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llshed railway rates are, In q judicial
sense, unreasonable, II may be he will
think them remediable without invoking
the giant power OF Congress, or at any
rate that the other remedy should he
first tried, Possibly he will be convinced
that he and all other shareowners are
n fault either because they do not vote
al all Tor directors or do not vote for the
right sort Of directors.
He may also he satisfied that II any
unreasonable rates are published the
directors are to blame. either because
they do not direct or direct badly. He
has heretofore Disseminated between
good and bad corporations, good and
bad directors, good and bad shareown-
ers. IT the shareowners and directors
are good, it is difficult to understand
how the corporation can he bad and
unreasonable
Should the President como 10 the con-
clusion, after advising with Secretary
MORTON, that traffic agents here and
there are running away with the rail-
ways, and that the shareowners and di-
rectors can easily, If they will, arrest
the running, he might by well timed
speech or two Of explanation from the
rear end Of his train solve the ra ilway
problem
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The Friend OF the Poor.

The Hon. EDWARD LAUTERBACH bursts
into uncomfortable emotion as he gazes
upon the plain common people Of the
East Side and Brownsville. The Hon.
NJ. LINN BRUCE AYERS that If it had not
been for the poor people the result Of
the election would have been reversed .;
and we must show these people who
came then TO our support that the Re-
publican party is the friend Of the poor
and the laboring man,
Is il ungracious TO remind Mr.. BRUCE
and Mr.. LAUTERBACH that the people for
whom their hearts bleed 80 edifyingly
now came 10 the support Of THEODORE
ROOSEVELT, and not OF the Republican
State administration or the Republican
State organization?
What are the Republicans at Albany
doing for these friends? lacking up
interest rates and rents 20 be paid by
the plain common people Of the East
Side and Brownsville Imposing the
mortgage tax, which will have to be
squeezed out Of the poor people
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the Pc dlolris AFFAIR, that such a func-
ton must be assumed by some European
Powerii peace and order are 10 be main.
tanned in the Sultnn's possessions, and
II was taken for granted by England and
Spain, when they entered into the agree
ment above mentioned, that the duties
Of curator would be performed nv
France, which, by ownership Of Algeria,
was peculiarly qualified for the task.
Curatorship, however, necessarily I'M
plies prcdominatinR influence, and its
beneficiary cannot accurately he de-
soribed az independent No one, Tor
instance, would predicate independence
Of the Khedive under the existing state
Of things in Egypt Now, according to
the Berlin Lokdl AnSsigor, the Emperor
WILLIAM told the members Of the Ger
man colony in Tangier that he should
make it his business to promote their
commercial Interests. and that this
would be possible only on the assumption
Of the Sultans sovereignty and the
lands independence. His visit, he
said, should be construed as a rccogni-
tion Of such independence According
10 the Tossische Zeitunq, he added that
there is and should be no predominant
ing influence in Morocco.
As the United States made at the time
no protest against the FrenCh-English
agreement, which manfestly contem-
plated the exercise by France in No
rocco of a regulative function CORE
spending to that discharged by England
in Egypt, we find it hard to believe that
Mr. ROOSEVELT should have expressed
in advance approval Of a demonstration
which means nothing, unless il implies
opposition 10 the future ascendency
of France in Moroccan territory We
deem it much more probable that the
President, in conversation with Baron
SPECK Won STERNBURG simply gave
perfunctory assent to the policy of main
tanning the open door in Morocco, under
standing il to be already guaranteed by
the French-English agreement, and not
for a moment intending to indorse
a declaration like that imputed to the
German Emperor with which the exc
cution Of the agreement by which France
was to promote peace and order in Mo-
rocco might prove practically irrecon-
cilable
There is, in a word. no reason to sup
pose that, in Mr.. ROosEvELT's judg-
ment, our commercial interests would
suffer il our future relation TO Morocco
should correspond precisely with our
present relation to Egypt.
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Palmer words We're NsVer spoken

On the night OF election day last No
vember, after the returns had reached
the White House, Mr. ROOSEVELT called
together the newspaper men, and through
them said 10 the country:
on The fourth Of March neat shall have served
three and a hsf years. and this three and hali
ysars constitutes my hut term. The wise custom
which limits the President 10 two terms regards
the substance and not the form, and under no cir
eumstahesS will be a candidate Tor OF accept
Another nomination
Those friends OF Mr.. ROOSEVELT are
doing him a poor service who are now
representing that naught stands in the
way Of his nomination and election for
a third term in the Presidential office
save a practically meaningless pledge
not to be again candidate.
Those enemies Of the President are
aiming at him an undeserved insult
who pretend TO discover in his multi
tudinous activities outside Of the ordinary
routine of administration the evidence
that it is his purpose to repudiate the
plain and sincere declaration contained
In the words above quoted.
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An rarl, Russian Estimate cr Japan.

