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Caused No Surprise.

The assurances from London that
Japan Is acting with the full consent
OF the British Government caused no
surprise in Washington. II has been
assumed here from the first that Great
Britain was acting in full accord with
Japan in regard TO the latter's ultima
tum TO Germany and that Great Britain
was consulted before any move was
made.
This circumstance does not alter the
fact that general opinion In Washing
ton is adverse to Japan in this matter.
There Is a feeling that neither Great
Britain nor Japan has had sutficien,
provocation in the Far East and that
Japan has moved because she believed
she can derive decided advantage over
heavily pressed at home.
The fear is expressed In Washington
that the startling developments in the
Far East will tend to arouse unfavorable
sentiment not only in parts of the
United States but among some Of the
British colonies where the Japanese
question is a vital issue.
The opinion was generally expressed
in all quarters in Washington that not
only was the action of Japan calculated
to enlist the sympathy of the American
public with Germany, but that it also
should serve as a warning to the United
States TO look with extreme care to the
preservation OF Its own interests and
the principles it has stood for in the
Pacific Ocean.
Nowhere except at the White House
were the assurances of Japan to Ger
many accepted at their face value. The
position taken by Japan in her note to
the effect that her action was necessary
to preserve the peace of the Var East
and that Germanys withdrawal from
Kiao chow was demanded with a view
to the eventual restoration OF that ter.
ritory to China was regarded as a mere
pose to cover an intention to take Kiao-
chow for herself
1t was recognized OF course that the
Administration could hardly do any
thing but accept the statements Of
Japan at the value set upon them by
Japan herself, In fact in diplomatic
circles the point was made that Japan
represented her purposes 10 be purely In
the interests Of peace and the integrity
Of China for the sole purpose of making
1t difficult, II not impossible for the
United States to raise her voice In OBJ
lection to the Japanese programme.
A resolution directing the Secretary
of State To inform Japan that the
United States views with concern the
transfer by force of arms of any Chi
nese territory 10 Japan or any other
foreign Power. or any transfer OF terri
tory without the consent of China" was
presented to-day in the House by Rep.
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Open to seizure.

