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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24

half of his life was devoted to the public
service, to which he was as faithful and de-
voted as he was to his private interests. A
man of admirable poise, careful in all things,
strong in his loves and true in his friend
ships, 1t is a question which men more adj
mire in him, his superb generalship and
leadership, or the magnificent moral force
which shone in his every act. Certain it is
that among all the peoples-of the world his
name is synonym for all the virtues OF
highest manhood, as well as for sublime cour.
age and incarlate leadership.
Yet all of these noble and most admirable
qualities we're in embryo in his youth. An
impossible boy never makes an admirable
man, Youth is but time of taking on of
stature, of bone and mnscemaking, of the
getting of gray matter in the brain, a sort
of start-taking for the real life course
Washington was undoubtedly an exemplary
boy; except he had been such he could not
have developed into the superb personality
of his matured manhood But he was just
the kind of lad that one sees nowadays, with
bright clean eye, shapely form, elastic
step, attractive face and hearty, ringing
laugh, the hope and promise of the future
man of good parts. There was no abnormal
ity of mind or morals in his youth, just as
there was none in his admirably rounded
manhood
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24

Ms u sample, TO show now widely CIR
culated Iola's fame is becoming.
Chss. #. Scott, Dear Sir; Your
favor of Feb received, also the pa
per, for which accept my thanks. l
had no idea that lola was so lively a
town; had never heard much about
the place. Your daily and week y
REGISTER indicates enterprise and
push. The "boomn edition IL a
splendid advertisement for your town
and county. The papers nave been
circu ated among my freud he'e UNI
I'll they are worn out, and | would
like a copy or two more of the Decem-
her edition, "a / Nish tD show it 20
some f lends in adj hninV TOW ms. Am
arranging TO come to lola early in
March and look over The town and
county. Fraternally,
FRANK MATCHETT.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
New ODD Fellows Lodge.

LaHarpe Lodge No. 400, |. o. o. f..
wasiinstituted Monday with thirty
one charter members, the lola Degree
team doing the work. The installing
officer, Biles, called to his assistance
Otto Kruger as deputy Grand Mas
ter; II. |. Brown, past Grand Master;
ID. M Gregg, vice Grand Master; l..
Il. Horville; Grand Sec'y.; j. Rosen-
burg, Asst. Grand Sec'y; G. H.
Wheaton, q. Inside Guardian. The
work was done with promptness and
dispatch after which the ladies of the
Union Christian Endeavor served a
splendid supper. This Is one Of the
Degrees to which all Odd Fellows can
do justice and the ladies anticipated
it and were prepared for them. Thus
LaHarpe lodge started off in fine
shape.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
Crystal Eastwood Injured.

Saturday evening Crystal, the only
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Chas. East
wood, five miles north of lola, started
on horse to the Allendale post-office.
The horse became startled and threw
her Off and kicked her on the head
inflicting a severe wound on her head
She was found by neighbors and car
ried home, apparently dead. The
family was wild with grief ana terror
as hour after hour passed and she fail
ed to regain consciousness. DIR. Full
ton was summoned from lola and he
worked with her until she gave signs
of life and she Is now on fair way to
complete recovery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24

published About the Time OF CORVALLIS Surrcnder.l
tendencies to hyperbole in speech Weems
apotheosized the Father of His Country,
making of him divinity sinless as the
Saviour of the world. lie meditated and
meditated upon the virtues OF his hero until
he really believed him to have been posi-
lively immaculate.
The parson, as he later confessed was
greatly chagrined to discover that Washing
ton when a boy was just like other boys.
lie shared rabbits, went fishing, played
hockey, muddied his clothes, "scrapped"
with his paymates, had a superb appetite
and slept well. In short, although Weems
knew and conversed with a number OF
Washington's youthful companions, he was
unable to learn of a single incident in his
early life that was worthy of special men.
ton. George was fairly goodish boy, the
kind that is liked by teacher and pupi! alike
quick of temper, prompt to resent an af-
front and with an inclination for the sea
and for fighting.
Weems wanted color for Washington's
youth, and he found it in his own perfervd
imagination, in the same manner that Mae
iulay manufactured tales in derogation of
William Penn, and Froude framed lies about
Mary, Queen of Scots, with the difference
that Weems meant his lies to be harmless
and at the same time helpful to the fame Of
his hero and beneficial to the youth of each
succeeding generation of the great republic.
The seed-sowing incident told many mil
lions of times over to gaping youngsters is
fgment Of the parsons fancy. Washing.
ton pere was decidedly orthodox, believing
every word of the Bible-hlgher criticism
had not then come inland he enforced
moral lessons in the same manner as Solo
mon, with the rod and promises of more of
it in the future There was nothing poetic
| in the old gentleman's nature; he sowed seed
that he might have harvest of grain, and
not that he might bestow an object lesson
upon his fast-growing boy
The Ratchet business was the utterng OF
a lie that the extreme !ruthfulness of the
lad might be made manifest. The only
strange thing about it is that old Parson
Weems, who dearly loved lie, should have
truthfulness in his hero.
Weems did not know enough TO keeE
probabilities in view. If the incident had
occurred, it would not have been neces
sary for the old gentleman to inquire Of
George concerning the vandalism. The tiny
chips would have shown that it was the
work of a Ratchet, aud George, being the
only white boy upon the plantation, the
conclusion would have been irresistible thai
George was the culprit
The truth is that Washihgtons life was
as uneventfu as that of any average farm
boy Of the United States of to-day. Doubt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH YOU ?

