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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22

American conference. Eeld in the cay Of
Mexico In 1901. in whieh the American re-
pecuniary claims arising hereafter Nearly
all Of our troubles with the governments In
Central and South America are due to
pecuniary matters; MISUNDERSTANDING con-
corning concessions and Contracts and
claims for damages and losses suffered in
revolutionary outbreaks
VIII Relieve State Department.
The ratification Of this treaty will relieve
the Department Of State from an immense
amount of trouble and correspondence. At
the same time It win be an assurance that
justice will be done honorable claimants
and that the several governments will be
protected against dishonest claims. More
than half the claims, of citizens of the
United States brought against other Amer
lean governments have very little justice
In them; some are entirely bogus. There
are disgraceful pages in our diplomatic
correspondence which would not have been
written If there had been some tribunal
competent to investigate and determine the
merits of the claims for damages that are
constantly being filed. 1t Is to be hoped
that this treaty will be ratified early in the
approaching session, although thus far the
gentlemen named show no signs of with
drawing their opposition.
The International Arbitration Society is
at work and public meetings will be held
shortly In several cities to express public
approval of the principles involved in the
treaties and to support the policy of the
administration in its negotiations. A large
committee in New York, of which John
Crosby Brown is chairman, Is arranging for
a mass meeting to be held at Carnegie Hall
on December 16. Mayor Mcclellan will pre-
side and addresses will be made by Arch
bishop Ireland. Governor OdelI. Andrew
Carnegie and John Mitchell.
John Wanamaker is chairman of the
Philadelphia branch, which proposes to hold
a meeting at the Academy of Music on the
9th or 18th of December.
Tile permanent committee in Chicago. of
which President James of the University of
Illinois is president. and Jacob M. Dickn
son, Robert 7. Lincoln and Lambert Tree
vice presidents. will arrange for meeting
in that city, and similar demonstrations will
be held in San Francisco, Nashville Rich
mond, Va, Atlanta and other cities.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
RUSSIANS QUIT DA PASS.
Compelled to Retire Before Jap Ad'
vance-Ereouent Skirmishes.


A cablegram from Mukden last night
says: The Russian attachments occupying
Da Pass have retired before the Japanese
column. 1000 strong.
The Japanese are reported to be advano-
ing toward Sintsintin.
Since the Japanese failed in the attack
which they made on Poutilof Hill. Novem-
Der 1S, the old order of affairs has been
resumed. There are frequent skirmishes.
particularly in the vicinity Of the Russian
center. where both sides have daily clashed.
There was an exchange of artillery f1re dur
ing the greater part of November 20.
It appears that the affair OF November
IS was a reconnaissance in force, and that
had it been successful. It was to be followed
by general attack. The japanese got
within thirty PAGES OF the Russian outer
positions before being driven back. They
left over a hundred dead on the field.
The Russian soldiers are quite comforta-
BILE in their dugouts. The weather contin-
cording IS degrees Of frost. The frost Is
ACCOMPANIED by high winds. which carry
clouds of dust
patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Mukden
reports that the reconnaissance fights have
assumed O. more violent character during
the past few days. Particularly hot was
the fighting on Poutiloff Hill Lone Tree
HID, where the japanese were repulsed
with the loss Of over one hundred killed.
All signs indicate that great events are
imminent. The road to Somintin, owing
to the excellent patrol service. Is quite
safe from Chinese bandits. thus guaran-
teeing unhindered communication with
Tientsfn, and establishing second line Of
intercourse with the outside world
The health Of the troops Is excellent
The Russians admire the cleanliness. per-
feet order, ana equipment OF the Japanese.
One does not see any trace OF race hatred.
II q 8 fact that the Japanese return
through French INTERPRETATION all yalua bles
found on dead Russians. This has made q
deem Impression here and Il reciprocated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22

Grand Duke OF Hesse, who was divorced
from his cousin, Princess Victoria of Sake
Coburg. in 1901, to the Princess Eleonor of
Solms-Hohensolms-Lic
The torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones has
arrived from Magdalena bay. The Jones has
been engaged in target practice at Magda-
lena with the other vessels of the Pacific
squadron. but is now expected to remain
here for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
staunton Academy Visited by Fire.

