Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-12-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

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the Chicago University another
gift of over million. That is
the people of the country pay for
it and John gets the credit.
The stock brokers got up deal
in cotton short time ago, and
the insiders cleared several mil
lions. Now over 80, 900 cotton
mill hands in Massachusetts, alone
had their wages reduced as re-
suit of this gamble. And from
the poverty stricken homes of the
toilers goes up the cry: ''How
long, dear Saviour, oh how long"
Race suicide may be one of the
unfortunate tendencies of the
near future, but we doubt if mis-
cegenation is the proper remedy.
Therefore it pleases US little to
learn that Roberta Lang, San
Francisco Sunday school teacher,
has married Lum Sat Lee, a
Chinese actor, with whom she
eloped from New York, about
December 10th. Miss Lang's
parents are wealthy and promin-
ent and teel highly indignant
over their daughters action.
The fault lies with the parents
in permitting the association with
the Chinese in the FIRST place, on
the mistaken idea of reforming
them. s'For ways that are dark,
and tricks that are vain, The
heathen Chinee is peculiar, which
the same I am free to maintain. "
Lebanon had its little touch o1
metropolitan life the ether morn
ing. A fire occurred which de.
stroyed a large amount of prop.
erty. It started in a store where
two partners were closing out q
bankrupt stock. The cause was
credited to spontaneous combus'
ton by the friction of $500 in.
surance policy against a seventy
five dollar stock of geods-a fire.
quent occurrence in large cities.
The youngest partner under the
persuasive eloquence of tight
ening rope around his neck, con-
fessed to setting the place en- fire.
The two partners are now in the
hands of the law, and are trying
to say they didn't mean it. What
Lebanon needs is a little more
justice-and less bankrupt sales
The Russians are credited
with preparing s'MerrY Christ
mas for the Jews of Kishinef. A
massacre is planned that will b.
complete in every detail and re
suit in a thorough determination
of all the Jews in the province
No people in the world are 81
strict in their observance o
Christmas day as the Russians
Every neighbor greets his neigh
Dor with the salutation, "Chris
is born,',' ssHe is born. indeed
responds the neigbor. and thei
they kiss each other. Car o
peasant, priest or slave, all ar
equal in this ceremony durinl
the glad Christmas day. VIII,
should the cruel, unsympatheti
world begrudge them the adde'
joy of annihilating the unbeliev
ing Jews. Go to, ye scohers
Christmas comes but once year
Let us keep it in the good oil
way.
The Yellow peril is assumin,
shape in the East. Prince Sub
high Chinese official, has form
u1ated the doctrine by which
China can win back Manchurl'
from the Russian Bear. He be
lieves China has but one polio,
+. open to her, and that is to ad
monish Russia to leave Man
churia. Should the Russians re
fuse to acquiesce, China's alter
native is to gain possession Q
Manchuria by force of arms
joining her strength with that O
Japan. With Japan's intelli
gence and skill and China's un
limited millions power could b
created that would be a menac
to civilization. Prince sub ha
shown the way. China is natur