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structed its Minister in Washington that
there is no rule or principle of interna-
tional law which prohibits the Government
of any country from requiring aliens, resi-
dent within its territories, to serve in the
militia or police Of the country, or to con-
tribute to the support of such establish
ments" Our own view has been less elias
tic. In 1862, Mr. Seward declared that
there is no principle more distinctly and
clearly settled in the law of nations than
the rule that resident aliens are not liable
to perform military service
The Times is not aware that the ques-
ton, settled for the time being as to
British subjects in the United States in
the instruction to Lord Lyons, has ever
been directly at issue in this country. If
it be the theory of our Government, ever
carried into practical effect, that foreign
residents are subject to duty in our uni
formed militia, then we could not well OBJ
iect to the application of like rule to
Americans living abroad But that difficulty
is not likely to occur, since the organiza-
ton of our militia is State and not national.
Otherwise, an Englishman in northern New
York or Maine might be called upon TO
take arms against his sovereign, thing
quite repugnant to modern ideas of JUS
+ioe
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The War ON Briggs.
(From the BROOKLYN Eagle. }


The anti-Briggs wing of the Episcopal
Church in the New York diocese has not
proved itself very strong. 1t nominated
a standing committee to run in opposition
to the one which had recommended the
ordination of DIR. Briggs. Fifty-hve min
listers voted for the opposition ticket and
132 against it, and of the lay delegates
there were only eighteen anti-BriggS men
and ninety seven who supported Bishop
Potter's policy.
This is an interesting vote and 1t estab-
fishes more firmly the fact that the Epis
copal Church is a church rather than
denomination, if we accept Dr. AbbCtt's
standard The views held by DIR. Briggs
have been held for years by scholars in
the Episcopal Church. Bishop Potter
thought that there was room in the com
munion for another man believing the
same thing, as we'll as room for those
who held different views regarding meth
DDS of Biblical Interpretation. The Thirty
nine Articles were an attempt to express
the general view regarding the meaning
OF the Bible, but there was to be room for
variation in the Interpretation OF the arti-
cles, as well as in the explanation Of the
Christian system. Now let us hope that
the last has been heard of this controversy.
DR.. Briggs is admittedly Christian There
ought to be some communion in which he
can find a welcome
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The Carter Case.

President Mckinley must not find fault
Il his tardy final action in the Carter case
surprises as much as it pleases the country.
II is a much greater recognition Of justice
In connection with a rich and influential
criminal than anyone had right or
reason TO expect. Remembering the efforts
pf the Administration to protect crime and
Tuppress truth in connection with the beef
putrages, and its deliberately defiant NAL
fersation Of justice, in rewarding Eagan
Ehere he should have been severely pun
shed as an example, no one in his senses
could have predicted the complete approval
Df the findings and sentence OF the Carter
court martial, which was gazetted yester-
aay.
To ignore or condone an offence such as
Earter's. of course, would have been inde-
IensIble, especially since several of his
brother officers who have fallen prey to
the tempter and stolen small amounts
have been fairly raIlroaded out Of the
Army and sometimes to jail, during the
time ne has been at large under full pay,
awaiting exfra-Iegal and Illegal manipula-
ton Of his affair. Neither be nor his
friends can complain. He has had the
benefit Of the best counsel; of open efforts
On the part Of the Government 10 find some
EXCUSE for letting him escape; OF political
influence strong and persuasive enough TO
paralEze the arm OF the law for sixteen
months: and he might have still enjoyed a
further lease OF liberty. If not an oppor-
turity OF retirement to Canada, but for the
axigencies Of the political situation in Ohio
and elsewhere.
The right thing has been done at last.
We congratulate Mr.. Mckinley upon the
fact We viii not look gift horse in the
mouth. and have not a word 10 say in crit
Icism, except OF the long delay and its pc
ruliar circumstances, and Of the shocking
contrast between the stern and severe
punishment visited upon Captain Carter,
and the golden mercy heaped upon Eagan
and others equally blsmeworthy.
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CrowninshieId Next!

