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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED - EXPERIENCED BOOK
agents 10 take hold OF n profitable propo-
eition. Address Box P-9, News Onice
wANTED-HUsTLIN AGENTS TO
sell an article that is I'm good demand
Address Box P-2i, News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

FOR SALE-A DOUBLE COTTAGE. 10
rooms each; all improvements; steam
price; owner anxious to sell. ISAAC l..
GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-LADIEs OR GENTLEMEN
who need temporary loan on personal
property to call on me. or write j. W.
Lander. 81 Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

on a lot 99xSO IT, consisting OF "a stalls
with carriage space 36x60, for 5000
ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

YOUNG MAN-GoOD PHYSIQUE, TO
nt for government position. L. C. l.,
Cedar Rapids. Ia.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED FOR THE u. s. ARMY
Able-bodied. unmarried men, between ages
q and 35: citizens OF United states OF good
character and temperate habits.
who can speak. read and write
English. For information apply TO Re
cruiting office, "a North Main street,
Providence r. T.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Observation-Disclosures

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under this heading; one-half cent a word
for subsequent Insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-BoYs ABOUT u YEARS
OF age I'm New York city. Must give good
references. Address Box A-9, News OF
Zee. f2-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED - SEVENTEEN -YT1AR-oLD
boy wanted who has good knowledge OF
figures and is a good penman. Address
Box A-i0, News Office. fZ-St
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

FOR SALE-THREE CHOICE LOTS
IA ~ oinerent locations at Washington
rark can be bought for little down and
60 niue each month. ISAAC l.. GOfF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANrED-wooD SAWYER WHO
can go out OF Providence. Address Box
b.. News Office. f2-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-PARTY TO TAKE 81 900. 90
mortgage on s4.5o0.00 piece OF property
Address Box J.--13, News
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED 80 MOTORMEN. A Il l. e
40 instruction given. pay TO begin while
learning. Address Box AIS, News Of
flee f2-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-STRONG MAN TO DO
general work about place and make him
self generally useful. Address Box AL.
News Office. f2-lt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

TO LET-l02 WHITEHALL STREET:
middle fiat; six rooms, all modern; $l4 per
month. II. r. HORTON & SONS. agents
OF estates. 81 Weybosset street. Room 30.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

YOU BUY A HOME FROM OS
YOU KNOW that enough have preceded you
so 70 make the investment safe. ISAAC L.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

THE BEST BARGAINS IN REAL Es-
tate are oHered now. Let us show you
what We have. ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WE HAVE A FEW MODERN fioMbS,
al I'll ready TO look at. The rent money
homes. Let us show them 10 you now.
ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-FIRST CLASS GIRL FOR
general homework 10 Pocasset Ave
Dyer avenue cars pass door.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-YoUNG GERMANAMER-
ican rs years OF age, writing plain. ac-
curate hand. for office work. out of
Providence. Address Box BIS, News Of
flee. f2-Zt
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

FOR SALE-BUILDING LOTS IN
four of the best located suburbs that can
be bought Iowa little down. little a
month soon makes you owner ISAAC
l.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

LET US TELL YOU THE DETAILS
of our original system OF selling homes
on easy terms. We invite personal In
terviews. ISAAC l.. GOFF co. IN
Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-PRESS FEEDER WITH
some experience In press room. Out OF
city Address Box Al, News Office. f2-3t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-YoUNG LADY WHO UN-
derstands canvasslng for advertising for
permanent position on daily paper. Must
come with good references. Address
Box Hills, News Office
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

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under this heading; one-haIf cent woro
Tor subsequent insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

ISAAC l.. GOFF co. DO A GENERAL.
real estate and Insurance business and
give solid satisfaction. III Westminster
street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-EXPERIE WOMAN
to care for invalid. Address Box P-4l,
News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-YOUNG MAN TO ASSIST
in shipping department: one experienced
in packing goods required. out OF city.
Address Box AS. News Office. FIST
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

IF YOU WANT A HOME AND PAY
small rent look at this property. Brand
new cottage. sl5 month. Splendid To-
cation. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

IT'S NO SECRET - THOUSANDS
know we always do exactly as we prom
ise. Cosy homes on terms the same as
ster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

