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The times., 1898-07-29
FRIDAY. JULY %. 1885.
President MckinIey's opportunit,

President MchinIey's Opportunity.
The satanic sIyness and bad faith of
the Spanish peace proposal is already
apparent 1t does not deserve a reply
and. if AIr Mckinley has promised one,
he has committed himself as unfortu-
nately as unnecessarily. Already Sa-
gasta is crying before every court and
cabinet of continental Europe that re
''sued for peace" a week or more ago.
when indirectly he caused this Govern
ment to be asked if an armistice might
not be arranged. Ergo, our invasion
Of Porto Rico is perhdious and deserves
rebuke through the immediate and ac-
tive intervention Of Europe. It is
evident, therefore, that it was no:
with an honest desire to secure peace
On the best terms obtainable from a mag
unanimous nation, that the Spanish gov
ernment used the French ambassador
to ask for terms; but, if possible, to
place this country in a false position.
according TO a plan carefully concccted
among the WHY diplomatists of Madrid.
Vienna and the Vatican. Will Mr..
Mckinley walk into the trap?
In common with most patriotic Amer
leans, Of late We have grown to place
a great deal Of confidence in the cour-
age. devotion and wisdom Of the
President. We can only say that this
confidence must have been very great.
indeed, when it was not destroyed by
the announcement that the Hon George
f. Edmunds had been retained as ad-
visory counsel 10 the State Department.
A few months ago We should have ac-
cepted such a fact as conclusive evil
dence that the interests of Mr.. Ed
mUnds's principal clientele, which in
cludes most of the elements opposed
TO the acquisition of sugar-producing
territory. and also TO anything calcu-
lated to depress the value of Spanish
bonds, would be taken care of as far
as his advice might be effective. But
such has been our trust in President
Mckinley that We have been almost
minded to ignore the sinister signifi-
canoe Of Edmunds. though. to be per
fecuy frank about it. We are not at
liberty to do so any longer. Why ii
should be necessary TO make a Secreta-
~ Of State paramount, out of a cor
poration lawyer, whose connection with
interests VIGOROUSLY opposed to the
views Of the American people on the
question Of national expansion is well
known, is something which, perhaps.
Will be explained only in the light of
whatever action shall finally be taken
in settling the war. 1t would seem tina.
there must be some strong MOVING
cause behind the Edmunds incident
The administration has at its command
the advice and counsel Of Senator Nor
gan, the greatest living American au-
thority on international law. and cf
other distinguished men learned in the
same direction-Senator Davis and Rep
resentative Hitt-an three being mem
bers Of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee Of one or other branch of Con
gress. They. we should think, wouli
suffice. especially as alternative to the
employment of a private attorney, rea-
sonably open to the perhaps unbound
ed suspicion Of holding a brief from the
other side.
Good, brave, disinterested. patriotic
advice is what Mr. Mckinley needs
now, more shan he ever did before in
The times., 1898-07-29
THE PHILIPPINES.
Brave, Inconstnnt People Who
Cbafe in Restraint.
From the Contemporary Review

(From the Contemporary Review.)
After years of study of the native char
acter. have come to the conclusion that
the Philippine Islander is very matter
of-fact. He is not unwilling. but unable.
conscientiously TO accept an abstract
theory. Christianity. with its mysteries,
has therefore no effect on his character.
but he becomes accustomed 10 Do that
which his forefathers were coerced TO
do, namely, to accept the outward and
visible signs without being !nbued by
the inward and spiritual grace. The
mere discipline-the fact that, ao!ens yo-
lens they must at given hour on
given day appear dressed in their best
and attend the church and lin The case
of headmen) go to the monks residence
TO kiss hands has certainly had the
effect of tanning the masses into orderly
beings. Yet restraint of any kind is re-
pugnant to him. He likes 10 be as free
as bird. but he is { I plant nature,
and easily managed with Just treatment
He is extremely sensitive to injustice. if
he knows in his own mind, that he has
done wrong he will submit 70 a thrashing
without any thought of ,akin.s revenge
If he were punished out of mere caprice
or with palpable injustice. he would al
ways have a lurking desire to give quid
pro quo. He has an innate contempt for
towards, hence his disdaiu for Chinese,
but will follow a brave leader anywhere
and will never be the first To yield 10
hunger, fatigue or possible chances of
death. He takes every trouble with pro-
found resignation: he promises every
thing and perform; little; his wCrd Is not
worth a straw, and he does not feel that
lying is a sin. He is inconstant in the
extreme, and loyal so long as it suits
him. but as a subject he can be easily
nodded into any fashion which a just
honest and merciful government would
wish.
The times., 1898-07-29

