davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03

foreign affairs. On the contrary, pa
| triotism, it says, is the very breath Of the
peoples nostrils; Japanese is always
willing to sacrifice his life on the altar
of what he believes to be right; much
more when the cause OF his country is in
question. 1t is not denied that there
still exist in Japan some sprouts of the
tree which flourished when the Lao
tung peninsula was tamely surrendered,
but they were thrust out OF sight when
the Anglo-Japanese alliance was con-
Guided, and must not again be allowed
to show their heads.
A great sensation was produced in
Toxic by the publication of the memorial
on the Manchurian question addressed
by seven professors Of the Imperial
University to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs. The memorialists pointed out
that if the Manchurian problem should
not be satisfactorily solved, neither
would be the Corean, and if not the
Corean, neither would the Japanese,
No acceptable solution of the Man
churian problem could be expected from
negotiation. The professors insisted
that Russia's aggressive progress in
Eastern Asia had been persistent, and
that the longer it should be left I'M
checked the more difficult it would be
to check. They could find no comfort
ing point in the situation except this,
that just at present Japan's ornaments
are more or less superior to Russa's
in the Far East. This superiority. it
was predicted, would not last more
than u year. The conclusion arrived
at by the memorial was that now is the
time to strike.
The newspaper comments on this docu-
ment reveal the existence of three parties
in Japan, or, rather, of two parties and
the remnant OF an expiring faction.
There is, in the first place, the strong
party which frankly advocates imme-
date war Then there is the party that
does not shrink from war but has not
renowned the hope that Russia may
speedily agree to such a solution of the
Manchurian and Corean problems as will
safeguard Japan's rights and interests
and preserve the tranquility of the Far
East.
The Rokum,n ShmbuH is leading
organ of this party 1t has usually been
moderate and peace-promoting, but
lately it has spoken in the strain decidedly
significant of conversion to wurlike
counsels. Addressing itself to the few
opportunists, chiefly to be found among
the older politicians, who would leave
everything unsettled and trust to time
alone, the Kokumin declares that Japan
is determined not to endure the GRIPPING
disquiet Of the past year any longer.
The time has come, it says, for the ma
ton to make up its mind, approaching
the question with deliberation as cold
as ice and with resolution as firm as
steel 1t warns the few waverers that
if Japans interests in Manchuria be not
asserted tho scene of conflict will one
day be changed to the Tsu Shima Strait,
and the existence of the nation will be
threatened
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
The Return OF Mr.. German.

The Hon. ARTHUR PUE GoRMAN, back
from Europe with new stores OF sagaclty
and silence, has obliged the reporters
with ~ oterview. An interview with
him isseery much like continuation OF
silence. He has no passion for express
sion, and the thoughts in his deep
revolving intellectuals are never thrust
out prematurely. Asked what he re-
garded as "the paramount issues for
next year. he made this childlike and
bland reply
There's tho reformation OF the tarIH for one
thing Economy for another, Honesty honesty
in public places, should say. rs the other"
The phrase paramount issues must
have reminded him of Mr.. BRYAN, so long
paramount and bound to paramount
issues. Having mentioned three para
mounters, Mr.. GoRMAN calmly picked
two of them to pieces The Post Office
frauds might hurt the Republicans or
the Republicans might make capital out
of them and their own zeal and honesty
in hunting them. There's no telling
what the people will do" They may
forget the Post Office frauds. SO one
paramount issue falls And they may
not care a rap about economy. Why,
we can have billion-dollar Congress
these days, and you never hear a word. >
Disappearance of another paramount is
sue. Et deuri Mr.. GoRNAN's thrilling
interest in his remaining paramount is
sue, the reformation of the tariff may
be Judged by the company he makes it
keep.
As TO the eX-paramount BRYAN and
Organism and their influence upon the
campaign of 1904 MIR. GoEMAN can't
say or won't 1t is too far away and
he is not a long-dstance campaigner
One cannot tell what is going to hap
pen, and Mr. GoRNIAN is not the man to
tell what he thinks is going to happen.
He prefers understatement 10 over
statement, as when he says:
We seem to bc getting away from a number Of
false Ideas that the party has been chasing around
after In the past few years
He has differed with Mr. CLEVELAND,
but never quarrelled with him. and it ia
plain that he is not going to quarrel with
anybody else. AS usual, he is discreet,
axpectant Of opportunity, pacific, per-
haps the least cocksure Of politicians,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
The Adventures Of a Post Once

