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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11

to Join the campaign in other cities to
break the egg market A mass meet
ing will be called early nex week 20
organize a*league. A definite policy
Will be adopted and all the. women's
clubs of the city will be asked to boy
colt the egg dealers.
Eggs IN selling here for 40 and
IS cents q dozen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
GRUESOME FIND

Body Of Man Wrapped in Blanket
Discovered on Prairie.
Mandan. N. D., Dec. 11.-Residents
from Brisbane and Leith who were
in the city this week attending court
bring the story Of q gruesome And.
The fore part Of last week the body
OF a man wrapped in q blanket WA
found on the prairie near Antelope
Butte, just across the line in South
Dakota. The authorities there took
charge and are investigating the case.
Little or no Information ~concerninr
his identity has been received.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
COLLEGES NAY UNITE.
MethOdists Consider Merger
Charles City and Sioux City
Crhp~u,

consolidation of the Charles City col
iege With Mornings:de college of Sioux
City appears to be a probability. The
matter is being discussed today at the
meeting of the northwest Iowa con-
Terence Of the German Methodist
Episcopal churches. President A. Il.
Craig of Morningside college said to-
day that the matter had been taken
up by the authorities of the two
schools.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
GETS

Harry Fisher is Awarded $4,000
Against George Smith.
Minot, n. D., Dec. 1.-THE jury
brought in q verdict in the case Of
Harry Fisher We. George Smith. we'll
known North Dakota politician and
publisher Of Plaza.
Fisher brought suit for $1,000
against Smith. alleging hat Smith
misrepresented the value Of a news
paper at Max which he traded to him
for q tract of land.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
POWER PLANT NOR WARWTcx

Warwick. N. D.. Dec. 1.-The Utu.
tiles company of. DEVILS Lake. which
Dc owned by Dakota% and Minnesota
capitalists. with FEE. Corson of Far
50 as III active head, will. establish a
waterWorks system in Warwick. The
arrangements have all been complet.
ed tor the deal. ..t,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
AMPUTATE LEG

Park River Boy Victim of Accident
CndergOes Operation.
Park River, n. D.. Dec. 11.-Mel-
vim Mattson, a 9-year-old lad from
ton suffering from an injured knee.
The physicians in charge found upon
examination that sarcoma of the
bone was the cause of the trouble and
the-l leg was removed just below the
hip. A short time ago the boy WA
injured while wrestling with a play-
mate. but 1t is not thought that the
injury caused sarcoma,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
RIDES ON HEAD END OF TRAIN.

La Crosse. Wis. Dec. l1.-Nearly
frozen after being exposed t o a tenn
perature of 10 above zero in a ride on
the head end OF a train from Minne-
apolis to Wdnona, John Frost, a Cow.
puncher'' from Lewistown. Mont, waa
taken into a Milwaukee passenger
train and brought to La Crosse. His
experience was a result Of his desire
to epend Christmas. with his mother
at Hartford. Conn. He will proceed
on his hOmewari.. journey despite
irostbitten toes and fingers and his
lpennileas. condition -,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
BENCH WARRANT rssrEn

Bismarck. N. D., Dec. ia bench
warrant has been issued for George
Miller, now thought to be out Of the
state, n who was wanted for high
way robbery. He has a family, and
mas been out OF jail on his recog-
niznnce while awaiting trial.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
MINIMUM WAGE AT ss.as.
Oregon Commission Prcscribea sc,I,
for Women.

for Women.
Portland. Ore, Dec. ia ruling
made by the state welfare commission
effective in sixty days. prescribes a
minimum scale of 1926 a week for
all women employed in Industrial oc-
equations in the state Of Oregon and
fixes ffty-four hours as the maximum
they may be employed in any one
fore a woman shall be considered X
perienced worker and entitled to the
minimum wage is fixed at one wear.
II the wage for the apprentice De.
riod Is fixed at Sc a week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11

