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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
Hostile to No Nation.

Russia learned in her recent war
the lesson that naval power may be
worthless if it is not located, at the
critical time, near the point where
ii is needed.
The United States has long fol-
lowed the policy of maintaining a
naval establishment in the Atlantic,
based on the theory of being able to
meet any European power except
Britain. But the Spanish-American
war, the Boxer rebellion, the Russo
Japanese war, and the inevitable
trend of affairs have in later years
made the Pacific the center of more
immediate international concern for
the United States than the Atlantic.
While new alignments, new treat
les, and new national antilles have
largely composed the European stu
alton and diminished stress in that
quarter, the Far East has become
a seat of pressing concern. There
fore the necessity that American
naval strength shall be transferred
to those waters in which it is most
imminently necessary to make a
show of power
The naval authorities, recognizing
this situation, are shaping their poll
cies and plans to the end of estab-
fishing great fleet in the Pacific
The move is hostile TO no nation,
but is justified by every cOnsidera-
ton of national interest and safety.
That any power will incline to pro-
test against this policy is inconceiv-
able. No nation is entitled to claim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
An Old Truth.

''Herrin's the man they're after.
They'll hold Schmitz till he sqdeals,
as Ruef did. Oh, we're no Philadel-
phians out in Frisco. We intend to
get the big ones, as well as the little
ones"
So spoke a distinguished Califor-
mia attorney on a recent visit to
Washington. 1t was a resoIute
policy he outlined, entirely con-
sonant with the temperament of As
sistant District Attorney Heney as
he became known here through his
land fraud prosecutions. Now comes
Mr.. Heney himself. in an address to
the students of Stanford University,
to say:
Ruef committed no political act with
out HerTin's knowledge and acquies-
cence- AS the lesser leaders reported TO
him and were subservient to him so
was he 10 the railroad lawyer Though
he may have acted occasionally individ-
ually, he never did one thing without
tAe latter's knowing of II and approving
We Americans will never cure the
disease of our bad city governments
until we adopt the political germ
theory. We may fiddle along, put
ting this treasurer and that mayor
in Jail, for q century; successors
equally amenable, to ''tallin' what
they can earn" will take their
places, the machine will rebound,
and we shall end where we started
with our energy spent.
We must get at the germ centers.
They are mighty few. Heretofore
they have been chiefly about the
offices of railroads, street car COM
panies, lighting and power compa-
MES, contractors, and rich patrons
of the regular ticket Make it
plain to the attorneys that the men
who give brides will be actually ar
rested, locked into cells, tried like
the felons they are, and made to
wear convicts' suits, and you will
have removed 90 per cent of the
temptation out of the officials way.
This is an old truth. But it lay
around on the scrap heap until Mr..
Heney rescued it, and put it to work
in the land fraud cases out in Ore
pOn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
PAGE NEVER SECTIONAL
IN ANY OF HIS BOOKS

In all his Interpretation Of the South
Mr. Page has never struck a sectional
note. There is provincialism-the
healthy provincialism CT Burns and
Whittier-but he is right III claiming in
the Introduction to the Plantation Edi-
ton, that he has never Willingly writ
ten a line which he did not hope might
tend TO bring about a better under
standing between the North and South.
and finally lead TO a more perfect
Union" In his stories when the passion
OF prejudice Is at It's height, human ma
ture asserts itself. The two Little Con-
federates bury in their garden the body
of the Federal soldier; the heroine Of
Men Lady" after long and passion
ate conflict between love and patriotism
yields to the Northern colonel; and the
hero of Red Rock''-dashing soldier
and Ku Klux leaders, united with the
Northern girl. Mr.. Page has been one
Of the prime forces IN revealing the
South TO the nation and the nation to
the South. thus furthering the most i'm
portant work Of the present generation
the promotion of a real national spirit
Atlantic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

