The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-07
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"Mr Rhodes has left truly colos-
: sal sum for educa tional purposes
This will place one hundred
young Americans at the leading Brit
ish university and keep them there
10 enjoy the ripe fruits of English
scholarship. Ii win turn our young
men TO England instead OF Germany,
and become "A mighty influence 10 in
crease the sympathy between the two
great English nations. s."-Philadelphia
Times.
You may go hungry and you may
emigrate,' says. the kaiser In effect
gently but firmly 10 his people. but
you shall not run this mhnitesimal
risk OF injuring your stomachs by
these American meats Meanwhile we
may safely go on believing that po-
litical and not economic or sanitary,
considerations are back OF the new in
spection decree, and that IL will not
be enforced TO our prejudice and that
OF the German people. milwaukee
Sentinel
mo one will believe Russia is 20
leave until the last sotnia OF Cos
sacks Is across the Manchurian from
tier, but when this does take place
all the world will see the United
States has not only opened the door
for China but fastened IL open, with
England and Japan on guard 20 see
that IL is not closed. Philadelphia
Press.
1.-The repeated delays TO isthmian
canal legislation arouse the suspicion
that some American railroad stocks
must be owned by Colombia. New
York Mail and Express,
THE bill providing for Philippine
dollar, as favorably reported by the
senate committee, provides that the
inscription on the coin Is to be m'
English Filipino and@Chinese. Why
Chinese when Chinese are TO be ex-
cluded from the islands. Is not clear;
neither is il clear what is meant by
Filipino. There are many dialects
spoken by the natives, and IL will
take "A judicial Interpretation 20 decide
which of them is the official Filipino.
And while the committee is explain
ing these points, IL might as well tell
the country, also, why the coin is
wanted anyway. y."-Philadelphia Led
ger.
There was a time. perhaps. when
protectionists from conviction could
make an honest argument for infant
industries struggling against the COM
petition of cheaper goods from abroad,
but that time IS past. and now protec-
tion plainly means simply the preser-
walton of the opportunity OF trusts
10 put up prices and make phenomenal
profits off the struggling consumer.
The people object TO trusts. to fancy
prices and to enormous profits at their
expense, but they fail 10 make their
voices heard at Washington. The
situation at present Is in defensible
and scandalous. Baltimore Sun.
$50 many contradictory reasons have
been given for the early successes
of. the Beers that il is interesting TO
hear the views of an expert. NJ Jean
de Bloch, whose recent death ended
a career OF singular service to man
kind. offers In a posthumous article
reasons which appear to be based on
sound considerations. He
argues that the army on the defensive
will have tremendous advantage
and that tactics and startegy will
count for much more than the actual
shock Of arms. philadelphia Inquir-
er
"As one man may leave an employ
ment because he is dissatisfied with
some OF his associates, so may a
dozen or a hundred. In each case
also IL would be perfectly legitimate
To calculate on the coercive power
of the value of the services that are
being withdrawn. The individual
might give his employer the choice be-
tween himself and another and the
men who were about to leave I'm
body might act upon the same princi-
pie. e."-Chicago Record Herald.