets his cue and then takes up
the line of his argument.
Members of the house like to hear Clark
in two-hour speech. That gives him
plenty of time to indulge in his humorous
personalities, and although ha handles his
opponents without gloves no one takes of
fense. Representative Adam Monro Byrd of
Mississippi la working energetically to ex-
Meat with Has.
ROAST BEEF WITH YORKSHIRE
PUDD1NO.
The beef Is roasted as usual and the
XUddlng made as follows: Yorkshire Pud
ding Thre Eggs, one pint milk, one cupful
flour, one teaspoonful salt. Beat the eggs
until very light, then add the milk. Pour
the mixture over the flour, add the salt
and beat well. Bake In hissing hot gom
pans or In an ordinary baking pan for
forty-five minutes, and baste with drip
pings from the beef. If gem pans are used
they should be placed on a dripping pun
to prelect the floor of the oven from the
fat. Many cooks prefer to bake York
shire pudding In the pan with the meat;
In this case the roast should be placed on
a rack and the pudding batter poured on
tha pan under It.
CORNED BEEF HASH WITH POACHED
EGGS.
A dish popular with many persons Is
corned beef hash with poached eggs on top
Of the hash. A slice of toast Is sometimes
used under the hash. ' This suggests way
of utilising the small amount of corned
teof hash which would otherwise be In
sufficient for a meal.
Housekeepers occasionally use up odd
The Marriage Question.
Moat men look forward to getting mar
ried. If they can they will probably deny
It A young man will prevaricate here
whose word eould be taken on anything
else. Yet It Is a fact that for very many
of us the fate of matrimony Is in store, and
se, why should we be afraid to discuss this
of all subjects?
In our decision In this ease lies our future
happiness or misery. A young man ought
moat certainly to marry, but let him keep
In mind that ths true Idea of matrimony
Is to create happy homes.
KNEW THE DIFFERENCE,
l left a $20 bill on the table,
Fred I suppose you didn"t take it
Ui by mUtake?"
"What do you Imagine Td ml
sV Uke $20. UU fora trading
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tend his acquaintance on the democratic
aide of the house. There's a reason.
Mr. Byrd recently delivered a tariff speech
during the consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill. Afier the fashion of
the orators of the house he scorned to re
main at his desk and deliver himself of hit
remarks quietly. He got out Into the center
aisle and most of hla speech was directed at
Individual members of the republican or
ganisation. When Mr. Byrd reached the woolen
schedule he became particularly vehement;
in fact, he became all worked up about it
llo walked up tl.e aisle, talking Ills speech
first to 0113 member of the house organiza
tion and then to another. , Representative
Currier of New Hampshire, chairman of
the republican caucus, was the bright par
ticular spot at which Mr. Byrd directed
most of his hot shots. Finally he paused
at a dek which was occupied by a small
man with a Van Dyke beard. To this mem
ber of the house Mr. Byrd declared with all
the emphasis at his command that the
woolen schedule was the most vicious out
rage aver perpetrated on the American
public. The small member nodded his head
Thus encouraged, Mr. Byrd waxed elo
quent, and each time he scored a point
which brought forth applause from the
democratic sldo the small man to whom
the speech was being temporarily directed
nodded his head approvingly. From thrash
ing the atmosphere with his arms Mr.
Byrd took to pounding the desk in front
of tha smalt member.
"Knowing all the things I have said to
be true," said Mr. Pyrd, reaching his cli
max, "knowing the Injustice of this ached-
ule; knowing that It waa legislation for the
Interests and against the common people
knowing these things, why did you vote for
that schedule?"
"Tou mean to tell this house that you
did not vote for that tariff bill?" questioned
Mr. Byrd.
"I do," answered the small man.
v "Well," said Mr. Byrd, "I admire you for
your convictions."
Ths house by this time was convulsed
with laughter. The small member to whom
Mr. Byrd had been addressing his re
marks was Representative Edward W.
Saunders of Virginia, who had moved over
to the republican side of the aisle to hear
tha speech and enjoy the fun.
bits of other meat In a similar way, chop
ping and seasoning them and then warming
and serving to Individual baking cups with
a poacher or shirred egg on each.
HAM AND POACHED EOOS WITH
CREAM SAUCE.
