The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-16
resr OF WAR AND or PEACE.

lau rourac, aud enduwncr win
,t,t,h sbr met thp supreme test Of Nar,
.ay. the Minneapolis Tribune Now We
bnl ,hs Is going to asionish me
,.urlJ bv the wisdom. prudcnc. ana
,Irr.s,raiut with which she meets the
-fpr.me test Of making peace one Is
test uf military precision ana prov
,.s: the other test Of sagac ons
.nd mr-soeng statesmanship. The ru'
l,r. aud Z. ople OF Japan seem about to-
satisfy on. a. completely a. 'hry SAT
isfy The other.
Il ts imuo.sibIc to Judge OF the terms
Of peace Japan has in mind except
nom h, fact th. erect tho'r commune
eaton has had ON tine mind Of Rus
ra She has observed proper official
reserve ON the sabi.ct The terms are
known now only to tha president and a
r.o monarch. and statesmen friendly TO.
ON. on tho other b,ligeronl But the
..Uir. Of neither act as DO they Thought
them excessive They have been def
pue,y communicated to Russia. with
ia. eject of making her willing To pro
coed with negotiations. More than his,
tlu Russian government is deliberat--
iy preparing the public mind for peace
a. % h. iclt sure that the negotiations
would suit fa,oraby.
Thi, can moan only that ,hc terms
n acceptable 20 Russia II they ar"
acceptable to- Russia they will seem
.,ucm.ly moderate and reasonable
'o AN IA, rest of the world Japan must
have Justified the expectations of all
OF her friends that she would he az
wise in making peace as She was val
oious in making war This condolences
was shaken somewhat by the dazzling
victories with which japanese arms
were crowned. Il was feared hat the
nation would lose its head with The
miJx.cation of military glory and make
demands that would leave a long heri.
tagc of bitterness. and arouse the sus-
pcions ur other nations with CONNER
cal interests In Asia.
This rear Is di,app airing with thc
approach of agreement The world be-
gins to- believe that Japan win hc con
tent with security for the future and
g. just opportunity for national dcycl.
cpmcut. living in amicabln u'ighbor-
hood with Russia and in frank conf
d,urc and healthy commercial rivalry
win an the nations. This will be 4
piece of ,manship worthy of tho
people that has taught The whole world
| lessons in war
II would be- foolish to guess al terms
| ihat viii probably be known in few
d,ys Rut a few broad principles are
rretty certain Russia must ab2ndon
all military and naval protyusions on
the Pacific, withdraw troops and dis
mantle fOrtidcaiions. while containing
y Commercial outlet for her siberian
railway Japan must he supreme I'm
Korea and dominant in Manchuria
with military and diplomatic guaran-
tees for the future. If there Is indCm.
nifty It viii be only enough for Guan.
cial security and national def 'nsr. The
rest is minor dCtail.-Timcs.J journal.
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The dispatches announcing that th'
~ ami2r of Greece was stabbed by n
Eamblcr leave the reader in doubt as
to whether the premier had ben deal,
ing from The bottom or whether he
SIMPLY complained of cold feet at a
tim, when his assailant was in hole
Iup tu his chin.
= = :. :.
Dr. Ro,cu, minister tn Morocco, has
discovered that King Men2lik of Nb
yssiuia believes himself To be dc
sCendcd from King SolQman Accord
ing to Biblical teachings Solomon had
such an extensive list of wives that II
is not improbable that ne should hay,
athercd the race of people over which
Ncuclik rules II * doubtful il ever
b so wise a man as Soloman could hay,
p lbvpt tab ON an offspring so promiscu
Gus a. his was supposed to be, and i
!. certain that no ono viii altcmp t'