New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
THE observation-disclosures

ton of confidence. It is always the Things
which NAV never be published which make
the most interesting features of Congress
an administration, and there have oeeh
more this year than usual. If there was
any record of the violence Of the opposi-
ton to some of the Presidents most cher-
ished nea sures. measures which are now
being enacted. with which to contrast the
attitude of the leaders to-day, it would be
possible TO make clear the obstacles which
the President has overcome, But that op-
position has invariably been expressed m
confidence. and only the leaders, a few of
their intin1ates and the President h1msen
realize how bitter it has been. There Is
one statesman who realizes to the full the
value of Mr. Taft's victory, and that is ex-
President Roosevelt Long experience, an
uneuualled knowledge of the character and
temper of the men with whom the Presi-
dent had TO deal, and keener perceptions
than are given TO most men, enable him
to realize all his successor has had to con-
tend with, and therefore to appraise the
results achieved at their real value
MADRIz'S SWAN SONG-That the
Madrfz regime in Nicaragua was singing it's
swan song has already been intimated in
support of that suggestion was received at
the Department of State to-day, In the form
of dispatch from United States Consul
Olivares at Managua, in which he says in
part: Throughout Western Nicaragua the
prisons are crowded with reputable citizens-
In Granada families are being prevented
from obtaining food In order to coerce them
into paying the latest forced loan. which
now amounts to 100000 pesos. Armed revo-
lutionary bands are ranging through the
rural districts. and seriously harassing
the outposts Of Madriz, whose forces have
been materially weakened" Olivares also
tells of an appeal Madriz has made to the
nations of Europe, begging them ito pre-
vail upon the government at washington"
to leave the so-called government of Mica
ragua free to carry on the work Of pacffi-
cation" This is taken at the Department
of State as confirmation of the theory that
Madriz is singing his swan song and ,s
anxious to create the impression that polit-
ically he dies a martyr.
ECUADOR AND PERU.-Whenever there
is a dull day in diplomacy Peru and Ecua-
dor furnish the occasion for some activity.
At least, that IS the way 1t is beginning to
look. It now appears that there Is dissatis-
faction over the manner in which they are
carrying out the terms Of the recent agree
ment to withdraw their forces from the
common frontier, and the prospects are
that the Intermediates, the United States,
Brazil and Argentina. will for the third
time have to exert their good offices, this
time to suggest the exact distance from
the frontier to which the hostile forces
shall be withdrawn. The first intervention
was for the purpose of averting hostilities,
the second for setting a common date on
which the forces should be withdrawn, and
the third will probably be, as has been said,
for the purpose Of securing an agreement
as to how far they shall be withdrawn.
The reluctant course Of these governments
is attributed not to any desire to provoke
war but to the pressure of misguided po-
litical opposition which is incensed at the
prospects of peace.
SUSPECTED EVEN ROOSBvELT.-The
extent to which Clifford Pinchot may have
been able to win ex-PresIdent Roosevelt to
his views of the Taft administration and of
Secretary Ballinger's handling Of the af
fairs of the Department of the Interior is,
of course constant source of speculation
in Washington, and in this connection an
intimate of Mr.. Roosevelt told the writer
strikingly significant anecdote to-day. Mr..
President the French Ambassador tele-
phones to know IL you can play tennis with
him this afternoon" said Secretary Loeb
as he entered the office of the Chief Execu-
tive one day during the last administra-
ton No" replied Mr.. Roosevelt: no,
tell him I am very sorry, but l have an
other engagement Then, turning to the
friend with whom he had been conversing,
he said: II have got to go for a long walk
with Clifford Pinchot this afternoon. I had
a conference with Lou Payn this morning.
and whenever [ have a conference with
Pawn I have to go for g long walk with
Clifford afterward to convince him that my
morals have not been corrupted and that l
am not going to betray the dear people"
G. G. H.