Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-09-27

/ younger members OF the community &c
quickly understand English when they
are addressed in that ngue-Bostor
Herald.
1000 d.
AwRoNo TO THE YELLOW MEN.
Here's an incident that may appeal to
many of US with little touch of the
pathetic Just at this time, a passing re-
mnder that this boosted land of the free
still tolerates, yes, positively enicins, an
Injustice to a great branch of the human
family. Down in the Boston Chinatown
Thursday the Chinese merchants organ
lied and held memorial service for the
late President Mckinley. Among the
mourning emblems displayed was huge
banner bearing a portrait of the martyr
president and this legend: ''He was
your president. We mourn with you"
Coon Dong, one of the leading Chinese
merchants, presided at the service and at
the opening explained its purpose in the
Chinese language to his fellow country
men. Then the programme was con-
tinued by American clergymen and
chorsters. while the Chinese residents
grouped in respectful attention aud APP
plauded the tributes of praise of the dead
statesman that fell from the speakers
lips.
Now say over to yourself the inscrip-
ton on that banner. ale was your
president. We mourn with you" He
was not their president; nor, under the
laws of the United States, could he ever
have been their president, because these
yellow men are not eligible to natural
ization. These Chinese merchants are
daily reminded of the great humiliation
put upon them by this government, daily
reminded that their kindred are among
the few people In all the world who are
excluded from this "land of the Free"
daily reminded that even the few trades
men who are suffered to take up resi-
dence here can never hope to become
citizens. And yet, in spite of all that,
these despised yellow men had a human
understanding of our grief and a very
human desire to signify by some outward
token their respect for our mourning and
their sympathy with us in the loss we
have sustained. "He is your PRESIDENT
not tours. 1--WE mourn with you"
And now turn from that picture to the
sight of the despicable Pole in his dun
geon in Buffalo. Look upon the hordes
and hordes of the filthy, ignorant, brut-
ish scum of Europe that are annually
admitted TO this country and within five
years after their landing received in full
citizenship.
Which gives us the most trouble, the
quite, peaceably disposed Chinaman, or
those foul creatures who become citizens.
st. Adams Messenger.
>OO>
HOW LITTLE DOCTORS KNOW.
A comparison of the statements of the
physicians before and after the death of
the president, reveals most surprising
conflict. Almost every important
statement previously made received fiat
contradiction as a result of the autopsy.
The people were at first assured that the
bullet had struck no vital organ, while
the autopsy showed that one of the kid.
neys had been shattered. Again, the
bulletins declared that the wound was
healing nicely, while the autopsy reveal
ed that there was never the least hint
of natural replacement of tissue, and that
dollar had formed around the course of
the bullet. The doctors first declared
that the wound was not necessarily fatal,
while the post mortem examination
showed that the presidents wound was
fatal from the first. Finally the most
eminent physician of them all declared
the president to be out of danger, and
within SO hours he was dead.
All this goes to show that, wonderful
as are the achievements of surgery, there
are still multitude of things of which
surgeons are ignorant. 1t also must be
acknowledged that the physicians would
have shown greater wisdom if they had
followed the lead Of the more cautious of
their number and qualified their asser-
lions by an acknowledgment of the I'M
certainties of the case.
The president, perhaps, received the
greatest care that medical skill can give,
but the result shows that DO man who
has the misfortune to be shot in the
abdomen need bank very much on any
assurances of recovery that doctors may
give him Rutland News.