The Washington herald., 1910-05-18
AT THE HOTELS.

/ DR.. Ira NJ. Price, OF the Chicago Uni
versity. who is here for the Sunday
| school convention. is at the Arlington.
DR.. Price is professor OF Semitic Ian
guages at the Chicago institution. and Is
deeply interested in the preparation OF
the Sunday school lessons. which, he says,
are used by over 100000 people.
Don't you think that the viii Of
| George Washington should be observed
In erecting and organizing in this city
la great national university he was
asked
Il do. but not because it is the viii
Of Washington. We have drlfted away
/ TO great degree from the principles Of
the founders, and II is probably right that
we did. In their days, things were diff
ferent from to-day. and we must keep
/ step with the times"
! What IS your opinion OF Roosevelt"
! Roosevelt is a characteristic American,
patriotic. courageous. and honest The
addresses he made IN Europe and else
where were TO the point"
zone Of the many familiar sounds OF
/ the woods is the rafting bark Of the red
! squirrel" said Charles S. Dempster: Of
Minneapolis, MINI. at the New Willard.
last night, in speaking OF the Washington
park squirrels
/ The tones Of his voice are varied. and
there is a great difference between his
| angry bark. his cry Of fear. the chatter
/ ing monol0gue with which he addresses
an intruder on his domain. the running
/ fire Of repartee which is the constant ac-
/ compartment OF the antics Of a pair az
/ play, and the long rafting roll cali which
he utters apparently from sheer enjoy
| ment Of the sound as a challenge 10
some unseen enemy Of his own tribe II
we listen for an instant when we hear
one Of these challenges sent forth We
may hear &c answered from some distant
point. so family that we cannot be GER
I tain that IL IS not an echo. Some male
4 has heard the challenge. and, detecting
/ the self-satisfed note in Il. has answered.
and we may be fairly certain that they
/ are Fastening toward each other.
/ THE Washington squirrels are almost
tame. and therefore have no trouble IN
obtaining their necessities Of life. The
/ idea Of peopling your parks and reserva-
tons with these denizens OF the woods
/ IS a good one and adds TO the beauty and
/ attracuyeness Of the city"
/ What is now Tennessee once bore an
other name, according 20 James s. Carter.
Of Knoxville. Tenn, who IS Al the Ra-
leigh.
( Under the shadow Of the Great Smoky
/ Mountains. in that section Of the South
/ lying between Knoxville and Asbeviile.
/ y c. there once existed the State "
( Franklin. now lost alike 10 history and
/ romance. All that remains in name az
least 10 remind one Of the vanished Com
monwealth is the narrow. crOoked-lned
county Of Sewer. in eastern Tennessee.
The lost State Of Franklin" continued
/ Mr. Carter. "once formed in area and
population an important part OF the
I United States. Il had its executive. legis-
F lative. and judicial departments, exercised
governmental functions. maintained a re-
/ spectacle militia. fourished apace. and
then. after a varied experience. COM
pieteiy disappeared from the 'sisterhO0d
Of States From historians the state OF
Franklin has received scant attention.
and It's identity with the state Of Ten
nessee seems almost as mythical as that
Of Atlantis with the American continent.
The State Of Tennessee, as Il exists to-
day. was first known as the State Of
Franklin. For one year il was known as
the Territory south Of the Ohio and, in
1870. was officially designated as The
Territory Of Tennessee"
The real reason for EngIand's advance
on Tibet al this time is the influence OF
. high finance on the colonial policy OF
Great Britain. said Eugene vIvier. Of
Paris. at the Shoreham. last night. dis
cussing the aspirations of England IN
Asia. Travellers and explorers, In spite
Of the Tibetau authorities, have sue
ceeded during the last decade in discover
ing the mineral wealth on the roof OF
the world Southwestern Tibet pos
sesses rich gold deposits in considerable
quantities. These places lie. roughly
speaking. some 800 miles east Of SirnIa, In
British India
When expedition after expedition
which had explored some region OF the
Hermit Kingdom returned 20 India with
exciting stories Of fresh discoveries Of
gold fields. the Imagination OF men OF
high fnance-the natural coIlaborators Of
the British foreign ofice-was wrought to
the highest pitch. There was therefore
at the return OF every exploring expedi-
ton an Outburst Of agitation on TO
Lassa" in the AnglO-Indian press. In
order 70 justify the British policy in the
eyes Of the civilized world. there were
invented and circulated wild stories OF
broken treaties. Of Tibetan incurslons and
outrages OF British subjects. Of studied
insults devised by Russian emissaries in
Lassa and directed at the Indian gov
eminent through the person Of the Dalai
Llama. In 1893 the lonE-sought-fo- op-
poTtunity arrived Russia was emb-oueI
with japan over the question Of Korea
and ManchUria, and China. whose terri
tory. both in the East and the West. was
the object Of ambition Of two great Eu-
roPean powers, was powerless 10 protect
her outlying provinces"
Richard I. O'Brien, OF New York. a law
yer who is here on business, said last
night that the Democratic party has az
least gained something by finally neutral
ling the influence Of W. J. Bryan.
The Democratic party is on the way
to emaneipate Itself from the tyranny and
dominance Of William Jennings Bryan
said Mr. O'Brien with all his fertile
brain, Mr.. Bryan was an incubus on the
Democratic party. and prevented It's sue