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however, that japan should care to
force war at this time. Already sad
died with heavy debt. and certain
that the powers would not let her take
her will OF the sister Kingdom, she
might find victory, economically, al
most as disastrous as defeat. The issue
OF the detained steamer Will scarcely
cali for an appeal to arms. lf Japan
persists In her present somewhat nigh
handed attitude, doubtless the Chinese
government. weak as 1t Is. and evil
IDENTIFY dubious about the legality of Its
position will quietly yield. No degree
of bitter and envious rage could wei
goad 1t into testing It's fate against the
seasoned veterans of Kurokt and
Oyama.
But trouble between these two coun-
tries seems bound to come sooner or
later. IL China Is really awakening
as the approved authorities keep tell
ing us that she Is. she cannot complete
the process one whit too soon to be
ready for Japan.
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OF It's fghting weapons. Even in mod
ern times the same thesis holds roughly
true. as the mad rivalry In the matter
of armor-pated battleships. for en-
ample. helps to illustrate. Should one
nation now devise plate which no
existing projectile could pierce, It
would hardly be very long before an
other nation would come forward with
n gun which would crush II like an
egrsheil. Thus the efficiency of both
offensive and defensive weapons is
steadily forced forward. The end must
be reached somewhere; and since In the
nature of tile case the development OF
offensive weapons is much more rapid
than that of defensive weapons, 1t is
evident that that end Will come with
the invention of gun so deadly that
no troops can stand up against 1t.
This was tho thesis of that astutc
military critic, the late Jean de Bloch,
NJ. de Bloch contended, with great
wealth of argument, that the constant
Improvement in the methods of war
fare must eventually make war impos-
sible. II is said that hiss book influ-
enced his master, Nicholas H., to issue
the famous peace manifesto which led
to the Hague Conference of 1899. One
OF M. dc Bloch's chief arguments
hinged upon the silent firearm, which,
he predicted, was a certain develop
ment of the future Now, we are told,
thanks to the inventive genius of a
Maxim this weapon has arrived. Ber-
that the German war-otfice has already
planned to take up" this gun, though
skeptical as yet as to its possibilities.
But the German military authorities
fully agree with NJ. de Bloch as to
the significance of such an invention.
They state that If MaXim's firearm is
as effective as 1t is described to be, It
will practically put an end to war.
Is correct. No soldiers could stand the
fire OF guns discharged without deto-
nation and beyond their range of
vision. The horror of seeing COM
rades fall dead out of the ranks, with
out visible or audible cause, would
stampede the most seasoned veterans.
Human nature being what it is, the
work of The Hague and similar propa-
ganda can hardly hope to be effective.
Man requires to be convinced not that
war is wicked, but that 1t is impossible.
If permanent and universal peace ever
settles upon the world. it will prob
ably come, paradoxically enough,
through the Irresistible efficiency OF
the implements OF war.
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EIxYardN Blll.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,,-You will please be SO SO, KIND, as IS
to allow me space IN your columns 70
give my views to the public, against
the bill called the Edwards bill, which
is now pending before our IseGlsiature,
not my views only, but, l belieVe INC
views Of many, TO pass such plii
would be Complete contiscauon OF
over $500, 900 directly, as most az me,
trappers have made their outlay, or
the larger part of ! t, for this season,
their losses-h ONES, boats' et iattsr -
has been made plain ~ .! lprlt. - $
recent date under head OF az, eain
No doubt hut what IT mas n ,,d on tta ers
very plain to Mr.. Edwards Hr ~ thrao
that to give the fish a rest 10Y .nrea :
months and fish the other nine W t''Ht,t
be q very liberal law. Wou. n,t t'ii the
so, too, if | knew nothing anout , r,.o
species of fish caught tnosa III" -, -
months, but that is the time I'M an shu co ,,o
only time that that species OF i,s AND and
in our waters in any quhn. ra Vim p'i Is
tho only three months thaI sfa Ip9 wnrds
profitable 1T is called lls IN INV T,
bin; but where was VIZ hnre seinemar
must have been some snoi other nea
along the Potomac or soI, ,ll, sneries o1
headland waters. where tnls or shawn
fish go to deposit their egss,, ~ fresl
Whether they are IN seaIct for theil
water or a place of safety ,aa rt
Young, / know not; but neSu ut hav,
they go. Now, there migns w. 49, =
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A Doctors Protest.
