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New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
,,p,y.S 1r0RE N CORE4.

r,- l.,,,+ .,,ora+ious in the Far East have
,,oa,, moro severely criticised than has JapanS
ol,,i7,fstratfon of Corpan affairs. Indeed, It mas
been not merely criticised, but also dehouhceo'
in rDsparfng terms as oppressive, cIueI anu
friouitcIS 10 the last degree. But, III IaCt 1t
arrears not improbable that the work done III
(,,ra, nndcr tie direction Of Prince Ito has
heen one of the most bCneticcnt ever performed
in that mart of the world. and that it will in
tho mature Judgment of history rank second
~ ouIy the awakening OF Japan herself as an
achievement fer the reform of old abuses ana
tre elevation Of benighted country into the
frN light Of civilization.
In general government there has been com
1,Iera separation of the executive from the JuuI-
cial department. and thus an end has been put
to . system which made every provincial geV-
ernor Judge and the administration OF JUS
tice a matter of personal favor or pecuhaT|
interest The wholr judicial and penal SIS-
ton, has been revised on an enlightened basis.
The torture Of witnesses and of prisoners
which was common in former times. has been
abolished: and capital punishment, instead OF
benc inflicted with painful noisonS and in other
atIociouS WAYS, for all oAcuces from robbery up
to murder j. now restricted to Il very Few
crimes and is administered in a deror"us ana
humane manner. Fer the first time IN the his
tory of Corea an efficient and permanent minis
tori3I system has been established, and govern
ment through an army of corrupt court para
sites Mt Seoul has been swept away.
Currency and taxation systems have been
practically created. the former conditions hay
inc beep cllaotic The coasts have been pro
vfded with lighthouses ana buoys; railroads,
tclecranhs. telephones and postal service
have been provided: Watcrw0rks. sewers. hos
pitaIs and other works for the sanitary wei
fare Of the people have received in five years
more attention than III five centuries before; a
good public school system has been created.
and religious liberty has been fully established
Nor has hospitality 10 foreigners been neg
lected Under the old C0rean laws foreigners
were forbidden to acquire land outside Of Ger
tain narrow treaty limits but this restriction
has now been largely removed by a new title
registration Law. while the privilege Of owning
mines anywhere in CoTca which was formerly
..ented to aliens has been fully granted under
law promulgated by Prince Ito in 1906.
In this gigantic work Japan has spent ont of
her own treasury about $72.50o00o Of which
S7-0o00O is loaned to the Coreau government
and SI5.CO0O0O Is invested In railroads. which
may be expected to return some profit. No
doubt the whole work ana expenditure Will in
time prove pecuniarily profitable to Japan,
since her proximity and political influence Will
assure her for all time Il prcpondcratnE IN
dustrial and commercial interest in Corea. and
ii will pay her 10 have that country civilized
rather than savage Nevertheless that prospect
OF reward does not destroy the merit Of the
achievement
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
TIE GOEBEL TRAGEDY.

