Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-06-02

1t has been arranged that Secretary
of War Taft, a number Of senators and
congressman, together with ladies OF
their families will visit Japan pretty
soon and be received by the emperor.
Miss Alice Roosevelt Is to be one OF
the. party II Is said that the Russian
ambassador to the United States called
on President Roosevelt a few days ago
to protest against the proposed visit,
on the ground that it would give the
impression that the United States
sides with Japan as against Russia
The president is represented as having
expressed himself as being sorry that
the ambassador should take such a
view Of the matter.
"A statement made public at the de-
partment Of commerce last Thursday
shows that 521.320 immigrants ar
rived at ports Of the United States
In the six months ended April
30 last. This Is an increase OF
20 per cent over the arrivals
for. the corresponding period OF
lsO2-O3. Arrivals from Russia continue
TO increase with great rapidity, more
than $4,000 having registered from that
country In the six months ended April
20. as compared with $1,000 in the cor
responding period of 1s02-0S, a gain
of g. per cent. 1t Is stated at the de-
partment that total arrivals for the
fiscal year ending June 80 will be In
excess of 1,000, 900, which will be the
high water mark Nearly 100000 had
arrived up to April 80.
New York, May 30: In stirring
address made at the unveiling OF big
statue Of Gen. Henry w. Slocum IN
Brooklyn today, President RooseVeit
paid splendid tribute to the men VINO
composed the Northern armies, but
did not forget those Of the Southern
hosts. Most notable in his speech was
an expression of his hope that as the
nation increased in strength, there
would come a corresponding increase
In its sense of responsibility which
should prevent its people from either
injuring or insulting other people; also
his declaration that the surest way Tor
a nation to invite disaster Is TO De
opulent, aggressive and unarmed. Sig
nificant, in the light of recent events,
was his assertion that "If our navy Is
good enough we have long career OF
peace and prosperity before US, ana
the only likelihood of trouble ever
coming to US as q nation will arise II
we let our navy become too small or
inefficient. A first-class navy, hrst-
class In point Of size, above all nrst-
class in point Of efficiency and the in
diyidual unit as units In combination,
Is the surest and cheapest guarantee OF
peace. / should think that any man
looking at what is happening and has
happened abroad and in our own his
tory during the past few years, must
indeed be blind II he cannot read that
lesson clearly" 90.
Paris, May 81: Government
quarters here for the first time
entertain a distinct hope of peace
This hope Is not strong but IL
Is something more than mere de-
duction from the result OF the re-
cent naval battle What II Is based
on Is not known outside Of those in
timately conversant with Russia's in
tentions, but 1t is significant tnat
hope now prevails in high. quarters
that the peace efforts may not oe
futile. 1t is said, however, that
everything depends upon small circle
very closely identified with Emperor
Nicholas, who, 1t is recognized, must
have the final word despite any other
influences favorable to peace. Con-
cerning the reports Of the possible In
tervention Of the powers, 1t Is said
that the time has not yet arrived for
such a movement which might en-
barrass the pacific tendencies already
developing in Russia. At the same
time the view prevails that moral in
fuences in France, Great Britain and
the United States stand for peace,
while the interests Of Germany incline
towards a prolongation of the war.
Premier Rouvier has publicly asserted
that Russia's defeat at Mukden LED
Germany to embark on her ambitious
program in Morocco, and the same
sentiment prevails here now, namely,
that Russis's defeat in the Straits OF
Korea further strengthens German am
bitions. Therefore, 1t is expected that
influences toward peace will come
through France, Great Britain and the
United States If an opportune moment
arrives for such a movement.
THE Southern Cotton association
issued it's first acreage report from
New Orleans last Wednesday. 1t Is
as follows: THE estimated acreage
for 1904 as indicated by the report
of the United States government
amounted to 31,730,0O0 acres. The
decrease in the acreage for 1905 as
shown by the tabulated statement
herewith, which was ascertained from
1874 individual reports from farmers
merchants, bankers and others through
out the cotton belt. fixes the acreage
this year at 25,9S0,951 acres, a decrease
of 1s.43 per cent, and 1905 per cent
in fertilizers. The report on the dc e
crease in the cotton acreage and the
use of commercial fertilizers under
cotton for 1905 was compiled from
reliable statistics gathered by the va
rious state and territorial presidents OF
the association and tabulated at New
Orleans, La, May 81, 1905, by the
president and secretary Of the South
ern Cotton association and Colonel
H. G. Hester, Of New Orleans, with
,.oo o,a M onara tion of the