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN str ! hove nai
quite an experience, such as | never had before. N
our pos, once In Yulan, N. y. There was hraVy
thunder storm passing our place between .
and o o'clock In the afternoon Of July ~ NhIr
was sorting the mail for delivery in III" inner
post ONCE, lightning struck four persons III '"'
outer ONCE store part. One of the foHi mas p"h
hurt 40 bad that II took some time to revive nun.
The other three were not hurt much ana COW"
wink home after n while but the stranger mad 10
he carried home. He has just left me, htt't 'ni.
Ing on me 10 get his cap which had been ~"
behind.
l asked the gentleman II he felt any had r0rc,
from his stroke OF lightning. and ne trUE, hm
that his back Is scorched and also both nr NY
limbs. ,. ~.
Now comes the reason why am writing NJ 20
you have asked the gentleman II amy oI nus Cp'm
Ing showed any signs OF burn or screening anu ~ ~,
says no: and the other three also show Signs :"
burns on their arms and limbs, but no sign on an
OF their clothing. ,,,,,
IL this the way lightning usually acts 10 p ui !.
tho body. and still show no signs on the clOiHus
II any OF your readers could answer me- TINS I"e'
ton, should feel much obliged -,
YuLAN, sullivan county " Aug l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
Mr.. Baker of Brooklyn Again

A correspondent in Brooklyn, referring
to the case of Representative BAKER and
the rejected railroad pass asks this
question:
by the way Is this the same ROBERT BAKER
OF ~ Carlton avenue who Is down In the recently
issued roster OF the Finance Department as draw
ing a salary of $4,000 Year. Mr.. BAxERs salary
as Congressman began on March T."
The suggestion intended is that Mr..
BAKER, in spite of his somewhat profuse
professions Of high civic virtue, is the
recipient at the same time of his salary
az Congressman and Of another salary
as municipal employee.
Although this charge has not been
brought publicly against Representative
BAKER, the foregoing communication
shows that 1t is in the air We have ac-
cordingly investigated it, and have found
it to he untrue.
Representative BAKER is the ROBERT
BAKER of jH Carlton avenue, Brooklyn.
He has held the post OF Auditor of Ac-
counts in the Bureau Of Audit of the De-
par:ment of Finance, at a salary of $4,000
a yeor, having been appointed to that
office on March o, 1907? The official list
of employees Of the Bureau of Audit
however, shows that his services M
Auditor Of Accounts ceased on March ..
1901. and his salary from the city pre-
sumably stopped on the same date.
That was two days before his salary
from the United States as member of
Congress began.
Inasmuch "a we should certainly have
published the fact of Mr. BAKER double
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
Apti-Russian Feeling in Japan

II was through a revolution in public
opinion that the prolonged usurpation
represented by the Shogunate was over
thrown and temporal authority restored
to the spiritual sovereign Of Japan. The
present Mikado is thoroughly alive TO the
fact that the superstitious reverence
once paid to his person has to a large ex-
tent passed away and that he is bound
TO defer to the convictions and wishes of
his subjects when these are deeply rooted
and firmly proclaimed. Should the con-
cusion be reached by the Japanese that
an attempt to expel the Russians from
Manchuria is indispensable to the well
fare, if not to the safety, of their nation,
we may be certain that the Government
will adopt it.
A war between Japan and Russia,
oven should no other Powers become in
volved in it, could not fail to have far
reaching consequences, and to affect ma
terially the interests OF all countries con-
neoted commercially with the Far East.
For that reason it is obviously important
to mark from time to time the drift of
public feeling at Toxic as disclosed in the
ntterances of the unoensored native
press, a faithful transcript of whose ut
terances is presented in the columns of
the Japan Weekly Mail.
The recent visit of Gen. K0URoPATKIN,
the Russian Minister of War, to the island
empire naturally attracted much at
tention, and from the comments of ma
tive newspapers on the incident may be
derived clear conception of the view
taken by intelligent Japanese of Rus
sia's progress toward ascendanoy in
Eastern Asia. We may say at once that
the Japanese journals are practically
unanimous in declaring that Russia can
not be permitted to retain possession of
Manchuria permanently or to acquire
predominance in Corea.
Although Gen. koURoPATKIN was well
coined with characteristic courtesy, the
hope was expressed by the Jiji Shimpo
that he would not fail to observe that
Japan, unlike Russia, is not an autoc-
racy; that in the former country it is
impossible for statesmen to ignore the
national will, and that what the people
at large desire is reflected in the pro-
gramme of the Government.
The Asahi Shimbun said that it shared
the sentiments of American newspapers
in wishing that the Russian Minister =
visit might have great results, but it re-
GREETED TO think that the conditions OF
the time do not warrant such expecta-
lions.
The Yomiur Shimbun assured the
visitor that the Japanese are not small
minded people, but that while they
would respond in pacific and amicable
way to just and consderate treatment,
they would be found ready to rise to a
man if the action of any foreign Power
in the Far East should impair their rights
and interests.
The Nippon, n journal of much influ-
ence, after rdmitting that in domestic
politics the Japanese nation has shown
but lifAe fxity of purpose, cautions on
lockers not to infer that similar vacil-
lation will be exhibited in the field of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
The Cause Of LynchinK