FOR sALE-A s-FAMILY HOUSE IN
one or the most desirable locations or ,hs ,S
CITY; VIII be sold on easy terms. iSAAN
L. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED FARMER WHO CAN
operate a farm. Married man preferred
and one who understands growing or To-
bacco. Address Box Az. News Of
flee. f2-3t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Conpositor

WANTS A POSITION IN BOOK OR JOB
office. in or out of Providence. Long ex.
perience Has some knowledge OF job and
cylinder presses. Ready at an hours no.
tice. Address Box Biol. News office. f2-tf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-SAWYER AND ONE WHO
can run gas engine. Out of Providence.
Address BOX A. News ONCE. f2-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-YOUNG MAN IN HARD
ware store In live city i'm New York state.
Address Box A-20. News Office. f2-2t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED--COMPErE STENOGRA-
pher would like positions can give refer
ences Address Box Ms, News office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

Fire. Life. Accident and Casualty Insur-
ance at tho lowest rates ISAAC L.
GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

| 1T DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFER
ence TO Us what kind OF a house you
want Wen build IL just the same
/ ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-COLORED BOY WANTS
position in office or to run errands or
sweep up and care for shop. Address
Box C-io9. News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
For Sale
FOR SALE.

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under this heading; onc-half cent a word
Tor subsequent Insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Daily Wants
HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

One cent n word for advertisements
under this heading; one-half cent WORD
for subsequent insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

THE BEST BARGAINS IN REAL ES-
what we have ISAAC'I.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

IF YOU WANT TO DISPOSE OF
your property get II in the market right
away 70 accommodate early buyers
ISAAC l.. GOFF~CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WE CAN AFFORD TO SELL A
mouse at lower price than anyone else.
Let US tell you why. ISAAC L. GOFF
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-CARE OF OLD PEOPLE
by an experienced man OF middle age. Ad-
dress Box C-3O News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

N:O0 IS ALL YOU NEED TO OWN
real estate; soc. week pays the rest.
DO you want onef ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

ROOMS AND BOARD.

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under this heading; one-haif cent word
for subsequent insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED EXPERIENCED SALES
ladies' used 10 cloaks and suits. Address
Box P-40. News Orfice.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED - SITUATION AS --.R-
tender. reliable and willing TO work. Ad-
dress F-35. News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Daily Wants
HELP WANTED-MALE.

One cent q word for adverflsements
under this headings one-haif cent worn
for subsequent Insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-BoY OF 10 WANTS JOE
In office Active and willing 10 work
Address Box clio, News Offlce.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED--AN EXP PE R IE ~ G L ID
dressmaker would like TO do work out by
the day or take home. Address Box Pa.
News office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

FOR SALE - FINE WASHi1NGt,V.( tVM ,.(.N,
fark ~ homes; beautiful 20 look at; heaItnS
Easy terms for home makers. isAAC
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Daily Wants
Situations Wanted.-Female.

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Under this heading; one-half cent word
Tor subsequent insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED-A YOUNG MAN WOULD
like a position TO do odd jobs around a
gentemans place. Address. Box ELS,
News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

iF YOU ARE NOT EXACTLY SUIT
"a - win any one of the many homes ~ ~
,VnSr ~ We will build one TO suit you.mIpu1,lpIe w
~ JUST as YOU say. ISAAC l.. GOFp w.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WE HAVE JUST A FEW MORE
lots left at Washington Park. Wouldn't
you like to buy one? ISAAC l.. GOFF CO.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

LOST - MARTEN MUFF. PLEASE
leave at MRS. SISSONS. t34 Westminster
st Reward. f3-1t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
Daily Wants
HELP WANTED-MALE.

One cent word for advertisements
under this headInoj one-hslf cert a WORD
FOR subsequent insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

y. J. Powell. s29 westminsser street
Concentrated Extracts Perfumes. Ray
Rum. Toilet Waters. etc. Agent will call
upon receipt Of postal
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

TO LET-I4ARGE AIRY FRONT
room. Excellent location, heat, gas. S22
Washington street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

LosT-BLACK SPANIEL PUP. MALE;
reward: 1876 Howell street.
LosT-KEYs. A RING OF KEYS.
Please send 10 News Office. Reward.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

JUST LOOK HOW WE ARE DE-
veloping Homecrest. Don't wait too long
before buying lot Remember Wash
in6ion Park. ISAAC l.. GOFF co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

COWS AND PIGS. 10 80 AND
calves. IL pigs. 2 pungs. sleighs. for sale
cheap or exchange for beef cows. George
f. Congdon, Knightsville, r. l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

OLD FEATHER BEDS BOUGHT OR
new hair mattresses given in exchange
Address l.. Newman. 4l9 Public street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED - YOUNG MAN WANTS
position canvassIng for advertising or
any kind OF canvassing. Address Box
Clos. News Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03
LOST AND FOUND.

