Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-01-24

In the Red room slow departine
t"lhgnt, penetrating with difficulty
heavy black masses of tobacco smoke
was the only illumination. No one had
cared TO press the electric button
occasionally one of dozen or more
slowing cigar ends seemed to awaken
from reverie to beam brightly for a
moment-then relapse again like the
eye OF drowsy tiger There was no
SOUND In the room and scarcely a per-
ceptiple movement, save now and
1nen finger fecked the ashes away
OF hand removed q weed from close
shut lips.
TOT several minutes thus-then the
ueep-vo1ced cabinet secretary. with
oignlned deliberation, resumed. "And
gentlemen, when all is said and done.
'he entire situation may be briefly
summarized AS the general has ex
Pialned, they have encroached upon
our northern boundary until barrier
VI armed men extends from the Paci-
nc TO the Atlantic. Our southern
boundary is glittering line of bayo-
ne's from gulf to gulf If we drive |
PACK regiment we retreat to orr |
hnes before a brigade"
"A corps, Mr.. Secretary, an entire
army corps interposed the general
Ana, continued the secretary.
their fleets protect their commerce
IN every harbor of the world For
'orpeuo boat we possess they
- cruiser,~and for every DESTROY
EVER whose decks our flag aoats
-attleship fiaunts their colors to the
breeze. They have naval stations
within so hours of our most seouesS
tered sea ports. They have invested
our Great Lakes. Our insular nossas-
sions we have ceded to them with .
nonor, indeed, but l cannot saw gan- :
.iemen, without coercion-subtIe. ner- :
maps, but still coercion.
10 Ioon, their prime minister 10 =
exceedingly frank. 1t is not he saws :,
matter or conquest, but a struggle =
.oi eAistence My people must have
Di eaIh-they are Suffocating We =,
nave our fisheries at the very south a
poie' ana every foot of the bleak Si h
ooiian steppes yields its quota of rice
Dr mlllet-nay, even though il needs ~
% roofed with glass to keen the earth ~
rom strangling in its frozen clutch -
ne sprouting seeds. There is no arc. -,
ii All the western hemisphere fron,
ce-oound valleys of northwest ha,s 49,
ma rivers to lofty snow-capned Co. ~
ihera IN the south, save what is oc-
upied by these United States of
ours put responds to the indust,.v re -,
~ people. And you have roo,,, 80.
Dom, room. You are encomnassad o-'
GU must see the inevitable Tbis
entiemen is the situation. We arc To-
ncompassed Our navy is baln1oss ~
AT army but barely holds at hav tba -
orues upon our borders. Our linos 20,
Notifications are problems wbiot a..
'nnot long remain unsolved Tho by
ne when craftsmanship awaited ne &c aaS
IS long, long since gone by. -.
Gentlemen" and the secrat.,.,,,u t Iui
Ice was scarcely audible, II fear 7 ~
eatly fear we are undone." 'iS
fhere was silence again and the p,a
'ar ends glowed more iminouslv - =
deepening gloom. An ONYX cloo1~
the mantel over a closed firenlaoo ~
ked aggressively and the matoh aN,
a which the secretary relighted bis os,o
ar sputtered noisily -
Mr.. Secretary" The professo,,s
sfonless voice sounded afar Off 80
every eye, startled and nav ~
ted, turned toward him. The sec. har;
.ry responded: -"
orofessor!'' GO
since it appears, Mr. Secretary - Co.,
calmly continued .+bot 1T ~ =