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New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
CHINESE CrsTONS AND INDEMNITY.

puss;o continues 10 urge the raising or emma
,ndonnitv nv an increase of duties on maritime
ir,norts and opposes any increase IN lano
duties The United States and Great Britain,
ON tbe other hand, are opposed TO an increase
of tbe maritime customs. That is as might be
avnocted An increase of maritime customs
,ould initiate against foreign trade, and would
iniure tie countries which have such trade with
China Russia has practically no such trade,
and therefore would be uninjured by increased
maritime duties. though as she has some land
trade in China an increase in land duties would
be objectionable 10 her. The United States, on
the other hand. has very large sea borne CON-
merce with China. and would therefore suffer II
1t were subjected TO higher taxation.
IL Hung Chang appears. as usual. to be on
Russia's side. which is probably the side Of his
own personal interest He is said to favor the
payment of maritime customs in gold instead of
silver The purport of that is obvious. Silver
III worth only about half as much as gold To
pay one dollar duty in gold instead of one dollar
in silver would therefore be to pay twice as
much. Lis childlike and bland proposal is
therefore practically TO double the tariff rate
while keeping it nomnally the same.
Beyond doubt the question is largely selfish
one But the United States has certainly as
good n right to he selfish over ii as Russia has.
Indeed, IL has probably a better right since its
commercial interests in China are so much
larger than Russia's. There is, however. this
other consideration. not a selfish one, namely,
that ii is to the advantage Of China as well as
of other nations for commerce with her to be
kept as free possible, in order to stimulate it
and TO bring her closely possible into
touch with the rest of the world. For that
reason any measure which would lessen her
foreign trade. as increased customs would do.
would be an evil for China herself
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
THE COMING CITY.

In the last two numbers OF ''rhe Fortnlghtly
Review" H. q. Wells has INDUCED In what he
calls "anticpations" concerning the possible dis
tribution OF the population Of great cities cen
tury hence. And as he deems IL probable that
by that time New York, Philadelphia and Chi
cago will number at least forty million souls. he
recognizes that the problems which he discusses
are Of vital interest on this side of the Atlantic
as well as the other.
Two sets of forces. acting in opposite direc-
tions, are shown to be 1T work in determining
the result. On the one hand, the necessity for
shopping the desirabity of living near good
schools and competent doctors. and the love of
q crowd tend to maintain the concentration that
has hitherto predomnated. On the other. the
love of nature and outdoor sports, the instlnc-
tive craving for the privacy of independent
home, however humble, and regard for the
health of children are centrifugal tendencies
And the latter are likely to triumph, in Mr..
Wellss judgment, because shopping can he done
largely by telephone and In time the suburban
districts will be better equipped than now with
schools and physicians.
Still, however potent these influences, the dis
tance at which a man can reside from his place
of business must depend on transportation facil-
tiles. If he is obliged to walk he will hardly
live more than a mile or two away. With omni-
buses ana nOrSecarS the limit can be extended
to five six miles. The trolley and electric ele-
waited road improve the situation still further
while with steam a man will go about as
far as he can ride in an hour. which on sub
urban road is scarcely more than thirty miles al
present. But before the close of the century
Mr.. Wells thinks 1t probable that millions of
people doing business in the city will live a
hundred miles or more away from it's centre
London for instance, may then extend to Exc
ter on the west and Nottingham Oh the north.
while Mr.. Wells deems it possible that New
York and Philadelphia will fill up the region
between Albany and Washington.
"The Fortnighty's" contributor seems IN
think that for reaching the suburbs of his ideal
city the choice will lie between steam cars and
cheap private automobiles, and he declares his
preference for the latter. There can be no
question that the horseess carriage is destined
to occupy large field Of usefulness in the near
future But the overcrowding of common
highway which would result from the adoption
of Mr.. Wellss scheme would be Objectionable
1t is inadequate, too Suburban traffic during
rush hours must be handled on the wholesale
plan, and in vehicles capable of holding fifty
people or more. For such service electricity
offers advantages not possessed by steam But
after ALL the great essential Is track con-
structed with special reference to fast running
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
CRrELTY TO ANNALS.

