The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-07

LuIIlS III QLONGI.
Johnny get your gun" has become an
international chorus.
II we do not recognize Cuban independ-
ence before long, Spain will see it first.
AS the financial clond grows darker the
silver lining on it becomes more visible.
It comes high to keep gold reserve and
q Democratic administration at the same
time.
The quarrel between England and Ger
many makes happy new year for the
Turk.
If all the world is against England it is
because England has been against all the
world,
The San Joaquin Railroad viii be a COM
peting road this year in business as well as
in name.
England may yet be willing to give Con-
stantinople to Russia for the sake of assist
ance elsewhere.
1t will take very high tariff for the next
thirty years to pay the debt the free-trad-
ers have rolled up.
With the new loan the third term talk Is
put under additional bonds to shut up and
quit disturbing the peace.
The new issue of bonds is to be what
fnanciers call "a popular loan," but that
is not what the people call it.
In the European concert every nation
has hanged its harp on a willow tree and
begun to blow the war trumpet.
So long as Truckee holds the fort the
skate is better than the bicycle and the to-
boggan slide is the path of glory.
If England does not help South Africa
that aspiring country may secede and help
herself to all the territory in sight.
The fight against the funding bill is for
California as truly struggle for independ-
ence as that which Cuba is waging.
Salisbury may not make any big dash in
his official correspondence, but his private
letters are likely to be full of little ones.
The war of the free traders against the
industries of the country increases the Ma
tionaI debt about as fast as any other war
would.
The debt we owe to the Wilson tariff is
to be increased by another 500, 600, 900 and
the bondhoIders and free-traders iubilate
together.
The Democratic administration borrows
so much money to run the Government it
is hard for local enterprises to get capital
to start with.
The new year may be happy for individ-
ais, but the nations have struck time
when the wood saving is hard and the
talk is terrific.
Campos may not be good general, but
he is good prophet. He said the war in
Cuba would become aggressive as soon as
the cold weather set in.
Congress has not been able to prevent
Cleveland from issuing another loan, but
it has at least checked his scheme for an
other secret syndicate deal.
The Kaiser has an opportunity to make
another grand-stand play by sending en-
enlargement to the Armenians in their
struggle for religious liberty.
In case of a war between England and
Germany the French would see the advan-
tage of occupying Egypt and Alsace and
Lorraine as spectators of the fray.
There never was time when there were
so many alliances between European ma
tions as at present, and yet there is not one
that could be counted on in an emergency
The Cabinet crisis in Canada is not big
thing in itself, but as it was caused by the
religious controversy in Manitoba it is
likely to evolve into another crisis that
may reach a climax in civil war.
1t is now in order for Congress to inquire
why Cleveland has offered SO big loan as
that of 100000 in four per cents in
stead of waiting until the Senate had a
chance to pass bill providing for three
per cent bonds.
The new tariff bill is not a partisan
measure and ought to be supported by
members of all parties in the Senate as
patriotic duty in order that the country
may be provided with an adequate revenue
and saved from the necessity of further
running into debt.
The Supreme Court OF Nebraska has con-
frmed the constitutionality of the irriga-
ton law of that State, and as result over
100000 acres of land have been applied
for under its provisions. If such rapid
settlement OF irrigated lands can be accom-
plished in Nebraska, why not in Cali
fornia?
There are more reasons than one why
California should be watchful and earnest
in opposing the Huntington lobby, for the
railroad gang is fighting not only the
Nicaragua canal, but every Improvement
of river or a harbor in California that
would tend to make transportation
cheaper and lessen the cinch of the mo-
nopolE