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Italians and Crime.

An evidence Of the difficulty attending
the prosecution of the so-called 'black
hand crimes is afforded by the circum-
stances of a recent tragedy in New
York. An Italian fruit dealer was riding
on a bicycle when man whose face was
hidden by a larse-brimmed SLOUGH hat
toppled him from his wheel and stabbed
him mortaly with a stiletto. When a
policeman and bystanders picked up the
injured man and questioned him as to
his assailant. he said: 1T was an Italian.
We don't talk about such things The
victim was later identified as a man who
had been arrested about a year ago for
stabbing another Italian in the course of
a gambling ARRAY. his victim having. re-
fused to appear as complainant when
the case came to trial.
1t has been said that the Italians of
New York are not given sufficient pro-
lection by the police Of that city. Never
theless, case after case is reported Of out
RACES committed in the Italian district
where the victims absolutely refused to
give any information whatever. Re-
peatedly trials have failed of results be-
cause of the lack of testimony. The
police cannot guarantee protection to all
witnesses under system of terrorism
and blackmail which has become SO ex-
tensive as to thwart all judicial processes
1t is unouestionably true that the black
mailers and bomb throwers and assassins
who make up the ''black hand" gangs
come from the lowest criminal classes OF
italy and their presence In this country
is a proof that the immigration laws are
in need Of revision and of more thorough
enforcement. Something should surely
be done to prevent the inflow OF this most
dangerous class of aliens, who thrive
upon the fears of their fellow-country-
men and are rapidly increasing the Grim
inal population of the United states.
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Socialism.

The Presidents warning against So
cialism, as a growth in this country de-
mandiAg attention, is not overdrawn. and
comes none too soon. What recently
occurred in Milwaukee may occur else
where Socialism as at present expound-
I'd is attractive to the immature. the
restless and the disappointed. Every
exposure Of graft in Office is laid at the
door Of what is called the "old system,
and an argument follows that that 1.-THE
new system ialism-would cure the
evil. Isms relating to politics command
almost as ready hearing as those re-
lating to religion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
ONE THING YOU CAN'T DO.

You can laugh when trouble hits you,
You can smile when clouds appear,
You can grin when worry 'gi.s you,
And when disappointment near;
You can laugh when rain is falling,
IL YOU are IL cheerful soul,
But you cannot do much laughing
When the boat begins 10 roll.
You can bear up under sorrow.
You can calmly shoulder woe.
And perhaps no sign of anguish
III your usage ever SNOW:
You may hide all sign of weakness.
Though your hopes are in the ditch;
But you cannot hide your feelings
When the boat begins to pitch.
Let the cheer-up poets tell you
TO preserve u cheerful face,
Ard TO smile at all your troubles,
And to never show Il trace
or the petty griefs that fret you:
Bat you'll lose your self control.
And you Will not smile. I'll bet you,
When the boat begins 10 roll.
Detroit Free Press
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
CORFU. THE PLAYGROUND OF KINGS
BY WILLIAM E CURTIS.
ondence of The Star and the Chicago Record Herald

CORFU, Greece, May ;. 1910.
This beautiful island has been the play
ground Of kings and queens ever since
NEUROLOGICAL times. In that
Ancient first story of travel, called
r, the Odyssey" Homer tells
AesoAus' us that Ulysses. King Of
Ithaca, came here, and. having provoked
the anger of Neptune, met with many ad-
ventures. His ship was turned into stone,
and YOU can see it now in little cove
opposite the old harbor. 1t is called
Mouse Island, and the outlines are similar
to those of q ship Hence the legend. 1t
is now occupied by a small monastery of
orthodox Greek monks, with Il little
chapel attached, and is reached by a row
boat from landing place at what is
called the ''one-gun battery" placed there
to command that approach by the Eng
lish nearly 100 years ago. 1t is the ter
minus Of fashionable drive mile or
moro beyond the summer villa OF the
King Of Greece. Nearby, if you care to
make a little detour, they will show you
the place where Ulysses was cast ashore
and met the Princess Nausicaa.
Queen Alexandra of England and the
Princess Victoria, her daughter, yester-
day came down the same course that
Ulysses followed for short distance in
an entirely different kind of ship and met
with an entirely different reception. They
came from England on the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, conveyed by the
British battleship Aboukir and two tor
d roaJs AS i pr, Cation. at IS
dispatch boats if their services were
needed.
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A CHEEKY Impression.