Our friends the enemy, having about
reached the conclusion that they do not
amount to much in foreign war. will now
seek 10 repair their wounded honor by
cutting each others throats. A Carlist
revolution is regarded as so imminent that
the whole of Spain is practically in a
state of siege. and especially heavy forces
are being quartered in Carlist districts
When it is understood in the Kingdom
that the Philippines must be sacrificed
Don Carlos will issue a pronunciamento
Il is possible that Sagasta rather expects
this movement with something like COM
placency It would furnish him with a
trump card for the trick of foreign inter-
yention.
The times., 1898-07-29
AN UNDERGROUND RIVER.
Ii Rolls Beneath Southern Caiifor-
mia and Fresheus the Sea-

John c. Raymond, of Los Angeles, CAL,
was at the Ebbitt last night.
He is the representative of the Bouton
Water Company, an organization which
is developing a gigantic plan TO supply
water to L9s Angeles, San Pedro. Long
Beach and Terminal Island. The supply
is to come from remarkable wells at Ala
mitos Beach. Already $1,000 feet OF pipe
have been laid in Long Beach. 1t IS pro-
posed to extend the line to Terminal ISL
and within few months.
Two wells have been bored on the rancn
of Gen. EDWARD Bouton. One Is seven
inch we'll and the other Is an eight-lhch
one. each OF which mas such tremendous
pressure that the water spouts forty feet
ABOVE the mouth of the pipe. The com
b.ned now Of these wells is Z20 inches. or
about z.soV.VvO gallons q day. Only one
fourth OF the present fow I5 utilized ana
the remainder runs into u natural basin,
where 4 has formed q 200-acre lake, about
fourteen fest deep. This body or water,
which is called Lake Bouton, runs mo
a slougn and finally empties into the
ocean through Alanitos Bay.
zone OF the experts at the Department
of the Interior said Mr.. Raymond 10 a
Zines reporter, assured me To-Day tAdt
there were no such wells anywhere else
In the country. On the BiXby ranch, ten
feet from the line Of the Bouton ranch, a
well has been dug which taps the same
underground stream. In that well. the
water was struck at a depth Of 3iS feet
and 1t was nor until pipe had been lower
ed 592 feet that anything solid enough
TO sustain IL was reached.
The Government expert declared that
the underground flow which We tapped
was equal TO all the surface streams in
Southern California. 1 believe we could get
80, 00O inches by properly developing it. The
formation through which the driliers pass
ed was clay, sand and gravel. No rock
ably soft. II is used in the locomotives
on the nearby railroads. With ordinary
Los Angeles water. the mineral deposit
must be cleaned from the engine boilers
at least once a week.
"A strange freak of this underground
river is to turn Alamitos Bay into an ex-
ceIlent oyster ground. Several years ago
seed oysters were brought from the East
and planted there. but most Of them died.
Those that survived were small and of no
account. Since the stream of fresh water
has been running into the bayf there has
been just the proper admixture of fresh
and salt water for the oysters.
1T is said by fishermen that there are
places in the ocean a mile off shore where
the water is perfectly fresh Il is sup
posed that this freak occurs where the
underground river comes to the sur
face"
The times., 1898-07-29

