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Japan's Trouble with Hawaii.

The detailed statement of Japan's ac-
ceptance Of the principle" of arbitration
with Hawaii indicates that this acceptance
has a string attached to it which may yet
cause 1t to be jerked back to Toxic.
Hawaii's ground is that certain Japanese
immigrants arriving at Honolulu by the
steamer Shinshiu.Maru and -Maru
were adjudged not to have complied with
the rules for admission, and hence were re-
Jected. Among other matters involved Ia
whether they possessed. in their own rights,
the amount of money necessary for the
case, and also whether they belonged to
the class of immigrants dealt with by the
treaty Of 1871.
Count OKUMA's instructions to Minister
SHIMAMURA strike at the outset against
Hawaifs authority to form and act upon an
Independent judgment in these matters:
"The Imperial Government cannot consent to the
questioning OF the bona ndes OF tho possession OF $50
by each OF the rejected free laborers or OF the appli.
cability OF the treaty OF 1871. The Japanese subjects
other than those belonging to tho merchant class
shall he regarded as points OF issue upon which tho
decision OF the arbitrator is to DO invited"
1t will here be seen that Japan PROPOSES
to rule out of the arbitration some. at least.
OF the very points on which, If we under
stand the matter correctly, Hawaii pro-
posed to base her case before the referee.
The latter naturally objects to being told
what she may and h she may not say in
her defence, and to any ~dcrogation from
her rights In Japan's proposal.
1t would appear that Japan desires to
have the referee interpret the treaty, and
thereupon decide whether Hawaii has A
right to make laws regulating immipra.
tion which may seem to conflict with tho
treaty. But Hawaii, mindful that our
country, OF which she expects soon to form
n part, has always held to the sovereign
right OF a country to regulate its immIpra,
ton, does not wish to commit herself To
the decision of q European arblter. the
/ King Of Belgium, on q point 20 stated that
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For tho Elevation OF Canada

"Dfeu Sduve Ia Canador' In the motto
Of a new organization entitled "Ordre d<s
Lbsrdteurs du Canada" Tho aim Is to
FREQ the Canadians from foreign domino
tion. The headquarters Of tho organize
tion are at Boston. II has a Grand
Council and an executive composed Of
seven heads. The members Of the order arc
divided into three classes, tho initiated,
the neophytes and the espirants. The last
named are young fellows under 81. At 81
and over full-fiedged candidates arc ad-
mitted, II their patriotism and fidelity arc
proved 20 be above suspicion.
The movement was started by the French
Canadians In the United States, but 1t can
not fall to meet with sympathy within the
boundaries of Canada. Sooner or later tho
instinct Of patriotism, or love Of ones w
country as against all other countries, be-
comes too strong to permit Of continual
subordination to the interest of foreigners.
The continent Of patriotism has been too
long suppressed In Canada.
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rne Monitor ana tho pzorr,m.o.

10 TIE BDrToR OF THR suH-Str: In your edition OF
Sept o is an account of tho lose OF the Monitor. with
. reference to the fight between her and tho Merrt-
mao, containing this statements: I'm the middle of
May following Commodore Tstnall. commander OF tho
Merrmao, determined that as Norfolk had been
evacuated. and that to attempt to escape would mean
another engagement with the Monitor and o certain
loss Of tho Merrimac. It would be better to destroy
the ship" &C. Now. Tatnall did destroy tho Merri.
mac. as abe drew too much water to,be brought to
Richmond but that he was eager to enkssahe Moni.
tor was shown by his actions on April :. Just ono
month after the engagement between the two vessels.
ON that day. with a now smokestaok and with
ment with the Monitor the Merrimuc steamed down
within a few miles of Fortress Monroe. under whose
guns the Monitor lay, fired shots at her, blew her
whistle. and In every way possible dened her to como
out from under the guns OF that impregnable fort and
give battle. This defiant conduct was continued for
several days in full view OF several French and EnR.
llsh men 'of.war whose yardarms and rigging were
manned IN expectation OF q great fight. Finally. Tat.
nail, taking position with the Merrimao SO as to head
the Monitor on in case she came to the rescue, sont
the gunboat jamestown TO the village of Hampton o
Few miles from Fortress Monroe, and. in full sight of
the Monitor. captured two vessels loaded with hay
Tor the United States Army and flowed them on.
l mean no reflection on the gallant onlcer who COM
manded the Monitor when ] make this statement.
for. could he have had his way. she Monitor would
have met her adversary half way. l heard from an
come from Washington for the Monitor to remain
under the guns OF the fort, And the authorities were
wise. In twelve months the United States Goyern.
ment hau o dozen monitorA w, W, r.
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Tho Wisdom OF the Presidents.