, The Tlmes.D Dispatch:

Editor of The Times-D lspatch:
Sir.-Simply as matter of principle,
1 can hardly refrain from a few COM
ments on the inadvertent negligence
Cor ignorance) of the last Assembly
of the State of Virginia In regard TO
matter of nearest Importance to every
citizen of the Commonwealth-pnb
health. Tho State Board OF Health,
Endorsed by the Medical Society of Vir-
ginia and every reputable doctor in the
Old Dominion, pointed to the attention
OF this Legislature bills providing for
vital statistics. vaccination of school
children attending public and private
schools, to protect the water supplies
and sheds OF the State, requiring the
dtsinfection Of public buildings. rail-
way coaches and sleeping cars: to pro-
vide for the inspection of plans for
public school buildings and the cor
rection of unsafe and unsanitary condi-
tons of school buildings, grounds, ETC.;
to provide for teaching in public
schools the methods and modes by
which the dangerous communicable
diseases are spread and prevented. All
these things which will eventually be
compelled to be done, were treated with
absolute Indifference. 1t simply means
larger death rate in all communities
for the next two years, or until they
are properly cared for. Now. wher
such things as these are treated indif
ferently by supposed to-be smart peo
pie, what can be expected of the othel
classes which make up an appalling
| number OF our population? Verify
| the sins Of omission are often greater
than those Of commission.
A VIRGINIA DOCTOR.
Emporia, Va, March Z, 1908.
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been as large catch last year along
the shore az there had been, Was that
any proof that the fish did not go.
Couldn't they go out Of his reach on
shore? That reminds me Of ~ gentle
man from WestmorelaiId county who
in 1879 visited friend OF one living near
tho bay shore, On the morning before
going home M friend took him out 70
see him fish his trap ttrappins was n
its infancy them. He took out or ~
forty or fifty shad and 5000 or 4,ou99
herring. He gave his friend goo,d
mess to take home, He told his neigh
bors, IN WeAtnoreland that u the pen-
plo living in the lower part OF FairT
field kept catching fish like they We're
there would soon be none TO eaten.
Thrty-fve years haye rolled py Sa
and although II 10 hazardous, lnporlo o,;s
and expensive. the work stu goes AZ AZ,
and to-day our trnppers would hara.tiS !,
consider catch like the above WOLF III
going to their traps for. Ihe Sa t1n
seems TO be as good as IN any X Of IT tine ne
past years. am sure that the Trays a
are not as destructive to iish as tn ~,
| haul selnes at the head OF our Day sSy,
SusQuehanna and. Potomac Rivers. iv W
when they arc taken in traps they hntt
not ripe, and they destroy none nuI
those they catch, nnt where the h 4, !,
seine Is used Is OH their spgWnlng.
ground, and the spawn is hauled ash N
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EoR BETrER JOBS.

The es-Dispatoh again calls tho
attention of the people OF Richmond to
the need of greater facilities here for
Industrial education. Notable efforts
in this direction have been made by
Mr.. Charles Pratt in Brooklyn, and
more recently by the establishment in
Pittsburg by Mr.. Andrew Carnegie OF
system of technical schools.
During the past fifteen or. twenty
years this country has, as O. nation, been
in the van of industrial achievement
To quote the ideas Of one whose Wis
ion is clear and whose opportunity for
observation has been of the best, this
position in the front rank has been due
to three causes:
First. The abundance of raw mater
ials; secondly, the ready adaptiveness
and inventive genius of our people. as
evidenced in the application Of machine
cry to this raw material; and thirdly,
the transcendent ability of our leaders
for organization. In national policy
looking to the conservation of this IN
dustrial prominence we must include
not only these three essential elements,
but one other which has not been as
| abundantly present in these United
States as it should have BEEHIVE mean
! good workmanship with skill in ma
nipulation and Intelligent direction OF
the shop.
A change has been wrought in re-
cent years, and to-day the apprentice
in the true sense is thing of the past
Without special privileges the average
4 hoy of sixteen cannot expect reason
ably to become generally proficient
The door of opportunity is closed, saw
where he can, along with his daily worl
at the machine or bench. blend tn
training of either a night school or
correspondence course. That the youns
linen of our city are taking advantage
of these meagre opportunities Is shown
by the large registration of thes
schools. However, we consider etthe
OF these two means but temporary eN
. pedieuts and the precursors of the bet
! ter things in store for Richmond. Tina
J. they are productive of great good an
o beneficent results Is unquestionabl
: true. but they are makeshifts, and II
: the duty of Richmond to supply tn
IS best.