The municipal government of Paris has often
been blamed because so little effort was made
to check cruelty to cab horses Owners and
drivers of these unfortunate animals I'm the
French capital for long time were objects OF
reproach because so many horses were Ill fed,
overworkcd and forced 10 excessive tasks when
they were almost too weak even 10 totter
and when they were suffering from and
injuries of many kinds.
New-York for decades has been superior 10
Paris in the spirit OF compassion TO dumb
beings. Our Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty 10 Animals and It's volunteer and ANA
teur allies and associates have done work OF
value for the amelioration OF the lives of help
less creatures. The unselfsh labors of Henry
Bergh accomplished great deal, and he has
left behind him successors worthy TO follow in
the path he trod.
1t is exceedingly gratifying to learn that
French men and French women have been
strikingly earnest in the last few years in their
efforts 70 remove the reproach Of brutality
toward unfortunate animals in their dazzling
capital. y Partisan society for the prevention
of cruelty TO animals has been carried with
energy, and the barbarous treatment of horses
is much more rare on the banks Of the Seine
than 1t was q quarter of n century ago. Cruelty
toward the weak and unoffending is now
restrained and punished. and institutions for
the relief OF sick injured animals have been
RI I1ished
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
ARABI TIE EGTP1YAN.

The announcement that Arabi the Egyptian
he delighted TO be called-has been pardoned
and is 10 return 10 Egypt 70 spend the remainder
OF his days reopens a chapter of history which
men still young can well remember and which
yet seems 10 belong TO the remote past. 1t is
less than score of years since the world
- saw the league-long rampart-fre
Flare from Tel-el- ebir
Through darkness, and the foe driven
And Wolseley overthrew
Arabi."-
But in those less than twenty years there have
come TO the oldest land of earth such changes
as scarcely centuries knew before Before
Arabi's rebellion Egypt stagrated in such tyran-
ny aud corruption made its very name a
byword and kissing, and under the jealous
and inept dual control'-two dogs In one
manger-there was little hope of Improvement.
The hour of Egypt's new and better destiny
struck clearly in the French refusal 10 partici-
pate in the suppression of Arabi's revolt. From
that moment one power alone responsible
for Egypt and was potent to deal with its prob
lens
What has since occurred is history. Some of
it is shameful history; the wanton sacrifice of
Gordon of the blackest blots upon nine
teenth century civilization. But the whole
it is a record of which the world may we'll he
prOuu Inc people OF Egypt nave Deen re-
deemed from the bondage of alien taskmasters
and have been brought TO their own again. The
government has been reorganized. Industries
have been revived. Prosperity has been
stored to degree such living men had not
known before. There is no exaggeration in say
ing that the work of Lord Cromer for the ma
terial, intellectual and moral welfare of the
Egyptian people has scarcely been rvaled by
that of any other administrator In ANYTHING like
similar circumstances
And all because of the dongs of the gray.
withered man who now comes back from his
long exile. For ii was Arab who gave the op-
work. 1t not intentional. Arabi's plans
We're far different. Had he succeeded he would
have made a new Egypt, but II would not have
been such an Egypt as that OF to-day; it would
beneficence. His widest dreams of freedom
and prosperity are incomparably exceeded by
what now prevails. Truly, he "builded better
than he knew" There may be no adequate
consolation to him for all he has lost In his
years OF exile. Yet If such consolation were
possible IL would be found in the spectacle of
the new life of the land he loved. He may still
hold that he right in his revolt But he
should be devoutly thankful that he failed in 1t,
and that thus the work of Egypt's renascence
was intrusted to far more competent hands than
his could ever have been
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
PERSONAL.