should Japan ana Germany not COM
pose their difficulties which have led 10
the delivery Of the ultimatum by Toxic
all these islands would lie open to Al
tack and possible seizure by Japan. This
would establish an alienation Of Amerl-
can ana Japanese interests athwart the
racine. Counting westward from Hawaii
the hrst wedge would be japanese Mar
shAIIs between American Hawaii and
american Guam, At Guam would he
Japanese L,adrones across a narrow chan
mel Between American Guam and Amerl-
can fhllippines would be interjected an.
other wedge IN Japanese CarOliues.
Such condition OF alienation OF
spheres OF influence would be singularly
distasteful to a considerable element OF
the Americans The occupadon nv
Japanese of the German possessions in
New Guinea, the Bismarck ArchiDelago
the Solomons and Samoa would he equally
dlstasteful to very large element OF the
Brltlsh population of Australasia In this
possible neighborhood OF an Asiatic power
and In this sentiment of opposition in the
United States and In the Commonwealth
OF Australia and the Dominion of New
Zealand lies the peculiar gravity OF the
situation as II is unfolding in the capitals
OF the allies and in Washington.
II IL scarcely to be supposed that Japan
could declare its intention OF lnteriect.
ing itself into Il European war on the
score OF its British alliance without having
obtained the approval OF Great Britain In
like wise II Is not conceivable that Great
Britain would approve "A course which on
Its face would be regRrded AS critical by
the United States, would be regarded with
extreme dlsfavor by its own dependency
or Australasia II appears probable that
In diplomatic exchanges between London,
Toxic and Washington Great Britain must
have given the United States satisfactory
assurances that the sphere OF a possible
japanese activity would not include those
Islands which, at the beginning of the war
In Europe. were In German possession
/ This would leave as OF interest 10 Wash
ington only the question OF the open aooI
in China and the integrity OF that new
republic. a question now OF little more
T than academic interest.
/ Since the declaration OF war by Ger,
many not word has come into public
/ KNOWLEDGE concerning any of the German
| island possessions In the Pacific Wher
the silence began Great Britain had II
I Chimes waters In sydney and In Suva
such n force OF cruisers as would out.
match any German force at Apia. at Jalui
, and at Herbertshohe- In a series OF minor
/ engagements II might he possible to settl,
the possession OF the German insular pos
sessions under the british flag. Such AZ
assurance given by Great Britain to tn,
United states would 20 far to relieve tn,
gravity Of the situation here II would quic
the alarm which would he felt In Aus
tralasia II at the time when japan Is
sued It's ultimatum the German islands
were British the sphere of Japanese ac
WITTY could not include lands in clos
proximity to American and Australasia
possessions.
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The possession of PaRopago harbor
carries with II the control or all mo
Samoan islands. In the German island,
of the former kingdom OF Samoa there
are but three harbors. Apla Is wholly IN
GefensibIe and its record OF destruction
I'm the gale Of March. 1889, shows its
danger for ships the harbors OF Saluatata
and Fangaloa afford poor shelter in this
season of the trade winds, but in the sum
mer of the southern hemisphere, from
November to March, they are danger
rather than "A protection to ships. samoa
lies three days by steam east OF the
British colony OF Fiji. In whose haroor
OF Suva liz the central station and oper-
ating headquarters OF the cruiser division
OF the Australian squadron in time OF
peace In war IT doubtless holds the same
relation toward vessels Of greater offence.
The economic and political situation v
Hawaii needs no statement IN connection
with the present moves OF Pacific Pow
ers. Its strategic position Is Of the ut
most importance. not only to America
in the Pacific but equally to America
In America The census OF Hawaii shows
that the predominant element In the pop
ulation Is Japanese male Japanese, for
few families OF this race are recorded
between Hilo and Nilhau II Is matter OF
common note that the japanese In Ha.
waii are largely veterans OF The Russian
war, and the remainder who have not
had experience in the fieid have already
been drilled with the colors. II is under
stood that these japanese are now with
out arms therefore they must remain
idle soldiers and will easily be controlled
by the garrison OF regulars now at Homo
lulu.
Hawaii Is so situated that II hotties M
the whole Of the Pacific coast from tho
Isthmus to Puget Sound, II In possession
OF a hostile Power the canal commerce IS
threatened and California, Oregon and
Washington lie open TO a series OF wear
ing attacks delivered from that convenient
base. From oahu to San Francisco II Is
a four day voyage at war speed tor battle
cruisers. Allowing eight days for the ad-
vance TO the point OF attack and return
to base a hostile fleet could carry enough
coal to allow week or even ten days fol
! 1,.,nrntinr In rnnrcnn NNaier9
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Pacific Naval station.

Pacific Naval station.
A NTH American possession lies far
south OF this line. This is American
Samoa, a naval station In the south Pa
cinc whose value lies In the harbor of
iagopago with its supply Of coal and Its
facilities for tho RENTING OF the vessels
of the navy. II fell to the United states
In 1900 In the settlement Of the troubles
which had for many years smoroiled this
country with Germany and Great Britain
even to the edge OF war. by this settle
ment the United states obtained Tutuila
and the three slets collectively known ms
Manua, Germany took Upclu by Treaty
terms and Great Britain took SaNaii and
promptly relinquished 1t to Germany for
the consideration OF complete rights in
the Kingdom Of Tonga and the withdrawal
of German claims to the Solomon Islands
lying south OF Bougainville.
The position occupied by these five
possessions in the Pacific relative to the
existence and the ma.tenance " Amer
! lean interests in thai ocean varies widely
| from item to team.
| Samoa has absolutely no economic
value. The largest American island, Tu-
! tula, IL only sixteen miles between east
( and west and scarcely attains the breadth
+ i've niles. Its population IL scan:y ana
lacks industry 1t Is only as a result o'
constant prodding on the part OF the
commandment of the station, who IL also
, Governor OF American Samoa, that ins
/ islanders produce enough to pay their not
I onerous taxes Its value Is wholly mill
tary, most important post in naval
strategy. II controls all the trade routes
from the Panama Canal into the southern
hemisphere and protects commerce with
the west coast of South America on one
side and with Australasia on the other
In addition IL protects or threatens as
the case may be the great trade routes
which make the Cape Horn passage.
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The possessions OF the United States In
the Pacific Ocean In order from the CON
tinental mainland westward are the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii, Midway Island, Guam In
the Ladrones. the Philippines, These
form u fairly straight line from San
Francisco toward the Asiatic' mainland
when laid out upon a mercator chart. but
they lie fur south Of the north Pacific
great circle track. which sweeps Its course
from California to Japan almost within
sight Of the Aleutian Islands.
The line from San Francisco by Homo
lulu 10 Manila represents much greater
distance, but II has been established In
ocean commerce despite the greater
length by reason OF the fact that the
trade OF Honolulu has been worth seek
Ing. The contours OF the ocean bottom
have also established this course rs the
most feasible for the laying OF "A sub
marine cable and 1t is the line followed
by the Pacific division OF the Commercial
Gable Company.
OF these four outlying territories Ha-
wall entered the Union as fully organ
izcd territory by virtue Of treaty of an
nexation proposed by the then sovereign
republic OF Hawai- This act Of anneNa-
tion carried with II the sandy outline OF
Midway, a mere speck IN the ocean and
then without Immediate value. Guam and
the Philippines came into American owner
ship as result OF the Spanish war.
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Stem Rot Fungus.