Early yesterday morning fire totally de-
stroyed the main barracks and new bar
racks. gymnasium and main school room
Of the Staunton CYa) Military Academy.
and also two stables belonging to Colonel
Edmondson on an adjoining lot. 1t was
with great difficulty that the large dwelling
on the grounds and buildings on nearby
lots were saved. 1t is supposed that the fire
was caused from a short circuit in the cleo
trlc wiring The fire started in the new
barracks over the large school room. and
soon spread to the main barracks. Owing
to the fact that the school is as high as
the reservoir. the water supply was inef-
fective. Some Of the cadets had narrow es-
capes and a number only managed to get
two or three pieces Of wearing apparel. No
one was seriously hurt. however. The dam
age will probably reach SIS. 900. with small
insurance. About 115 cadets were quar-
tered In the burned buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
Roosevelt for Arbiter in Panama Case

A movement Is on foot at London to
induce President Roosevelt to arbitrate
the difference between Panama and the
corporation OF foreign bondholders In re-
gard to the Colombian debt. A meeting
of the Colombia committee OF the corpora
ton has been summoned to consider the best
means OF recovery from Panama Of por-
ton Of the sl0.ooo,O00 paid by the United
States In connection with the canal, and It
Is proposed to call public meeting Of the
Colombian bondholders for the purpose OF
requesting President Roosevelt to arbitrate
as to the proportion Of this amount the rev
republic ought 70 pay toward thA NQuioa-
ton Of Col0mbia's debt;
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
THE PATHS OF PEACE
Secretary Hay Negotiating
Arbitration Treaties.
TEXT Is IDENTICAL
SOME NATIONS WILL GO FARTHER
THAN OTHERS.
The Matter Will Be Shortly Sent to
the Senate for Its Considera-
ton and Action.
TEXT rs IDENTICAL
BY VIM. E. CURTIS.


Written for The Evening Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
Secretary Hay is negotiating a series of
arbitration treaties with the nations of Eu-
rope and America, which, although they do
not go so far as he would wish, will be rec
ognized as of extreme importance because
they are long step in advance, and fasten
the arbitration principle permanently in in
ternationaI law and intercourse. The treaty
with France has already been, signed. the
text of treaties with Germany and Switzer-
land are ready for signatures, and others
with Mexico, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Hol-
land and Portugal are being prepared. The
text is identical in every case; and indeed.
to secure that point. so that the obligations
of all the nations interested shall be the
same, Secretary Hay has not gone as far
as some of the governments were willing
to go. Italy, for example. is willing to sub
NIT all questions to arbitration before the
permanent tribunal at The Hague. Argen-
tine and Chile are willing to go almost as
far, and submit all questions that may
arise in the future, except those which af-
feet their independence. They have come to
an AMIGA BILE understanding concerning their
boundary lines. and both have agreed to
disarm. For twenty years those two ma
tons have been shaking their fists at each
other and preparing for a desperate strug-
gle. Both have expended enormous sums
for Notifications navies and munitions of
war and have kept large bodies of men
under arms; but they are now sending their
troops back to their farms and shops and
are selling their ships-of-war to other ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22

Frank L. Brown, clerk Of the United
States district court. and for many years q
Kansas politician. y dead ct Topeka, Kama.
Of typhoid fever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22

Piso's Cure II e1ectuai remedy for cold on tho
lungs. All druggists'. sc. per bottls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
France Takes Advanced Position.

France is also taking an advanced position
and is willing to go almost as far as Italy
She has recently concluded a treaty with
Great Britain, which provides that "all diff
ferences of judicial order. or relating to
the Interpretation of existing treaties be-
tween the two contracting parties, which
may arise and which 1t may not have been
possible to settle by diplomacy, shall be
submitted to the permanent court of arbi-
tration established by the convention of
July 20, 1899, at The Hague, on condition
that neither the vital interests nor the in
dependence or honor Of the two contracting
states, nor the interests of any other state
than the two contracting states are in
volved."
The treaties which Secretary Hay Is ne
gotiating contain practically the same lin
itations. The nations named agree to sub
nit to arbitration all differences that NAV
hereafter arise with the government of the
United States concerning pecunary claims
the interests of their citizens and corpora
lions and all other matters except those
which involve national Independence, terri
tory and honor. The Hague conference did
not make arbitration compulsory, and the
slgnatory powers gave no pledges. They
simply pronounced arbitration a desirable
method of determining controversies and
each reserved to itself the right to decide
as disputes arise, whether or not they shall
be submitted to the tribunal. The action Of
the conference. therefore, was nothing more
than the manifestation Of a moral senti-
ment which has since been growing SO rap
idly that arbitration is no longer fad or
philanthropy but is regarded as practical
method of settling controversies that hith-
erto. in many cases. would have provoked
hcstilities.
The new series of treaties, which will
probably be initiated by other nations, are
the embodiment of the principle into inter-
national law and practice, and thus long
step in advance fThe Hague conference has
been taken. 1t is assumed that If the nations
named are willing to submit their contro-
verses with the United States to The
Hague tribunal, they will be equally ready
to submit those with other nations, and.
hence, within the next year or two, 1t is
expected that all of the governments of the
earth will come into the circle.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forum for Single Takers

