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Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

the Germans, and the absorption Of the
old East Asiatic civilization by that of
Europe, are out Of the question. Only
a smoothing away of the antagonisms
and an approximation OF the two races
are in question: For good while great
historical events happened only in the
West, but now, after many stronger or
weaker attempts. the East, too, is sud.
denly beginning to have history again.
1t seems that the ancient cradle OF the
human race is again for a long period to
be the real theatre of the world.
The rumor that England Is willing to
advance to China the sixteen million
pounds herself seems false, TOR the
Standard declares that a solution secur.
ing England great advantages without
excessive risk to the Exchequer' is
probable. The British Government.
which thus long struggled against the
loan, seems now to have been won over
for 1t in some form or another.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

BIBLES AND SwsATING.-The relig.
ious societies are always boasting Of the
carloads ofBibles they send out. Il isa
good work, no doubt. but f we are to
credit the statements made by Mr. ID.
Sharpe, the secretary Of the English
Bookbinders' Trade Union, all this glory
has been obtained by sweating. Cheap
Bibles are largely produced by under.
paid labor in Scotland. For the binding
of Bibles in London men are paid not
less than thirty-two shillngs per week;
whereas in Scotland, where the work is
almost entirely Gone by women, their
weekly wages range from four shillings
to ten shilings The substitution OF
female labor for mems work in factories
and workshops IS no advantage to
women generally; for, though il may
suit the women who displsce men, il is
no advantage t. the wives, daughters.
sisters, and mothers Of the displaced
woTkmen. Most people will, we are
sure, agree with Mr.. Sharpe that # there
IS one branch OF industry in which Chris
tiau principles should prevail. and from
which sweating should be entirely alb
sent, it is that which has to do with the
manufacture and production OF Bibles.
In bringing them out it is surely par
ticularly odious sin TO treat with dlsdain
the maxim that the laborer IS worthy OF
mis- hire which they solemnIy set forth
Tor the observance of employers.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
The Great God Doodle.

The bankers through whom il
Is alleped some OF the Hanna pur-
chase checks passed fatty refuse
to tell the Investigating committee
ofthe Ohio Senate what they know.
Why should they7 Would it
not be an impious attempt to
thwart the proVidences Of that
mysterious deity by whose bene6
cent aid Hanna was enabled sue
cessiullv to "close the deaP' for
the Senatorship7 What is man
that he should raise his punY hand
against the great god Doodle who
has taken the Republican party
under his protection?
The only criticism of these bank
ers is that they did not go far
enough. By their silence they
fairly shouted Hanna's guilt from
the housetops. They should have
denied that there was anything to
tell. That is the true and loyal
way to serve the god of Hanna and
McKiAley and Dem Is and VIM
berley. That is the real way to
live up to the motto of the wor-
shippers Of that deity:
"Secrecyl Secrecy! SecrecyW
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
The DiDgIey Deficit.

Mr.. Dingley points with pride to
the fact that the daily receipts from
his tariff are greater now than they
were last August, and that they
are slowly crawling up toward an
equality with the figures under the
old law which the Dingley act
superseded. That is eminently
gratifying, OF course. But does
Mr.. Oingley ever recall the cir
cumstance that Congress was
called in extra session last March
to pass his bill as a measure OF ur
gent necessity to relieve the dis
tress of the Treasury At that
time the "WilsOn deficit" was
bringing the country to ruin. No
body had asked for high protec-
tive tariff, but we had to have more
revenue. We simply could not
wait a minute. The condition oi
the Treasury was desperate. and
there had to be some way Of bring
ing in ample supplies oi coin in
simultaneously. The bill was passed
accordingly, and Mr.. DIngley has
been explaining ever since that if
we only give the new tariff time it
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Cleveland and Hawaii.

Ex-President Cleveland says the
Albany Times, has set all discus
sion at rest concerning his position
on the annex ton Of Hawaii.
Without the slightest equivoca-
ton, he emphatically states that
he has always been opposed to the
annexation of these islands, and
in explanation OF his position ad
vances some cardinal principles $
Of democracy. The mission OF
this country is to build up what it
already has. To DO that is ta' k
under which it is to-day struggling,
and an enhancing OF the bur
den would be the height OF
folly. We already have more
territory than we can conveniently
handle. We want no more. We
want no islands reekIng with lep-
rosy, populated with mixed peo-
pies OF the most undesirable char
acter and situated so far away from
US that an immense navy would be
an absolu nect ssitY for its de-
fense. line annexation Of Hawaii
IS nothing but political job seek
ing to benefit a few at the expense
OF the country at large. Ifit meets
its just deserts. the proposition to
annex Hawaii will be laid aside
until this country is in real need Of
more territory, which will be
never.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Ie /0H,Hai aeS Ds6aks-ParIs.