The issuance of uardons TO W. $ Taylor, ex-
Governor Of Kentucky; Charles Finley. eX-
Secretary of State and other persons indicted
for coTn3icity in the murder Of William Goebel
writes the final chapter in the story of Il re
markable political tragedy II terminates the
effort on the part of the state authorities to
solve the mystery of q crime which has left a
deep imprint on Kentucky life.
William Goebel was q firebrand in Kentucky
uolifics he was not bred 10 the high traditions
so long prevailing in the public life of that
stste being newcomer and an adventurer
of the ruthless kind. He believed that force
-triekery were the most effective weapons
IN z-SIitics He paved the WAY TO success in
The state by preparing and having passed an
election law transferring all power over the
machinery Of elections to q central partisan
board He won the Democratic nomination for
Governor in 1899 by audaciously manipulating
Il state convention. lie was defeated for cleo
fioh. and even the Democratic returning board.
creafed by the Goebel law for just such 4 con
tingency. was unwilling to deny 4 certificate
10 his Republican opponent. w. =. Taylor Tay-
Tor was inaug1rated. hat Goebel controlled the
Legislature trUrped up contest and ordered
tbs-EegEslature Il unscat Taylor and seat him
Jlisi as This conspiracy WAS about TO he sac
eesSfuiiy carried through some one shot Goehel
seT=n ia tie public square N Frankfort The
carital filed with armed adherents of
fseth I.sTT;es and ciIl war WIS threaten
Public opinion had stoed by Taylor bnt when
Gossei was assass:nated ana Taylor was
clargea with having incited the crime the legal
careralor's cause collapsed The Legislature
turned lis administrator out and he end
erlseTs ned from the state for their lives Caleh
Powers state officer. and Henry E Youtsev
anzeaafloye ar the capital. were caught and
ried for rlurder- Yeutsey made confession
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington April 24.-The President. the wee
President Captain Butt and General EdWaru7
went to the Chevy Chase golf links III the " "Hi'e
House touring this afternoon and playeu se'
eral games.
President Taft was asked to-day by Senator'S
Gamble and Crawford to attend the Missouri River
Navigation Congress. at Yankton, on July T. anu
g. but said it would not be possible for him 10 De III
South Dakota any of the dates mentiohed' a.
though he might be able to go there Solhe tlile III
August September
Shortly after being informed that the seVeh-Eedi-
old son OF Representative Cox. of Ohio, Win "hon
he shook hands a couple of days ago, IS suieTllS
from measles President Taft received book IN
which was fnclosed a four-Ieaf clover. which WILL
he was told. insure him against the disease Inc
book written by Mrs. Ella Htggnson' OF bei-
lingham, Wash, and was presented 10 tie I1e0i
dent for her by Senator Jones.
The Secretary of Commerce and LaDor uIscusseu
the case of Director North with President IaIt thIs
morning and again in the afternoon
The American Society of International Law at d
meeting last evening created the office of honorary
president and this afternoon informed the Presi-
dent that he had been elected to the post Inc
President accepted. with thanks
Ohio appointments engaged some Of the Presl-
dents time to-day Representative Taylor and
Harry NJ. Daugherty called in the interest or Wits
Rowland of Columbus recommending him for COL
lector of Internal Revenue for the Athens-Colu
district John Elder. Hooking Valley RalIroao
conductor of Athens is favorably mentioned lor Ie
office Senator Burton also discussed patronage III
that state with Mr.. Taft
Among those who paid their respects 10 the
President were Senators warren Taylor anu
Bourne Representative TAYLOR. Cassidy, Cushnah'
Smith and Sherley. L. 3. Moseley. Republican Ma
tfCnal Committeeman of Mississippi, ana ex-f1ep-
resentative Powers. of Massachusetts. who intro
duced the Harvard baseball team. which played
this afternoon with Georgetown College.
The President and Mrs. Taft entertained at the
first of short series of spring dinner parties 10
night. Mrs. Taft received the guests with the
President, and gown of white satin me
table in the dining room was decorated win
Bridesmaid roses. Those at the dinner were JUS
tce and Mrs. Harlan. the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Miss Wilson, the Secretary of Commerce ana
Labor Senator Daniel, Senator Dillingham;. sen
ator and Mrs. Bailey, Senator Foster, senator
James y. Clarke Senator and Mrs Flint, senator
and Mrs Taylor Senator and Mrs. Cummins' Sen
ator Bristov. Representative and Mrs William A
Jones Representative and Mrs. R. Wayne Parker
Representative NJ E. Olmsted. Representative ana
Mrs Michael f Driscoll, Representative ana MIS-
J. Van Vechten OIcott. Representative John NJ
Morehead Renito Legarda and Lieutenant COM
mander l.. c. Palmer.
Mrs Taft attended the Riverside Drive concert
this afternoon in one of the White House automo-
bles but the President preferred TO remain on the
golf links
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
THE talk or THE DAY.

