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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
SECTARiAN WAR.

Religious ties have brought about a
curious alliance in Samoa It's coun-
terpart can not be found on any other
part of the globe. 1t is a union of
French and German forces and per
feet harmony of action between the
representatives of the two nations
The French and German leaders in
Samoa berate the American chief jus
tice in concert and plot together to
Illustrate and embarrass the Anglo
Saxon residents and forces in their in
tercourse with the natives
Religious affiliations furnish the mo-
tive; not that the German mission is in
sympathy with the Catholic mission Of
France, but on account of Mataafa,
whose cause Germany espouses for
political reasons, is a convert of and
faithful communicate of the Catholic
church. And their preference is ac-
centuated by the fact that Tanumafili
of the Malieton clan is yet in a school
of the London mission. That has
brought about the very remarkable
combination of French bishop dane
ing to the tune of the German consul.
and allowing himself to accept with APP
prevail the German policies which have
always borne heavily on the French in
Samoa.
Germany seems to have taken adj
vantage of religious prejudice and
sectarian differences to stir up this
conflict between the natives. The Ger
man consul general, Herr Rose, began
the discharge of his official duties by
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
SOARING THE DERVlSHES.

There seems to be determined effort
in England to detract from General
Kitchener's glory by harping on the
fact that he permitted the decapitation
of the dead Mahdi after the capture of
Khartoum. AS a practice this would
be barbarous. In this instance it may
have been a military necessity. The
fanatics looked upon the Mahdi as a
supernatural being They expected him
to return to life and lead them again,
and they believed that no one could
offer his body indignities and live. 1t
was doubtless to overcome the super
stitions of the Dervishes that the
Mahdi's head was cut off.
In any event it never hurt him. He
was dead. 1t was not the practice of
the Sirdar. 1t did not establish a
precedent in his army. 1t actually
panied no one and certainly afforded
Kitchener's enemies the only theme
that has pleased them since his con-
quest of the Soudan.
One Englishman has written that his
leading fellow citizens, not only of
Great Britain but of Europe, look
upon Lord kitchener's part in the mat
ter as a reproach upon civilized Eng
land" and he says that enthusiasm in
the Sirdar's exploits is growing less,
and the motion before parliament to
vote him a substantial sum of money
for his services promises to meet with
greater opposition than Lord Kitch-
ener's closest admirers care to acknowl-
edge"
And a London correspondent of
New York newspaper voices the senti-
ments of this class of Britishers when
he says:
There promises to be some interest
ing if not sensational arguments in the
next house of commons, and unless the
indignant people cease expressing their
disapproval of the Soudan atrocities,
the proposal for money reward for
the Sirdar may suffer an overwhelming
defeat"
1t was a great victory Kitchener won
and in line with the policy of his gov
eminent. If the decapitation of a dead
Dervish detracts from the merit of his
achievement there is more senti-
mentality than sense in The house of
commons. The time to be shocked is
before the battle begins, so as to keep
out of it altogether The thing to be
shocked at is the killing of defenseless
savages in the first place rather than
the disposition of their remains If be-
heading "a chief awes and frightens
hundreds of his surviving followers so
that they run away, it is better than
to shoot them down. It was more
humane to scare than to kill the Door
fanatics, even if it took dead mans
head to accomplish it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

