The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-16
TOPICS OF TODA 7
IIUMOR OF THE WAR.

HUMoR OF THE WAR.
AS we get clearer view of the al
legged Anglo-American alliance, it is
not entirely Objectionable. A Rus
sian paper, edited by the car, tells us
all about it. He says that England
has for ten years stood alone in Europe
with Russia, France and Germany
gradually closing in on her. The
crash was just about to come when
Spain and the United States went to
war. The aforesaid crash was to re-
suit in the humiliation of J. Bull.
England would be annexed to France,
ireland to Germany and Scotland to
Russia. 49,"
Long ago England saw what was
coming and J. Bull turned to Uncle
Sam. But he found that the latter
could give him no countenance as an
ally. SO ]. Bulls fit of despair con-
t1nued until the beginning of the His
pano-American war. Since then his
protestations Of friendship toward the
United States have been loud, but not
loud enough to secure encouraging re-
spouse. Seeing that his case is hope
less Mr.. Bull has turned the tune and
now wishes to become a part of the
United States. He would rather be
voluntarily annexed to us than forcibly
annexed to France. Thus the only
Danger OF trouble between the United
States and the continental powers is,
according to the cars organ, likely to
result over the partition of the British
lsles., Now, if England wants to join
the American union as an Independent
state we will take her in any time and
Will promise not to give her up to any
continental power. If this is the Sc
cret OF her plea, for an alliance let the
good work go on.
UNCLE SANS COMING TASK.
There is widespread tendency in
Europe to borrow trouble over what
the United States is going to do with
the Spanish islands when it gets them.
Great Britain is as much exercised over
this matter as any of the rest of the
european powers. Henry Norman,
war correspondent of the London
Chronicle, has just sent to his paper
from Washington a rather thunderous
article on this subject in which he in
forms his English readers that this
country is rapidly approaching a sit
uatton where decision more momen-
tous than any for a century past must
be taken,'' and that this decision Twill
afect European nations hardly less
than America ITSELF
RUSH THE MANILA EXPEDITION.
General Merritt is doing all he can
to get the second body of troops started
for Manila, but no date has been set
for their departure, yet the Monterey,
that powerful coast defense vessel
which is to be sent to the Philippines,
is respected to leave" about the end
of the week. That means, probably,
it will get off some time next week.
Something will be sure to 20 wrong
at the last moment, as was the case
with the Charleston. Even if the
Monterey does get off this week it will
take it over month to get to Man.
lila.
OUR COLLEGE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The regular season is at hand when
the hard-working paragrapher opens
his rapid-fre batteries upon the "sweet
girl graduate'' and the college boy
philosopher" These two subjects have
become as much a necessary part of
his trade as are the talkative barber
and the irascible mother-in-law, But
the college graduate is no joke. It may
be granted that he takes himself too
seriously at times, but this is a fault
easily condoned, because it is due en-
cirely to the exuberance of youth.
Age and experience and fixed habits CT
study are necessary factors of wis.,
DOM
BETTER TIMES.
The influence of the tremendous war
expenditures of the government, it is
complained, is not felt as yet by the
working classes Of the country. This
is offered as an explanation of the fact
that the retail trade fails to exhibit the
life which is supposed to be INSOFAR
able from war times, an expansion Of
the circulating medium, and the in
evitable cheapening of it's purchasing
power. In realty the government has
thus far paid in actual cash but a.
small fraction of the obligation it has
assumed. When payments begin to
be made an era OF great prosperity will
have IN