The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-28
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THE former president OF lhe biAlai
chamber OF commerce suggests that TINS
would be good time 10 seek the adoption
of an Anglo-American arbitration treaty
He points out that the recent rauhcation
of the English French convention might
be n good precedent. and he might nave
added that the award In the Alaskan
boundary dispute has favorably inclined
the American people toward arbitration.
Kansas City star.
Not much more than a week ago was
II that the Pilgrims society OF London
gave tho dinenr 10 the Alaskan boundary
arbitrators The subject OF world wide
amity came handy. and was alluded 10 by
several speakers. among them Lord Lans-
downe and Secretary Root Secretary
Root spoke for American sentiments In a
noticeable way--though his view was
more noticeable really for what IL i'm
piled than for what II actually said. The
tenor OF both American and English
speeches was 10 impress on their readers
the feeling that IL words count for much
the Anglo-Sa voice is not for war. -
Minneapolis Times.
eff the Colombian diplomat correctly
represents his mission II is self-evident
fact that this country Is wasting time in
dealing any further with the Colombian
panhandlers In the Hay-Herran treaty
our ultimate demands were postulated. In
accordance with congressional instruc-
tions 10 allow Colombia a reasonable
time within which the treaty was to be
adopted. the treaty itself provided that
eight months should be allowed. The
eight months limit expired in September.
and now Colombia airily demands s25 ooo,-
0fo because she needs the money. requires
us to build n canal on a strip over which
she retains control and then tells us she
liz I'm no hurry and can wait till we get
ready to he held up. Memphis CONNER
cial Appeal.
There were thirteen lawyers on Jim
Tillman's side. but the defendant I'm hip
pocket case IN South Carolina never has
any call 10 be superstitious, as acquittal
seems foregone conclusion. Denver
Republican.
The announcement OF new discoveries
regarding the cause and infectious nature
Of tuberculosis IL naturally followed BY
new theories of prevention and cure The
world wide prevalence of the white
scourge' invests these announcements of
the doctors and scientists with more than
ordinary public interest whilc tubercu-
losis IN robbed OF much OF its terror
through the discovery that the infected
lung tissue II curable at the same time
the Pubic ls impressed with a new sense
NJ Its dangerous character through the
very discovery that Il is communicable
and that no one is immune from it."-Chi-
cago Record Herald
TN his burleSuue assault upon the
citadel OF sim I'm New York John Alex
ander Dowie seems TO forget that the
vulgarity OF clown is not necessa rily an
element OF success In winning souls TO re-
ligion. The language OF this self-contain-
Cd exhorter rivals that OF Billingseate
hshwoman. San Francisco Call.
Constitutional questions naturally
complicate and confuse consideration Of
the curtailing of the property rights of
corporations. But the elemental truth Is
clear that the corporation Is p state Great
ure and that. In general, what the state
creates the state may destroy or restrict
common consideration by the several
states OF the question Of control would be
one step toward solution."-St Louis Re-
public.