The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-19
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Poland now watches with interest
the conflict In the east An uprising
against Russia Is predicted. The Poles
have never given up their longing for
liberty. Their natural spirit has .e-
manned uncrushed I'm spite of their
which they ave borne. II the Poles
rise. % may the Firms. The sick man
Of h east may see his opportunity 10
get his clutches once more On the Bal
a provinces. Great Britain may
push her claims In Central Asia. The
great bea is bated Of all Europe. aau
IL Japan car engage It thoroughly on
the east, there will not be lacking
brave ones to attack 1t on tie quart
ers.-Knoxville Sentinel.
The late William c. Whitney spent
his money with a free hand. He. had
q large fortune and he not only enjoy
ed it himself. but spent the income In
such a way as to benefit others. He
a a magnificent home filled with
fine works OF art He kept fast horses
for his own amusement, and he en-
tertained in great style. Wherever be
went he disbursed money by the hun
dreds and thousands, n he was very
liberal towards those in distress. He
chose to spend money in this way
rather than endowing Institutions
which should bear his name and make
him famous. Great wealth is a great
trust. and the question with every on
scientious rich man should be how he
may employ his fortune in such a way
as to bestow the greatest benefits. He
Is entitled. of course, to his own enjoy
ment of 1t, but he Is also under obi
| cations to society and to the world at
observation-disclosures
Two dispatches that may be of great
significance in their bearing upon fu-
ture developments in Russia appeared
in yesterdays Constitution. We refer
to the one from st. Petersburg. an
%nouncing that riots in Finland may
lead to a Finnish uprising, and the ONE
from ConStantinople reporting the al
legged determination of the sultan 81
Turkey to have it out" with the Bull
garians while Russia is fully occupied
in the Far East. If there is truth in
the report that the Firms are secretly
awaiting the Of Russia's cru.
cial weakness to revolt against Russian
authority, n that old Abdul Ham,
and his Balkan enemies are keen t:
take advantage of the same contin.
| gency, then the whole critical question
Of another Turkish var and widespread
internal discussions in Russia becomes
an ominous living issue as the result
of Japan's preliminary victories off thu
! III aAAu lNolSoi g. <AkioAAI
Constitution.
Local sympathy in Augusta is almost
wholly with Japan. Whether this Is
admiration for pluck and dash and the
apparent victor; or sympathy for the
little fellow who is bullied or harasse.
by a giant; or antipathy against the
greed and insatiate aggression of tbs
Russian bear, orr a mingling OF a!
! three, it is a tact that almost uniUer-
sal sympathy is with the Jap in this
locality. Perhaps it grows out of sne
act that America opened the doors OF
Japan and Corea to the outside worti.
and that the sharp-witted Japs have
been SO swift to- adopt American ideas,
in war as we'll as IN industry. that thes
have been dubbed the yankees of ths
Orient. There is much to admire In
the energy, the thrift. the ambition and
the pluck of Japan, but what woul1
be the ultimate efec upon civilization
tt the little yellow man should triumph
In this war furnishes food for reflec-
ion. Fired with victory, and firmly
seated in Corea, and mayhap in Man-
ehuria. in time he might marshal the
sleeping millions Of China in warlike
array and overrun. Europe. by mere
momentum n force of numbers.-A1-
gusta Chronicle.
They have a higTnidea Of the dignity
of labor in South Africa. A CORE
spondent of the Leadon Times recalls
the fact that, after emancipation. the
negroes of Barbados came under the
system of compulsory labor through
natural laws thereby escaping he
moral degeneracy 81 the negroes in
Jamaica. Therefore: a scheme should
be devised for the compulsory labor OF
those natives of South Africa who may
be in no need of working for a subslst-
ence. Regular work and being OBJ
liged to work is a divine law to main
tain at least a decent standard OF
MORALS" is the way The case Is summed
up. Compulsory work should be the
rule wherever there Is any idleness,
whether in South Africa or Pail Mail,
continues the expounder of this heroic
docsriue.-New York cost