A more elaborate dish of meat and epgs
la made by placing a piece of thinly sliced
boiled ham on a round of buttered toast.
a poached., egg on the ham, and covering
with a highly seasoned cream or a IIol
landatse sauce. A slice of tongue may be
used Instead of the ham. If preferred.
well seasoned and rather thick tomato
sauoa or curry sauce may be uw d.
It seems strange that- many young men
who could be trusted to transact business
In a satisfactory manner, . and who are
otherwise levelheaded, cannot be trusted
to successfully negotiate matrimony. Many
a promising career has been, and Is at the
present time, spoiled by what could have
been avoided by a little foresight.
A young man in choosing a life partner
must look out for one whom ha can love
and ree-pect. The wise young man will
see to It that the lady of bis choice has
tastes and Inclinations like to his own, and
the result will be a successful marriage.
If husband and wife have no common union
of ideals the duty of being pleasant to each
other becomes a task.
Many couples whose only fault lies in a
lack of mutual sympathy, never get on well
together, and, to use a hackneyed expres
sion, they are an Ill-mated pair.
is noiiung mat win test a man's
lovt more severely than untidiness In his
wife. A careless girl cannot hide tha fact
that she Is so. She shows it In her dress
and deportment And young men can be
assured of this, that an untidy girl will
develop Into an untidy wife.
And ths young man who Is desirous of
making a successful marriage must con'
sidor the other side, too, ss to how far be
himself Is qualified to create a happy home.
unhappy marriages can be traced . to
three causes, says Horns Notes:
First, when there is a continual olasbing
of opinion.
Second, where the wife insists on having
her own way in everything.
Third, where ths husband become a. petty
tyrant In ths noma.
Tha really happy marriage ia one In
which there la a spirit of give-and-take.
mutual desire to please each other, and a
desire to bear and forbear. ' ,
But, after all, tt depends largely upon
ourselves whether marriage Is a success or
a failure. A union which is based upon
mutual love alone will stand the wear and
tear of tha years, and bring sympathy and
tenderness is their train.
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VWHEM YUUGET YOUR
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The Boss of the
BY AMERB MAN.
What do you say," queried the Boss of
the Establishment, "to spending Sunday In
the country with Tom and Maud?"
"To say nothing of little Algernon," his
wife retorted, with a tptal absence of eager
ness in voice and expression. And then she
added: ''You've ns Idea how I dread that
all day session with that impossible brat!"
That's a fins way to speak of your best
friends' little boy!" snorted the Boss In
dignantly. "It I didn't know you better
I'd think you were one of those monstrous
women who are devoid of the maternal
Instinct."
Well," his . wife answered frankly, "I'll
admit the Instinct of self-preservation pre
dominates In my make-up, and when I re
member that the last time we were at
Maud's her little 'Angel Algernon' threw
a handful of ripe strawberries in my fifteen-dollar
parasol and tried to set a hen
In my best hat, I don't feel exactly over
flowing with maternal tenderness." -
But those were just childish pranks,"
said tha Boss, propitlatlngly. "Any healthy
little fellow of eight.' bubbling over with
childish spirits, Is liable to do those things.
He meant no harm and I am astonished
that you should hold such feelings against
a mere baby) He's a fine little chap!"
'I'll bet If he put ripe strawberries in
your coat pocket you wouldn't think so,"
pouted the lady.
And nothing further was Said of the
merits of Algernon till the apjpolnted Sun
day when the little Angel himself, stand
ing meekly beside his mother, uttered a
demure welcome to the Boss and his wife.
As if to refute the tatter's criticism's, the
infant heir behaved during the entire
afternoon with a decorum which would
drive to despairing Imitation the youthful
hero of a Sunday school book.
The Boss was enchanted wrih Algernon.
In fact, ha totally neglected his host and
hostess to play croquet with their maligned
Infant.
"Maud, what has come over the boy?"
inquired the mystified Boss' wife.
"I don't know," candidly replied the
mother. "I've been worried about him all
day. He'a been so quiet Really, I don't
Mrs. Timmens
v.
"Do your washing this week. Miss,
Alnsley? Well, I can't say whether or
no. We've had great doih's here
this week. Set down a minute, can't you,
and I'll tell you what all happened."
Although I could not spare the time, I
knew that If the wash was to be dons,
Sarah must bs conciliated; so I established
myself In a comfortable chair on Sarah's
porch, while she sst by my side, drawing
her chair nearer to mine as aha became
more confidential.