duces highgrade table potato. No
such differentiation at least to the
same extent, occurs in this country. 1t
is true that in certain sections we
now have a well-developed seed-pota-
to-growing industry. but comparative
ly few growers in these sections are
paying sufficient attention to tho
elimination of diseased and unpro-
ductive strains or to keeping the
variety grown free from mixture with
other varieties. II is believed, how
ever, that the time is ripe for demand
ing n better grade OF seed potatoes
than is now generally obtained from
either seedspen or growers.
The question OF what constitutes
good seed is a vital one, and possibly
no two persons would fully agree in
every particular upon this point. 1t
would seem. however, that the follow
ing factors play an important role:
Pure seed from productive plants, not
over ripe, uniform in size and shape,
firm and sound, with first sprouts just
showing at planting time. Seed OF
such quality. II furnished suitable cul.
tural conditions, will seldom fail to
produce a remunerative crop. A con-
servative estimate of the Increase that
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OUNCE ALWAYS GOOD
FRUIT, HOWEVER, REQUIRES
CAREFUL COOKING.
Excellent When Baked, With the Prop
er Amount Of Sugar--Can Be Rec
commended Either. Made Into
Puddinss or Tarts.


Quinces, to be good need long and
careful cooking. When they are care
fully cooked no fruit of winter can
surrass them in delicacy of flavor.
Baked ounces can be prepared in
two ways. They can be slowly baked
until they are tender. In covered
dish In the oven. or they can be boiled
until they are partly done and then
baked. To bake them In the first way,
wash and core them. and fill the core
cavities with granulated sugar. Ar
range them in n buttered baking dish
and pour water around them. Cover
them closely and let them cook slowly
for about an hour.
When they are almost done remove
the cover and cook littlc more rap
idly Then remove the ounces and
reduce the sirup In which they wei e
cooked by boiling it rapidly ior n few
moments, pour it over Them aud chill
them. Serve with tablespoonful of
whipped cream on the top OF each.
To cook tbem in the second way.
peel them and parboil. Put them In
q baking dish and pour the water in
which they we're cooked, made into
sirup with the addition of sugar.
around them. Bake them, covered.
for an hour. or until they are tender.
remove them; reduce the sirup and
pour it over them and serve cold.
An easily made ounce pudding Ia
this: Choose half a dozen fine large
ounces. and boil them until they are
soft. Then peel. core and mash them
and add the yolks of four eggs. beat
en- with n pint CT cream. Sweeten to
taste ami season with ground ginger
and cinnamon. Bake In n moderate
oven for tlrec-quarters OF an hour
and serve with Geld custard sauce.
There are several ways of making
ounce tarts One way Is to combine
the qu!nces with apples in shis man.
ner: Feel and core two pounds of we'll
favored apples and cut them in thin
slices. Arrange them neatly In a pie
dish-a deep one. Add a pound of
ounces that have been sliced thin and
stewcd over the fire In very little
water, some sugar. and a bit of but
ter Add generous quarter OF cup.
fal Of ssse--ss-->&e-t aud sitsls
grated lemon -ind. and the water IN
which the ounces were stewed. Cover
1t with sheet Of rich paste Brush
it with egg white and bake for forty
minutes. Slit powdered sugar over the
top and return to the oven TO brown.
Serve hot or Geld.
Another ounce tart recipe calls for
stewed ounces. placed Ia n cooked
tart shell and eaten cold with whipped
cream. slightly sweetened, over It.
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SPRAYING SAN JOSE SCALE
Peach Growers Seem Inclined to Favcr
llme-Sulphur. While Apple Or
ehardists Use Oils.

