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"The strike of the grave diggers In
| Concordla cemetery II kind of lockout
| that means IA fight TO the death. IL II
should spread 20 other cemeteries az now
| seems probable. II will be attended with
alarming consequences"-Ch Record
Herald.
This country has vital interest In
the Cuban bonds, because they will only
be bought in the hope that some day the
United States will assume them. Apart
from that consideration they would not
be marketable at any price. They will
be bought as a speculation by people who
Will afterward strain every nerve to In
duce the United States to assume or guar
antee them. What a bad mess was
made Of the Cuban business In the first
place when the island was not annexed
outright Is being made more clear each
day."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr. Baldwin, who set out with brass
band. as II were. TO find the north pole.
has returned without getting far enough
north TO leave familiar ground. And
there were rows and deaths In the COM
pany which are to be Investigated. Mr..
Baldwin was so facile a contributor TO
the magazines on the subject OF the de-
tciencies OF other explorers and his own
superiority to all predecessors that he
gave the impression OF being better
suited TO Coney Island than the polar
region. His large and immediate duty
Is TO prove that he isn't a falkir.
York Journal.
THE section OF the Platt Amendments
regulating the issuance OF Cuban loans
Is not as explicit as IL should have been
respecting the relation of the United
States 10 the subject. and much must be
left TO the construction TO be put upol.
the question by the United States. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
The news concerning internal and
fnter-repubiican conflicts in and around
Central America Is reassuring, and,
though IL be OF vague character. IT
superhcislly indicates that sober Judg-
ment Is conquering the belicose spirit
which has dominated nearly all OF Latin
America for many months. Since
the United States assumes to protect
these sister nations from aggressions
by foreign powers IL Is quite natura.
that II also should interfere to keep
peace I'm the family or American repub-
lies. So there seems 10 be reason for
assuming that the negotiations now ia
progress In Washington we're begun at
the instance. IL not the insistence of the
United States government" - Baltimore
Sun.
THE trusts. reciprocity, fair trade with
Cuba and gradual adjustment of the
tariff to changing conditions are all mat
ters OF supreme Importance to the people
who decide the elections. They cannot
be suppressed or evaded." - Philadelphia
North American.
THE reported desire on the part of
jamaica to annex to the United States
will probably put some ginger into the
expansion question. .'-Galveston News.
IF we owe nothing to Cuba common
decency requires that we should sunder
the fetters whereby we have bound her
to s."--Philadelphia Record.
British statesmen have long recog-
nized that the only practicable way to
govern semi-independent possessions or
colonies IS 10 allow the people to go their
own way, adhering to their own customs
and ideas I'm so far as they may be con-
sistent with the general policy OF the en-
pire They are never guilty of an at
tempt like that in Germany TO so Ger
manize the Polish provinces of Prussia
that the Slav language and ideas of tho
people will be stamped out"-Denver Re-
publican.