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Opposed to Judge Rhea.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-I notice in the columns Of your
paper so far nothing but censure for
Judge Mann for the part he took IN
the fight for Judge Rhea, and that some
of his good friends are deserving him
in his race for Governor for the same
cause. The writer was as much OPP
posed to Judge Rhea's appointment and
confirmation as any one, and did all
that he could to prevent 1t; but do
not believe Judge Mann has been infiu-
enced by the party lash. as is SO often
said.
The writer cannot believe that man
who has so nobly stood by the tenn
perance cause when it was a weak
one, and has so greatly assisted in
building 1t up to the strength 1t has
reached, would be moved by so venai
reason as is ascribed by some of
these writers. We should not desert
our friends too easily. We are not
likely ever to find man whose ideas
of duty will agree completely with the
ideas of any other individual
Yours truly,
carvshroo1, Va. March G, 1908.
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in large quantities and left to perish
on the sands Besides, IT IS .a Iinte
that which Justly belongs to our sta.s
and her people, only. TO let them pass
on through our waters TO our slstel
State to be taken. and many destroyer
in their own waters on the pay hNu
neutral waters Of the Potomac River ',s
sailed, barreled and shipped back y
us at their own price without any com,
petition. AS 1t now stands the saitels
along our shores salt large quantltless
Of them. and place them on the marK .e',
e CHI in in the State Of Virginia, The
shaG is no longer a luxury, although
as toothsome az 1t is, but what Would
lit be If we had to get IT from me
jhead of our bay or the Potomac River
oyster. @ Where you leave an oyster
| rock to day you can find 1t to- morrow.
Not so with the scale, fish, To-dgS
! thew belo ng to our State and people.
IRn aVe no trap; but What il The interest
OF my people is my interest, ana what
i Is the interest of our State Is our IN
i tcrest and In the name of nigh Heaven
/ render unto Caesar the things tnat
i are fCaesar's, and to our people the
4 things that are theirs. y, ,,r,e,,,
Reedyille. Va, March s. 1908.
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MONDAY, MARCH .. 1908.
Memory makes NIL dear human
beings undyinE to us as long MS we
ourselves Iivc.-Gcorge Eliot.
coon LAW KILLED.

Despite the earnest and intelligent
efforts of Speaker Byrd, Delegate
Green senator wickham. Senator Hol-
land and Senator Watkins. all pro-
posals looking towards reformation
of the oyster laws were defeated az
saturday nights session of the House.
This failure TO deal with the neces-
stiles of the situation is in every way
deplorable.
As Chairman Lee, of the State Board
OF Fisheries has stated in his annual
report and at public hearings, the
oyster industry needs careful and I'M
mediate attention. The bill which was
killed on Saturday, through the siren
nous efforts of Messrs. Rev and Stubbs,
would have cured some of the obvious
defects in the present oyster laws. AS
it is. two years must elapse before
anv definite change of policy can re
made in the development of seed
oysters.
Meanwhile, Maryland, Connecticut
Delaware, Louisiana and Texas, which
have far better laws for the govern
ment OF this industry, will still further
increase the advantage they have OBJ
tanned over the Virginia oyster pro-
ducers. The publicity which has been
given the oyster laws at this session
will, however, be productive of the good
results of directing general attention
TO the conditions which the narrow ant
benighted policies of some Tidewatei
REPRESENTATIVES are seeking to per-
oetuate. To efficiently deal with this
problem all that is necessary Is to give
the General Assembly accurate infor'
nation.
The appropriation intended for the
specific purpose of determining the
producing power of the bottoms IN
James River was lost with the deatf
OF the bill. 1t is very much TO be
hoped, however, that the State Boarc
of Fisheries Will attempt such investi
cation on its own account. With thu
information so obtainable, and witt
the awakened public interest in thi
great question, it will be hardly pos
sible to prevent enactinG compre
hensiye scheme of legislation on thi
subject IN 1910,
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THE 4 BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

The announcement that tho Knicker-
booker Trust Company, of New York,
will resume business on March Goth is
a message OF encouragement and good
cheer that has already had an appre-
ciable effect upon sentiment through
out the country. II denotes strength.
and it inspires confidence. We have
had severe panic-one of the most
violent the country ever knew. There's
no doubt of that, and now that we
realize the force OF the storm, the Won
der is that the casualties were not
more numerous and more serious. The
fact that we have escaped so we'll bears
evidence of the inherent strength OF
the financial and Industrial structure.