'Timmens was took on Wednesday night
at half past one," sha communicated la a
sepulchral whisper, "and Mrs. Timmens
went on something terrible. On Saturday
aha was soma better, and she did glvt a
beautiful funeral, see There was eigh
teen carrlagea and tt was a long ride, - al
though, of course, we couldn't get out no
where; but tha ride waa long, and ths car
riages was beautiful. I did enjoy that
carriage ride! It was the first I have had
sine Jim waa took. I've strlv' to earn an
honest penny, but what with Jim's being
took, and our funeral and everything, I
can't lay up anything for a rainy day. I
work seven days In the week and thinga
worry me a terrible lot what with the
chlldrea's ineasiea and Jim's being took,
.If a no wonder I have a nervous system.
"Now there's Mrs. Timmens. Wa all
thought as how Timmens would leave her
a good bit of money, but If you will be
lieve It after tha undertaker waa paid.
and ths hackman, and the man for th
flowers, and Mrs. Tlmmln's crepe veil and
black dress, there wasn't a cent left I told
her she would run up against it If she
never asked no question of th folk that
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think
he's well. Algle,
darling.
here!"
"Aw, rats!" exclaimed "Algle-Darling,"
thereby relieving the worst of his mother's
fcara.
, But Algernon came, nevertheless, and
with fair grace permitted his brow to be
stroked and his pulse to be tested by an
anxious maternal hand,
And then Algle, accepting his mother's
Inability to diagnose his symptoms as a
signal of dismissal, rushed off to rejoin
his latest, and consequently greatest,
friend the Boss.
"Say!" said Algernon, breathlessly, "let's
get away from here! Don't you want to
see the calf? Look, shs's over there now!"
Gaslng In tha direction indicated, the
Boss, now completely under the young
ster's spell, perceived a youthful but
sturdy Holstetn that might have given a
Hindu Yogi lessons In repose and poise.
"Sure!" he said.
And, accompanied by Algernon, he made
his way to the top of the gentle hill upon
which the seemingly gentle calf was
browsing busily.
Gives a Funeral
waa runnln' her funeral about how much
the things would cost but ho, she was
so sure that folks wouldn't charge a widow
woman sama'a a woman With a husband,
that ah almply sail right in and counts
up tha people and says, very grand and
Impressive like:
' 'Send eighteen carriages, if you please,'
' 'Eighteen carriages besides the hearse r
say I.'
' 'Yea, say she.
'Well, they all come black horses with
glittering harness, and th two for the
hears had crochet nets all over them to
keep th file away. You would hev
thought it was the emperor f China htsself
If you had 'a' seen them black feathers
fleatln' around oa th hearse, and ail them
shiny carriages followln'. Every horse
there seemed to be tryln to look stylish
enough to follow that hearse.
'Well,' says I when I seen them car
riage, 'ha Mr. Ttmmlna counted the
eoel?' says I.
"I had given her an 'advice about the
flowers which she didn't take, for, says I,
'people will her many flowers.' I read
In a paper about one of th fashionable men
being took, and his wife aaya In tha paper,
In the arbitrary notice, she says: 'Please
don't send no flowers.' says she; but, no.
Mrs. Timmlns ordered flowers after flowers
for says she:
" Timmlns wer powerful fond of flowers
and these ar all he can ever hev,' says
sha
"Well, there waa more'n would go In the
hears, and the undertaker, jest aa pexllt
a you plea, says to m;
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'OiTT WHAT IT IS,
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D0 NOT WANT
BREAK UP YOUR
PARTY BUT MRS
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NERVOUS THIS
EVENING ASK
TOUR WIFE TO GO1
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k)F YOU HAVE LOTS
Of WORK TO DO
TOMORROW i
AMD HIS WlfE
AERC DOWN IN THC
fcARN! SENT THEM
TO PED! IT IS ONLY
O'CLOCK. BUT. I
THEM TO GET
ANT WAY'
ALL RUHT! .
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He Discourses Knowingly Upon
Heifer Calves and Small Boys.
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"Here, boss,", said the Bdss, persuasively,
and tha animal answered as promptly as
the Boss himself did when addressed In
the cooing tones of his better half.
The calf was tethered to a stake by a
long j-opa . which lay upon the budding
turf in slack serpentine colla..
'So, bossy," be repeated,, scratching the
calf's brow and feeling Its Incipient hornc.
