The National tribune., 1905-11-09

the emblem the law authorizing the new
issue was supposed to require the sur
render of the old medal on the receipt
of the new decoration. Many officers
agreed to the substitution. Gen. Black.
however. does not wish to give up the
old medal, which he regards as possess
ing value on grounds Of sentiment not
entirely absorbed by the later emblem.
He asked the War Department to per-
NIT him to retain both medals. and it is
that question which the Attorney-Gen-
eral is now asked to pass upon.
One of the tasks mapped out for the
Senate this Winter Is the question of
ratifying treaty with the Republic Of
San Marino. 1t is only an extradftion
treaty, and will probably not vie with
the Santo Domingo instrument In point
of public interest. But there are fea-
lures about the negotiations which give
them the spice Of novelty. San Marine
is the Oldest State in Europe. and the
smallest Its area is only SO square
miles, and its population, according 20
the census Of 1899, just 1902. 1t has
standing army Of $50 men. San Ma
rino lies on the coast Of the Adriatic
Sea in the northern part Of Italy, and
is governed by Grand Council of SO
members and a smaller Council Of IL.
If the Senate ratifies the extradition
treaty which Henry White, the Ameri-
can ambassador at Rome, has Just
transmitted to the State Department,
San Marine will establish Consulate
General at WASHINGTON;
Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Minister,
representative from that country where
women are far from free. where they
are almost in condition of SerfdOm,
In fact, pays to American women one
of the most beautiful tributes ever CIV
en- them. He finds no words Of fault
xrySf flanvNo L.
are bright, plucky, intelligent, lovable.
Anything more that could be said Of
them. pray? Seems as though the whole
ground was covered in those four ad-
jectives. But the Minister goes further,
and the women Of the country fare even
better at his hands He says they are
not particularly interesting themselves
in the details, the machinery, the knot
ty complications In international poll
tics, but he goes on to say that in
larger way all questions Of international
magnitude seem to claim the American
woman's stamp Of approval. And he
thinks that item is doomed upon which
she frowns.
'In these two eventful years." he
says, Il have been made to see two
traits which are conspicuous among the
many remarkable attributes Of the in
telligent American woman. The first Is
the tenacity with which she holds to
her convictions. This stands out in no
uncertain outline. If she does not COM
pass every detail, she certainly takes
good care that what she has in her
grasp does not escape her.
THAT is not all. She sees to it that
the same conviction is somehow con-
veyed to the minds Of her friends. Once
she is thoroughly possessed with a con-
viction and once in the arena, know of
no missionary who can claim the dis
tinction Of being her superior in zeal
and ability. It would perhaps be diff
cult for even gifted historian to trace
accurately all the National and Inter-
national events to the salons and bou-
doris whence they came; but 1T would
be very much more difficult to prove
that these epochal events have had
nothing to do with the gentler hours of
a Nations life, with silken arenas, with
smiles and whispers behind fans"
The President has modified his or
der denying the Cabinet members the
right Of free speech. He called tOgeth-
er some Is Washington Correspond
ents at the White House on Saturday
evening and explained to them that
net requesting them to keep quiet
concerning things discussed in Cabinet
meetings, had been deplorably misun-
derstOod; that he was not DESTROYS of
stopping the giving of legitimate news
from the Departments or of things
that were really done in the Cabinet
meetings. His idea in sending the let
ter was to keep the Cabinet members
from giving to reporters and CORES
pondents the small and incompleted
actions of the Cabinet. He said that
when these were given out it made 1t
appear that the Cabinet was given to
trivial discussion Of trivial matter. and
was extremely displeasing to him.
The Washington correspondents, of
whom there are close on to $50, had de-
clared war on the action Of the Presi-
dent, and they openly stated that but