Better than that, 1t is a testimonial to-
the nations character. Some very dis
tinguished gentlemen, whether intcn-
tionally or not, by their public speeches
created the Impression that the morals
of our men of affairs had degenerated,
and this had more 10 do with shaking
public confidence than any other cause.
But we venture that the late panic
revealed less crookedness and brought
on fewer dishonest failures than any
of its predecessors. The Knickerbocker
Trust Company is a case in point. 1t
was forced TO close its doors, but, re-
lieved OF temporary embarrassment. its
character enables IT 10 resume
Trade and industry are still feeling
the effects of the panic. and will likely
do so for some time TO come. especially
as the Situation is aggravated by poll
tics. But there is, distinct revival
as indicated by the trade reports ii
general. and especially by the figures
of the American Railway Association
A showing the first decrease since Qeto
Der in the number OF Idle cars on ,h'
countrys railroads.
The setback in trade has its 500,
side. II has enabled all concerns Il
get much-needed rest, 10 take stoel
and TO reduce the cost Of doing bust
ness, which had reached The limit
When prosperity again sets in, the rail
roads and all branches Of manufat
ture and commerce win be Ia bette
position than they were before ii
storm came 10 realize fair Eroht 6
I their business.
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Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch:
sir,-1 wish to call the attention Of
the proper city aushorities TO the
muddy condition Of Main Street where where
i. is intersected by Lombardy, Street.
and to ask that it be kept pit clean s,aa1.,,,,
AT that point there Is no sldeWaik
on the west side of Lombardy, and as
the Passenger and Power Companys
cars do not stop until they have CROSS
ed this street, passengers getting off
the westbound car are forced to alight
in mud sometimes shoemouth deep, and
walk through 1t back to the pavement
on the east side of Lombardy. This
crossing ought to be kept clean, or the
westbo1nd cars should stop on the
east side, where there is a pavement,
and averting the disagreeable necessi-
1t.
/ am an almost daily, patron of the
Main Street line, and also city tax,
payer as are many others who travel
TO Lomhardy street. y. Y. u.
Richmond, va. March. 1905
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was the guest Of honor at tea given
last week by Mrs. Lybrook, OF Blacks
burg spent the winter In Richmond.
leaving here for Blacksburg in Feb
ruary.
Mr.. Polk Miller has Just returned
from q visit to his daughter. at Mary
Baldwin Institute. Staunton. He was
entertained at supper by Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander r. Robertson during his
stay.
Mrs. John II. Guy has returned from
a visit OF some length to her daughter.
Mrs. Sayers, of Wythevillc.
Mr.. and Mrs Mann S. Quarles have
returned from stay at the Meckien-
burg Hotel, Chase City.
Miss Louise McGee. of charlottes-
willie, is visiting Mrs. e. B. Meade, No.
0 North sixth street.
Miss May NJ. w. Broaddus has re-
| turned from visit to her parents. DIR.
and Mrs. w. L. Broaddus, OF Bowling
Green.
| Mr.. Maurice Lunn, of Baltimore, n
a visitor in the city.
Mrs. Emerson, who came to Rich-
mond for a short visit. returned with
her baby and nurse to Fayetteville, N,
lC,, on Saturday.
Judge j. NJ. Quarles, of Staunton,
spent several days here last week.
Mrs. Crossman of Pennsylvania, for.
imerly Miss Elsie Cameron, of this city,
ia Visiting her parents. Colonel and
/ Mrs. Alexander Cameron, at No. GID
I East Franklin Street. /
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THE NEBRASKA ronEnuNNEn.

The Nebraska platform was probably
written by Mr.. William j. Bryan. 1t
certainly could have been written by
him, for 1t embodies nearly all of his
pet views. Most of it could have been
written also by Mr.. Roosevelt. for 1t
embodies many of the Presidents pet
views. With one or two panks elimi-
mated, or even modified, Mr.. Roose-
welt could stand quite comfortably on
the Nebraska platform, which goes to
show that the extreme men of both
parties are not now very far separated
by political lines
Peculiar interest attaches to the Ne.
braska platform. for it probably is a
forecast In great part of the ma
tional Democratic platform Of 1908.
1t has many good points. The States
rights plank is sound and we'll framed.
The tariff plan, however. is not SO
strong as 1t should be, nor so strong as
will he. Tariff revision Is very loose
term The Republicans may promise
1t with perfect safety to the protection
lists. The Democratic principle Is tariff
lfor-revenue-only Democracy Is op-
posed to the principle of protection,
and any doctrine short of that Is not
| democratic.