"Come and see the calf," he called to hi?
wife, and the whole party started to climb
tha-hill... .
Meantime, what has become of the little
"Angel-Algernon"?
Taking advantage of the Boss1 absorp
tion In the gentler and more grateful ani
mal, the youngster had seised tha slack
colls of rope , and wound" them quickly
about the Boss' legs. Then, Just as hla
(mother, father and the still suspicious
Boss' . wife appeared upon the scene, he
gave the tethered calf a vicious kick.
It Is perhaps needless to chronicle that
the frightened animal began to go around
in circles and that th rope, tightening
about the Boss, legs, threw him sprawling
to the ground.
Whereupon little "Angel-Algernon" fell
upon the grass In a paroxysm of hysterical
glee, and the parents scarcely able to dis
guise their fond pride In tha phenomenon's
exploit, began to mutter excited apologies.
"You vicious little beast!" exclaimed tha
Boss' wife, . with more conjugal fervor
than tact
Though the Boss laughed with apparenet
heartiness as he extricated himself, hla
own secret resentment and the hostess' In
dignation at his wife's criticism of her off
spring combined to make the rest of tha
visit almost trapped affair.
"Of all the unprincipled, disgusting little
brutes I have ever seen," commented the
Boss' wife as they Journeyed home, "that
certainly la the limit!" -
"I rhould say so!" acquiesced the Boss,
and this time the "maternal Instinct"
wasn't even mentioned.
"Sa,y," said the Boss of the Establish
ment to the Confirmed Married Man next
day, "do you remember the story in the
Bible of the Prodigal Son and the Fatted
Calf? Which one did they kill?"
(Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.)
From Harper's
Weekly.
' 'Excuse me, madame, but would you
mind hevln' this here In with you? and
he passed me a pillow made all of whit
roses with little purpl dry-lookln' flowers
spellin' 'husband' all over it I en loved
tnat rose pillow ail the way to the grave.
It seemed to sort o" comfort th little
Timmens girl, too. She was a-cryln' pitiful
before w took In the pillow, and ay!n'
sh wa afeared she would go died.
'If Timmlns had only not mortgaged the
house. He had fifteen hundred to build
him a house, but nothing would do but he
must have a portico chair for horses to
stand under when they drlv up to he
front door that was when they had
boarders, and I suppose he thought that
portico chair would make th house nicer
for them; but to get It ther wa a mort
gage. It's strange how some people waste
their money not that I did It when I
passed through my year of jeopardy.
"But th best part of th funeral, for
poor Mrs. Timmens, was when she seen
her husband coffin. Her two husbands
were burled one alongside of the other.
and they dug too far to th right so to
interfere with his grave, and Mrs. Tim
mens was so pleased when she seen the
corner of th coffin. I never seen her so
pleased!
"Timmens had thought at on time of
burying with his first wife, but that
wouldn't bav been right, since It wa his
second wlf that was giving him such an
elegant funeral. That mould have been dls
encouraging.
"Yes, Alia Alnsley. I can. do th wash
Monday vary convenient"
1 i
Things You Want to
When the Interested powers refused to
accept the proposal made by Secretary
Knox to neutralise an Internationalise the
railways of Manchuria, a great many peo
ple Jumped to the erroneous 'conclusion
that Mr. Knox'a far eastern policy was a
failure. It is true that the proposition was
turned down Immediately and It Is also
true that there was never the least chance
that It would be accepted. But the fact re
mains, that Mr. Knox'a proposition hue suc
ceeded In forcing Japan and Russia to make
public their Mar.churlan policy, a policy
which they had been pursuing In secret and
which could not be successfully attacked
except in the open.
The whole future of China depends uron
Its railways. If China Is to be Industrially
independent In this age of commercial pro
press, It must have more railroad and
plenty of them. ' If It is to be politically In
dependent In this age of commercial poll-
tics, it must have oontrol of Its own rail
roads. If no new railroads are built. China
cannot go forward. It the new railroads,
when built, are owned and operated by and
for foreigners, then China cannot hope
long to remain an Independent state.
The policy of the United States, In Its re
lations to China, always has been that of
disinterested friendship, so far as affairs in
Asia have been concerned. No other nation
has been or Is now so disinterested. In 1900
ths United States saved the Chinese empire
from dismemberment and put an end to the
serlea of territorial seizures which had be
gun In 1897 and which had caused the great
Boxer rebellion. Now, In lfllO, the United
States Is seeking to save China from flnan
ctay slavery and to put an end to the series
of railway grabs which Is chiefly respon
sible for the present threatened anti-foreign
outbreak In China.
