The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-27

OF the Afghan dispute, the SOudal
war, Riel's rebellion in the North
west and the American intervention
on the Isthmus has attested the wis
| dom of the promotion.
1t is DIR. Bartlett's opinion that the
British Lion is cowardly whelp.
Our other evening paper, the Post,
has for years been popularity and just
ly regarded as the greatest military
| authority of the Pacific Coast, after
the late General McDoweII-a po-
sitiOn which it won and maintained
through the efforts of its owner,
Colonel J. p. Jackson. 1t has now
| passed into the hands of two emil
nent cOnquerors,
| GENERALS sHEEHAN AND BACKUs,
| Both distinguished survivors of the
State Militia. The latter was also
corporal in the California Battalion
during the Civil War, and is now
! Postmaster of San Francisco. Of
! General Backus it is related that dur
ing his corporalcy he made the &C
| quaintance of loyal family in the
| Shenandoah valley, and there being
several charming young ladies in it,
| he one day obtained leave of absence
and paid them a visit. While he was
| passing few days at their residence
it was observed that whenever he
strolleh through the pastures-as it
was his custom to do while mentally
evolving his plans of campaign he
was usually followed by long line
of cows. His hostess finally ventured,
as delicately as possible, to ask him
why this was so. Madame" said
Corporal Backus, with dignity and
pride in which there was no admix-
tuIe of vanity, "various men have
various natural gifts AID aptitudes.
With some it is an instinct to obey
with some, to command. was born
leader.n
General Sheehan has had SO promi-
nent q connection with San Fran
cisco journalism that little is known
of him aside from his rank, but the
terrible character of some of his edi-
tOrials makes it clear that he is a
worthy successor to Colonel Jackson,
and that if any further concessions to
Russia are made by the British Gov
eminent it will be without his con-
sent and at the peril of his paper S
dispIeasure. He has warned Mr..
Gladstone, and warned him for the
last time, that peace without honor
can bring nothing but disaster.
The Atlas business manager is
MAJOR GENERAL WALTER TURNBULL.
Commander of the State Militia.
Considering the giants strength"
which that circum stance gives it, it
is greatly TO the journals credit that
it has uniformly refrained from using
it dixie a giant" 1 believe that
neither the Queen nor the Gar has
had any good reason to complain OF
the spirit or effect of the Atlas edi-
torials. 1t favors war, of course, but
apparently without any preference as
to which side gets licked. Anon G
the Crowned heads" of Europe the
Alta appears to be hampered by no
"entangling alliances" It is like
the old darkey camp follower of Re-
bellion days, who cheerfully confessed
that in the event of an engagement
he would run away. "What" ex-
claimed the man to whom he had
made this shameless avowal, "have
you no pride - no honor" mo,
sah," said he with composure, "coOk-
in's my p'fession." 1t is the profess
sion of the Alta to be a newspaper,
and it is good one.
The Examiner is the property of
MR.. GEORGE HEARST.
Mr.. Hearst is not a soldier but a
statesman of distinction, having been
defeated by impressive majOrities for
the nomination for Governor in the
Democratic State Convention in 1892,
and recently in the Legislature, for
United States Senator. Naturally
and rightly he feels that the utter
ances of his journal are entitled to
some weight in European and
Asiatic political affairs, but as Abdul
Rahmon, the Ameer of Afghanistan,
has openly refused to be swayed by
them, and makes no secret of his in
tention to be guided by the interested
counsels of Mr.. Gladstone and Earl
Dufferin, the Vlceroy of India, the
Examiner has thrown its influence in
favor of the Car and insisted on an
immediate advance of General Kom-
arof7s forces on Herat. Unfortu-
nately it has upon its editorial staff
no man of military rank and expert
ence, and its plans of campaign have
been imperfectly practical. For ex-
ample, when it urged that the move
ment on Herat should be supported
by strong demonstration against
Omaha on the left, and on the right
by q naval reconnaissance along the
eastern slope of the Caucasus, with a
view to the isolation of Cincinnati
and the eventual occupation of Para
quay by the Ahkoond of Swat, Gen
eraI Alikhanoff telegraphed to the
Car that nothing of that kind could
be done without seriously imperiling
| tbo bou0oUa trains and axOOSiDO tho