The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-28

ment business.
"Everv Englishman must derive sa'is
faction from the fact that IL was true oi
Iord salisbury as II was also OF Slau-
stone that his private life was without
s,a,r T, ,s one of the evidences or the
u,or,ds progress that the leading states-
man az recent years I'm nearly every coun-
trv have been men of exemplary prNa.o
life. and TO this class Lord SALISBURY us
tinctly belonged. denver Repuoieah'
"It may he the proper policy TOT INC
Democrats In congress 10 present no oo
struc,ive opposition to any measure OF
financial relief, reay~sr fanciful, that may
he offered by the majority; but good poh-
tics, and sound principle alike woulo sesul
90 suopest that the Republican majority
no made clearly and wholly responsio,. !,
for whatever may be done. -Ilhcii'iia''
Inquirer.
There Is something deeply sighiiican' az
In tho energy with which Russia Is us
nia ,,ins her ayanging wrath toward Tur-
i,ey The spirit with which nations are
o,,ick or slow TO enter a quarrel uepehuS
altogether upon the character OF tne oeho.
fellow Japan has been saucy 10 the uvai
for MANY months. but the unrunled uis
nitv OF diplomatic deceit has not been ano
probably will not be oistu o'"
them San Francisco Cali.
"But the great element OF risk IN une
situation continues to be the possioiilS
that bulgaria may be drawn INTO the Voi
tex and this grows each day more likeiy.
As the disturbances Increase In INTENSITY
and magnitude, especially as they se'
nearer and nearer to the Bulgarian iroi-
tier. the excitement OF the people Is IN.
creased, and before long the goVerhlIlen'
NAV he forced TO abandon the neutraIity
which II is striving to maintain. TX Is nov
! uithout siSnifcance in this connection
| that a deputation has been sent TO call OF
| Prince Ferdinand in Hungary ana 10 sss
| him 10 announce his Macedonian poncy'
| Philadelphia Inquirer.
..rhe Kansas school ma'ams and mas
| ters who view with alarm the tenuencs
| OF school boards in that state 10 Ioroio
| courting by teachers during school terms
arc quite right in denouncing this as un'
bearable tyranny Affirming that "A large
| nercentage OF teachers are OF marriagea'
| HE age they decline to surrender theli
sacred and inalenable right 10 court ano
he courted Shades OF John Brown anc
Dave Anthony-the apostle or freedon
and the champion OF the hair trigger-w,
| should hone so! II no schoolmasters hao
/
been oourted what would Kansas be TO-
day? A half populated desertV-New
York World
"Rv changing TO the Nicaragua route
and abandoning the Panama route those
gentlemen will he compelled 10 show theil
hands They must come out In the open
They must fight as foes and not a. pro
fessed friends.
The Nicaragua route is infinitely pref
erable. IL Is from 7i5 to 1000 miles shorte'
than the Panama. IL would compel the
growth OF Gulf and South Atlantic ports
the natural outlet for the surplus pro
ducts of the great Mississippi Valley.
Besides this. the strategic value of tn
Nicaraglan route Is far superior 10 tina
. OF the Panama In time OF war the import
ance OF the canal would be its availabilit!
for use OF our ships In passing from th'
Pacific 10 the Caribbean or Atlantic. an,
the matter OF one thousand miles is q
great Importance. In time which II take
10 steam this distance a battle could b
, fought and won and the fate Of nation
determined. Memphis Commercial Ap
peal.