To give public and official recognition 10 Henry
Phpps Of PIttsbuTg, millionaire ironmaster and
founder OF the Phipps Institute fov tuberculosis,
for his benefaction, representative Philadelphians
will entertain him at a banquet at the Bellevue
Stratford on May L. the occasion being made fur
ther notable by the formal presentation to the
phiIanthropst OF the gold medal awarded him re-
Gently by the International Conference on Tuber-
culosis.
lie Liked His Straight Intemperance.' said
Horace. Bixby, oldest Mississippi pilot is what
ger VINO had been soaking in the river for half an
hour. When the whiskey was brought. the vic
TINS lips moved slightly, and stopped to get his
water out he said family. 1tn weaken the
As part Of the celebration Of Patriots Day last
Monday. April 10. which was also the anniversary
Of the bloody encounter OF 1861 in the streets of
Baltimore, the people Of Lowell. Mass placed a
tablet to the memory of Charles A. Taylor. Com
pany -. 9Th Massachusetts Regiment, the first man
to faII in the fight in the Southern city Private
Taylor. according the historian of the regiment,
enlisted in BoyIston Hail. Boston, previous to the
departure Of the regiment He took part in the
march of the regiment down Broadway In New
York Like many others OF his comrades he did
not wear a uniform. General +. +. Jones who
commanded the regiment and afterward Lieu
tenant Governor Of New York. says he received
information from a Baltimore resident that Private
Taylor was the first to fall when the regiment was
attacked on the way to Washington.
BIobbs-Mrs. Busgins Is always complaining that
she has little TO
Sslonbs-WeI. l her at ball last night and
she seemed TO be wearing it-Phadephia Rec
ord.
Iowa has been legisating the liquor question
along with Nebraska, which has law that
closes all the saloons at p. But Iowa s statute
IS different. 1t doesn't specify time as to drinks
but evidently aims at quantity and place. In other
words. the state now has a law that would appeal
to New York's famous Committee of Fourteen-a
statute limiting the number of drinking places to
one to each zone thousand of population.
Tommy-Pop, doesn't the Bible say that all flesh
is grass?
Tommys Pop-Yes. my SON
Tomuly-Ihcn why don't you shave with n lawn
mower instead of a razor?-Philadelphia Record.
Arrangements have been made by Professor
Forester of the University Of Berlin to republish
in German abstract of the documents of the
American Association for International Concilia-
ton Separate articles by Eiihu Root. Andrew Car
neeie Professor Ladd of Yale and Professor Rowe
OF the University OF Pennsylvania, have been trans
lated into foreign languages. but this is the nrst
arrangement fer general translation and repub-
Iicatcn.
pardon my ignorance said the lady passenger
70 the captain of the big ship but how do YOU
manage 10 md your way across the trackiess
BY means of the compass madam" answered
the captain. The needle invariably points to the
north.
But" queried the l. D.. suppose you wish to so
ss<z.S4 2''-Chicago News.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
>,v,7 xopK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, APRIL 25 19o9.

ri, of +,,-antv Years. for the system which
was begun here Las been Wldely copieu - -
otber cities Not only the adjacent munlclpall-
ties of Yonkers. Mount Vernon New hoclle,ie
Jersey Civ Newark, Hoboken, Bayonhe' EilA
aheth and Orange. but also Boston, Clic"sO
Milwaukee, and, indeed progressive cl'leS a.
over the land have established similar systems
of admit education SO that now the prlhclple
may he regarded as fixed part OF the -AlneI
lean educational scheme.
Statistics of lectures given and AUDITORS III
attendance afford. however only an lLhpelieC'
idea of the actual results Of the WORK "HiCn
was beoun here in so modest q way twenty
wears ago 1t is beyond the. power OF any
mere mathematician to compute the prouuS.
of those factors in terms Of lnteIiectuI "hu
moral tr,proypment. of increased happiness, OF
civic uplifting and of general humane advance
ncnt. For it must be remembered that theSe
lecture courses wear by year have not been mere
unrelated successions Of entertaining discourseS
They have been as carefully arranged as the
s+,,dies in university curriculum. with view
to giving or. at least to suggesting systematic
well balanced and complete instruction. MoTe
over the various courses have been dlStTlp-
utpd with reference to the Speclli require
ments of the people who wer" to hear theiu
In this way the lecture system has Deeh HliIe
an integral part of the general teacniu% Sel
vice. and the DlacIlCdlIN btiJIiiIIlO"S OPi'i'A -
Informed and iudiciouS observers IS that' III
proDortion TO the necunary cost, it Is one OF
the most efficient and valuable parts of that
service.
The justification Of such system IS at least
twofold Intellectually it is based upon the
nerfectIy sound principle that mental growth
and culture do not necessarily cease and should
net cease with the attainment of maturity but
nav he and should he continued throughout
life. Socially and politically it is based upon
the equally valid principle that the community
may nrouerlv and indeed. should provide for
all it's members such instruction as is required
for or will promote the general welfare. Chll-
dron are instructed because it would obviously
he detrimental to the community to have them
CROW ND in ignorance But If immigrants come
hthcr who are ignorant of our laws and Gus
toms il would obviously he detrimental to the
community 10 have them remain so. And II
the efficiency and the value 70 the community
of citizens generally can be increased by sup
DIvfng them with instruction additional to that
which they have already received. ii is fitting
thing for sucn instruction TO he supplied. Ihe
twenty years Of lectures have meant in thou
sands OF cases better homes. more efficient
work larger contributions to the general
wealth more intelligent and more loyal citizen
ship and a happier and higher standard OF
life.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
THE SJ,IT4y AND HIS PEOPLE