superior rights to preponderating
force in the greatest ocean.
1t is inevitable, however, that
there will be both international and
domestic political complications in
cident to the transfer. The Panama
canal, it is hoped, and even by some
sanguine persons predicted, will be
completed before many years. 1t
will increase the effectiveness of the
American navy by great percent
age; but il will also increase ma
tional responsibility. The present
agreeable aspect of Europe cannot
be expected always to continue.
That our Atlantic littoral can be
left indefinitely without the safe
guard of an impressive sea arma-
ment is not to be thought of. There
viii consequently be early accept
ance of the conclusion that either
we must get out of the Pacific
abandon our possessions there and
relinquish our hopes of a significant
share in the developing trade of the
orient-Or else recognize that a
powerful fleet must be maintained
in each of the two great oceans.
The anti-imperialists will find in
this proposition the excuse for an
effective renewal of their assaults
upon the colonial policy. They will
demand to know whether, for pro-
lection of Oriental interests which
have a most uncertain value, we are
to abandon or seriously to weaken
the policy of effective defense on the
Atlantic coast. Their questions will
be hard TO answer; the proposition
of a great feet in each ocean be-
comes the only real answer. and
that proposition means immensely
increased naval expenses. The ques-
ton of imperialism" then, resolves
itself more directly than ever before
into one of dollars and cents.
But the advocates of a great two
feet navy will reply that entirely
aside from the political aspect of
our possession of the Philippines, it
is unthinkable to abandon the Pa
cifc when that ocean is becoming
the scene of a vast and fast-expand-
ing trade in which we ought to par
ticipate. We suspect that the con
clusion will be that this is a two
ocean country, and must have two
ocean navy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

at the Columbia Theater, and the OPEN
ing performance last evening was a
most creditable one. Both Hilda SpOng
and Charlotte Walker appeared 70 IN
usually good advantage. The other fem
mine members Of the company also did
sple2did work. individually and collect
lively. outclassing the men.
As might be expected, the honors Of
the presentation go to Miss Spong and
Miss Walker. The former. as the limo
cent Vera Herbert IN the first act, seem
ed somewhat unreal and unconyincing;
there was a sort Of mOnotony that was
inclined 10 pail. but In the thres re-
naming acts. as the Princess ZouroR,
she had ample opportunity for emotional
acting and she made the most OF It
Her scenes with the prince and with
her mother. when she discovers the
iatter's perfdy. are unusually well done.
Miss Walker has seldom appeared TO
better advantage this summer than a.
FUchsia Leach. the American girl IN
quest OF a real live duke. She intects
a dash into the part that IS infectious
and her conception OF il IS all that can
be asked Almost all Of the comedy Is
intrusted 10 her. and she more than
makes good Fife Darling does her
best work OF the summer season as tina
blase Lady Dolly.
Guy Nichols struggles valiantfy with
the part OF Prince ZOurOI- Guy COMBS
makes a fair Raphael De CoTreZe and
would be much better with less OF tha
violent waving Of arms. evidently IN
tended for gestures Others in the cast
tC make the old comedy a pleasant
thing 10 witness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
GRIP OF ROOSEVELT
MADE RANGHAAN HOWL

On one occasion, says Robert Lee
Dunn. IN describing some incidents OF
President Roosevelt's Western trip. it
looked as II a cowboy had got the best
Of President Roosevelt This pIainsman
was huge, brawny. husky young fell
low. with grip Ike iron. He reached
up innocently TO give the President a
handshake while the latter was making
speech from the rear platform Of his
coach Now, the President has a spe-
clal way Of giving the greeting with
out subJecting himself 10 any suffering
IN consequence. But on this occasion he
forgot 10 arrange his fingers properly,
and the young ranchman got good,
ught grip, and wouldn't let 90 until his
victim squealed for mercy. Then he
Jlmped into the crowd and enjoyed his
Joke among the people for a while. Mr.
Roosevelt remembered the trick. and
some minutes later. as this fellow got
close TO him again. the President leaned
over and rema rked:
Let's shake again on thatT'
Nothing lOath. the man complied IN
stantly the President got the others
hand into his own two hands. pulled
him UP onto the platform and made
him 90 through the familiar trick OF
falling on his knees and begging to be
let up The crowd roared with delight
Ina CINE European monarch in such q
scene Success.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1907
Going Off Too Soon.