Mr.. R~oosEvELT's pamphlet on our naval
policy, from which we quoted several col,
umns the other day, forms an excellent
basis for the work Of stimulating Congress
to reneweda activity in building up the fleet.
1t was a happy idea to bring together the
words Of the Presidents, as the Assistant
Secretary has done. Thus WASHINGTON, in
asking for O navy, declared that "to secure
respect to q neutral requires a naval force
organized and ready to vindicate it from
insult or aggression" while JOHN ADAMS,
under whom the feet was begun, urged
that "naval power is the natural defence
Of the United States" MADISON, during
our second war with Great Britain, said
that "the brilliant achievements of our
infant navy claim the highest praise" and
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, q dozen years later,
reminded the people that the navy had
covered itself and our country with un-
fading glory" n %eulogized the legisla-
ton which had made It the destiny and the
duty of the United States to become, In
regular process of time and by no petty ad-
vances, a great naval power" JACKSON
had achieved his renown as a soldier
on land, yet pronounced the navy "the
oSSuiity u thtb COuuIIy
against foreign aggression" while TYLER, in
insisting that mo nation should be per-
mitted to invade our waters at pleasure"
recommended the increase of "that gallant
navy which has lighted mp every sea with
Its victories" Finally. President ARTHUR,
under whom our modern steel feet was be-
gun, successfully urged upon Congress that
every consideration of national safety,
economy, and honor imperatively demands
a thorough rehabilitation of our navy"
1t has sometimes been suggested that
Secretary LONG, whose disposition toward
economy in naval administration has been
rather marked, might favor calling a halt
In new construction. We know of no
ground for this surmise. We think it far
more probable that Mr.. ROOSEVELT, in his
timely pamphlet, expresses also the views of
his chief. AS for President MCKINLEY, his
loyalty to the Republican platform is be-
yond question, and that platform calls for
"the continued enlargement of the navy"
We doubt not that whatever President
MCKINLEY may have to say to Congress on
the subject Of the navy will form a worthy
addition to the words of his predecessors.
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Tho Two Extremes.

The radical and Incorporating Prohi-
bitionists Of tho Empire State, at their con-
vsntion In Syracuse on Wednesday, de-
bounced tho Ralne law, which has yielded
20 large a public revenue. as "a measure
that has gratiied its enemies and disap-
pointed It's friends, spread Sunday drink
Ing and vice. outraged tho sentiment favor
Ing Sabbath observance, and established q
hugo political machine to conserve Repub.
lioan party power, and perpetuate corrup.
tion In politics"
Last night at Canandaigua, tho home Of
Senator RAINIs. the author Of the Raines
liquor law, MIR. JULIUS HARpuRaER, a for.
mor Excise Commissioners of this town. de-
bounced the law as " arbitrary, ~tyrannical,
unjust, an invasion Of personal liberty, and
. p~uritanical method Tor favorlng country
districts at the expense Of the metropoli-
tan olty Of New York"
Thus the Raines law IL denounced on two
squarely opposing grounds. The demand
for Its repeal comes, on the one side, from
those who desire to abolish by law the sale
Of all malt and spirituous beverages, and,
o. tho other. from those who want to fling
wide open the doors to tho liquor saloons
or every day Of the week and all night
without discrimination or restriction.
A Jaw which is equally offensive TO the
radicals at either end Of the line must be Q
good law. 1t must be a measure which
satisfies the requirements and conforms to
the wishes of the great body Of reasonable
voters, and this is what the Raines law is
doing and has done.
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rrnrIsrls WovDERTUD ororI
Average Estiuatcd vsiue or Grain Aiens
anOS. o 900.
From the 81. Loui, Globe Democrat.

