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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
ANOTHER DEAL
FOR BANK IS ON
Metropolitan Wanted by
New York Financiers.
STOCK HELD AT A BIG PRICE
Controlling Interest in the Hands of
E. Southland Parker and S. w.
Woodward.

The purchase Of the Traders and CitI-
zens' National Banks bids fair to be
followed bv another and yet more i'm
portant deal. The remarkably high price
offered on the exchange for the stock of
the Metropolitan National Bank gives
rise to the belief that negotiations for
the control of this bank. If not actually
begun, are in process Of preparation.
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NEW YORK.

The yearly report Of Atchison brings
that systems earnings down to June 80
and show 91z per cent earned on the COM
mon stock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
Ever Felt That Death
Would BE Welcome 7

hrs. Hargaret Smith often did until DIR. Ag-
new Cure for the beart gave her new hope
and cured her heart and nerves.
I was for two years n great sufferer
from heart trouble and nervousness. At
times ] was confined to bed, when my
pain was so intense that I would have
welcomed death with Toy. ! was at
tracted 10 Dr. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart by reading OF come wonderful
cures wrought by It. one dose gave me
bottles I can truly say I never felt bet
ter In my life, Margaret Smith. Brus
sells. Ont q
pr Agnew's pills, 90 doses, i1o.
Sod bv
KlOczewskPs Pharmacy, 500 9th 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
Stock Market Shoes No Sign
OF Losing It's Bull Character
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported by W. B. Hibbs & Co.. 141o
Street. Members New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Board Of Trade, and Washington Stock
Exchanged
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

CHICAGO Sept. 1.-THE following
prices were quoted on the grain market
today
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

American stocks in London are decid-
edly strong, with special strength in
Steels, the preferred. and Union Pacific
showing advances Of 81. and Canadian
Pacific of T.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
FOREIGN MAILS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., POST OFFICE NOTICE
should be read daily. IS changes may occur
At any time.
FOREIGN NAILS are dispatched to the ports
arranged or the presumption Il their Unin-
terTupted overland transit. For the week end
ing October I, 1901, the last connecting closes
VIII be made from the MAIN OFFICE as fol-
lows.
Transatlantic Mails.
TUEsDAY-Ca) At 7:l5 pm. for LIVER
POOL. SCOTLAND, IRELAND and FRANCE.
per SIS. Teutonic, nom New York. via Queens
town and Liverpool Mail for other parts Of
EUROPE must be directed per s s. TeutOnic- "
Co At ll:45 I'm. for ITALY direct. per SIS.
Sardegna, from New York. Nail must be d.
rected Per SIS. sardegna.'
(c) At I1:45 pm for DENMARK direct, per
s.s. United States, from New YORK. Mail must
be directed Per SIS. United States"
WEDNESDAN-(aJ Al 7:l5 pm. for EU-
ROPE, per SIS. Deutschland. from New York, via
Plymouth, CEerbOurg, and Hamburg. Mail for
FRANCE must be directed per SIS. Deutsch-
land"
(c) At 1920 pm. for FRANCE, sWTTZER,
LAND, ITALY, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, TURKEY
EGYPT GREECE, and BRITISH INDIA, per S.
La Brctagne. from New York, via Havre. Mai
for other parts Of EUROPE must be directed
"Per SIS Ia Brctagnc."
FRIDAN-tb) AT z.3O pm. for AZORES ISL
ANDN, per S. Pcuinsuiur, from New BedfOTG.
(a) At 7:l5 pm. for EUROPE, PER SIS. St
Paul, from Nav York, via Plymouth and Cher
"Per SIS. 81. Paul"
(a) At 7:l5 pm. for EUROPE. per IS Um.
bria, from New YORK, via Queenstown and Liv
erpool.
(c) At 1I:45 pm. for BELGIUM direct, pc
SIS. krOonland from New York. Mail must b
directed Per SIS. kroonland-"
(c) AT li.4j pm. for SCOTLAND direct, pc
SIS Astoria, from New York. Mail must be di
TeCtcd Per FS. Astoria
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

The greater number Of railway securi-
ties are selling at prices which more
than discount a revival of industrial ac-
tivity, and IN many quarters the attempt
TO advance values beyond current quo
tations is considered extremely rash, es-
pecially as the public shows no dtspo-
sition to come into the market
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

The course # the METROPOLITAN Trac-
ton issues is still as enshrOuded in mys-
terry as ever The stocks, however, seem
To have been left rather more tQ their
own devices.
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After Washington Field.