In 1919 Capt Golovnin Of the Russian Navy
wrote and publishei his "Recollections NJ
japan In the light Of present events some
NJ the things he said are Of peculiar interest
few extracts follow:
What must We expect OF this numerous. ingenious
and industrious people, who are capable OF every
thing and much inclined to initiate all that is for
egn, should they ever have a sovereign like our
Peter ths Crsa'' VITA the resources and treasures
which Japan POSSESSES. he would enable II 20 be.
come, In few years, the sovereign OF the Eastern
ocean.
Capt GolovniD further said:
However deeply a horror Of everything foreign
may be Impressed on the Japanese and Chinese
governments yet change In their system Is not
inconceivable; necessity may compel them 10 do
that 10 which their own free will does not impel
them.
That is just what has happened in Japan.
and what Is beginping 10 happen In China.
And further:
This might lead them to build ships OF war on
the model OF those OF Europe these ships might In
crease 20 hceis.
How strikinFly this prediction has been full
filled by japan, Russia and the world know,
while China is now planning to build navy.
All the inventions Of Europe might gradually
take root IN Japan. without the creative spirit
OF Peter. merely by the power and concurrence
OF circumstances The Japanese certainly would
not be In want OF teachers n they would only In.
Vltc them.
japan did adopt the inventions. not only Of
Europe. but Of America also, and she 10 using
them every day. Her power OF absorption
Of things foreign is almost beyond calcula-
ton. Japan did send for fore gn teachers in
all departments, paid them we'll and made
good use OF their knowledge. The splendid
educational system Of Japan will stand for
all time a. a monument to the work Of the
American school organizer and teacher. In
closing. this early writer said:
Therefore believe that this lust and upright
people must not be provoked.
Here this writer Of nearly a century ago
was startlingly prophetic. as China found
out in 1895, and as russia is now learning. TO
her cost and humiliation.
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The return under authority OF act NJ
Congress. Of the captured battle flags to
several States ~ the Confederacy has
stimulated the effort 70 collect for preserva.
ton the battle flags Of many Northern
States New York, which furnished the
largest number Of troops 10 the Union
army-lOO OOO more than any other state
had many regimental fags and Adiu'an'-
Gen erol Henry has been up 'fvising the
collection Of old battle hags horne by New
York regiments in the civil war.
Some are now in the State Museum al
Albany; many were returned 10 regimental
commander az the close Of the war; legis-
lativs enactment has given or loaned Others
to libraries and public museums, and Others
have been either lost or destroyed Few
Of the colors Of the fighting regiments are
now actually IN the possession Of the state
Government Many which are Of real his
torical value and Of patriotic interest have
been found scattered in halls and head
quarters throughout the State.
There Is an attempt TO ascertain where
these flags now are and, to the extent posi-
BILE, to permit the Adjutant- General to pro-
vide for their preservation at Albany.
New York has great pride in the achieve
ments Of its regiments during the civil war
in which so many OF them took a conspicu-
Gus part. The effort Of Gen. HENRY to
promotn a systematic collection OF these
scattered, battered, shot torn and powder
scared colors occurs at a time favorable
for is success.
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For.,Irht and the Lack Of II.

To TIE EpIroR or TIE SUN-Sfr. Is there any
adjective In the English language strong enough
10 express Adequately the bungllnE Incompetence
and lack Of foresight shown In The process OF
plotting the city's great public works. Year are
spent In building the great Williamsburg Fridge,
approach the transit connections have teen pro
vided The Manhattan Nslley ylsduct OF the Rapid
Transit railway Is completed months before the
Manhattan street station, On Integral par OF H. 10
even begun. and now after The road has been IN
operation sl1 months passenger are compelled 10
climb and descend narrow hight 81 filthy and
temporary wooden stairs, the escAlatoT stll being
far from completion. The old Grand Central station
was rebuilt only year or 20 ago IN an utterly In
adequate form. now 20 be trmbled down for an
atedusts and permanent station. And 90 The lack
Of foresight goss, lnetpressihly stupid and dis
gusuuEly ineflcient We want men who are able
tc do, 20 90 right. to do In time. Forefront.
INV YORK, March 81
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What IL to BE Our Relation "a
MOrOcCO9