England is sending troops to Egypt
that will raise her force there to ten
thousand men, drawn from Malta, Glib
raltar, England and India, while she has
not sent a single ship to reinforce her
suqadron on the China station. What
conclusion does that lead to? AT the
very time when all eyes are turned to
the Far East, Great Britain IS preparing
to commence in the Soudan an Expedi
ton winch, from the preparations IN
progress, is far more serious than a
merely defensive expedition. Il IS a real
expedition oi conquest she IS preparing,
the objective Of which is Khartoum, and
possibly the whole valley Of the Upper
Nile. Ana that at a time when her
political and commercial interests in
China are likely to be menaced, Il must
be admitted that if al this particular
junction Great Britain launches into such
an adventure as the Soudan, she must
teel fully reaSsured as to what IS about
to take place in China. And if she be
thus treasured, it must be either because
she has received assurances from Ger
many, or 'lse because she has given
carte blanche to Germany at KiaO Chau
IN exchange for the friendly neutrality
OF Germany IN Egypt and the Soudan;
or, lastly, because Great Britain has,
with determined object, concluded an
alliance with Japan. And if it be not an
alliance in the ordinary sense Of the
word, It is a. least an understanding, an
accord, founded on recognized identity
OF political or commercial interests
such being the case, it becomes a matter
OF the highest importance to follow very
closely the movements Of the British
troops in the Soudan, and, indeed, IN a
less degree throughout Africa, for it
must be inferred from the facts that are
occurring that the Far East question is
adjourned for the time being, 81 lar as a
partition or dismem5erment Of China is
concerned, and that the only question is
the Chinese loan, which means securing
mortgage on China.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
THE CHINESE QURsTIoN.
Ha'H64rRisehe CoyyesboHdenk.

The plan Of strengthening England 5
influence in China by the roundabout
way OF financial transactions is being
zealously discussed in London. England
is to help her Chinese "friend" by a
lean OF sixteen millions sterling The
Chinese customs revenue, however, is
already almost entirely pledged for the
payment of the interest of the former
loans, and the English are too good men
Of business to run the risk Of having to
wait for the repayment ofso large a sum
till the Greek Kaleuds. and it is, there.
fore, indispensable to find another guar
antee for the new loan. The pledging
OF an internal Chinese source ofrevenue,
the land tax, for instance, was thoupht
Of; but this would be valuable only if
/ England got the raising OF the tax under
her control-that is, the right to inter.
fere with the internal administration OF
hina. There are many dificutiec,
however, IN the way of this, not TO men.
tion the Pekin's aversion 20 such a con-
troll by European Power. Moreover,
It is necessary in China to take not only
the Pekln Government, but also the
selfwilled VIceroys of the provinces into
account; for the latter cannot simply be
ordered from Pekin, The internal
organization of the Celestial Empire,
especially the want Of fceniralization and
OF Uniform central power, renders the
execution of such agreements extremely
difficult. On the other hand. however,
people who know the country well are
convinced that, considering the present
condition OF the Chinese administration,
all Government concessions as regards
the building Of railways. the working OF
mines, &c are not worth the paper
they are written on unless the manage
ment can be placed in European hands,
and the passive resistance OF the local
authorities thereby broken. II is hard
to say whether these difficulties can be
overcome. but il is obvious that the
Power which succeeded in overcoming
them would gain a start which no terri
torial acquisition would enable its rivals
TO recover.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Germany Had No Dealings with
DreyfuS.