Whatever may be the fate OF Abdul Hamd
in the present crisis at Constantingpe. there
can be no doubt that his place III the history of
the Turkish Empire will be permanently con
sDicuous and important His reign has been
much longer than the average Of those of his
predecessors and il has been marked with mill
tary and diplomatic operations Of exceptional
interest Two foreign wars have been waged
the one disastrous and the other triumphant
each resulting in some modification Of the boun-
daries Of the empire, the first Of them and its
pOstponed consequences reducing the empire in
Furope to Il small fraction of what it was at the
beginning of the reign The vast empire in
Africa has been. practically lost. Finally. and
perhaps most striking of all, free constitution
with representative government. has been eStab-
lished thus efecting the most important change
since the Turks first entered Europe. In all Of
these things Abdul Ilamid has been concerned
and in the latest and greatest Of them he has
nlayed one of the very leading parts. We may
add that his reign has been marked also with
some of the most abominable massacres in his
tory in both Europe and Asia for which the
Sultan has by many been held personally re
sponsible though. OF course. the accuracy Of that
Judgment is net open TO proof.
Now. an amazing Circumstance of the case is
the personal popularity Of this monarch. For
thirty years he was the most secluded of rulers
shutting himself away from the sight of the peo-
pie and il was commonly said that he was gen
orally detested and would he in danger OF death
If he exposed himself to contact with the public
Less than year ago, however. he proclaimed
the constitution. and then Immediately aban-
doned his reserve and seclUsion and mingled
freely with lis subjects. Forthwith he lecame
apparently one of the most popular Of monarche
He was rapturously acclaimed whenever he ap-
peared IN public. and nlultitudes thronged about
lis palace 10 sirg hymns in his praise. \ few
days ago he made a coup dCtGt which was ac-
coEpanied by many tragedies. and a cry ol
execration arose, with demands for his death
Yet on Friday asst with his capital surrounded
by insurgent troops about 10 enter it and compel
the undong # his work, and with the people in
sympathy WITH those insurgents. we are told that
he was heartily acclaimed when be went through
! the streets to and from the mosque, and all
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

Readers Of the New York theatrical news
have become accustomed TO seeing tie notice,
usually published at the end Of the season or in
the vacation time, to the effect that no perform
ances will be provided in the coming season for
the entertainment OF those people who enjoy the
German drama; that the poor support of the
past has discouraged the managers and that,
rather than work and realize only losses. the
German theatrical business will be abandoned.
The information came this year earlier than
usual and in more emphatic terms than have
been employed heretofore
4 year ago it was believed by some persons
that the dccadence in the German drama in the
metropolis was due TO the fact that the best
source Of patronage changed from the lower %
the more central part Of the city, and that in
tereSt could be revived by providing a playhouse
further uptown. y new theatre, admirably ap-
pointed, was secured, a company of more than
ordinary quality engaged, and successful
season was looked forward to. The result was
far from successful, and while the failure Of the
enterprise has been attributed to various causes,
the fact remains that the stage on which tri-
umphs We're expected like those achieved in
the days when Dawson. Barnay, GCiStinger ana
S0nnentha drew enthusiastic audiences has
now been given over to vaudeville and the down
town playhouse has even closed It's doors ana
its manager has pronounced II valedictOry in
which he declares that the day of the German
stage in New York is over. He says that the
actors of high rank who formerly came TO this
country because they could command twenty
times rs high compensation as they could re
"cpive il the German capital" can now receive
four times much in Berlin as a New York
manager can afford to pay them; that the New
York Germans, six hundred thousand III number,
have many organizations where performances
take place frequently. and that these naturally
take patronage from the regular stage.
With this gloomy forecast confronting them.
the patrons of the German stage naturally recall
the words Of Heinrich COnried, who said several
years ago: when the young and pleasure Iov-
ing Germans wanted the German theatre It
was a necessary institution but that day is
rapidly passing. The young men and women
have grown old and their children take 10 in
! "terest in the German stage There are how
ever still many persons who believe that well
managed German playhouse could be success
fully conducted in New York. and it remains to
be seen whether they will find a man courageous
enough to fill the place occupied with varying
/ success by Wiese Haman Amberg Neuendorff
COnred and Baumfeld
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

