Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-05-30
CHAMP
CLARK'S
LETTER..
Especial Washington letter.,

Especial Washington letter.
T may be that in the fullness of
time the eminent advocates of
peace may be able to get togeth-
er. Also in the fullness of time
the millennium will come. But up to
late the aforesaid advocates are far
apart. Colonel Roosevelt is for peace.
OF u he is. He is determined to
have peace ever if he has to fight for
1t. Therefore he constantly exploits the
theory entertained and preached by
both Sancho Panza and George Wash
lngton, "In times Of peace prepare for
war" But Colonel Roosevelt was de-
termined not to be squeezed out when
it came to making peace suggestions,
so he Clipped into the game with one
to the effect that the nations should
agree on the maximum size and ton
mage Of battleships. Fine theory, nota-
BILE suggestion-about as apt to be
adopted as that the elephant would
agree to eat the same quantity Of hay
as would a Shetland pony.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan also
has a suggestion, and that is that mon
ey shall be contraband Of war. That is
a "sockdolager" and If adopted would
at once end all wars, but there's the
rub. Nobody will agree to it. The poor
nations will oppose it because they
want to borrow money, and the rich
nations will oppose it because they
want to lend; but Of the two sugges-
lions Colonel Bryan's is more sane and
feasible than Colonel Roosevelt's. Bry-
ans has the merit of having far reach
ing effects If it could be adopted, while
Roosevelt's would simply multiply
smaller craft.
In the meantime there is one world
character who is not trying to pose as
a peace advocate, and that's the Ger
man kaiser, Wilhelm Of Hohenzollern.
He probably desires peace as much as
any of them, for Germany's present
amazing commercial growth and pros
perity would not in all human proba-
bility be promoted by war. On the
contrary, they would most probably be
retarded and might be stopped entire
ly, all Of which the kaiser has the wis
dom to comprehend thoroughly; but,
speaking through his chancellor, Won
Bulow, he frankly says that he has or.
dered his representatives at The Hague
peace conference to take nc part what.
ever in discussing any proposition to
disarm, and the chancellor gives as
reasons that differences in geograph.
ical situation, etc., are such that whaa
would be a reasonable armed force fol
one nation would not be at all ade'
quate for another. While it is the
voice of Won Bulow, it is Of course the
idea of the kaiser. The more n reads
and thinks Of Wilhelm the more one
recalls his mighty ancestors, the Great
Elector and Frederick the Great. Ir
the foregoing matter his reasoning is
clear as crystal. Naturally Germany is
hard to defend on account of her topog
raphy and geography. She has nc
such defense as England had in the
English channel when Napoleon as
sembled his army of invasion at Bou
logne. The chances are that had Full
ton got his steamboat to going twenty
years soone Napoleon would have con
quered England and would have clap
ped one Of his brothers, stable boys o.
brothers-in-law on the throne occupied
now by King Edward. Germany ha.
no such natural defense as both France
and Spain have in the Pyrenees. Ani
SO on to the end Of the chapter. Know
ing this, it is natural and reasonable
that the kaiser should study mucl
about geography and topography whe1
the proposition to disarm is to tn,
fore. There is no rational ground 70,
supposing that he seeks war, but Their,
is much ground for believing that b.
does not propose to relinquish any ele
ment of strength he now possesses
He is candid about his position.
President Wilson's Latest Discovery.
Some folks are always "seeinj
things" especially when they violat
King Solomon's injunction about look
ing too long on the wine when it j
red in the cup. President Woodrow
, Wilson of Princeton, Colonel Georg
AAoA Wy . SoAoA0oIG 4Ol plCS1uC1ll, 10 a.
ways discovering things. In hi
character as a political Christopher ca
lumbus he has made three brand new
discoveries, two Of which were hoar,
with age if not time honored before b
was born. First, he "discovered' tina
the speaker of the federal house o
representatives has too much power
If he will read the remarks of Roge
@. Mills, Charles Frederick Crisp, Wi
liam Z. Wilson and sundry other Demo
Gratis is found in the Congressiona
Record Of the. first Reed congress b
will discover that his discovery NJ
/ is no discovery at all, but Is nearl
old enough to vote. Second, his mex
startling discovery is "the laws delay,
on which / commented in a recent lei
ter. Third, now he fairly takes GU
breath away with the discovery tina
there is somewhat of boss rule in thi