El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15

1904 l expect TO SEQ the oemocrete
yelling for protection without rhyme
or reason.
WHERE OUR DISPATCHES WENT.
The eastern situation is quiet rs re-
yards Washington. We have learned
where our missing dispatches went, II
she story around the corridors is true.
II seems after taking Pekin all the
kilograms and letters of the foreigners
were put In q mail bag and placed
aboard Q Russian torpedo boat for
transmission TO Shanghai. The bsg
disappeared on the way and probably
there are some chuckleheaded St.
Petersburg officials puzzling over the
contents Of the same at this mo-
ment. 1 only hope she New York
World and Journsl specials" give
them mental indigestion.
OUR MAN RoCKHILL.
We regret Zero 10 hear OF special
envoy Rockhill's alleged indiscretion
Ia giving an Interview 70 the Assooist
ed Press and hope IL ia nos 60. Rockhill
10 one Of the few men in the country
with q good working knowledge Of
Chinese and he should be useful as this
crisis. He 10 we'll equipped every way.
He is big, good looking man with IN
Inn posing "front" aud manner. which
should do him good service In dealing
with the Pskin mandarins Somehow,
Q statement sounds more Impressive
from big man.
A number Of years ago, Rockhill
went GUS into Thibet and spent . year
or 80 there travelling, being one Of the
was interested In the theosophio busi-
ness which WAS iaagurated BY Draw
fords "Mr. Issacs," and carried on
successfully by Madame Blsvatsky,-
she of the cigarettes and Isis Tnveil-
ed" fans-eo that he made IL his
special errsnd 70 dnd out what sort of
folks really we're these Thibetan lamss,
Of whose knowledge and virtues We
were hearing so much. His account
was not nsstering.
However, falling Rockhill, ConRer
seems quite competent to carry on
negotiations, 10 an agreeable
surprise and goes to show that . num-
Der of years Of diligens attention 10
business in handling Iowa polisics Is
q good equipment for diplomacy. But
Oh IN any body who can handle IN Iowa
county convention should be adequate
to meet almost any sort Of complication
that comes along.
IN 1T FOR OURSELVES.
There is q pause In the publication
of negotiations from she state depart
ment, but the Interchange of views 10
getting vigorous. Il seems We are not
siding so much with Russia as We were
but We are not by any means inclined
to have she kaiser's "dss" mailed" by
Uncle Sam. Not any. We're selfish our
selves and are not working for either
Russia or Germany.
THE JAPS AS NEW WORLD FACTOR
The unexpected dash and good con-
duct of the Japs, accounts OF which are
slowly flteripg through, are responsi-
BILE for good deal of hard thinking in
the European chAncellories, a. St.
Pesersbu especially. Russia has
grown like Jonsh's gourd, but the big
ger It gets the rottener 1t IL. Il is NO
more than . shell. Nobody knows this
better than the Russian government,
n h!ch has never forgotten the rotten
ness disclosed By she Crimesn war, q
whic1 killed Nicholas 1.
And the recent Wholesale naval scsnd-
ais In the Black sea fleet have not ten
ded TO encourage national pride.
RUSsIA's INCAPACITY.
The Russians have never been able
to whip much of any body, except she
Siberian tribes, and Turkey has given
her all she wanted several times.
Suwsrron won . victory or two in
Italy and there have been some minor
success against the Austrians. That
ends the tale. Napoleon played horse
With them repeatedly and so did
Frederick. Is 10 illustrative of the
Russian ideas that az the German
all railroads break gauge to
prevent the use OF foreign rolling
stock In case OF Invasion. OF course
this works just IS we'll Ihe other way
and bars the Russian wide gauge en-
Rines and cars from German railroads
but then the car expects defence not
offence.
A son OF A KING.
The "King OF Korea, once had an
idea," rs she opera says, and he's had
another recently, whereby one Of his
younger sons is In town for an educs-
ton, American fashion. He Is srir,