If not, drink Grain-O-made from
pure grains. A lady writes: "The
first time made Grain-O l did not
like it but after using it for one week
nothing would induce me to go back
to cofIee.n II nourishes and feeds the
system. The children can drink 1t
freely with greaG benefit. 1t is the
strengthening substance of pure
grains. Get Il package today from
your grocer, follow the directions in
making it and you will have deli.
cious and healthful table beverage fol-
old and young. 10 and 25c. 2
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
ROYAL Arch rlasons,

lola will have Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons. At the recent convo-
cation of the Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons at Leavenworth, the
Grand High Priest was authorized TO
issue a Dispensation to the compan-
ions at lola, waving the usual
recommendation of nearest Chapter.
The Chapter will be constituted
just as soon as the necessary arrange
ments can be made.
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Manila, April 10, 1891"
List OF Patents

Granted to Kansas inventors this
week, reported 10y &. A. Snow d Co.,
Patent Attorneys, Washington, ID. C..
f. Case, Robinson, Vehicle-wheel; X.
f. Dorsey, Kansas City, Can-soldering
machine; f. b. Linn, Lenexa, Stock
pen: j. A. o. Livoni, Marion, Weather
or door strip; G. G.. Overmyer, Tope-
ka, Bsling press; H. w. Roby, To.
peka, Bicyc support or rest; A.
smith, Melvern, Wire-feuce-making
machine. For copy of any of the
above patents send ten cents in
postage stamps with date of this pa
per to G. A. snow d Co.,, Washington,
q &
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24

George Washington
~ REATNEss is not plant of rapi
-~---""

~ REATNESS is not a plant of rapid
| \Su growth, as the mushroom which
VII springs up in a single night. His
tory affords but single instance of excep
tional precocity developing into eXtraordi-
nary genius, and this was the case of Genghis
Khan, who at the age of IA commanded a
great army and led it to glorious victory
Yet he was born to his kingdom and had
the most sagacious of advisers, whose coun-
sells he was wise enough to heed.
But the rhetorcan who records his.
tory seeks for evidences of peculiar merit in
the youth of heroes. Books are full of apoc.
ryphal accounts of the boyhood deeds OF
lustrious men, from the days of Alexander
until the present time.
No man has suffered more in this direction
than Washington. He had the misfortune
to win the enthusiastic admiration of old
Parson Weems, a peripatetic preacher with
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
A Fair SampIe.

The REGISTER could occupy tire
some amount of it's space every day
with letters received from people all
over the country whose attention has
been called to lola by various editions
of this paper. The following Is given
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KAN

SAS, THIRD DIVISION
In the matter of John W. Fetters, bankrupt in
Bankruptcy
To the ere ditors of John W. Fetters, of lola.
in the county of Allen and district afore-
said, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day OF
February, A, ID. 1899, the said John W. Fetters
was duly adjudged bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at the
office of the clerk of the district court of Allen
county, Kansas in lola on the Sd day of March
A. ID. 1899. at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at
which time the said creditors may attend prove
their claims appoint trustee, examine the
bankrupt and transact such other business as
may properly come before said meeting.
Fort Scott, Kansas, February 10, 1899
q. H. CORY,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
CHRIS. RITTER. of lola, and
w. X. BIDDLR, of Fort Scott.
Attorneys for Petitioner.
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A Weyler Autograph.