6 and 16 are to be flogged instead of
reasoned with, what about the older
students? They need moral and physi-
cal courage. Surely the fact that they
are stronger in body and stouter Of
limb would not deter the professor
from carrying out his theory. This
would amount to a confession of cow
ardice in the exponent of this new sys-
TEN of creating courage. 1t would show
that he believes in the strong punish
ing the weak merely because they are
able.
When a brawny hulk of a student of
IS or 20 is guilty Of some outrageous
act in Clark university, or in any other,
for that matter, the professors reason
with him, preach at him, appeal to his
honor as a gentleman, and these fail
ing, expel him. Why do they not fog
him? Is there any but quantitative
difference between the or 1O-year-old
in public school and the 1S-year-old
in a college?
The reason they do not fog the re-.
fractory or vicious student in college
is because the student is strong, able
to defend himself, and authorized by
law to retort in kind or prosecute in a
court. The college boy escapes, not be-
cause he doesn't deserve to be flogged,
nor yet because his anger has been
sufficiently excited or his moral char
acter fully developed, but because ne
is able to fog the man who attempts
to fog him.
This fiogging philosophy was rebulled
by that greatest reformer of the world,
who said with the spontaneity of noble
manhood, Suffer We the little ones TO
come unto Me- and it wasn't for the
purpose of boxing their ears, either.
And now, after centuries of cruelty
that left its marks upon the race, when
the affections are beginning to struggle
upward into the warmth of kindness,
is it wise, is it right, to trample them
down and to cling to customs born in
savagery and nurtured in ignorance?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
Turkish Minister a Terror.
Chicago Democracy


The new Turkish minister is terror
to Washington society He is one CT
! those foreigners who come to America
full of curiosity concerning this people,
and with no hesitation about eXerciting
it. Usually the American ladies of
Washington are willing to satisfy this
curiosity and can hold their own
against the questioning.
But this new Turk is altogether I'M
speakable in a social sense. He at
tended an official function a few even
ings since and was introduced to lady
in full reception dress, a little fuller
than usual. perhaps. The Turk ex
changed the ordinary commonplace,
for he talks the language of the country
to which he is accredited
Gradually his attention became riVet-
ed upon the lady's costume in such
manner that she was embarrassed and
raised her fan in front of her. AT length
the minister, in his earnest way, point
ing to the low cut of the bodice, asked:
Madam, does your husband permit
this without protest?"
The lady colored furiously and replied
that her husband found no fault with
her taste. The minister shook his head
in a deprecatory way and began to tell
how different it was in his country.
The lady made her escape as quickly
as possible. Not many evenings alter
ward the minister was at another Off
cial reception. He was presented to a
well-known society woman and began:
Are you married."
The lady answered in the affirmative
with a smile.
May I ask how long you have been
married.
The lady said that she had entered
the state of matrimony some ten years
ago.
How many children have you?" was
the next question.
The lady replied, with a slight mani
festation of embarrassment, that she
had none.
The minister stopped to think for a
full half minute, and. with puzzled
look, resumed:
In my country
The lady fed, and what the minister
was going to say will never be known
But no member of Washington society
will now risk an introduction to the ter
rible Turk if she can help herself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

there is not a little speculation as to
how the military tribunal will dispose
of the testimony. 1t is generally con-
ceded by army officials who have fol-
lowed the investigation and know the
members of the court that the findings
will be against Miles. Indications that
the general anticipated such a conclu
sion. and got ready to break the force
of this result were not wanting. The
most evident of these indications was
his request for the calling of 147 addi-
tional witnesses, or the inclusion of
their reports on the beef in the testi-
mony.
But whatever the result, the investi-
cation has revealed more Infamous
and corrupt state of affairs than Cen
eral Miles knew about or at least re-
ferred to in his first public statement.
Colonel Roosevelt testified to more than
General Miles even limited at. And
scores of officers corroborated both.
There has certainly been evidence
enough adduced to convince any rea-
Sonable man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
PHILOSOPHY OF FlOGGlNG.

