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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
The Mistake of Dius.

In the estimation Of foreign bust
ness enterprises DiaH Is the only great
man Mexico has produced In conte,n-
norancous times. But the very quai-
tiles which ingratiated Diaz with for
otgn business interests are at bottom
the cause Of MeXico's present predica :
neut. He not only permitted, but en-
couragcd the exploitation OF his own
people by foreign business interests.
cxacting for himself and his faction q
generous toll for the license lie gave.
Foreign business interests may, with
some show of truth. deny that they
instirated the expressions which DiaZ
practiccd against the poems of Mexico:
but they cannot deny that they shared
with him In the profits OF that oppres-
sion. The policy OF Diaz was to en-
courage the Industrial exploitation or
mis- country by foreigners. Il policy that
would not have been unstatesmanlike
and unpatriotic If meantime he mad
endcavorcd 10 tit his own countrymen
10 share increasingly In that cxpIoita-
ton. But instead OF doing that. DRAG,
MS ii to put bonus on an opportunity
naturally rich enough to assure IT'S
being cultivated, held his own people
in rassalage and ignorance as Il further
incentive TO foreign enterprise.-Gal-
weston News.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
ArEmnlent of Forcc.

y curious feature of tho time il tho
tendency of certain classes to resort 70
violence for the furtherance Of their
views. We do not refer to the insur-
rcction in Albania against the new
government or Chinese outbreaks.
manifestations of people OF a low grade
of civilization whose only idea nr u
protest IS by physical !nsurrcction
But the tendency of people In nations
of advanced civilization TO appeal 10
brute force to assert their views is
becoming a feature OF the day.
In Ireland small minority liz arm
Ing for the express purpose OF asser:-
ing their views against an overwhcIm-
Ing majority for home rule, and they
arc matched In this country by the I.
w. w, who propose TO destroy indus
try il IL liz not made over promptly,
In accordance with their opinion. The
Colorado resort to anarchy for settle
ment of an Industrial question Is as
deficient In logic as the militant de-
struction Of paintings In public gal
ierios to prove their qualifications FOR
the suffrage. This has even spread to
tho Parliament, that is the model OF
dclibcrative bodies, where the prog
ress OF bill that has been argued
FOR years IS temporarily blocked ny
mere uproar.
or course. experience with this belief
people know already and have known
for centuries. If Ulster can prove home
rule wrong by nrming itself, tho home
rule majority can prove 1t right in the
same way Tho doctrine is Il tempo
rary Insanity. Whether II takes more
or less time. IL viii finally reach Il
demonstration that 1t is better to car
~ point by shooting logic into tine
people rather than by perforating them
with bullots.--Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

sistaRce, he thinks, could not be
given by the United States acting
alone, rs suspicion OF aggressive in
tent would be inevitable "A moro
or less united Mexico in opposition
would be the result" he says Fur
thermore, we, as nation, do not
understand the Mexican mind" and
would be at great disadvantage in
aiding III setting up government
suitable for the Mexican people. With
other Latin-Amcrican nations join
ing with us and assuring the MeXi-
cans OF our Observation-Disclosures. Mr..
Flint Is sure tho required assistance
could be given the Constitutionalists
in their task OF restoring Mexico. Tn
der such conditions. he tells the New
York Evening Post. confidence would
be felt, and tho best minds OF the
United States, OF Latin-America and
of the Cunstitutionalists would be
equal TO the great work.
MIR. Flint's confidence I'm the ulti-
mate success of President Wilson S
policy Is encouraging, and his advice
is worth careful attention. Few
Americans are better acquainted than
he with tho nations to tho south of
us, and what he says is from expert
cnce and knowledge of condition and
character OF the people with whom
we are dealing. The mediation pro
ceedings at Niagara, ridiculed as they
are to-day By some intelligent pco-
ple, may not have any great imme-
date effect, but it is possible that
they mean the beginning OF Il Pan
Americanism which will strengthen
the ethical sense OF the Monroe Doc
trinc and finally bring peace and
prosperity TO all Latin-American ma
tons and good Will between those re-
publics and their great brother of
tho North.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Brains Not the Greatest.

