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virPsip THE COURIER. 5 u r I. r LITERARY NOTES. McClure's 'Magazine for September will contain an article by George B. Waldron on "The Commercial Promise of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philli pines;" and an article by Say Stan nnrd Baker describing tne elaborate and costly system by which the news of the wai has been reported for the American newspapers. A sister of Abraham Lincoln will contribute to McClure's Magazine for September an article giving reminis cences and recollections of Mrs. Lin coln, along the passages from iher let ters that furnish- an intimate and very agreeable view of her home life and her relations with her husband, the great war president. formerly of the Army and Navy Jour nal. The cost of the war and the finan cial provisions for meeting it are ably summed up by Charles A. Conant, an experienced financial writer. Henry Macfarland, a Washington journalist, contributes a character sketch of Wil liam It. Day, the secretary or state, which is of special interest at this time because of Judge Day's appoint ment as leading member of the Amer ican peace commission. Charles Lowe, the English biographer of Bismarck, and W. T. Stead, furnish a rich fund of anecdotes regarding1 the late chan cellor. Aside from many other illus trations, numerous cartoons apropos of the war are reproduced from home and foreign journals. Margaret E. Sangster, the editor of Harper's Bazar: Margaret Compton, of the Broollyn Eagle; Elizabeth G. Jordan, of the New York World, Lina J. Walk, of the Christian Work, and Kate Upston Clark, the famous story writer, contribute to a brilliant sym posium in The American Queen on "Journalism as a Profession for Wo men." The articles of these famous writers are, of course, well written and most readable. The fashion for fall and winter occupies three special pages, and is contributed by Abby E. Underwood; the newest hats, capes, jackets and dresses for children, misses and adults are shown. To many minds the armed interven tion of the United States in Cuba, Por to Rico, and the Philippines seems like an aggressive departure from the poley laid down by Washington, in his farewell address of 1791!, ami reinforc ed by Monroe in his famous message of 1823 of avoiding all enterprises and all responsibilities of anj ki i leyoiid One of the most interesting features of the war with Spain is the pictorial history which the artists and photo graphers of Harper's Weekly have given us. Nothing has escaped them, from the marching of troops down Broadway prior to starting for the front, to pictures under fire. They have suffered the hardships of camp life, and ihave exposed themselves to iyt rSt. -mM H.k. vlsE!B L JHnSS. - K s" JT NT v f JX I VK.7 " w I k lv' UE.NEKAL3 MILES AND SlUKtLi: DISCUSSING THS sl'BBMu or surruco Spanish bullets, in order that the world may see, week by week, just what has happened afloat and on shore. Even1 when in camp they can not Test, for there is always som-- in teresting scene to "snap" a group of soldiers or a consultation of generals, 5,uch as the one we reproduce today from the Weekly. It was taken in the camp before Santiago, at the moment Generals Miles and Shatter were dis cussing the surrender of the city. The American Monthly Review of Reviews for September presents the usual timely features that we have come to expect from this magazine. The various events connected with the end of the war with Spain are fully discussed by the editor, while the Porto Rican campaign, from start to finish, is described by John A. Church, formerly of the army an-ofhmeentxoo IaMES IIR1CJC, M.P. the limits of the two American con tin tents. There have been, however, many pre cedents for such procedure during the Iast century ami a quarter, so mnny that they nmy be livided into six per iods: 1. Military expeditions and oc cupations -in the Revolutionary and Barbary wars, 1775-1815; 2. Expeditions and occupations for territorial expan-sion,1797-lS21; 3. Relations with Eu ropean countries, 1S22-1S35; 4. Aggres sive expenditions, 1S3G-1SC0; 5. Rela tions with American neighbors, 18G1 1872; G. Commercial and philanthropic interventions and expeditions, 1873 1M9S. For the details of the armed inva sions, we refer the reader to the art icle, "The United States in Foreign Military Expeditions," by Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard Uni versity in Harper's Magazine for Sep tember. Here our space limits us to give Professor Hart's conclusions as to their result. The first is the remark able success of all the serious interven tions and expeditions authorized by the Federal Government, with the ex ception of the invasions of Canada. The second is the increase of territ ory and prestige which the expeditions have brought to the nation, even when unrighteouslj unudertaken. The third is the free hand which the United States has so far