The president of Clark university at
Worcester, Mass, in a recent lecture,
has presented some decidedly novel
views on the education of children. He
seems to be a relic of pristine Puritan
ism, the spirit that cut out peoples
tongues in the name of religion and
made fellow creatures suffer pain to
purify the moral atmosphere of the
community.
President Hall believes in pain. He
likes to see children suffer, and he
contends that where they do not their
growth is retarded.
Children who do not suffer pain be-
come sour and selfish" he says, land
it is a great mistake to allow them to
grow up too tender-hearted." And he
holds that corporal punishment stimu-
lates resentment in the child and de-
velops it's physical and moral courage
That birch-wielding cultivates a spirit
Of revenge and resentment there can
be no question, but it is very doubtful
if it adds to either the physical or
moral courage of a child. 1t operates
great deal as the whipping post did On
grown offenders. 1t makes them sullen
and revengeful. 1t humiliates the vic
tim, and humiliation does not blossom
into moral courage. 1t teaches youth
full offenders to lie and run away or to
hide in fear. This is not a stimulus to
physical courage. What is the use of
courage to little boy when an able
bodied teacher takes him in hand TO
administer bodily punishment upon
him? Bravery is of no avail. He soon
finds this out. Every exhibition of it
results in extra punishment. 1t finally
yields to desperation. The spirit is
broken. The courage is gone. Or else,
taught the use of brute force rather
than moral suasion, he practices it
upon his playmates who are physically
weaker than himself.
Now, it isn't so bad for boys to fight
among themselves when they are any
wise evenly matched. This does develop
self-reliance, aggressiveness, physical
and moral courage. But children should
not be taught to rebel against legiti-
mate authority over them, nor should
they be governed, save in the rarest
cases. by physical intimidation, or sub
jugated by fear.
Men who advocate corporal punish
ment, as rule, are members of hui
name societies always threatening peo-
pie who whip their horses, and writing
learned essays for the magazines about
the absolute necessity for kindness in
the training of dogs
Anger" says this Massachusetts ed
ucator, lis necessary part of charac-
ter and education, and where a child
is deficient in it he should be melted to
it." For this reason he approves of
boxing the ears of school children be-
tween the ages Of 6 and Is, as it excites
anger and gives the happy possessor of
it opportunities for learning to con-
troll it.
But let us apply President Halls
philosophy TO his own work. His in
stitution receives students after they
have reached the age of Is. If disobedi-
ent lads and lasses between the ages of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
BEEF AND THE VERDICT.

Has the administration been tamper-
ing with the present beef investigation
commission?
True, it has not succeeded in sup
pressing evidence as it did in the origi-
nal investigation; nor has the court of
inquiry required of witnesses that they
turn prosecutor or exercise the func-
tons of the court in fixing the blame.
But . mysterious hint has just gone
out from Washington. bearing Official
earmarls. to the effect that General
Miles will not be altogether sustained
by the findings" What does it mean?
through which the valorous Alger NAV
take a shot in his malice at the officer
who dared protest against improper
food for his soldiers?
IT will certainly surprise the public
if the court of inquiry fails to find that
every statement made by General Miles
has not been more than substantiated
The general merely complained of the
so-called refrigerator beef" He said
it had apparently been embalmed and
that Z made the men sick when they
ate IT. WHAT does the evidence show?
l. That the refrigerator beef had
been embalned.
3 That Alexander Powell treated it
chemically under contract with Ar
mour.
5. That the men could not eat it and
that the starving Cubans refused it.
g. That the government officials knew
that the army surgeons pronounced it
poisonous and injurious TO health.
s. That the canned roast beef was
tasteless. worthless and nauseating, IN
wholesome and apparently the refuse
OF the beef extract process.
6. That most of the canned meat was
putrid and offensive and working with
maggots."
AL these facts have been proven, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

ingratiating himself with the French
priests, and Herr Rose would not be the
valuable public servant of Germany
which. he is if he could not accomplish
such simple thing as this. He had
handicap, he was German, he was
of different church Affiliations, his coun-
try had imposed on the French mission
aries and there was the national hatred
of each other.
But Herr Rose knew his business and
realized what was expected of him.
Besides, he spoke French fluently, and
was an accomplished man of the world
who set out to captivate simple peasant
priests. He never passed their mission
stations without paying social call;
he had mysterious fund on which to
draw for the building of Samoan
churches; he was thoughtful to send. "a
case of wine to this priest and to that
he distributed prizes at the convent
school In all this there was nothing
great except the policy, but the success
sion of little things has accomplished
the wonder of bringing the French and
the Germans together in Samoa. Roses
careful diplomacy now has its des-
tined result. Capital was made out of
the fact that Chief Justice Chambers
boarded at the London mission and
this, too, has helped array the French
on the German side.
The secret of the business was eX-
posed by the Berlin correspondent of
the London Times after the recent
killing of British and American ma
rines. He said:
THE Roman Catholicism of Mataafa
has been made the most of by the
German press, and Malietoa Tanu is
described as the candidate of a Lon
don missionary society, at whose sta
ton Chief Justice Chambers was
a guest for many months"
When will the world pass that point
where wars are prosecuted, soldiers
slain and individuals prosecuted in the
name of religion?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
nnida was at Home.

