The Washington herald., 1909-10-22
AT THE HOTELS.

Raleigh. Mr.. Gibbons said that the BAT
tie for Senator Taliaferro's seat has al
ready begun. and that so far there are
three candidates for the place. but thar
IL would be rather difficult 10 prognosti.
cate the successful candidate at this time.
rs President TAFT popular in your sec
ton OF the coUntry?''
well, that's hard to tell; you see. We
hardly know him down our way: he has
never been there"
Business in Florida is very good"
said Mr.. Gibbons, I'VE had a sulendid
orange crop and everybody IS prosper
Gus"
For over two hundred years down TO
a very recent period" said Irving S
Seymour, Of Liverpool. at the New will
ard last night, 'the rock OF Gibraltar
has been the synonym for impregnabIity,
and its possession has been thought to
invest Great Britain with an absolute
control over the entrance to the 8Iediter-
ranean.
1t dominates one OF the most frequent
ed waters in the world" continued Mr..
Seymour. who is interested in the export
trade From every quarter Of the hori-
zon which IS visible from It's summit the
steamship tracks converge. Those com
ing from the East. from the ports Of the
Mediterranean, from China. India, Aus
traLa, and the far Pacific. cross those
which arrive there from England and the
United States. from France and Germany,
from South America and Western Africa,
and every day throughout the year near
" 30 vessels defle between the columns
Of Hercules and pass IN sight OF the
gigantic fortress which stands there on
guard.
such being the case" added Mr.. sey-
mOur ''lt is no wonder that Great Brit
ain. with its vast commerce 10 protect
and It's distant colonies and dependencies
TO guard, should these last two centuries
have held on to the place with such
tenacious grip. or that II should have
spared nothing in its efforts 70 improve
70 the uttermost the natural advantages
Of the position. and 10 make Gibraltar, in
very fact. the key 10 the inland sea ar
whose entrance il is situated. The con-
troll OF the Mediterranean was never so
important 20 Great Britain as il IS to-
day. when the road 10 India and the
East. which used 20 lie around the Cape
OF Good Hope, has been diverted 20 the
Suez Canal and the Red Sea, and TO make
sure Of that control against whatever op-
position may be encountered has been,
and is the constant solicitude Of the
British government Everything that is
possible has been done, not only 70 rem
der Gibraltar impregnable. but 10 develop
its full utility as a naval base. Yet a
grave doubt has been raised as 70 GibraI-
tar's strength. and there are those who
declare that the trust which is placed IN
Gibraltar as a naval base might. II put %
the test be disappointed. Ceuta would be
/ Of much greater value TO England than
Gibraltar, and so good an authority as
I Sir Charles Dixie has argued that II
Spain could be Induced 10 exchange CeUta
! FOR Gibraltar il would be q good bargain
| for Great Britain
ayes, the Cubans are great sports
said NJ B. 1IcNally, Of Havana, at the
Riggs last night "One Of the first things
+ the new Cuban government did when IL
I entered into power was 10 legalize cock
/ fighting and pass q measure for a ma
1 tiOnal lottery. The native OF Cuba IS not
/ happy unless he has his cooking man
/ and a lottery is as much q passion with
] him as prize fighting or horse racing IS
with the sports Of this country
Cuba IS all right" continued Mr. Nc
/ Naily. "Of course there will always be
.
ban government. When you consider the
/ tender age Of the republic il must be
! admitted that Il IS doing splendidly-'
''The japanese question IS not dis
/ GUESSED IN the Philippines" said John :.
/ Hurt. Of Manila, who is az the Raleigh.
There are comparatively few japanese
I in tho islands They do not cut any
| figure commercially. In Manila Tor in
stance, there are only twenty-seven Jap
I anese merchants, while the Chinese mer-
chants number about 900 and the Euro
4 pCans. not including Spauiards. about
90. The Spanish and Filipino merchants
I total about 800; so IL will be seen that
the japanese are not competitors in any
sense The few who are there are pro-
prieicrs Of cUri0 shops,
In Moro province, the sOuthernmOst
island. there are only twenty-five Jap
anese merchants added Mr.. Hurt,
while throughout the islands the mum
I Der OF japanese in business is only
eighty-two. as compared with 1850
/ Chinese, and a total OF 500 merchants
Of ali nationalities. or course, this does
not represent the number Of japanese
I resident IN the Philippines. but IL shows
that the japanese are not greatly in
tereSted in the islands. In Hawaii, II is
different Out Of a population of $4,000,
! there are 5000 japanese. and the mum
| Der is increasing all the time, am told %
"a movement has been organized TO do
missionary work on a large scale in the
Appalachian Mountains. q section where
! education is either neglected entirely or
lis showing q feeble light said s. f. Har-
kins. Of Nashville. Tenn. at the Airing
ton last night.
1t is Of concurrent interest that Con-
gress at its late session awolle 20 the fact
that Appalachian America was of value
and took steps toward conserving the nat
ural resources Of the section. but seemed
TO ignore the fact that here is the larg-
est body Of native Americans in the COun-
try who need help IN many directions.
This mountain region, continued Mr..
Harkins, extending from the Pennsylva-
MIA line 10 Northern Georgia and Ala
bama, with an extent east and west OF
from 100 TO go miles. contains a popula-
ton Of several millions. almost exclusive
~ whites. and almost exclusively de-
scendants Of English and Scotch set
tiers In the colonies before the
war OF the Revolution. Many OF
these people settled originally along
the tidewater counties OF Pennsylvania,
Virginia. and the Carollnas, but they
pushed on toward the mountains, espe-
cially after the Revolution. IN which they
bore a leading part Some Of them passed
on over 10 the fertile lands OF Kentucky.
Tennessee and even Ohio. but the great
er number remained IN the mountains.
where they are still in q state Of arrested
development.
They are physically well developed. ''
added Mr.. HarkIus; have inordlnate
courage. live simple lives. and are happy
IN their own way, but cOnduce little 20