Small boys land their parents)
should note that the Fourth of July
does not begin until the midnight
of the third. Meanwhile the law re-
CARDS the firecracker and toy pistol
with a disfavor that has already
taken half a dozen youngsters to
the Juvenile Court.
The boys themselves should DE as
able TO wait now as at Christmas.
If they are not, their fathers will
save themselves appearances in
court, and maybe the payment of
fines, by keeping the explosives on
a shelf in the pantry. Similarly, if
Independence Day is not to be made
an excursion day to court, parents
and children must all bear in mind
that the placing OF caps on street
car tracks, even on the Fourth, is
distinctly a violation of law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
GARFIELD SHOT BY GUITEAU
% YEARS AGO TO-DAY

James
United
Guteaus dastardy Pennsylvania
station Just as the President the ladies' waiting
into the main
Of State James Blaine through
tho
When received
fen
he died
Efberon, n. J. on
Guiau
hanged is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
MIEADO AS A POET
NOT GREAT SUCCESS

Great as is the position won for him
self by Mutsu Hito in the literature of
his country. IL must be avowed that his
poetry. from the point Of view of the
West, is second rate. In the original IL
is comparable only, affirm native critics.
with perfume from the trees. This
quotation Is characteristic:
When 1 look into the ancient writ
ings.
The one thing to which my thoughts
ever turn
Is how fares the nation that I rule"
A striking feature Of what Dr. James
subject-terms these Lilliputian odes
is. he thinks, their "elIiptical terseness
Of style" Hence Mutsu Hito's poetry
lacks quantity, accent, tone rhyme, and
all the incidents to prosody. His mai
estyS StanzaS are made I'D of five and
seven syllable lines alternating. unless
some patriotic frenzy agitates his muse
His. genius is grave in the ode. gay in
the stanza, enabling him to perform
without adventurous aid all the func-
tons of court poet. Thus, when a lady
in the diplomatic circle was returning
To her native land and received in con-
sequence the unprecedented honor Of
visit from the Empress, a royal stanza
embellished the parting. The gray
goose" ran the verse, is flying west
ward" The departing lady's white hair
was symbolized by that bird to which
japanese artists are so partial, the
goose itself being enblematic in the ma
tive poetical mind Of feminine loneliness
in its most ravishing aspects.
The japanese prettiness of the thing Is
quits sacrificed in our more rugged
MutsU Hito's poeticaI fame
is, therefore. strictly acknowledgements
Literature, for July.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
ACORN OF NATIONALISM
PLANTED UNCONSCIOUSLY

When the colonies met 'in order 10
form more perfect union" they plant
ed unconsciously the acorn OF national
ism which has grown up into a mighty
oak. its network OF roots penetrating
and binding the States apparently into.
an indissoluble Union. This national
oak now towers over all the States.
shadowing deeply their childhood indie
pendence. And so long as justice for
the weak and the love Of peace Of wis
dom and righteousness breathe through
its mighty limbs. the States Will be
loyal and its leaves will STAY green
But, to change the simile. let the sinful
lusts and the moral cowardice OF wealth
take the place OF courage and manly
innocence In our country's eve, with
her companions, arrogance, and godli-
ness. then let there be no mistake, the
last rally of democracy-the simple hon
est. upright democracy OF our forefath-
ers-against the tyranny and political
degradation which must inevitably fol-
low will be on the childhood theory OF
the indestructible independence OF the
States.-Atlantic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
THO Old Plays Please
At BeLaScO and Columbia