Two large New York financial institu-
tons are credited with the desire to ac-
quire control of the Metropolitan. The
banks mentioned are the First National
and the Commercial National. Ever
since the National City Bank. of New
York, entered into close relations with
the Riggs National Bank and the Amer
lean Security and Trust Company, the
report has been in circulation that other
important New York banks were intent
upon making similar arrangements
which would enable them to get a firmeT
foothold IL Washington, and through
washington. in the Southern field. The
purchase of the Traders and the Citi-
zrns' and the reported attempt 70 OBJ
tain control of the Metropolitan are
said TO be the OutgrOwth of this move
ment by the New Workers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Market opened weak. , to "A
lower. Noon, barely steady.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS

National Safe Deposit & Trust. l5f& l55
Washington Loan g. Trust......-. 208 2121
American Security a Trust....... 100 2OOh
Union Trust & Storage. .--.....-. 1929 ll2L
Washington Savings Bank. l0i 10
Home Savings Bank.............. li5
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

The August exports of steel rails, bill
lets, bars, structural steel, pig iron and
ore for August will show. II Is said, a
decrease Of nearly 40 per cent when COM
pared with July,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27

The banks lost on Saturday S39S. 900,
and since Friday lost 81 .359. 900. compared
with a loss in the same time week ago
Of 81 90, 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
RAILROAD BONDS.
MISCELLANEOUS

Wash Gas Co., ser. A. ST.. los go.
Wash. Gas Co. ser. B, Gs........ IO5
Washington Gas cert-...---...-.- l19 40
L. s Elec. Light Deb. imp. 6s... lO5M 80.
4. S Flee Light Cert. Ind. 6s... 1888 $50.
Ches & Pot Tel Co. 5s...-...... 1919 IO4s
Wash Market Co, lst 6s.---...-. 100 ..-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
Two Men in Control.

The controlling interests OF the Metro
pOlitan Bank is held by two men-E.
Southland Parker, the president Of the
bank, and $. w. Woodward, of the firm
Of Woodward & LOthrOp- It is under
stood that they Will not part with their
holdings Of stock for less than $500 a
share. and it is believed in some quar-
tiers that even this price will not satisfy
them. Within the last ten days the bid
price on this stock on the local exchange
has advanced $40, buc none has been Of
fered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-27
STOCKS.
NATIONAL BANK STO

Capital Traction Co... 1863 1879
Wash. Ry. Elec. Co. pf.--.--.. lT2 172}i
Wash. Ry & Elec. Co. conf. ~ 10
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16
RESPECT THE PRESIDENT.

| When the smoke of the battle shall
have cleared away, and the campaign
orators shall have returned to their
respective homes, and Theodore Roos-
evelt is elected president of the
United States, there will come a day
when people will have time to weigh
well some of the utterances of the
campaign. There is one thing that
never did look right to us, and new
err will, and that is abusing a presi-
dent while he is holding that high of
flee. In the first place to abuse the
president IS unpatriotic and un-Ama'-
lean. 1t savors Of the lowdown and
the degraded President Roose-
welt is the president of the whole
people, and while he holds that Of
flee every citizen Of this republic, re-
@ardless of creed or race, should re-
spect him. 1t i'll becomes a man Of
the standing of William Jennings
Bryan to stand before the audiences
that are greeting him during the cam
pai2n and offer abuse to the man
whom all should respect as presi-
dent. This nation is too broad and
grand to allow its president to be
publicly derided by public speakers,
even if it is during the heat Of a
campaign. It is all right and proper
to take exceptions to the policies Of a
party, but to ridicule the chief exec
utive-never. Bad minded men and
discontinued foreigners see this and
are encouraged in their cowardlv
deeds. 1t is such speeches as those
made by Bryan and Johnson that in
spires acts of violece in the minds
of the wicked. AS American citizens
let this growing evil be corrected
before it is too late-before the
young minds now budding will be
taught to disrespect the president of
the United States.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