Dorchester Democrat and ChronicieD
The mother of Poultney Bigelow, the
schOolmate of the German emperor, ana
who wrote ID book about him was re-
markedly eccentric and outspoken wo-
man. At one time, when her husband oc-
cI1pied a diplomatic post in France, the
Emperor NAPOLEON III placed the lmper-
iaI box at his service for an evening". FoI
some reason or another Bigelow could not
attend the opera that evening, and. there.
fore Mrs. Bigelow sent her servants 10
occ1Ipv the box The sensation caused BY
her action in diplomatic circles may De
imagined. ,,,,,,,,t ,re
visit to "Ouida" at her villa in Florence.
on sending in her card, Mrs. Bigelow
overheard the authoress saving:
mo. | will not see her. Tell her can
have nothing to do with Americans.
Thereupon the visitor waxed indignant
and. walking into the room where
"Ouida' was, she exclaimed: Won't see
Americans. Why, miss, we are the only
people who buy and read your hofrld
books,'
charmed with the freshness and audaclty
of her visitor and begged her TO come and
stay at her villa, for she would Ike to
make IA study of her. The invitation was
declined
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
TRUSTS AND THEIR CAUSE.

Trusts are the outgrowth of condI-
lions. but those conditions are the out
growth of the high protective tariff
system which has enabled manufactur-
ers to acquire power and wealth at the
expense of home consumers, while act
ually supplying foreigners with the
same goods at cheaper price and still
at profit.
The formidable proportions and
threatening power of trusts in the Unit
ed States are only possible under
tariff levied for their protection, rather
than for legitimate revenue purposes.
Trusts thrive best upon the privileges
accorded by Mckinley schedules and
the special favors extended through
Dingleyism, upon which meat these
Caesars have fed for many years.
And it is under an administration
they helped inaugurate that they flour
ish like the green bay tree. Since Nc
Kinley's election these concerns have
become so insolent and rapacious as to
actually alarm their creators, and some
trust-promoting tariff-raising newspa-
pers and politicians are now joining in
the denunciation they once decried.
When protecionists used to tell us
that every increase of the civil war
tariff was a benefit to the home con-
srmer because it encouraged rival in
dustries and factories to spring up,
thereby causing a competition, they
were either blindly theorizing or trying
TO involve the nation in just such
struggle against the domination. of
financial combinations as it is now en-
tering upon. They We're unsafe coun-
seiors, and many of them have aban-
doned the protective taSiff theory alto
gether in their present. cry for trade
and territorial expansion, and for tie
open door of commerce.
Pity but they could have been con-
WINGED of their folly long ago, before
the evils they encouraged were grown
beyond recall, and, perhaps, beyond the
ability of the government to control.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
PERSONAL
SENATOR CLARK IN PARIS.
Montana Millionaire Spends 100000
For Pictures In France.
(Chicago Tribune.)


