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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-03
AND BROOKE TALK
BRIEFLY.

After Captain Hart had translated the
address, General Wade said to General
Brooke: Il transfer this command to
you"
General Brooke replied II accept this
great trust in behalf of the Government
and President of the United States, and
Undressing Captain-General Castclla-
nos)I wish you and the gallant gentle
men with you a pleasant return to your
native land. May prosperity attend you
and all who are with you"
Then Generals Brooke and Castella-
nos shook hands, after which General
Castellanos and his staff retired from
the throne-room, shaking hands with
Vice Consul Jerome, who stood near the
door Of exit AS they retired there
was, a movement toward General
Brooke, General Clous shaking him by
the hand saying Success to you"
Generals Brooke and Chaffee, with
others, then stepped upon the balcony
and looked down upon the plaza. A big
American flag flying over the arsenal
was in full view, and farther away the
Stars and Stripes streamed over Caba-
mas Fortress.
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IL some men go as they pay it will
take them long time to get there.
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LEADS ALL NORTH GAR0lNA DAlIES M NEWS AMID GlRGULAT%

forts began to roar oh the national
salute of twenty-one guns.
Addressing himself to General Wade,
president of the United States military
commission, though he seemed to look
at the floor, General Castellanos said:
Gentlemen: In compliance with the
treaty Of Paris, the agreement Of the
military commissioners Of the island and
the orders Of my King, nc this moment
of noon, january !, 1899, there ceases
in Cuba Spanish sovereignty and begins
that Of the United States In conse-
qucncc / declare you in command Of the
island,with the object that you may
exercise it, declaring TO you that I will
be first in respecting it.
"Pcacc having been established be-
tween our respective governments,
promise you to give all due respect to the
United States government. / hope that
the good relations already existing be-
tween our armies will continue until the
termination Of the evacuation of those
under my orders in this territory"
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so far as they were obtainable. Not all
of those given below are present or are
actively working, but the list is as ac-
curate as it could be made under the
circumstances.
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The great pity Of the ruffiansm which
stopped the baseball game at the Polo
Grounds last Friday was that 1t was not
new. 1t was not an unaccountable outburst
OF temper and lawlessness, without prece-
dent in the past and therefore not in rea-
son to be expected again. 1t was a part Of
an old and continued story, a row that was
but one Of long series OF similar rows
which have been going on for years, and
which, by the present outlook, will con-
tinue indefinitely.
They will continue because OF the twelve
managers Of the clubs forming the League
one only, Mr.. BRUSH OF Cincinnati. has
shown honesty Of purpose in sustaining the
rule that forbds the invariabe cause Of the
trouble wrangiDg with the umpire. All
the others signed an agreement SO to do
but apparently in this respect the word Of
all those gentlemen is practically no better
than that OF Mr.. ANDREW J. FREEDMAN, the
President ,of the New York Baseball Club,
and the high priest Of rowdyism.
According to its written regulations, and
an agreement signed personally by the
heads OF the different clubs the League is
opposed to the rufflanly anarchy which dis
tingushe9 professional baseball, to its
disgrace, from all other known sports,
and positively forbids players to argue
with the umpire, the official whose special
function it Is to decide all questions OF play.
Practically, however, the League toleratcs
and abets rebellion against the umpire
which makes the prize ring a place OF dig
nifty and decency in comparison with the
ball field.
AS there will never be any difficulty in
hiring men who, under the guise Of ball
players, will be ready to turn the games
into as much OF n fight as the police will
allow, the present system may be expected
to prevail while the present managers Of the
League direct It's affairs and a sufficiently
large number Of people can be found who
will tolerate rufIianism OF the sort the
League furnishes.
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know how to deal with traitors; that,
II defeated in the Chamber Of Deputies,
could obtain the consent OF the Senate
to dissolution OF Parliament; and
that might then appeal to the electors
with bright prospect Of success. Tho
fate, In a word, OF DREYFUs, OF President
LoUBET himself, and, it may DO, of the
present form Of government, hinges on the
answer to the question whether 1t Is now
possible to form a Ministry not only pow
crfu and stable in the Chamber, but strong
enough to meet It's enemies therein with
challenge to a contest at the ballot box,
and sufficiently self-conhdent to treat
meanwhile the military satraps like SOW
ereign.