Prom the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.
OMAHA, Ncb., Sept. ca member Of the Nc
braska State Board OF Agriculture returned to
day from an extended trip through Nobrasks
and makes this report:
the result Of this trip and the invostig%
lions made. figures have been prepared which
show that there are 0 1000, 900 bushels of old
corn yet in the hands Of the farmers of Tho State
80 600, 900 bushels Of old corn in cribs in the
s alta, $50. 900, 900 bushels OF he new corn safe
from bad woai her or irost and assured TO the
producer. " h.tover may happ n to the lato corn,
fr m 90, OOO,OOO to 75,0 900 bushels OF lats
corn which has been Injured TO some extent ~
the lao hot weather, much of which, however,
will be saved II ra ms 6, TO the S'ate withln
n fow days. and 75,00O,OOO bushels of Wheap
rye. oats GHr cy, aud flax.
"This makes "a total of SOC. 900 900 bushels q
grain raised by the farmers OF Nebraska TINS
year, allowing for 25,000, 900 bushels OF late.
corn to bo saved out OF the total acreage. II 10
estimated further that of this crop there Will be
usod in tho mills, 100. 600. 900 bushels, leaving
800, 900, 900 bushels to DO shipped out OF the
state during tho next twelve months. To ship
this amount of grain It will require 100000
cars, at 10000 pounds to tho car. using tho
larger size, and tho profit to the railroads at the
rate OF $50 per car will be $40, OO0, 600.
"The average price of tho grain shipped out
OF the State is put at soc. a bushel for all kinds,
and makes n total value to tho farmer Of $1O5,'
600, 900. The 100, OO0, 900 bushels fed to STOCK
and sold to millerB Ia estimated to BIO worth to
tho farmer 6Qc. a bushel, making q total Of
the seasons crop Of grain. according to this esti'
mate, $l95, O0O. 900. This docs not include an
estimate of 20. 600. 900 acres of grass used fo1
grazing purposes and 5000. 900 tons of hay"
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rrr anrUBI1oASs AND sr1H row.
ne sentiusent or the Party Ressiutely Against
Surrender 20 Etc Enemies

To THE Editor or THE sUN-Sir: 1 have
found but one Republican Of any degree In
New York who was willing TO consider for a
moment the advisability of nominating Seth
Low. Many Of them said: "Of course, IL my
party should accent Mr.. Low, I will support
him, but / earnestly hope IL will select q good
straiRht-out Republican and give us q good
straightout fight"
How can there BIO any doubt as 10 what ought
to be donoi II we Republicans nominate Mr..
Low, shall we place him on our platform or &C
copt him and his PLATFORM II no should con-
sont to run on the Republican platform hc would
thereby repudiato the Citizens Union platform,
upon which he has already accepted n nominn-
tion. Would not that go to show u%nftncss in
Mr.. Low. in that ho is SO eager for tho place
that he will make any sacrifice Of principle in
stuitifcationi II the Republicans should nc.
would thoy not forfeit the respect Of the public
simply with the hope that they might come out
on thS winning ,bnn Rs SID at the election And where hSTS
pot expect to have any influence with Mr.. Low.
He would ignore them, and BIO guided by and
Eens' Union halfbaked chorubim and seraphim.
After all that has passed In the way of at
some sei,e'I sort or Of living q terms e%G sse With the C q : Ng
Union, only to be repulsed in the most insolent
and suporciliops way. II the Republicans should
e1' Nhtah~to ~ AVVtN oulu titg Iuotlly hNbh
selves on any other ground than that they lad
no man In their organization in all Creator New
30 trustworthy VIII they admit that
The Citizens Union people argue that we
must accept Low and elect him or reject him
and allow Tanmpny 70 triumph. In tho first
case they will claim and receive tho credit, with
oil that 1t Involves, and tho pondorous and In
tricate machinery Of tho great now municipal.
ity will be set to work under tho superinten-
dence. OF a set OF impracticable tyros who have
already demonstrated their utter incapacity for
I. task which should command tho services of
the visest, strongest, and most experienced
among us. In the second place, tho Citizcns'
Union adhereuts will blaine us with making
Iammany's success possible. And they think
that they can thus foroo us TO put them in ofloo,
Tor that Is what their superhuman virtue Is
working for.
No political party ever succeeded through
cowardice. Lot us be true TO ourselves and
nominate 9 good man-thero 10 none better than
w. NJ. *. Olcott-and mako o manly fight. II
We do this we may succeeds; tho chances that
We shall succeed will be infinitely greater than
they would DO If We should surrender to the
Citizens Union. And IL we should be defeated
we would at least have saved our honor, our con-
s%ietency. and our conscience, and DO ready to 20
Into tho next fight with our self.rospect intact.
i the halo with which Low has provided HIM
self Is SO largo that no can't march in the big
road along with common folks, lot him take TO
inviting to him. WILSON ANCr
NEW HoRK, Sept. g..
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ditional votes 70 come FRONT II r. asserted,
and probably with truth, that the great
majority Of the signcrs are already Repub-
licans. Hence the regular Republican vote
would not be increased from that source even
II tho convention humiliated itself by sur
rendering to the MugwumpS. Against this
would have to be Offset the Republican
vote which would be. lost inevitably by the
capitulation of theb to It's venomous
Mugwump enemies, and 1t would be large.
Collector BIDwELL is reported az estimat-
ing this loss at go per cent. of the stall
wart Republicans, at least" 1t is not rea-
sonable to suppose that any considerable
number of Democratic would vote for Low
under any circumstances. II the Organism
of Tammany Hall drives way honest Dem.
%ocrats, what refuge does Low offer them,
with his studied attempt to keep out of the
campaign tho very issue which causes their
revolt7 Moreover, the surrender of the
Republican party and its principles to Mug
wumpery would make 1t the laughing stock
of the campaign, and prevent the serious
consideration of It's ticket by anybody.
Even the Mugwumps would lose interest In
Low as soon as he was nominated by the
Republicans, for their zeal for him Is in
spired solely by their spite against the Re
publican party.
Instead of gaining votes, the Rcpubli-
cans, therefore, would lose them, as the
price Of their political degradation. They
would be false to the principle which
secures for them the public respect, and
would destroy their present superb organ
ization for the benefit Of their most malig.
nant foes only. They would not merely be
defeated inevitably, but they would 60
down in disgrace and ridicule.
BY accepting the Citizens Union nomi-
nation Low has committed himself TO
wage war against the Republican party, and
hence has made his nomination by the Re-
publican City Convention as impossible as
would be that of RICHARD CROKER. His
Importance In the campaign, therefore, Is
likely to decline steadily, the hopelessness
Of his effort to get elected being univer-
sally recognized long before the day Of the
election. He has never had any chance OF
election, as every sagacious observer of the
political situation has understood from the
beginning but he would he defeated about
as badly with the Republican nomination
as without 1t, and perhaps worse.
The simplest political prudence. to say
nothing Of principle and conviction. will
forbid tho nomination Of SETH Low by
the Republican City Convention.
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Lows Nomination by tho Republicans
Impossible,

