Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
A sleepino Lion,

Certainly the Japs have surprised
most people in many things. They
have won amazing victories while all
the world wondered" but it turns out
now, on investigation, that they have
not only developed astounding skill as
fighters in two generations, but have
organized the most effective medical
service ever possessed by armies in the
field. Most assuredly when they did
wake up about si1ty-five years ago
they thoroughly walked up. They are
not only apt scholars, but in this at
least they have outstripped their teach
ers. The proportion of those cured
of those sick and wounded appears in
credible. Should the Japs gobble China
and tutor the 100000 Chinese up
to their standard Of excellence "the
yellow peril" so much laughed at now
III certain quarters would become
most serious matter. Napoleon, who
had an amazing faculty for condensing
much thought in a small number of
words, once said: "China is sleeping
lion. Let her Sleep" Some modern
statesmen would do well to ponder the
words of the great Corsican. They
may wake China up too soon and too
completely.
Three members Of the house Of rep
resentatives whose names were I'M
known to the country at large when
congress met on the first Monday in
December now enjoy the luxury of be.
ing universally exploited in the press
of the country. They are Messrs. Town
send. Esch and Palmer. The first two
have been lifted into. the limelight by
their Joint bill regulating railroad rates
and Mr.. Palmer by leading in the i'm
parchment of Judge Swayne. If Messrs.
Townsend and Esch succeed in fasten-
ing their names on to the bill and If
the bill becomes law they will be men,
toned frequently for many years.
1t appears that the United States
government is not the only great insti-
tuition in the land which Is facing a
deficit. All the big universities and
colleges-most of the small ones, too
are running behind financially and are
sending up Macedonian cry for help.
Their "angels" do not seem to be CIV
ing as cheerfully and literally as of
yore. Even Mr.. Rockefeller is said to
have neglected good DIR. Harper at
Christmas time. Uncle Sans bad hab-
it Of extravaganza is too widely copied.
How will Colonel Roosevelt and Sen
ator Fairbanks find out that they have
been elected president and vice presi-
dent of the United States? Nobody is
authorized to notify them Of that most
important fact. That is queer anon
ally certainly. They will hear of it as
rumor more or less we'll autlhenti-
Gated or read about it in the newspa-
pers or in the Congressional Record
but they will be authoritatiyely notified
by nobody and receive no credentials
or commissions
Governor Joseph Wingate Folk has
ordered all lobbyists visiting Jefferson
City to report to him, state their bust
ness and shake the dust Of the capital
of their feet in thirty hours. In that
connection he promises. the railroads to
protect them from legislative sandbag-
gers provided they keep their Hobbies
away.
II the administration takes by the
ear every government in this hemi-
sphere which is in riotous and tu-
multuous condition it will soon be
reaching out for the auricular append
ages Of Argentina and Venezuela as
well as that Of santo Domingo.