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PASSING 1T UP

Naturally, Mr.. Taft does not care to start a war with
Mexico which he couldn't have time to finish. Washing
under orders to move at once, so it will be easy for DR.. Will
son to start something in a few minutes if he thinks best.
This is another of the inheritances which are being passed
up.
The tariff work Of the present session has thrown little
or no light upon the policy which will be followed in the spe-
|cial session which is expected to convene next month. The
ans were in the days when they undertook to revise the
schedule. The best guess which can be made is that most OF
the revision will be in speeches, that the votes will not be
such as to satisfy those democrats who have solemnly prom
ised a downward cut in prices.
There is the further indication that the present demo-
cratic house will bequeath to the incoming administration a
record in appropriations which will stagger the party of
simplicity and ~frugality. The arraignment of the majority
does not come entirely from opposition sources; there are
democrats who are as vigorous in their condemnation of
the extravaganee Of the present house as any political oppo-
nent can be. The charge Of extravaganza seems warranted.
And the serious part OF it is that so much OF the expendi-
ture has been needless and foolish.
The democratic house, crazed by the size of its majority
and dazed by the fact that control had passed into the hands
OF the longtime minority, INDUCED in a regular saturnalia
Of what Senator Nelson would call "Whangdoodle investi-
cations" There never was such an era of investigation as
the house has been passing through tor two years. There
has been investigation of about everything that could be
investigated and the net result is a big expense bill which
staggers even the democrats themselves.
SO, along with the tributes OF appreciation which Mr..
Taft is passing up to DIR. Wilson, there will be some choice
tokens of affection from the democratic house which will be
likely to cause their distinguished recipient more grief than
that which comes from the Taft hold-over problems.
DR.. Wilson is a big man and a strong man. He will
need all of his bigness and all of his strength when he
comes to clear his official desk Of the business he finds ly-
ing upon it. He faces some tough propositions. If he is
able to turn over to the states a lot Of the business which
has accumulated on the federal docket, he will relieve him
self temporarily, but it will not stay with the states long.
1t will come back.
Meanwhile MIR. Taft acts with customary blandness.
With his eyes turned toward Yale he refers to DR.. Wilson
any Of the vexing things which come up these days. The
sunset of his official term is characterized by the indiffer-
ence to responsibility which has been one of his marked
official attributes.
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ATHLETICS AND HEALTH.

University athletics n the conduct
of intercollegiate contests should re-
cciye a more serious consideration
from those who assume responsibility
for these features of American col
lcge life, Too often any criticism of
long-established practices is resented
or ignored because it would abolish
or modify some firmly implanted Gus
toms. only after years of patient UNI
renting effort has the plea for a
safe and sane" Fourth of July led to
a reform which will o o evolve a
nationwide plan of rational celebra-
ton. Persistent exposure of the dam
gers of reckless football contests with
their attendant fatalities cannot fail
To bring welcome changes sooner or
later, This is a most timely moment
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NEW ARGUMENT

