The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-27
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TN the most matter OF fact way
announcement is made that cable 10
Hawaii will he laid forthwith. and
chat II will be extended To the Philip
pines as soon az IL can be manufac-
tured. lis this the line that has been
so vehemently discussed for the past
ten years or more? III so Il shows once
more that Horace Greeley was right
the way to get "A thing done is 20 do
it"--Philadelphia Ledger
THE suggestion has been made that
the new American president might
now appropriately Intervene in
friendly spirit in the South African
affair. IL Is hardly TO be expected
that he will do this, The British
government has signihed that IL de-
sires no such action on the part OF
the United States. and until IL changes
It's attitude and unites with the Beers
In asking the good offices of our ma
tion. the position of our country on
the subject Is likely TO remain un-
changed. Boston Herald.
There is much. aptness In the Eng
lish appellation of President Mckinley
as the American Peel, because OF his
Buffalo declaration OF "A change OF
policy on the tariff question. Peel
went into office a protectionist and
took half his party over with him In
favor OF free trade. Whether the
policy Of Mr. Mckinley Is TO be real
ized will depend largely on his sue
cessor. who declares that he win not
depart from t."-Philadelphla Record
For many years the French have
been endeaYoring To devise some
means OF bringing the Gases OF the
desert of Sahara into such communities
tion with the rest of the world as TO
admit of their cultivation. Camel
trains are too slow and uncertain and
railways are impracticable. At last
a suitable means OF transportation has
apparently been found. IL is the au-
tomobile. The new vehicle. therefore,
offers another means of carrying civil
iZa ation into Africa. Automobile trips
across the hitherto pathless desert
may become In the near future one OF
the things which every tourist will
undertake as a part OF this Old World
travel"-San Francisco Csll.
''The striking improvement In the
without the liberal and intelligent use
OF petroleum. sulphur and other disin-
fecting agents. but IL has been at
tained and IL must be considered TO be
one OF the most important triumphs
achieved in Cuba during the period OF
American occupation" - philadelphia
Times.
There is little doubt as 90 what
the British government will do in
South Africa. Whether or not IL exc
cutes literally Lord lSitchener's as yet
futile order IL will inexorably keep on
with The war until. II necessary.
through sheer attrition the Beers and
the alien mercenaries and the rebel
colonists are all worn out or destroy
ed. That IL Will relent and offer 10
the Beers the absolute independence
which they demand as the sole price OF
peace is simply unthlnkable That
any other power Will intervene I'm be-
half OF the Beers is not 10 he expected.
The passing OF September Is without
result sufficiently demonstrates the
futilty OF any further parley or men
ace. Deeds. not words, must settle
the dispute New York Tribune.
Germany lost 67s men and about
10000, 600 In China, and has thus far
nothing 10 show for either men or
money but a controversy over cere-
monial. In which the Kaiser lost. an
oNpiatory monument IN Pekn and loot
In Berlin. Philadelphia Press.