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China's Army.

y London newspaper, which, for polit
teal reasons. Is accusing the ministry OF
playing favorites in its refusal or neglect
to utilize the military genius of Lord
Kitchener in a practical line of employ
ment. prints a statement that the Chinese
government is seeking to enlist Kitchen
army and stands ready to offer him an
immense emolument If he will undertake
that task. II will be well worth every
penny that China could possibly pay to
secure the presence of Kitchener in
Picking as commander in chief of the I'M
perial forces even military adviser
He is pre-eminently qualified to undertake
such task. but 1t is by no means as
sured that he could succeed In It, For
the difficulties in the way OF Chinese
military reform tremendous, being
founded in deep-rooted racial traits and
In national customs which have withstood
the most powerful forces set in opposition
to them. Indeed, Kitchener, though
easily the best man for such a work,
would probably fail. as regards imme-
diate results. He might lay the founda-
tions for Chinese military efficiency in the
next generation. but he could hardly
overcome the prejudices and obstacles in
season to see his good work become ef-
1ective.
China military problem Is in truth the
sum of all her faults. In the first place.
to raise en- army of sufficient size and
capacity to safeguard the empire against
further foreign aggression-which is all
that China today needs an army for
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Chicago's Desire.

Chicago's ambition knows no ultimate
hounds. but it sets an immediate mark
for its attainment of three million inhab-
itants, just as an evidence of continued
growth and increasing Importance. A
club has been formed having for its
object the development of the Windy city
to the three-million mark. and an active
campaign is TO be waged by these earnest
citizens to bring that number Of persons
within the fold. There are three ways
for d city to grow, by natural increase
through an excess Of births over deaths:
by an excess Of immigration over emf
grafton, and by annexation. Chicago is
growing by both of the first two ways,
and now plans to grow by the third.
Some years ago 1t became impatient at
the slowness of its accretions and reached
forth and annexed an immense area, with
several hundred thousand people Now
1t IL proposed to extend the metropolitan
dislric. still farther and bring into the
municipal boundaries every town and
village within q radius of one hundred
miles of the city hall. II this can be
done then indeed will Chicago be a big
town, the largest in point Of territory in
the world. and easily comprising at once
the three million inhabitants for the pos
session Of whom its leading citizens are
now ardently wishing. Unfortunately
placed. as respects growth. on the shores
Of Lake Michigan. Chicago cannot expand
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eastward. but it can 90 northward. west
ward and southwark. A hundred-mile
radius would reach to the northern
and eastern boundaries OF the state. 1t
would bring into the Chicago system the
better part Of twenty counties. 1t would
lay the foundation Of the greatest city In
the world.
But it may be questioned whether Chi
cago really needs to grow as fast as this
scheme promises. Mere size Is no asset
to any Gty. The transfer of Q large
humber OF people from one taxation
jurisdiction to another may affect them
unfortunately without adding to their. ad
vantages. 1t is impossible at present to
conceive Chicago extending in all urban
aspects to the uttermost limits of the
municipal district. thus expanded. The
Cay OF the suburb is passing. it is true.
and the territory in the immediate neigh
borhuod of large center of population
Is continually taking on more and more
an urban aspect, even to the fifty-mile
mark in some cases. But hundred-mile
radius would make city land of much
farming territory, upon which Chicago
must continue for an indefinite period to
depend for certain supplies No city can
exist without food, and food-producing
lands that are subject to a municipal
jurisdiction are not conducive to economy
in the domestic establishment An urban
lied "hinterland" of thousands Of square
miles might give Chicago an Immediately
great and prospectively greater popula-
ton. promising to place 1t in the front
rank Of world cities, but 1t would make
it also one OF the most expensive Of all
dwelling places, and incidentally add
seriously to the difficulties of municipal
administration, which are already in this
case SO great as to earn for Chicago an
undesirable repute
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CENSUS RETURNS.
from the Wilmington DELI News.

