The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-27
FROA O7EER PENS
TALKING ADMIRALs.

The unlucky experience of Com
mander Sims. growing out Of his eff
fusive speech in London about the
last dollar and the last drop of
been, by the indiscreet speech of the
japanese admiral at Panama, CRITICS.
ing Presid ent Taft's proposal to fortify
the Panama canal, serves to show
that however distinguished sailors.
have become in their chosen calling
they are not adept after-dinner speak
ers. It is not so many years since:
Admiral Coghlan, one of the heroes
of Manila bay, created an internation
al incident by his "Hoch der Kaiser"
speech, and fighting Bob Evans has on
more than one occasion got into more
or less trouble by indiscreet utter
ances.
our naval friends should cultivate
greater diplomatic sequipoise, and if
they find that they are not capable of
opening their mouth after dinner with
out putting their foot in it, they should
shun after dinner speaking. 1t is a
dangerous pastime for any public man.
as even Emperor William of Germany
| himself has discovered on several
m emorable occasions, and the record
seems to indicate that the habit is
peculiarly fatal for our fighting naval
| heroes.-New Orleans Picayune.
| A BENEV CLIENT MONEY DESPOT.
When two or three banks were in
! trouble in New York few days ago,
j. Pierpont Morgan came to their res
cue, supplied them with money to
meet immediate demands and helped
them to restore confidence among
/ their depositorS. ThereupOn, num-
Der of newspapers acclaimed Mr.. Nor
gan as a public benefactor and the
financial protector of the country,
saying that everything is lovely and
the goose hangs high so long as the
honest, the sane, the broad-gauged,
and ever liberal Mr.. Morgan is en-
throned in royal and absolute state in
the financial house of American mon
| ey changers.
All of which may be admitted for
the arguments sake and may be true
to boot-and yet leave unanswered a
| grave question. How long will Nor
gan last? Who will one day reign in
/ his stead? What is our guaranty that
! the despot of American finance will al
ways be benevolent Have we not had
| in these United States imperial bank
| ers and railroad owners who were not
/ wholly good and may we not have
them again? Or il despotisn, in the
money market, good or bad. is to be
| admitted as fact why not invite, en-
| courage and erect 1t in politics? Can
this country remain free republic
when the purse strings are in one NOR
tails hands and subject to a single
mortal will ?-Columhbia, S. c., State.
UNCLE SANS VOLCANOES.
Governor Frear of Hawaii has pre-
Ipared and Delegate Kalanianaole will
Introduce in congress a bill to estab-
llish the Kilauea National park. 1t
would include the volcanoes of XII
lauea and Mokuaweoweo and many
other wonders If this action is tax
en- Uncle Sam will own a volcano in
fgood working order into whose crater
lyou could throw the cones of Vesuvius
and Etna to be melted I'D. We have
tsonfe very lively volcanoes in Alaska,
also along the curved line of coast
Preaching out to the A1eutian Isles and
on some of the islands. California
and Oregon are pitted with not long
extinct volcanoes, some of which give
hints of possible activity.
Between the nation and the states
the people of this country already
4 own more than their share of the
! worlds wonders The big trees and
wonderful scenery of the Yosemite
the geysers of the Yellowstone park
the Colorado mountain parks, the
New York state forest in the Adiron-
dacks and half interest in the
! laundering marvel of Niagara are
u good "headliners' in a remarkable
list of public parks. The largest ae-
tive volcano in the world. with
: crater nine miles in circumference
might not be bad addition--NeW
York World.