The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-09-04
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"As result OF the great strike the mi
ners. after losing i've months wages. Sc
cured a ten per cent advance and an
agreement for arbitration. The coal oper-
ators secured peace and the opportunity
10 repair Toss by increasing prices. The
consumers OF coal have secured no ad-
vantage except permission 10 buy coal,
with the incidental penalty OF being
obliged TO foot the bills incurred during
stoppage philadelphia Record.
I'm some quarters It is urged as a rea-
son why this country should not resort
10 energetic measures, which may be nee
essary 20 assure n canal at Panama, that
IL would be likely 10 destroy the friendly
feeling toward up that exists among the
Spanish American republics. In reality,
while giving full regard to the equities,
that should be factor OF slight weight In
determining our policy. International
friendships as a rule. are unstable senti-
ments. Particularly in populations so
mercurially minded as those OF most
South American countries, feelings OF
that sort are commonly as variable as the
New England climate is."-Boston Her
aid.
THE canal enterprise has been fifty
years under active discussion. 1t is time
to begin the work OF digging 1t. We are
not justified In further entertaining the
hope that we can come TO terms with
Colombia. In giving up year 10 the fu-
tile effort 10 resume and continue the
work which De Lesseps' began and car
ried on until he and II were overwhelmed
by bankruptcy and scandal we have made
all the sacrifices that either the friends
or the enemies OF an Isthmian canal have
the right to ask OF us. Let us now build
the Nicaragua canal New York Times.
THE latest suggestion is a short, sharp
and decisive war on Colombia, the erec-
ton OF a new republic of Panama and the
construction or the canal under a treaty
with the new governn ent. That would be
short cut, TO be sure. but II would hard
ly look well for the United States 10 de-
stroy a South American republic simply
because that republic Is a little bit slow
about doing something that our govern
ment has been great many years max
ing up It's mind 10 do."-Minnea polls
Times.
The time has come 10 speak very plain
ly about this whole Turkish business. The
disgrace OF civilization today is the atti-
tude OF the Christian Powers of Europe
toward the Sultan and his country. The
spectacle around i'm abject silence and
permitting the atrocities that every day
appeal 10 every enlightened human being
10 go on is something understandable only
because IL is political. But II is cowardice
Just the same e"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
1T would seem that Consul Ravndal
and Vice Consul Magelssen Mt Beirut
might find 10 telegraph what happened TO
the latter. IL wouldn't cost them any
thing The government would pay the bill
There Is possibility that the consular
service In Syria is not altogether what 1t
ought 10 be. Buffalo Courier
Looking at II dispassionately. IL will
be seen that a loss OF the franchise would
be no loss To the negro. He has had IL
thirty years. and has never learned 10
use 1t properly or to appreciate II under
standngly. and he cares nothing for II.
Almost all thinkers. North and South.
are now agreed that comforting suffrage
on the negro was a political mistake.
which Is said TO he worse than n crime A
wrong was done to both whites anC
blacks. and ~ can DO no harm and II viii
DO great good for the government 10 re
trace its errng steps and right the
wrong Memphis Commercial Appeal
The West Indies. az New Orleans
writer shows. have been ruined because
race barriers were thrown down 'Spain's
magnificent empire IN the New World was
| ruined BY miscegenatlon The south
pronting by the teachings Of history. has
| laid down the proposition and intends 90
maintain IL. that the government and so
ciety itself shall be in the hands OF the
| whites alone. This IL. I'm brief the posi-
| tion OF the South I'm regard TO race mix
| ture. baltimore sun