MOrOcCOY
A report is current that President
ROOSEVELT was personally informed by
the German Ambassador Of Emperor
WILLIAMS intention 70 make at Tangier
a declaration scarcely consistent with
the assertion by France Of preponder-
ant influence in Morocco The State
Department officials deny that any pour
parler on the subject took place through
the Acting Secretary Of State, but they
do not deny that Baron SPEcK Won
STEREBUBG may have exercised an Am
bassador's privilege Of communicating
directly with our Chief Magistrate.
That such an informal consultation oc-
CURED is probable enough, and We infer
from the move subsequently made by
Emperor WILLIAM that Mr.. ROOSEVELT
indicated in general terms approval OF
the policy Of maintaining permanently
in the dominiOnS Of the Sultan MULAI
ABDUL AEIE that equality Of CONNER
eiAl privileges for the citizens or subjects
Of all foreign Powers which II has become
the fashion 10 describe a. the open
door II Ia probable that, by this ex-
preston Of opinion the President did
not conceive himself TO be taking posi-
ton At variance with the agreement
concluded, in April, 1904, between France
and Great Britain with reference 10
Morocco, an agreement to which Spain
subsequently became q party by treaty.
That agreement, Of which notice was
promptly conveyed to Germany, the
United States and other interested Pow
err, did not, on its face, contemplate any
interference with the principle Of the
open door. nthe contrary, 1t disavowed
any design Of modifying the political
regime existing in Morocco, and embed
led q guarantee that there should be no
discrimination between the citizens or
subjects Of foreign countries a. regards
the imposition Of customs duties, harbor
dues, or railway transport charges. Il
should be borne In mind that such equal
ity OF treatment 10 at present enjoyed by
an foreigners in Egypt, and by the afore-
said agreement Of April, 1904 England,
which holds a tutorial relation to the
Khsdive, promised that such treatment
should Be continued.
Equality Of commercial privileges
seeming, then, 10 have been assured by
shs French-EngliSh agreement, the ques-
ZION ariscs whether Il was not superfiu-
Gus for Emperor WILLIAM 70 proclaim
his personal determination 10 maintain
an open door In Morocco. superfuous
the announcement may have been, 80
fer a. lie ostsnsble purpose was con-
osnsd, but Il could not be tAIed with
Eupererogation, II the German sover-
sign's real aim wss 20 intimate that he
could not permit France to assume the
same function Of guardianship in Mo-
rocco that Great Britain exercises In
EGYPT II has been undiSputed, since
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obtuseness Of John CoIIIn,.

The Hon. JOHN COLLINS is a candidate
for Mayor Of Chicago on the so-called
Socialist ticket. As there are two other
Socialist tickets, both Of which are sure
70 get many times more votes that Mr.,
COLLINS can expect, he and his ticket are
superfiuous and impertinent.
Judge DUNE, the Democratic can
didate Tor Mayor, is running on plat
form Of municipal ownership Of street
railways. The Republican candidate,
the Hon JOHN MAYNARD HARLAN, is
also for municipal ownership. The
common classification Of DUNE as the
friend Of Immediate and HARLAN as
the friend Of ultimate municipal own
ership seems to be incorrect. HARLAN
says that dunno promises an immediate
municipal lawsuit. DUNE says that
HARLAN is not in favor Of municipal
ownership. Both candidates promise to
submit questions Of street car franchises
10 the people. HARLAN tells the people
that they will have municipal owner
ship at the earliest possible moment.
We don't see how the Judge can make
any earlier date than that.
Both sides, then. believe that a ma
jority Of the voters want municipal
ownership; and both candidates are in
favor Of t.
Both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic parties having become Socialists,
what sort Of figure does the Hon. JOHN
COLLINS, with his little only original
Socialist ticket, cut2 He ought to step
down and out before the election to-
marrow
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From ne md m TN