that there is not room enough, for L.
708, 230, 900 acres lies almost uninhab-
tied.
The fault is not in our size, Mr..
President, but in ourselves. Through
our amazingly unjust governmental
policy, the God-given right to free use
of the earth is denied men, and
through the subtle processes OF ma
ture we are paying the penalty she
exacts for disobedience to her law. We
have put the birthrights OF all men :
both those that are, and those that
are to come--up for sale, with the re-
suit that four-fifths of it has prac-
tically been taken from the market
by high price, and the power OF mo-
nopoly to withhold it from use.
This same inequitable arrangement
produces unreasonable inequalities
and the unjust distribution of wealth,
which so deeply disgraces this dem
ocracy.
The remedy lies in free land-free-
dom from monopoly. Not the few re-
mote acres still possessed by the gov
eminent, which are said to be free,
but every acre of these United States
lakes and rivers, farm lands ana
city lots, mineral and timber lands,
etc. They belong equally to all men,
and to all men should be offered
equally the use of them. Their rental
values, taken yearly by the govern
ment, and expended for the equal ben
eft of all the people, would secure to
each his rights in and upon the eartn.
Give me a single state, under such
system of equity, and / could de-
populate the surrounding states
merchants, laborers, foreigners, ras-
Gals, thieves, and all-not to the detri-
ment Of the particular state, but OF
the states from whence they came.
The criminals of England, deported
to Australia and given free access
to land-became the aristocracy and
statesmen of Australasia Justice be-
gets freedom, and freedom begets men.
Mirabeau says
Everything that breathes must OBJ
tain it's nourishment by labor. This
Is the first law of nature, anterior to
all human convention; it is the con-
Meeting bond of society; for every man
who finds nothing but refusal to his
offer to work in exchange for his sub
| sistence becomes the natural and law
full enemy Of other men and has a
right of private war against society,""
E. O. BAILEY.
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Thedtre-G0ing

Cincinnati, April II, 1904-At the
Vine Street Congregational church,
the pastor, Herbert s. Bigelow,
preached on "The Sermon in the
Bells" Mr.. Bigelow spoke of the no.
ble use to which the theatre might
le rat and cited Sir Henry Irving's
famous play as an example. He said
i'll part:
The eC' victions of one age become
the superstitions of the next and old
customs melt away like snow drifts
ii early spring. With grim theology
ard severe manners our Puritan fore
fathers sought the wilds of America,
no. that they might establish religious
freedom, but that they might be free
to f,ice their own gloomy views OF
lie upon their neighbors.
Theatre-going was one of the vices
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

if my age and health would permit"
Mr.. Conover is Is years OF age, but ras
lost none Of his interest in the cause
OF populism. 1t is to be hoped that
his health will 1e such that he can be
at Springfield July 4.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21
I. II. Hatfield Attorney
DISTRICT COURT, LANCASTER COUNTY,
NEBRASKA

NEBRASKA
In the matter OF the estate of Charles H. Harri.
son:
This cause came on to be hard upon the petit
ton OF /. r Harrison, administrator of the es-
tate of Charles III. HARRISON deceased, praying
tor license to sell lot No. 20 in Yates & Thomp-
sons subdivision of lot II, in the northwest
caster county, Nebraska Tor the payment of
debts against said estate and the costs of adj.
ministraton.
lt IS therefore ordered that all persons inter-
ested In said estate appear before me at the dis.
trict court. Lincoln, Nebraska on rhe 31si dav
OF May, 1904, at 10 O'Clock a. IN. to show cause
why a license should not be granted to said ad-
and expenses.
April Is. 1904. EP HOLMEs
Judge District Court
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

