Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-14

| be matter for congratulation that one Of
| them has found paving employment.
President Harrison is also severely criti-
| clsed in some sections of Chill for not hav-
| ing extended helping hand to the rebels,
and a great deal of nonsense has been
| written about the duty of the pattern re-
| public toward struggling patriots" Fair
/ minded people the world over will say that
| the president of the United States has done
right il maintaining neutral attitude. His
business is with the established govern
| ment of Chilli, not with local sQuabble.
Let them fight it out like
so MANY KILKENNY CATS.
| if they want to; if the opposition sue
ceeds in establishing itself, it will then be
quite time TO recognize it. Even the king
Of the Cannibal islands must be recognized
as such by other governments SO long as he
remains in power.
III these turbulent countries it is the fash
ion to look upon every ruler as despot-
and he is compelled to become one in order
to keep his unmanageable constituents any
where within bounds. The moment he at
tempts to enforce authority he is charac-
| terlzed as dictator. and every man who
tries to overthrow him. by fair means r
foul is lauded as a hero. And regret to
add that it is equally the fashion, among
| nations too remote to understand the real
situation, to be taken in every time by the
Understanding praises of the self-styled
patriots, a d echo the cry against their
rulers. Perh ps you remember that during
our own civil war the United States thought
1t very hard because most of the prominent
English journals took part with the South
and celebrated every Northern defeat by
enthusiastic headlines aud metaphorlcal
clapping of hands. The English people had
some excuse for their attitude in the fact
that the blockading of Southern ports had
deprived them of the cotton that kept all
ai mill CpAi1, hpT in
British district alone more than 10000
workmen were on the verge Of starvation,
being thrown out of employment by the
closing of the mills. And ii should not be
forgotten, too, that our neighborS of Dixie
land had a deal more cause for kicking than
had the Chilian congress.
Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown, " especially in South America. Let
us again thank heaven that it is no concern
of ours. and that we belong to a country
where Gillian methods, in peace or war,
are not possible. Before you read these
words President Balmaceda may have been
assasSinated by secret foes, or shot as Il
traitor BY the men who elected him; or,
what is more probable, he may be a home
less refugee, fleeing for dear life from his
native land. His term is now so nearly
over, l'S limit being September 18th. that.
should defeat seem certain, he would be
apt to take French leave" and stand not
upon the order of going. To get out of the
country he would have to cross the Andes,
which at this season are buried in snow
To attempt such journey by the regular
summer routes at this time of the year.
for a man unhampercd by family, would
be almost suicidal. and what would be the
fate of one with helpless women and chill
dren depending upon him, endeavoring TO
force a passage by stealth through I'M
trodden ways of those awful mountains.
FANNIE B. WARD