The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-27
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There seems genuine chance that
Platt is at last 20 be dethroned that a
| perhaps deeply laid game IS eliminating.
and the younger and no less unscrupu-
lous Odell is TO grasp the sceptre-but IL
that happens the aged leader may be ex-
pected TO exert his remaining strength TO
pull down the pillars of the political
temple with him. Courier.
'As soon as II became apparent that
France was going 10 get considerably the
worst OF that contest and that IL might be
regarded as a negligible quantity so far
as the enforcement OF the Treaty OF Paris
was concerned, the Russian government
gave notice that IL did not intend TO be
bound any longer by the clause in the
treaty which prohibited its maintenance
of a fleet on the Black Sea. The cool
population OF the agreement into which
IL had entered scarcely elected so much
as a word OF protest. England had no
notion Of fghting the Crimea over again.
and Of fighting II single handed, while
France at that time had serious troubles
OF its own. So one of the objects for
which the Crlmean war had been fought,
one of the few things which had been
gained in return for the vast sacrifices
which had been made was then and
there abandoned. IL is true that the
prohibition against the passage OF war
ships through the Dardanelles remained
but II Russia thinks that the time has
come 10 eliminate that likewise, the
chances are that IL will be allowed to have
it's way."-Philadephia Inquirer.
"'Swnging around the circle is a
pleasant diversion for a president who Is
fond Of meeting and addressing his fell
low citizens While IL Is an agreeable
fao ifna ia npt al 10
one-as the accident near Pittsheld,
Mass. proved The president cannot be
too prudent In such matters. IL would
seem 10 be the part of wisdom, in view
OF the tremendous responsibilities which
rest upon him. that the president should
not take any unnecessary risks.
more Sun.
HAS new boss arisen in the Empire
State? The shall of Senator Platt no
longer appears to prevail against the
shall not OF Governor C&Sell."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Exactly as there is neither looseness
nor vagueness about the trust methods of
so is there no looseness or
vagueness in the American peoples iden-
tification of the plunderers. The AmeTi-
can people know that they are being
plundered, they know that they are being
plundered by the trusts, and they know |
what trust is as well as MIR Roosevelt |
knows that he is campaigning for a presi- |
Dental nomination. Were IL not that |
Mr.. Roosevelt is thus campaigning, and |
on the plan OF seeking for popularity
without offending the immensely powerful |
trust confederated wealth OF the United |
States. he would. we are persuaded, have /
no more difficulty about recognizing |
trust when he sees one than the average |
man experiences. Only when observed /
through the spectacles of political ex- |
pediency does a mist OF looseness' and |
vagueness' kindly veil trust."-New /
York Journal
Secretary Hay. In his vigorous and ele- |
waited protest. has the additional reason |
and argument. which neither Webster nor |
possessed. that the oppres-
sion of the jew I'm Roumania means an
immigration entering the |
United States."-Philadelph Press.
1T Is satisfactory to learn that the |
British government has taken prompt and |
favorable action on Mr.. Hays note and |
means 10 press Roumania's violation of
the treaty proviso for the protection of |
the Jews on the attention of the signatory |
powers. AS party TO the treaty OF Ber- l
lin. Great Britan's standing I'm court |
Is unimpeachable. and her protest must |
be regarded where ours. as the gratuitous |
of an outsider, might be ig- |
nored. milwaukee Sentinel.
mot contented with denouncing Colonel |
Watterson as n 'wretched fellow Harry /
Lehr also calls him a rude man. If /
Harry was a friend OF ours an earnest |
attempt would be made to calm him. He |
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