GuiI1ermo Geswen a we'll known business man OF
Conception Chilli has been commissioned by
the Chian Government to proceed 10 Europe
and the United States for the purpose ot
studying everything connected with ,ne aTee COM
missioned the chief of the second section OF puoc
of instruction in the United States
A brass tablet in memory of Bishop Boone. the
fourth missionary bishop of the Episcopal Chureh
in China has been placed in St PauIs Churcn'
Han-kow.
The Cambridge University Union has just elected
to the presidency Hendrix Stephanus van %iJi'
Boer by birth and bias.
In memory of John B. Drake. for whom the
Drake School in Chicago was named. memorial
hall is proposed by his widow; M Mrs Josephine -
Drake, to cost from $4,000 to Sfo"o
When Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the new bishop
surragan of Stepney, at Portsea ne had the
largest parish in England, and was assisted by no
less than twelve curates 1t is said that wheh
dining with Queen Victoria Osborne, her majesty
asked II 1t true that he had SO large en sS
asked whether it would not be wise 70 olsChatse , se
{nree tmTnsS i ana aat2 In his mind and
Piled We'll. madam If disagree with my fb SI,a1s nv
ish' Mile II might eao /" my i'''''7 -
W. II. ouilliam. lawyer. Of Liverpool known
as "Sheikh Abdullah' Is the leader OF the Ma
hometan cult in England. He built up cause or
more than two hundred members In his city, where
they have a fine mosque. a college. an orphanase
and even a weekly paper TO spread their views
Mr. Quilliam is the life and soul of the movement
He has learned Arabic ard conducts jumma IiGra
Sunday. and spends somsthing Ike tT year oa on
given him the title of shekh-u-Isam Of the British
Isles, has conferred decoration on him, and IN
fer a decoration sent by Abdul upon the leader OF
the faith In Lagos In addition the sultan has
consular service.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
By BALLOON OTER OCEAN

European aeronauts of stout hearts and
meagre love Of life are planning balloon trip
across the Atlantic. Are they likely to per-
suade any insurance companies in either hemi-
sphere to issue policies in their favor? No
trace of the heroic but overadventurous Andree
has yet been discovered. 1t is almost impos-
sible that he is still alive. 1t is true that he
sought the North Pole, and was not trying to
cross any of the great oceans from east to
west or from west to east But still his fate
should be warning.
In some later time airships may 60 over
the broadest seas without peril but in present
conditions balloons are not much more likely
to pass above the Atlantic or the Pacific in
safety than they are to find secure landing
In the moon or the planet Mars.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL COLI

THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL COLLEGE,
1t is a common saying that the small college
has no future. The prevailing megalomania
OF an age OF gigantic corporations has affected
the public attitude concerning education and
the popular tone toward an institution which
cannot count its property by millions, its stu
dents by thousands and its courses by scores
is often one of scarcely concealed contempt
The small college, with from one to two hun
dred students, offering a thorough training in
the fundamental subjects of liberal educa tion
but making no pretence of instruction in all
possible sciences. languages and fads, is GER
tainly put out of fashion by the more glittering
educational vision of a university conducted on
the department store plan, where all the latest
patterns ia intellectual requirements can he
found, from horse doctoring to the deciphering
of cuneiform inscriptions.
The idea Of Independent investigation and
original research lords it over us with most
prevailing tinsel There can be no question
indeed of the value of the intellectual stimulus
from a taste of the laboratory method for all
students, nor of the necessity in any living
educational system of the spirit which seeks to
push forward the bounds of knowledge and of
the opportunity for the exercise of that spirit in
all directions. The discovery of new truths, the
making of pioneers for the service of learning
the university comparatively few will gather
new knowledge for the subsequent use of the
many. But education. even higher education
| is also Immediately concerned for the many, and
Its duty TO them is not the offering Of myriad
Of avenues for exploration. but thorough train
ing in the fundamentals Of sound culture. The
need of nine-tenths of the students in the
American higher institutions Of learning is not
university. but a school. They go to college to
| learn and be disciplined, not to prosecute re-
| search FOR the benefit Of a waiting world.
| scientific method doubtless should be cultivated
III all schools but there are few more pathetic
| examples of misdirected energy I'm education
than the sight Of boys making original investi-
gations and writing learned contributions, on
Maryland Town Governments in the Eigh-
teenth Century or "The Indian Remains In
Athens County. Ohio" when they ought to be
studying their English, their Latin and their
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
LAW NOT PERSECTTION.