Mr. Mcllen does not lack In astutc-
ness nor i'll courage, though some
people think his candor in testifying
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is Il blend Of the instinct of
self-preservation and brazenness.
However that may be. Mr.. Mellen
does lack one trait, and that is n
clear perspective. THE greatest
force in the world is BRAINS" he said
the other day. land Mr. Morgan had
them"
Tho greatest force IN the world is
not brains. 1t Is, instead, n combi-
nation OF morality and Justice. When
to these is Joined brains. the trium-
Vlrate Is irresistible, and always will
be.
In abstract brains, Napoleon led
his time. What became Of Napoleon,
pitted against the morality and JUS
tice of an outraged Europe? Call
through history the role OF the illus
trious ones, from Rome to to-day,
and the answer Is that one and all
they fell, unless tho powers of mo-
rality and justice were cngrafted on
TO pure Intellect
The final proof is this:
Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Hartman,
had they lived, might, us Mr.. Mclleu
thinks, have had the power and re.
sources TO control every mile Of
American railroad. Their dominion
would have lasted only while the
American conscience was chloro-
formed.
Brainpowcr is excellent. IN the
worlds work ii is Indispensable. I'm
less buttressed and balanced by
morality and justice, 1t becomes Il
vain or 4 destructive force.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
IIAlfIIny LIN pen,In

70 tNe EuTtnr OF tn" Times Dispatch:
Sir.-May ] thank you FOR the editorial Of
Tuesday morning anent the prartIce some
people have Of blocking tho nisles OF our
street cars? ] have experienced every dis
comfort by being packed In Il small spucc
on a ear while could see plenty of room
up at The front. My one. relief hns been the
Il presents Why should n man. or woman
stand IN the middle of the aisle ana suffer
the discomfort OF having passengers walk
has NO confederation for others II would
seem thnt he would have some for himself
! cannot solve the problem for the men
and women acting thus seliishly and
stupidity appear 10 he people OF at least ordI.
nary Intelligence Some OF them | knnv
and they are ladies ~ gentlemen rs me
chso nny he, when not on street car
DO they hang both courtesy ana coiu,nnn
sense on the straps 10 which they themselves
hang SItySr-IrI,Ep
Richmond. Va, May ID
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
No CasIis I3pili Here

1t does not lie with this country
10 become outraged that MeXicans
fired at our army aeroplanes. II those
aeroplanes were over the Mexican
lines. Mexico has the right to pro
test against the presence of the aero.
planes Who doubts that a skirmish.
ing party OF MeXicans caught within
the American lines would have been
fired upon by American soldiers II
they did not surrender upon demand
An army aviator is a scout, and his
presence over the enemy's limo is not
likely to be welcomed save with bull
lets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
More Aid for Democracy.

Colonel Roosevelt aud his Progress
siyes have determined TO attack the
Democratic administration all along
the line. but will direct their heaviest
verbal artillery At two points. The
Panama tolls question and the Col
nmbian treaty are the two points Of
uttack selected. -.
The Democrats could ask nothing
better Even Colonel Roosevelt can
not stir the country against the pro
nosal TO reimburse weak nation
Tor property confessedly taken from
il by more powerful nation. Even
Colonel Roosevelt cannot arouse n
people TO indignant protest against u
redemption OF treaty pledges.
ii the Democratic party is to be
attacked for the crime OF being hon
est with itself, with It's country and
with all the world, it is u matter OF
Indifference if the assailant be a
Hearst or Roosevelt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Not an Unfriendly Act.

Premier Asquith has announced
Great Britain's final decision to de.
cline to participate in the Panama
Exposition. This action will furnish
additional ammunition to the Anglo
phobists OF the United States, but
others Will remember that the House
OF Commons and the business men OF
England favored participation. They
will be impressed also by Premier AS
outfits denial OF unfriendly intent
and his reference TO the fact that
Great Britain will take part in the
ceremonies attending the opening OF
the canal.
Whatever the reason for the Cab
inets refusal TO have the English ma
lion represented at San Francisco
and however mistaken we may think
that policy to be, we have no reason
to suspect In II any unfriendliness.
Investigating committees are not al
ways made for investigation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Hib~rnian wit.

