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Kuropatkin.

We should all receive with reserve the
statement that General Kuropatkin is max
ing his present dispositions in obedience to
orders showing Impotence with him at St.
Petersburg. Impatience probably exists
there. He predicted 1t when he left for
the front. But he is an old soldier and a
capable and determined one. and knows
how much Importance to attach to sug-
gestons coming from bomb-proofs at a dis
lance. His task must be the most difficult
he has ever assumed He has taken up
the work of bungling beginners and con-
fronts armies heartened by uninterrupted
successes If he should succeed at any
point 1t would be in the circumstances an
extraordinary performance. If he fails en-
tirey it Will be but another evidence of
how stupid and criminal the whole Rus
sian venture has been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
The st. Louis Platform.

With reference to the tariff plank of the
st. Louis platform the New York Sun says:
The democratic party showed in 1894
that 1t was. in acts and effect. protec-
ZIONIST party. no matter what its historical
position as to the tariff. and no matter with
what passion of rhetoric 1t had whimpered
for a tariff for revenue only in 1892
''SinCe then the democratic protectioniSts
have been increasing. The growth of manu-
features In the south Is likely to reverse IN
no long time the traditional economic tenets
of the southern democrats. The number Of
robbers wakes rapidly.
Certain southern and western politicians
have the habit of rolling. as sweet mOrsel.
under their tongues this ancient and hshy
flubdub about protection and robbery. They
like it. 1t doesn't hurt anybody else. There
is no tariff scare In 1t. In power the
democrats wouldn't knock out protection II
they could. and couldn't If they would.
Judge Parker might we'll regard the pro-
tection-as-robbery phrase as mere surplus
age and Stuffing.
The citation from history is correct
and the prediction made may be safe. At
any rate the democratic leader who in
1894 smashed the free trade program of
his party is now on deck, and is still
proteCtioniSt. Mr.. German is ready at
any time for another Wilson tariff bill.
And yet it is fact that votes will be
licited and cast for Judge Parker on the
ton is robbery" Does he himself sub
scribe to the proposition?
And how about the reference in the
platform to the Philippines? That is be-
ing construed by the anti-imperialists as
a promise on the part of the democracy
to haul down the flag in the archipelago
at very early day: and on the strength
of that construction they are supporting
Judge Parker. Does not the Sun regard
that plank also as ''surplusage and stuff
fing?' And does it not expect Judge
Parker so to regard 1t?
If. then. Judge Parker meets the SUMS
expectations. and in his letter of ac-
ceptance knocks the 'surplusage and stuff
fling out of the st. Louis platform. what
will remain of that document? If he does
not. but accepts in the platform what the
free traders find there on the tariff aues-
ton. and what the anti-imperialists find
there on the Philippine question. what will
the Sun do?
Support the ticket on it's old platform Of
mo force bill. no negro domination?'
Judge Parker should speak very plainly.
The catastrophe that followed the demo-
cratic triumph of 1892 was the fruit of a
juggle. The free traders thought they were
voting for a revision of the tariff on reve-
nue. lines. and the free coinage men for a
presidential candidate who would do the
fair thing by silver" Both were bitterly
misled. and party disruption. accompanied
by a whirlwind of objurgations that could
not be printed, followed. That history
ought not to be repeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
IhaSa Entered

6rItiSh troops in Lhasa, at the foot of the
sacred mountain on which stands tba ,,.,I.,ca
or tie grand lama! The situation is supp.s
1--WE or the remarkable changes which have
occurred in Asia during the past few wears
Lhasa the impenetrable, the unapproach-
aole, Lhasa the sacred city of the most
molly OF the Buddhist priests Is entered ar
last' ana by the soldiers of England at that
VI years the spectacle of Thibet defying
travellers seeking adventure and enlght-
ehment has been more or less placidIy ac-
copied by the world A few intrepid ones
nave penetrated into the forbidden pre.
chcts OF the country. and some have even
Bole SO lar as Lhasa, though under guard
ana IN great danger of death. But no one
was ever made welcome there without the
most riSidly scrutinized credentials from
some mysterious source in China
The founghusband expedition across the
himaiayas, escorted by troops under COM
mand of General Macdonald has tof its
ostensible object the execution of an eff
fecttve treaty with the Thibetans, giving
the right of free trade across the frontiers
1t IL actually. without a doubt intended to
establish the British authority at Lhasa as
dominant, as against that of Russia 1t is
suspected that Russian intrigue has reached
the lamas and that the stubborn resistance
TO the British advance across the noun
tains was due in large measure to the sug-
gestions from st. Petersburg. There was
mention in some of the earlier dispatches
indeed of surprise on the part of the
Thibetans that they We're not being rein
forced by Russian troops.
England chose a favorable moment for
the enterprise. with Russia thoroughly oc-
cupied in Manchuria and In no position to
undertake physically difficult and polit-
ically hazardous expedition on her own ac-
count into Thibet from the north. 1t is now
too late for more than diplomatic repre-
sensations, If Russia should in fact assume
any position whatever in the open with re-
gard to the British invasion of Thibet
which is unlikely While on it's face con
fined to trade questions. this treaty. In
view of the unparalleled circumstances oil
its negotiation-to give the process It's
softer name-will be accepted by the world
at least for the present. as a token OF
Thibet's subordination TO England There
Is likely To be no attempt on the part OF the
latter to establish a suzerainty over Thlbet
but the way across the mountains having
once heen broken and the real military
character of the Thibetans measured. sons
sort of British political establishment al
Lhasa is not unlikely in the future.
Indeed il is not too much to believe that
within a couple of decades Lhasa Will be
freely opened to the worlds travel Nc
such barriers As have just been broker
down by the Younghusba nd Macdonald col
umn can ever again be erected with pros
pect of enduring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
The War Situation.