We are now having favorable tina
to spray for the destruction of San
Jose scale. Either lime or sulphur. OF
soluble oil may be used with success,
but the important point is to use
something. Both remedies have their
advocates, depending somewhat upon
the kind If fruit and the local condi
tions. Peach growers seem inclined to
favor the lime and sulphur while the
apple orchardists, particularly an old
trees, give the preference to, soluble
oils. What Is better than either Is to
use both alternately. say the oil in
December, and the lime and sulphuI
In the spring before the buds start,
says a writer In an exchange. Caution
should be used that the spraying il
not done when near freezing. as tho
effectiveness will be impaired If the
crates.
Whenever there is much breeze stir,
ring the consequent evaporation will
lower the temperature of the spray
after striking the tree; also the north
side of trees will naturally be colder
than the south side. For these rea
sons it is hardly safe to attempt the
work when the thermometer regist,
ers below 40 degree F. 10 thorough
work, being sure that every limb is
covered. Keep up good pressure on
the punp, and be sure that your mix.
ture is properly made up according
to the manufacturers directions. The
scale is now SO Thoroughly distributed
over the state that we must spray o.
our trees will soon be gone.
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WATERING MILK FOR SWINE
Skimmilk Alone Is Poor Food and
Often Results in Digestive Trou-
blcs-Alfalfa Is Best.

II would make anybody pretty hot
20 know that the milk he is buying
is watered Nevertheless. the add
tion of water to milk fed to the hogs
is often advisable. Where milk is fed
exclusively, or in large amounts, as Is
customary in most dairies, digestive
troubles often result among the swine.
Milk as an exclusive diet is a harmful.
wasteful and unwise proposition. but
even when some other things are
given with. the addition of about one
third water is usually beneficial.
Several OF the best hog men add
this amount of water and let the milk
stand in a barrel in as cool a place as
possible during warm weather until
the mixture begins to sour and then
feed il. The advantage comes partly
In diluting the feed so that when a
hog has a stomachful there will not be
the amount of food in il that there
would be if pure skimmilk were given.
II also gives the weaker pigs a better
chance at the food.
IT is a coed plan TO have some cor
rective, like charcoal. wood ashes,
etc. mixtures often recommended, be-
fore the hogs all the time, but this Is
especially necessary when much milk
is given.
As a matter of fact, skimmiik alone
is a poor business. Hogs are in de-
mand. and a dairyman could raise
twice as many, and better ones. too,
II he fed some alfalfa with the milk,
and each pig would cost him less when
ready for the packer.
Alfalfa is best for hogs cut when
about two-thirds as far along as that
cut for cows. II is more tender and
digestible, and as it is cut three times
for hogs to twice for cows, as much
can be secured per acre. The alfalfa
should be cured, but not dead dry.
A very tast, food is made by putting
about tour sounds Of salt with each
ton of this, and the hogs will go to Il
quicker than they will to green al
falfa. On 20-cow dairy about twice
the hogs can be turned OF per year
by such feeding of one acre OF alfalfa
as would be turned off IL only skim
miik were fed, which is good bust
ness.
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The Flour Ban brand

\ housekeeper who put her empty
Hour sacks to various uses found it
harl to remove the brand from them
Finally she tried this method. She
washed the bags in warm suts. wrung
hem and spread them upon the wash
board with the name side up. On this
she rubbed thick layer of soap or
of washing powder. She rolled this
ill up tightly and placing 1t in pan
Il geld water set 1t on the stove to
boil. She let ii reach the boiling point
without stirring it. then remayed it
rom the stpyo and washed 1t in ciean
iuds. This she round invariably re.
moved the lettering.
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MULE MOST VALUABLE ASSET
Animals Are Easy to Raise and Nc
Better Way Of Making Money
Than by Breeding Them.

Down South used to hear them say
tive sets OF mules will last a farmer
a whole lifetime" Southern farmers
recognize the value Of the mule as
farm animal and would rather have
team of mules than a team OF
horses.
Mules are easy to raise. and ] don't
know of an easier way of making
money than in raising and selling
them, says a Missouri writer in the
Farm Progress. Any kind OF a mule
team that is fairly sound is market
able right now and as a rule the price
goes up along toward planting time In
the spring.
! sometimes break team OF mules
to work when they are two years and
six months old. They sell well from
that time on till they are from eight
to ten years old. Sucking mules are
always eagerly sought by buyers and
feeders and it is a fact that a mule
is about the easiest thing about the
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Span Of Farm Mules.