An Irish farmer was asked II ne
used any OF the commercial fertilizers
on his land
mo. sorr," he replied. ITO my notion
there's nothing like the old barnyard
kind"
Nonsense man" said the other. the
time IS coming when man can carry
tho fertilizer for an acre Of land In
one Of his waistcont pockets"
Maybe he will sorr." returned Pat.
AN he'll be able to carry tho crop In
the other pocket, I'm thinkin'."-Bos-
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27


The Sky Is cloudcd. tho rocks arc
bare.
The spray Of the tempest is whito in
air.
The winds arc out with the waves at
play.
And shall not tempt the sea to-day.
Tho trail IL narrow, the wood "a dim
The panther clings to the arching limb.
The lions whelps are abroad ut play.
And ! shall not join In tho chase to-
day
But the ship sailed safely over the sea
Ana INC hunters camo from the chase
in Elcc,
And Tho town that was bu,ldcd upon
4 rock
Was swallowed IN in an earthquake
shock.
bret Harte.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
A SOUND Dncfrinc.

4 newspaper may make mistakes or
espouse the wrong side. but IL ita read
crs regard II AZ honest and sincere
they condonc such errors. If, on the
other hand. 1, Is well known that a
newspaper is operated in the interests
OF some political ambition or public
service corporation, even deluge O,
money cannot overthrow public sus-
picion. We can look nearer home than
the Boston Herald" TO find examples
OF this memorable sm.-Bridg epor,
Comm Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Dust Thou art.

To The Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-lf there Is dustier citv in all the
country than Richmond. |. who have trav-
e!sd little have never yet found H. rho
vino blows no more here than elsewhere
but IL blows more dust into my cycs The
mud is no thicker in the suburbs of Rich :
mond than OF other cities bur more of n
COTS into Richmond ana upon her streets
Other cities are no richer than Richmond
more clearly, and yet they refuse n sto,d
for conditions that exist here. What's tho
Richmond. Va Nav - " - =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
The Why of IL.

Euorta's belief In his divine right
10 rule Is another evidence OF his un-
fitness to rule. So long as there are
men In Mexico who believe IN the
right OF the few to govern the many
without their consent, and SO long as
they are upheld IN this anachronism
by the nations of the earth. so long
will there be turmoil and strife in
that unfortunate country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Editorial Expressions from Leading
Newspapers.
Inevitable nv Death.

The inevitable retirement OF scc-
rotary Bryan Is now the phrase used
by the Bryan baiters. IT is Is perfectly
safe and accurate phrase, too. on the
bastr that IL n nuns death IL only
predicted often enough the prediction
Will come true some day. At all evcnrs.
Mr. Bryan VIII retire when the Wilson
administration cnds.-Springtcld Re-
publican
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Neur I'ufnlifS-.

An you were at MacDougars last
nlcnt-what kind o Inahn is he?"
"l-eebral vi his whiskey-but tho
quahiy % It's that indeefrent I vera
near ieft somc."-t,xchange
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Queries and Answers


Kindly tell me the reason In tho use
OF rum "as mn adjective In such forms
as "a rum hat" "a rum play" etc.
80, $. l.. CARTER.
The Scottish vernacular adjective
rum is OF very old Lothian uso i'm the
sense OF good and Is commonly re-
Earded TO be the source of the noun
rum. This noun got To the use Of
worthless" etc, AS Do Morgan and
many others suppose. by the following
cii cumstancc: regular practice
among English booksellers during tho
eighteenth century was to send out 10
the West Indies consgnmcnts of booJ, .
for which payment was made I'm run
These books were spoken OF as rum
books, and the tendency TO fob OFF on
the colonist grades of literary deli
catcssen which were not in high dc.
liand ~ home would account for such
suggestion ot lack Of merit az soon
adhered 10 the phrase.
July 10, 1870.
Please give me tho date of the bc-
ginning of tho Franco PrussIan War,
!. T. M. DEANE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

recent ruling regarding the valua-
ton OF second hand carriages imported
into Canada required that the amount
declared on the Invoice, and OH which
duty must be paid, shall he so per
cent OF the original value. This rul-
Ing Is applicable also to other mer
chandsc which has been used or which
Is termed secondhand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Cifnciipti II.

lie-Thcy say. dear. that people who
I'VE together set In time 10 look ex-
actly alike.
Shc-Then YOU may consider nv
refusal final.-London Opinion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
A Modern Plcrrof.