From the Wilmington DELI News.
According to the statement of a CEN
sus enumeratOr the birth rate at Oyster
Bay, Long Island, increased only five or
six per centum during the last decade.
while other nearby localities show a per-
centage of gain twice as great. What is
Col. Roosevelt to say about this?
From the Pittsburg Gazette-T Times
That fellow who took the census in
Alaska at 20 below zero will get precious
little sympathy from the rest of us while
this weather lasts.
From the Springfield Union
While the suspense continues the sus-
picion grows that the census bureau is
using the power and machinery and
money of the United States government to
cheat Superior Springfield out of several
thousand of the population to which this
city justly is entitled.
From the Boston Globe.
The official returns of the census bu-
reau show that the population of Chan
tauqua county, New York is 1O5 1o6 as
compared with 1914 in 1900, and that
doesn't include the chautauqua lecturers
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
The circumstance that the increase of
population in Rhode Island is not suffi-
Client to give that state another represent
alive in Washington, will be borne with
fortitude by the rest Of the country.
From the Houston Post
The st. Louis Globe Democrat, discuss
drawing q bead on Ohio. II Ohio Is not
willing to give Miss Texas the fourth
seat in the car of progress, Texas will
simply take 1t anyhow.
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Clark and Cannon.

Mr.. Clark Of Missouri has Cancelled his
chautauqua engagements and is stumping
his district. Why should he be pressed
by the opposition this year? How gener-
GUS and appropriate it would be for the
republicans to make only a perfunctory
demonstration against him! He has
earned such treatment. At last he is
booked for the Speakership If his party
carries the House, and 1t would be sort
of. outrage If his party were to do that
and he fall by the wayside.
Besides, the republicans by such a
course would play good politics. If Mr.
Clark reaches the chair Organism will be
enthroned in the affairs of the House on
the eve Of presidential election; and
Organism has three times been repub-
lican asset in presidential years. MI.
Clark and Mr.. Bryan politically are as
brothers. and Speaker Clark would be
very much. guided by the brother from
Nebraska. Surely this is no time for re-
publican warfare on Mr.. Clark.
By the same token of comfy and good
politics the democrats should make Mr..
Cannon's path for reelection smooth.
With the gentleman from the Danvilfe
district a member of the next House,
there will be music in the air no matter
which side wins. If the republicans win.
the question of Mr. Cannon and another
term in the chair will present itself and
disturb the republican counsels. If the
democrats win, Speaker Clark will make
Mr.. Cannon the minority leader, and that
will give the insurgents pain. Surely this
is no time for democratic warfare on Mr..
Cannon.
And, by the way. Mr.. Cannon has never
led the minority in the House. That will
be his place by rights II his party loses In
November. Mr.. Cannon is both a good
debater and a good parliamentarian. II
he and Mr.. Clark change places in the
next House it will be worth while to at
tend the sessions. "Cannonism" has had
many hard knocks from Mr.. Clark. and
with opportunity "Clarkism'' will receive
quite as many from Mr.. Cannon. Turn
about will be more than fair play. It
will also be good fun.
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would cost q sum far greater than could
be raised without revolutionary changes
in the fiscal system. Kftchener's task
would start with the most stubborn of
the Chinese racial faults, the lack of
public.morality. He would have to sweep
away an army of sinecure holders, organ
ize an effective tax-collecting system,
abolish Squeeze" teach the public Of
ficials to respect the central government.
and thereby enable the authorities at
Picking to obtain its full share or the
taxes which now go all along the line to
fill the pockets Of piifering officials. This
would in itself be change requiring the
nerve and ability and strength OF the
greatest of administrators. not to be &C
complished I'm season or decade, but
covering perhaps a generation OF educa-
ton and stern measures.
The Chinaman will eventually make a
good soldier if given proper leadership
There is abundant raw material in the
Celestial empire for a great army
Whether Manchus. or Mongols. or China
men, the subjects of the infant emperor
are all capable of being drilled and made
into a strong arm of defense. But first
Of all they must be taught patriotism.
which, in the sense in which the WORD Is
understood in the western world, is abb
sent from China. There is fierce race
feeling, for the Chinese and against the
foreigner but there is no national sense.
There is intense jealousy of the alien, but
no respect for the people of other prov
inces Of their own land. There Is des-
perate desire to be let alone, but no con-
cept Of the necessity of obedience to COM
ma nds from Picking to accomplish this
end. There is, in short, total lack OF
knowledge on the part of the average
Chinese subject of the conditions beyond
his own narrow range of vision. He is,
therefore, a provincial, not national.
Lord Kitchener might whip an army or
raw recruits into shape better than any
other military leader, but he could hardly
be expected single handed to teach the
Chinaman patriotism, cure him of his dis
honesty toward the government. which
has never rebuked and is therefore re-
garded as tolerable If not commendabie,
and overcome the desperate determination
Of the office-holding class to cling to their
suueezes. Such changes must come from
within, and by slow evolutionary proc
ess in which no foreigner can have a
part. China is now on the road to re-
demption, and If 1t can hold together
against the Entertainments OF the foreign
powers long enough 1t will In time De-
come a nation in fact. and take its place
in the world family, we'll equipped for de-
tense and progress.
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BRYAN'S LATEST DEFEAT.