farm to sell They grow up to work
ing size quickly and the farmer hardly
pytices the feed 1t takes to raise
them.
have found that a mule is a good
animal as lcng as he keeps his teeth.
When advanced age helps to destroy
their teeth, their usefulness is pretty
well at an end, but they will outlast
most horses. The mule that weighs a
scant 1000 pounds will do fully as
much work, live on far less rations
and last years longer at hard work
than a good 1.200-pound horse.
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Horticultural
Points. ~ Al a.
O''Se Qa;,Aq Aq{::|5gRGr r'DD
GS " B C/S
SOME QUICK-GROW!MG TREES
of Remarkably Rapid Growth
Most Beautiful Foliage.

The poplar family Is used very ex-
along streets or newly laid out land
near cities. The Carolina is perhaps
the favored one: next to this is the
lombardy. and. of course, the naples
are frequently seen. The maple. says
The Agronomist. is beautiful, and will
that many varieties are afflicted with
blight and bugs. and it is very diff
cult proposition to coax an individual,
much less community. to properly
spray and care for its shade trees.
The Norway maple is undoubtedly
the best Of the species for our condi-
tions. OF the poplars the Carolina IS
certainly not worth while; it has too
many troubles. The Lombardy is
merely weird-as we see no beauty in
it. 1t is the spindling straight up and
down thing that is so often seen in
European landscapes, painted or 9TH
erwise. All we have seen In this
country were filed with dead limbs,
were Unsymmetrical and scrawny
looking generally.
The japanese poplar has proved a
wonder OF remarkably rapid growth,
has beautiful clean bark. grows very
thick. has beautiful foliage, is not
injured IT, anything. was in full leaf
this year over two weeks before any
other tree, and its leaves remain after
most other foliage trees are stripped.
CatalPa species makes quick growth
sometimes. 1t comes out very late,
has a leaf like a palmleaf fan, and Is
not pleasing in the winter
Therefore we most heartily recon-
mend the Japanese poplar as the best
OF all quick-growing trees.
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MACHINE FOR TESTING SEED
Incubator May Be Put to Good Use
When Not Wanted for Hatching
Eggs-Use False Tray.

While not in use for Matching. the
machine may be used for testing seed
by making a false tray of light wood
should be placed in the sSnd. covered
and kept moist. Keep the tempera-
ture up to about SIS degrees. and the
seed will germinate in a short time.
Even when it is in use for hatch
iSg. seeds may be tested by placing
them between damp cloths in plate,
setting the plate under the egg tray
in what is known as the chicken nurs-
cry.
Plants thus terminated in sand may
be transplanted to the hotbed. not
only testing the seed for vitality, but
utilizing those so tested.
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IMPORTANCE OF SEED
POTATO GROWER PAYS LITTLE
ATTENTION TO QUALITY.
Comparatively Few Growers Give Suf.
fieient Thought to Elimination Of
Diseased and Unproductive
Strains of Tubers.
Ey WILLIAM STUARTD

or the many causes which operate
TO produce a low average potato yield
in this country. poor seed Is thought
TO be a very important one. The Amer
lean potato grower pays too little at
tention to his seed potatoes. The Eu-
ropean growers, especially these OF
Great Britain and Germany. pay very
strict attention to the quality and
quantity of the seed they use. This
has led to differentiation of the po-
tato industry into seed and crop spe-
cialists. The seed specialist makes
a business of producing hiGh-quality
seed, while the crop specialist pro-
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TO NEST BARRELS COMPfCTLY
steel Receptacle Made to rssaJt snug
Storage When shipped-seeure
Lower Rates.

A new and ingenious type of steel
barrel so designed as to permit COM
pact storage when shipped empty has
been placed on the market. The chief
feature about this barrel is that it is
made in halves that are exactly SINH
lar. with halges provided SO that any
two halves can be bolted together to
form a complete barrel, says the Pop
ular Mechanics. In the shipping world
bulky articles like barrels, when
shipped empty, are charged at bulk
tonnage rates. Barrels of this type.
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Boloqna SAUSAGE.

Chop fine ten pounds OF beef and
two and half pounds of pork. add
quarter of an ounce each of pow,
dered cloves and mace. two and a
half ounces of powdered black pepper
and salt to taste. Mix this well and
let it stand 12 hours. Stuff into
coarse cotton bags ten inches Ions
and four inches wide. Lay them In
ham pickle five days and smoke Il Oh,
eight days, then hang in dark piece