'Fraulcin Rose, II you only knew
how | loved YOU. When meet You
on Monday morning, my heart ways
with JOY till Saturday evening like n
lambs tall."-I'iiegendc Batter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

The effect will be much creator
than the mere irrigation OF a few moro
hundred thousand acres of farm lands
1t VIII mean the opening up OF Il great
water highway for nearly 1000 miles
up tho Murray. and probably Natcr.
miles up tho Murrumbidgee and Tho
Darling. too
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Easily Ileu,rJIcd

Creditor-Still no money? Lools hero.
I'm mighty tired of this everlasting
waiting
bebtor--Tirodf John. fetch a chair
for the Eentleman.--Flicgen Islntter.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

Does any one really believe any
thing will come OF the proposal for
q combination library-oourt-
building? Does any one believe II was
OF II?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Thc Shnnninr Srr.

Woman popping into mourning
shop) That's n nice little mt In yer
winder my dear. Yer might put II by
Tor me, Will yer? 'E'snot gone yctbut
YOU never know, do yer?-Tit- Bits.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
The Bright Side
The Proper iIefnI.

Our battleships are built OF stecl.
In ono way that's not right:
scrap iron would more fitting be,
Seeing they're built 10 fight
Boston Transcript
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

The announcement from Sydney That
The Australian States concerned ami
INC commonwealth have agreed on !,
Joint locking and storage schcmo for
the Murray River Is probably the mosi
trnlin. NA"o-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

suppose the Council does recommend
q half-million- dollar bond Issue for a
1nonstroaityl Does any orc believe
The people VIII approve?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
The Democrats progressivcs stand
pat on the canal tolls Issue
CicduIity.

Almost ut the same moment Rear
Admiral Peary WAS receiving the
gold medal Of the French Geographi-
cal Society for the discovery of the
North Pole, Senator William Alden
Smith was presenting to Congress- Il
petition from several thousand citi-
zens OF Michigan, who want Dr. Cook
officially recognized rs entitled To
that distinction.
Evidences that sentiment for Cook
still linger are not unique. on his
recent lecture tours he has often been
greeted by large and enthusiastic au-
diences. AS IL rule these people
we're not driven by mere curiosity to
see the man. az John Burroughs puts
it, who stole the North Pole" They
believe III the validity OF Cook
claims. and they will probably 20 TO
tleir graves firm In that conviction,
unless the good doctor himself re-
cnnts-and there is little probability
of that development so long as he is
good drawing card
Persistence OF loyalty to Cook is
further testimony to the American
love OF humbug, the vast capacity
here resident for crcdulily concern
ing which the late lamentcd Barnum
made his famous cpigram. The news
papers, with their exploitation Of
Cook. are partially responsible. The
unfortunate temperament OF Pcarv
is Il factor. More dominant stin are
those vagrant pcculiariiics of human
viewpoint which are constituti0nally
opposed 10 the accepted view when
there Is any plausible way around IL.
t-4=-=-===.=-
Because Pnrls women showed great
diversity OF opinion In answering the
question as to what man they would
prefer 10 be, lie Figaro grows sar-
castle and classic, quoting "Varium q,
mutabilo semper fcm!na.r Yct II the
same question hnd been asked Of men
the result, would have been tho same.
e==r-zz-====zas
The Now York Evening Post won
dcrs what VIII DO the effect of tho
presen, dnncc epidemic upon tho Ian
guago OF Americans or more I'm
portarce is Its effect upon tho consti i.
tuition of Americans
Young British prince always bets on
the wroar horse, thereby showing his
ki"sh'p 70 men Of common clay
The Colouci can come back to
America. bu, can he come back from,
s., Icienn2
---=--=7=--z---s==
Denmark IN 1914 grew 11.S79.547
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