For the first time in many years a
Washington audience last night saw
revival Of Sheridan's famous old play.
The Rivals when the Arden company,
at the Belasco Theater, opened the
week N selecting the play Mr.. Arden
departed widely from the field 70 which
he has heretofore confined himself. and
presented his company in roles which
have for many years been associated
with famous players Several OF the
roles we're finely played-considered as
separate and distinct Characterization
while others will undoubtedly be i'm
proved upon during the week.
Mr. Arden assumes the role Of Bob
Acres, one OF the most charming comedy
creations IN the history OF the drama
His performance was badly handicapped
BY a cold. which at times threatened 20
deprive him entirely Of his voice. While
his conception Of the role differs IN some
respects from those Of other actors who
have played Bob" II is interesting TO
note that Mr. Arden's capabilities are
not restricted 10 one line Of parts. Miss
Butler, IN the delicious role Of Mrs.
Malaprop, does the best bit Of work she
has contributed this season She read
her lines distinctly. and with every EVIL
dence Of having mastered them per
fectly. The speeches, as usual, brought
n AOuiil VI AdQGuAtEs MISS amy EklGdI
gives Lydia Languish many attributes
strange 70 the character. and makes her
a bit more spirited than one might ex-
pect. Edward Ellis. as Sir Anthony Alb
soiute, and Charles Arthur as David.
were well provided for. Edwin Fowler
was an excellent Sir Isucius O-Triggor
and Samuel KlaWans portrayed the hot
headed Falkland effectively.
The management has announced that
with the performance OF Captain
Swift" which will follow The Rivals, %
Mr. Arden viii enter upon next TO the
last week or the season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
Athletics in Their Place.

Is the training table worth its
salt? Do organized athletes build
strength? Are we Americans turn
ing sport into strain?
No; no; yes, answers President
Eliot, of Harvard. To a camp con-
ference he holds further that 1.-The
mind of the athlete is devoted to
records, food, eating, or drinking,
so that he has no vitality left for
the intellectual development"
If so, the trouble is with meth
DDS, not with sports. West Point
and Annapolis prove every season
not the feasibility of health-build-
ing, character making athletics,
alone, but their entire compatibility
with the hardest mental exercise.
Their boys do not live apart merely
to play football; they do not de-
vote twenty hours 20 baseball, and
the remainder TO study; they keep
play where it belongs, as an integral
factor in the college life, but yet
subordinate to study. Then, when
Harvard, Yale, and Princeton send
teams against them, the civilian in
stitutions SILVER.
A great work awaits DR.. Eliot,
DR.. Hadley, DR.. Wilson. and their
fellows at the helm of American
collegiate instruction. 1t does not
lie in abolishing college athletics,
but in expanding their field to in
clude the whole student body and
establishing rigorous, health-build-
ing, normal standards of work and
play among the boys. The Military
and Naval academies have shown
the way-and it leads 10 success on
the gridiron, diamond, and rowing
course as surely as TO sound bodies
and strong minds in later years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

CARELESS of the actual number of
those whose signatures Murphy OBJ
tanned, there is no doubt that his
was great power for good in the
world, and that he used it with
more discretion than sometimes
eharaeterizes the labor of temper
ance missioners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
GThe Fortune Teller Given.

The Aborn Opera Company presented
The Fortune Teller acceptably at the
National Theater last night The audi
ence was justly aggrieyed. however. that
so many Of the prettiest and most
familiar numbers OF the opera. were
omitted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

Report Is that the Russian Crown
Prince is compelled much Of the time to
eat bread without butter because II isn't
always possible TO be certain that the
butter hasn't been poisoned. His royal
highness shouldn't mind that: some OF
the butter the rest OF US gets tastes as
II It had been poisoned, but We have
to use IL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

The Steel trust might also be .nfu-
enced TO produce a better article of wire
II it were suggested that the present
grade is not strong enough to stand the
Wall Street pulling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

The news editors might have per-
formed a real service 70 their sex by
playing up a little stronger that story
about the woman who died from eating
ice cream.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

The corporation Of the city Of Dublin
voted Mr.. Croker the freedom OF the
city after a considerable delay and dis
cussion. II Is probable that the de-
cision in favor Of giving it to him was
based on the fear that II he were denied
the freedom OF the town he might or
ganIze himself Into complete possession.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
Pleased Old Man.

The old man was a royal good fellow
and on the way over won his favor by
guessing that he was forty, when he
was sixty, and when he remarked that
he guessed he knew more about horses
than any other man in America 1 ac-
quiesced in this eulogy of him and he
became my loyal advocate.
He presented me at the stable, say
ing Here's a first-class fellow who Fred
says is all right, and he wants you to
give him a good job.
Fred, the storekeeper, hadn't made
any such gratltuous guarantee as 70 my
moral character and good breeding but
II pays to be courteous in every walk
of life. The stable boss, after this ell
aborate introduction. looked me over as
coolly as though he were picking out
the god points Of a horse.
Can you take care Of horsesT he
asked, joyfully. 1 assured him that L
could.
Good hand at cleaning up stables?'
told him that liked nothing better.
Now being a roustabout at a stable
isn't a particularly triumphant entry
into New York social or financial circles.
but there was something concrete at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

The cost OF living keeps on going
higher. hut there is no escape. The I'M
dertalIers have been organizing TO raise
their prices. too
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

Maybe Mr. Rockefeller has escaped by
the pipe line route. There is consider
able suggestion OF the pipe about the
accounts of his disappearance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO YOU.

