The newspaper., 1908-12-04
Current Events.


gram given by the Spartan section of the
Paonia High School.
/ saw an article the other day
which was copied from a London
paper, that said: "When the United
States becomes mixed up In politics
and base ball, the rest OF the world
can go off and die, for all it cares"
Therefore the situation in Turkey
has not been given much space in
the newspapers.
For long time Turkey has had a
policy Of not accepting Christianity
herself. or allowing Others under
control to live who did accept it.
The feeling against this has broken
out in revolutions as great to them
as our Civil War to us.
1t has never amounted to much
more than threatened war on the
part of Servia who halted ON the
point of war one night by the fact
that they had no ammunition for
their cannon. This fact throws light
on the ability of their statesmen in
time of war and maybe in peace.
Turkey has adopted a policy of
peace and, is of course, trusting to
her God, and to that country which
has preserved her "A nation-namely,
England.
Montenegro has been carrying on
a war of its own. With the cries Of
an organized mob shouting for ven
geance and shooting off pistols, they
declared themselves ready to die. By
far the most serious trouble is in
Bulgaria, which, with the territory
east of Roumania, has formed an al
lance. which gives Bulgaria both of
the territories. Crete has formed an
alliance with Greece.
A meeting of the great powers
which signed the treaty of Berlin
will he held. They are England,
France, Russia and Germany.
Crete will probably be made to
pay for the railroad put through
Cretish territory at the expense of
the Turkish government
Bulgaria cannot be forced to give
up the territory she has seized with
out n war. This would be IA less CIV
ilized act than to let her keep il.
This last statement viii be ques-
toned by some. But If it is not so.
why the Hague tribunal or peace
conference?
Another thing which the political
campaign has kept pretty much in
the dark j. the situation in the Phil
ippines. Less than ten years ago
Dewey, fighting, sailed into Manila
Bay. He found there a chaos of an
archy and rebellion. This has been
hard TO subdue. But 1t is being ac.
complished.
The last political campaign has
brought about several changes. The
currency has been changed from no
standard, to the greatest standard
known to man. the gold standard.
The United States has improved
the hnrbors. built light houses.
changed the titles OF land from al
most no title TO positive titles, or
ganized the militia to put down an
archy, assisted in the transportation
from one island to another. built a
system of schools known all over the
world for their efficiency in educating
the heather: and they have also de-
veloped the judiciary system to one
of the very hest-in fact equal To our
own-and the world can show no
better. We have also improved ev.
erything that is worth improving
and much that Is new. Ii is a record
that makes every American hold up
his head with pride. But since. chol-
era has broken ont there and not
newspaper space and red headlines
have been devoted to the subject.
many in the outside world believe
that America is indifferent to the
Philippines. But as to our record I'm
the Philippines, can any nation show
anything to beat 1t?
America is known as the land OF
young men. And therefore she heads
the list In inventions, by over one
hundred thousand. In the struggle
as to who is to conquer the air or
human flight America stands at the