The official Russian reports of a Japanese
repulse at Port Arthur during the week be-
fore last tend to corroboratc the statements
sent from ChefoO a few days ago. The
losses of the assailants We're in the latter
dispatches placed ut 20.00. while General
Stoessei in his report to the car. says that
according To statements of Chinese ana
prisoners the Japanese lost as many as
10000. 1t IL obvious that the estimates are
based upon no certain ground of knowledge
but 1t is also evident that If this official
report is true the Japanese attack was un-
successful and that it cost heavily. IL Is
important. however. TO note that the official
reports couCode a Russian loss Of over
1880 men and officers. Such loss tells
more heavily on the small garrison of
Port Arthur Hlan IL much heavier loss on
the japanese side with it's larger resources
and reserves. There has been plenty of
time to hear from Tokyo and the silence
there on the subject of this unsuccessful
attack remains uubrokcR and Is suggestive
of the possibility that the Japanese losses
are not so great as Gen. Stoessel indicates.
Operations north or the Lao Tung PEN
insula are seemingly at standstill. 40 far
as Immediately important Developments are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Wednesday at Esopus.

This Is a week big with Caesar and with
fate. on Wednesday Judge Parker will be
notified of his nomination and will accept
it His speech is not expected to be as full
a. the letter to follow. but should he full
enough to show where the candidate stands.
or what he considers the exigencies to be.
with respect to the leading issues oil the
campaign. He Is assured of a large and
respectful audience. The whole country
viii he at attention, and the sale of news
papers should be gratifying to the circuit
tion department from one end of the couu-
try to the other.
Speculation now as to the .deliverance
would he idle. But one thing is certain:
The democrats going to like it. ~ long
line of approving adjectives. carefully Sc
lected and marshaled, will instantly appear
and perform their duty.
The story is familiar of the young tender
foot who applied at a frontier bar for re-
fIeshment. TN take little pale ale" he
said in a low voice to the barkeeper. Pale
ale,' repeated the barkeeper. with undis-
guised contempt in his tone you'll take
red ticker. And you'll drink it out of a tin
cup And you'll like it" This with a firm
expression of face on the pant of the bar
keeper. closed the incident.
Here are democrats VINO would ike 10
have a little pale ale. Many former Bry-
arites hope that the gold question may not
be unduly emphasized. Protectionists like
Mi German and his lieutenants would
relish Il straddle on the tariff. That phrase
In the platform Protection is robbery
haunts and disturbs them. Newspapers
like TIE New York Sun would in the T
hearts resent an encouragement of the anti
imperialists in the treatment of the Philip
pine question. Ana so ON.
VIII Judge Parker crafty these men and
newspapers? Or will he force them to take
red Ticker and drink 1t out of a tin Gun?
If he should, they'll like 1t. He Is supreme
In his place so far they are concerned.
There is no danger to be apprehended from
a noisy convention in the hands of men
fretfui and fatigued from protracted
Wrangings. The nomination Is nailed down.
and the campaign is on. Praise that has
deem spoken of him cannot easily be re-
called. Many things will require that II he
added to. Wednesday is the day. What
VIII Judge Parker say? The tenderfoot is
bat one of millions in his interest in the
matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

