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the territorial advantages which have

the territorial advantages which have
been allotted to it. Its broad and rich
lands are watered by the three most
considerable rivers Of Europe-the
Rhine. this Elbe and the Danube. But
Germany. which possesses almost every
other advantage. is not a great naval
power. and Germany wants a coast.
This 10 the real reason why Denmark,
supposed to be weak, IL to be invaded
In this age Of liberty on the plea Of
nationality. It Is to gain the harbors
OF the. Baltic and to secure the mouths
OF the Elbe that the plea of German
the Baltic, Russia and the Scandina-
wan peninsula have prevented this
project Of Germany; while Holland and
Great Britain have intercepted in the
North sea its maritime DEVELOPMENT
But now. under shelter Of the plea Of
nationality. taking advantage of the
fact that the King of Denmark pos
sesses in Schleswig perhaps 100000
subjects Of the German race, his 10.
minions are to be invaded, and may be
conquered, Notwithstanding the yalor
OF his few but determined subjects. in
order that Prussia may suddenly ap-
pear az great maritime power I do
not t",S w'sn to argue this case with respect
70 the interests OF England. I do not
wish to say anything about whether it
Is or Is not for the interest of Eng
ianQ that new naval power should
spring up among the nations Of the
Baltic or the northern seas. But this
wish to lay down as a principle-that
1t Is for the interest Of England. and
not OF England alone, but Of ali Em-
rope. that peace should be maintained.
And peace cannot be maintained IL the
policy OF Prussia be permitted to mas
unnoticed and uncensored"
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Germans and Discipline.

The man despised above all others by
the German is the Jack Of a IL trades,
He has no patience with the dilettante
meddler. who mikes into matters of
which he knows little. and discusses
subjects outside his realm with an au.
dacity only matched by his incou.
petency. The German has the instinct
for discipline. It is 4 racial charac.
teristic. Precisely because OF this nat
ural endowment the German nation has
had ready to hand the material cut
OF which IL has been able to build nm
the vast organisms Of many kinds
which explain the wonderful succas.
OF the empire founded only SO recently
as 1870. The army today affords the
world the outstanding illustration OF
a splendid German machine. But her
great administrative bodies. all her
financial. commercial and Industrial en-
terprises. show exactly the same precise
adaptation OF means to ends and the
dove failing Of q multitude Of parts into
This Is because the German is not
obliged to resign himself to discipline
Discipline is a joy to him. He becomes
specialist by personal preference. and
are to remain forever beyond his hori-
son. He sacrifices a part Of his per-
sonality, delivers himself gladly to his
specially. and reJoices to be able to per-
the one particular task which he has
assigned himself He likes to feel that
he Il q cog in particular machine, and
he proudly associates his personal des-
tiny with that Of the s big enterprise into
Of discipline means that he knows both
how to obey and, In the sphere assigned
to him, how also to command
Evening star., 1914-09-27
War Correspondents.
From the London Chronicle.

The day of the civilian war corre-
spondent seems to be over, and in fu-
ture We shall have to be content with
whatever news the commander of the
forces. working through the .censor's
office at home, may think 1t wise to
impart- It is highly improbable that
officers who may have sufficient lei
sure to indulge In correspondence will
be allowed to contribute to the public
press. as they have done in smaller
expeditions. During the second Ashanti
campaign. for instance, two officers
who distinguished themselves on that
occasion, and have since attained a
wider fame-Sir Edward Ward and Sir
Robert Baden-Powsll-acted as joint
correspondents Of The Daily Chronicle
They did 10 well that this Journal was
able to announce the fall Of Coomassie
two or three days before any other
newspaper. There was q suEgestion
at the time that after the message the
mysteriously cut, but that, NO doubt,
was the result OF professional jealousy.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, September 26.-Sharp re-
ductions Of prices at Liverpool caused
q decided setback today in the wheat
market here despite general belief that
70 obtain war supplies at advantage the the
hxed the Liverpool quotations and
otherwise interfered with conditions
likely to affect trade.
The close in Chicago was steady. but
~ to ~ under last night Other net
y to &ah. Provisions finished the
same as last night to 121s advance.
According to cables which were al
lowed to pass the English censor, there
supplies in Liverpool and a smaller de-
mand. with prospect of larger world
shipments. including some from Russia
At first. this view was given full credit
and made the market here heavy from
the start. Later, however. assertions
were current that Investigation had
shown the British government to have
been responsible for Withholding Liver
pool quotations entirely for three days
this week while immense army sup
land or her allies.
Statements that the lowered prices
Tor wheat reported from Liverpool to-
day were wholly arbitrary, and repre-
to Q moderate rally here in the last
nour of the session. The recovery was
helped by talk of 100000 bushels hav-
Ing been sold today for shipment to
Europe from gulf ports.
Corn suffered from the depression of
wheat Ideal weather for curing the
new crop tended also to hamper the
bull side of the market
Weakness spread to oats notwith-
standing active inquiry from the sea-
board. Country offerings remained
small.
Foreign buying of lard gave some
strength to provisions. An early ad-
vance In the hog market had some ef-
feet. too. in starting an upturn.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
S AND SO MONEY
to Loan on D. c. Real Estate,
JESSE L. HEIsKELL, 14os H 1t. NV.

