The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-12-11

ton of President Mckinley, that all
private property at
nnorrcrIhc sea be exempted
from capture dur
PROPERTY Al ing war by an in
SEA IN WAR. ternational agree
ment. is recalled
and indCrsed. 1t would be a most i
'portant means to reduce he horrors
and waste of war. 1t is asked that the
president be authorized to correspond
with other nations With reference to
incorporation of this principle into the
permanent law Of nations. IN this
subject the president adds:
I advocate this Is 9, matte q hh human 3
mind that shipping represents, lnterna-
ticnally speaking, a much more genera
lied species of private properly tlan Of
binary property IN land-that is, property
at sea is much less apt than property on
lane really to belong to any one nation.
Under the modern system OF corPorate
fers from the flag which would mark the
nationality of ownership of the vessel;
and the cargo may belong TO- yet a diI-
ferent nationality. ], Much Am shins E EaP-
thermore, while DESTROYING
may cause serious loss and great an
noyauce, ittcan neyef.pe more than,M SUI =
sidiary factor III bringing. TO Terms =
resolute foe.
ongress is asked to. invite the Inter.
parliamentary Union for International
Arbitration to meet
ropricN in this country next
s5 year., it having been
RELATIONS determined already
-CHINA. thatstie session will
go5to ST.. Louis il
such an invitation is extended.
Relations with Turkey, especially
growing out of the troubles at
Beirut, are discussed, with the concur
sion tina relations with the porte are
pleasant and that matters In dispute
seemfto be in process of amicable set
Element.
The treaty with China which grants
valuable commercial rights, Including
suspension of the levy of .liken.' and
the opening of the ports of Antnng and
Mukden, is mad occasion for felicita-
ton. hi president adds:
And, what was an Indispensable condi.
ton for the advance and development OF
treaty with us, has opened to foreign
commerce the cities of Mukden, the cap
ital of the province Of Manchuria,s and
liver. On the Road to Korea. The fun
measure of development which our com
merce may rightfully expect can hardly
be looked for until the settlement of the
present abnormal state Of things in the
empire; but the foundation for such de-
velopmentshas at last been laid.
Rural free delivery service. it is
stated, has been extended very fast,
more new4yToute
S5t p,lRAI having been estab-
DELIVERY last tban ~ =, ) ! !, !
ExTENsioN. similar previous
period. The extern
sions must continue. Rural free de-
livery, the telephone, bicycle, and
trolley; lessen the isolation of farm
life, making it brighter and more at
tractive. In the immediate past the
lack of such facilities has driven many
young men and women from farms tc
l~cities; for they rebelled at loneliness
and lack of mental&companionship. L,
is unhealthy and undesirable for the
cities to grow at the expense of the
country and rural9free delivery Isl no,
only a good thing inIitself, but is good
because it is one of the causes which
check this unwholesome tendenc,
towards the urban concentration of oul
population at the expense of the ;coun
try districts. Tt is for the same reas
son that wessynpathize with and APP.
lproye of the policy of building gooe
roads. The movement for good roads