Germany Had No Dealings with
Dreyfus.
There never were relations of
aay kind between German repre-
sentatives or agents and Dreyius,"
solemnly declared Foreign Minis
ter Won Bulow last Monday before
the Reichstag Budget Committee.
"The story of the waste paper
basket incident at the German EN-
bassY in Paris, and cf the finding
therein OF compromising docu-
ments affecting Dreyius. was sheer
invention.
THE Dreyius affair has not al
fected in the slightest the pacific
relations between the German and
the French Governments.
81 know nothing Of the visit of
Dreyfus to the Reichsland (Al-
sace), and still less of the alleged
special facilities given him by Ger
man officials during his alleged
visit"
(, Baron Won Bulow prefaced his
declaration by saying that he could
only speak with extreme caution,
as otherwise his words might be
represented as an interference in
French affairs, and he thought
there was the more reason for en-
ploYing reserve since il may be
expected that light will be cast
upon the affair by the proceedings
initiated in France herself.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
How BouIanger Was EoOIed

The present condition Of affairs
in Paris serves to recall the fact that
Gen. De Villaume, who is now a
member OF the Kaiser's household, 4,
but who, in 1889, was Military
Attache ol the German Embassy
at Paris, finding one day that his
valet was making surreptitiously
copies Of documents lying on his
writing table, wrote some fictitious
reports, with lists Of imaginary
German spies, &c., and leit them
lying carelessly upon his writing
table.
The valet copied them faithfully
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

Major Esterhazy has been unanimously
acquitted and another chose JHPee has
been added to the annals OF French
military jurisprudence. What further re-
suit can have been achieved by the re
markable trial which came to an end last
night il would be difficult for ans body
bred IN the atmosphere of British Justice
to conceive. Although 1he mob in the
streets of Paris have been cheering Major
Esterhazy because the cou martial has
not pronounced HIM to be traitor, il is
hardly TO be supposed that the more
sober and intelligent sections of French
opinion will recognize a ground for
exuperant rejoicing in this circumstance.
The Court which was to calm the
sensation excited by the accusation has
sat Tor two days. On the first day It sat
in public and received a quna,ity OF
evidence, most of which, judged by
English standards, appears to have BEEN
irrelevant. On the second il sat with
closed doors, heard a great deal of
evidence, and came TO a decision. To
the grounds of that decision we have
not even clue. The officers who have
tried Major Esterhazy in secret find that
he was not the author Of the 6OYdereaH.
To that extent and no further they con.
firm the Judgment Of the officers who
tried Captain Dreyfus in secret and who
found that he was the author of the
6OydsreGH.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
FACTS ABOUT THE GERMAN NAVY
Ar1Hy ant Navy Gazette.

The MIt W0chen6aH extracts
some interesting particulars from the
RdRgAiSke Of the German navy recently
published, which indicates the various
changes in commands, the creation Of
the new cuising division under Prince
Henry, and the ships on foreign stations.
II appears that the royal personages a
kE suite OF the navy are the King of
Sweden and Norway, the Emperor OF
Russia, the King OF the BelgIans, the
Duke OF SAKE Coburg and Gotha,
the Duke of the Abruzzi, and the Duke
OF Genoa, and the Grand Dukes Alexis
Aexandrovitch and Cyril VladImiro.
witch. Rear AdmiraIs Ia suite are
Count Won Waldersee, Won EIsendecher,
and Baron Won Seckendorff. The active
list OF the navy numbers 747 officers.
l here are but two Admiras, Won Kuorr
and Kot ster, and three Vice Admirals,
Karcher, Thomson, and Won Diederichs.
the last in command in China. To com
plste the flag Inst there are Rear Admir-.
ais O!dekOp, Hoffman, Baron Won Sen
den Bibran, Barandcn, Bendemann,
Trpitz NAVAL Secretary, Prince Henry
OF Prussia, Won Arnim and Buchsel.
The Captains number forty.seveu. the
commanders eighty two lot whom six.
teen seniors rank with Lieutenant
Colonies IN the armyl I7r senior and
2s4 junior LieutenauIs and I79 sub
Lieutenants. Five pensiOned officers are
a Ia SHiie Of the corps OF officers.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
NorEs FROM THE RIVIERA

A number Of royal PersouaRes are
seeking health or pleasure on the
Riviera. The Empress Of Austria has
settled tor the present at the Royal
Hotel at San Reno, her yacht the Mira
mar, being meanwhile in Villeiranche
Harbor. The Crown Princess Of Rou-
mania is at Nice with her husband, and
the other afternoon received a deputa-
ton Of the ishwives Of Nice clad in the
old picturesque costumes of their guild.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

will eventually bring IN as much
revenue as the old one did.
What would the condition ofthe
Treasury have been at this time if
the Wilson tariff had been lett un-
disturbed We are inclined to
think that the deficit, which is
heaping up now from month to
month. would have disappeared.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
The Earthquakes I'm France.