The crisis We repeat, is serious in an ex
ceptonal degree, because the Generals
who have been concerned in the Dreyfus
affair have to choose between disgrace and
treason. and because a majority of tho
present Chamber Of Deputies Is still at heart
against DREYFUs, notwithstanding the de-
cision of the Court OF Cessation. The Cham
Der might, therefore, protest with vehe-
mence against dissolution Of Parliament,
stigmatizing the act as an attempt to stfle
the authentic voice Of the republic, and
thus give the conspirators precisely what
they need, specious pretext for mill
tary coup detdf.
This man MERCER Is treading closely in
the footsteps Of President LOUIS BONA
PARTE, when he tries to dscredit in ad-
vance a Ministry as yet uniformed by ac-
cusing it Of design to organize for the
second trial OF DREYFUs a court-martial
instructed to acquit. Again like LOUIS
BoNAPARTE, he must be relying on the
pledged assistance OF accomplices holding
high military commands; otherwise he
would not dare to proclaim that what he did
in 1914 he will do in 1919. What he did in
1894, when occupying the office OF Minister
OF War and. as such, controlling the Drey-
fus court-martal, Is known Of all men
through the report made to the Court Of
Cessation, and unanimously adopted by
that tribunal. In his connection with that
court-martlal 1T has been proved that he
was guilty Of glaring violations of law and
Of shocking breaches Of honor, for which
his sword ought to be broken and he, him
self, drummed out OF the army. 1t Is
DOOM in word that confronts him,
as it does BoIsDEFFRE, GoNsE and FUR
LINDEN; nor Is it by any means certain
that CAvAIGNAC has not acted in col
fusion with them, for he was warned
that the notorious Henry document was a
forgery before he read it in the Chamber OF
Deputies. That these men stand upon the
brink Of ruin Is as clear to themselves as it
is to onlookers, and to take for granted
that they will fall without an effort to defend
themselves is to assume that they are
panc-stricken, OF which, as yet there Is
no evidence.
Unless the friends Of the General Staff
were determined to dominate the second
court-martial Of DREYFUs, or falling that,
to attempt a coup dttat, Gen. MERCER
would never have ventured to utter the
defiant words which he pronounced ON
Sunday
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Orient and East Africa gives promise Of the
future growth and financial stability OF
the Suez enterprise.
Upper Fifth and Seventh Avenues.

The only two avenues in the residential
portion OF upper New York which still bear
numerical designation are the Fifth and
the Seventh avenues. Avenue A, north of
10th street, is known as Pleasant ave-
nue., Fourth is Park avenue, Sixth
Lenox, and Tenth Amsterdam. Recent
ly the designation Boulevard has
been dropped and Broadway" substi-
tuted officially for 1t. Other avenues in
this section Of town not bearing numerical
designations are Lexington, Madison, Man
haitian, Riverside, Claremont, Morningside
and st. Nicholas. It Is now proposed to
abandon the names Fifth and Seventh north
of Central Park, and sundry conversational
societies In Harlem, which meet chiefly in
summer for the discussion OF such ques-
tions, have been bordering over the pro-
priety Of change suggesting Central or
Jerome avenue as most appropriate for
what is now Seventh, and in place of Fifth,
either Barry, Farragut or Dewey.
Changes Of street names in New York
entail some Inconvenience, but II n uniform
system is to be adopted it can be done with
less Inconvenience at one time instead Of
by piecemeal, as heretofore The change
of name OF restricted portion OF Eighth
avenue to Central Park West of Ninth
avenue north to Columbus, OF Tenth avenue
north to Amsterdam, and OF Park, Pleasant
and Lenox avenues from their former
names has been approved by custom.
One obstacle to an immediate change in
the names of avenues uptown which has
been ignored by the Harlem advocates Of
street reform is section 40 subdivision 5,
of the New York Charter, which makes it
unlawful for the Municipal Assembly to
change the name OF any street. avenue or
public place, save between the 1st day Of
December of any year and the LIST day Of
May following
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Down Among the Angleworms.