concerned. Kuropatkin Ia evidently con-
centrating his forces somewhere between
Anshanshan and Lao Yang. with the latter
city as his center. He Is being steadily en-
veloped. however, a report from Lao lang
stating that the Japanese are advancing
from the west as we'll as from the south
and east This means that the troops
recently landed at Yin Kow. the port OF
Niuchwang have been sent up country to
take the Russians on the flank from new
quarter. There Is also a Russian report
that the japanese are marching on Mukden.
thus apparently trying to cut kuropatkin
off from a general retreat before giving
battle at Lao Yang.
There has been no doubt for some time
that the Japanese forces in southern Man
churia are considerably larger than the
Russian army One report indicated that
kuropatkin was being confronted on three
sides with fully 100000 men, Another
placed the Japanese strength at above UV'-
900 but this estimate evidently included the
men engaged at Port Arthur. 1t Is hardly
likely that there are that many engaged In
the triple movement toward the north In any
case Kuropatkin certainly has not enough
men to withstand the Japanese attack. Tar
less to assume the offensive. II disaster
Overtakes him and a considerable body or
bis troops is cut Off and destroyed or cap
tured his general position will be precarious
In the extreme and an immediate retreat to
Hardin will be inevitable If possible.
This advance of the Japanese toward
Mukden in some respects resembles that OF
Lord Roberts from Bloemfontein to Pre-
toria In the Boer war. He accomplished by
successive thanking attacks infinitely more
than had his predecessors In the field In
frontal attacks. He did not. however. OPP
crate his forces In three distinct bodies.
as are the Japanese In Manchuria. but roll
ed his mobile army back and forth to out
flank the Beers first on the right and then
on the left. driving them thus without
check along a generally straight line of re-
treat In the case there was no railroad
line to hold the Beers in position. The
Russians are finding the railroad as much
of menace as an aid for it restricts their
movements even while 1t serves as a
means of communication and supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
The "Unsafe" President.
Philadelphia Inquirer

From the PhlIaupIpnId
safe and sane is the campaign cry
that the democrats are raising. They are
not going to bother about the sound money
question They are going to side-track
their old theories for the moment and shout
the tidngs throughout the land that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not a safe man to have
at the head of the nation. They say Of him
that he is dangerous; that he is likely
to plunge the country into war and so on.
Safety and sanity. according to them. can
be found only under the hat of the jurist
of Esopus.
1t is going to bother these democratic
orators and managers just a little to dis
cover in what particular Roosevelt is not
safe. He has had pretty lively admins
tration. with very grave subjects crowding
In upon him. Has anybody yet found even
a possibility of danger to the nation In
his policy? Then where does the unmean-
ing charge of unsafeness come in? Won't
some one please tell?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

secret associations have many faminca-
lions which baf1e the American police.
Speaking an allen language. and none other
to very large extent. they are able to
conceal their purposes and ideas from the
authorities. It Is suspected that there ex-
lists in New York secret society engaged
In the collection of blackmail from all who
can be frightened by threats Of violence.
This organization Is known as the BLACK
Hand" and its crudely written letters occa-
eionally spread terror among small trades
men and other Italians OF means In the
big city. Whether this bomb explosion was
a sign given by the BLACK Hand that 1T
Is capable of executing It's threats Of vio-
lence should If possible be ascertained to
the end that this Infamous gang of GRIM
inals may be identified and exterminated.
This is one of incidental evils of liberal
immigration laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
italian Criminals in America

An Italian threw bomb into crowd of
men. women and children In New York
Saturday night and its explosion caused
many injuries. The police learned of the
crime only by. chance and have had the
greatest difficulty in gaining information
as to the circumstances. The m'screant,
who was severely hurt and captured later
in his home. las refused to explain his mo-
tive The greatest mystery surrounds the
case. This is unfortunately character
istic feature of many crimes which affect
the poorer class of Italians who have come
to this country. They work h the dark
against each other and their 1euds and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
The Retrospective Person.

He never thinks man is truly great until
he's dead.
And then he wipes away tear and quotes
what he has said.
He talks about the nations that long since
have passed away.
And mourns when he compares them with
the nations of today.
He talks about his boyhood and the fun
that folks had then;
He talks about the actors that we ne'er
shall see again.
He vows that everything worth while long
since has gone before.
And life to him is just one grand, sweet
funeral-nOthing more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Facts,
From the Richmond Times-Dispatc

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
1t has been the joke of ages and is the
joke today that lawyers and newspapers
are great liars. In point Of fact the lawyers
and the newspaper men of the day are
doing as much, at least, as people in other
professions or trades in searching for facts
and in making them public. and In 80 doing
they are doing their part toward uprooting
error and toward purifying the moral at
mosphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Impostors,
From the New York Tribune.

