The Washington times., 1901-08-19
POLITICAL COMMENT.

For England's South African purposes
the only good Boer of any age or either
sex is dead Boer. Mr.. Chamberlain
might better have kept silence. In all such
cases speech is an aggravation. The Brit
\ ish people would prefer to shut their ears.
| avert their faces. and press on to ''glori-
| Gus victory. York World
| There is nothing particularly new in
| Kitchener's order to confiscate the proper
| South Africa was begun for.-Norfolk Pr
1 lot.
So General Uribe-Uribe is not finally
| dead. after all. A man with that name
| ought TO have two lives, anyway.-Chica-
go Journal.
Representative Babcock maintains that
it is "a part of the policy of protection
to protect the consumers a grave mis-
take has been made in Representative
Babcock- He is not statesman. He is
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
In the recent battle between the armies
of Colombia and Venezuela a strange dis
er~pancy occurs in the list of casualties.
Three hundred men We're killed or wound
ed and only four generals and colonies
We're of the number Fuller returns will
be awaited with interest.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The referendum having failed in Column
bus. Ohio, and compulsory arbitration be-
ing on its last legs in New Zealand. the
outlook for the world is extremely dark.
and Mark Hanna may expect another
avalanche OF threatening letterS.-Chicago
Tribune
Count Won Waldersee expresses the
hope that what has been done for Ger
many in China will come to light SOON
Judging by the German deeds in China
that have come to light already. Germany
would do well to keep the world in the
dark about what remains behind.-Port-
land Argus
Emperor William kissed Count Won
Waldersee on both cheeks when he ar
rived at Homburg. But, then, the Bible
teaches us to turn the other cheek even
under the most trying circumstances
Atlanta Journal.
E. p. Thompson. former postmaster of
Havana under the military rule of the
United States. stole 500 while in office.
His trial was concluded yesterday, when
he was convicted and fined s400-just the
amount he had stolen. This Is another
instance of the ieniency OF the A1sI. nis-
tration toward its henchmen and a beau
tiful precedent. Under it a man who
steals is not a thief. but merely bor-
rover. There is hope for Nicely and
Rathbone If they can return the thou
sands they borrowed from the Havana
ostoffice.-Baltimore World.
Shaffer appears to have nothing to
arbitrate" with union men VINO disapprove
of his policy. The South Chicago men
were put out of the AmaIgamated Asso-
citation in short ordcr.-Bostou Herald.
Only think of Russell Sage doing some
thing to make 900 poor children happyi
Surely the world Is growing better every
year-Boston Globe.
The order of the Navy Department that
the Columbia be used as a receiving ship
should arouse protest. The people would
like to know what sort of policy domi-
mates the Navy Department. that per-
mits so fine a cruiser to become injured
by neglect. and then to be made a re-
ceiving hip.-Indlanapolis News.
Should Admiral Sampson be a witness
in the Schley case let's hope he'll get at
least within ten miles of the facts.-Phila-
deiphia Times.
Count Won Waldersee has already been
criticised severely enough by the German
press to establish his claim to member
ship in the Modern order of War Heroes
Free Press.
Now that the Joliet workmen have obey
cd orders and struck, the Reverend Presi-
dent Shatfer will please give out the
hymn, '.Blest be the Tighe That Binds
Boston Transcript.
Mr.. Conger, of Iowa, understands now
cially when one gets through it alive
Record-Herald.
One of our postal thieves in cuba has
received his deserts. Nicely may get his |
striped suit after awhile. - Hartford |
IN