According to the most trustworthy In
formation concerning tho whereabouts Of
Mr.. GoRMAN and his friends in Pennsylva-
mia, New York and New Jersey, they are at
present burrowing in the moist earth i'm
mediately underneath the Democratic plat
form OF 1895.
They are afraid or unwilling to step Off
that platform In the ordinary way, above
ground, and In the daylight.
They prefer to crawl down between the
planks and dig,
Into the subterranean works and the
company OF Mr.. GoRMAN and the angle
worms Col. GUFFEY successfully led the
Democratic State organization OF Pennsyl-
vania at its Convention last week at Harris
burg. The nominations were for minor Of
Aces, and the enthusiasm for BRYAN and
what BRYAN represents was considerable,
but tho Convention was adroitly steered
into the tunnel all the same.
1t remains only to be seen whether the
Pennsylvania Democrats will be content to
stay with GonMAN and GrFFEY in the I'M
derground passage or mine, when they
discover where they really are.
There are plenty ii eminent Democrats
In Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the East
who, when they accepted the decision Of the
majority at Chicago three years ago aC-
copied it In good faith and with the inten-
ton to stay. They are making themselves
heard. Here, for example, Is the Hon.
CHAUNCEY F. BLACK warning his fellow par
tisans OF the attempt to commit them to
foolish and fatal policy. Ina spirited letter
published in the Harrisburg Patriot on the
morning Of tho Convention, Mr.. BLACK de-
clared that for the Pennsylvania Democrats
to repudlate, either expressly or tacitly,
the national platform adopted at Chicago
was to separate themselves forever from
the national organization and the great
mass OF the party in the country
Mr. BRYAN will be renominated. The honest. I'M
purchahable Democratic people Of the Union will
control the National Convention as they did
the last despite machine bosses. corporations and
trusts. The Mckinley men OF 90 will control the
Democratic party OF the nation in 1900. What have
Pennsylvana Democrats to gain by suffering them
selves to be placed outside by false and reacherous
leadership, as they were three years ago? 4"
Nor can we gain anything at home by humbly for
swearing our faith and again barring neck to
the collar OF tho Nc Knley Dem ocrats who betrayed
kicked. slandered and defeated us In lsas. The
failure to make an uneluivocal declaration Of
national faith at Altoona defeated the ticket last
year. and may have the same effect this year. The
difference between BRY,N's vote and JFNKss tells
the tale"
That Is plain talk. 1t is straightforward
and respectable. The warning was I'M
availing, so far as the shaping Of the reso-
lutions at Harrisburg was concerned, but
such talk will be heard more and more
MAINLY from all around in the FaSt the
further into the ground Mr. GORMAN and
his associates burrow, and the more appa-
rent the true significance OF their subterra-
mean activity becomes to the great mass of
the Eastern Democracy
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Prosperity of the Suez Canal.

The receipts OF the Suez Canal in 1898
were $17, 5S1 POO. This was the largest
business in its history, while the cost OF
maintaining the canal was about $50, 900
less than usual. The surplus OF receipts
over expenditures was 50, 757, 800; and, as
the directors have allotted to the reserve
the sum of $434, POO, the net surplus is
So, 1923, 600. In fact, the annual report OF
this great undertaking makes very salts
factory reading for the shareholders
Among the $500 vessels that passed
through the canal there were sixty-nno
petroleum ships, circun/pce which
illustrates the changed views OF the Canal
Company. for not many years ago the COM
pany regarded the transportation OF petro-
ieum in bulk as n particularly dangerous
business, and would not permit vessels
carrying oil in this way to enter the canal
A considerable feet carrying oil in bulk by
way OF Suez Is now in the service, and three
vessels OF 1000 tons each are soon to be
added to it,
American vessels have sometimes been
conspicuous for their absence in the canal
statistics. but last year our flag appeared
on four ships, and in 1897 on three. With
our enlarged Eastern interests this country
is now likely to swell the company's receipts
considerably until an American canal is
provided
The future Of the Suez Canal is by no
means cloudcd by the fact that large
share Of international business will be at
tracted to the American canal soon to be
built. In point of distance between all
north European ports and the markets Of
south Asia the Suez Canal will be the shorter
route. 1t has never been expected that the
American canal would derive much traffic
from Europes South Asian trade and the
increasing commerce between Europe, the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-20
THE SEMITIC QUESTION.