BROUGHT FROM MONTANA.
Bismarck, N. D.. Dec. 11.-GeorRa
Mcdonald. now In Montana, is to be
brought here to stand trial for yiolat-
ing the prohibition law to prevent his
bond from being forfeited.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
STATE SCHOOL GIRLS ESCAPE.
Swanville, MINI. Men Bound Over FOR
AfdSnA lNlmA,<

Little Falls. Mimi, Dec. 1L.-Frank
L,ldenai, Lars Soma and Andrew
Soma, Of Swanville entered pleas of
not guilty here to have sheltered and
aided three girls who escaped from
h state school ct Sank Center. The
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
SCHOOL COMPLETED

Bowdon's New Building Ready for
Occcupancy-Fine Structure.
Bowdon. N. D., Dec. 11.-Th. new.
school building at this place has been
completed and furnished ana school
has commenced in the structure. The
new building is constructed Of brick
and is thoroughly modern in every
respect. The building is one of the
finest on the Turtle Lake branch and
the citizens have every reason to be
proud. OF it. :
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
FLEE IN soANTY ATTIRE.

Girl Pupils in Providence BOARDING
School Have Narrow Escape.
Providence. r. L.. Dec. 1l.-Forty
girl pupils at a fashionable boarding
sehoo here were hurried in scanty
covered Yesterday in a new and unoc-
cupied addition to the school.
The blaze was confined to the sec.
ton of the building where 1t. origin.
ated. No n was injured. r
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
wITH RooTT,

CHARGED WITH BOOTLEGGINc.
Bismarck, N: D.. Dec. 1.-THE trial
commenced today Of James Monteom.
cry. a pioneer citizen. for Bookkeeping.
which is a states prison offense and
try.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11
ARRESTED WAC"
Negro at Minot Identiaed as Man VIM
Served Time for Stabbing.

Minot, N. D., Bee. I1.-Robert
Gardner. colored. who was arrested
on q vagrancy charge, has been iden-
titled as the negro who served four
months a year ago for seriously stab
bling another negro at Kenmare.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-11

CLUB WOMEN JOIN IN BOYCOTT.
Ma Lies Mo'mes; Iowa, Dec. l1.-Des
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

financial responsibility of Chinese states
men ard thus imperil the chance Of popu-
lar subscription to the loans.
The American Far Eastern policies, as
outlined by the great John Hay for the
insistence of the open door" and the
preservation OF China's territorial In
tegrity, are condemned along with the
Manchurian Railway naturalization plan
OF Secretary of State Philander c. Knox
as Sentimental opportunism" and blum
derous intermeddling. Before consider
ing the criticisms let us acknowledge ic
here in accents OF eternal gratitude that
the fruits OF the Hay policies have been
the saving of an empire, at a critical
moment, from partition, the Illustration
OF devilish plot to annihiate an his
toric people. and finally the defeat OF the
land grabbing schemes OF rapacious pow
ers, In which England conspired no less
than Russia or Japan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

Yu-Wei, have repented Of their former
royalistic ardor and abandoned the cause
of the Manchus forever. The so-called
Pao Huang Hui means literally Emperor
Protection Association but II no longer
exists. for the simple reason that there IL
no emperor to protect. or this fact there
is indsputable testimony. Studying at
Columbia University there is a nephew
Of Kang Yu-W and "a pupil of Lang
Chi-Chao, who deny absolutely that there
is any such organization now extant and
aver that LANG would not have dared to
visit Picking as he did had he not def
nitely forsaken the cause OF the Manchus.
The point Is made that there has been
no change In the political instincts or the
future OF Chinese officials. A report OF
the British Chinese Corporation, published
in THE London Times" November 22,
1912. will throw some light on the actual
state of affairs: Particularly they the
directors) noted with respectful apprecia-
ton a marked change in the spirit and
methods of the high officials OF the gov
eminent with whom they had to deal
from those which characterized the old
regime. There was now shown breadth
OF view and a more liberal and enlight-
ened attitude toward such questions as
those with which the board were con-
cerned which were rare in their expert
ence OF the mandarinate of the late dy-
nasty. They had grounds for believing
that the present provisional government
was earnestly bent upon fostering good
relations with those who would honestly
assist it in its desire to bring about the
welfare and progress of their great coun-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
HEIR TO CORRUPTION.

