The Washington herald., 1910-04-02
AT THE HOTELS.


last parliamentary election?" asked
Stuart S. Campbell of ottawa, Canada, at
the New Willard last night
Nothing is heard Of this enterprise.
The voices that spoke ioudest a few
months ago about building colonial ma
vies are to-day those which are entirely
dumb Canada is not going to have a
navy in the full sense of the word
Neither is Australia going to have a
navy; neither is any other British colony
going TO have a navy of her own. There
is no necessity for it; that's the whole
answer to the puzzle.
This Germany-inyasion scare was only
an election dodge. which was played
threadbare by the British Conservatives
to beat the Liberals. whose navy building
programme was thought the weakest
point in their political armor.
There is no danger of Germany going
TO war with England. and there never
was any danger. If you imagine for one
moment the enormous amount Of ready
cash 1t would require to put these two
nations on a war footing. you would
readily understand that neither Germany
nor England would care to bear the re-
sponsibility OF having embarked on a
war which would not only demand enor-
nous financial sacrifices, but which
would disturb the whole world and have
IN its train a series OF political changes
which would weaken the standing OF
Europe and would give the Oriental pow
ers. particularly Japan. a stronger hand.
not only in far East politics, but even
| in European affairs, being associated with
England by treaty.
Germany is a friend of Canada add
ed Mr. Campbell. "and our people would
think oftener than twice before going 10
war with a nation which has always
shown itself most courteous TO US in
every way. Up in Canada we feel that
| if England has any troubles she ought
to fight them out single-handed, and not
drag US or any Of her colonies into it
Jasper S. Evans. OF Manila. who is in
| the exporting business in the islands.
and who is at the Raleigh. said last
night that there is every reason to be-
Iieve that the Philippine Islands are over
run with japanese spies.
THE japanese are difficult TO distin-
guish from the Filipinos," said Mr..
Evans. 'and If they mingle with the
| Filipinos their presence is seldom de-
tected. The japanese are aware of this
fact, and take full advantage thereof TO
further their interests.
And what are those interests? To ses
and hear about everything they can see
and hear and report It to their home
government. The japanese government.
dare say, is in possession of better
maps OF the Philippines than the gov
eminent of the United States, and the
| information in the keeping of the Tokyo
authorities about the islands is by far
more correct and authoritative than that
which is on file either at Manila or
| Washington.
| THE japanese are after the Philippines.
and no one that has any knowledge OF
things would dispute this assertion. The
American government. in my opinion,
should keep a close watch on all Japa-
nese who make their home in the islands.
It has often been claimed that every
| japanese in the Philippine Islands and
Hawaii is well-trained soldier. prepared
to rush TO arms whenever his country
and emperor calls him. That is true
quite true-and for this reason. and others
equally as important. it is up to the gov
| eminent at Manila 20 keep its weather
eye peeled for Instructions melted BY
japanese government agitstors."
Isaac B. Myers. a lawyer. of New York,
In speaking OF nurderers and capital pun
ishment said last night that the reason
for the substitution OF electrocution for
hanging as a means OF furnishing capital
crimes was that the new method OF in
ficting the death penalty was supposed
TO be painless. and therefore more hui
name than hanging
For years. however" said Mr. Myers.
who is az the Riggs House, there have
been many people to dispute this asser-
ton. They contend that electrocution is
not painless by any means. and that. in
fact, IT is most barbarous. They insist
that nobody ever dies in the electric
chair, but that the passage Of the current
through the body merely suspends the
vital functions. and that the condemned
are in reality killed by the autopsy per-
| formed after the electrocution. These
are questions which may never be set
I tied. The United States is the only coun-
| try in which capital punishment is ad-
ministered by electrocution, and now and
again the movement 10 abolish capital
punishment comes TO the front, It's cham
pions claiming that capital punishment is
against all laws of nature and ethics.
They claim better results may be accom-
plished by life Imprisonment"
Two thousand years ago human ex-
perienee had proved that man who had
once suffered from smallpox could not
take the disease again. and there were
crude attempts at vaccination. said DR..
J. NJ. Knorr, of Pittsburg, Pa, at the
Arlington, last night, discussing the anti
vaccination movement
In the eighteenth century Jenner. al
Englishnan. gave the subject long study,
and the result was the process Of vscei-
nation as we know it to-day.
Briefly. this process consists in inocu-
iating a man with mild variety OF
smallpox In order that he may be i'm
mune thereafter to more viTulent and
deadly forms of the malady. This mid
younger son of smallpox is called cow
pox. and cattle suffering from IT are
maintained as unwilling manufacturers
Of the virus. It causes scabs to form
upon ths surface OF their bodies, and in
these scabs are millions Of Cowp0x
germs. The virus is made by dissolving
the seabs in some appropriate medium.
When you are vaccinated the doctor
scratches your arm until the skin is