Mr. Knox's policy has been but the logical
and necessary outcome of fidelity to the
principle of the open door and equal oppor
tunity a laid down by the late John Hay.
Tliore ia nothing new of startling In the
diplomatic attitude of the present adminis
tration toward Chinese affairs. Mr. Taft
and Mr. Knox have merely translated the
glittering generalities of the famous . Hay
note into the hard practicalities and specific
terms Of a binding commercial, contract.
When Mr. Hay proposed that the powers
mutually should agree to maintain the ter
ritorial and administrative entity of the
Chinese empire and should support the
doctrine of the open door and equal op
portunlty, all the powers consented without
question and signed the agreement
When Mr. Knox, ten years later, proposed
to neutralise railroad ownership in Man
churia as the only efficient way to secure
for China the undisturbed enjoyment of all
political rights in Manchuria, under the
J paUcy of the open door, the interested
powers sharply declined and Some of them
went so far as to Intimate, through un
official channels, that the proposal was
impertinent.
As a matter of fact only the United
States, among all ths powers. Is sincere In
supporting the open door doctrine. All the
rest have special privileges and none .of
them is willing to sacrifice Its own prlvi-
1 leges for ths sake of China. Bo far aa
Manchuria la fconeerned, Russia and Japan
occupy exactly the same position. Both
coveting Chinese territory aOd both in
triguing to obtain a port in Chinese waters,
the two nations came to blows and fought
a tremendous war wholly on Chinese terri
tory. That was brought to a close by the
friendly Intervention of the United States,
ths culmination of which was the signing
of the Treaty of Portsmouth. By the terms
of that treaty, Russia and China divided
the Manchurian railway between them
selves, but undertook to Interfere with the
development of the country by the Chinese,
and solemnly engaged to respect and obey
the Chinese sovereignty In Manchuria,
The Ink was not dry on that treaty before
complaints began to be made that the open
door was closed, and that, as a matter of
fact, the Japanese and Russians were using
their railways as an excuse for the com
plete domination and oontrol of Manchuria,
political and financial. After awhile the
Japanese army, with much ostentation,
evacuated Manchuria, and tha control of
the country passed again into ths hands
of Its rightful owners. But complaints did
not cease. It was charged that the Jap
anese products got through the custom
houses without paying the duties Imposed
upon other wares. In short it was charged
that the open door was completely closed
to all but the Japanese. In northern Man
ehurla, complaints of similar nature, al
though less Insistent, were heard against
the Russians. But still, Japan and Russia
continued to profess that their only bus!
ness In Manchuria was to guarantee the
open door policy.
Then China decided to build a railroad In
Its own territory in Manchuria. Despite
tha speolfto guarantees of tha Treaty of
Portsmouth that neither Japan nor Russia
would Interfere with the development of
IF
With the Humorists
From Harper' Basar.
HE ROSE TO IT.
"Do you know," said a little boy of ( to
a companion the other day, "my father
and I know everything. What I don't
know my father know and what my
father don't know I know."
"All right Ief see, then," replied the
older child, skeptically, "Where's Asia?"
It wa a stiff one, but the younger never
faltered.
'Well, that," he answered, coolly, "is
on of the things, my father knows."
NOT TO BE BROKEN.
"Haa your husband a strong will?"
"My dear! Hla will la incontestable."
UNDAUNTED,
Mr. Barker I waa married In 1907.
Chicago Woman How interesting! For
my part I never kept a diary.
EA8Y.
Knlcker Astronomers can predict when
a comet will return.
Bocker So can I. Bridget won't come
back at aU.
THE LIMIT.
Randall Don't you think some dreams
ar unlucky?
Roger Not nearly so unlucky as In
somnia. UNDULY SPECIFIC.
He What's the nam of that waits Miss
Gladys Is playing?
8ti "Love's Tormnt"
Ha-Wby. 'Xov'"t' "
in Chin
nnx's rollcjr.