The original Dewey man is farther be-
hind the horizon than ever, He is becom-
ing much more of a mystery than the
prominent citizens who got the money in
the Merrimae deal. With some diffdence
we have hitherto referred TO the agree
ment between Admiral Dewey and Theo-
dore Roosevelt that the latter secured the
formers assignment to the Asiatic station.
No sooner had they Joined in announcing
this conviction than Senator Proctor OF
Vermont declared them both TO be mis-
taken, meretricious. and mendacious. and
that he was the eagle bird who seized
Dewey in his claws and dropped him over
in Manila Bay.
But Proctor was not allowed TO wear
the laurels of his self-imposed honor
more than a couple Of minutes before
Long SHE'D his castor into the Navy ring
and swore by Neptune and by Joss that
nobody had a condemned thing to do with
the affair but himself! Number four Eow
comes along, in the person OF Crownin-
shield, the Navigation Bureau manipulation
OF the Sampsonian jumping jack, and
AYERS that his shop is the place where as
signments are made, and that, hence, he
and none other is the original Dewey man.
We hasten TO assure Mr.. Mckinley that
no whitewashing commission will be re-
quired to settle this vexed question. Let
him comfort Long and Crowninshield with
the consciousness that, whatever they have
not done, they certainly are responsible
for Sampson and his mule. AS for Proc
tor. he does not need any pity. Let him
tell it and he has been the father and
promoter of everything from the vernal
equinox and the plan of salvation, down
to the Sugar Trust and the Paris Exposi-
tion. He has mental resources and cere-
bral cycles. He is all right.
But Dewey says that Theodore Roose-
velt did it. Consequently. Theodore Roose-
welt did do it.
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Americans in the rransvanI.

Some uneasiness has been experienced
by friends of Americans in the Transvaal.
in view of Boer threat that all resident
foreigners, in the event Of war, would be
required to take up arms against the Eng
iish 1t is understood that the Volksraad
has enacted law to that effect, and that
foreign Governments, our own among
others, have made strong representations
at Pretoria in consequence. Commandant
General Joubert has issued an order to the
commsndants and field cornets not TO
press any Outlanders into the service. in
the absence OF further orders from the
Government
Once war has been declared it is to be
feared that the opinion of the outside
world will have small effect in restraining
the burghers from anything they may wish
TO do, either in the way OF self protection
or revenge What this country could ac-
complish for the relief of its sons inside
the TransvaaI lines under such circum-
stances, it is not easy 10 see. We are with
out a treaty OF any sort with the South
African Republic which is natural, as it
is not an internationally Independent
State. With sovereign States we have
conventions providing that American cit
izens shall not be held liable TO military
duty. and there is a strong but not con
elusive opinion expressed by writers on in
ternational law that aliens should not be
called upon to bear arms in the country
Of their temporary residence.
This doctrine appears TO be irmly seated,
as far as liability 10 be impressed for sery-
ice in external wars may be concerned
Exception Is made by some authorities In
respect Of service in the police militia, or
National Guard During our Civil War
Great Britain was liberal in its interpre-
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Concerning Publicity.

(From the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
We are told that publicity viii protect the
country against any abuses by the trusts When
Congress was held up few years ago by the
Sugar Trust, to control legislation, publicity was
sought as to the methods that particular trust
had employed. An investigation was instituted
bv the Senate to ascertain if any Senators had
been operating in sugar The trusts padlocked
the mouths OF all its officers and agents, and
one broker knew so much that he went to Jail
rather than give information to the stock
onerations between Senators and outsiders.
Again. the Finance Committee of the Senate
undertook to investigate the gold trust and to
find out how the eighteen millions of dollars was
distributed which was made out OF the United
States Government by the sale Of bonds to
great syndicate. The great king OF the gold trust
fatty refused to answer questions and the Senate
Committee meekly subsided. Can Bourke Cochran
inform the people how his great remedy OF pub
hcity is 10 be applied in cases like these?
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THE CAMPAIGNIN OHIO.
John IL. Mclean Makes His Opening
speechA Mt Hamilton.