The following letter received We'd.
nesday by the editor of the REGIS
TER from Lieutenant Walter =. Hull,
Co. 1, Goth, Kansas, explains itself:
Administration de Hacienda,
Gale de Auloague, Binando,
MANILA, p. |. January 80.
Mr.. Chas. H. Scott, lola Kansas,
My Dear Sir:-I enclose with my
compliments genuine, Dyed in-the
wool, handmade autograph of the
erstwhile Captain General of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., the Butcher.
found this i'm the "ATchivo Cen
eral" or room of Archives at the
"Capitania General" his old head
quarters, now occupied by Lt.-Col-
Little and his officers.
With best wishes from the East, |
am, Sincerely yours,
WALTER p. HULL,
Ist Lieut. r Q NJ, Goth, Kansas
Inf, u. :. A.
The autograph referred to is the
last page of an official letter address
ed "Al Comandante del Depart
mento de Siniloan." and the fragment
as interpreted by Mr.. Frank Scott,
reads as follow-:
"In answer to your communication,
No. 3, of date of March 20 last, will
say that sent the documents you re-
fer to. to the Capital to be filed away
in the archives of the Captain Gene
raj. Yours truly.
WEYLER.
Manila, April ID, 1891"
The order was evidently written by
q clerk and signed by Weyler, who
butchers the alphabet with as little
scruple as he slaughtered the inno-
cents. The signature would seem to
indicate that the writer was un.
familiar with pen as the writing Is
coarse and irregular, with ink blurred
and long, complicated flourish after
the "lerp which is run together.
The autograph Is a desirable keep
sake and the REGISTER is proud of it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27
ARRIVED AT HONOLULU.
Saturday. November %.

Saturday, November %.
Stmr. Waialeale, Green, from XII
Iauea. with passengers and 13 bdls.
hides, 30 pkgs. sundries.
Stmr. Upolu, Henningson, from Kai-
lua and Honoipu, with passengers,
mail and 10 bags coffee. 40 sheep,
bdls tobacco, pkgs sundries.
o. * o. ;. s. Coptic, Kinder. from
China and Japan, with passengers and
517 tons general mdse for III. Hackfeld
& Co.
Jap. stmr. Togo Maru. Sakai, from
Yokohama, November Il: 1925 pkgs
mdse, 695 Japanese immigrants, TO T..
HI. Davies & Co.
Jap. stmr. Yorihima Maru, NJ. Ma
karu, from Yokohama, November u:
500 tons mdse, 731 Japanese immi-
grants. to T. III. Davies & Co.
Stmr. Mokolii. Sachs. 6 hrs. from
Molokai.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman. % hrs. from
HiIo: % head cattle. horses, 40 bdls
hides, "a hogs, 90 sacks corn, 800 sacks
potatoes, 21l pkgs sundries.
Stmr. Lehua. DOVER, Z hrs. from
Haunakakai.
Sunday, November 20.
Stmr. he Au Hou, Mosher, IL hrs.
from Waimea.
Stmr. James Makee, Tullett, IL hrs.
from Kapaa-
Stmr. Mikahala. Peterson, u hrs.
from Koloa: $500 sacks sugar, TO IL.
Hackfeld < Co.
Stmr. w. G.. Hall, Thompson, IL hrs.
from Nawiliwili: % bdls. hides. 100
bags pia, % pkgs sundries.
Stmr. Claudine, Cameron, II hrs.
from Kahului: 220 sacks potatoes, 102
sacks corn, 22S sacks taro, As hogs, l
horse, "a pkgs hides, 125 pkgs sundries.
Br. stmr. Miowera, Hay, s days
from Victoria: passengers and AT tons
freight, to T. III. Davies 4 Co., Ltd.
U. ). army transport Senator, Pat
terson. 9 days from San Francisco with
troops.
u. 5. army transport Benmohr, Wal
lace, 9 days from San Francisco with
troops.
U. s. army transport Port Stevens.
Whitehead. 10 days from Seattle with
mules for Manila.
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PASSENGERS.
Arrived.