I'VE should always help people to
look on the bright and hopeful side of
things.
MY sentiments exactly replied
Farmer COrntOsSel. That's why l al
ways put the big berries at the top Of
the box
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
The Viewpoint.

How would you classify that ardent
agitator?"
you can't classify an ardent agi-
tator,' replied Senator Sorghum. IF
he is on your side of question he's an
intrepid reformer, and if he's on the
other side he's a muckraker.'
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Americans
Popular.

same Tune tNey are SeI-
ting the same benefit from the American
civilization that they gain from Europe.
Therefore the merchandise and goods OF
the United States of America are in the
first rank with the Egyptians, who are
anxious to obtain the fruits Of the present
civilization.
Moreover. Egyptians derived special
benefit from Americans who were brought
by the late Khedive lsmail Pasha to ill
posts in the Egyptian army. These
Americans are, in fact. the only and real
teachers who taught the Egyptians hon
estly and did not interfere in poll les.
They may rightly boast that all Egyptian
lieutenant generals in the Egyptian army
are the pupils of Gen. Stone and other
American officers who were with him
during the reign of the late hhedive IS
mail Pasha. For all these reas ms as soon
as Col. Roosevelt came near the cap tai
Of the Sudan on his way from the south
all the Egyptian papers of diffe ~ent
parties began to praise him and publish
long articles on his glorious history and
career, and many notableS OF Cairo pre-
pared to meet him with the greatest
cordially and honor.
There were forty-five more of these
American officers who have left indelble
traces upon the Egyptian mind and i'm
planted there the principles and love OF
liberty which have since developed. 1t
= a manifest error to think or speak Of
the Egyptians as ''uncivi,iZed'' or place
them in the scale with such people as
the Filipnos or other inferior peoples.
Nor is it possible to form an unbiased
and Just opinion OF people unless You
have lived among then and acquired a
knowledge of their history, habits, lam
guage and aspira tions. There is a ma
tional party in Egypt today quite diff
ferent from the So-called national party
which came into existence under the
influence of Arab Pasha. who knew
little or nothing of nationalism. but, the
victim of a military injustice, became the
chief of military revolt. Arab nor
his army of 1900 had been paid for two
years or more and they struck in fact for
their lives.
NJ. de Lesseps, although an old resident
of Egypt miStook the movement as ma
tional At a banquet given in Cairo
February 90, 1882 to fete the anniversary
IF Washington's birthday. Arab and his
fellow ministers being present, NJ. de
l. sseps said:
I'VE celebrate the birth of liberty OF a
people in this anniversary of the great
est citizen of the United States. Permit
NE to establish a parallel between OLD
egypt and the young American Union.
Since thousands of years Egypt, which
aad the first given to the world examples
of science and civilization, has been the
asst to proclaim the principle of liberty,
bent as she has always been under the
most absolute despotiSm.
AS for the opinion expressed by Mr..
Roosevelt that the British government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

A British poet attempting American
dialect" says: who talked Of manners?
Sho tibet game wuz played out long ago."
The idea is evidently to reduce the spell
ing reform argument to an absurdity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Mr.. Crane is doubtless watching with
interest to see whether Mr.. Carpenter can
get started for Morocco without saying
something to demand his recall.
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The Ancient Ad.

I'VE will permit no advertising signs
Out in the ocean spray"
The old sea serpent Strengthened out
his lines
And sadly stole away.
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Lowering the Average.

Remember" said the Englishman,
that we gave you Shakespeare"
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne, but you
also gave us musical comedy and con-
cert hall singers"
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
According to Circumstances.

Don't you think it looks mannish to
smoke cigarettes?" said Mrs. Flimgilt.
. cit may look that way for woman
to smoke Them replied Miss Cayenne,
"but not for a man.
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II is hoped that the CuieDfa sectloh u
the Panama canal will refrain from IN
ter.ering with the ambitions OF cltles
bent on showing this old world the eA-
position of its life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Ballinger and Pinchot will probably be
as disinclined to shake hands after the
wind-up as they were before the bout
started
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disappointment is already mahltes'
among those who hoped that Col. Roose-
Welt would be wholly occupied with the
fascinating study of zoology.
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There is a popular impression that
when Wall street loses owing to an un-
expected turn in affairs it can be due
10 nothing except sheer careiessness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Every now and then a. candidate for
Congress gets mixed in his philanthropy
and rashly undertakes to endow state
legislature.
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Uncle Joe Cannon continues to be more
or less of a standpatter, even after the
hand has been played.
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Mr.. Bryan has no fear that JUDGE
Alton Parker will re-arise to give him
a chance to show that he can follow as
well as lead.
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1t looks as if Mr. Harmon I'm his rela-
tons with Mr.. Bryan had encountered a
presidential bee with a sting to it.
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J. P. Morgan is naturally indignant at
the report OF failing health, just when
he has succeeded in putting by a billion
or SO with which TO enjoy life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Some of the men who have made a
specially of worrying about what we
shall do with our ex-Presidents are
thinking harder than ever.
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A cold storage spring is not much pleas
anter than cold storage egg.
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Nationalist
1rritated.