To ruR EDrroR OF THE SUN-Siy: In all that
has been said on the subject of lynchins no ono
seems 10 have considered that this lynchng mania
may be the natural result OF the laxity and delays
OF the law In the punishment OF crimes oil violence
more especially against women During the
pioneer days In the West. when the law WAS laS
and dlfflcut Of admlnist ration men formed VIZ
lance committees. and by their prompt and extra
legal punishments successfully restored order and
awakened the courts TO their duty: and some such
course seems needed now 10 wipe on the stain ~
homicide and rape which statistics snow 10 No
peculiarly prevalent In this country,
To the sentimental violence OF the n"wspaper
writers who are furiously conderlninu tho smut
ders BY a mob II mi ght be well To quote again the
reply Of the French statesman TO those who begged
him TO abolish the punishment OF death. Qu'
assasurs les dssnssins commence
Let the newspaper writer's who never tire o.
dwelling on the lawl essness Of the South consider
a little the history OF New Jersey J am told. b.
one who processes 10 have verified the ngurr'.
that In the state Of New Jersey since Tire death OF
Mary Rogers made famous by Poes story ~
Marie Roget 100 young girts have been muir
dered either with attendant rape or because Of the
paramours finding them troublesome. For these
murders but three men have been, eSecuted' ans
less than ten have suffered any punishment
To some minds this would Scrm 10 bc a more Law
,css condition where horrid crimes can hc corr
mIttcd with such frequency and lmpnn'ty~ihan
one In which man who WIS a Wild beast was fairy
certain TO receive short and red SHIFT.
No one, apparently. has taken the pains 10 "o'lec'
the figures for this other States AS TO the RADIO o.
homicide rape and their punishment. hui II Is prob
able that others might be found no better than Nrw
Jersey.
There Is rarely an outbreak Of public violcnr'
without cause and II the aforementioned winters
would devote some of the energy they eHpend IN
oondemning lynchers TO looking up the statistics
AZ 10 crime and Its punishment and 20 urging r"
forms In the ADM nstration of justice. they would
do much more toward abating this outbreak OF
execution by mob" Their present attitude seems
TO me 10 be little iess silly than that Of the women
who carry Jelly and flowers 10 condemned muir
derers. r. b' W.
NEw YORK July n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
Hindu Appreciation Of American women.



American womanhoOd In acknowlcdgedly The
finest. the very best. physically and intellectually
otall the w0manhood OF the world, An Ideal Amcri
can woman In the ideal OF the worlds womanhood
This could not be unless the male American himself
worshpped a high Ideal. An American girl will
travel from end 10 end OF the continent In absolute
security Travelling In the same railway com
partment. no male will even think OF staring az a
female The American women are goddcsses
and are worshippcd because they deserve the
alteration.
And let the final word bc said on our own behalf
II India and America are TO he brought together
II will be by the sympathy and active endeavors
OF American women. We have had already abun
dant proofs ~ these matters. American women
are among the foremost propag andists OF Hinduism
and buddhism. Being SUCH they are likewise
naturally Interested in the understanding and 40
luton OF the national social problems OF India
An American league. with numerous branches
IL now In existence, which has for It's object thc
social amelloration OF Indian women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
FOREIGN TRADE CHANCES.
The suggestive neperts OF some OF our
COnyuip Briefly Summarized.