of some sort and got off with imprisonment TOT
life Powers was tried four times, but lne
Judgment of the trial court was four times re-
versed Taylor went 10 Indiana, ana tor ei3Hl
years successfully resisted extradition Al last
the pa assions Of thu day. artfuily foihehIed i'I
political purposes have yielded TO reason anu
there 2 q. now few persons in hentucky WHO
VIII not aDDrove Governor Wilson $ tndihe
that no valid evidence exists connecting any
one except Youtsey with the Goebel murder
Crimes in politics defeat their own ends anu
most iriure those whom they are committed
10 benefit Had Taylor been unseated by Toe
bel he would have been considered poiitlcaI
MARTYR and could probably have been electeo
Governor again in 1903. Goebels violence ana
trucrlepce would have turned the state against
him; he had already lost the respect OF lhA
honorable elements in his own party Ills
death drieted that opposition. and hiS success
sor. Governor J. {. VI Beckham, succeeded 10
mower in the Democratic organization ana hei"
II unchalenged for eight years. He was 'he
real beneficiary of the crime while Govern
Tavlor, who was charged with approving IT,
became an exile protected from vengeance
under the form Of law by the Rerctful refuSaI
of the state Of Indiana 10 send him BACK 10
face the kind of trials enjoyed by talen
Powers NJ Georgetown. Kentucky ought 10 ne
clad 70 close the Goehel ease and II forget Ihe
disScnS Sions and hitterneSSes which II c.c'''u-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

thought of killing him, or even Of deposlng Ill.,
seemed to have been abandoned.
This attitude of tie public toward MN SeelnS
we say amazing yet it is probably not ul, w.
of explanation. II must be remembered til'C lllo
s,lran is not only the political ruler of the QUO
man Fn,pire but is also the spiritual head OF al
Islam. As the political Sultan be might De Ge-
rosed. As the spiritual Caliph he coud ii'l os
50 lightly dealt with. Devotion to the lai'n anu
reverence for its constituted authorizes are sun
potent in the Mahometan world nIt tIi 49,
s+,,co lone may he sufficient TO explain the at
ti+rde Of a large part of the Turkish pupilc
toward the Sultan N addition, it must be rec
ognized that Abdul Hamid is, and is known oS
his beople to be. a man Of far more than oIuI-
1.arv astuteness. knowledge and inteHectnal iolte
Those qualities have given him Il STRONG Ho,a ,i
1Ipau his peoples esteem y ruler WHO 'oul'
mountain himself against all Europe, as he mas
done for so many years, is not lightly 10 De diS-
missed in favor of some unknown quantity
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
TWENTY YEARS or LFCTEPFs

The twentieth anniversary of the establish
ment Of the public lecture system Of the New
York Board Of Education, which cele-
brated last evening, is a reminder of the de-
NelOpmCnt of Il most noteworthy educational
movement The extent to which il has spread
and the amount Of work which has been per
formed III these twenty years, to think Of
nothing more are impressive The first lectures
were given in January 1889, in six schoolhouses
III what is now the Borough cf Manhattan and
during that season Of three months 1876 lectures
were given and were attended hy 30 l40 per
sons. In the season which closes this week
about 6,oQo lectures will have been given in
all parts of the five horoughs of this city. at
tended by about l.2J0000 persons In the
twenty years $4,000 lectures have been deliv-
cred to more than 12,J00.0Go persons Nor do
even those figures represent the total Of the
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, April 24.-The French Anbassdoor
and Nine. Jusserand entertained the Vice-Presi-
dent and Mrs Sherman at dinner at the embassy
tonight They asked TO meet them the Russian
Ambassador Justice White. the Belgian Minister
and Baroness Moncheur Baroness Marguerite Mon
cheur, the Bolivian Minister and Sonora de CaI-
deron. Senator and Mrs. Carter. Mrs Chauncey NJ
Depew, Mr.. and Mrs Wayne MacFeagh. MISS
MacVeagh the italian Counsellor and Marchesa dl
Montagliari. the French naval attache and the
French military attache and Countess de Chanl-
brun.
Mrs Bryce has issued invitations for tea at
the British Embassy for next Thursday, April -
The Swedish Minister and Nine de LaSercrantz
are entertaining Count Taube who has just ar
rived in this country. He will remain with theH
over Sunday and then return to New York A few
friends of the minister were Invited TO meet MN
at dinner at the legation tonight
Dr. Pedro Esequial Rojas. recently appointed
Minister to the United States from Venezuela mas
arrived in New York and will come at once 10
Washington when preparations will be made for
his presentation to the President