. outlook for the future is more than
usually bright.
All this, as we have stated, is due
to the confidence in the election of a
Republican national ticket at the
polls next month.
The election of Judge Parker and a
Democratic House Of Representa-
tives would reverse all this ami
plunge the country into a condition
of financial and commercial distres ),
such as was only equaled immediate
ly following the election of Grover
Cleveland and with him a Democratic
congress in 1892.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mitchell-Mrs. Mary Mitchell, wild
ow Of the late Patrick Mitchell, died
Thursday night at her home on
Sheridan street, Of dropsy, ged "a
years. She is survived by one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jerry Cornell, of Lafay-
cite, three sons, Charles of Lafay-
cite, and Frank and James Mitchell
of this city. The funeral will occur
Monday morning at 9 o'clock from
ST. Mary's Catholic church
Nolte-Ralph, the six-weeks-old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Afford Nolte,
of 404 West Pearl street, died at the
home of John Koehring. 229 South
Seventh street, Friday evening.
Funeral today at 2 O'Clock from 800
South Seventh street. Rev. Beck
will of1iciate. Interment at Luther
ania.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

The Morrisson-Reeves Library,
which has been undergoing repairs
and re-decoration, is now once more
ready for use The new decorations
are most attractive and it is doubt
full if there is any handsomer Ii
brary in the State. The wall paper IN
the reading and reference rooms has
been removed and the walls and cell
ings decorated in a light golden
shade. The children 5 reading room
has been decorated in terra Gotta,
while the walls of the library hall
have been tinted light grey shade,
The reading and reference rooms will
be open to the public Monday. The
following is is a partial list Of books
that have been added to the library
since June L:
Miscellaneous.
Hartman, japanese Art.
Stephen, History of England.
Thought in the 18th Century. vols.
Kettle, Statesman's Yearbook, 1904
White, History of the Warfare of
Science with Theology. 2 vols.
Taylor, Life of Edward Fitzger-
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Grips, Old English Plate.

| Grips, Old English Plate.
Combe, Doctor Syntax's Three
Tours
Lodge, Peerage, Baronetage and
Knighthood of the British Empire.
Grogan, From the Cape to Cairo.
Catlin, North American Indians. ?
| vols.
Maekall, Early Days Of Washing
/ ton.
Hutton, Literary Landmarks of
Oxford.
Mccarthy, British Political Por-
traits.
| Shoemaker, Great Siberian Rail-
way.
Foster, Fundamental Ideas of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Du Bots, Souls of Black Folk.
Maeterlinck, Buried Temple.
Singleton, Guide to the Opera.
Higgin, Spanish Life in Town and
| Country.
Ogden w Hickling Prescott
(American Men of Letters.)
Sedgwick, Francis Parkman.
american Men of Letters.)
Anger, Crabbe. american Men
of Letters.
Lawless, Maria Edgeworth.
Aver, American Newspaper An
nual.
Gosse, Jeremy Taylor English
Men of Letters.)
Benson, Rosetti. English Men of
Letters.)
Stephen, Hobbies. English Men Of
Letters.)
Acton, Letters to Mary Gladstone.
Weale, Manchu and Muscovite.
Elson, History Of American Music.
Maeterlinck, Double Garden.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16
SUPREMACY Els
SENTIAL TO PROSPERITY.

Not for half a century during a
presidential campaign have we HAD
an industrial and financial condition
such as obtains today throughout the
entire country. Confidence in the
election Of the Republican national
ticket of the Republican House of
Representatives has given an impetus
10 trade which could hardly be ex-
pected even under normal conditions
and is actually even surprising dur
ing a presidential campaign. when
there has always been more or less
hesitancy and doubt in business cir
cles. The level Of stocks today is
higher than it has been for seven
teen months: the railroad earnings
are improving every week: the bank
clearinos are showing in many in
stances record breaking figures, while
the postal business of the country.
which is the surest indication of all
national prosperity, is increasin"
most rapidly day by day in every
portion of the country. The fail
trade is almost phenomenal, and the
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

Iald. 1763-9S.
Wheatley, Story of London.
Myers, Human Personality. ? vols.
Tyler, Letters and Times Of the
Tylers. 3 vols.
Dalziel, Collie; As Show Dog. etc
Lane. All About Dogs.
Hubert, Cumberland Road.
Mathews, Field Book of Wild
Birds and Their Music.
Harlow. Creation Composer.
carpenter, Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow.
Burroughs. John James Audubon.
Bronte, c. f. and A.. Poems.
Gritlis. Verbeck of Japan.
Rock, Money Making and Merry
Making.
Evans. Magic and its Professors.
Woodbridge. Oxford History of Mus
lie. Polyphonic period.
Parry. Oxford History. Music of
18th century.
Maitland. Oxford History, Age of
Bach and Handel.
Caffin. American Masters of Paint
ing.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

Ten years from now, no matter who
Is President. the Government expen-
ditures will be so great that present
disbursements will seem small in
comparison. This is a growing coun-
try.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

