Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19


and vacillntlng Chinese court
md the feeble Emperor Of Korea 1t
places, for the defence Of their indie.
pendencc and territorial integrity. the
resources Of two powers whose com.
bined fleets and armies are more than
a match for any force which Is likely
to be arraye1 against them I'm the far
East. Such an alliance, itself pledged
to pacific ends. Is the best guarantee
Of peace. because It 80 enhances the
perlls Of war as to compel any power
to think twice before going counter to
II. The United States has peculiar
reason to think well Of the new al.
lance, which IL formed to carry out
the very policy to which this country
IL committed. When Secretary Hay
defined that policy. In his letter to the
powers In July, 1900, he enumerated
identically the same ends which are
mentioned In the preamble to the new
trcaty: the securing Of peace; the
preservation Of the independence and
the territorial integrity Of China; ard
the maintenance Of the principle Of the
"open doOr''-equal and impartial
trade for all nations with all parts Of
the Chinese Empire. The new treaty
extends the three principles to Korea
ana pledges both powers to maintain
them. 1t Is unsafe to make predic.
lions regarding the course Of affairs In
n country Of SO many explosive posi-.
bllities as China; but the new alliance
will certainly tend to restrict the area
Of any internal disturbances which
may arise, and to minimize the chances
Of aggression from without.
There Is remarkable article In the
AnamOsa Prison Press. written by Joe
King. a burglar. who served twelve
years Of his life behind prison bars be.
fore he found out the wisdom Of the
adnge that Honesty Is the best pol.
ley" In summing up his career he has
prepared tho following:
Twenty.eight years old; years
spent In prison ............... ]:
Parish prison, New Orleans, 1 year
for stealing typewriting machine.
sue Hulue .................. .$:O!U
Whittier Reform School, 4 years;
$12 and gun worth 50. ....... 100
San Quentin, 3 years; suit OF old
CLONES ................... o.uO
Folsom, 4 years; set Of physicians
| instruments ........ ....... ?OOO
Total gain by burglary on convict.
ed charges WI. w
Wages ! would have earned In IL
years as printer ............ 10.SOO
King says that burglary Is as disas.
trOus financially as It is morally. and
that now that he IL once more to he a
free man II Ia his intention to live down
his evil record. He knows four men
who are serving an aggregate Of more
than 200 years Of imprisonment, and
yet the net proceeds Of their crimes
was just $2.75 In money and an old Sill
YER watch not worth picking out Of the
gutter. Ono Of his prison mates held
up a citizen In San Francisco, robbed
him Of 10 cents, and IL doing twenty
six years for shooting him. Another
prisoner friend Of Kings who was a
young man Of promise Is now doing
fourteen years for forging a check for
800; and another, who was a burglar
took So and four silver spoons out Of a
house he burglarized. ana Is now doing
a life sentence for killing the police
man who caught him In the act. lie
knows one man who made $4,000 out
OF one haul, but spent every cent Of Il
trying to keep out Of prison ana Is now
serving long sentence. King Is one
OF the most dangerous ana noted OF
criminals, and his picture Is In every
rogues' gallery In the country, but hi
says that his former life Is a thing OF
the past now, and that he is hencefortt
an upright citizen. King Is right fol
once, but 1t has evidently taken expert
ence to teach him. Burglary, nor any
other kind of crime, pays. Crime Of nj
grades results only In financial as wei
as moral wrecks. BE honest.
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The intOlerant state OF mind Is In
furious both to the State and to the In