Attention has been called to alleged
bride taking among some OF the old Chi
nese officials and the absence OF proper
courts OF justice. 1t must be remembered
that the republic Is heir to an esta bllshed
and traditional system of corruption
which could not be eradicated instantly.
But from the President down all authori-
ties are intelligently adjusting the details
OF government to new conditions. The
courts OF justice have been reformed. so
much so that In many of them Western
procedure has been adopted, and even
Western substantive law enforced
where one party to litigation is for
elgner. But time and patience are needed
for all the reforms TO bear their fruit.
and In this connection we might remind
our critics that the much Wanted English
liberties are not the product OF years
conference OF judges and lawyers. but
that they represent nearly seven centuries
OF fierce parliamentary struggle and even
civil war. Even the famous political in
stitutions OF the United States, which
have been the model for China, were
evolved to their present efficiency only
after 1876 years Of storm and stress, with
a bloody internecine strife as an inter-
mission The Chinese Republic to-day.
after years existence. can compare
favorably with any republic OF equal age
In the worlds history. In protection OF
life, liberty and property, In the main
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

recruiting stations Of the revolutionary
army. and this without ever a single call
from the commander in chief or any init
nation from Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Everywhere
the people manifested their enthusiastic
support by generous contributions TO the
revolutionary war fund or by flying the
republican emblem when not restralheo
from thus openly showing their real reei-
ings by the presence of savage Tartar
troops Eyen from Outer Mongolia the
princes and dukes signified their loyalty
to the republic without one dissenting
voice. Such is the extent OF the popular
verdict as recorded in every nook and cor
ner of the empire.
We have already shown how. without
this almost unanimous support OF the peo-
pie OF China, the recent revolution would
have gone the way OF other rebellions
But il Is insisted that the outbreak on the
Yangtse was precisely what happened
I'm Turkey in 1908" Not precisely but
with two vitality momentous differences
namely. that while the Turkish revolt was
the insurgency of one party Cthe army
against the sultan Abdul Hamid person.
ally and with the object of supplanting
him by the present incumbent Of the
Turkish throne, the Chinese revolution. on
the other hand. was a premeditated upris-
ing of the people, intent upon abolishing
the monarchical system forever and. UNI
like the Turks substituting one incompe-
tent ruler for another supplanting the
Emperor by the representatives OF the
,oorto yybara tho TURKS failed ignOmni-
ously the Chinese succeeded signally.
Complaint is heard that no census has
ever been taken In China, no election lists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
AN AMERICAN "FEELER."