The same Democratic doctors who
threw the country into fits in 1898,
Doctors German and Hill, are prepar-
ing another prescription, but it will
be impossible to make the voters be-
ieve they are i'll this year.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

The real Democratic party is a
thing of the past; it is not a thing of
the present. and men like w. J. Bry-
an know it.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

The morning after election the
Democratic machine is always found
in the repair shop awaiting numerous
rectifications of defective parts.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

No question but Judge Parker is
learning. BY keeping silent he makes
each faction of his disrupted party
believe that he is with it.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

\ little study of past history will
convince the first voter that Republi-
can spells opportunity.
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Republican
Ticket

. . = = = = = = . . . . - . .
. NATIONAL. .
. . = o q q q - = = . q . . .
President.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Vice President.
Charles Warren Fairbanks.
= - = . = . = . . = . = . = .
= STATE. .
= . . . . . . . . . . . . . q .
Governo- Frank Hanly.
Lieutenant Governor-Hugh TIL.
Miller.
Secretary Of State-Daniel e.
Storms.
Auditor Of State-David E. Sher-
rick.
Attorney Gene 'A;--Charles w. Mil
ler.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction-Fassatt A. Cotton.
Reporter Of Supreme Court-Geo.
w. Self.
State Statistician-Joseph 81.
Stubs.
Judge Of the Supreme Court, Sec
ond District-Oscar Fl. Montgomery.
Third District-John V. Hadley.
. . = . . . = = . = . = . . . .
. LEGISLATIVE. =
= - - % . - z 80
Congress.
James E. Watson.
Senator.
Roscoe e. Kirkman.
Representative.
DR.. M. w. Veneer.
Joint Representative.
Richard Elliott.
. = . = = . = = = = . . . = . =
COUNTY.
= . 90 - . = . = = . 80
For Sheriff.
Richard S. Smith.
County Recorder.
Frank C. Mosbaugh.
County Treasurer.
Benjamin B. Myrick, Jr.
Surveyor.
Robert A. Howard.
Coroner.
DR.. S. C. Marley.
Commissioner-Middle District.
John F. Dynes.
Prosecuting Attorney.
Wilfred Jessup.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-16

'Tisn't safe to be a day without
DIR. Thomas Electric Oil in the
house. Never can tell wat moment an
accident is going to happen.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24

would scale its towering pinnacled
heights. Then the beautiful Jungfrau,
its peaked summit so long immaculate,
and untrodden by the foot of man;
soon followed by the frowning Monch,
with all its lofty compeers.
But now, quite ten minutes before
the proper time, the rising sun slowly
appears above the horizon; paler how
ever and more wan than his wonted
glory, as though mist were obstruct-
ing its rays. Now he has completely
risen, but instead of gaining in bril-
llancy he becomes yet paler and
paler without any apparent cause,
soon, to the utter astonishment of the
spectators, disappearing from view
as though his fires had died out, and
he was no more to give light and heat
to the world But while we are spec
ulatlng upon the reasons for the ex-
traordinary phenomenon, Immediate
ly beneath the spot where this evanes-
cent luminary melted away into space
itself, the veritable glorious sun him
self majectically and slowly rises to
view; the snOW-mantled surrounding
mountains are bathed in an incarna-
dined flood of richest rose, and in
short time the mists hanging over the
valleys far beneath have dispersed,
and the lovely panorama of lake and
forest, mountain torrent and rocky
gorge, meadow and hamlet, is unfold
ed in all its beauty.
And then we realize that the sun
which we had first seen was but an
atmospheric illusion, a spectral orb
a mock sun.
And SO, too often with ourselves;
we imagine that our own righteous
ness IS sufficient passport to the
gloryland, and that we can safely ig-
more the atonement made for our sins
by the Sun of Righteousness, who
Himself paid the penalty for them on
the cross. But the time will come
when we shall find out that our fan
eied luminary was but a treacherous
mock sun.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24

JOB WORK PROMPTLY DONE
AT THE PALLADIUM.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
A RUSSIAN BEAR STORY.
New York Press.)

