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SPYING OUT THE LAND.


Germany has sent over here, hot haste,
batch of military and naval experts to spy
out our means of offense and defense. We
wish them much good of all they discover.
We hope that the Government will afford
them every facility for their work. If there
is anything that they have trouble in find
ing, let them ask our Army and Navy Off
Gals, and the information viii be couTteously
given them. We have no fortTesses whose
plans we want concealed, no mysterious en-
gines of destruction, ne cunning traps OF
any kind for the unwary. They will find
nothing here to make plans and descriptions
of as they would in France, Austria, Italy,
Russia or England. We will tell them IN
advance that there is not cannon In the
country worthy of the name; that there
is not a seacoast fort which would stand Is
minutes before one of their ironclads; that
| the muskets our soldiers carry are as anti
quated and inefficient in comparison with
European guns as the fint-lock smooth
| bores Of the war of 1912 were in comparison
with the Springfield rifles with which we
put down the rebellion. But for all this it
would be much more prudent to attack the
best-armed power Of Europe than us. We
have G0000,000 of the most inventive, in
genious and skiliful people in the world,
who are devoted to their country as no other
people are. Let war once actually threaten,
and they would put at the service of the
Government in an incredibly short time
an armament that Germany, with all her
years of incessant preparation, could not
cope with. Ships, inyincible and irresistl-
bic, would cover the seas, even while it was
being proclaimed that we had no navy
Torpedoes Of unimagined terrors would be
everywhere. The seacost would frown with
guns that no Nation could equal. The mil
lions of men who would answer the Presi-
dents call would carry in their hands rifles
| that would surpass anything their enemies
| carried.
During the war of the rebellion we built
in 100 days the Monitor, which revolution
lied naval architecture, and before the wal
had began to grow old we had ahoat navy
that could have conquered the combined
fleets of Europe. On sea and land we had
the best cannon in the world. and we armed
100000 men with vastly better rifles thar
any other soldiers carried.
We can do much better now than We
did then, for our resources are infinitely
greater, our wealth immeasureably more
and our knowledge in proportion.
So let the German scouts be made vel
come and be given every opportunity to find
out all they can about the country.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. c, FEBRUARY II. 1889.
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Address, FUN"
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. C.
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THE Hapsburgs have always been q cheap,
low-grade lot, though they are the head of
the most pretentious and exclusive aristoc-
raey in Europe In the 600 years that they
have occupied the throne of Austria, there
has not been among them single individual
male or female-distinguis for ability
in any direction. All have been heavy,
dull. gross, mediocre. The heir to this
long line of royal dizziness has finished
his career in as thoroughly vulgar way
as a stable-boy or barkeeper could have
ended his inglorious life. After scandal
Gus intrigue with woman as commonplace
in person and character as himself, in which
all the proprieties of life and imperial station
have been systematically outraged, he and
she have died together by their own hands
in the same wretched indecent way that
hundreds of dissolute barkeepers and
their street walking mistresses take them
selves off every year. Whatever the re-
lations between the Crown Prince of Aus
tria and his Baroness may have been, what
ever their regard for each other, and their
despair, there was certainly no excuse fol
their grossly indecent proclamation of their
wrong-doing by the manner of their death
There is only one redeeming feature about
the whole affair, and that is its justification
of republicanism by showing the worthless
ness of the hereditary monarchical idea
Running strictly on his merits, Crown Primes
Rudolph could not have been elected Sheriff
of a fairly intelligent County north of Masor
& Dixon's Line.
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GEN. H. j. HUNT.
Death of the Gallant Old Chief of ARTILLERY of I'll
Army of the Potomac.