enjoyed in entering either American, Pacific, or Oriental territory. But this last favorable con dition, he thinks, has come-to an end; henceforth, whenever we send our ships and troops far outside of Amer ica., we must confront a highly organ ized system of jealous foreign powers; and we must expect to find that no nation can share in the mastery of other hemispheres and, at the same time, be sole master in its own hem isphere. Another view of the matter is tak en in the same magazine by James Bryce, M. 1'., theauthor of "The Amer ican Commonwealth." in "Some Thoughts on the Policy of the United States" be admits that every exten sion of territory by us and our territ ory is now more than twice ns large as it was in 1783 has leeii followed by increased power and prosperity, hist he doubts the advisability of fur ther extensions, especially to islands where the populations differ in race fmm, and are un&uited for colonization by, the Anglo-Saxon race. He points out -that, thought the extention. of the boundaiies of a state Iras, throughtout history, been deemed, always by mon arehs and usually by republcs, both a glory and a benefit, yet the question is a debatable one to-day. Neither France or Germany is richer or stronger by any of its colonial ac quisitions, and in the case of India, although her huge ami industrious population makes her an important market for English goods, and her ad administration supplies a career for the diligence and talent of a great many Englishmen, she imposes en ormous liabilities upon Britain, and most prudent English statesmen have held that had Britain been able to foresee the course of events, she ought rather to have refrained from conquer ing India, so great are the risks and liabilities that now attach to 'the Em pire. But, even assuming that it is the in terest of these European nations to conquer and to colonize, should the United States follow their example? Mr. Bryce thinks not, because the United States, instead of having any overflow of population to provide for, as in the case of European Russia, England, and Germany, receives the overflow of Europe, and will for many years, possibly for several generations to come, be able to find space in her vast area for the tide of immigration, and employment for capital. There is Still another side to the question, the fiscal. It is certain that tha tariff, which since the foundation of the government has been the lead ing feature in the national finances, will no longer, even at excessive rates, yield enough revenue to meet the in creased expenses of the government under the new policy of maintaining a large and permanent navy, a perman ent standing army for foreign ns well as home service, nnd the administni tion of distant counties, and that we mush veer therefore from the system in which taxation of imported uierch nndiev has been the leading feature, to one lrcis?d almost entirely upon in ternal taxation. The loss of duties on sugar nlone will amount to over $."(, (XM.OCO, if no duties ure imposed upon sugar coming from Cuba und Hawaii, and this sum, as well ns the added ex-' penses, must Iw made up from internal sources. ion have no idea of what a trans port is, and especially, rne that is overcrowded. It is really a hell on heaven, the weather has been fine, and I have slept on deck every night, not even going below when it rained. I never felt better in my life, and have come to the conclusion that I can stand anything. As I have not been at all seasick, volunteered for the stable police, who have .o clean up below decks where the horses are. lr you could put all the terrible smells in the world together, you would get some idea of what it is. We can nly stand it for about half an hour at a time, and then have to take a spell on deck to recover. If we have a storm I am afraid it would go hard with some of the lads, as a good many are pretty seasick now. The food is fierce, and we only lave condensed steam to drink, which is almost hot; but still I seem to thrive upon it. Every morning we get up at five, and form a line in our birthuay suits and have a great hose played on us. Then we have breakfast, and after that come target practice at boxes over the stern. I am so sunburnt that you would not know me, and, as I said be fore, feel out of sight. The hardest time we ever had was the day before we started; the loading up was simply awful, and I was so tired that I just lay down on a bale of hay and went to sleep. The horses have stood the trip very well, and I don't think we will lose a single one." I tell you that transport was as near hell as any place could be. We were on fire three times in two days, and only had hardtack and rotten coffee to eat and a little dirty water to drink. I cannot imagine what it would have been if there .had been a storm. We had beautiful weather, and most of us slept on deck every night. We came Continued oa page 9. t' lUr (jrfrfi-