The curses scattered by the
French Government in the Dreyius
case have come home to roost with
vengeance. The lonely prisoner
on the Isle du Diable, chained and
surrounded by guards, has vet
power to shake the nation that re.
fuses him justice. The more the
Government protests that the case
is closed and will never be re-
opened the more menacinglY it
finds its wrong confronting it at
every turn. The recent scenes in
the Chamber Of Deputies disclose
an intensity OF feeling that threat
ems the existence Of the Republic.
What will happen when the trial OF
Zola brings to light new scandals,
worse, perhaps, than any vet imag-
ined1 The French people have
been dishonored before the world,
and when their attention is turned
from race hatreds to that fact the
result may be serious.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

For a long time Mark Hanna
has, in the parlance Of the day,
been next door to Mr.. Mckinley,
but now they both dwell at the
same number, pull the same door
bell and use the same door mat,
as Mr.. Hanna is at prese nt sto D.
ping at the White House.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

The late n. L. Pierce, Of Milton,
Mass, left Sro1 to each and every one Of
the employees Of Walter Baker & Co,
chocolate makers. OF which firm he had
been a member for many years. The
other night the 4aS employees received
their Ioo-dollar checks.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

convict DTeyfus OF disloyalty to his
profession or his country. AS
Tor the trial, we can only say that ITS
one effect has been to convince foreign.
ers not only that DreyiuS was innocent,
but that the Government knows il.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Pal MAI Gazsfte-London, Jan. II

FaH Mall Gasstte--London, Jan. u
France is absolutely under the rule Of
the clubs, with notifications, as she
was in the Revolutionary age She has
persuaded herself that they have re-
deemed the credit OF the nation and the
army, but her true condition should be
and 1t is nightly small nercy--that
II the Republic can survive the Ester
hazy court martial, it can survive any.
thing.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Facts VS.. FIapd oodIe.

II is amusing to hear Congress
men gravely declaring, as one did
on Monday on the floor OF the
House, that "the revenue from
customs will soon equal all the ex-
penses ot the Government" The
Secretary Ofthe Treasury reported
Jan. "a, 1898, the following:
Receipts from
customs Expenditures.
This day $4I6,o76 Fl, ,So5, 900
This month I'LL, 6,427 3o,23 900
This fiscal year 73,95L44s 23S43S,2II
Does even Mr.. Dingley expect
"the revenue from customs" to
ever equal one.half "the expenses
OF the Government"
The expenditures for pensions
to Jan. "a have been S87,SaI,3Io,
so that the revenue from customs
lacks sI3,889.s9 of even paying
them. The Secretary particular
izes:
Receipts from payments for
customs. pensions.
This day $4I6 976 $500, 900
This month II,Io6,427 II,5SS.ooo
This fiscaIyear 73e3I,448 87,S2I,3I9
Such hoodwinking Of the voter
should be lett to the Republican
party organs.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
CT be London, January u.