We trust that now the Cubans are sat
isfed. and that Gen. Shafter has not
made a blunder A small surrendered
town has been turned over to the com
mand Of Ge-.- Castillo. whose brother. DR..
ington TO protest against the temporary
exclusion of the Cuban forces from San
tiago. Mr. McKinley's good sense will.
we are sure. lead him to refer the doctor
to the commander of the American army
in Cuba His mission savors rather of
effrontery.
The times., 1898-07-29
Push Things.
(From the Hartford Courant. J

(Fr0m Inc Hartio:d Uourant.)
1t may be only a coincidence-anyone who
chooses can think so--that the Spanish govern
ment at last finds its voice just at the time
when one formidable American army is going
ashore in Porto Rico and another is gathering
in constantly increasing force before Manila
Coincidence or not, there should be no thought
on our part OF armistice at this stage of the
proceedings. a truce such as Gen. Shafter
accorded to Gen. Toral is a very different thing
from an armistice haltng armies, tying up fleets,
arresting triumphant and promising cimpa gns in
the two hemispheres. The only order sent ont
at present from Washington to our commanders
in the West Indies and the Philippines should
The more vigorously things pushed, the bet
ter the outlook will be for an early and salts
f9ctnry pcace.
The times., 1898-07-29
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO.
Efforts Are Being Made to Remove
Its Headaunrters


The rumor Is again afioat that the
headquarters of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will be transferred to New York.
Stories of al like nature were widely
circulated in railroad and financial circles
several weeks ago. but were promptly
denied by OLD stockholders of the road
in Baltimorel
They would not entertain the idea of
a change of base. They credited the in
terests now reorganiZing the road with
circulating the reports, as it is believed
that ever since New York financiers be-
came large stockholders they have been
desirous OF drawing the main officers of
the road nearer to the controlling In
yestors in the metropolis.
Persons well acquainted with the sys-
tenn, however. refuse to believe that
change will be made. They regard it as
absurd, because the character of the road
would be operative against the project.
1t is also pointed out that il would not
be good business judgment to move the
great central machinery of the system 10
city which it's tracks do not even reach.
The New York stockholders maintain
that there is every possibility of change
Of the headquarters for the reason that
the duties of the president are yearly be-
coming more closely linked with the great
financial interests of New York.
The Southern Railroad, which has its
president in New York, and maintains its
headquarters here, is cited as an eX-
ample.
A second conference of the first pre-
ferred stockholders will be held next Mon
day. or as soon as possible thereafter,
for the purpose of discussing the limita-
tion fixed by the reOrganiZing syndicate
as To the time when securities may be de-
posted, in order that they may participate
in the reorganization.
A circular letter will be sent to the
first preferred stockholders by their spe-
cial committee. consisting of Messrs. John
| Gill. James l.. McLane and John A. Whit
| ridge, outlining the situation.
The Johns Hopkins University interest,
! which is a large one. controlling about
! 5000 shares he's sued the receivers to
| have the payment of the per cent annual
| dividend enforced. The contention IS that
| 1t is a perpetual lien and must be paid
| OUT of the gross earnings of the property
| The case is now before the Supreme
| Court, but the limitation of the time for
| coming into the reorganization will have
| expired before a decision can possibly be
| reached
The trustees will probably push the
| suit Smaller individual holders may,
| however, accept the terms of the reorgan-
| ization committee, which provide that up
| on an assessment of 81 per share being
| paid each preferred stockholder will re-
| ceive in exchange 3 1-2 per cent share
| in new preferred stock and 10 per cent
| share of new common stock The Hop
| kins interest owns about 81 900 600 of this
stock and its assessment. If paid, would
| be about $4,000
The times., 1898-07-29
No Time to Ask Terms
CFrom the commercial Adrertiser.l

