The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-14
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Henry Ja..es whose interesting mat
ter appears on Sundays, has been an
noyed, I understand, because he has
been believed to be the writer of this
column, which he decidedly is not. But
he must have been twitted ~. people
who read little. Mr. James writes
with the strength of moderation" but
I confess my propensity for speaking
of a liar as liar. If any of the gen
tlemen" who desire to ''thump" Mr..
James because of what has been writ
ten by me will devote an afternoon to
my punishment 1 shall be delighted.
The police will impart my address and
so will the proper authority of this pa
per to those who can show cause.
correspondent who happens to dis
Germ my individuality asks what /
mean by saying that "Hasta Manana"
means that and that alone to a Span
lard. I have to reply that I mean ex-
actly what I said. But in explanation
this: My friend, J. B. Whitehead Ga
son Of the torpedo maker), who is
most excellent Notwithstanding a
half dozen languages fluently-brought
the point cited to my attention alb
ruptly once. I was his guest at his
rooms in st. Johns College, Cambridge,
some years ago, and we had been talk
ing language for hours, but tired.
After some tea, accepting cigar from
him 1 said thanks" Mr.. Whitehead
asked How would you translate that
into French Or Spanish?" I thought
for moment and decided it wise not
to try. TITS impossible" he said, and
so it is. 1t is as impossible as getting
the 'anima mia," the 'idolo mia" of the
Italian people into the darling, sweet
heart and the other loving terms
Anglo-Saxons use. We discussed the
matter days after that and have been
impelled to the conclusion that not
only is there no word in any other Ian
guage that means exactly home, but
that there Is no expression In any
tongue which can be precisely uttered
in another. Mr.. Whitehead has been
in the British diplomatic service for
more years than I have teeth but he
will recall the incident with as much
pleasure as I. He taught me some
thing and joyed in doing it.
The statement that annexation is killed
because the treaty lacks two or three
votes Is gratuitous. The resolution is to
be heard from yet, and when it comes up
it will not have a two-thirds hurdle to
jump.-Chronicle.
That is, for once, the truth, and when
the resolution is heard from it will be
found that the members Of the House OF
Representatives will look the fragrant
job over before they consent to impose
Dole, his leprous crew and his debts on
California. There will be hurdle to
jump which I am convinced will throw
the nefarious schemers. The popular
branch of Congress usually insists
very properly, on information In detail,
and as it can be readily had with ref
erence to Hawaii, the probabilities are
that it will be. When the members or
the House of Representatives see the
truth, I have every confidence in their
LOYALTY to the best interests of the
country. The character of the present
Hawaiian Government is shown by the
printed news that Dole's locum tenens
on the reassembling of what is called
the National Parliament substituted
something that suited his purpose bet
ter than what Mr.. President had writ
ten as a message" for the instruction
of the inhabitants of the islands
Trouble" we are told, is likely to oc-
cur. When rogues fall out honest men
may get their due, and it is devoutly to
be wished that these schemers may
quarrel with sure intent. If they do,
we shall probably learn more about
this attempt to foist these Islands upon
us than we now know. 1t Is a Job,
of course, but who the traitors are is
a matter that interests. There IS such
a thing as punishment, and in this case
1t should be heavy.
have. happily, incurred the atten-
ton of a MERGED gentleman who as
sumes the right to judge modest crit1-
cism. From the advertising at the top
of his letter paper learn he Is a dealer
in multitudinous things, and from the
signature at the bottom I judge him
Hebrew. According to his law and
gosDel I am several fools, bunch of
knaves and an illiterate. That cheers
but does not inebriate. My sin is
that 1 chose to tell the truth ABOUT
Zola's interference in the Dreyfus
trouble as I see it. I am afraid that
my Hebraic friend has been carried on
his reasoning feet by that racial love
which Is so characteristic Of and ad-
mirabIe in the Jews. Passing by the
personal abuse, 1 explain to my de-
famer that the Dreyfus affair is a ma
tional issue. The French nation has
decided It, There are, doubtless, many
who do not accept as wise the findings.
but, as before stated here, no man can
dictate to a people. Let us look at
the matter which predominates in all
our minds at this moment. We have
with a unanimity which, pray God,
may ever mark the nation, decided to
place fifty millions of dollars in the
Presidents hands to be expended for
defense as he sees fit. All do not agree
the wisdom of the act, but those who
do not are sensible and patriotic when
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