Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-03

tIU NNINNMH on lhN pursuing NlNuhs
FRANCE AND UNITED STATES.
4 r7ra paper, commenting on the
reception accorded 20 Admiral Dewey
saya 70 Oh fortunate country which
ada give way to madloning enthusiasm
add have tho object Of Il remain a elm
a'e manly man. devoid OF scIf-ambi-
uln In twcnty.four hourn French
rsnsul Ga Dcwcy'H position. tho Paris
journal thinks. would bo plotting to
oy,uurn the government.
This is probably true. There is a
radical difference between tho two
soaauIsa Tho United statcs IA not
country Of plots and countorplotH. II
Ia DOT built on tho ruins OF monarchios
aud empires but Ito government II the
natural growth or that spirit " indl-
uduhl freedom. which has character
lr,i Anglo-saxonr au FAR back ne hls-
tory zoos
France. Il haa been observed. IL a re-
public only In name The people there
s,ui look upon tho army as tho corner
stone OF tho government The youth
u France uhun peaceful puuuits-agri-
culture. industry and oommcrcc-aa
much 10 p0sdblc and rurh to the schools
ln order 10 become qualified for govern
mcut po.ltlona Everybody wants 60
govern" and none really desires to en-
gage To- the productive cllllngs without
which government would be impoasi-
De-. The Freedman looks TO tho ar
my aa source Of numerous iohe, and
% o. but natural that whom be- becomes
popular. he should seek TO corner this
commodity" by means Of which he
may mako moro fricnds and pcrpctu-
ate bio popularity.
The army n regarded as the real
power DO Francc-a fact sufficiently
veil Illustrated during tho recent Drcy-
fus trial. ana country H. ind3cd un-
fortunate. whom mlntnrism instead Of
bslug the servant OF tho government
b,comcu lts master. for mllltarism IL
essentially outocracy or tyranny. II Il
the dlamctricauy opposite 90 democrat
cy
The fact that the French population
Is actually decreasing has often been
pointed out by HthtlsticinnH, Whether
this IL an effect Of the spirit by which
the nation Ia dominated. or only a Coz
Incident. matters but little, II Is an
omlnous sign at nil events,
A French author quoted In Gunton'H
Magazine has laid the fatal figures be-
fore tho world. lie claims that the
number Of births have steadily de-
cllned since i7iO. In the nrut ten years
following that year. there were, he says,
$50 births TO each 10000 inhabitants. In
the period between issO-isg6 there were
only go In 1880 there were 1850
fewer births than In 1859. and o9,ssj
tower than In 1858.
The marriage statistics show a uimi-
hr state Of affairs. In 1854 there were
1855. but the number gradually de-
cllned until In 1880 there were only
gD172 dlminution OF over $1,000 Ia
sS years. Al the same tlmc the death
rate h increasing. In 1891. there were
2ss2S deaths In 1880 thorr were over
0siol And this. while IN other civil
lIgd countries marriages ana births are
Increasing, and the death rate "a de-
creas.ngl
Many remedies have been suggested
Tor This cancer ON the social body Tho
most natural would be- TO change the
entire system " education. aud oatnb-
llsh one by which militarlsm will be- de-
thruuoi In favor OF tho industries.
commerce. arts and sciences. This
would luaHon tho burdens OF the la
b0tcu, and place the necessities and
luXuHes OF lifo within their reach. Life
Itself would be made moro OF a pleas
uro, ana the effects Of this would be
visible lr due time, snbad, the sailor.
with the monster on his shoulders, by
day and by night, could engage IN no
useful activity except under the great
cot difficulties. Neither can nation,
ridden 10 death by the burdens Of a
milinriam, that has no regard FOR the
power " tho people to carry them. or
iho condition OF exhaustion necessarily
r,.u0tlng from oyor-taNntion.
Before were ON the epit today. Yacht
race bulletins brought nervousness e