IL seems. and indeed II is a hard and unwel-
come thing 10 seize n father practically at the
funeral Of his child and impose fine or imprison-
ment upon him in his hour Of grief because OF
the death Of that child whom he fondly loved
II is a deed from which men well might shrink
were no other interests involved than those Of
that one immediate case But when interests
are widespread, and issues of national impor-
tance depend upon their action, men must not
regard mere sentiment the feelings of an
individual For that reason We must cordially
commend the verdict and sentence given few
Gays ago in Westchester County court impos-
Ing penalty upon a man who. because of
so-called religious scruples and faith refused to
call in medical aid for his child but let her die
unattended. He himself persists in declaring
that he acted in obedience TO what he believes
10 be the will of God. and he and his counsel
and friends raise the cry that he is being perse-
cuted for his faiths sake. And we are not sure
that the cry will not be widely taken up and
repeated. so given does the present age seem TO
be TO fads and crazes of that particular sort
No cry could. however be more fallacious and
groundless. The question is not one of religious
faith, but Of humanity and of law For 1t is
perfectly obvious that IL the religious plea were
accepted in such case as this Il would have 10
be accepted in others until there was an end of
law ana madoest license prevailed in IT'S place
Men used to urge the eligious plea in behalf of
human slavery, and if il had been regarded
slavery would never have been abolished
others used it In defence of polygamy. and
otners nave done so in defence of still more
aoominable practices. There have been those
who committed murder and human sacrifice rs
rehglous rites Are we to respect their free
Dom OF faith and let assassins go free because
they interpret the will of God as sanctioning
their horr1d practices? On such principle the
world might be transformed into a belI each
demon excusing his iniquity On the ground Of
religious faith"
The relationship OF man 10 God and q man,s
treatment OF his own soul are matters with
which the law and the state have no concern
But the relationship of man to the community
and his dealings with his neighbor. even with
his own children, are matters Of prime concern
10 the law and TO the state. And when men yio
late rules which the common sense of mankind
and The religious sentiment and conviction OF
the vast majority have decided to be essential
70 Justice and 10 human welfare they must he
punished. That is not persecution 1t is law
1t 10 humanity A man may perhaps let him.
self die without medical care IL he Wills II Is
hard to legislate against that form OF suicide
but II be imposes such a fate upon HELPLESS
oepenoents. or IL he menaces the health and
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
BAPTIST EDUCATION SoCIETT MEETS.

Springfield, Mass, May 2S.-The thirteenth anna-
versary meeting Of the American Baptist Educa-
ton Society, held during the Baptist May anh!-
versaries, convened in the Highland Baptist Churcn
this morning. The gathering was notable on ace
count of the presence of a large number OF the
most prominent educators in the country Az
dresses Were made by President w Fl r rSuISe rls
of Brown University. President Nathaniel butieA
of Colby College. Maine; D. w Aoerero!T5ie prd1
cipal OF Worcester Academy; d l. ThoIipson.
principal of the Connecticut Literary lnstItuIe'
H. G. Mexican, principal of Colby Academy ,s. SSw
Hampshire; Edward Ellery. of Vermont Academic
President n, Z. Wood of tle Newton TheolosI!catt
Institute, and the Rev. c. f. Owen, repreSehtiHs
the Maine institutions.
The topic for discussion was Products ana TIo rI5
poets of Our Educational Institutions In New-E-Is
land
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

1t should be as straight ruler and free from
switches. and should never cross any other road
ut grade. On such line speeds Of from 100 to
120 miles an hour could be made in safety. And
1t is not wild anticipation" that looks for
such m achievement in the vicinity Of New
York within the next ten years
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
"rHEY WHO DRIVE AUTOu0BrLES."

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: A who drives a horse is called a horse
man; one who rides bicycle. or wheel. is caheu
wheelman. one who sails a yacht Is calIeu
yachtsman; one who pulls otherwise nanaSs..,
boat Is called q boatmsn. Therefore the niar -
WAC trives-n driving II be-a motor venice Nv
any kind Is properly to be called motorman. ~
impression is that The Tribune has ALREADY
the commendable example Of thus calling ri'
New-York. May q. 1901 w. =. %
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

they never owned and which they never ex-
pected to Bears in Wall Street there
are. and many Of them. who are useful citizens
while wanton and ribald bulls are not alto
gether unknown in the Stock Exchange. Never
theless, ordinary rule In average circum-
stances 1t may be said with reason that II Is not
best to sell too boldly and on too large scale
what you do not own with the hope that you
may be able TO borrow 1t later. Such hope
sometimes proves to be Elusive.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
MAINE STEAMsHIP GO. ELECTS OFFICERS.

