The National tribune., 1907-11-14

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kota, is, as far as is known. the only
city in the United States having streets
unnamed and houses unnumbered; at
| least, it is the only one that the Post
Office Department has found up to now.
The Dead Letter Office, in compiling
new edition of its directory that con-
tains the names of all the streets in the
United States, sent blanks to be filled
out by all Postmasters. The Postmas-
| ter of Bismarck wrote that many OF
| the streets of his city have no name at
all. and that most OF the houses are
without numbers. either theoretical or
actual Now, what do you think of
that? Bismarck is the Capital, has a
/ population of nearly 1000, contains
some Federal Institutions, and is called
in the gazetteer "a banking center" 1t
is presumed that it has at least Main
street. or a broadway"
President Otto c. Schneider, of the
Chicago School Board. wants to adopt
the Japanese imperial rescript on edu-
cation as the standard of ethical and
moral teaching in the Chicago public
schools
| The rescript was issued some 80
years ago by the Emperor of Japan.
and has been used since that time as a
| formula for ethical teaching in the Jap
anese schools. In part it reads:
"Be filial to your parents, affectionate
| to your brothers and sisters; as hus-
bands and wives be harmonious; as
friends, true; bear yourselves in mod
eSty and moderation; extend your
Ibenevolence to all; pursue learning and
cultivate arts. and thereby develop in
tellectual faculties and perfect moral
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good and promote common interests:
always respect the Constitution and pre-
serve the laws: should emergency arise
offer yourselves courageOusly to the
State, and thus guard and maintain the
prosperity of our imperial throne. coeval
with heaven and earth"
What's the matter with this code OF
ethics for the public and other schools
of the United States. leaving out the
| Imperial business, of course?
The raising of the Turkish mission
| to an embassy and the recent arrival
! of the Embassador, Mehmed Ali Bey.
/ in Washington, ready to present his Gre
dentials to the President, recalls the
| fact that as careful as are diplomatic
functions in general, they are sometimes
fraught with amusing incidents. When
Jackson was President and Jimmy
O'Neil was a porter at the White
House-the famous Jimmy O'Neil who
persfstently refused to be fired-a new
Minister from Portugal was accredited
to the United States.
Louis McLane was then Secretary of
State, and the new Minister was to
meet him and be taken to the White
House. Thru some misunderstanding
the Minister from Portugal went on to
the Executive Mansion alone, and was
met by the redoubtable O'Neil. The
Minister spoke only his own tongue and
French O'Neil spoke only English.
richly favored with County Cork. They
had difficulty in understanding one an
other, but as the word "Presidente"
reached O'Neil's ears several times and
there was little fear of Anarchists iE
those days, the foreign gentleman was
taken into the Presidents private sane
tum. where that worthy sat in his shirt
sleeves, smoking cob pipe. Under
standing was no better here than in the
vestibule, so the President, in despair,
| sent for his French chef to act as in
| terpreter. The Minister from Portugal
had not understood the message. and
was righteously terrified when the door
opened and the chef, startled at so un-
usual a summons, appeared in big white
apron, with cleaver still in his hand.
The Minister. fearing he had fallen in
! the wrong place and anticipating foul
play. attempted to flee. But the sturdy
O'Neil blocked the way. Anyone who
| insisted in ''haythen tongue" on see
| ing the President should see him, and
O'Neil would see it done. AS he held
| the struggling Minister breathless
messenger entered. followed by no less
breathless Secretary of State. The new
Envoy was rescued, and amid many ex-
plantations and apologies international
relations were restored to their former
serene footing.
So heavily have all branches of the
United States Army lost by the failure
of the men to re-enlist. by men pur-
chasing their discharges, and by deser-
ton that the Army as a whole now
stands 33 per cent short Of its author
lied enlistment.
| All the efforts Of the recruiting Off
GERS have failed to keep the number
of men in the cavalry. Infantry and ar
tillery up to the required standard, and
| by some officers it is thought that con-
scription is the only sure method of
maintaining the authorized strength.
This course will never be countenanced
| by the Administration, and is thought
to be so repugnant to American ideals
as never to be mentioned in connection
with the Army.
So badly has the Army Jared in its
attempts to obtain men that in some
| companies, where the required enlist
ment is 100. barely IA or Is privates
are on the rolls. The Coast Defense
Corps is at least so per cent short of its
authorized strength, and the rest of the
Army suffers in proportion.
| The cause for this depletion Of the
ranks is thought to be the general pros
perity and high wages which may be
found in civil life, and the general
scarcity of labor, and the fact that the
! smaller the Army grows the more hard
ships 1t works on those who remain in
the ranks.
The question of marriage, which the
Army practically forbids, also leads
many to prefer the civil life, while the
number of failures to re-enlist Is
thought to be caused by the fact that
soldiers with good records can easily
i obtain positions.
i With this condition certain, the War
i Department is making every possible
effort to make the Army life as attrac-
tive as possible, and with Gen. Oliver.
Acting Secretary of War, especially in
| terested in this project. it Is believed
that the soldiers life will be much
easier one in the future.
Forester Clifford Pinchot, bronzed
from life in the open, has returned to
! Washington to take up the routine work
of his Bureau, but first he went to the
White House to report to the President
! I've been away six months.' said
Mr.. Pinchot. During that time have
visited all the forest reservations and
have been in close touch not only with
the people in charge of the forests, but
. also with those who use the forests