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the territory by the Chinese, both nations
on loc led to th s new railway prouTi.
the railway to bo built through souin
ern Manchuria, the Japanese took a lead
In the opposition. China, utterly hclplesa
to oppose Japan In war, was forced to
submit, and Inst August China wns com
pelled to humllrato Itself by acknowledging
in a treaty that it had no right to build
a railway in Its own territory without ob- i
talnlng th consent of Japan. But still
Janan continued to assert that its occu- j
patlon of Manchuria was wholly and solely;
In th Interests of the open door policy.
Just a year ago, the Chinese government
announced that It would seek to float a
large loan for the purpose of building two
great railways, one to .connect Canton and J
southern China with Hankow, thus estab
lishing communication through to Peking,
and the other from llankoW westward to
the rich, but now almost inaccessible pro
vlnce of Sie-chuan. German, British and
French cRpltallsts were about to take tha
loan when the United States asked that
American capitalists be permitted to parti
cipate. This request precipitated a terrlflo
striiKKlo In International banking circle
and In the world of diplomacy. In July, j
1 rostaeni lail, oiwreKaroiiiK inw uraintuy
chuunels of diplomatic Intercourse, wrot
direct, y to the prince resent of Chi ia and
asked for a share in the loan. As a result
of this extraordinary action, American
capital was admitted to participate on an i
equal basis with British, Qerman and 1
French money. Then camo other railway1 ,
propositions In which the Americans hadi
great share and which tended further to
complicate the situation.
In January, Mr. Knox made his po Dotal
for the neutralisation of the Manchurian
railways. The United States government
declared "one of the most effectlvej.lt Hot
the most effective, wsy to secure for
China the undisturbed enjoyment of alt po
litical rignta in Mancnuna, ana to, .pro
mote the moral development of the eastern
provinces under the poilfcy of the open 'door
practically applied, would bo to take the
railroads of Manchuria out of the eastern
politics and to place them under an econ
omic and Impartial administration by vest
ing In China the ownership of Its rail
roads; the fund for that purpose to ba
furnished by the nationals of such inter
ested powers as might be willing to parti
cipate and who are pledged to th polloy
of the open door and equal opportunity.
Tokyo and St. Petersburg Immediately;
and positively declined to accede to' tha
proposition. Other nations side-stepped.
Germany, perhaps, was more en-'
any of the other great powers. Great Bri
tain, as an ally of Japan, and facing tha
possibility of serious trouble with Germany,
was placed In a most embarrassing 'posi
tion, The proposal absolutely failed, so tap
as the project of neutralisation was con
cerned. But It resulted In clarifying the Manchur
ian situation. Japan and Russia have been
forced into the admission that their occu
patlon of Manchuria Is political and strate
gic, and that the Chinese sovereignty in
that territory to but a ghost without, sub
stanca or authority. . ' '
In the face of the rising tide of uhreat '
and dissatisfaction In China, the Russian
foreign office declare that the Treaty of
Portsmouth involvea but two parties. Rue- !
sin. and Japan. This means that the obll- '.
gations to China expressed In that treaty, '
are to be Interpreted only In the Interest '
of the signatory powers. It means that
Japan and Russia have agreed to dlvida
Manohurta between them and to Intrench
themselves permanently and impregnably ;
In the land of the open door. The world '
suspects tha existence Of a secret conven
tion between Russia and Japan and dalljyi
expects ths promulgation of an open treaty
between those two empires so lately at
war. . ,
The Chinese people ar greatly agitated,
they are angered against the sncroach- .
ment of foreigners, they ar incensed be--
cause tha reigning dynasty does not right
their wrongs, and they are on tha point of v
open rebellion. Such an outbreak would
bo most unfortunate and would mean tha
end of all efforts to save tha Chines em
pire from disruption. For the good of thai
people of China, and in the Interests of tha
peace of the world, Mr. Knox has volun
teered to tha prince regent to assist th
Peking government In maintaining quiet it
the empire. )
What Is called Mr. Knox's policy, may ba
credited. In large part to President Taft.
Mr. Taft knows the orient and Is a firm
supporter of the traditional American
friendship for China. AU that haa been
don In his administration with respect ta '
Chinos affairs was foreshadowed In tb
great speech which Mr. Taft delivered , at
Shanghai in October, 1907.
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rrogreaa of SWform.
Daily Health Hint.
It I wise never to nurse or feed a younar
child at a shorter Interval than two hours,
and never between the hourse of U at night
ana I o clock in the morning.
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I 'married you simply, fori your;
money.
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