Fair minded investigators of the habits
and ways of the street beggars of this city
are convinced that nearly all of them are
as arrant impostors those of Naples and
COnstantinople. When arrests of these
mendicants are made 1t is often found that
they have considerable sums In their
clothes and bank books at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
The Ba sis Of His Esteem.

TT is proper to respect an office under
the government" said the patriotic citi-
zen, ''even if you do not happen. to ap-
prove of the man who holds it."
"Of course" answered Senator Sorghum
TT is to the office that the salary and per-
quisites are attached; not to the indvid-
ual."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

In view of its newly developed impor-
lance as a stepping stone to national prom
inence the judgeship of the New York
court of appeals will be an object of even
greater consideration than before among
New York laWyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Seeing Things.

You still insist that our financial system
is confronting a crisis?'
Yes" answered the man whose mind Is
never at ease, with gold getting more
plentiful and food and fuel becoming
scarcer, a revolution in the methods of
commercial exchange is inevitable!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

If the law can do nothing to prevent ex-
cursion boats of doubtful seaworthiness
from carrying passengers second thought
on the part of pleasure seekers may do
something to limit the danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

1t is matter Of regret that the beef
packers could not make up the. difference
in the pay roll by charging foreign con-
sumers as much as Americans have to pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Tammany's assurance that the vote OF
New York state will be presented to Judge
Parker will not be convincing without an
up-the-state ratification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

The japanese are now at liberty to en-
plov aerial war mechanism If they choose,
but seem content to rely on their present
outfit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Some time ago the Russians were ar
ranging schedules for their arrival at vari-
GUS towns. Lately they have been conf1n-
ing their attention to the departures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

The discovery Of government statisti-
clans that there Is a slight percentage Of
increase in the average size Of families Is
reassuring. The American public is in no
immediate danger Of race suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Rewards.

The campaign now is under way
And statesmen toll with zeal intense.
AS usual, some will get the pay
And some will get experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Tammany critcises the abuses, extor-
lions and Determinations of a high pro-
tective tariff" 1t sounds like some of the
language applied to New York's police sys-
tam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Ex-Cotton King Sully set out to put a
mortgage on a public necessity and is enti-
tied to scant sympathy when he finds him
self beset by creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Senator Hoar. like any other American
citizen. Is entitled to an occasional attack
~ 'rheumatiz' without being made the
subject of exaggerated anxiety
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Don brag because you happens to be
little lucky" said Uncle Eben. If de hen
wouldn't cackle so loud about de egg she
done laid. de white folks wouldn be so IL
BILE to rob de nes'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Senator German consents to attend
enough conferences to prevent the impress
sion that he has given up hope of demo-
cratic success ..... e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
SHOOTING STARS.
Retalia ION.

You seem to think you know a heap
about how town folks ought to run their
AFFAIRS" said Mr.. Corntossel, disapprov-
lngly.
We'll" answered the farmer, m only
gettin even with the city people that hang
around here every summer tellin' me how
I ought to run my farm"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

The summer has had its annoyances' out
the failure to revive the silly kissing-ous
myth is something Of a compensation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

Newport has been less active than usual
In it's annual celebrations of the silly sea-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

China continues to wait passively to find
out who the actual boss of Asia is going
to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08

DIn order to avoid delays on account OF
personal absence, letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ofice. but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bust
ness Departments, according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
Learning to Be Safe and Sane,

Learning TO De SaIe ana sane.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Now that he has learned to smoke Ed
ward Atkinson will have to assign indiges-
ton as the cause for his eccentric thoughts
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-05-24

The action of Chief Rogers in resisting the sut now
pending in the United States court Of claims brought by
the white ntermarred citizens Of the Cherokee Naton
is the subject Of much comment among all classes OF
Cherokee citizens The thing that caused the Chief to
finally determine to oppose this class Of citizens u Is
said was their recent action, through Attorney w T.
Hutchngs to bring suit against the Cherokees Tor money
alleged to be due them account Of back payments oil
per capita money in which they dia not share Chief
Rogers and his advisors believe it would take large por-
tion of the tribal invested funds to meet this demand
and therefore believes that it should be vigorously op
posed and has instructed the attorney for the Chero
kee Nation Mr Parker Those familiar with the status
Of the adopted white people in the Cherokee Nation are
generally agreed that the nation will make strong sho"
n IN the courts against this contention The question
win involve the validity of treaties, and Of the Cherokee
constitution bearing the question The CheroKees
assumed jurisdiction over the ntemarried whites and
70 do this they necessarily had to confer upon them ct
zenship The whites have been subject to the laws ana
sages of the tribe as much have citizens by blood