The impossibil'ty of the nomination Of
MIR. seth Low by the Republican City
Convention on the Goth of this month must
soon become apparent to every one, even to
those who were most hopeful of eliminat-
Ing the Republican party from the cam
paign by means of his candidacy.
= Even IL such a capitulation is proposed
In the convention, a very little exam
ination OF the present political situa-
tion, In the light OF the returns of past
elections, will be sufficient to demonstrate
to the delegates generally that such a
betrayal of the party would doom Il
to certain and ignominious defeat. 1t
would be a defeat exposing tho Repub.
lican party and its organization in New
York to lasting public contempt and
derision, and destructive Of it's Conference
Its courage, and Its self-respect. That, of
course, Is tho end at which the Citizens
Union M~ugwumps arc driving with mali.
cious glee, but the Republicans will not
afford them qualification by assisting In
bringing it to pass.
The vote obtainable by Low is purely con.
1ectural. There is no basis for estimating
1t except the signatures in favor of his
nomination and election" drummed up
by his hired ~canvassers, and no politician
OF experience and discretion has any faith
IN them AS atfording any indication of
MS real voting strength. Even accepting
the enrolment as genuine, 1t merely ey.
presses a desire for the "nomination and
election" of Low, and as by his letter of
June he was pledged to run only II proved
TO be "a unifying force" every signer
~ ahsolVed from any obligation imposed by
~ II he does not get the Republican nom.
nation. That, practically, was the condi.
tion upon which all the signatures were
secured. for otherwise. of course, he is not
"a unifying force"
Even If, however. he retained at the polls
the votes of all these signers, so far
as they are citizens, he would be short
OF enough votes to elect him by from
100000 TO 100000. Where arc these ad,
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Towu Built Of Filched Lumber.