Spirit Of Russia, now has come
The day when thou can 81 not be dumb.
Around thee fOAms the torrent tide,
Above thee It's fell fountain, Pride,
The senseCss rock, awaits thy word
10 cumblc. shall Il be uuheArd'
Already, Ike tempest sun.
Thst shoots the fare and shuts o dun,
Thy land twlGt name aud darkness hetves,
Showing the blade Whercwlth Fate CltbveS,
n mortals In high courage fail
81 the one breath before the gale,
Those rulers In all forms Of lust
VINO trod thy children down 20 dust
ON the rrd sunday, know night well
what WORD for them Thy voice would spell,
Wnat quick p~rtltlon for them weave.
nld they In 81 ch 4 voice believe.
No, thine % raise The avengers shrek
Nor Turn 10 them s Tol6tol check
Nor menace him, the waverer slll'
Man Of much hear and little will,
The criminal OF bis high seat
whose plea OF Guiflcss Judges a..
for him thy voice shall bring 70 hand
salvation, and 70 NY torn land,
Seen on the hreakers Now has come
The day when thou can'st not be dumb,
Spirit o. Russia. those who bind
Thy limbs and Iron cap thy mind,
Take thee for Quaklng nesh. misdouht
That thou an Of the rabhle ruut
which Crle6 and nets. with whlmp efinT Up,
From reckless gun and brutal whip,
But be who has a. hear ihe deeds
OF thy heroic offspring reads
In them a soul, not given "a shrink
Prom peril on the abyss brink
Win never dread Of murderuus power
With view beyond he crimson hour.
Neither an instinct driven might
Nor visionary erudite,
soul, that ART thou II remains
fot thee 70 stay Thy ehidrent veihL
The couptertiues Of hate arrest
And him resembling. IN Ne siTht,
gay 70 Thy Land. lei there be Lght
oBoBon MEhHnfEH.
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Trains stop for a few minutes on the
Canadian side Of the Niagara Falls let the
passengers enjoy the Horseshoe Falls from a
point OF view whence they may be seen
in all their grandeur. No such pleasure
awaits the travellers who Cross the canti-
lever railroad bridge that was completed
across the 7ambesi gorge on Saturday.
Trains on the bridge will be within 500
feet Of the great Victoria Falls, four times
as large a. Niagara, but not a glimpse Of
them can be had from the bridge because
the plateau on which its ends rest is exactly
on a level with the lip Of rock over which
the river plunges into th, mighty ohasm.
The Zambssi Falls will make their presence
felt. however, and the crossing Of this
bridge will he an experience which, per.
haps is not supplied to railroad travellers
in any other place on tha globe.
The sun shines brightly in that region
and is full blaze IL likely 10 be turned on
the train a. Il approaches the bridge Be-
fore reaching It, a deuge Of rain will dash
against the windows and patteT on the car
roois and the passage Of the gorge viii al.
ways be made In the midst Of downpour.
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Laboueh,r.s Tai, out Of School

remember. some years Ago, the Government
sudden, found itself In q minority a. about o'clock
NJ Men were put M 70 talk and messengers we're
sent 20 mo houses NJ IN" absentees urging them 20
get ID AID come A. oncs 70 the House The wives
repuei that their husbands were not a. home and
thar probably they were IN tho House and then a
Fooi man, Of them came themselves. fearing that
their husbands had been run over. or something o.
that tlnd. On ihe meantime most ~ the absentees
had been sc0' cred and had made their appearance
one ~ them said 20 me- You know my wife prav
manage ~ throw yourself IN her way, ard ten her
thsts and he'd been talking about soms business
IN me llhrlrv since midnight I'D not hesitate
moment 10 secure thr threatened domestic bliss ~
Conssr alive. although ~ ne expense Of entire
y.racty. for ! had not seen my friend during the
enffrs sfffiDg
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

The exact effect Of the new Virginia Con-
sttution upon the oolored vote is shown
by the figures collected for the Hon. CARTER
GLASS Of the LVRehbuTp Ne'Ns. Under the
old Constitution there we're $4,000 qualified
negro voters. Under the new Constitution
some q 900 negroes have registered; and
less than half Of these have paid their roll
taxes and qualified. On the other hand,
77e 900 whites have registered out Of S0l 900
formerly qualified.
After this a Virginia politician who tries
10 bring sthe negro question" into politics
must have a triply brazen front.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
Collecting a Chinese Debt.

