The record-union., 1899-06-20
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Interest.


American and English delegates to This
Hague convention, while it may not
prevail in the end, has at least had the
effect of smoking out" the German
delegation, which, it was known, had
received instructions to oppose arbitra-
ton. A German representative has
now come out in the open, stating that
the idea of submitting important ques-
tions to arbitration is contrary to the
theory of the divine right Of his mon
arch. 1t appears, therefore, that the
failure of the peace negotiations, which
is now probable, will be due to the in
fiated medieval ideas of the young En-
peror Of Germany
AN ACT OF TREACHERY.
Oakland Enquirer: The character o.:
Aguinaldo, the head of the Filipino in
surgents, has been and continues good
deal of a mystery, as the accounts
given of him by his enemies and his
friends are too conflicting to be recon-
,ciled. But if the story Of the killing Of
General Luna at Aguinaldo's head
quarters which is now published is the
true one, we can only think that the
worst which has been said Of Aguinaldo
is true, for no one will believe that
Luna was killed under these circum-
stances without the chiefs orders to~tIo
it. Such an act of cruel treachery if
happening in Europe or America would
be almost without parallel, but in Asia
it is not extraordinary for there craft
and cruelty are inbred even in the best
specimens of the race.
THE WAR.
Red Bluff News: 1t is painfully evil
dent that many more troops must be
sent to Manila before success can be
hoped for. Otis says 10000 troops are
all that are needed, but it must be plain
to every one but him that double that
number would be none too many. Still
the President hesitates. He must see
that he ought to have called out large
number Of men long ago, but still he
dilly-dallies and does nothing.
WHAT EDUCATION WILL DO.
Alameda Argus: The love of magic,
the desire to escape the action of the
law Of cause and effect, and to get
something for nothing or at '1ess than
the cost of production" is one of the
weaknesses of human nature. 1t is a
kind Of original sin of the intellect,
whose burden is very great. 1t makes
large number of people easy prey to
knaves and scoundrels of all kinds. The
interest in the X-ray was largely due
to the supposition that men of science
had gotten beyond science and were
now in the region of the occult. But IT is
perfectly clearthat an X-ray is no more
mysterious than a suns beam. Just
now there is some talk about liquid air
and there are those who believe that
an exception to the laws of physics and
chemistry has been discovered at last;
will not merely transform energy. but
produce it; that we now have a treas
ure house out of which we can get
treasures that we did not first put in.
Perpetual motion and ~Aladdin's lamp
there has never been an inch of
progress in their direction. Nothing
but a more generous education can
overcome this persistent tendency to
believe the impossible. But education
will by and by make Keely impositions
impossible, and produce an average Of
intelligence such that those who seeA
to escape the Law of cause and effect
and put their trust in magic will be as
few as those who try to get away from
the multiplication table.
NOT AT ALL FUNNY.
Fresno Democrat: In one of our
North California exchanges we find a
red-hot article against trusts, and in
the very next column it has an equally
red-hot editorial frantically howling for
a combination of fruit t-growersf'-not a
.le =, xx-iH ho wa
to be forced to the wall. Funny, isn't
it?-Redlands Citrograph.
Not at ALL The exchange in the first
"red-hot'' article probably referred to
the combination Of capital to limit
production, thereby working double
hardship upon the people by throwing
a large number of men out of em-
ployment and increasing the price OF
the product to the consumer, while its
''red-hot article in the very next col
umn' referred to combination OF
fruit-growers to- handle the product OF
the orchard and vineyard and put 1t
upon the market with profit to them
selves, without, however, limiting the
production or depriving any one of en-
ployment, unless it be the greedy COM
about tfat.-Madera Tribune.
Now, will you be good, Mr.. Redlands
Citrograph?
AGAIN THE FLYING MACHINE.
Portland Oregonian: Mans attempt
ta fly without wings, or to manufacture
substitute for wings and apply
methods to it that will sustain and pro-
pei him through the air, has thus far
been doomed to defeat. Practical peo-
pie generally look upon the effort as
hopeless, and the contribution of mon
ey to it as foolish and unjustifiable
waste The optimist however, serene
in the belief that all things are posi-
bic to an age Of ingenuity that has
harnessed steam and electricity to its
uses. continues to furnish money to the
dreamer Of aerial navigation, and the
dreamer on his part continues to apply
it to complicated machinery, which in
sists as often as opportunity offers
upon conforming, first of all, to the
law OF gravitation. The latest expert
menter in this line Is Professor Lang
ley, an eminent astronomer and a
physical scientist Of more than com
mon fame. HIS aerodrome, under con-
struction for many months, has
reached a stage Of development which
warrants him In announcing that ii
will soon soar in the air, carrying al
least one person. A public test will
soon be made, and his friends are san
guine in the expectation that it will
do all he claims for 1t.
AWKWARD.
San Jose Herald: It will make a
somewhat awkward situation If the
Peace Congress asks Great Britain to