In decrying Mr.. Knoxs naturalization
plan, Mr.. Bland has completely failed 70
apprehend the primary purpose of thas
seemingly absurd suggestion. IL was
aimed at forcing the hands Of both Russia
and Japan, who had deceitfully agreed
to maintain the status quo in Manchuria
and Mongolia, but who had secretely yio'
lated Chinese sovereignty In those prove
inces The plan for the international adj
ministration of the Manchurian railroads
was In the nature OF q "feeler,' ana IL
ELECTED the information required by tho
American Secretary of State, but. having
gotten ii, he was afraid to assume tho
logical position to which faithful execute
ton of the Hay policies clearly pointed.
AS to the contention that the Knox plan
drove" Russia and Japan into an
alliance for determined aggression against
the helpless Chinese people. it will be re-
called that after their war both Russia
and Japan came to an understandings
manifested by various secret conventions
and later by treaties, in which they each
demarked their illegitimate spells In
Chinese territory. 1t Is clear. therefore,
that the Knox plan of 1909 was the oc-
casion rather than the cause of the rap
proachement between the late COM
batants. But the rapproachement as
settled policy OF joint ACKNOWLEDGMENT al
the expense Of China was reached only
after 1t became plain that the American
government was either unwilling or tirnid
about following up the exposure OF Rus
sian and Japanese Vaccinations by Wig
orous enforcement Of the Hay policies.
The English Mandarin commends dol
lar diplomacy because 1t Is a departure
from the spirit of the Hay policies, De"
cause public powers are used to help prl-
vate business. and more particularly be-
cause the official recognition of the
Chinese Republic is deferred until the
500, 100000 loan has been satisfactorily
concluded.
Nevertheless, dollar diplomacy" has
not been sanctioned by the American peo-
pie; II has been severely condemned as
not substitute Of dollars for bullets
but as substitute for principles" anu
1t has been said that commercial dipio-
macy has no virtue over any other d.
plomacy except that 1t is backed by the
military forces Of the nation. and that IL
leads straight to Observation-Disclosures, 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

Writer Vigorously Denies Assertion That the Present Civic
Control Of the Land Of Flowers Is Autocratc
Instead Of Republican, and Ridicues PROPOSE
ton That the United States Should Refuse
Formal Recognition to 1t.

tenance of law and order China is mora
truly a republic than the United States
between the years HI and 1877, superior
to the English commonwealth under
Cromwell, more stable than any Of the
three French republics OF any of the
South American commonwealth in the
first years Of their existence, and this.
in spite Of China's 100000 square miles Of
immense country, as against the infinitely
smaller territories Of the nations com.
pared.
The governing body at Picking IL dis.
missed as an irresponsible and self.
elected group of political adventurers."
II the reference is to the members OF the
National Assembly II Is not true, for they
are men of education and experience and
chosen from the several provincial legs-
latures. which in turn were elected by
the people Of the different states. But II.
in truth. these officials were such as they
are depicted, II is inscrutably singular to
find a group Of cautious and apprehensive
international bankers negotiating an
enormous loan with that selfsame body
OF irresponsible adventures" Are such
to be intrusted with $500, 0o00 900?
II is plain to the bankers that they
have China, In her present situation, by
the throat, and they think they can, by
the pressure Of their respective chan
ceries, intimidate the Chinese government
into agreeing to the colossal bonus OF
some s25 0OO, 900, coupled with the humiliat-
ing condition OF foreign fiscal supervi-
sion While these Shylockian negotia-
tions are pending II is remarkable that
the bankers emissaries are doing their
best to shake public confidence in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
Eua-C huen Me Secretary Of the China Society Of
America and Student Of His Native Land Takes
English Manchu" Upon the Government
Headed by Yuan Shih-Kai.

this test, and on the 'basis that ii Is
stable government and the only one
legally and by virtue Of vox populi invest
ed with sovereign powers in the country
IL claims and merits recognition of foreign
natiors
Whether China is in fact a republic in
the Western sense is matter of definl-
ton and the point of view. Even In demo-
cratic countries of Europe and the Amer
icas the quality of repubiic-ness is varied
and determined by local necessity and in
terpretation But whether the govern
ment of China is an autocracy, dictator
ship or anything else is the business OF
none save China The nature of her gov
eminent is not in question so long as she
satisfies the test of a recognizable govern
ment within the meaning OF international
law
Thus Il would seem that the gibbcrish
about autocracy is merely befogging the
issue: is irrelevant and impertinent sur
plusage Earlier in the year the Chinese
republic demanded recognition of the pow
ers in accordance with the custom OF ma
tons. but as a government organized TOT
the exercise OF sovereign authority WITHIN
it's territory the republic requires no rec
ognition and can get along without II from
anv foreign source. But in so far as con-
ditions i'm China are considered by Tor
eigners to he abnormal and uncertain be-
fore formal recognition is recorded, the
Chinese republic desires that that recoS-
milton be soon made in order that the
continuity of diplomatic relations may no
longer stand at sufferance.
II is urged that the Chinese people
themselves have not vet recognized the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
"EXClUSIvE" NEWS.