From the Boston Transcript.
The trouble with Bryan's latest issue is
that he tried it on the wrong party. A
majority of Nebraska voters are very
likely to approve Of county option.
From the Newark Star.
Bryan Deposed," says headline. From
what?
From the Brooklyn Standard-Union
Mr. Bryan gets a good bunch Of press
notices every time he is finally and de-
cisively beaten.
From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
So far as Mr.. Bryan is concerned, he
will probably never feel more kindly dis
posed toward q third party movement
than he is at the present time.
From the Portland (Me.) Press.
After all. the passing Of Bryan is q
melancholy event. The peerless now be-
comes the peerless.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
Having taken the count in SO many
fierce combats. to rise again like An
taeus refreshed, 1t is scarcely believable
that Col Bryan is really done for by
the mischance Of dose of prohibition
Knockout drops.
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FIRST AVIATION.

There appeared a chariot Of fire and horses
Of fire; and Elijah went up, by a whirlwind
into heaven.-I Kings, 2:2.l
Two thousand years before the Magma Charta.
For aeronauts he set stifish pace;
About the time Lycurgus ruled in Sparta
Elijah flew, though never in race;
Forgive me, please, II I'm inclined to start
Comparison no students dared to trace;
Though both the Wrights may think their flyer
best,
Elijah surely wins the endurance test.
He never has "come back to tell the tale,
Though centuries twenty EIGHT have now de-
parted
His lexicon had no such word as "fail,''
Perhaps he has been going since he started.
The notion makes the average thinker pale,
That average thinkers always chicken hearted;
Those fiery steeds may easy bid defiance
To any motor that is known to Science!
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Mr.. Bryan's 0ratory.

Mr. Rryan's enemies are rejoicing in
the belief that his real power as An
orator has departed. They point 10 MS
failure at Grand Island. He had come
prepared to do his best. He had strohg
mans best inspiration. His back was 10
the wall. The convention was composed
of his long time followers. He had o1ten
swayed them at will. But this time ne
spoke in vain. His words brought not a
single man to his side. Those VINO nad
come opposed to him renamed so a1ter
all of his eloquence had been poured out.
Only those supported him who had come
in his support.
We are then asked to think of the
great scene at Chicago fourteen years
ago, when in an address of fifteen MIN
utes Mr.. Bryan threw a national con-
vention into frenzy of enthusiasm, ana
won the highest prize his party had to
bestow.
Yes. but let US also remember what had
preceded that scene, and the material
Mr. Bryan had to work with and upon
on that occasion. Nearly everybody was
angry, and therefore excited. Only med1-
ocrities were in the calculation about the
nomination. Several sessions of the con-
vention had been held and hours con-
suned in stereotyped eulogies Of nobodies
and droning patter about issues.
Suddenly, a young man. handsome as
a picture and audacious as the devil,
took the platform and spoke not only his
own mind, but the minds Of his hearers,
in words far and away the most eloquent
the convention had heard. Indeed, they
were the only eloquent words the occa-
sion had developed. The response was
inevitable and instantaneous. Here
was the man the delegates had been
searching for. His sentiments were the
platform upon which the party must
stand. 1t was all over in a minute. The
orator had swept everything into his
pack, and was off with it.
Such an opportunity comes to no man
twice. Mr.. Bryan cannot be held to his
achievement then as test of his powers
elsewhere. At Grand Island the OPP
position had selected the delegates, and
they were on guard against him. Beware
of the magician, He had come to steal
away their opinions and blind them as to
their duty He probably spoke more
effulgently than years before at Chicago.
He had better topic, and he was not
bidding for a particular honor for him
self He simply attempted the impos-
sible, and missed goal.
Mr.. Bryans tongue is still in his head,
and connects with an extraordinary vo-
cabulary. He will not repeat his Chicago
triumph, but to count him out as an
effective orator before popular assem-
bIes is to misread history and make a
mistake.
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The FARMERS.