Senator Clark of Montana is still busy
with Paris picture dealers. among whom
he is said to have spent 100000 during
his present short visit. He has just re-
turned from Monte Carlo. and has lux
uriOus rooms at the Hotel de Lathenee.
where he holds every morning quite u
dealers reception. Every hour of his
time is fully mapped out in engagements.
though he said: Il came over here for
respite from business cares with my
daughter, and will return after the open
ing salon at the beginning of May. l had
TO go to Nice for a fortnight to get rid
of rheumatic afflictiOn of the instep.
contracted walking on the damp deck Of
the steamer.
Yes / am a great admirer of good
pictures. OF the early GARRISON masters,
COrOt, MiHet, d Aubigny and Diaz pictures
appeal to me because of their brightness
and life and their mastery of color, but
fud the great difficulty is getting authcn-
ticated originals, and you must be pretty
shrewd to save yourself from being i'm
posed upon by copies OF which there is Il
systematic manufacture on the continent
50 perfect as TO deceive the most expert
connoisse.r-
1T is no sooner known that some
wealthy collector is fascinated by par
ticUlar works than their creation is I'M
dertaken specially for his benefit.
Il don't care muCn for Statuary. The
finest lacks life for me. and it is a branch
Of art not cultivated in modern times TO
such perfection as painting. The really
superbly beautiful examples. like the
Pompeiian Narcissus, are unobtainable by
any one"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Didn't Know His Wife.
Boston Journal.)


A friend of mine went lately with his
wife to a church service in Copley
Square. Coming out, they were sepa-
rated in the crowd, but he soon saw her
a little ahead of him on the sidewalk
She was walking with friend. He
recognized her back, her hair, her
whole figure, and her very gait. He
saw her portemonnaie sticking out OF
a pocket. Careless woman! I'll teach
iler a lesson He came up sottly and
secured easily the wallet as though ne
had served apprenticeship at a faSh-
ionable school for pickpockets. linen
he went to the club to discuss Tor an
hour the religious topics of the-day. AT
home he heard no weeping; he saw no
symptoms of distress or despair. Ihe
day went by. No complaint. Monday
night after dinner he could not restrain
himself no longer Il forgot to get any
money at the office today. VIII you
let me have IS and some change? /
must 60 out this evening. Smiling
acouiescence. The wife brings in her
portemonnaie will this be enough?
And vet he had her portemonna1e that
moment in his pocket. CONSERVATION
Confession. To whom did the porte
monnaie belong? 1t contained $15 or
$50. Next Sunday the finding of
pocl5etbook was announced from the
nuIpit. Nobody claimed it. 1t belonged
probably to some traveller who was
much impressed by the character OF
BOSTON churo hgoers. The husband gave
the money to the church. The wife stlll
carries her portdmonnaie as 1t SEEM;
good To her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
TRADE ON THE YANGTSE,

Bradstreet's trade review for last
goods, flour and kerosene are being in
troduced into China in large quantities.
entering at Shanghai and thence being
distributed uD the Yangtse river and
the populous provinces of Chefoo, Tien-
Tsin and Niuchwang. Consul General
Goodnow estimates that 100000
pounds of our flour We're imported at
Shanghai last year, and the value of
flour imported into all China was ST.,
231 ,26O The imports in other lines were:
Kerosene, 42,339,000 gallons sheeting,
2,472, 900 pieces; drills. 1,29S,O00 pieces;
jeans, 1O5, 500 pieces.
American trade expansion is not dis
couraged by the floods that have devas-
tated the valleys of China, nor by the
instruction which appears to have
gone beyond government control, nor
by the threatened invasion and parti
ton of the "fiowery Kingdom 1t is
going ahead and growing in spite of
conditions which have deferred other
nations.
FIeHcl ACTIVITY 10 lttIStly leSpOiiSiblC
for American aggressiveness in the
Yangtse country. The French have
been reaching after further territorial
control in Shanghai and it was evil
dent some time ago that if the Ameri
cans were to take advantage of the OPP
portunities presented prompt action
was necessary; and from all accounts
it has been properly attended to.
a permanent exposition at Shanghai
for American goods and products is
mooted as the best means of monopo-
lizing and retaining the immense trade
of the Yangtse valley. This appears
to embody every opportunity for in
telligent enterprise in reaching the Chi
nese merchants who are tributary to
Shanghai-and by this is meant the
inclusion of middle and northern China.