Army of the Potomac.
Gen Hunt, Governor of the Soldiers Home
near Washington, died there on Monday, Feb.
IL, of pneumonia, after an illness of several
weeks.
Breyet Mai.-G Henry Jackson Hunt. u. s.
Army, was born Sept. ii, 1919, at old Fort
Wayne, Detroit, Mich, where his father, then
Lieutenant Colonel 1st u. S. Inf, was COM
handing the regiment and the past.
While quite small Gen. Hunts father was
sent to command the post on the Maumee River,
whore Toledo now stands, and though the sons
of Col Hunt accompanied him afterward to
Fort Leayenworth, they henceforward regard
ed Ohio as their home.
Henry Jackson Hunt, when about ~ years
of age, was sent to his uncle. Gen. John E.
Hunt, at Maumee City, O., and resided there
until his appointment to West Point in 1885
from the Maumoe Valley district.
Graduating in 1885, he was commissioned
Lieutenant in the I'd Art. and ordered to
Detroit, where he served until the Canada Bor-
der Disturbances were ended. Next he served
consecutiveiy at Buffalo and Saokett's Harbor
on the Lakes; Fort Adams, Z. l., and Forts
Hamilton and Columbus, New York Harbor,
until 1916, and when the Mexican war broke
out in the latter year was on recruiting service,
and was a First Lieutenant
Joining his battery at once for the scene of
| war, he was engaged in the siege and capture
of Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan de
| Uiloa, March 9-29, 1S47. Thence he marched
| aud fought with "Scott's Column" over the
National Road TO the City of Mexico, and while
his gallantry on every occasion was conspicu-
Gus, it gained the brevet of Captain for Contre-
| ras aud Churubusco, and of Major for the
storming of the nights of Chepultepee at Mo-
limo del Rey, Sept 8, he was twice wounded,
| but refused to leave his command, and five
days later was at Chepultepec. In the assault
and capture of the City of Mexico, section of
| the battery under his immediate command
was the FIRST artillery to reach the Grand Plaza,
where the Mexican force made its last stand.
! He returned in 1948 to the Atlantic Coast
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COMMANDER IN CHIEF WARNER has been
suffering from quite serious indisposition
After an exciting session in the House of
Representatives he went to Baltimore TO
attend Campfire of Wilson Post, and after
that to Alabama. The strain and the changes
of temperature, beginning with the over
heated atmosphere of the House of Repre-
sentatiyes, produced Q congestion, which
Frustrated him. He is now, happily, recov-
ering, and this week has visited the Rhode
Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts, ncampments. Wherever
he goes he is welcomed with enthusiasm
and produces the best impression. He is
one of the finest orators in the country, and
what he says goes right home to the hearts
of his hearers, especially the veterans and
their kindred.
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LOOK AT 1T THIS WAY,

Suppose that, instead of being a Nation,
Uncle Sam had been private individual,
who was threatened with ruin by his enc
mics. Suppose that his neighbors and
friends, seeing his great need, had abandon
ed their own business, and risked their lives
and health for four long years to save him,
accepting in the meantime only the barest
pittance from his oyer-taxed pocket-book,
until he could straighten himself out. Sup
pose by herculean labor and reckless disre-
gard of themselves their efforts were crown
ed with glorious success, and they put him
in vastly better position than he was be-
fore he got into trouble. Suppose that he
then began accommodating wealth in the most
astonishing manner, so that his cents became
dollars, his dollars eagles, and these, in turn,
multiply SO rapidly that he has not room in
his vaults to store them, but must constant
ly build new depositaries. Suppose that his
money becomes so enormously plentiful that
he is distracted what to do with it; that he
lends millions to other rich men, without in
terest, to make money for themselves, and
worries himself for years over ways to re-
duce his income
Would not that rich man be thought an I'M
grateful old scoundrel if he did not use this
embarrassing overflow of wealth to take out
of the poorhouses the men who broke them
selves down in rescning him from ruin
Would he not be despised and overwhelmed
with condemnation by all right-thinking
men if he did not diligently look out for the
comfort and well-being of all those who sac
rificed themselves for him in his hour of dire
! distress?
What, for example, would be said of Jay
Gould if he neglected men who had done
for him, at some time when pecuniary ruin
threatened to overwhelm him, small par
of what every soldier did for Uncle San
| from 1861 to 1865?
How harsh would be the Judgment OF thu
world on Vanderbilt if he should treat mer
| who had saved him from utter destruction
and made his enormous wealth possible a
the Nation treats those who gave everything
to save it and make it the most prosperous
country in the world?
Yet the law Of decency and gratitude il
! precisely the same.
1t is simply infamous that this country
rich beyond anything in history, prosperou
above all lands on whom the sun shines
should neglect as it does the men who gav'
everything to purchase for it these richie
and this peace and prosperity.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-02-14

THE January statement of the public
debt shows that there are now outstanding
s173, 100 of AZ per cent. bonds, and
1861, 139, $50 of 4 per cents, or $780,, 81, $50
in all This is a considerable reduction
since the agitation for the payment of the
debt was begun last year, but it is not one
quarter what it should have been. The
whole amount of the bonds should be paid
off as fast as possible, and the country freed
from its mortgage.
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BEsMARcHs STEADY AGGREssrvENEss