Tho Brotherhood of Man Taught by Chris
tinnity.


To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: In the
letter Of Rabbi Mendes In THE Sun OF June IA
he Gays: Instead OF our becoming Chris
tians. we wait for you to become followers OF
Him you call Christ. who preached that not
one jot or title OF the law Of Moses should pass
away. He omits however the most impor-
tant part OF this quotation namely. till all
be fulfilled"
In st. Matthew. v. 1913. we find these words:
Think not that am come to destroy the law.
or the prophets: am not come to destroy. but
to fulfil. For verify | say unto you. Till heaven
and earth pass. one jot or one tittlo shall in no
wise pass from the law. till all be fulfilled"
Why did Jesus Christ have to come to fulfil
the law? Because the Jewish nation and the
whole world had perverted the law. The jews
were perpetunlly violating and pervertinR the
enough Of their frequent departures from rec
acts, which brought down upon them the
wrath OF God and the denunciations, OF the
rsSne the to resn the w
love. truth and righteousness The law Of
force Of compulsion. must prevail In the world
love. Christs law IL established In the hearts
OF men. Centuries may roll away, before that
now. As Jesus Christ Himself was the fulfill
ment OF the law and the prophets, so every
prophetic word which He uttered has come
The exhibitions OF savage sport which Rabbi
ing In the eyes Of tens Of thousands Of earnest
Christians who would gladly see an end OF them.
but nothing will put an end to savagery in any
form except Christianity. The only hope for
Jews as well as for Christians is the establish
ment of the law Of Christian love in the hearts
OF men
Your editoria! entitled The Explanation of
Anti semtism' closes with these words:
The very declaration OF Rabbi Mendes that
they are chosen and superior race. to which
the salvation OF the rest OF ind s COM
mitted. goes far to explain the spirit OF Anti
Semitism." 1t does indeed, for no nation on the
face OF the earth has right TO arrogate to itself
the salvation OF mankind Mankind. individu:
ally and collectively; Jew and Gentle; is dead
In trespasses and sins. and can only be made
alive spiritnally by the graSee of God, which Is
vouchsafed only to those who remember His
commandments to do them
Is it vain to hope that Jews and Christians
may yet meet as brothers in the great consum-
nation TO which all earnest, souls are looking
forward? Never have found greater integrity
and loyalty Of friendship than among the Jews
One. at lenst. among them have known whose
virtues, like those OF "Ivanhoe's" Rebecca.
would do credit to the truest OF Christians.
ANNIE RUSSELL DYER.
WARREN. r l.. June 10.
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The Delusions of SpirituEiism.

To THE EDIroR OF THE SuN-Sir: When such elu.
Gated men as Mr. Riddle. Mr.. Marsh and Prof Hys.
lop are deceived by mediums, what may one expect
OF less enlightened men and womenE The majority
OF mankind do not investiRate--they initiate and
when men ~ high reputation express explicit faith
in spiritualistc teachings. the unthinking masses
follow in their footsteps. Take. for instance Chris
tiAn Science. woman by the name OF Mrs Eddy
Pounds system of religion. and lives to see in
her short lifetime Thousands of men and women be.
come her discpes-blnd followers OF her teach.
ings. This system Of religion is the of many
of her believers refusing to procure physicians
even when they are at the point Of death Numbers
OF them have died who could have been we'll an d
alive to-day. For each one OF these deaths this i'm.
postor should be held responsible,
This fair earth has been scourgcd with false re.
liViuns. and you are now doing good work for hu.
manitv by exposing the supposed. but nonsenscal
revelations which both Mr. Kiddlo and Mr. Marsh
claimed they had received from celebrities from
Adam to Shakespeare. THE SuS has taken the frst
steps toward exposing this false doctrine and all
n"n Of enSe should use their influence in tho same
direction, ZINC,
EkH iokk, June 10,
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VIII a Military Coup d'Etat BE At
tempted in France?