@AAAN~0s
From Kilauea. per stmr. waialeale,
November 25.-J. Kilgrove, c. II. Will
lis
From Kapaa, per stmr. James Ma
kee. November 26.-Five deck passen-
gers.
From KOloa, per stmr. Mikahala.
November 26.-E. w. King and six
deck passengers.
From Waimea, per stmr. Ike Au
HOu. November 26.-E. Omsted, NJ.
Schmidt, and 8 deck passengers.
From Eailua and Honoipu, per stmr.
UpOlu, November sc. Menichei, II.
Patton. II. C. Austin. s. Watson.
From NawiliwiH. per stmr. W. G..
Hall, November Pc. Waterhouse,
w. h. Townsend, G. Johnson, NJ.
Brasch, c. Keawe. II. Kapu, Mrs. Ha-
kimoto, and 81 deck passengers.
From Hawaii and way ports. per
stmr. Kinau. November 25.-J. \.
Scott, II. 3. Gehr, NJ. F. Russell, Z. l..
Hathaway. Mrs. r. Rycroft, Mrs. w.
;. Terry, III. Deacon, L. J. Weight and
wife, ]. s. McCandless, Miss M. L. Rice
Mrs. r. Hind, Mrs. NJ. Mccain and
three children and servant, Chang Kim
and wife, Perry Pearce, 7. r. Key
worth, G. F. Day, J. c. AXtell, Chu
Quay, J. l.. Crawley. A. Steadtlander,
Mrs. l.. T. Grant, Miss NJ. Cooke, Kaa-
naola, Maalaea, r. p. Slusser, Sue
Chong, n. C. Wilfong, \. E. Cooley, l..
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VESSELS IN PORT.
ARMY AND NAVY.

ARMY AND NAVY.
L. 5. \. T. Siam, Valentin, Manila, No
vember 10.
Br. stmr. LennoX, Williamson, Port
land, November %.
Br. stmr. Benmohr, Wallace, San Fran
cisco. November %.
Br. stmr. Port Stevens, Whitehead.
Seattle, November %.
L. 5. stmr. Senator, Patterson, San
Francisco, November %.
MERCHANTMEN.
This list does not include coasters.)
Br. blk. Dominion, Reusch, Newcastle
Townsend, November 10.
Am. sp. Great Admiral, Sterling, New
castle, October %.
Br. s. p. Enrol, Henderson, Newcastle
November Z.
Haw. sp. Hawaiian Isles, Rice, Newcas-
tie, November 1.
Haw. blk. Mauna Ala, Smith, San Fran
cisco, November Is.
Am. schr. Aloha, Fry, San Francisco,
November 16.
Am. schr. G. w. Watson, Peterson, Ia
coma, November -.
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NOT ICE.

CHUN LUNG HAS ACCEPTED \
position as reporter and Interpreter of
the Chinese Times, King street; Lau
Yin is also installed as business man
ager, solicitor and collector. 53e3
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Am. blk. Albert, Grifiths, San Francis
co, November %.
Br. stmr. Miowera, Hay, Victoria, No
vember %.
Jap. stmr. Togo Maru. Sakai, Yoke
hama, November %
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SAILED FROM HONOLULU.

Saturday, November %.
U. ). \. T. City of Sydney. Pillsbury.
Manila
II. :. a. II. Pathan, Butler. Manila.
Stmr. Iwalani. Gregory. Eleele.
Br. stmT. COptic, Kinder, San Fran
cisco.
Sunday, November %.
Br. blk WOolahra, Williamson. Puget
Sound.
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FOR SALE.

RESIDENCE AT KALIHI, NEAR
Kamehameha School; one acre Of
grounds; good substantial house; a
bargain. Apply to
WILLIAM SAVIDGE,
No. 80 Fort street.
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FOR SALE.

A BUSINESS SITE AT PEARL
City opposite the railroad depot. For
particulars apply to
WILLIAM SAVIDGE,
No. 80 Fort Street.
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NOTICE TO SHIPMASTERS.

San Francisco, Cal.
By communicating with the Branch
photographic Office in San Francisco,
captains of vessels who will cooper
ate with the photographic Office by
recording the meteorological observa-
tons suggested by the office, can have
forwarded to them at any desired port
and free of expense, the monthly pilot
charts of the North Pacific Ocean and
the, latest information regarding the
dangers to navigation in the waters
which they frequent.
Mariners are requested to report to
the office dangers discovered, or any
other information which can be uti-
lized for correcting charts or sailing
directions, or in the publication fTthe
pilot charts of the North Pacific.
G. G. CALKINS,
Lieut.. Comdr., U.S.N., in Charge.
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NOTICE..
NOTICE..