President Yuan Shih-Kai is pilloried
for ''beheadng his enemies without q
TRIAL" This is assuredly exclusive"
rews. But where We're the hundreds Of
correspondents ia Picking and Reuter- i
News agents scattered over the length
and breadth OF China? Where were these
intelligencers. that not word was heard
about such "A frlghtful slaughter OF politl-
cal opponents? As "A matter OF fact and
record there is not ar iota OF truth in
the infamous charges brought against
the. head Of nation. Perhaps the fla
grant indictment was founded. upon the
execution OF Generals Chang and Han
about which there was much hue and cry
but which Immediately died down when
the facts were published.
DR.. G.. T. Morrison. who OF all for
eigners has the largest and most accu-
rate fund OF Information OH tho history
of passing events in China, summarizes
the episode thus: They (chang and Ham
were endeavoring to sow. dissension In
the army. and already had secured many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

~ HINA and the Chinese problem are
TO many people in America
~ closed book on account of their
physical remoteness and completely. The
resulting attitude of indifference, ana
therefore ignorance, is however, promoted
from time to time by consciously or I'M
consciously false reports made by Re"
writers. travellers, business men or Tor
mer foreign employees of the Chinese gov
eminent The revolution has done mucn
TO awaken public interest in the events
taking place in China, but the crop OF
transformation and Misrepresentation has
il seems, increased TO meet the demands
of public curiosity.
obviously this mode OF education Is UNI
wise. unscientific and unfair. Henry Nard
Beecher once said i'm Liverpool that Eng
lfshmen were fond of fair play. during
my residence in the United States 1t mas
been my grateful experience to find that
the American people have more strongly
developed this sense of fair play. which
mas been SO picturesquely termed by Colo
mel Roosevelt "the square deal and l
have learned from personal observation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

prepared, and. consequently, no general
election is possible, and that until these
things have been done the present gov
eminent is merely provisional These con-
dtlons. though true In the main, give,
however. no cause for alarm, for the cleo
lions are scheduled for February of this
year. No census and election lists have
been provided FOR because Of the utter i'm
praCticabilty of so doing, and. besides,
universal manhood or womanhood suf
frage is not one of the present policies of
the nation. Even in the United States a
census was not taken till nearly quarter
Of a century after its declaration of inde-
pendence. nevertheless several Presidential
elections had been held, and successfully
That the Chinese government is organized
for very practical purposes is evidenced by
the fact that ii does not propose to await
an indeterminate period before all the
election results are returnable from every
village and hamlet in the vast area, but
to poll only the cities and larger towns
and also by the fact that 1t has prescribed
an educational or property test for the
privilege OF exercising the franchise. This
tentative plan, prompted only by consid-
erations of expediency, has received the
approval of the entire country. for every
citizen is anxious that the government be
as speedily as possible organized on per-
manent basis. Not n single protest has
been raised by patriotic Chinese. II
there were educational or property quail
fications in England. or even the United
States, perhaps the results would prove
altogether salutary and greatly cleanse
politics OF its unsavory elements But
though there are conditions set for the
casting Of the ballot I'm China, extreme
precautions have been taken that every
qualified man and woman have the oppor-
tunity to express his or her preference for
candidates and policies as outlined in the
political platforms of the several parties
I'm the field.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

Hua-Chuen Mel, writer of this article,
is "A Chinese student of law at Columbia
University. lie was graduated from CO.
lumbia in 1911 with honors. being the
first Chinese TO be elected to Phi Beta
Kappa. Mr. Mel participates in all pa
triotic movements to acQusint Americans
with Republican China. lie is secretary
of the China Society of America, in which
are enrolled many leading citizens, and
Il also secretary of the New York branch
of the Chinese national party.