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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Mayme Eiler. a Madison. H.. girl of af-
fairs and a social star. is not the daughter
Of a millionaire nor even the relative of
one, but she is going 10 count mile Posts
from the luxurious seat of an automobile
very soon in spite of that fact. Like women
with more money but less ingenuity, she
pines to join the crowd Of horseless vehicle
enthusiasts in the st. Louis parks-for Mad
ison town is only opposite North St. Louis.
on the Illinois side of the Mississippi-and
just now it would seem that the ambition
Of her dream would come true.
Miss Eiler's father is a w~ell-known Tri-
City business man. He owns a department
store in Madison and will soon open a new
establishment in Granite City, but he hard
ly felt able to spend 5000. o: even s1.0o0.
for an automobile when his daughter spoke
to him about it recently. In fact. Miss
Mayme expected to be refused.
Instead of saying. "Oh, dear. It's dreadful
to be poor in a world of delights beyond
to her fathers desk and began to tell him
Of a scheme. original. of course, tina, was
new and full of dizziness. Among other
practical accomplishments she possesses the
managing ability to successfully conduct
the dry goods salesroom of Mr.. Eiler's store
in Madison. and with this responsibility as
a lever of vantage she explained that ac-
cording to her calculations one dime from
every fifth sale made in the dry goods de-
partment of the store would soon provide
her with sufficient money to go East and
select an automobile. Such a deduction. she
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Germany and incapable of evolving a rival
policy felt that its own security lay in emu
lation. and therefore, as a counterbalance to
Port Arthur and Kiao-Cnou obtained Wei
Hai-Wei on the same terms. and requested
the Chinese Government to undertake "ney-
er to ALLEVIATE any territories in the Prov
1nces adjoining the Yang-tse to any other
Power. whether under lease, mortgage. or
any other designation" an assurance Civ
en- by the Chinese in an extremely ecu,vocal
way and whose value Is open to doubt.
This action. whether successful or no, con-
stituted an adherence by Great Britain to
the policy of Spheres" in direct opposition
to what she had hitherto desired-the .'open
door" or free trade and equal advantages
for all corners.
The British sphere establishes a sort OF
claim to one-third of the Chinese Empire,
both in territory and population. Exclusive
privileges were not, however, sought by
Britain.
France followed suit Immediately after
the occupation of Wei-Hai-Tei. demanding
and obtaining a coaling station on the main
land opposite the island of Hainan, on a
ninety-nine-year lease after the Port Ar
thur pattern. She also indicated the exact
extent Of her sphere of influence, and the
confederation assurances which she had OBJ
tanned regarding Hainan were now ex-
tended to the Chinese Provinces neighbor-
ing Tongking. In these she had already Sc
cured preferential treatment. Britain, dis
concerted by this inrcad OF France into
what she considered her own sphere, de-
mGnded compensation in the shape Of an
other leasehold and a fresh sphere of infiu-
enoe. The former took the shape of an ex-
tension of the Kaulung settlement and the
latter of verbal assurances with regard to
two OF the Provinces under dispute. As
England and France are now supposed to
enjoy equal rights In these Provinces, there
are all the elements of serious complica-
TORS when the date of settlement arrives.
Japan. at this time. not to be left out of
the general movement. obtained a promise
of nonalienation of the Provinces facing
Fol- to any other nation. No economic
privileges were sought.
All these Powers, from a commercial point
of view. had some sort Of excuse for their
claims, on account of existing interests, but
a claim now made by Italy and supported by
Britain had no other foundation than the
desire to take part in the game OF grab.
China, even in her decadence. refused to
listen to such demands and dismissed the
application for a lease with contempt.
Austria and Belgium have SO far not made
any territorial claims, but both have Legal
tons of Pekin, and have lost Ministers and
missionaries In the recent disturbance.
while Belgium has besides very important
railway interests.
Thirteen out Of the eighteen Provinces OF
China have. therefore,. been earmarked by
the various foreign Powers. and there are
also innumerable mining. railway and other
| concessions granted by the Chinese Govern
ment which will have to be taken into ac-
| co, Mt when the bill is presented for pay
ment.
Copyright In the United States Of America by q.
T. Piercel
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When to Give Plants
the Water They Need.

For this reason the best time to sprinkle
Is in the late afternoon CT evening. Then
either the sun is not so hot and does not
cause such rapid evaporation. or there is no
sun at all. Also, several hours of darkness
are ahead of the plant that is being spfin-
killed., and it has all that time in which TO
drink UP the water and become invigorated
for the hard work of the following day. The
next best time to sprinkle is in the early
morning. The plants have some opportunity
Of drinking in the water before the sun gets
down to work. But this Is not by any means
as satisfactory a time as the other end of
the day. The worst time to sprinkle is in
the middle of the day. when the sun is ho:-
test. and when it either blisters the plant
under the cold water that is thrown or it. or
dissipates the water before it has mad a
chance to do It's work.