GE 0e London, January IL.
The sensational scene at the close OF
yesterdays judicial farce-the court
thrown open for the public to hear the
finding OF the court martial, the officers
star ding in double line and raising their
hats to the prisoner whose "honor" had
been triumphanily vindicated, the
cheering mob outside-it was little less
dramatic than the humiliation of poor
Dreyius, and scarcely more 50 tisfactory
to patriotic Frenchmen. For behind
all this popular applause there still
turks, and will continue to lurk, the
belief that a grave miscarriage Of Justice
has been perpetrsted. and that for the
sake OF some person or persons IN high
place the hapless Dreyfus is expiating
crime which he never committed
THE BANIsHMENT OF WAR CoRRsPoS-
DENTS FROM THE NILE / EXPEDITION.
Dafy ztleG GyaDh-London, Ian. 10,
We have a protest to make to-day
which, II strong, indignant. { nd plain
spoken will be made in the public in
terest, first and foremost None the less,
It IS also an insult and an outrage upon
the English Press at large OF whiSh we
are about to complain. There has been
communicated to the conductors of this
journal, and, we believe, to other edi
torIal Offices as well, a telegram from
the military authorities at Cairo, ad
dressed to Reuters secretary. The
telegram was cOuched as follows:
Authorities state that in view Of great
difficulty OF transport Kitchener will not
be able to allow special correspondents
for time beng beyond rail head, where
their presence is Of little benefit to their
newspapers. Authorities, there ore,
propose for time being no special cor
respondent will be allowed except one
Reuters agent, who must not be military
officer, but before definitely deciding
authorities would be glad il Reuters
Office communicate with leading news
papers," Such was the insulting and
ridiculous decree, ,telegraphed, no doubt,
in provisional form, to all and sundry
among those who are concerned with
the duty or organizing a supply of in.
telligence TO guide and inform public
opinion in regard to the important and
interesting warlike movements now
commencing in and near the Soudan.
II is needless to point out how arrogant,
ineQuitable, and utterly out OF fashion
such a military ukase must Re con-
sidered. We desire 10 keep
the deplorable affront now offered by
the War Office and the Military Staff in
Egypt TO the nglish Newspaper Press
above the level OF personal considera.
tions. But it is not difficult to know
who are primarily responsible for 50
palpable an anachronism, so InsoIent a
prett nsion, so ungrateiul and un n
hghtened a decree.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

81 -JamSS's GazeHe-London, Ian. u.
Al first our natural inclination is to
see matter for contempt only in the
ju5i!ation OF Paris over the accquittal OF
MAJOR Esterhazy. There is something
shocking in the spectacle OF a people
rejoicing be"ause this man Of damaged
character has beeh declared innocent Of
a particular act OF treason after What TO
our mind is a mere farce Of trial.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
DUR FoREloN NEWS.

4 TIG1SIGRSG and SsLsefed IIOSN leading
hAvO6SaH bapsVzIOV The SRNTINkL.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

National ZsifsHR- Berlin
The partition Of China between the
Russians, the British, the French and
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
ENGLAND.

The TRIAL OF MAJOR EsTERHAzY.
TiNr<S-London, January IA.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
.SkaRdaYd--London. Ian. II.

1t is NOT for foreign critics to offer any
conjecture as TO the authorship OF the
letter which the first court martial held
to be written by Dreyius, and the second
declares not to have been written by
Esterhazy. But they are in a position
to observe the process by which the
conclusion has been reached. Thought
ful Frenchmen will not resent the remark
that the result Of the study is a feeling
OF blank astonishment that methods so
utterly inconsistent with civilized
notions ofjurisprudenLe should be pos
sible in a nation which Justly prides
itself uDon the refinement of its intellec.
tual culture. We offer no opinion
as to the guilt or innocence OF either
Captain Dreyfus or Major Esterhazy,
and we can conceive that the delicate
nature of the charge in each case sug-
Rested the notion OF inquiry in camera
But could any harm resulting from pub.
tcity - compared with that which has
accrued from the attempt to revive the
baTbarfties OF star chamber practicep
To spare the suscepnbilities OF some
unnamed foreign State, an atmosphere
has Deen created in which disRraceful
irtrigues and counter intrigues mong
officers OF the French army flourish, and
the foulest imputations have become
quite common weapons OF controversy.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29

Ac ert sements to insure insertion
hould he handed in not later than q
o'cloc. noon on Thursday.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
Daily Msys-London, Ian. "a.


Major Esterbszy's acquittal has come
out of the darkness OF secret sitting,
as the condemnation Of Captain Dreyius
came out OF it. They are different re.
spolses Of an oracle accountable to none
but itself-that is all Itis fitting con.
clusion 10 a series of inquiries in which
all Is mystery from first to last. The
very charge against the major is a mys
terry. He has been pronounced not
guilty of having made arrangements
with foreign Power directed against
the security of France. 1t is extremely
difficult to see how he could consistently
have been required to answer anv charge
Of the sort. Il involves that very reopen
ing Of the DTeyIus case to which the
Government declared It would be no
party. The one impe ratIve duty Of re-
visiug the evidence on which Drsy fus
has been condemned has been altogether
neglected. He continues in captivity
in circumstances which must make every
paDg he suffers a pa1g for the more
sensitive part OF the conscience of the
world. There is nothing TO De done but
mark the date Of trial which will ever
be precious to the historian OF contem
poraTy France.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-29
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