that Germany would be dismembered
in 1913 or 1914. There is also q pre-
diction outstansltng by an East Indian
that the kaiser will lose his crown in
November. 1914. All these pretty proph-
ecies. however. pale by the side of
that familiar mathematical prediction
which has been going the rounds for
several years. According to this yarn,
a gypsy woman told Emperor William
I. in 1849 Che was then Prince Will
liam OF Prussia), that there was to be
German empire. over which he would
rule. And when is this empire to be
formed?" asked the prince. The gypsy
took scrap Of paper and wrote on it
the year 1S49. Then she wrote the
same figures, l. 8. A and 8. IN a COL
umn under the 9 and added them. in.
making a total Of 1871. "And how long
am I to rule over this ernpire?" asked
Prince William. The gypsy repeated the
operation, adding the figures 1, s, z and
to 1871 and, getting 1888. "And how
long is this empire to last?" The woman
finished her prophecy by adding 1, 8. 8
and to 1888. setting 1918 as the end Of
the empire.
The first two dates came true, as it
happened. But 1913 arrived and passed
with the German empire still doing very
comfortably. So poof: went the great
gypsy prophecy into thin air. having
gained percentage OF .s66. That NAV be
q very handsome record in the business
Of prophecy. but It scarcely indicates the
existence Of an exact science.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
NORTH CAROLINA LORD
TO RECRUIT WARRIORS
Lyveden Authorized to Raise Q Con
tingent Of British Residents
in United States.
Correspondence of the Associate1 Pres.


