The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-30

.MExIcoIs HEAVIEsT Loss.

MExlco's HEAVIEST Loss
tcleYeland Ledaer
kssnmine that The isiScan ciYil
war Is prattIc alIs oyer, Il clear tilt
the heityies cost Of the entire reyoliis
tionRry movement IS not directly ma
teriai, but her as . matter OF ifl.I
ternatfonal standing, prestige and
good Twill These has been mod rate
loss of life, probably not exceeding
1000 killed In battle, Perhaps ten
| times as many men have been wound
ledlgor haze fallen victims Of dlseaga.
The destruction Of properly has been
lconsiderab1e. but all OF the hills OF
the war, including claims for DANA Ses
which will have to be settled with for;
eigners or with the goyernment5
which will speak for them, can hardly
exceed $10,000,000. ~
These aspects of the war are ser
Iious for a countryl1lo richer or sttonS-
err than Mexico, hut they are compare
lively tnimppTtant when measured
egainst the lnsses to be suffered by
the fall which Mexico has suffered in
tha estimation OF the outside world.
1t may be many years before America
and Europe regain the confidence in
Mexican ability to maintain order and
enforce the laws and protect the prop
erty, lives and interests Of foreigners
that has prevailed IN the last quarter
of century.
It Is not because there has been
| ravoIution or because an old despot
has been overthrown. That might
have happened without seriously dis
lturbing Mexico's creditors and indus
| trial and commercial lenders and
hackers. The point is that 1t has been
Ilamentably easy to set tlneounted
bands Of robbers in motion, and the
masses of the Mexican people have
manifested an alarmingly general ten
Idency toward anarchy when the hand
Of the government relaxed Its grip.
THE AERoPLANE AND CROWD.
CProvidence Journal.)
A serious disaster to France was
Ibarely escaped when one OF the Paris
Ito.Madrid contenders crashed into
group of spectators that CHANGED to be
oomposed OF the highest dignitaries of
1.-THE government. Whatever the eftect
4 of the Staying of the minister OF war,
to embarass the Monis ministry In the
momentuus tasks on hand, 1t VIII
eventually be recorded as only Incl.
.Idental to the progress Of mans con-
'lquest of the air. The development OF
u ordnance in the United States was not
stayed when the Princeton's big gun
.kexnloded at the testing and tore to
4 nieces several government officials, In
Guiding secretary of state. Scores
of spectators have been cruelty killed
l at automobile races. The Unitarian
may moralize that neither great guns,
automobiles, nor airships are worth
), their cost in useful human material,
TO say nothing Of money. The game
:. Twill not be stopped even IL that Is so.
1.-THE pursuit of life and happiness has
4 always been rather risky, anyway.
lThe twentieth century plaything,
(which seems such an exquisite con-
triPance when caVorting through the
air, but which, with shocking sudden
,,iness, can be resolved into an inert
ton OF junk, or projectile OF fearful
destructive power, is only an Item, for
the time being novel, among the haZ-
ards that seem to give zest to human
activities.
ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES.
milwaukee Wisconsin.)
The policy Of imperial federation Is
not at present uppermost in British
politics, as Chamberlain endeaYored
4 to make 1t at the conclusion OF the
Anglo-Boer War, but 1t has not heen
and will not be abandoned. The gath
ering in London of the prime minis
tiers OF the Commonwealth OF Aus
tralia, the Dominion OF Canada, the
Union Of South Africa, the Dominion
OF New Zealand and Newfoundland
. with the King and his cabinet consti-
tutes an impressive assemblage, and
no doubt its proceedings will have
significance in many ways.
Before ascending his throne King
u George travelled to every part of his
vast empire over which he has been
called upon to rule. and no doubt he
has fuller first hand knowledge OF ev-
cry corner OF his domain than was
possessed by his father, King Edward
VII, or his august grandmother, Queen
4 Victoria, the first English sovereign to
3 assume the imperial title. He will be
able to take an active part, If he
, CHOICES in the discussion of the poll
cios, but this he is not likely to do.
His influence, however, If eXeted to
any direction, is likely to be consid-
cradle.
In regard to the Chamberlain idea OF
establishing system of trade prefer:
cnCes which will bind England and
(. her colonies in n kind of 2ollverein,
LIT is not likely that anything definite
will be accomplished at the present
time.