The Juvenile Protective Society has
declared for compulsory education.
Next.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

Richmond extends welcome 10 tho
good roads builders.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27
Wayside Chats With
Old Virginia Editors

when tho President and tho Colonel
are lunching together asks tho New
port News Press. what would YOU
give for record OF their innermost
thouGhtsT' Nothing; VIC can guess.
Each Ia thinking, I'll beat you 10 1t
IN 1916"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

Yoult British prince always bets or
the ~roae horse, thereby showing hi.
hnsh'p t. men OF common clay.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

Investigating committees arc not al
ways made for investigation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

The Colouci can come back to
America. bu, can he come back from
81, Helena?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

80 far, the Washington Post hasn't
threatened TO close up shop ana en-
patrluic itself when the exemption pro-
vision of the Panama Canal act Is re-
peaIed." notes the Norfolk Nirslnian-
Pilot. No such luck; we VIII have TO
be satisfied with the passage OF the
repeal act.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-27

THE TIMES Founded. .lSSS
THE DISPATCH Founded. :. 1850
The evening world., 1914-03-27
Something "Diferent."

Every manufacturer, manager, writer,
advertiser every one. in facts look,
ing for something different"
The man who invents or discovers
such a thing Is to be envied.
This time il Is woman who has
evolved this something different"
The woman is Mary Roberts Rinehart
author of "Seyen Days"
The something different" is her new.
est, lest novel, "THE AFTER HOUSE.
"The After House Is not like any
other sto'y you have read It IS tale
of the sea and of mystery But not a,
all like any other sea or mystery story
ever written.
/ It is the book you've been waiting for
"rhe After House" will begin seril
publication In next Mondays Even!n.
World as one Of the famous "Complet,
Novel a Week" series
/ Don't fail to read it You can't lffor.
to neglect this treat.
The evening world., 1914-03-27
AMERICAN SINGER
PROSECUTES ITALIANS
ON BLACKMA|L CHARGE
Miss Dorothy Mac Vane Claims
Two Men Tried to Extort
Money From Her.

TARASTO. italy. March e7.-The
sensational case growing out of the
italian authorities placing Miss Dor
othy MacNane, an American opera
singer. under surveillance as a sus-
pected French spy. was called for
trial here to-day when Innicente
Cicah and Carlo Carucci were called
To answer the charge OF attempting
to blackmail Miss Macvane.
When the two defe ndanta were
brought Into court they were placed
IN an iron Gage, similar to the one
ocvupied by the Camorra In the IA
u1sus trial at viterbo two years ago.
Armed Gardiner were also placed in
the cage TO prevent any violence.
Miss MacVane was accompanied In
court by her mother and her sister.
Miss Edith MacVane. the novelist.
Under the Italian law the two
prisoners will have the right to cross
examine Miss Mac Nanc when she
takes the stand. They have expressed
the Intention Of bringing counter
charges OF sensational nature
against her.
In outlining the case the prosecu-
tor for the Crown stated that the
two defendants called to see the
opera singer just after the news
papers had boon fun OF the informa-
ton that for weeks she had been
under surveillance at laramie by the
italian government. Miss Mac Vane
was In consultation with her attorney
and the latter stepped into an ad-
Joining room where he heard the
defendants demand $4,000. under
threats OF publishing defamatory ar
ticles against the singer. The young
woman protested that she did not
have the cash. but offered to let them
take her furs and Jewels to dispose
Of. At the moment Of acceptance.
declared the prosecutor. Miss Mac
Names attorney stepped out. con-
fronted the two men, and later de-
manded their arrest.
The trial ts expected to bring out
Q full recital Of the suspicious against
Miss Mac Vane. Of which however.
the Italian government fully eXoner-
ated her IN n formal not TO United
States Ambassador Thomas Nelson
Page.
The evening world., 1914-03-27
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