The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-04
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"What the United States and oIer
powers demand is that Russia shall place
no impediments in the way OF opehns
renuest OF other nations and that the
principle OF the open door In commerce
shall not be violated. once more hussla h.a
has assured us that she has no intenupi, ,Sa
OF asking China TO place obstacles IN .ne
way OF foreign trade. In view OF these
assurances we may calmly await the De.
Velopments OF tho proposed dgreennon'
concerning evacuation. -Cncaso Ne'
ord Herald.
"A demand for specific laws regulating
labor troubles is bound sooner or later "
arise and find support In com muhiues y,
which have suffered severe loss and IN
convenience through prolonged strikes III,
volying disorders and tie.up or senerai
business. milwaukee sentinel
.srro owners OF francises who have al
ways eluded the assessor by skiiitul ana
relatively economical financing or get
rch-quick political syndlcates the piow
that has fallen from the hish couru 1,,s 20
mental arrangement. Their rawlings, now
ever. are drowned in the pardonaoly ex-
ultant cheers of the direct ratepayer.
10 death, and I'm the shouts OF sausfac-
ton with which the general public sreets
a just Judgment against the corporate
powers that have preEed r9,,a so ,asoleSey SmNew
York Press.
'In the event OF a war with Japan.
China and Great Britain on one slde ana
Russia on the other the attitude or the
United states, though neutral, may
make considerable difference to the tsar,
The first principle OF American diplomacy
is good faith. and our people despise any
other course San Francisco Cali.
xNillions OF untitled acres In the Cen
tral West and the Southwest await de-
velopment. to say nothing OF the equaIy
great number in the arid region tnat WIZ
The immigrants should be induced TO re.
move from New York, New Jersey anu
Pennsylvania 10 communities west OF the
Allcghanies, and especially TO places west
or the Mississippi. denver hepuphcah'
RUSSIA declares strongly that its rail-
road will deliver foreign goods In Man
churia on equal terms with hussian
goods, and that II favors the opening OF
more towns to foreign trade in the inter
est of its railway. Taking this state
mcnt at it's face value, there Is nothing
Objectionable I'm the Russian demands.
and the powers are placed In the atu-
tude OF sustaining China in opposition to
desirable reforms-especially the intro
duction of sanitary precautions Plus
burg Gazette.
"France and Russia have been hobnob-
bing as fast friends, but just now IL looks
as though England was to take Russia s
place. Undoubtedly deliberate policy ana
the purpose to work a change. followed
by suggestion on the part OF conspic,,
uous ruler or influential statesman, VIII
sometimes effect a complete transforma-
ton. Such seems to have been the
method OF the establishment of the recent
entente between France and England. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE friends and admirers of Presi-
dent Roosevelt need not be alarmed or
disappointed because he kissed rev
babies at Des Moines. though this style
OF campaigning has been brought into
disrepute by a class OF cheap candidates,
TO which Mr. Roosevelt does not belong
kansas City Star.
.'The boodler's moral and mental make
ups are matters OF considerable specula-
ton The harshest critics hold that the
booders' entire character is tainted win
the Nervousness Of crime, and that ne is
utterly without conscience. The less So
we're opinion Is that he is not wholly
wanting I'm conscience. but that his moral
conceptions, as IL were. are not oo-ordl.
mated: he lacks balance and consistency.
st. Louis Republic