Fibre.cleaning machinery. Consul j. n.
Rufin OF Asuncion. Paraguay. reports a de-
mund for Abre-clsaning machinery Wants
catalogues and prices.
Automobiles Consul d. r. Birch OF Ma
laga, Spain. reports an interest In American
automobiles. Wants catalogues and reading
matter.
Agricultural machinery. t. Greener,
United States commercial agent Mt Vladivos-
took. Siberia. reports an urgent demand Tor
agricultural machinery particularly har-
vssting machinery. The Ministry OF Agri-
culture has set apart a fund to establish at
Habarofsk IA Government warehouse for
agricultural machinery and appliances The
manag cement intends to operate largely IN
American goods. They want Immediately
l. Addresses o! American manufacturers and
dealers
?. Price lists COTTON phces and catalogues
3. The best terms of purchase.
=, List OF steamships plying between the United
States and Vladlvostock.
In the present ins gnif1cant condition of our
ocean marine the answer to question will
be somewhat brief. Address, via Moscow,
n 7. Greener, Commercial Agent. U. s. A..
Nladivostook. please forward.
Agricultural and other machinery, The
British Board of Trade journal, Of July 2.
10 arise in the Soudan for irri sltion rnachin-
cry. cotton gins. and oil and hour-milling
machinery.
Straw presses. The British Consul Gen
crnl n, Odessa says that presses for pressing
straw from the thrasher are in demand
Danish trade The British Consul at
Copenhagen reports that athletic and sporting
goods. haberdashery and wall paper can
easily be sold, He never knew OF wall
paper sales-agent visiting Copenha gen.
though building Is still on the increase Cali
forna wines are too high in price TO compete
against the cheap and excellent Danish beer
which is sold for ~ cents per dozen bottles
Pig iron Consul j. J. LANCER Of Solingan
Germany, reports demand for pig iron for
malleabe castings of all kinds
Must speak French and German. The
British vice-Consul at Gala,z, ROumania.
mercy OF German sales-agents. unless they
can speak French and German.
Cotton goods in Manchuria. Consul II.
B. Miller Of EewchwanE. China. says that
the siberian Railway has brought new factor
into the great cotton goods trade OF North
China, and that American manufacturers
must deliver their goods at Dalny instead OF
at Shanghai in order 10 hold their trade. But
how can we do IL without American ships1
The Russian ships are heavily subsidized.
and make very low freishts on Russian goods.
The Russian feet enga ged consists Of fourteen
vessels with tonnage Of 3s,4sl tons. and
$500 900 yearly subsidy.
Typewrting and salt-mining machines.
Consul R. C, Slocum OF Warsaw says that
inquiries are made for visible" typewritin9
machines Also for salt-mining machinery
for evaporating processes. Prices are wanted
c. i, f. Dantzig. Germany. and net and gross
weights must be stated
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03

The progress and good looks Of the citi-
zens of Minneapolis were the subjects OF
a recent issue of the Minneapolis Times
Ii goes hard with us to criticise an edition
at once 30 praiseful and praiseworthy, But
on one page We find a group Of thirteen
portraits with this queer subscription;
"Morticians of the Hill City" Study OF
the accompanying text (headed, incident
ally. Illumination First Taught by Birds
Burying Their Dead') furnishes an expla-
nation OF the strange and wondrous term.
The article bears testimony to the delicacy
and taste of the undertakers of Mime
apolis and concludes; This edition of
the Times prints the pictures OF thirteen
funeral directors and embalmers who are
all we'll known in Minneapolis. What
bird taught the Times to call undertakers
-morticians"' Is EUPHUEs come to earth
again?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
A somewhat unusual subject for a bel APP
pears in this communication from Phila-
delphia.