LONDON, September 11.-Even in
these days of mined ground, bomb
dropping and shells that. reduce a fort
with a single shot there are not lack
ing adventurous neutrals who long to
get into the European fight. Hence the
Anglo-American contingent that Lord
Lyveden. a nobleman of some years
residence in North Carolina, 10 organ
izing.
1t is not the intention of Lord Lyve-
den to interfere with President Will
sons desire of strict American neu-
trality He therefore seeks only British
subjects in the United States or Amer
leans who are resident in Britain or
have taken out British citizenship pa
pers. Permission to organize such a
contingent has only recently been
granted by the British war Office, yet
more than 200 have already enrolled.
Plans are to form half an infantry
| battalion of $50 men and one or two
squadrons Of cavalry of $50 men each.
| besides small detachments. Then. II
at the end Of four months the COM
| mand passes the Inspector, the men
| will take the ancient army oath Of
| allegiance to the king-not to Great
| oTitdln-thu 6o " tHe front d6 d uhAS.
| The small detachments already in
clude twenty-five motor cyclists. a hos
pital staff and machine gun detach-
ment, to which a wealthy Anglo-Amer-
lean has given maxim. A well known
American poloist has sent to the states
for his stable, and other gifts of the
kind are expected. Any one giving q
\ machine gun or eQuipping body OF
men will be honored by having the de-
tachment or command named in his
| honor.
There are thirty Spanish-American
war veterans enrolled. OF these a good
share are born British or naturalized
Americans. One map xas a sergeant
for six years in the 9Th United States
Infantry. All those Of previous mill
paigning. will be given an opportunity
for the non-commissioned and the
commissioned ranks up to and includ-
| ing captaincies
| The expense of training 10 paid by
| contributions. substantial part by
some of the men themselves. The uni
form Is olive drab, rather superior In
quality to that of the ordinary Tommy,
with green facings and an eagle on the
cap to suggest the American ensign.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK, September 26.-Rumors
that other British steamers with cof-
fee cargoes from Brazil had been in.
terfered with by German cruisers
served to increase the nervousness OF
the coffee trade here today. It was
apprehended that the activity Of the
Germans in southern waters might re-
suit in deferring shipments of coffee
already purchased in Brazil until neu-
trail vessels could be obtained, and
while cost and freight offers were un-
changed to 10 points below. importers
were said to be holding off pending a
more settled condition in the mat
ter of war risks. A steadier tone was
reported in the local spot market, but
prices were unchanged, at 6N for Rio
Is and 1Ok to II for Santos 4s.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Three Famous Beers.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Gen. Jacobus Hendrix de la Rey, who
was accidentally shot and killed by
Johannesburg police Wednesday. will
be mourned by many a British officer
now serving at the front in the titanic
battle of the Aisne. Knightly was
term worthily applied to Gen. de la
Key In the Boer war. A braver, gen.
tier. more magnanimous soldier never
faced an enemy. His countrymen
called him the lion of the western
rransvaal. Englishmen said that he
among the heroic burghers whose de-
tense of their country compelled Eng
land to put 100000 men in the field.
The other great soldiers who won fame
in the Boer war by their brilliant tao
tics were Louis Botha. now premier of
the Union of South Africa, and Chris
than Rudolf de Wet, who is minister
Of agriculture Of the Orange River
Colony.
Louis Botha, the youngest of the three,
born In 1862. commanded the Beers at
the battles Of Colenso and Spion Kop.
and upon the death Of Patrus Joubert
"a soldier and a gentleman and brave
and honorable opponent in the words of
Ladysmith's defender, Sir George White)
succeeded to the command of the Trans
vaal forces. De Wet and DE la Ray. the
latter the older. were lighting men Of the
same type. and 1t would be hard to say
which showed the greater skill in sur
prising and capturing British detach-
ments and afterward eluding pursuit De
la Rey had more solid achievements to
his credit, among them klerksdorp.
where Lord Methuen, sorely wounded.
fell into his hands and was released so
that he could obtain medical treatment.
All three of these able soldiers aided
the British In the reconstruction OF South
Africa. De la Rey visited India in 1903
to persuade the Boer prisoners detaineds
at Ahmednagar to take the oath of al
legiance. He was returned unopposed to
the first Transvaal parliament OF the
Union. OF the Boer leaders none had
more attractive personality. 1t was "a fine
race OF people that could produce such
soldiers and statesmen, and never was
there stronger proof Of the excellence OF
British administration in our times than
the winning Of Botha- De la Rey and
De Wet to the new order in South Africa.
The empire has known no more loyal
Evening star., 1914-09-27
How's This for q Fish Storyi

Bulletin Of the United Typathe'ae OF America.
why don't you advertiser" asked the
editor Of the homo paper. Don't you
believe in advertising?"
"rm agin' advertisin'," replied the
proprietor OF the Haysville racket
store.
But why are you against it?" asked
the editor.
.It keeps o Teller too durn busy" re-
Piled the proprietor. Advertised tn 4
Newspaper one time about ten years
ago and never even got time to go
fshing."
Evening star., 1914-09-27
The Tulips Of HARLEM.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence Journal.
The consular report mentions the anxi-
ETY. Of the Dutch bulb growers about
the effect of the war on their world
famous industry. HARLEM Is a special
lied horticultural nursery for all Europe
and the United States. The tulip, of
course, Is the typical bulb, the symbol Of
this amazing Dutch industry and a stand
ard Of value-as wheat is the agricul-
tural barometer and pig iron the indus
trial indicator.
The Dutch growers produce 1000
varieties Of tulips. They Sc a million dol
lars worth Of bulbs to the United States
every year. The nations at war may not
be in q mood. just now, for the gentle
science Of tulip cultivation, but a better
day IL coming. HARLEM will be doing
dourishing business in bulbs, as fol
centuries agone. when Essen's grea,
armament factories are turning ou
implements of peaceful industry unds1
the Krupp brand.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
TREASURY STATEMENT.

The condition Of the United States
Treasury at the beginning of business
yesterday was:
Net balance in general fund, $11s,-
675.650.
Total receipts Friday. $1,574,75s.
Total payments Friday, $1,449.167.
The deficit this fiscal year is $18,
97s, against deficit Of $11. 1905 .634 last
year, exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
THE cH0RTIINa OF KANSAS
Over 1ts Extraordinary Wheat Har.
vest.

