The record-union., 1898-10-10
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

or cranks in his. 1t is said that he is
very outsqoken and pronounced in ex-
pressing himself.
SCHOOLS IN CUBA
San Diego Union: The announcement
from Santiago. that schools have been
opened in that city is one that will
doubtless be repeated from each place
in Cuba that is occupied by the United
States forces, when the evacuation
takes place. Whatever may be the
future of the island, there is a cheerful
prospect that American occupation
means education for the masses, and
they need it, In 1890, the last year
for which reliable statistics are obtain
able, the number of pupils attending
public schools in Cuba was 3S, 1O6, and
the number attending. private schools
%, 142. This was out of a population
of 100000 souls The following fig
ures indicate the prevalence of Hitter
acy in three out of the six provinces
into which the island is divided: In
Havana 47 out of every 100 white per-
sons and Is out of every 100 colored
persons could read and write: in
Puerto Principe the proportions We're
A white and 2S colored, and in Pinar
del Rio only II white and colored in
every 100 inhabitants.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
Los Angeles Times: By far the most
difficult of the problems presented in
the negotiation Of a formal treaty Of
peace between the United States and
Spain is the disposition of the Philip
pines. AT the time of the signing of
the protocol, Spain was literally on her
knees before our Government. Her
navy had been destroyed, her army in
Eastern Cuba had capitulated, and the
surrender Of Manila was virtually an
accomplished fact. There was nothing
for Spain to do, in point Of fact, but
to throw herself upon the mercy of the
United States, and this in ain indirect
way, she did Our Government, con-
sidering the completeness of it's victory,
was exceedingly generous. Under like
circumstances, any nation Of the old
world would have demanded a heavy
war indemnity and would have found
some way to enforce payment If it
were refused. But we demanded no
cash indemnity, and even agreed, in a
certain contingency, to restore to Spain,
in part, her sovereignty over the Phil
ippines, which lapsed with the signing
of the protocol. The establishment of
a liberal Government in the archipel-
ago win be insisted upon as one of the
conditions Of restoration, and other re-
forms of a radical character will be
made a part of the final terms of peace
These terms will be dictated by the
Government of the United States,
which, as the victor, has the right and
the power to dictate them.
UNIQUE PILGRIMAGE.
Los Angeles Herald; The proposed
Of the Emperor of Germany
TO the Holy Land is one of the latest
freaks Of that imperial idealist. Will
lam is nothing If not eccentric. Pos
ing and bidding for the attention of the
nations seem to be among those "di-
vine rights" which his majesty claims
as titulary to the sovereignty of the
house Of Hohenzollern.
It will be remembered that during
the war last year between Turkey and
Greece it transpired that German mill
tary officers had trained and led the
Turkish army, and that the triumph of
the forces Of the unspeakable Turk
over the Christian Greeks was largely
due to that. fact The intended visit
to the domain of the Sultan is an in
cident of the very valuable services
thus rendered Turkey in that war
TRADE FOLLOWS THE SCHOOL,
MASTER.
Portland Oregonian: What we call
foreign trade is the resultant Of many
and complex forces. Yet if there are
any who see this truth, they must be
few indeed. Busy plodders have a
narrow point of view. Mr.. Cleveland
thinks free trade would be the making
of commerce for us. Mr.. Cramps for
mula is subsidies to ships. Mr.. Kas-
son would solve all difficulties by reci-
procity treaties, and Mr.. Eddy by es-
tablishing international banks with
American capital. There is some
truth in all of these theories. Their
mistake is in forgetting that the whole
is greater than part, and in failure
to see that trade Is a growth, which
takes, whatever else, time.
One of the most interesting elements
Of trade expansion is the part played
by the schoolmaster. His work, among
Asiatic peoples, is necessary and pre-
liminary Hawaii shows what he can
do. The work of American mission
aries there, often referred to with re-
proach by the enemies of the church,
has been not only the transplanting of
American ideals and principles, but the
gradual development Of American
tastes, appetites and desires. The ed
form of American missionary
effort has finally triumphed over the
strioter proselyting idea. And in so
doing it has made itself the effective
promoter of American trade in all i'm
perfectly developed countries.
INCONSISTENT RECORD.
San Jose Mercury: The pinto party,
In order to divert attention from the in
record of its nominee for
Governor and the principles which he
advocates, is industriously engaged in
singing mud at the Republican nomi-
nee, with the hope of obscuring the real
issues of the campaign Those issues
are free trade, free silver and the sin
gle tax. Mr.. Mcguire as Congressman
was opposed to protection to the indus
tries of the country, including the
great fruit industry of California He
favored Bryanism and cheap money
And, above all, he stood and he still
stands for the confiscation of farms and
town lots through the method of the
single tax. He is to-day flooding the
State, under his frank as a Congress
man, with copies of a speech delivered
by him in the House on the 10Th day
OF February of the present year. 1t
is brief speech, and was intended
simply to introduce an article by Henry
George, which he incorporated with it
and which he enthusiastically indorsed
That speech and that article he is now
using furtively through the mails, un-