There are many plants which will not
live II sprinkled In the sun. After the work
Is done they hang their dropping leaves and
say: See what you have done to us, We
are worse off than we were before. and it
is all because you did not treat US right.
We are going to die If you are not careful
And they keep their threat. There are
other plants. however, that will stand to
have water poured on them even in the
broiling sun. But it is not a good thing for
any Of them.
See that little tree over there? II has
just nodded to me. and Is telling me how
good 1t feels. L am all right it says. I
had a good drink last night. and l will get
another tonight. and in spite OF the terrible
sun and the dry atmosphere 1 am in the
best OF condition. There is no dropping to
1t: 1t doesn't hang its leaves and say wear
lily. Master. 1 am thirsty. give me water Or
I perish It is all Tins work; Tim is a
faithful fellow. who never let's the hose lie
too long in one place, no matter what the
time OF night. That tree would be in a bad
fix II 1t had not been for Tim and his hose.
See that flower bed over there? And
those red cattails? They are nodding to me.
We are all right they say; never felt bet
ter In our lives That is Tins work, too.
The amount Of water that has been poured
on them through a hose would float a small
steamboat. And It's the same way all
through. The grass is soft and green, and
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RACE QUESTION AS VIEWED BY A NEGRO
The Blunders of the So-Called Leaders.

forms OF amusements, which are nothing
more nor less than breeders Of crime. Many
a young man and woman has started to the
prison In this manner. Another thing. I am
opposed to educating the negro. 1t only
makes a fool OF him.. Let the negro learn
a good trade and then build UP his home.
A to the race prejudice. it IL just as bad
In Illinois as in Alabama, or Mississippi;
yes. even worse. There are towns in I'LL
nois that will not allow a negro to get of
a train within their limits. Who ever heard
of anything OF this kline in the South? The
negro may have a few advantages in the
North. but 1t is because the people are after
his almighty dollar. 1t Is not out OF re-
spect for the negro. Not at all. My advice
to the negro is to remain in the South. The
Southern people are doing more for him
than in the North or East. The Southern
people sustain the negro. while those of
the North only talk and pass resolutions.
You take the mob violence. 1t has been
very plainly shown that the people of
Massachusetts,. Illinois or New York will
lynch a negro for crime Just as quick as
in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, or any
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full stream is turned on and is sent about
the roots of the vegetation until they are
thoroughly soaked. We do not give them
"A tiny spray among the leaves, or a dipper
full of water on the roots; we soak the
roots. and the ground around the roots,
and for twenty feet all around. To give
you an idea of the amount Of water we
use, one day this particular buckeye
friend OF mine was on the visiting list. We
took 4 wagon pretty close TO it. and then
opened the hose on its roots. The ground
was baked so hard that the water would
not sink into IL; it stood all about in pud-
dies, and tried to run away. But we
worked with II. and finally got through the
~hard-haked crust. Then the way that
thirsty soil did drink up the water! That
two-inch hose. fed from the water wagon
tank, was kept open for two hours and a
half. until the ground all around the tree
was soaked thoroughly to a depth of per-
haps five feet. The buckeye has been dong
all right ever since; l haven't heard a word
of complaint.
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The Buckeyes Request
Was Needed.

THAT buckeye and ! are great friends,
ard | never knew it II mislead me. So L
went to the head gardener and said to him:
1t may be that we are going to have rather
more dry weather than We want. What DO
You think of it, He hooked up at the trees.
and down at the grass. and off toward the
flower beds, It's what I've been thinking
he said. Well 1 said. I guess you'd better
send Tim home now. and tell him to come
back for a night or two with the hose. And
then you get out all the hose we have. and
arrange il over the grounds. and we'll see II
we can't give our pets something TO drink
We'll. 1t was done. BY the time Tim came
back for his nights work, hundreds Of feet
Of hose were scattered about the grounds
and spraying upon the grass and the leaves
aud the flowers. All that night Tim went
the rounds of the hose. First he would
stretch one line a bit, and then he would
take in another line a bit. Then he would
move ore piece this way, and another piece
another way. So he got the hose TO playing
all over the grounds, and every blade of
grass, every tree, every shrub, and every
flower in every flower bed had a drink that
night. And that Is the way We have been
doing ever since.
But by and by the drought got worse.
The trees and the shrubs and the flowers
and the grass began TO tell me they wanted
more water. So l started the water carts
around. We have several of these, and
just now they are all iii use, carrying
water to my pets. They are used mostly in
tho mark for there is hardly n square inch
of ground in the garden that cannot he
deluged from a water pipe. y two-inch
hose is attached TO each of these wagons
and the tanks are filled as full as possible.