Ore cent word for advertisement
under this heading; one-hslf cent a word
for subsequent Insertions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

WANTED POSITION DOING GEN
eral housework by young girl who can
give good references. Address Box AssOo
News Office. fS-3t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

TO LET'S BENEFIT STREET. COM
Portable room with board. $3.50, all con-
veniences. Rooms sl25 up. Telephone
service
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

BARBER SHOP OF CHAIRS FOR
sale I'm large city Doing good business.
Address Box H-26. News Office. f3-3t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-03

wANTED-ACTIvE Boa OF Is.
wants position willing TO do office work.
run on errands. or anything else. Ad-
dress Box C-104, News Office.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22
contraband Of War.

Washington. Sept. 20.-The State
Department has received from Ambas-
sador Mccormick cablegram sum-
marizing the answer of Count Lams-
dorm. Russian minister OF foreign af-
fairs. to its protest against the seiz-
ure by Russian war ships Of food sup
plies OF American origin carried on
neutral ships. The conditional contra
band character of articles of dual use
is admitted in the new instructions
sent to prize courts. II articles OF dual
use are addressed to private individu-
ais In Japan they will not be subject
TO seizure and confiscation unless such
private individuals are shown to be
agents or contractors of the military
authorities of Japan.
The construction thus placed upon
the regulations is eminently gratifying
10 the State Department officials and 1t
Is directly in line with their conten-
lions.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

An enterprising postmaster suggests
to the government that he be permit
ted 30 employ women to carry the
malls. There are some crusty cynics.
bachelors. of course. who are ready to
declnre that woman now exercises al
together too much control over the
malos-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Imagine the surprised interest OF
the citizen who passed to better life
fifteen or twenty years ago If he could
come back to this world OF care and
trouble to-day and read how Lebaudys
runaway airship in France was caught
,y chasing II in automobiles.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Those Logansport girls who COM
plain because the young men OF the
town do not spend money on them are
in fair way to get an awful rebuke
from Uncle Russell Sage.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

A man in Tacoma. Wash. has a
pair of Siberian feas which he ex-
poets to sell to Baron Rothschild for
$4,000. 1t is comforting to know that
Mt such n price as that the baron can
not afford to turn them loose.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The Paraguayan minister Of war
has been captured by revolutionists.
who report that they will take the
Paraguayan army dead or alive as
soon as they find the bed under which
he is located.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Another fire occasioned by the care
less disposal of lighted cigar stub
must serve as reminder that to the
cost of the amount of tobacco annu-
ally burned in this country must be
added the value of good many build
Ings incidentally burned by aud with
n
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The car. owing to the birth Of his
son. will remit 6s.500,000 taxes. He
ought hereafter to be able to get the
taA-dodger vote without much trou-
BILE.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Certainly the Japanese have luck as
we'll as pluck and intelligence and en-
ergy and enterprise and indomitable
persistency. Witness the discovery on
government osoperty In Japan of gold
delds with an estimated yield of $780,
300 600.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

A Philadelphia widow has Inherited
S50.o00.00o. London papers please
don't copy.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The news that ex-bandit Cole Young
er is suffering from stomach trouble
shows that even a man who leads an
active outdoor life isn't certain to
avoid dyspepsia.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Mark Twain advised people never
to go to bed. because statistics prove
more people die in bed than anywhere
else. But this won't be true much
longer II the railways keep on.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Fifty Cincinnati telephone girls have
been discharged for flirting on the
wires. They deserved what they got.
Girls who can't con6ne themselves to
flirting face to face are not entitled to
any sympathy.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Carnegie. who says 1t is an easy
matter TO get rich. probably was
brought to that opinion by his az
hausting efforts to get poor.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Money that was used In the year
500 B. C. has been found. Russell
Sage will probably want to know why
Il was used.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Think OF anybody's losing $4,000
worth of jewelry by the burning OF
an Adirondack camp! Are we going
back to nature" In evening clothes!
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Cotton is going up. But since only
those persons who stay out all night
have acquired a taste for cotton 1t
really cuts little figure as a breakfast
food.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The eastern war has demonstrated
one thing. and that is the crying need
Of . good roads movement in Man
churia.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