From the Hong Kong PTess.
A shopkeeper named Chan at Canton sued
his debtors. Chow and others. at the Mandarin
Yamen for a debt Of few thousand dollars.
Palm oil reached the Mandarin and the
plaintiff not only lost his case, but had 10 pay
the defendants 81 500. lie determined not to
pay What did the defendants do? They
hired and sent about dozen women, old and
young. to his shop to eat and sleep there. OF
course at the expense OF the plaintiff.
After standing this for a day or two the
plaintiff hired six or seven lepers to stay in
his shop. The women cleared Oh then.
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A little way beyond The bridge tho rain
oease as suddenly ~ Il began
The sudden plunge Of the fourth largest
river OF Africa into gorge 'oo feet be-
low causes columns of vapor 70 rise high
into the air. a PHI nomenon that led the ma
tves 70 apply the name The Great Smoke
TO the falls In the cooler air above, The
yapor condenses and rain necessarily in
undates an area below tho falls. The bridge
and its approaches are IN this area and the
men who have been working there Tor some
months have had q wet time OF H.
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Mu,I.,IR,nr. Of Gsreiss LIf.

Ff4u ne NfdrnHfF tFatehf.
To realize tae tEe ~ signoT Manuel Garcia, who
Yesterday CClehfafcd hls one hundredth birtbdSN,
Il must 30 remembered that his INST singing master,
Giovanni AuEaul. was alive in the days ~ Barh
and Handel that SChubsu ana Beethoven were
sul young when he was bou that Chopin and
Mendclssohn were born Just before him, and that
a. ne time Of his greatest triumphs wagner End
Verdi were schooboyt Every one Of these muti'
clans has been dead for years, but Garcia survives
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

The Constitution provides that the President
shall not leave the country during MS term Of
once, Norfolk Landmark,
Singular and persistent delusion. Yet
no man has ever pointed out that particular
clause Of the Constitution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03
SALMON FISHERIES.
FnIplnos and Porto Rleans OIsplacInS tho
Chinese LAbOTeFs.

From hr rspori ~ n " Kvtehr, spsrioi
aren't DspartreHiot Commerce and Labor
with the exception NJ the PUGET sound
region. oil salmon hsheries outside NJ Alaska
had prosperous season In 1905, handsome
gains having been made on the Columbia
River and the salmon streams Of Washing
ton oregon and California. THIS II quite
contrary 10 the outlook about the middle u
the summer but the later runs we're profuse.
and packing Vas continued for a longer
period than usual The Puget Sound can
neTies suffered severely. meeting loss from
last year Of nearly 50 per cent The product
Of the several regions was a. follows,
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The reasons for deprving the Board Of
Aldermen Of their power and chief opPor-
tunity 10 damage New York city are set
forth cogently in the address Of the Hon.
FRANKLIN BARTLETT 10 tho Senate Com
mittee on the Affairs Of Cities, printed in
THE SrN this morning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

There is shown a loss on the worlds total
pack Of 500 500 cases wholly accounted for
by the decrease in Alaska.
The total value OF the Alaskan output. a.
cases but one was s7.73S.7s2, The figures
show loss Of g.. 5j3. $50 from the aggregate
market value OF the pack for 1908
The aggregate number OF salmon OF ell
varieties taken was -. O2S, Sal, against g.,
sl5.sis In 1903 The total number OF hands
employed was ~, So. ma De w Of ,6i5 whites,
1902 natives. 2 ion Chinese, and i,72i Jspa-
nese. TIE Introduction Of Japanese labor
was practically new last wear and was rem
dered necessary by the difficulty In procuring
Cinnamon 10 man the Cannories. 4 consid
cradle number Of Filipinos and Porto hcans
we're also employed In work heretofore done
by Chinese.
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n our friends uho iator ~ nth woHuienpH Io'
pValieafon Ssh 10 hare Tsscsd onids' reiuTn'd m'v
NUS IN an coIts SEND darpl Tor mai pBTp0H.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-03

pubiished by The sun Printing and publishing
Association a. 10 Nassau street Ia the Borough
Of Nanh attain, New York.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-12
The Odd Postoffices..

The man-eating Battas of North Su.
natra .have a postal system. They
make use of hollow tree trunks at
crossroads. and these primitive: letter
boxes are largely patronized by young
men and women. who read and write.
and correspond in degraded native
script, which is traced on palm leaves
in vertical lines that run upwards and
from left to right.
These Battas, though undoubted
cannibals, are skilled in agriculture
and in raising stock. They form
large communities, have an organized
government, hereditary chiefs, popu.
lar assemblies and a written civil and
penal code. Their picturesque dwell.
ings have been compared to Swiss
Ichalets. and the ground floor is re.
served for their live stock. For their
skill in iron work, pottery and weav.
Ing they are probably indebted to
Hindoo teaching, and their repulsfve
habit is combined with belief in a
triune deiry Creator. Preserver and
Destroyer-Pearson's Weekly.