OF course. the wagons do not go or the
lawn. They drive as close to the p~articu-
lar bed Of flowers or clump of shrubs or
trees that Is 10 be watered. and then the
hose is carried the rest of the way. \
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established. which continued up to the
present time.
Russia. after her rebuff in the Amur
Province, and her subsequent partial sue
cess in establishing relations with Pekin,
took no very active measures in China, but
bided her time. The disorganization of the
Empire and the weakness of the Manchu
Government, which eliminated in the
Anglo-French punitive expedition to Pc
kin. gave an opening to the enterprising
Slav. Mouravieff. by a diplomatic stroke.
obtained for Russia the Amur Province.
and a few years later Ignatieff, by another
bloodless conquest. acquired several hum
dred miles of the Manchurian coast line
stretching from the Amur River to The
northern frontier of Korea. This gave them
ice-free ports on the Pacific littoral, and the
great stronghold of Vladivostok. which
they have most effectualiy fortified.
France. of all Western Powers. has had
most intercourse with China, and that not
by means of trade, but of religious propa-
ganda and political emissaries. Some half
dozen treaties have been executed between
France and China in the last sixty years.
but the initiation of the modern Franco
Chinese policy dates from the expedition Of
Lagree through Indo-China in 1861. when
the first steps were taken toward the
acquisition of Tongking, which was con-
summated in 1854.
The relations of Germany with china are
comparatively recent, dating from 1861, i'm
meIiately after the Anglo-French occupa-
ton. of Pekin. when a PrusSian expedition
wpS sent wit n tho pbjprf of founding a Cor
man colony in some part of The Chinese
Empire. No active steps Were, however.
taken until, in 1897. to avenge the death Of
certain of her missionaries. Germany seized
Kiao-Chou. obtaining a ninety-nine-year
lease and practically establishing a protec-
torate over the Province of Shan-Tung.
Germany demanded and obtained certain
economic privileges, such as the sole right
of railway construction. and a preference
in all works relating to the development of
the Province. These stipulations, which
are in direct opposition TO existing treaties
with other Powers, have never been pub
ilshed to the world. but are nevertheless un-
doubtediy authentic.
This German occupation OF S%han-Tung
was the first visible sign of an entirely new
phase in China-that of the spheres OF
influence" The movement, however.
though not openly acknowledged, had been
begun by Russia through the acquisition by
lease of Port Arthur and T~alienwan; and
the obtaining certain privileges throughout
Manchuria, by whose means facilities were
afforded for the connection of the transit
berian railway with Pork Arthur. BY these
agreements no foreign railway or other con-
cessions were to be granted to other Pow
ers in Manchuria. and no fresh ports were
to be opened to foreign trade. These privi-
leges were only openly ratified In the spring
OF 1895, by which time the occupation OF
Kiao-Chou was already an accomplished
fact. but it Is nevertheless certain that the
sphere of influence" policy was initiated
by Russia.
The British Government. alarmed by
these movemen on the part of Russia and
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explained. would not greatly decrease the
revenues from that branch of the business.
Before many months the dimes saved in
this way would multiply into dollars and
hundreds of dollars. for one feature of the
scheme was to improve business by con-
slant care and attention to details in the
art of underselling competitors.
Eiier. Sr.. listened with interest, for the
happiness of his children is one of his aims
in life. and he told her to keep the percent
age of her departments income. as she
proposed. So it came about that Papa Eller
might as well have given in unconditional
iy, as he was being made the willing victim
of the child he loved above priceless jew
els, automobiles or the gold that II takes
to buy either.
The business part of the transaction took
place long. long ago. Since the day Miss
Eiler began to save Il dime from every fifth
sale she made the dimes have grown to
such proportions that they now amount to
nearly SI00 all together. and the sales go
on every day Only at night does she rest
from her duties behind the dry goods
counters. and then it is that she sleeps to
dream of primrose paths. cushioned seats.
glistening spokes. rubber tires and all the
little .~niceties that go to make up a we'll
appointed automobile.
Every day she enjoys the satisfaction of
adding a big sack of dimes to the rapidly
growing auto" fund. and they do say that
when the machine is purchased Miss Filler
will keep pace with the Van Bibber's' in
the parks. as she has never yet been known
to fail in a business enterprise or a social
endeavor.
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Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 24.-Doctor L. j.
Marsh, formerly a colored educator OIL
Tennessee and Alabama. but at present
pastor of one of the leading colored
churches in Illinois, Is in this city for a few
days, visiting his parents. He has studied
the race question. the conditions OF the
negro in the United States. and has taken
pains to investigate the recent troubles IN
Chicago and New York. He attributes all
of the trouble to the work OF the so-called
race leaders and their influence over the
more ignorant classes Of the race.