Persons leaving Washington for the summer
can have The Times mailed TO them at the
same rate as paid for delivery in the city.
viz. cents week for the daily edition. CT
Al cents for the daily and Sunday editions
All mail subscriptions are invariably payable
IN advance. Addresses changed as often as
desired
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
Wanted to Stay in City.

Putting it on that basis, l had 10
admit that / could. but 1 didn't want 70
set out in the country; I wanted TO try
my chance in the city. He said he
would perhaps get me something here
in the fall. but told him that 1 thought
had better keep at It TIL I struck
something this summer. He was prac-
teal man and agreed that ! was right
and then most practically though per-
haps unscientifically from the profess
sional charity standpoint he asked me
II 1 had enough cash to tide me over
and II / ran short to come back and
they would try TO help me.
with a hearty handshake from Mr.
Bachelor. / wormed my way through
a crowd OF children, knowing that there
was one good haven Of cheer for a
homeless, wandering searcher after
work.
II engaged a room at the Salvation
Army hotel for the night And then
sought relief on a recreation pier As
the band played while the thousands OF
workers walked around to catch the
breeze which blew up the river the
realization of how hard Il was TO End
a place IN this vast concourse began 10
come home to me. But I knew there
was a place, and / was going out to-
morrow to find Il.
My plans were settled. and so again
Saturday morning I started out on my
hunt. ! struck the Bowery Y. NJ. 9. A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02

and was told TO wait until the secretary
came in. Meantime held converse with
some OF the brethren who were defect
edly lined up around the room one
lad had been hunting a job for two
weeks but had no chance except as a
longshoremsn, which was too heavy.
He had been offered all sorts OF JOBS
in the country. but ne protested he
couldn't do farm work. so he was wait
ing around for something TO turn Up.
He was penniless and thought this was
a hard world.
My next neighbor was an old sailor.
- Looking for work !?
/" Nav"
What are you doing around here,
them ] asked.
We'll. they haven't got anything in
ny line and it's a pretty safe place,
he answered.
81 told him my story and he took
me in tow arr said that 7 might as
well give IN the hunt here and so into
tho navy.
If you can't get your. parents sig
nature, why, III stand for my being
your uncle at the yards
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-02
Sidetracked Uncleship.

He was an ardent enthusiast upon
the subject Of the navy, and only by
the greatest efforts was I able to side
track his uncIeship from fastening it
self on me then and there.
Inpatient Of waiting around the Bow
cry 1 struck out for some Of the free
employment bureaus I visited six in
rapid succession. All Of them were
either closed for the summer or had
been given up or weren't running on
Saturday afternoon.
lone agency was open. but all could
get was an offer to send me to an out
side factory at hard. tough. rough
work at $3.50 a day.
Il threw up job hunting for the week
and went down to Battery Park. where
a Johnny Atkins told me what a bloom
in bloke' he was to leave the Old coun-
try and stand for 7:3O in the morning
till 100 in the afternoon in the blast
ing hot sun waiting 20 get a chance to
unload bananas at . cents an hour.
The whole result Of the two Gays
hunt was to find I could go back to the
country at railroad or eXcavating on
contract labor with low wages and hard
work., or I could fail back on army or
navy.
I couldn't starve because had met
a man who, in genuine interest OF
young fellow starting In, mad PROMISED
to help me il got driven to the wall
81 had learned that there were hum
dreds OF places looking for uen- The
point was to connect with them
..FI1t because had no references.
money or technical training all the best
positions were closed. The only thing
LEFT was 10 take a menial position at
meager wages and keep my eyes open
for my chance.
room for 20 cents. paid Is cents Fri
day night