Editor Observation-Disclosures is one
very important item in regard to the
location of Missoula county's fair
grounds that seems to have been
overlooked by the numerous writer's
whose articles have appeared in the
papers and that is the matter of ad-
vertising.
The west side grounds are immedi-
ately adjoining the main line of the
Northern Pacific railway and a large
number of trains are going in each
direction each day. The passengers
on these trains can see the fair
grounds and buildings and will adver-
tise the fact all along the line, while
if it is placed on the south side very
few people will know that you have a
foreground. This item alone ought
to control in the selection of the site
for the fair. everything else being
equal. If placed on the south sid
only those who ride on the Bitter
Root stub will see the grounds and
that about a half-mile away.
If there is anything in the world
that DAYS as a business proposition 1T
is advertising, and nothing would ad-
vcrtise MiSsoula as well as to have
those Fairgrounds where the travel
ing public can see them.
A SPECTATOR.
Missoula, Feb. II, 1913.
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in which to inaugurate a campaign
against athletic recklessness. Con-
servation is the keynote in campaigns
of progress in all departments of ma
tional activity. Propaganda for the
conservation of health and life is di-
rectly furthered by this more gem
eral spirit of the times. If college
athletics of today are a n to
health. they cannot escape the attack
of those who are alert for every evil
dence of human extravaganza and
waste. The enthusiasts for physical
education have hitherto failed to m
phasize the important distinction be-
tween those strenuous performances
which tax the capacities of the body
to it's utmost (comprehended in the
term "athletics"). and that exercise of
the bodily functions more appropri-
ately included under the designation
physical education Europeans have
d Idf llilllpicI ShpltSSloli IoT lilG tll-
ployment of their bodily activities in
the word sport which implies the
combination of a healthy spirit Of
pleasure and satisfaction with what
we call exercise. Such an attitude is
almost unknown here. Instead, there
exists a form Of OVERRIDING that finds
its chief reward in the applause of
the multitude rather than in the JOY
of the performance. "Athletics" have
long been under the dominance of So
called trainers frequently men of
keen judgment and technical skill,
but usually persons without any sys-
tomatic acquaintance with physiologic
truths. Their sole concern is to turn
out a winning team or a victorious
athletic giant, The best intellectual
feature of rival contests-the encour-
agement for each man to put forth
the best that is in him and to exercise
his own ingenuity in the development
and maintenance of an efficient, SUI
Ierior body-is suppressed by the ad-
vent of that guardian saint, the
trainer. 1t can be freely admitted
says The Journal Of the American
Medical Association, that the cultiva-
ton of physical intelligence furnishes
a valuable asset to man in develop
ing coordination and promoting
health and happiness. Blu when the
results Of vigorous sports or exhaust
ing struggles are involved, something
more thar a "pardonable pride in ar
expanding chest and swelling biceps'
should furnish the guiding motive
The obvious abuses of athletics mus
be threshed out.
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WORLD POLICE BODY
NEEDED FOR MEXICO

Washington, Feb. 12.-Dcvelnpment
of a world police, such as was begun
in avoiding international war in
China, to be utilized ty nations in
policing the republic of Mexico, was
suggested today in resolutions adopt
ed by the Washington Peace society.
The plan, which will be submitted
!" President Taft, President-clcct
Wilson and others With the request
that other nations be asked to CO.
operate, would bring about action by
combined foreign interests in Mexico
to insure settlement Of that republics
affairs by peaceful elections, if
necessary restraining the internal
factions from war by the combined
police power of these nations"
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with the conditions Of the treaty and
with the rules laid down by the United
States should be treated alike when
they seek to use the waterway. He
represented that the measure of the
neutrality was not a comparison of the
treatment accorded American shipping
with the treatment accorded the ship
ping of other nations, but the treat
ment it accorded one foreign country
as compared with another. Mr.. Taft
then proceeded to contend that the
British protest, if yielded to by the
United States, would take away from
this country the right to regulate its
w shipping, a right that no nation
would think of surrendering.
This memorandum was largely what
drew the fire of Sir Edward Grey in
