The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-15
Ohaf Others
fire Saying.

"'rhe man with exceptional abili-
ty IL The man for whom everybody
IS seeking, lie IL the OPPORTUNITY
these great organizations. The en-
tire management of the trusts shows
this. The men I'm conspicuous posi-
tons are, like Mr.. SchWab hlulsell,
nearly all men who have come up
with brains and dinner pail. The
organization of trusts has made the
individual enterprise more difncult
IL mas made the lnulViuual raieei
more promising. .-Philadelphia Press.
"There are several factors that
make Germany an uncertain guam
titiy First. there Is the kaiser
His Impulses are az varied as they
are sudden. Even the Germans do not
know what 20 Vrc' ~ " him next.
There Is the German army-a huge
engine maintained, presumably Tor
some othCr purpose than 10 SUCK the
blood OF German industry; the Ger
man navy that is being built with few
erish haste. at enormous expense.
without any clear reason. The
United States is willing TO believe In
German friendship As long as " lasts.
There can he no doubt that clash az
arms between these powers would
put an end, To German commercial
pretentions forever-if noe 10 German
national .sEs-and would temporarily
destroy American supremacy In the
markets of the world. Germany ought
TO be as well able 10 understand this
as any one. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
"The announcement that the Duke
and Duchess of York will extend their
trip to this country gives occasion 10
express ones surprise OF the fact
that the United States should have
been excluded from the original itin-
prarN 'f-phiia adelplia Record
Somebody asks II the Republic is
TO be limited by the continent. We
think it will be. but the Republic IN In
a fair way 10 own good deal out
side the continent. Boston Herald.
"If YOU have "A dozen witnesses on
oath In court describing things they
personally saw. half of them will con,
tradict the rest II you have hair n
dozen experts testifying To the con-
clusions OF science on "a matter in dis
pute, they will give You diametrically
opposite conclusions IL you have as
many historians sitting I'm the calm of
university libraries to write out at
their leisure their accounts or the same
historical event, no two OF them VIII
he likely 10 agree. Therefore IL Is not
very surprising that wheit days
history Of the world fired in al Maxim
gun speed by five hundred reporters
and correspondents Is put 10 press siz-
cling hot there will occasionally be
found I'm il statement in which more
leisurely Investigation can find flaws.
But IL may be said with absolute con-
fidence that the number OF misstate-
ments I'm any first class newspaper Is
rs small as the utmost vigilance and
unremitting care can make it."--New
York Journal
"A war department clerk who tried
TO sell government secerts has been
summarily dismissed from office. He
made the mistake OF trying TO sell 10
an honest man; but before proceeding
to moralize about IL We should like 30
know whether the case is one OF ex-
ceptional rascality on one side or ex-
ceptional honesty on the other. Phil
adelphia Ledger
"1t must seem strange to Americans
accustomed To seeing the frequent
carelessness In the management of
cities at homo 90 look upon Cuban
towns clean. well ordered and beauti-
ful, and hear the people say. The
Americans are responsible for this -
Kansas city Star.
"The lambs should not 40 gayiy
frisk into an ambuscade planned by
the wolves next time. They should
remember that all the use Wall street
has for them iS Co get their woodland
that all that is necessary for the get
ting OF their wool isNto get them on
Wall street. st Louis Republic
-so.~
ut Is now asserted that Kitchener
never approved OF Roberts stategy
ia South Africa. lie claims that while
Roberts covered q great deal OF
ground and capuerd al the important
places he scattered the Beers instead
of rounding them up and ending the
war The criticism seems iust. but
~ must he remembered the Beers We're
as wary OF Roberts as they are of
Kitchener. and perhaps the rounding
IN couldn't be accomplished. '-SaN
Iw.psiarn COLL