HAMILTON, 0hio, Sept. 3Q.-The Ohio
Democratic campaiga was opened here this
afternoon with John R. Mclean, the can
speaker. There was a great demonstra-
tion, and the crowd began 10 arrive in the
morning on special trains from the sur
rounding country. This city is only twen-
ty miles from Cincinnati, and suburban
trains were in operation until O'Clock,
when the speechmaking began.
A barbecue preceded a big parade, after
which John R. Mclean was presented. Mr..
Mclean, after explaining the position OF
the Democratic party as against trusts and
imperialism, gave his attention TO the
functions of legislation. He said in part:
Legislation is 100 often had that pro-
tects only the rich and ignores the poor
Men of capital, men of leisure, honest
men should so shape the legislation of our
State and the National Government that
the poor. that the weak, that those unable
to defend themselves should find protec-
tion. Honest legislation should mean to
ward off greed, TO ward off evils that beset
those unable to make their own fight.
THE object of legislation should always
be for those weakest. AS we try to de-
fend the doves from the hawks, the lambs
from the wolves. so should the strong men,
those whom God has blessed with ability
to acquire fortunes and retain them, make
every effort to protect those less fortunate
The great producing class of our country
should always be taken care Of
! by the legislator. Those who have
must concede: the poor, having
nothing. cannot The strong must
care for the weak, the rich for the poor,
/ the prosperous for those in adversely. And
again ! say that all legislation should nave
for its aim the bettering of the condition OF
the man whose time is not his own and
who must, in a certain sense, do the bid
| ding of others. Above ALL the man en-
/ trusted with power. the man chosen to
execute our laws, should be selected with
a view TO his fitness TO his knowledge or
affairs, and beyond whose purpose is an
| honest intention to execute the laws as ne
found them with favor for none, fairness
/ for all.
'fThe Democratic party is peaee-ioying
| party, a liberty-loying party, and will al
! ways stand forth as champion OF the peo-
pie. The partisan and unfair press seeks
| to distort the objects, the motives, of our
party. | think our position can be embodied
| in a few words: We stand for the right;
we stand for liberty; we stand for the laws
Love of country before all
| Mr. Mclean was followed by several
others of the State candidates.
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a peanfte Boer provement.

In the opinion Of statesmen, diploma
lists. and soldiers alike. the last chance for
peace in the Transvaal has vanished into
thin air The British Government stin
plays for delay Lord Salisbury and Mr.
Chamberlain are painfully anxious % avoid
actual hosulities before the fifteenth Of Oc-
lober. by which time Sir George White will
have z force al his command sufficient 10
protect the Natal frontier and perhaps take
the offensive. But it is evident that. hav-
ing decided 10 fight, the last thing the
Beers VIII do VIII be to wait for their en-
emy 10 improve his military position be-
fore attacking. Commandant General Jou-
bert has gone to the front and is close 10
Laings Neck with force Of several thou-
sand mounted rifles and srtillery. The
Transvasl levies and the Orange Free State
volunteers are mobilizing while numbers
Of Afrikanders from Cape Colony sre
rrossing the line in arms.
On The other side. re-enforeements are
being hurried to Ladysmith, to support the
small forces At Glencoe and Dundee. Only
a Few miles Of territory separate the ad-
vance troops os the antagonists. and it
would seem reasonable 10 expect the first
hight 10 occur for the possession of Lalng's
Neck and Ma5uba Hill Il is possible,
however. that Joubert may for some days
content himself with a demonstration in
force against this position. and order a
raid on the Kimberley diamond field dis
trict. as the opening movement OF his cam
paign.
Il is the firm belief in London that war
viii break out long before Parliament can
meet, which. il is understood, VIII happen
Ia three weeks. But for the embarrassing
unreadiness OF the government TO handle
the situation in South Africa, this would
Dc a satisfactory outcome, since the Brit
ish nag being once fired on. the Quaker
element among the people and in Parlia-
mcnt would disappear like smoke. Just as
the Spanish influence IN the Congress and
certain financial circles in the United
States melted away after Spain treacher-
ously blew up tho Maine in Havana Har-
Dor. The ministry Is acting with every
show OF confidence IL legislative and popu-
lar support. The admiralty is pressing
transports in ali directions, aud. rather to
our surprise. is having Difficulty 10 finding
them fast enough. With all The steamer
tonnage supposedly available in she ports
of the United Kingdom. it seems q trine
strange that enough vessels to transport a
single army corps could not be picked up
IN few days. We are again reminded
that even a great military empire may be
xught unprepared in an emergency that,
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A Kipiing story.