BESaIARCK'S STEADY AGGRTsSSIVENESS
The history Of the Samoan affair shows
that we must not accept too readily Bis
maTck's professions of good intentions. The
trouble began four years ago. when the
German Consul-a DR.. Steubel-compelled
the King of Samoa to sign a paper putting
the islands under German control. The
next day the King privately begged the
British Consul to arnex the islands to Great
Britain. Alittle later King Malietoa, fright
ened by the German aggressions, begged
the United States Consul-Sfr. Greenebaum-
10 establish a protectorate over the King
dom, which GreeHebaum proceeded to do.
but his act was disavOwed by Secretary
Bayard Bismarck yielded so far as to in
struct Consul Steubel 10 go no farther, but
he was careful not to direct him to retreat
from any position he had assumed. In
June, 1886, Secretary Bsyard asked for
conference with the British and German
Governments as to the status of the islands.
This was accorded, and the conference took
place in Washington in June, 1887. Secre-
tary Bayard represented the United States
and the English and German Ministers their
countries. 1t was apparent at once that
there was little chance of agreement. Sec
rotary Bayard proposed a very fair arrange
ment. He wanted the Government of the
islands to be N the hands Of an Executive
Council of five, to be composed of the King,
Yice-King, and one member each from the
United States Great Britain and Germany.
The German Minister declined this arrange
ment, and proposed instead that the admin
( istration should be controlled by the Power
which had the prepouderating commercial
influence that is, Germany. After month
/ Of disagreement, the conference adjourned
till Fall, in order that the British and Ger
man Ministers might consult with their
/ Governments. A little later the Germans
overthrow King MalietOa, and set up King
Tamasese in his place Their attempt tc
maintain him On the throne, against the viii
of the majority Of the samoans, is what ha,
led to the present condition of affairs. O
course we cannot permit this to continue
To have Germany dictate who shall be rule
of the country, without the slightest refer
ence to our views, is TO hand the islands owe
to them as completely as if they were an
nexed. During the conference Mr.. Bayart
asserted that We would accept any King VIII,
should be chosen by the Samoans, provided
il was a native election, free and unawed,
and this position we must maintain. Moth
ing less than a complete abandonment 0
the preponderating idea ON the part G
Germany, and the restoration of the Samoan
autonomy viii satisfy Us. We must also b
satisfied that this is done in good faith, an
; that the moment we withdraw our pressur
Germany will not resume her policy of az
T gression.
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BOTH Houses of Congress have at last
passed the bill incorporating the Nicaragua
Canal Co., and it has gone to the President
for his signature. Let us hope he will not
delay in signing it. The canal across the
isthmus must belong to Americans
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REV. EDWARD ANDERSON, Past Chaplain
in-Chief, GAR, has been in this city for a
week past, the guest of the Rev. DIR. Noble.
Col. Anderson went into the service as Chap
lain of the 37th ILL.,, Gen. John C. Blacks
regiment, but he found fighting position
more to his taste, and he entered the 18th
Ind Cav, of which he was Colonel during
the last year of its service. For some years
he has been the Pastor of the Presby terrain
congregation at Norwalk, Conn, but has
been compelled by ill-health to resign that
position. While stationed there he was an
active worker in the GAR. and was Chap
lain of the Department of Connecticut.
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THE Senate is waking up to the necessity
of taking proper steps to secure our foreign
interests. This week it passed the bill ap-
propriating $3.50, 900 to protect cur interests
at Panama. What we ought to do is to de-
finitely assume protectorate over the whole
Isthmian country. That strip of land, the
Sandwich Islands and Samoa are vitality
necessary to our interest in the Pacific
Ocean, and we should guard them as jealous
ly as any territory inside of our boundaries.
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THE LOGAN MoNUmENr FUND.

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Monument Fund have been received since
the last report:
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Myanvions S.,,l h,>u, ,lc,yn9

Gen. VIM. f. Draper, formerly Lieutenant-Colo-
mel of the 35lh Mass, has retired from the canvass
for the Republican nomination for Governor of
Massachusetts He says he cannot afford to run,
and ifhe could, he would not.
Gen. Gilman ATarston. the old Colonel of the I'd
n. H, viii probably be appointed by the Governor
Of New Hampshire Senator for the vacancy that
will follow the expiration of Senator Chambers
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-22
HON. JOHN s. WISE HAS ANOTHER

Hon. JOHN s. WISE HAS ANOTHER In.
TERvIEw WITH THE PRESIDENT. - The
Washington correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch under date of the 18th instant
says
"John 8. Wise came in from New York
this morning, and although President Har-
rison received only limited number OF
callers he gave quite lengthy audience to
the leader of the fight in Virginia against
Mahoneism. Mr.. Wise was not disposed
to tell any one outside of his circle of init
mate friends the object of his visit, but it
ia thought that be went to the W bite House
to day chiefly in the interest of Col. Jim
Frazier, of kockbri6ge, who wants to be
collector of internal revenue in Virginia in
place of Captain Ham. Sheppard. The
latter was appointed on the 10th of May,
1885, and therefore has served more than a
four years term. Collectors, however, have
no regular term. They are subject to re-
moval 1t any time, but it is not known Just
when the President will make change in
this district. The other applicants besides
Col Jim Frazier are Col. Pat. McCaulI,
backed by Malone, B. B. Bolts, and Park
Agnew.
John Wise was in merry mood to day,
and it is said that he was highly pleased
with the manner in which the President re-
ceiyed him. Johnny drops in every few
weeks to let the President know that he is
still alive and kicking, and that the "antis''
in Virginia are as determined as ever to
show Malone that he cannot boss the par
ty. The visit of Johnny to-day has consid.
erably agitstsd the Mahone benchmen,
nearly all of whom are wondering what
John 8. is driving at"