The new board of directors of the Maine steam
ship Company held meeting at the offices OF '''e
company. No, 222 South-st. yesterday, and eIeetsu
the following officers; II. c. Knapp. presideh''
Roswell Eldridse. vice-president; b. r Roonies'
secretary and treasurer. and Captain HOratio Hai-
general manager. The new docks of the COMPANY
at Pier No, 20. East River. used for the nI''
time last right John Englis the Brooklyn snip shlp
builder having sold his stock in the Maine Stes
ship Company, under the reorganization 1eW Hao
ago. the board of directors all the stoeA -
that corporation. They are III. c. Knapp, os hs ~
Union Ferry Company; Roswell Eldridge OF OI,,sn ~.
HobOken Ferry Company; Captain Horato fi,.'
IS. Il. Roomer John +. Rymer John Monks ''-'
and Emanuel Lehman
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

life of his neighbors by refusing TO take precau
tions against the spread OF contagioh' nc nus
bear the penalty Of outraged ia"' "nu - So
doing he is not martyr, but cohihon eiiiiiiN"i
meeting his Just deserts.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

The battle between the advocates of the two
styles of handwriting in the public schools
the vertical and the deferential-is still raging
in many American cities. towns and villages
Champions of the perpendicular lines throw out
sly hints to the effect that an upright hand
indicates uprightness of character, and that a
slant in penmanship may be the outward and
visible sign of a slant in conscience But this
really seems to be going a little too far in the
heat of controversy.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

The world is waiting impatiently for the max
of the perfect pencil and the perfect pen.
He is not in sight now. The Incompatible ge-
MUS who is to diminish the toll of the
present crude processes of transferring thought
to paper may not yet be born. When ne emerges
into the full glare of publicity and rencwn he
will be greeted with welcome that few invent
received.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

On the Lucania. which arrived here from Liver
pool yesterday. were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles AoeI'
Mr.. and Mrs. y. s. Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. George th
Booth, Mrs. II. r Bridge. Mr.. and Mrs J. w
Condit, \. Davies NJ. P; Mrs Fitzgerald. Lady Z
Fitzmaurice. Mrs. W. r. Franklin. Mrs. Riley
Grammar, Neville G. Higham. Colonel Millard nun
sitter, MIR. and Mrs f. Francis Hyde. w r
Lasceles Mrs Pierre LOrillard, jr. Charles LOUIS
son. DR.. and Mrs. J. w Mulligan, Mr.. and NE Ms
Louis j. Reckendorfer Mr.. and Mrs J. j. HdKef'
Henry B. Wortley Henry NeCdOn. Heroer. 4
Walnsley. Mr., and Mrs. 5. Wainwright and Nor
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

On the St. Paul. which arrived here yesterday
from Southampton and CherbOurg, were Mrs
Francis Mcneil Bacon. jr, A s Baker. Mr. ana
Mrs. T. ]. Barnes Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bishop.
Mrs. d. Carstairs the Misses E. s. and Mary Car
stairs. Miss Frances Clark, Mrs Clnch-Smtth. Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Tiffany Dyer, Mr.. and Mrs
Giraud Foster. II. II. Hanna. II, Chauncey d
Hathaway, Mr.. and Mrs PerrysS. Heath, H. :.
knaPp the Rev. and Mrs Robert Mackenzie, Mr'
and Mrs. AuIiCk Palmer Miss Elsie Porter MIS-
Robert W. Sindan. Captain and Mrs. James +;
Shelves, Mrs Frank Livingston Underwood ana
Miss Blanche Underwood
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

1t is obvious that there are too many callow
young people in several Western colleges who
supply for publications perverted and exaggerat-
ed accounts of classroom remarks made by
somewhat impulsive professors. These tales
travel with seven-le league boots, and the correc-
tions rarely overtake the original stories The
disposition TO distort harmless utterances of
some Western instructors into the widest non
sense is taking too large a hold many a half
ripe mind.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26
Bnslnrss NnIlres.

Ivers & Pond Pianos
The expensive construction reasonable prices
Easy pay. CHANDELIERS. 439 Fulton-st.. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

A municipal ordinance prohibiting the crowd
ing of standing passengers into the narrow
spaces between the seats of open cars would be
a step not only toward public comfort. but
toward public decency
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

j. p MORGAN RETURNS To LONDON.
Paris May 25.-J Pierpont Morgan has gone 70
London.
New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

Mr. Kiplings latest campaign In court reminds
the irreverent Of the light that failed But that's
another story.