Qrom Golfers Weekly.)
What Rudyard Kipling calls his best
smoking-room story has just been told by
Miss Florence Hayward There is family
in Virginia the name of which is spelled
-Enroughty," but it is pronounced Darby"
This fact, familiar to many Americans, hap
pened to be told by Miss Hayward at a
dinner in London at which Mr.. Kipling
was present when he broke in, You have
saved my reputation by telling that. You
are the first man, woman, or child who
could back me up in it, The explanation
of the popularity is that the Derbys were
an English family who settled in Virginia
in the Colonial days. One of the sons, the
traditional black sheep of the family, was
left share in his fathers will on condition
that he changed his name. He changed
his written name TO Enroughty, but con-
tinued to call himself Derby On hearing
this explanation Mr.. Kipling said, Il think
l will change my name to Smith,
.'You can spell it Smith if you like. was
the reply, but it will always be pronounced
Kipling." "a remark which caused him to
look ''as unfeignedly pleased as boy
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The Awakening of Canada.

(From the Hartford Coufant.1
The people OF this country have an old opinion
10 revise and new fact to reckon with For gen
erations they have been thinking Of their Can
adian neighbors as good enough folk in their
way. but slower than cold molasses. But it is
not in the United States alone that these last
wears of the century have been working changes.
The Canada Of today is not the Canada OF a gen
Grafton ago, or even of half dozen years ago.
There is stir OF life, hope, ambition, national
circumstances and selfconidence, that is new.
II is discernible even in the maritime provinces.
One sees the effect OF it upon such sober
minded journals as the Toronto Globe" That
contempotarv is now convinced that the Dominion,
with its vast reserve of unoccupied lands, and its
rich gold fields is at the beginning of new
prosperity. relatively greater than that OF the
United States This country said the Toron-
10 paper. '.is growing away from the idea OF a
long. narrow strip Of territory lying along the
American frontier. Il is now growing northwari
as fast as in recent years it has been growing
westward The future is on its side"
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The Crucial Task.

(From the Philadelphia Record)
Inability to turn the cneny's flank, and thus
surround and capture not towns but the fighting
sdversaries themselves, has been so far the most
noteworthy defect in our military operations on
Luzon Island The Filipiuos are always beaten;
but they are never caught, and the lists OF casual
ties attributed TO the shooting of our soldiers
are maniiestly guesswork to a considerable ex-
tent. When the fan campaign shall have begun
in earnest something more than towns and out
posts should be trophies Of American proves in
the field. To scatter the Filipino army, take pos
session OF Aguinaldp's capital, and make captive
the leaders of the revoltzthis is the task which
the American people expect their military lead
ers in the Philippines to accomplish without un-
rt1e delay A---
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The Nature OF MonopoIy.

(From the Philadelphia North American.)
The benehcunt monopoly which, being able 20
produce nore cheaply than uncOns1 lidatel mann
factUrers. can and therefore does, reduce prices,
will be warmly welcomed when il appears else
where than in the speeches Of Mr.. BourSe Cock
ran. Ii IS the monopoly OF Imagination. TIE
monopoly OF reality IS typihcd by the American
prices, lowered the grade OF It's goods and cleared
loo per cent profit in a single year It's custo-
mers, who won't to deal with the factory
which gave them the best glass for the lowest
price, now required 10 take from the company
such glass as II chooses 70 offer at such prices
it pleaseS 20 fix
There are trusts which do lower prices. but
that fear and they would do as the American
Window Glass Company does. secure monopoly
IS necessarily a tyrant. That is the commercial
reason why trusts dangerous
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Ingenious Pat.
lf,ror ~. Iordo, ,,s,.o-.

Pat MaIoney was mailing box containing
articles which ne intended sending by rail.
From the nature of the contents a friend
knew it was essential that the box should
not be inverted during the passage He
vsntured to suggest to Pat TO write con-
spicuously on the case: This side up, with
care" A few days afterward, seeing Pat
again, he asked: Heard any more about
your goods? Did they get there safely?"
Every one of them broke" said Pat
THE whole lot? Did you label it This
side up, as l told your
"Yes, did. And for fear they shouldn t
see it on the cover, put it On the bottom
too
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DeMey,s Recomncnse.