London, if the crime of Wilkes Booth or
of Guiteau was ever sought TO be charged
against any party or parties with which
they might have been affiliated? On the
| contrary. the American people, although
crimes committed, ascribed them to the
acts of unbalanced minds. FL Wardani.
the assassin of Boutros, has not yet been
tried, but there is little doubt that he VIII
pay the supreme penalty.
In Egypt and in London the public has
been greatly excited over the public ut
teranceS of Mr.. Roosevelt, recently ar
rived from a hunting tour in africa. t.
my mind the Egyptians need not have
been so disturbed, because il is not pos
sible that any one may underst and the
Egyptian question it is written to the
American people through such authors.
for example, as S.r Harry Jonnston and
more recently Lcrd Cromer. These au-
thors, be it said, were d. ubtless nsulted
by the ex-President, and they have led
him aStray.
1t is certain that Egyptians whose edu-
cation was seriously undertaken under
the reign of 1Snail, and has continued
since 1868, nearly half century, have
learned something of liberty and indie
pendence. In 1863 an American military
mission went to Egypt on the recon-
mendation Of the general-in-c"ief of the
United States Army. Ten years of hard
service in the Egyptian army and con-
tact with the people has endeared the
Americans to the Egyptians. and an
Egyptian writes that it was tie love OF
the American and his institutions which
led them to await an American officer 5
arrival in Cairo. Here is what Sheikh
Ali Youssouf says in an article in the
North American Review for June en-
titled "Egypt's Reply to Col. Roose-.
velt'':
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

ETIn order to avoid delays on account OF
nersonal absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual con-
rected with tho Office, but simply to THE STAR,
or 10 the Editorial Business Department,
according to tenor purpose.
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Queen Alexandra comes here every
spring to visit her brother the King of
Greece. She likes Corfu
Queens very much. And the PEG.
Visits. , p,s d n WAYS and
her gracious disposition. When the mayor
of Corfu heard that she was coming ne
wrote pompous letter to King George
asking what he and the common couhcil
might do to show their respect ana ad-
miration for the Queen Of England, sus-
costing a public reception. KING George
replied in a polite but brief note thank
ing the municipal officials for their
thought sulress r-aF ~ 20 81 -"
but declining all formalities. she Goes
not come to Corfu as the Queen OF Eng
land he added. but as my sister:
IT was a noble scene when tne H,ceoi ,a
and Albert sailed down through the
strait. her rigging dressed with fiags aho
a gray monster cruising slowly bes.de
her and two little watchdogs following
along in the rear The royal yacht OF inc
King of Greece, a graceful craft OF 2'oo5
tons, which lay at anchor Opposite the
nalace. was also dressed for the occa-
sion. a roval salute was fired from the
citadel. and the shore was lined with all
the populace. who greeted Alexandra
most cordially.
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Historic
Ground.

living off the coast of Epirus, where DC
tavianus, in the year 81 b. c., secured
control of the Roman empire thFuusn
the victory gained by his fleet over Marc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