JUST ARRIVED FROM SAN FRAN
cisco, Miss Carlson and Miss Duffy,
fashionable dressmakers, Queen Hotel
cottage; Tel. 500. Perfect fit guaran-
teed: moderate prices. 54O1
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DIAMOND HEAD SIGNAL STA
TON, November 20. 10 p. m.-Weath
or. clear; wind, light, 5. w.
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FOR SALE.

ON WAIKIKI ROAD. NEAR THE
residence of Geo. Manson, Esq, desir-
able house of five rooms and bath;
good fruit trees; nice grounds 100x1OO,
or will exchange for lots in Punahou.
For further particulars apply to
5379 GEAR, LANSING & co.
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

For additional Shipping News see
eighth page.
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MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

Steamers due and to sail today and
for the next six days are as follows:
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

TO THOSE NEEDING SOIL AND
grading material. for sale cheap large
quantity of good soil and filling, to be
taken from excavation of foundation
for H Hackfeld & Co., Ltd, new build
ing block, to be erected on Queen and
Halakuila streets. For terms apply to
FRED HARRISON, Contractor. 5691
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POSITION WANTED.

A YOUNG MAN OF % DESIRES
position; experienced office man, ste
nographer, bOOkkeeper and salesman;
references. Address u 80, Advertiser
office 5401
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VESSELS EXPECTED.
10 ? EOL
Due in November.

Jap. stmr. YOrihima Maru, Mikamaru.
Yokohama, November %.
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ne Passenger Arrive at and Lear.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-13

Conditions which promote public welfare
are those which secure greatest good 20
the greatest number A condition or
policy may greatly advantage some, In
deed large number; it may multiply mil
Honaircs until they become as COM
mon as German counts, and yet be de-
structive Of public welfare. II may rive
unprecedented activity 60 some partisu-
lar industry, and largely advantage those
directly concerned in it,andyet be severely
prejudicial 20 the general public. 1t is
certainly to the interest of the public that
so important an industry as that of
which you are the representatives, the
milling industry. should thrive; but there
is point beyond which, If advantaged,
II must be at the expense of the people at
largo. The nanv in such case, are bur
dened in order that the few may be on
riched just as the measure of their enjoy
mcnt Of the neccssaries and cOnVeuienCes
OF life is enlarged or diminished. Then
again, tits to be remembered that public
veal and public wealth are not Il Q same
There may be little public wealth, and
yet a high degree of public welfare; on
the other hand, there may be vast aCcu.
mutations of wealth ana a dissatisfied
oppressed and starving people The
world has seen many Instances of The !at.
ter kind, and they are among the saddcst
exhibitions of history. There Is more
sound political economy than poetry ir
the familiar lines,
"ln fares the land, to Fastening ills a
prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men de-
cay"
IT Is not only "A mistake, but fata
perversion of the functions of govern
ment when it's energies are directed tC
inrraae,. Of yyp1lth thu
distinction between veal and wealth ar,
diSrcgarded.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-13
Prices and Wages.
r n is QUITE as evident

TT is QUITE as evident that the
consumer at the other end of the
line Is dsadvantaged by a corre-
spending denial of freedom In trade. His
inability to supply himself, except as he
purchases from the trust, enables the
latter to extort up to the measure OF its
greed, subject to a single limitation-the
price 1t cxacts must not exceed that at
which a foreign producer can furnish the
same article at profit Here we see
how the tariff can be perverted by the
trusts from its berefcent purpose which
L. to protect the wages of home labor,
and be made the oppressor of the whole
public. The higher the tariff, the greater
may be the eXtortion in the price de-
manded.
The answer the trusts make 10 this is
two fold; first, they say that experience
shows that under trust control, prices
have been lowered; and second, that any
eXtortiOn i'm prices would be corrected by
competition that would necessarily result
Their favorite illustration in support OF
the first answer Is refined oil. The ar
gument and Illustration. 10 have any
merit, should not only show a decline
I'm price, but that the trust accomplished
II. Great reliance Is placed on the fact
that refined oil has fallen nearly One-halt
! since 1882. when the Standard Oh com
pany was organized and took control of
this industry. But it is equally true that
its decline during the ten preceding years
when it was not under control, was still
more marked. 1t can be as confidently
claimed that the later decline Is to bC
lsCribed TO the same causes that pro-
duced the earlier. BY reason of its enOr-
nous capital, the ma sterly skin and en-
| ergy with which II has pursued its OBJ