the shape of the extended note handed
to Secretary of State Knox by Am
bassAdor Bryce. Sir Edward declared
that he did not think, from a study
of Mr.. Taft's memorandum, that the
president fully appreciated the British
point of view. He asserted that Britain
was not seeking to read anything into
the treaty., and certainly not to de-
priVe the United States of n liberty
which is opc to Great Britain or any
other nation. He contended that the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty does not stanc
alone, and that it can be interpreted
only in the light of the ~Clayton-Bul-
Wer treaty, as is shown by the fact
that its preamble distinctly states thai
the principle Of Capitalization in thai
treaty was not to be impaired by the
Hay-Paunccfote treaty which super
seeded it. He then recited that one OF
the provisions Of the Clayton-BulWel
treaty was that the canal should be
open to the subjects and citizens OF
the United States and Great Britain OF
equal terms, and also to the subject O.
any other state which was willing tc
Join in the guarantee Of joint protec.
ton
The Grey note then proceeds to say
that the purpose of the United States
In NEGOTIATING the Hay-Pauncefott
treaty was to recover their freedom O
action, and to obtain the right, which
they had surrendered under h Clay
ton-BulWer treaty, of building tn,
canal. 1t is contended. however, tina
the recovery of this right was baset
upon the recognition of England's RICH
to use the canal upon equal terms will
the United States, and of other coun
tries to use it upon the same terms
the language being on terms of "entir,
equality to all nations"
Sir Edward then declared that thu
right Of joint protection was one o
the things the United States wanted
to get rid of, and that it certainl.
never was in the mind of the British
government in the negotiation of tn
Hay-Pauncefote treaty that it shoul'
assume any responsibility for the pro
lection of the canal in the future. Thi
statement seems wholly at variance
with h popular idea that neutraliza
ton of the canal would mean ma
England and other countries would b.
expected to help US protect it in cas-
of war.
The British foreign minister thel
proceeds to assert that in the light o
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty the as
sumption that "all nations" cannot eX'
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clude the United States, as was ar
gued by the United States. He con
tends that we are bound by the treaty
to treat ourselves exactly as we treat
other nations.
There is one concession in the Brit
ish note that has escaped general at
t%ention, and that gives point to the
argument that the acquisition of the
canal zone tends to render nugatory
some of the terms of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. 1t says that now that the
United States has become the practical
sovereign of the canal, his majesty's
government does not question it's right
to exercise %belligerent rights for its
protection This statement is made in
the face of the fact that the treaty
says that "the canal never shall be
blockaded, nor shall any act of war be
exercised nor any act of hostility be
committed within it." This gives rise
to the question in many minds how it
is that England can contend that the
United States is exempted from this
provision n yet held bound by the
other. The treaty says further that
nc belligerent shall embark or dis
embark troops, munitions of war, or
Warlike materials in the canal" Yet
the Grey note admits that mo belliger-
ent" does no apply now to the United
States, the while he contends that it
is one of "all nations" referred to in
the treaty.
The Grey note declares that the ex-
emption of the coastWise steamships
from toll charges will mean that the
burden of paying for the maintenance
of the canal will, therefore, fall wholly
Upon foreign-going vessels, and that
this, in turn, will very much lessen
the prospect of reducing the tolls be-
low $1.25 a ton, the maximum fixed
by law. This declaration is made in
face of the proclamation of a rate of
$1.2O a ton by President Taft.
Another objection made by the
British government is that coastWise
ships might carry a mixed cargo of
foreign-bound and coastwise freight,
and, therefore, get free tolls on foreign
cargo, a condition that would fall
heavily upon British shipping. After
announcing that England considers the
prohibition against railrOad-OWned
vessels in the canal as not affecting
it's Canadian lines, and that it reserves
the right to examine the matter and
to make such contentious as may seem
justified, the British note concludes
with its proposal of arbitration in the
event the matter cannot be settled
otherwise.
(Tomorrow-Panama Canal Tolls.
III-The Administration Reply.)
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EVEN IN RUSSIA.