Letters from Egypt and dispatches from
London would have us believe that EGYPT
is on the point of armed
London resistance to the British
a, occupation. 1t Is worthy
H. of remark. however. that
there are no alarumS from other sources.
The assassination of Boutros Ghali Is
already an old story. and the beating Of
drums on that had aroused suspicion that
there is some other object in view on the
part of those who are suddenly affrishted
over what is termed unrest in Egypt
There does not appear TO be serious I'M
rest in Egypt any more than the unrest
and awakening common to the eaSt-the
same unrest that exists in Persia, India
and China; the unrest that finally estab-
lished the unity and nationality of mod
ern Japan There is unrest in Egypt
that is chronic, but it does not mean that
there is danger of armed resistance 10 a
foreign military occupancy, which IL was
promised should cease we'll nigh twenty
eight years ago. The advice to people
to wait on Indefinitely for the liberation
of their soil is, to say the least, cynical
To those familiar with this Egyptian
question it is readily understood why Sir
EiuoIi SIoTSt, tite bTltiS1 representative e.
should declare that he holds the chiefs
of the nationalist party morally respon-
Sible for the assassination of Boutros
Ghalli. The British representative, in his
annual report, must mention the crime
committed in February, and naturally
must denounce it Sir Eldon has GER
tainly exceeded the note in charging the
nationalist press with melting by violent
language the assassin FL Wardani, whose
crime is regretted by every true Egyptian
patriot. But is it not true that every one
of these long twenty-eight years it has
been the same song. that is. some preteXt
to prolOng the occupation? Sir E.ldon, for
a fact. is in this way only doing what
has been done by his predecessors, plead
ing pro domo.
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Another sister, the Dowager Empress OF
Russia, and anothe!
Family brother, the King o'
Norway, are expected
Party. soon. and all the sons
and daughters of King George are eX-
pected for q reunion of that remarkable
Danish family, members Of which rule sc
many different nations and show sc
much affection and attachment for each
other The Kaiser of Germany, who has a
villa here, usually spends April and May
in Corfu, but he did not come this spring
owing to an engagement to meet dis
tinguished American gentleman who is
now visiting the crowned heads OF Eu-
rope. When somebody was condolinG
with him about losing his spring vaca-
ton the kaiser is said to have replied:
I'D go without vacations for years for
the privilege of meeting Theodore Roose-
welt. He is the most interesting man in
the world and the most notable figure
that has appeared this century. l have a
great deal to say to him.
But your majesty will find it difficult
to say very much to Col. Roosevelt. He
always has a good deal to say for him.
self"
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria spent
most of her time in Corfu during the
later years of her unhappy life, and built
the imposing villa which now belongs 70
Wilhelm II. Queen Victoria came here
frequently also, and Corfu has been the
resort of other sovereigns of Europe
who were attracted by the climate and
the scenery. And they have been follow
ed by fashionable folk from all over the
world, but Corfu is by no means q
fashionable place, nowhere so much SC
as it was while Queen Victoria lived.
L.
During the British occupation, in the
early part Of the last century, # became
the most popular ply
English ground for the rich
D..u4 English, and the hc.els
which We're built then are
still the best to be found here now They
are comfortable, but old-fashioned, and
would not please people who are fond of
luxury.
One OF them pretends to be English and
is widely advertised in that character.
Being named in honor of st. George, the
patron saint Of the British, carries out
the idea, but when 1 ordered b ICON the
head walter apologiZed and said they
hadn't any because bacon was out of
season." When l ordered Bass ale he
regretted that they We're just cut of that
also, and to Josh him we ordered every
other typical English dish that We could
tnink oil. lie was much embarrassed. ana
when l called his attention to the adver-
tisement which proclaimed it to be Ia
strictly English hotel In despair he de-
clared that Thomas Cook q Sons would
guarantee the truth OF that advertise
1nent. But, like the Star and Garter at
Richmond and the AIitre Inn at Oxford.
ST. Georges at Corfu is now purely a
French hotel without the slightest thing
English about it exceI.t the furniture.
Englishmen do not keep hotels any
longer.
:. x
Corfu was once English territory, you
know, although 1t was originally Greek,
and is called Scheria in the
Historic odyssey 1t is one of the
Ground. aescciated with the classics,
living off the coast of Epirus, where Oc-
+a,iaDus. in the year 81 Il. c., secured
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Corfu was once English territory, yoJ
know, although 1t was originally Greek
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The nationalists are naturally irritate
over the charge of being Il party OF a!
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That the British press, even the m
liberal, does not follow sincerely its !
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Entered as second class mail matter at the post
Office at Washington, d. c.
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FIFTY YEARS Ago
IN THE STAR

In the light of subsequent events it is
odd to read in the files of the local papers
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Land is cheap, and labor is cheap, bt
everything is done after primitive metf
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Egyptians have q greater liking for
Americans than for Europeans, becaus'
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CORFU, Greece. May ;. 1910.
This beautiful island has been the play
ground OF kings and queens ever since
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During the British occupation, in the
early part of the last century, It became
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The comments OF the American press
are Chiefly confined to the improprieties
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
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