There are two kinds Of bears in
Russia. Here is true story Of one:
Two girls, ages 5 and j, were at
tackled by a huge bear and the youn-
ger was carried off, while the alder,
terror-stricl>en, fed home and gave
the alarm. For three days the inhab-
itants of three villages sought in
vain for the lost child. Finally a cor
don was drawn around an extensive
tract of forest, and the searchers,
closing in, discovered the bear and
her booty in dense thicket. The
child was perfectly unframed, and re-
clined in deep, messy couch made
for her by the bear. She had got ov-
er her first fright and had subsisted
fairly well on nuts and other forest
fruits brought her by the gentle mon
ster. The freakish, but kindIy-dis-
posed animal was summarily killed by
the villagers.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
A DOUBLE SUNRISE.
(By A Banker.

IF anyone were solemnly to aver
that he had seen the sun rise twice
on the same day, it would probably
be assumed that he was either suffer
ing from an alteration Of intellect, or
was making an extravagant mis-
statement. The writer, however, did
once have the good fortune to witness
this strange and unusual phenome-
non. He had assembled the Riehi, a
Swiss mountain between five and SIX
thousand feet HIGH, sleeping at the
hotel on the summit in order to see
the sunrise, which from this elevated
spot is a most gorgeous and striking
spectacle. Rising half an hour before
the time for sunrise he stepped out
into the invigorating mountain air in
order to see the first tinges of the
wonderful sun-glow upon the sur
rounding snow-clad monarchs of the
Alps, which, one by one, are lighted
up in a lovely rose-pink hue, while the
intervening valleys are still sunk in
the gloom of night.
The myriads of orbs gemming the
startlit vault of heaven have gradu-
ally faded away from sight with the
advancing dawn, Hesperus the morn
ing star alone remaining, her CULVER
ing fires, too, at length suceumbing
before the near approach Of the orb
of day. And now the pointed peaks
and pyramids of the mighty giants of
the Berner Overland, one after the
other receive his first rose hued rays
first the terrible Finsteraarhorn, loft
lest of them all. whose dark chasms
and beetling preeipices have claimed
so many victims amongst those who
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24

to the present case. Russia saw that
Japan had gained an unprecedented
foothold in a territory that bore vital
relation to her destiny in the Far
East, and forthwith began to make 1t
absolutely uncomfortable for Japan by
overshadowing her with ships and
batteries.
1t may be said that Russia has not
attempted to absorb Korea; but, also,
she has not threatened to absorb
Manchuria. Her original promise was
that Manchuria was to be returned to
Chinese rule, and she even set a time
when her troops were to be with
drawn To put it frankly, Russia has
not kept her word. Today Manchuria
is nearly as much a Russian province
as Siberia. Japan, therefore, mis-
trusts her great adversary. When
she demanded the complete restora-
ton of Manehuria to China, it was
with full misgivings that Russia
would not accede. Japan, although
an intruder In Korea nearly or quite
as much as is Russia in Manchuria,
has been the practical ruler of the
idle, unambitious Koreans for many
wears. The mikado's realm is gradu-
ally growing too small for the ener-
gy and growth Of its forty-fve mil
lion inhabitants, and its people ask,
why should they not emigrate to the
mainland? IF they do, it means that
the Manchurian railway, which the
Russians have built to connect the
Trans-Siberian Railway with the
southern ports, will be obliterated as
distinctly Russian line, and that
Russia s commercial ambitions will
receive a severe set back: hence the
underlying reasons which make the
Russian side Of the grievance.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
Central League Standing.

Terre Haute played at Lafayette
for the last time this season last night
and won the game.
Score Terre Haute. 6; Lafayette.
3. Stops Tibbitts, a; Mullen, 3D.
Referee Kilgara. Attendance S97.
Fouls Wiley, Devlin.
Kokomo played at Fort Wayne last
night and was overwhelmingly de-
feated
Score Fort Wayne, 10; Kokomo,
2. Stops Sutton, SO; eastman, %.
Attendance SCI. Referee Galley.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-24
THE REASON FOR THE
JAPANESE-RU WAR
From Success. J


The real cause of the war between
Japan and Russia are thus clearly
and simply set forth by writer in
the April issue of Success
The provocatives of the war be-
tween Japan and Russia have long
existed. For many years, more es-
peclally since the conflict between
China and Japan, the japanese have
watched the advance Of the Russians
in the Far East with considerable
anxiety. Japan has seen that the
main object of her encroachment has
been to possess the whole of north
eastern Asia, and she has recognized.
with all the intensity of a possible
victim, that the accomplishment of
such an intrusion would destroy her
island kingdom as commercial and
independent power. The argument
which was advanced by Russia TO in
duce Japan to restore Port Arthur to
China, afteh the Chinese-Japanese
war, IS applicable with double force
- : =, -s--aS2