James G. Young, Monroe county, w.
Va: Il am populist in principle,
but we are dead here, fear, as most
OF my populist friends went over TO
the republicans last election-just as
far away from our principles as tLey
could get. However, see one of them
has enrolled in the Old Guard"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

w. W. conover, Of iuntcrdon coun-
~. ~ j.. was ono ~ the Barker dr.
trict electors In 1900 lie has re-
Gently enrolled AZ member Of tie
old Guard Of populism sending a aoi.
lar 10 help the work along. Tie be-
llevcs there are good many 'popullsla
vet In hiu county, bat the lack of Or
ganlAati0n renders n dllheult a. know
all ~ them. he says. n would he clad
10 attene the springfield convention
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

Capt. G. w. Floyd, Westchester
county. N. Y: "All aboard for Spring.
field. ILL.,. July 4, 1904! To every word
of Bro. A. G. Van Tine, respond with
l6 to l hurrah! hurrah! All aboard!"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

=. Il. Langham. Arkansas county.
Ark: II am with You Count me in
your list NJ rcfcFmers for all tune. 1
am In the cause from principle aud
not for Office.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

t. A. Burman Greer county, Okla.:
Age and feeble health prevent me
from taking an active part In the
work. My heart Is with you. Success
To populism."
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

VIM. Il, Singleton. Arkansas eoun-
~, Tes,, one ~ the pioneer reiofmsfs
~ the Lone star state. writes. FL
like The Indcpe ndent. send II until
the result W the election Nv known"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

c. w. Edwards. Greer county. Okla:
Il am pleased 10 see the Old Guard
lining up so rapidly. Give II to the
plutes red hot
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

u. w Brown, Carroll county. Ca:
II am very much pleased with Tie
Independent
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

VI ApI1i Ii you Sdy nc teAcS tOh
ground values in British municipali-
ties) will have to be paid and the
money will have to be earned to 90
it." And you ask, Who will earn the
money!"
/ predict that you will receive dozens
of replies like my own, namely: No
one will earn the money. That is, no
one will have to earn to pay those
taxes any money which he would not
have had to earn and to pay just the
same If no such taxes had been I'M
posed. The owners of the land must
pay the taxes thereon out of their own
pockets, and it is probably safe to as
sumo that practically no landlords III
British municipalities have to earn
their money Neither will they raise
rents on account OF the tax. Because
their rents are already and always
close up to the limit of value, and the
tax on the bare land will in no way
tend to make land scarcer or to check
building or to create any kind Of con-
dition s--hich would enable landlords
to raise rents, but on the contrary.
Does not the editor agree with us in
this conte ion?
GEO. B. ROUNSEVELL.
Cuba, N. Y.
Editor Independents. president
Roosevelt's recent message to con-
gress contains a sentence that de-
serves analysis. Regarding immigra-
ton he says that I'VE cannot have too
much immigration of the right kind,
and we should have none at all OF the
wrong kind" Considerable comment
has been made in the press upon this
question indicating fear from the in
f1ux OF foreigners-b Of the fright
kind" as well as the wrong kind"
However true the presidents conclu-
sions may be under present condi-
tons, | could better agree with him
had he written but the first six words,
viz: I'VE cannot have too much immi-
grafton"
In country as vast as are these
United States, under conditions that
would assure equal rights to the nat
ural opportunities wsuch as o. demo-
cratic government should assure-we
could absorb and develop into gooa
citizens the entire population of the
civilized void. One has but to put
such an astounding proposition to a
mental analysis to prove it sound. We
all live, in the last analysis, upon the
products of land. In the United States
only one-fifth of the land is In actual
use, and little of this is put to its
best use. This one-fifth supports So
100000 of people. At this rate, the
whole country would sustain 100000
GOO. Little Japan, with an area equal
to two of our average states, supports
a population of 100000 Yet IN
japan only one-fifth of the land is cuI-
tivated. If the United States were
as thickly populated as Japan it would
sustain population Of LOTS, 900, coo,
or considerably more than the pop
ulation of the civilized world.
Why is it then that we seem over.
populated and thot already vagrant
horde infests our highways, while
millions live-crowded like cattle III
slaughter pens-within the confines OF
our cities? 1t cannot be that the Land
/ Will not support them, for four-fifths
OF 1t is not yet in use; nor can it be
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

&, Lady. Carmack. Ky. n like TAs
independent IL stands for justits.-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-21

that there is not room enough, for L.,
708, 230,0 900 acres lies almost uninhab-
tied