That was an OminOuS speech which was
made on Sunday in Paris by Gen MERCER,
who, as having been Minister Of War at the
time, is chiefly responsible for the wrongful
sentence Of which DREYFUs was the victim.
He could not predict, he said, whether
Government willing to overawe the new
court-martial, which would try DREYFUs,
would be formed, but he knew that no
court-martial would accept a judgment
dictated by any Government. To him
self he referred as "a soldier who
did his duty in 1894. and who was
firmly resolved to do his duty in 1899"
These declarations, uttered rs they were
during a grave ministerial crisis, can have
had no other purposes but, first, to impugn
the motives OF the Cabinet which the
friends OF President LoUBET were trying
to form, and, secondly, to threaten it with
II military coup dftat, should it strive to
perform its duty by securing an impartial
and thus give rightful effect to the judg-
ment OF the Court OF Cessation.
There Is no doubt about the gravity Of
the political crisis in which this man MER-
Ger, who, next to HENRY and EsTERHAzY
Is most deeply implicated in the conspiracy
against DREYFUs, has the insolence to i'm
putc to u Ministry still uncreated an inten-
ton OF tampering with justice. Owing to
the composition OF the present Chamber OF
Deputies, chosen last year under circum-
stances which assured the return of very
large majority pledged to oppose revision,
it is extremely difficult to construct Cabi-
of hnt nrr alot
support OF determination to make the
second trial Of DREYFUs fair one, and,
should he be acquitted, TO call to ac-
count those persons who are accused of
breaking the law in their efforts to secure
his previous condemnation. The knot of
the difficulty lies in the selection of Min
lister Of War so widely known and so highly
respected that tho French community at
large, and even the greater part Of the
army, will back him in the uniinching excr-
else OF authority required for removing
Gen IURLINDEN from the command OF the
garrison at Paris, and replacing him by an
officer unconnected with the DREYFUs affair
and willing to obey tho civil power He
who shall play this part must be not only Il
just man and an honored one, but also a
brave man, for the clustering words pro-
nounced on Sunday by MERCER disclose
the lengths to which the General STAFF may
be driven by desperation
Fully comprehending the qualities which
are needed at this juncture, President
LoUBET has requested NJ. CAsIMIR- PERIER,
ex-President Of the republic, who repre-
sents the best traditions OF the bour-
geoisie, to discharge the delicate and dan
gerous functions OF Minister of War
Could NJ. CAsIMrR-PERIER be swayed by a
generous, patriotic impulse to take that
pivotal post, and could man of hint-like
grit like Ne CoNsTANs be secured for the
Eotlhhle uonds .. Ter OF the Interior, President
'' WINCH "e'' ''"' have Cabinet that would
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A Christian Attacks the jews.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--!Sir: Twenty
five years OF observation and practical ex-
perience in dealing with the various peoples
in this community have convinced me that the
vast majority OF Hebrews are bound to get
ahead, by fair means II possible. by unfair and
INSCRIPTIONS methods II necessary. Jews do
not blunt their faculties by alcoholic abuse
they are very jealous and saving and have
great staying power. and their racial cohesion
is a prom ounced feature.
Many so-called Christians use alcohol to ex-
cess and blunt their faculties. and many more
spend their money as fast as they earn 1t.
They also antagonige and repel one another.
and have wonderful faculty OF getting each
other into trouble instead OF out Of 1t. There
Is more fundamental honesty among Chris
tians than among Jews the latter assume to
be OH the side Of law and order. but in truth
they are experts in evading the laws as re-
CARDS both commerce and the professions.
Gentiles in this country will In all probable
ity remain blind to Semitic inroads and en-
enactment until common poverty, and hunger
wi bind them together for mutual protection.
New YORK. June IL. AMERICAN.