From the Kansas CITY Star.
Wall street may be STEPPED in gloom
II it. likes. Kansas doesn't care. For
Kansas has 1s4,000.o0o bushels OF
wheat!
One hundred and eighty-four million
bushels! The figures are incredible
They are too big to have meaning
The mind doesn't get them. About all
that the average man can grasp ID
that the yield is almost exactly double
the biggest previous yield In the his
tory Of the state-and that was q
yield that made Kansas throw up its
hat.
One hundred and eighty-four million
bushels! At an average price Of 65
ers Of Kansas $780, 900. One hum
dred and twenty million dollars, not
made by swapping things or by haul
ing them from place to place, or by
any other Of the necessary. but only
modern civilization. It 10 S12o. .00o, 900
produced, created. made to appear
where few months ago there was
only bare ground. It Is $120.000 900
DIRECTLY y. added to the worlds iS wealth sao
600. fall back once more on comparf-
sons. The Kansas farmers will get
twice as much money from their wheat
this year as they have averaged for
the last hve years. A goodly portion
OF their regular income is doubled in
year! Think what the doubling of
salaries and wages would mean to the
population of the cities and you get
An idea OF what doubling the wheat
income means to Kansas
With all the other crops in prime
condition. promising more than their
average yield, the prosperity of Kan
sas Is going to set a new mark.
Mortgages are going to be reduced,
money put away in the bank for in
surance against unforeseen events,
ana improvements made about the
farms that will add to their produc-
tiveness and make life richer and more
varied in hundred ways. Plumbing
VIII be installed in thousands of homes,
now lighting systems will be introduced.
better clothing and furniture will be in
demand ana automobiles and pianos and
talking machines will be called for
The prosperity of the farmer will filter
through to the merchant and uanufac-
turer and to their employees Industry
and trade In every department will be
stimulated. The money that the sun ana
rains have pulled out Of the ground will
eventually find its way into the pockets
OF the workers and their families all
over this great southwestern country.
The New Haven may have its troubles.
and the east may shake its head in
gloom But Missouri is coming in with
splendid crops, and Iowa Nebraska and
Oklahoma. And Kansas--Kansas has
raised 1S4,o0o.0o0 bushels Of wheat!
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Gunpowder and High School.
From the Boston Transcript,


Target practice for schoolboys has
failed to evoke the enthusiasm Of the
school committee. Two plans were
presented; both to be rejected. The
drst one was the loan Of q target gun,
mechanical AFFAIR for registering hits
and misses, to be used by the boys for
practice this winter, then to be pur-
chased by the city at the end Of the
year. The other was that the b6ys be
furnished with ball cartridges at the
city's expense and sent out to the rifle
ranges to get their practice. This pro-
posal aroused even less advocacy than
the first.
Parents generally will be well salts.
fed with the rejection Of these plans
The moral and physical value Of mill
tary discipline and drill is fully con-
ceded. The boy learns the habit Of
obedience, and the manual of arms
Of his back. the sQuareness Of his
shoulders, the firm confidence Of his
step. His bearing is 'soldierly.r which
means an outward semblance, at least,
of manly qualities-and the outward
semblance can help to the inward real
lty.
When these states were young, and
frontier was always pushing westward
to the conquest OF new lands, and even
in the valley Of the Mississippi wild
life was At the door of the farmhouse,
rifle practice was as much common
place Of existence as rowing is In .
shore village. The boy went out with
a gun to bag something for dinner
precisely az the nsherman's youngster
goes out in q dory to catch cunners or
a cod. This certainly bred an aptitude
for marksmanshtp which was felt in
all the great conflicts which this ma
tion has SO far fought; and students
Of heredity have addnced the circum
stance to illustrate the transmission OF
traits OF, a national scale. The Yankee
stock takes to rifle shooting and axe.
work as nimbly as the German stock
takes to books and music.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, September 2s.-Hogs-Re-
7soas.5o: light. s.5oas.oo: mixed, s.ooa
500: heavy. 7.70a8.70; rough, 7.79a7.S5 /;
pigs. 4.75aS.60.
Cattle-Receipts, 200 head: market
steady; beeves, 6.s5a11.05; steers, e.25a
cows and heifers, S.60as.15: calves. S.0Oa
11.75.
Eheep-Receipts. 1000 head; market
steady; sheep. 4.S0a5.SO; yearlings. SIS
a6.40; lambs, 6.25a7.S0.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
The Gaekwar's Wealth
From the London Chronicle,