From the Indianapolis News.
The shortage of farmers in this coun-
try is being made still more serious by
the considerable numbers of them who
are killed when accidents happen to their
automobiles.
From the Galveston News.
Now that we have saved the country,
let us go ahead and save another cut
ting of hay. We shall need it next win
ter, when the weather and politics have
both grown cold.
From the Memphis CommercialA Appeal.
The big corn crop shows that the man
with the hoe is going to be the man with
the money.
From the Jacksonville TimesUnio
It's a good thing the southern farmer
has his own salvation to work out, for
there's great hope. Home prosperity is
the kind that outlasts political humbug.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Boys continue to leave the farm be-
cause. in some cases described, the hired
farmland gets SIS month and the boys
get board and clothes.
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OHIO POLITICS.
From the Indianapolis Star.

From the Indianapolis Star.
Mr.. Harding, who has been nominated
for Governor of Ohio, Is an editor. II
looks as If Ohio is to have some show at
last.
Crom the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
We note by the platform that our SEN
ators and representatives in congress
take the view that our senators and rep
recentatives in Congress have made a
fine record.
FROM the Columbia IS. c. State.
Gov Harmon has started among the
Ohio republicans the greatest guessing
contest that the world has ever SEEM He
has all Of them guessing.
From the New York Evening Post.
1t is all very. we'll to back q nephew for
Congress in q safe district but when a
son-in-law asks for advice about running
for republican Governor of Ohio In a
democratic year the answer is, Don't.
From the Toledo Blade.
To some ears the violin Is screechy
instrument. Representative Nick Long
worth didn't use his in sounding the key
note at the Columbus convention.
From the Newark Evening News.
The Ohio convention gave Foraker lots
Of cheers, but none of the delegates
seems to have even mentioned him for
any Of the ofhces.
From the Springfield Republican.
Congressman Longworth no doubt did
a. well as he could in his convention
by marriage. but to describe President
Taft rrtrlY as 1.-The greatest living
Ohioa. CT ;, . t'ing, perhaps. to be
dekire
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The Farm Hand.

Now comes the farm hand with naughty
smile.
He finds the farmer waiting at the
train
To take him in carriage half a mile,
Where he may condescend to pause and
gain
Whatever sum he thinks will compensate
His talents Of nature strangely rare.
And all the family greets him at the gate.
While envious .neighbors stand around
and stare.
The chicken fries. The gardens best Is
brought
Unto the board where he consents to
eat.
They call him Mister" and the boys are
taught
To DON their hats in courtesy complete
The man of rank and fortune goes his
way
Unnoted. Round this one they congre-
gate.
The farm hand on a busy summer day
Is fortunes darling and the pet OF fate.
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Fickleness and Mr.. Foraker.

