The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-19
Conducted By n1artba Young


 heavy bag on the train. He is mis- taken for a bridegroom by a charging crowd of young people, who shower him and his companion with handsfnl of rice. Simple circumstances but suf- fieient for the beginning of q pretty romance in which the scales fall from the eyes of our bachelor of thirty and he finds himself in love.
 Proceeding to the mountain inn what happier fate could await him than to be surrounded by a family of pretty sisters and their cousin and associated with the bride and groom In the first flush of welded happinessl Poverty holds up warning finger, but 1t Is irresistible and he Is about to declare himself to one of the fair heroines, when a telegram from New York in terrupts and two blank years follow. Returning from South Africa. famous as a war journalist, his fortune sure, he narries--which one of the charming girls. 1t IS the readers privilege to know for himself.
 The chief merit of the book lies in the description of the daily routine of affairs at the little mountain inn the scenery, "nine host dealing with the whetted appetite the milk maid and her foaming bucket at sunrise, the mountain- climbing. fishing and row. ing. Above all the church going on Sunday morning the only state dress occasion to be met during the sum- nler and upon which the reputation of the inn must be sustained in the face of the guests of the neighboring ho- tels
 The retiring after breakfast to get ready, the little bride with her inacces- sible buttons and hooks. impossible wffhnuf ha nf snf ha aN hs.ct arx4 causing our bachelor to reflect thusly concerning women: Its an index to their natures. They crave assistance, they hunger for dependence, believing themselves all the time Independent. Fancy s man with his clothing So constructed that he couldn't dress hIni- self"
 At last the frou-frou of skirts. the company forms on the front Reranda and the order of forward march is given.
 She is the produest moment of my life" observes the hero. as they move off. Il can almost imagine myself a part of the 5th Avenue Easter parade. No wonder the natives stare!" The New Far East, By Thomas F. Millard--At the beginning the writer ventures the assertion that the making of peace has done nothing to advance the Far Eastern question: towards a sat isfactory conclusion. One feels sure that writer who would advance such radical idea in the face of public opinion is prepared to sustain 1t. Read ing further, one finds 1t to be a very able exposition of this question. which Is of such vital and worldwide im- pOrfAnen that at faraNanf
 The writer says: While have ex- efcised the privilege of using my own Judgment in determining facts and weighing policies and conditions and have endeavored to write without ani- mus, l have, in submitting them to the test of analysis not hesitated to face the logic of my conclusions" He IS likewise inclined to think that the practical details of the settlement that is to come. must be worked out mainly in the future Of the Chinese empire and. incidentally. in Korea; and there are indications that the existing sit- uation in these countries is not fully understood in the West, and particu- larly in America" If this be so, it behooves us to study the situation. Whether the Yellow Perils is real or imaginary. what we all desire to see Is that China shall receive and act up- OA ltlC AtHPalAC lnAl tlA1 t1tONEU NhNditg and that she must be allowed to de- velop her own national life. as Japan has been allowed to develop hers4 That this, at least, Is understood by Ameri- ca was proven by Ameriea's recogni- ton of China's nationality at time when the other nations were not dis. posed to so treat her.
 The writer ventures the assertion that the greatest force appreciable a. Al. a.Ta the war between Russia and Japan is public opinion in America, and Eng land. and then goes on to show how and why this public opinion must be nodded. He reviews the manner in which this public opinion has been shaped into it's existing state, and hopes for a still further shaping of 1t in the right direction. There is too much. the writer thinks. "of giesha girls, of cherry blossoms. of politepess of servants and ricksha coolies anxious for a tip of lotus blooms. of old pa1- aces and temples, of crude surprises at commonplace facts and circumstan- ces of Oriental life, of the beauty of a scenically delightful land. included in the present Western conception of Ja- pan and her policy" He rehashes old matter to see just what causes pro- dueed this war, Since it Is only by comparison WItn the causes or the war that it's results can be judged" That war which, some one has aptly said, was an issue joined between the twen- tieth century and the sixteenth And if you please, it is Russia they repre- sent by the earlier century. How well do we know, too. that Russia has no political. no religious. no individual freedom. and. of course, where there is this lack of freedom, of action, there is never a freedom of development.
 The author does not consider that 1t will illuminate his work to enter into the ten years diplomatic contest between Russia and Japan ln Korea. 'On the whole Russia was successful and steadily gained ground Realizing this, Japan determined to force the matter to an Issue without further de- lay. She knew that she was prepared for war; while Russia was not and that lapse of time would steadily diminish her advantage on that score" With all this. however, we are already fa- miliar.
 There is a chapter devoted to the true position of Japan, tho foundation of her national wealth. her agriculture, etc, contrary to general opinion. he says, the Japanese are not very good farmers There is a detailed account. too. of the status of public opinion in Japan, and much of his attention is