A somewhat unusual subject for bel APP
pears in this communication from Phila-
delphia.
A bets that since the President hrSt in
vitcd MITCHELL to the White House AT the starting
OF the coal mining troubles and up TO the present
time, the President has never In any public speech
or In any published letter come out openly In the
defence OF the non union In his rights TO work
for whons0evcr he saw ft without being Injured
or killed for so doing in other words that the Pres
dent has avoided 10 point out TO the people OF this
country in his usual strong way that the right
which this country fought for In l778 would be de
Tended BY him 10 the fullest extent OF the law which
he had sworn to obey II Is admitted by both
parties that ne has At times In general terms talked
about the laws must be obeyed. Who wins"
The President has from time to time ex-
pressed his general approval Of the findings
of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
which asserted the right of The non-mernher
Of a union TO work. In ordering the re-
instatement Of MILLER in the Government
Printing Office the President said that tho
rules Of no union could be allowed 10 over
ride the laws Of the United States. These
observations however, seem TO be OF the
general character excepted from the ques-
ton by both sides
The President on his Western tour was
frequently asked to make some specific
and emphatic statement of his belief in the
right of the non-union man to labor. His
answer was almost invariably: This is
not and never shall be Government by a
putocracy: this is not and never shall he a
Government by mob; this is and ever shall
be a Government of the people. by and
under the law
We would suggest that the Philadelphia
bet be referred to Mr.. ROOSEVELT himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
Cardinal Gibbons.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sfr: notice that
THE SUN. in It's Rome correspondence. speaks Of
Cardinal Gibbons being welcomed at the Italian
capital as the successor Of the late Cardinal
Vaughan as representative OF the Anglo Saxon
race. The Nation about q week ago, said that the
American Cardinal might properly be 70 considered
since the other English. speaking Cardinals were
Irish The impression appears to be that Cardinal
Gibbons Is OF old Anglo Saxon stock Is not this
a mistake, His parents wer. both Irish, and A.
he has won an honorable name for himself In this
Republic should he no, be properly ser down as
Scotch -lrish2 PLAIN IRIsH.
BOSTON, July 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
Salaries of British Colonial Governors.
From me London Spectator,

FrONl NE 7sONdON lVDFTWOT,
The question OF the proper salary for the Cover
nor General OF Aust raia has fancy. been settled
by speech from Lord TennySon, who Is now acting
In that capacity. He has declared that $40 600 a
year Is ample " maintain Tho hitting dignity OF the
great post, though not OF COURSE SUFFICIENT 10 keep
up court o; Oriental magnhcrnc" The Austral.
ians like the Canadians and the South Africans wish
the head of heir world 10 be great gentleman not
intent on petty economies but they have little rev
ercnce for splrndor which any millionaire can, II
he pleases Guido In South Africa GiO 600 year Is
barely sufficient owing TO the prcpostcrous price OF
everything. but that will pnss away. The only =
pcnse In the free colonies which should not be thrown
on thr Governors or NiceroyS Is the keeping up OF
their residences. which should be stately and re
main the property Of the colonies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
senator Hoar on MIR. Justice Holmes,

From the Hartford (Ouran
Senator Hoar vchcmently diScntI from W.
opinion OF his young Massachusetts brother, NJ
Justice Holmes, IN the case of the negro 'l'e'
the so called Alabama Acknowledgement rh''
The Supreme Court OF the United states SAD "
Holmes j.. that the question presented IN VI"
case was n political question and was knocking !"
the wrong door "A Judgment" says S'ns''
H0ar. addressing the summer students al N''
cestcr more far reaching and terrible IN W.
opinion, Than the famous Judgment OF Tame! u
which he said that the colorcd man had no NghN
aSaAnss shs whites"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03
The Sentiments Of Colored Citizen

TO THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-,Sir: The dis
graceful action OF u few overeducatcd neg ocs In
Boston ON the occasion OF Booker Washington 5
appearance in church in that city calls for con
domination BY self respecting negroes Throughout,
the country,
ROwdyiSm IL tho last resort OF towards and the
conduct OF the rowdlcs in these circvm,t anccs does
not hinder, hut rather helps tie object Of their
wrath and fury.
The negroes who live In the state OF Mind" an
pear 70 be bigger fools than some other negroes
whose battles they are nahting tN al long range.
From these misguided race champions, good
Lord. deliver us joHN T., BRUCE
SoSKERs. y. Y. july II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-03

salary as legislator and municipal ser
want if investigation had shown him to
be drawing pay from both sources, we
think it only fair to him to print the re-
suit of an inquiry which in this special
particular discloses circumstance en-
tirelv to his credit.