The public is tickle. Yea, very tickle
The beloved of today is often the desplsed
of tomorrow. and on the third day comes
back" and is beloved again.
Take the latest illustration. At Column
bus on Tuesday the mention of Mr..
Foraker's name in the republican state
convention elected the loudest and long
discontinued applause of the session
Harding men, Brown men and Long
worth men united in the tribute. Every
body raised his voice in honor of the man
long the glory of the party in the state
Had he been present the demonstration
would probably have been unsurpassed for
enthusiasm.
And yet only eighteen months ago Mr.
Foraker went to defeat in that same town
when asking for an Endorsement OF his
record in the Senate. His enemies over
threw him with ease. Had he been a
commonplace man Of no achievements
instead of the most brilliant Buckeye in
public life, with notable party service to
his credit, he would not have been more
easily disposed OF. -
Now, the Foraker of today is the
Foraker OF that, day, plus a record as a
good loser. He has not changed his
views about the matters that then
brought him to defeat. He has not apol.
ogized for a SPEECH he made or vote
he cast while a member of the Senate
1t is the Ohio public that has changed
The cheers Of Tuesday were eighteen
months late. They should have been
uttered when Mr.. Foraker was asking
reelection to the Senate, and. had they
been, would have insured that result
Nothing was gained for the party or the
country by the transfer of Mr.. Burton
to the Senate. He was serving with
much. usefulness in the House, and would
had been serving with much usefulness
in the Senate, and should have been kept
there. The sum total Of the anti-Foraker
movement was the loss Of an able man
to public life, and his humiliation. Not
single public interest benefited.
Can Mr. Foraker come back? Does
this manifestation Of restored favor al
home presage his temperance in Office!
Why not? He Is still in vigor at sixty
five. Though lawyer and very success
full at the bar he is "a born politician, -
paigner Ohio has known since Tom Cor
win. Politics is his element. He dis
ports himself there with pleasure to him.
self and profit to the country. We should
see him again in action in some high
place. and the sooner the better. The
republican party has met with some heavy
losses Of late, and Is not today loaded to
the guards with talent
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NO WONDER.

The ancients thought the world was dat;
Pm really not surprised at that;
We'd find 1t fat ! dare to say,
If we were living in their day.
Just think. they had no autos then,
No show girls to delight the men,
No pipes to smoke and no cigars.
No cocktails served at handsome bars,
No bridge to play and no pink teas,
No liners speeding DER the seas.
No yellow journals and no fats,
No women's mOnstrous picture hats,
No tariff problem to attack,
No gowns that button up the back.
No end-seat hogs with manners rude,
No monkeying with the price of food,
No ice bills, no cOld-storage eggs,
No bunco steerers and no yeggs,
No trolley cars with ciang and whtr,
No Teddy to keep things astir-
Say. Is It any wonder that
The ancients thought the world was fat? :
So Vancouver Province.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHlLANDER JOHNSON.
Social Sights.

MRS. Jangle says she can remember
when that fashionable Cumrox family
didn't know where the next meal was
coming from"
Well" replied Miss Cayenne. ITS
evident she didn't invite them to dine
with her then; so there's no reason why
they should invite her now"
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GIN order to avoid delays account OF
personal absence letters to THE STAA
should not be addressed to any individual con-
nected with the Office, but simply to THE sTAk'
or to the Editorial or Business Department,
according to tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

Reports that Mr.. Nicholas Longworth
enjoys living in Washington may help to
explain the expression of affable serenity
which characterizes his portraits, re-
gardless of events in his home state.
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AS proof of his good health friends of
Mr.. Frye of Maine point to the fact that
he took a thirty-mile automobile ride.
This is easier than the horseback test
and perhaps quite as practical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

So long as vaudeville audiences are so
generous with encores 1t will not be
hard for a defeated pugilist to come back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

When a statesman says he talks itera-
ture with his visitors he is not expected
to be precise as to whether he means
campaign literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

Something might be forgiven Reno If
IL would persuade the people who have
made it famous TO adopt it as a perma
nent residence.
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Questions.

Was any politician e'er as good
AS pictured by his friends in loving
pride?
Was any e'er so wicked that he could
Fit the descriptions Of the other side?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

The failure to nominate Mr.. Garfield
deprives the patrons of Editor Charles
Tafts newspaper of some interesting
reading.
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Spain every now and then shows signs
of political trouble which cannot be set
tied by disposing Of superduous real
estate.