In course of an interview to-day he said:
1.-The negro must first learn that this is the
white mans country and that he Is going
to rule it. 1t is characteristic of the negro
that when he gets a few cents ahead he
goes about seeking the society OF the
whites. and then comes trouble. Instead
of trying to elevate. his people, he ignores
them. The negro preachers have a great
deal to do with the race disturbances. Many
of them advise their people to rebel against
the whites. Others advocate the negro eX-
cursions on Sunday. cake walks and other
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officials shrank in proportion, and the
revenue of the Central Government was
affected. In III permission was given to
foreigners to reside at Canton during the
trading season, and this gave a consider
able stimulus to the commerce of that
town. which was practically the center Of
foreign intercourse with China.
In 1852 the friction between the Chinese
Government and the foreign traders had
become so acute that collision was in
evitable, and an edict was issued direct
ing that the coast defenses and ships of
war should be placed In a state of repair,
with a view to SECURING the sea and driv-
ing away any European vessels"
Up to this point the Chinese entertained
the utmost contempt for Europeans,
coupled with a complete ignorance of anv
country but their own. which they deemed
TO be vastly superior TO all others and
to occupy about two-thirds of the habitable
globe. The fact that most of the foreigners
who came to their shores were traders
was to them a sign of greed, low stand
ard and vulgarity of other nations, for
they regarded commerce as a pursuit unfit
for gentlemen, and were still further
shocked by foreigners ignorance OF their
own elaborate etiquette.
The presence of British gunboats on their
seas somewhat increased their respect. but
the determination of the Manchus to ex-
clude foreigners from their ports terminal
ed in 1871 in the Anglo-Chinese war. The
result of this was the cession of the island
of Hong-kong and the opening of five
treaty ports. Canton, Annoy. Fuchan, Ming
pc and Shanghai In 1913 Hong-Kong was
constituted a British Crown colony, which
it has ever since remained.
In 1856 another Anglo-Chinese war broke
out, in consequence of the seizure of the
Arrow. a lorcha flying the British flag.
Canton was taken by Lord Elgin and the
treaty of Fen-Ts!n signed in 1853. but the
mission to Pekin for the ratification of the
treaty was stopped on its way. and it was
only after the Anglo-French expedition, the
capture of the Taku forts and the seizure
of Pekin in 1860 that the convention of
Pekin ratifying the Tien-Tsin treaty was
signed. BY this treaty and convention,
which opened additional ports, provided for
the residence of a British emissary in Pc
kin. and coded Kaulung. the basis Of the
relations between Britain and China was
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The Powers in China.

China was known TO the ancientS under
various appeilations, both Ptolemy and Pilny
referring TO 1t as the region of the Sores.
while in the Middle Ages il was called
Cathay, and was not only visited by mis-
sionaries and ENJOYS, but sent out various
travellers, who returned to their country
\gyith tales of the wonders of India. Central
Mia and even of more Western countries.
in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries
very complete accounts were brought 10
Eurone of this great and civilized country,
and many OF the characteristics of the Chi
nese. still in vogue, are noticed, such as the
habit of letting the finger nails grow, OF
compressing the women's feet and other pc
culiar customs. The famous traveller Mar
CO Polo Tisited Cathay III 1875 and became
a great fayorite with the Emperor, In the
Fourteenth Century, too, trade was begun
by Europeans, and a certain traffic with In
dia had long existed. Christianity was IL
troduced during the First Century, Ii we
ere To believe the famous HISTORIAN taplet
bearing the date ISL A. d, which was dis
covered in 1925 at Sian-Fu. BE this as II
NAV. in the Thirteenth Century a trahcls-
can monk was created Archbishop Oh Pc
kin. and it is certain that the Roman cam
olic religion had spread coHsiueFdpL! iHu
that in the Seventeenth Century the Jesults
were high in favor and very powerful at
the Chinese Court. The conquest of CHINA
by the Manchus in 1914, however, worked d
great change in the spirit of the Chinese
Empire. The Manchus were in the posi-
,ion of a very small body, who, by sheer
force, retained their domination over a vast
Population. Their policy toward foreigners
was dictated by a fear that they might stir
up the Chinese, and they sought TO retain
their ascendency by closing all ports to for
eigners and keeping the Empire hermetl-
cally sealed against change, development
or innovation. The Tartar Emperors began
the persecution of Christianity and discour-
aged all attempts of friendly relations with
foreign Powers. a great race, however, IT.
self largely imbued with the Tartar Gle
ment. was gathering strength on the very
BORDERS of the Manchu-Chinese Empire.
Russians had already visited Pekin be-
lore the Manchu conquest. In the latter
haf Of the Seventeenth Century attempts
were made 10 trade along the Amur, ana