II the Dime Novel trust will put up
the price to Is cents the act will have
the happiest effect In limiting the out
put Of boy bandits.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

One by one our priced ideals fall.
Now It is the Britons' cleanliness.
for 10! 1t appears the poor Briton
knows not the use of the tooth brush!
The bath tub delusion will go next.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The Paraguayan rebels seem to have
reached the nothing to arbitrate"
stage OF their fight
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

The rumor that Russell Sage paid
his respects to friend the other day
has been confirmed. but he parted
with nothing else.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

And still there are numerous mar
ried couples right here. not one of
whom would consider for an instant
n proposition to swap their baby for
the cars.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-09-22

Dogfsh are being eaten as canned
salmon in New York. In time Gotham
may become an Igorrote village.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-26
PRESS AND PROMOTION.

The way San Francisco business con-
Germs support the newspapers in their
efforts to advance the interests of that
community, is aptly illustrated by the
number of copies of the recent special
edition of the Chronicle which are be-
ing received here from the san Fran
cisco connections of local houses. the
mercantile establishments of the coast
metropolis are making an organized
distribution to their correspondents of
this special number, The advantage
to the City and State must be very
great and such support of the paper
by the merchants enables it to issue an
enormous pictorial edition, full of spe-
cial articles, without too great loss to
itself.
Few people have any idea of the
heavy expense of getting out special
of pages, 1t happens more often than
not that the sale price does not cover
the cost of stock and prcsswork leaY-
ing the literary and mechanical part to
be paid for by special advertisements
or subsidies. such support to the press
as this has resulted in the wonderful
immigration to California in the past
year or two; newspapers going further
to interest and instruct people than
any other form of literature used to
advertise public resources and being
themselves a'Concrete evidence of the
state of business prosperity about them.
illustrated newspapers on large scale,
The regular staft on any daily are
worked to their limit in the ordinary
routine and special editions mean extra
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-01-26
OBSTACLES TO WAR.

There are some potent causes which
operate in these days to prevent war:
| ID The debts of European nations are
so great and taxation is so heavy, that
a foreign war, If indecisive. thereby in
creasing both debt and taxation, Is
likely to cause a perilous amount OF
discomfort at home.
(2) II the result of the war is de-
cisive, other powers may combine to
keep the victorious one from getting
the prizes for which 1t fought Rus
sia got nothing out of her war on Tur-
key other than the protection Of some
of the Christian subjects of the Turk
under other flags than her own. She
was foiled of Constantinople. Later,
in the victorious war with Greece, she
was foiled of Thessaly. When ia
pan whipped China, she was permitted
! to get only a part of the recompense
which China coded to her, losing the
Liaotong peninsula-which includes
Port Arthur-and the suzerainty over
Korea, both of which were vital to her
interests. 1t doesn't pay to fight for
spoils that may be snatched away by
outsiders.
(3) War plays such havoc with COM
merce that all powers (which share
the trade of threatened country use
their influence to protect it. Thus, in
the present Far Eastern crisis, the
commercial nations are directing their
advice towards a compromise.
az Commercial nations are usually
able to prevent the issuance of a for
eign loan to belligerent powers. So
far Japan and Russia have not sold
any bonds though both have issued
paper. If the money market abroad
is closed to them they will have to
look at home for funds. 1t is doubtful
that Japan could do so to advantage;
nor is Russia favorably situated for
domestic borrowing on a large scale.
She prefers to seek funds of the French
who so far, are wary of the proposal.
(5) The balance of power is dis
turbed by war and Europe wishes to
maintain that balance as it is. Had
the United States sought, in 1889, to
annex portions of Spain, continental
Europe would have organized against
her. Political balances, in the Old
World, are things not lightly to be
disturbed. In Asia the matter is less
acute than in Europe, but 1t counts.
(6) AS a recource from war the pow
ers have established a peace tribunal
at The Hague. 1t Is open at all times
and ready for business and there is a
growing sentiment in the world that
it ought, to be relied upon in the set
Element of all international questions
which do not involve a definite point
of honor.
In view of all these obstacles to wars,
the chances of conflict between Rus
STA and Japan over matter which
may be arbitrated, seem remote.