The Gaekwar Of Baroda is far
weaithier than the kins-emperor, to
whom he has proffered all his troops
and resources. The annual income os
his highness Saya1i Rao III amounts
to over s1,0o0.oo0. and his collection
OF gems is said to be worth at least
32.0oo,ooo. When holding durbars his
highness wears necklace containing
a diamond for which he gave ss0,oOo
This is Brazilian stone of the first
water. known as the Star Of the South,
and formerly belonged to Napoleon
The gaekwar, however, spends money
on more useful objects than gems
Baroda is famous for the wisdom
with which 1t is governed. and for its
eplendtdly equipped schools, built and
endowed out of the gaekwar's private
purse.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Ireland's Stirring Song.
From the London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
The origin of the unofficial anthem OF
ireland. "St. Patricks Day in the Morn
Ing" is most obscure. The earliest
known copy appears in Rutherfords
Country Dances" published In 174s'
but it is said to have been played oy
the Irish pipers at the battle Of Fon.
for some time before this. The tune ts
found attached to various rollicking old
English SONGS. The Cumberland song OF
faithless Barbary. Bell. whose lover
sung to a version Of 'St. Patrick's Day."
the words "Barbary Bells my darling"
being substituted in the chorus Tor
'Patrick's day in the morning.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
new YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, September 26.-Flour-
Quiet and barely steady. Rye flour
Dull. Cornmeal-Barely steady. Rye
Quiet Barley-Steady. Wheat-Spot
1.0SK; No. northern Duluth, 1.10N and
No. ! northern Manitoba, 1.13 nominal
elf. Buffalo. Futures market was with
out transactions. September, 1.14N; De-
cember, 1.17h: May, 1.24%. Corn-Spot
weak; No. yellow. SAN, to arrive; Ar.
gentina strictly prime, so nominal de.
livered. Oats-Spot quiet; steady Hay
Dull. Hops-Steady. Hides-Steady.
settled. Lard-steady; refined quiet;
compound dull. Tallow-Quiet. Wool
Steady. Rosin-Quiet. Turpentine-
Steady. Rice-Steady Molasses-Steady,
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Prophets and the War.
rom the New York Tribune.

From the New YORK Tribune.
Various prophecies are being brought
forward now that the great European
war has arrived. and 1t Is scarcely sur
prisinK that some Of them are correct
The prediction Of war has been for
years the stock-in-trade OF the famous
European forecasters. The great Eu-
rop>an war in their outgivings COM
pares with the Farmers Almanac and
its January announcement: about this
time expect snow"
Paris has just recalled m especially
interesting prediction Of 1901 by q
Portuguese, Dom Bosco. who declared
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Origin Of Knitting.
From the London Chronicle.

Knitting. at which every woman 10
now getting plenty OF practice. Is q
Scotch invention OF the fifteenth ceEa-
tury, and Scotch knitted stockings soon
found their way to France. A guild OF
stocking knitters. too. was soon formed.
with st. Fiacre as their patron saint.
Hand knitting was not long left with.
long aeo as 1889 that William Lee In.
vented the knitting frame.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK.. September. 2e.-Cotton
goods markets were irregular today.
Considerable export business was done
for war purposes. Linens were firm.
Buriaps were inactive, but firm. I'm
derwear and hosiery were in better
request. Dress goods continued active.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
C., N. and St. P. Reflects Officers

MILWAUKEE,, September 26.-At the
annual meeting Of the stockholders Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
railway today; represented by proxy,
President A. ]. Earling. the present board
Of directors and the executive committee
were reelected. The officials went to
Duluth on a special train.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Rare.

II heard yesterday of a married man
who took his handkerchief and wiped the
paint on his wife's cheeks"
rs she going to get a divorcer'
mo. She actually smiled while he was
doing IT.
II didn't think anything like that eve
happened"
1T doesn't happen moro than once in E
thousand yearS."
Evening star., 1914-09-27
In the Matter Of Reserves.

In the Matter Of Reserves.
Just at this time when much attention
il being given to the matter of banks
carrying heavy reserves, 1t is interesting
to note the percentage of reserves Of
some Of the more important cities in the
reserve and central reserve systems.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
DISRAELI FEARED PRUSSIA. ;.
German Maritime Ambitions Caused
English Statesman fo Protest.

From the New York Evening Post.
English papers are reprinting the fol-
lowing extract from a speech delivered
by Disraeh in 1s4s. in . parliamentary
debate on the dispute between Ger
many and Denmark over the Schles-
wig g-Holstein question: Germany 70
he center Of Europe and haA no rea-