The morning call., 1891-06-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The art OF war was never so engmalical. Once
it possessed a certain stability; now it Is Tie
most Inexact OF all sciences. Naval warfare
stands on d volcano. The T0n-cad which shall
float at the END Of the next stubborn sea-fgnt
viii be a paragon; and while matters on land
are NOT quite so unprOmiSng, yet the fertility OF
invention makes the situation quite as perpleX-
ing. This is the conclusion OF Colonel Theodore
A. Dodge, L. S. A, in an article on Won Moltke
and future war in The Forum. THAT nation"
he asserts, "the breasts OF whose citizens are
barred for her defense With honest patriotism,
and which has leaders who leave no stone unsA
turned 10 keep abreast Of the progress OF war
Will remain the stronger. No nation in the pres
ent condition Of armed expectancy which per-
vades Europe viii, by better arms aud more
recent inventions, be able TO dispense with this
foundation. Tie rule held good in tile days OF
the burgess-sOldier of Rome; II holds good now"
The constitutiOnaliiy of the new Michigan law
governing thee election of Presidential Electors is
questioned by Congressman Cuteheon and
others. The law. the result Of partisan trlckery,
provides for the election Of Electors from the
Congressional districts, the Electors az large
being chosen from two districts, into which the
Stale was arbitrarily divided by the Legislature
Mr.. CutcheOn quotes the constitutional pro-
vision providing that leach State shall appoint a
number OF Electors, etc., In such manner as the
Legislature thereof may Direct and asserts that
while the Legislature may direct the manner of
selecting Electors the Stale must perform IT'S
function OF appointing electng, and that
unless every citizen can vote for every Elector
the State is not complying with the Constitution.
During the last year 90 tons Of gold. 3s8 tons
Of silver and IA OF copper were cast into bars
by the British Mint. They were In turn converted
into IS, 600, 900 coins, of which II 500, 600
rejected fer deficiencies In weight and other rea-
la a ur..aA q q
156, the silver coinage at 81 G84, 68S and bronze
at G90,2S5. While England may coin more gold
than we do, the aggregate value OF our coinage is
greater. For The fiscal year ending June 80,
1890, 112, Sos, OH coins were turned ont By the
minis, the gold valued at $22,o21748, silver
dollars at $50. 923 SIC, subsidiary silver al
$500, 021 and minor coins at 81, 1852, total
OF S60.254,43
European manufacturers are charged with
attempting 10 evade the protective feature OF the
new tarih by sending over consgnments of pearl
buttons on which 80 per cent OF the labor has
been performed abroad and completing them In
this country by simply piercing tile eyes atfix-
ing metallic shanks. Since the passage OF the
Mckinley bill the American manufacturers have
enjoyed period OF marked activity, and it Is
calculated that If no evasion OF the law is per-
United The industry Will within a reasonable
time afford employment to 10000 persons
throughout the United States.
Recent changes In European artillery, espe-
cially the adoption OF shells charged with high
explosives, induced The French 10 reconstruct
number of their frontier Qualifications The
small Isolated works intended TO Impede an en-
emy's progress have been rebuilt with earth and
concrete, and provided with revolving steel tur-
refs and modern heavy guns. A couple OF years
ago the Germans demonstrated by experiments at
Spandau that the existing forts could be shot TO
pieces in few hours. 1t was to obViate such
disastrous results that the recent improvements
were made.
Berlin, according to European cablegrams, is
Witnessing misery not equaled In many years,
partly the result OF the Influx of Hebrew refugees
from Russia, whose condition is too often pitt
able one, and partly owing to the high prices OF
the necessaries of life. Although public appeals
for relief are made almost daily, The cOntribu-
tiOns are insufficient TO meet The demands for
food and assistance.