IFFOIH IHe IOilinerclaI Advertlser.
Besides, if the President wished to state
specific terms of peace now il would be mpos-
sbe. There is to be no armistice. The war is
to go on Its progress may change the necessary
basis of peace, as it has been changed vitaly
by the history of every month since the war
begoh. If commissioners were appointed now il
would be weeks before they could reach C n
sderStion OF specific terms. The situation NAV
be changed greatly by then and the commits
soners and the Government must be free to deal
with it as they find it. This is no time to ask
terms OF peace. Ii Spain wants it sincerely and
Is ready TO pay the price. she will prove it by
proposing TO appoint commissioners.
The times., 1898-07-29

Biliously-disposed critics will now be 81
fenced by renewed assurances, emanating
from the Navy Department. that the
work of preparation for Watson's East
ern Squadron is being pushed with fever
ish activity and thai It will sail. ire
spectiye of peace propositions. We hail
the news with satisfaction. We always
do and have. 1t is little old, since it
has been in constant use for weeks. New
ertheless. the Administration evidently
believes it to be of the kind that will
keep.
The times., 1898-07-29

It may be necessary to give to the Span
ish garrison at San Juan a taste of
American yalor and determination before
the commander at that place shall imi-
tate the example of General Toral and Sc
cure a dead-head passage to Spain for his
army. 1t is not probable, however, that
it will take as much time or as hard
fighting TO bring him to terms as the re-
duction of Santiago required.
The times., 1898-07-29
Healthy md Haunx

tFroIn tht AIIaIlaDid PlOnetf.J
to a friend in high place, in which the general
describes himself as perfectly happy in the Sou
dan. He had only shirt 10 his back, watch
he washed for himself from time to time He
lived on timed meat and occupied straw shell
ter without furniture and with nothing mo e
than blanket TO cover him. but he was in rude
health and the best spirits, and all his men were
the same
The times., 1898-07-29
Two VIII Be Excluded.
(From the BROOKLYN Eagle.l

But two facts, far are plain: While not
repelling friendly foreign suggestion and advice,
the United States will settle their policy toward
the Philippines alone. From the settlements
of that policy, the empire of Germany, which
has wantonly challenged the enmitv of this ma
tion, VIII be peremptorily excluded. We think
that Spain, as penalty for her past there, will
be peremptorly excluded also
The times., 1898-07-29

live here. He will have no dwelling
house, he will have no birthplace or
early haunts, he will have no old
clothes; they will all be carried off
as souvenirs. Americans have a way
of being demonstrative in their affec-
ton toward young man whom they
regard as really promising.
The times., 1898-07-29

Probably the Spaniards do not know it.
but there is significance in the news of
the American advance on Yanco. in Porto
Rico. As scholars will state If asked,
''Yanco." or "Yanko," is the dative form
Of the noun "Yank." hence it means TO
or for a Yank. which is manifestly the
correct translation. The Yank called
Nelson Miles Will get 1t.
The times., 1898-07-29
The Kind of Armis,ice
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.)

American opinion, sense it, will insist
not only what the terms of the peace shall
be, but making the process and the path 10
peace as short as be made. There should
be armistice that does not recognize and
accept the nexorable conditions beforehand
The times., 1898-07-29
Gen. Lee Well Treated.

As one OF Gen. Lees best friends the Times
thinks the President has treated him Justly and
even generously. and believe that Cen Lee
himself would condemn the criticisms of the
President that being made if his situation
were one that allowed aim to speak at all.
The times., 1898-07-29
Religion and Commerce. Aroused

(From the Louisville Courier -Jouinal.)
The forces OF religion and the forces Of COM
merce are moving swiftly in the footsteps OF our
victorious armies OF invasion. New York mer-
chants are already charte ing vessels fer Slntiago
and Guantanamo and missionaries are bunding
up for the long voyage to the Philippines.
The times., 1898-07-29
Cause to Scream

(From the Yonkers Statesman)
Bacon-What do you think of the war so far? /?
Egbert-Wel | think if the American eagle
isn't hoarse it must have an unusually strong
throat.
The times., 1898-07-29

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