The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-01
Ohat Others
fire Saying.

ii Hung Chang's appeal to Amer
lea IN behalf OF the famina stricken
people OF Shan-Si province is notable
as China's first call upon western
nation Tor aid OF this kind n Is too
much 10 say this is Christianity's op-
p"ftuhlty 10 rc-establish itself in Chi
na, and teach that nation to forgat
tire bloody work Of its alleged reprc-
sentatives by an object lesson of. love
and charity. Philadelphia Ledger.
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Tho administration does not seem
nave cause 10 feel encouraged at
us Efforts 60 reduce the indemnity the
powers viii demand from China The
latest news from Pekin IS that the rem
rescntasives OF the powers decline 10
consider the Recommendations of this
government In effect they SAY 10 tho
United States:-ANe are perfectly vii
ling that you sA6ll forego conpenss-
ton, but our government will exact
compensation Tor all losses "-Balti-
more Sun.
IL this instance the old argument
Is advanced that North River bridge
ana water front railroad would confer
~ admitted. ~ Inevitably follows that
the owners profits would be enormous
ana that no hardships could result
from causing considerable share of
them 10 How into the public treasury.
This community is heartily tired Of the
iegerdemain which has 40 often reduced
10 mere pittance its stipulated per
centage of the revenue gained through
It's concessions To individuals. In deal
ing with this enterprise il wishes 10
ALLEVIATE none of it's possessions For
the use OF whatever rights IL may
temporarily surrender IL demands n
fair return, and II insists on having
mat return put beyond the reach OF
the arts OF bookkeeping. New York
Tribune.
"A London medical journal has
evoked discussion by the statement
That Americans are too fat That *
surprising when the type OF Ameri-
can excmplihed I'm British papers Is
borne in mind. I'm these Uncle Sam or
Brother Jonathan Is invariably depict
ed as being lank. sallow. slab-sided.
and lantern jawed" 80 Philadelphia
Times.
The University Of Chicago and the
Northwestern University each has a
professor who claims that he never
drank intoxicating liquors used to-
bacco. swore or kissed woman How
perfectly lovely And did either OF
them ever run away and go swim
ming, or eat green apples. or throw
stones at the squire's dog or fall out
of the cherry tree ?"--Chicago Record.
Herald.
THE white man and the black man
are still made antsgonistic I'm the new
ly proposed Southern policy but the
contention I'm this instance seems 10
have been transferred TO the internal
arrangements OF the Republican
party. - Boston Herald.
IF a reformed and aggressive China
should ever throw it's millions of men
against the Caucasian world the first
shock would not be met I'm the Amur
region or I'm Manchuria. but sixteen
hundred miles west Of the Pacific I'm
Trans Baikalia. amid thoroughly
Russian population. n."-Phiisdelphia
Record.
THE head master OF the Cambridge
Latin school. SAYS basketball makes
the girls rough. loud voiced and bold
Too many girls Of that type are I'm
evidence already without the schools
aiding their development Buffalo
Courier
THE great issue that concerns the
western world il not the conversion OF
China, but the conversion of the
Christian nations TO Chrstianity."--
San Francisco Call.
.s.o.s.
~ report to the state department
at Washington shows that Japan is
not edipped financially to wage war
ON Russia, This reduces the chances
for war TO minimum. Los Angeles
Herald.