New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-24

world But they nave Ialen iHto "SP''
habit Of slavsh imitation OF the cumbrous DE-
signs which are seen In great numbers IN hyoe
Park. London Clumsy carriages affront the eye
in all our drives while trim. neat and slender
bicycles delight the observer
This is the season of skating, and the Secretary
OF the Treasury seems to like to skate on the t"'"-
mes; ice
The Assembly did right in passing. by big ma
,oritv the Lawson bill. which forbids the display
OF any allen flags on public buildings This Is
trulv American measure. Foreign flags are who'll
~ out Of place on our public buildings
Oulglav the forger OF bonds says that he isn't
go very wicked after all. and that he deserves
credit for not having committed bigger swindles
than he was guilty of. since he had plenty OF OPP
portunities There is probably not a man IN tn's
country who hasn't an opportunity 10 De r'seai
provided he Is out Of States prison Inc VOL
der is that man Of Quigey's moral construction
was able to stay out Of jail so long
News from Armenia and the subjacent ASIAN
territories Is apt to reach us In a mutiia'e'
FORM OF which neither head. tall nor any o'he'
anatomical subdivision can be MADE. IL Is rea"'
impossible at this distance and this "ri'ihs ~
decide whether the report that the TURKS nave
imprisoned thirty-fve American professors, and
shut I'D their colleges, IL worthy OF credehce vi
not, but II 1t turn out to be true, there is no
doubt whatever that President Clevelands hrst
impulse will be to send ship or war up the
TIgrs and a torpedo-boat up the Euphrates 10
Law waste the defences Of Babylon and Uneven.
and silence the batteries OF koyinjik ana Mosui'
and plant the insulted but triumphant American
bannor above the celebrated stronghold Of Ec-
BAHAMA. and on the top OF Ararat. Ihat "ou'u
hiring Turk and Persian and Kurd. and all the
rest Of those savage. irresponsible lslamites' 10
their senses in short order II It were found out
nv the NAVY Department that those historic
watercourses were not equal to the draught OF our
ships Of war Of the first class but only suited
to the navigation of the skin RATS OF Neou-
,hadnezzar and Sardanapalus, the hotiIla
might be ordered to Corea or Madagascar. nav
ing demonstrated that while the Administration
does not know much its protective intentions
are respectable and deserve appreciation II 'he
Turks have really imprisoned thirty-nve Aheri-
can professors according to the report IL VIII
devolve upon us to find some means OF giving
the grand Turk particularly bad quarter Of an
hour.
NeWYOrk City wants real Rap.u iiaHSi'' anu
Mayor Strong agrees with her that she ought 70
have It. Well. then, let US have il.
The restitution Of the farmers OF Western Ne
braska Invites the most prompt and earnest ef-
forts In their behalf. and we cannot doubt that
they will be made and responded TO with the
same ready generosity which In like cases the
American public never falls TO evince. The
drought o. last summer felt severely all
oyer the country. but In particular localities at
the West notably in Nebraska. II assumed the
PROPORTIONS Of a great public calamity. leaving
ontire communities with the failure or their
crops deprived OF every means OF subsistence
That is the condition OF those for whom aid Il
now invoked II should he generous ana aDuh-
dani. and above all speedily given the piecePt
remembered that he gives twice who gives quc"-
~ and that relief too long delayed Is as sood
az no relief at all.
We don't know the size OF the collar which
Mayor Strong wears. but We do know that IT Is no
boss's collar
~ every barroom In Brooklyn were smut and
kept shut until all trouble is over peace ana
order would be completely restored at much
earlier time than would be possible with the par
rooms open.
The New-Jersey Senate has passed the OH
designed 10 prevent the destruction OF the
nicturesaue and unique Palisades, and II Is
understood that It's passage through the AS
sembly is assured. II l. 10 be hoped that TINS
measure will prove effective. II II becomes
law and accomplishes the purpose aimed AT the
neonle Of New-York will owe substantial dept
q, gratitude 10 the people Of New-Jersey ior the
nrompt action taken by their representatives
President Cleveland and his mysterious He''e-
,arv OF State have once more confessed de!ea''
After vainly trying TO induce Congress To au-
thorize the withdrawal OF the United states from
the Samoan Trpartite agreement they en-
deavored TO attain their end by negec;ing to ask
for the small appropriation. $4,000 necessary to
the carving out during the coming nscai year
OF this country's obligations under the treaty
with Germany and England. \ storm OF pro-
tests went up from the American people. VINO OBJ
tected TO having their good faith impugned oy
such diplomacy" and now NJ. Gresham comes
tardily and sulkily forth and officially lays the
matter before Congress. Even in the circum-
scribed circle OF the present one-man Administra-
ton. history constantly repeats itself.
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