IffOW Iut tHItaSu NtWs-I
Admiral Dewey is reported much preferring
rest among the green hills of Vermont to at
tendance at even gorgeous an event as the
fall festival. Chicago viii not speak harshly Of
the Admiral should such prove to be his inten-
ton. What spot in all the world can so appeal
to the hero as the little New England town
where he was born, where the morning of his
life was spent and where his old neighbors wait
to receive him with welcome that may have
no parades or fireworks but viii be none the less
the spontaneous offerings Of the honest hearts
that have known the seaman since he was boy?
But-weil if the good people of Vermont viii
only let him of for week two Chicago will
pay an extra tribute to the memory of Ethan
Allen and will celebrate the anniversary of the
battle of Bennington
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without Precedent.
From the St. Paul Disnatcb !

From the st. Paul Dispatch)
Never in history swas so simple man given
so overwhelming an ovation The Roman EN-.
perors were followed by chariots and by slaves;
the Admiral is followed by the good will of a
free people; Napoleon his return from EIba
was greeted with yivas from fickle people; ;
America has never denied its first loyalty to the
conoueror The pageants of the world pale be-
side this triumphant greeting of an entire people
which in spirit will hover above those crowded
csnons of New York with "Ail hail. to the
American man of the people.
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Their Mutual Friend.

NT IUIII tIIo '''''7''Nth HI'IIlttII-J
The true relation OF the United States to Rus
sia and Great Britain is moi that of an ally of
either but OF mutual friend TO both. Instead
OF welding the balance of power in an armed
conflict it should exert the controlling force TO
bring about peace. Without sympathy with the
rnilitarism Of the Slsy or the imperial ambition
OF the Briton, the United States holds the scales
OF justice evenly balanced in one hand and the
torch of liberty enlishtening the world in the
other, Why should it drop either?
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The second Day of Dewey's Triumph.

hN "&CohN ANY Dt"ts
Friday, the Admiral of the Navy could
hear the roar of welcome in cheer and song
from the throats of his fellow countrynen
as they passed him in review on boats in
the naval parade. Yesterday he was able to
meet them eye to eye as he moved along
the packed streets of the metropolis, and
was deafened by one continuous yell of
welcome that greeted him from the start
ing point of the procession to the review
ing stand.
So. through magnificent arches, and be-
tween banks of vivid color the victor of
Manila made his second days progress.
Today, as is meet, he will rest. Tomorrow
he will be carried to the Capital of the
nation his deeds have glorifed, there to
pay his respects TO the Chief of State and
TO take part in the crowning feature OF his
reception by the Government and people
of America-the presentation to him of
the sword OF honor voted by Congress.
There is no place within the bounds of
the Union where he might set foot that
Admiral Dewey would not be made the OBJ
ject of a popular demonstration of some
sort Washington is not an exception, and
its people are determined to vie with their
brethren in New York in showing the con-
queror of the Philippines how he is re-
garded in the city which may be said to be
his home. Nevertheless, his coming here
viii be for the initial purposes of an Of
fetal and ceremonious function. In New
York, the Navy, the State and the great
received him on his native shores. In
Washington he will be welcomed by the
Chief Magistrate of the country, in its
name and with the decorum and dignity
beftting the occasion.
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For some reason or other the Navigation
Bureau influence appears TO have been
weak in connection with the land parade in
New York. Rear Admiral Schley stood by
Admiral Dewey as the latter received the
gold loving cup presented to him by the
city of New York. and the victor of Manila
introduced the victor of Santiago to
old comrade." By this we judge that the
persecution may be in the way of getting a
blue eve.
The times., 1899-10-01
Germnnr,s Eyes Arc Open.

CFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.l
The rImor that Russia declined an invitation
from Germany to mediate in the Transvaal crisis
is only rumor, and so is the story that Germany
and Portugal are considering the subject from
the standpoint OF Delagoa Bay, but both are sig
nifcant of the way the winds OF diplomacy are
blowing in Europe. There is good reason TO be-
lieve that in case of war, Germany will seize any
good pretext to intervene on behalf OF the
Beers, ii she can find any other power TO help her.
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The Prime Demand for Dewey.

(From the Bingliamton Leader)
With him at the head of the Navy the bats and
owls who have been befouling the American Navy
would seek safety in their hiding places, and
merit and heroism would be honestly and man
fully recognized regardless of the claims Of pre-
tenders Dewey is wanted in Washington; let him
be called there as speedily as it can be done with
out encroaching upon his well-earned right to