The National tribune., 1909-10-14
THURSDAY

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coming dignity, and It would seem to
| me nearly time to cease throwing ciods
| at her.
Again the Brownsville incident is be-
| ing agitated. According to decision
recently rendered by the Comptroller of
| the Treasury, the members of the
/ Brownsville Court of Inquiry will not
receive the compensation provided by
law for them until the expiration of one
year from the date of their appoint
ment as members of the court. The
act of Aug. 5, 1909, makes each MEM
Der entitled to receive extra compensa-
ton at the rate of $500 year. The
hitch comes in that the Comptroller
| finds that the $1,000 in each case is to
be paid in full for the entire service.
regardless of the time required for the
service, and that the sum is to be held
until the service is completed.
After ALL pure grit is worth as much
as medicine sometimes. Early last
Spring Lieut.. Simms Reed. executive
officer of the Mayflower, was crushed
under his horse in fall while riding
in Rock Creek Park. At first ii was
thought that he was dead, but his life
was spared. He was carried to the
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lower part of his body was entirely
paralyzed and that he certainly could
not live. Then the surgeons concluded
that maybe he would live il his legs
were taken off. Lieut.. Reed said that
he was going to live, and that he would
recover from the paralysis. and as the
use of his limbs would then be restored
he would not permit them to be cut off.
For months this young officer. who had
sustained fracture of the fifth ver-
zebra, and a heavy pressure of the
spinal cord resulted, has been lying on
a bed of pain from which it WAS only
prOblematic if he would ever arise. and
yet his grite was such that, tho utterly
helpless he has kept the whole hospi-
tai in a good humor, and is now on the
road to recovery. While it may be that
he will never get about on his feet
without the assistance of canes or
crutch, there is no reason to doubt that
in the course of a few months more he
will be up and about The surgeons
speak of it as a case of pure grit"
China, Japan and Korea.
Last week a very interesting traveller.
formerly of Washington. was in the
city on his return to China after brief
vacation. The visitor was DR.. Robert
Coltman, Jr., of Tientsin, China. who
represents Standard Oil in that land Of
the Orientals. DR.. Coltman Is a native
of Washington. as is his father before
him, Rev. DIR. Robert Coltman, Sr., and
Robert Coltman, Second Junior, is con-
nected with his father in business. max
ing three of that name now living. The
old Coltman farm corners on Thomas
Circle. which is now almost the bust
ness center of Washington. and the
old farmhouse of substantial brick
stands back from the street as tho defy
Oh
richie. Dr. Coltman has been in China
for the last "a years, where he was in
the service of the Chinese Government
until few years ago. He went all
thru the Boxer troubles. and was the
first to send an account of the siege of
Pekin to Chicago newspaper. DR..
Coltman is intimately acquainted with
the members of the imperial family
and the highest court officials. having
attended many of them in his capacity
as physician, and may be- said to
know the higher class Cinnamon as well
as the best. He also attended Ii Hung
Chang on his tour in this country.
Speaking of the Chinese. Dr. Coltman
says: II like Cinnamon and the Chi
nese very much indeed, and hope and
expect to spend the balance of my life
and be buried there. There are nat
urally all sorts of Cinnamon, just like
any other people: but, as a general rule
they are good honest, reliable people.
China is country with a wonderful
future, and her natural resources are
simply inexhaustible of course what
is needed there is progress, and it is
quite remarkable how the conservative
people are Fastening to Introduce West
ern ideas in order to modernize COM
merce and trade. Referring to the
mixed-up relations of China, Japan and
Korea, DR.. Coltman said: "One thing
which has always remained a mystery
to me, and 1 deplore it very much, is
the peculiar action of the United States
Government in recognizing Korea as
dependent of Japan, thereby taking it
away from China, to which country
the Emperor assigned Korea 1t was
America and England which abducted
Korea from the Chinese and made it
present to Japan 1t is most remark
able. too, because years ago the United
States was very positive in recognizing
Korea as being under Chinese s,iZer-
ainty. There is no such tn ing as an
open door in China or Manchuria,"
said DR.. Coltman. Most of the trade
of these countries is in the hands of
the japanese, Germans and English,
With but little American business being
done outside of the Standard Oil and
other industries. japanese ambitions"
continued DIR. Coltman, have no linli-
tations, and they are as active as they
can be in pursuance of these ambitions
AS long as the United States and other
powers are satisfied with promises on
the part of the Japanese Government
with regard to an open door in Man
churia the evacuation of that country.
etc, Japan will simply suit herself and
continue in her own sweet way to in
trench Japanese interests" Speaking
OF Robert Coltman, Third. DIR. Coltman
said that he had been in the interior of
China in. the employ of the Chinese
Government as a civil engineer, building
bridges. Young Mr.. Coltman is
graduate of Cornell.
Women VS.. Men Teachers.
funny discussion has been started
In Tho 10 r.nlar r1.ls.