The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-12
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Leonard Woods reputation rs
bgiiief and an administrator needs
no comment. The advancement of an
Assistant surgeon 10 a brgadier gener-
alshfp - an almost unprecedented pro-
motion Ia this case the public VIII
agree that IL Is nor too great rec
gldtlon OF services ana ability. Po-
lltical considerat tions have made r. II.
GlanI . hngadicr. while the services
OF Frederick Funston are to 10 unrec-
9guized. Grant was graduated from
West Point I'm 1871. .'-Kansas city star
Modern war weapons. In spite of the
popular notion 10 the contrary. are not
very deadly, Disease Kills more sol
diefs nowadays than all the bullets.
bnmhsheliS and bay0nets. The War
cnice returns ISSUED Yesterday show
that the total 90 British deaths i'm
south Afri"a up 20 January ~ was l2,-
sNH. OF which i.i93 died OF disease and
only the comparatively small remaind-
or OF 5,l9S from wounds received in
action. The tattles OF our civii war
were FAR more destructive OF human
life. More men, for instance. were
Killed outright ia tho three days battle
az Getiysburg than have died on all
three ha aitlciields OF South Africa I'm six
teen months. s.'-New York World,
SURPRISE Is sometimes expressed az
the ability or the United Kingdom to
balauee of trade h 50 heavily against
it and that this adverse balance Is
sleauity and rapidly increasing and
certainty tht showing made by the ma
Nuu0i balance StOFt OF foreign trade
IS the KIND 20 jdtify this feeling Of as
tonishment The excess OF importat tons
over 'eNpor'etions has advanced dur
lhS me raSt three decades by leaps and
bonds. fhiladelphia Inquirer
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The United States is. recognized az
the strongest single power I'm the
world. Not AZ "A boast. but as state
ment Of recognized fact. IN can be
SAID that no other power on earth
could conquer ug.Thisis not on account
of onr mighty army for we have less
than one soldier for every thousand
or inhabitants. other nations have
larger uaVies. our people are not war
Ike. hiiitarism Is not today and never
has been either a national passion or
"A source OF national danger our
strength lies I'm our symmetrical de-
Nelopment. Los Angeles Herald.
Indiana is 10 build harbor on
Lake Michigan no so much that the
stately ships may bring 10 IL the pro-
ducts OF the world. but rather for the
purpose of doing business with the
River and iIarbor bill in doubtful
years. Chicago Record.
"'rhe best Informed army officers
those who have learned by intelligent
observation are against prohibition
OF the army canteen, but they will
doubtless enforce the law absolutely.
even IL the result should be the intoN-
ication OF the soldiers with bad whis-
Ky bought from irresponsible dispens-
ers outside the camps. Possibly there
is "a lesson for the civil authorities.
Legislatures should not he permitted
To pass laws not intended 10 be en-
forced. Cincinnati Enquirer.
"The injection Of a religious issue
Into the political questions arising out
OF the Philippine business is another
OF the uncomfortable things for which
this nation has paid the round price,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
III Mayor Van Wyck Is elected 10
the high office to which the aspires on
the expiration OF his term as mayor
he Will regard it as q popular vindi-
cation TO himself and Tammany and
very properly so. No man. no ma
chine was ever more thoroughly ex-
posed 20 the view OF the voters. They
know exactly what Van Wyck il and
what Tammany does. s."-Philadelphia
Ledger