The railroad plank is rather amusing
when read in connection with the stock
quotations. II declares that the gov
! oh ho
rates until they reach a point where
they will yield only a reasonable re-
turn on the present value of the roads
such reasonable return being defined
as return sufficient to keep the stock
of the roads at par when such roads
are honestly capitalized"
i Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stock
is now selling at $27 per share; Chi
cago Great Western, at ga; Colorado
Southern, at s2S; Erie, at $3.50; Mis-
souri, Pacific, at sS1; Southern Railway
, at $3.50 and Wabash at ST. Would IL
, not require a considerable readjustmen
!. of values and rates to put the price
: of these stocks up to par? And even II
r all stocks were marked up, or down, tt
S par, would 1t not keep the rate-maker!
9 rather busy to adjust railroad rates t.
the daily fluctuations of the stock
/. market? And is 1t not clear that th'
s Nebraska plan presupposes the exist
$ ence of stock market, for how, els
: should the rate-makers know whel
!, stocks were at par? Yet the Nebrask;
S Democrats must be opposed to TIL
Y Istock market, for the platform init
: mates that gambling in watered stock
g was responsible for the panic.
), We hope that the National Demo
$ cratic Convention. while choosing wha
d is really good in the Nebraska declara
n tion will discard the buncombe an
: claptrap, for while these things ma
It catch a few votes here and there. the
cannot but discredit the party wit
: men who do their own thinking, ar
e are informed.
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rAn EAsTEnN TnounLEs.

The unyielding attitude of the Tokyo
foreign office over the seizure of the
steamer Tatsu Maru by Chinese off,
Gals is more or less at variance with
its declaration that Japan would never
contemplate war over such a minor
incident. All overtures toward an ami
cable adjustment have been steadily
rejected by the Tokyo authorities, and
foreign diplomats In PelSin have been
politely told to keep their hands off,
Japan has renewed her request for the
unconditional release of the vessel in
manner not indicative of any especial
anxiety to avoid trouble. The incident,
though trlfling, has aroused consider
able resentment, feeling being easy
enough to stir up between the two
countries in their present frames OF
mind. Moreover, the Japanese cabinet
has already been the target of bitter
| criticism, and any signs of weakness.
In the present crisis would make tt
downfall imminent.
Japans rapid rise to cminence oil
resources and population relatIver
small has inevitably made her an oh
4 ject of jealousy 10 the Celestial EN-
pire. Conversely, Japan intoxicated b,
her own dazzling successes and con
temptuous Of the lrthargic empire. 1
y lirresistibly tempted to aggression
Here are TO be found the true elc
e ments OF conflict OF which episode
/ Hike this and the sauabbie over IN
4, kwangto timber lands are but passin
" expressions. 1t Is hardly concelyabl
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THE GETTYSBURG MONUMENT.

The General Assembly of Virginia
has done a patriotic act in providing
for monument to be erected on the
field Of battle at Gettysburg, in honor
of the gallant service of the Virginia
troops in that famous engagement. OF
all the monuments upon the field, none
will have a clearer title than the Vir-
gina shaft, and it will owe it's exist
ence in great part to the untiring and
affectionate efforts of Colonel Thomas
Smith.
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Merely Joking.
Tie syata.s rror,.

Tile Maids Effort.
Please, ma'am,' said tho maid, there's
colored man and his wire ny the door In
answer to your advertisement
But I advertised only tor n ,nuntiro.s
In Rolling Chairs.
Sporty; "rd ride all day if were not
sportleIrh, $50 would IL ! were not
pushed for money."--March Llppinoott's.
scauitur.
mo" said the first traveller II do not
believe in doctors I'm a Christian Sceht-
ist,,
"1ndeed7. replied the other: II follow
thnt belief myself" ~
Really2"
Yes: I'm an undertaker.'--The Catholic
standard and Times. ~
The Versatile Art.
The actors life would seem TO be
paradox In many ways:
He doesn't rlay when out or work,
But yet lie works each time ne plays
Brooklyn Life.
The Reason.
why Is that beautiful girl in the corner
OF the car like the careless conductor7"
~ don't see any similarity; why is she
like him r"
Because she is passing fair."--Baltmorc
American.
Measure of Time.
say" nsked the first messenger boy, ''got
any novels ter swop?"
II got Big Foot Bits Revenge" re-
piled the other.
rs 1T a long story?"
Nav! Ye kin finish it easy in two mes
sages.'-Philadclpha Press.