After passing the duma, a bill ad-
hitting women to the practice of law
in Russia has beer rejected by the
council of the empire, by the rather
since many American state legislatures
would have defeated a like measure by
a larger majority.
Here is striking proof not only of
the spread of Women's liberties and
privileges, as well as rights, but also
of the changes which are going on in
Russia and shaking the old order to
its foundations. True, there havc been
MuscoVite expresses, two of them
amor the strongest sovcreigns that
evcr ruled the empire, but Russia is
nevertheless one of the last countries
in the civilized world which would be
expected to favor the admission Of
women to the bar, for instance, or
II like innovation.
There is unmistakablo progress in
Russia, in many ways. The vast state
is being altered radically by the pres
sure of modern conditions and ideas,
and whatever changes Russia affects
a tremendous mass of human beings.
There are at least 175, 600, 900 subjects
o. the car, probably 10000 900, and
the occupy or hold about 1G per cent
of the land surface of the globe.
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Panama Canal Tolls
|. The British Position.
BY Frederic j. Haskin

The British government has followed
with painstaking care the develop
ment of American sentiment and legis-
lation upon the question of canal tolls,
and its determination to protest
against The attitude taken by CONGRESS
came as a surprise to those h knew
how the English authorities were in
clined to construc the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The most interesting thing in
connection with the British note of
protest, perhaps, was the admission in
the very first printed page of the note,
that if the United states were to re-
fund or remit the tolls charged that
would not be a violation of the letter
of the treaty. 1t will be seen from this
that even upon the British construction
Of this treaty, not only can coastWise
shipping have an indirect freedom
from toll charges, but that this might
also be extended to the American YES
sells engaged in foreign trade as well,
That is to say, England admits that
America has the W to violate the
treaty by indirection, but it assumes
that Americans are too honorable to
make use of such subtcrfugc.
Furthermore, the 1nnes note con-
CedeS the right of the United States
to grant a general subsidy, but objects
to a subsidy that is based upon tho
mount of use to which the subsidized
ships make of the canal. 1t alsc
acknowledges that if the exemption of
coastWise American shipping from toll
charges were so regulated as to make
it certain that only bona-fide coast
wise traffic which is reserved for
american vessels would be benefited
by this exemption, then Great Britain
could have no objection. But it fur
Their adds that England does not be-
lieve that such regulation is possible
The note put the best face on the
American attitude, is generous in ad-
missions, but insists on the observ-
ance of the spirit of the treaties.
After congress, with the lnnes note
in mind, had passed the canal toll law
with an exemption of ships carrying
goods between the two coasts of the
United States, President Taft, in APP
proving the measure, gave out a mem
orandum. He pronounced the measure
as one admirably drawn for the pur-
pose of securing the proper mainten-
ance, operation and control of the
canal, for the government of the can
zone, and for furnishing to all the pat
rons of the big waterway all the requi-
site facilities for docking and securing
coal and other supplies. He then took
up the lines note of protest. He de-
clared that the canal is being built by
the United states wholly at it's own
cost, on territory coded to 1t by a
nation that had the undisputed right
to c%ession, and that, therefore, ME
the United States had by affirmative
action restricted itself, it was nobod!
else's business how We managed it
therefore, to him the only question
was whether or not the United States
had, under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
signed away it's right to exempt it's own
commerce directly or indirectly.
He commended that the article in the
treaty upon which the British conten-
ton was based provided only for the
naturalization of the canal-in Other
words, that all nations which complied
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YOUNG HERO BROWNS.

Princeton, n. j., Feb. 12.-An heroic
he was sketing on Carnegie lake today,
V. O'Brien of Germantown, Pa, a stu
dent at st. V~incent's p%arochial school
near here, was drowned before res
cuers could reach him. Thomas F.
Ryan, the companion, succeeded in
reaching shallow water. When Ryan
broke through O'Brien threw off his
skates and jumped into the icy water,
but was drowned under the ice. He
was % wears old.
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GENERAL ALLEN RETlRES.

Washington, Feb. 12~.-Brigadier
General James Allen, chief signal Of
ficer of the army, will retire from &C
tive service tomorrow, having attained
his Gath yea and completed Al years
of military duty. AS chief signal Of
ficer in the last few years he induced
congress to make it's first appropriate
ton for an army aviation school and
prepared the specifications for the first
army aerOplane ever constructed.
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MORE ~OJTRAGES.

London, Feb. 12.-The rcfreshment
hall in Regent park, London, was
burned today by militant suffragettes.
The left no cleW to their iden-
tity, but or an adjoining path the
words, Votes for women" We're
found scratched in the gravel. The
building was of considerable size.
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Postmaster Camp of Beebe, Ark,
doesn't like The Campbells Are
Coming as a popular air. The treas
lrcr of the republican state commit e
tee was a Campbell and he tried to
shake down Camp for 500.
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mothers pension bill, which a
recommended by both retiring and in
coming governors. The legislature
transacted no business today, out met
in joint session for Lincoln memorial
exercises.
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PAPERS.

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Olympia, Wash, Feb. 12,-At noon
today the legislative session of 60
days was half ended. No bill of the
first importance had passed both
houses, but the house had passed the
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The county commissioners and Gov
ernOr Stewart are keeping a good
many people in uncertainty by their
deliberate action regarding the fair
grounds and the new judgeship ap-
rOintmcnt.
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The change in the Japanese diet
dear Inquirer. does not mean that the
Japs are going to quit rice M c a
flour; they are merely going It
change governments.
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Part Of a dogs brain has been sue
Cc~ssfully put into the head Of a man.
The dog thus becomes more than
ever the friend of nan and there is
a wide field for his new line of USE
fulneSs.
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The county commissioners ave
confidence in the compatibility of tW"
judges when they suggest that the
Wearers of the erninc use n court
rC0m.
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Missoula should interest herself in
the enactment of the one-mill AK law
for higher education. 1t should not
be allowed to die for lack of support,
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The senate Investigations at wash
have not been as numerous as
those of the house, but they have
brought out more information.
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West Virginia legislators are add
ing to the argument for the direcl
cl, CtiOn Of Senator'S.
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Even the rcactionaries in Helena
have become ashamed of the name Of
Phillips for a new country.
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With washington and Albany col
l]aborating, Wall street is not half as
perky as it was.
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