According to tho rivermen. Eddington Bend ON
the Penobscot River bears the questionable dis
~tinction of having been built OF lumber flched
from the river. Near Bangor the river makes u
generous bend, above which stand big mills
which for more than fifty years have been
Ing downstream many stray boards which hacs
lodged in tho bend. In the summer of 1915.
teriously' constructed' a iittfle s gmi at p the
bend. The mill men laughed at the newcomers
enterprise; some poor men heard tho tale. and
In two years six huts were clustered around tho
first. Since then these have been replaced by a
score of well.5uil lit dwellings. u church. and sew
eral shops. Each years picking is so small that
no lumber owner has seen fit to chase his stray
stock. The little village still grows and pros
highly respectable people. they are called tho
river rats" by the mill men up river.
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Foreign Notes or Real rn,srs.,.

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du1nr the nn. hal, NJ 1907 .rd .rax.u., :, a o.
GAG miles. ~
doY.n sonr. IN pr.,,d.n, v,r,. n
ala had ann.,rad an th. p.u. hov,....,
alliance WA announced
~ unSeflAh e1peoiHon
Las aH'~u feturhea' he was
'o''onu ~ nor'n iautude on accouns
u ".A 'ahoer"h' were among
1NA. ~ Wv - vi 'e.fhnss from Inc
80 w. u .ehor pousn. inc colt ormeson
a, 900 .i ~'''' ehu oAS ir
'.'"'' Ii u 'ahaeroAI
Napies's camorra gets in its best work on the cab
drivers. The system seems to have obtained q foot
hold In London. where gangs OF roughs. according to
the Rdatodv Times. waylay the omnibus conductors
ana exact tax from them on their daily receipts.
hasty Paris undertaken cana ,s,r br-,,,rm..
alive recently. A man died in a room in which his
paraiytic brother also slept and was measured for
his comm. For convenience tho family changed the
bed about, and the undertaker's men put the para
yuc In tho conin Intended for his brother. When the
Time Tor tho funeral came thoy luckily discovered the
real corpse.
London has followed the example OF Paris IN nav
ing waters only in tips. A man EMPLOYED in a nr.t.
GLASS hotel, who WINS arrested recently for overc,nra.
ing guests, gave m an excuse that h. was nrovtdsa
in the morning with $50 in checks and had to make
the sum good by evening. He received no wages and
was charged Tor breakaKe- His character vas good
anu the truth OF his statements was not denied.
Pekin's KIN Pan Is tho oldest Newspaper in tbs
world. having been published continuously for nearly
/ Q thousand Year, II began n. . month,v h.,.n.
weekly in 1891. and since tho beginning or tho GEN..
fury has been a daily. IL now publi.bss thr.o al.
tions n day, and IN order to preyent cbo.tI,1 nv IN.
vendors prints them on paper OF different ooIora. IN.
nrst being yellow, the second white, and the last srav
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Buffalo PUSHES blindly ON Its fate. Tho
Buffalo Commercial shares the hospitable sen.
timents with which B%uIalonians will welcome
these sturdy citizens and valiant trenchermen,"
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
OF Massachusetts, To Buffalo next month. Whom
Famine and Thirst stalk up and down tho streets
Of Buffalo; whom Lake Eric is as dry as q bono,
having boon used mp as Q follower of tho
Ancients' morning drains; when tho Niagara
River reoedes In terror at tho approach of these
heroic mon; when even tho unwarlike youth of
Buffalo arc soon to initiate tho Ancient fashion
and wear brown derby hats with frook coats,
then Buffalo will know too lato tho woes that
this terrible army brings In its train.
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An Excited nriderroom.

Arather amusing incident occurred tho othe1
day on n street car while crossing from the west
to tho east side. There was a prospective bride.
groom on the car, and he had just been across
tho river to the County Clerks office to get a
friend, who had gone with him TO certify THAI
the bride was Of sufficient age to get married
without tho consent of her parents. 1t may BIO
said that the age OF the bridegroom was 90, and
that OF his bride about IS, so there was no
danger of the witness getting into trouble.
On tho car the bridegroom put his hand into
his pocket to pay for both fares, and he was so
Illustrated over his approaching happiness that
he did not look tosce what he handed the con;
and q IS gold piece. The conductor did not
even look at the money, but passed to the front
Chinaman handed him a 10-cent piece. and tho
conductor gave him the s.. thinking he was Civ:
tho. money without saying anything. The
bridegroom made the discovery the next day.