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ST. Louis Cash Grain Close,

% East Main street,
St Louis Dec IS.
Wheat-No. . red, 1.216l.2s; No. 3
red, 11sGl.ls: No. red, 1.Gs@i1f.
No. 8 hard. 1.0691.l2; No. hard, 100
d1.o4.
Corn-No. .. IS; No. 3, 6796s; No.
4. IS G65R; No. white, IS: No. 3
white, s6l2 aS7: No. 3 yellow, IS: No.
yellow. 661a.
Oats-No. white, Az @42: No. 4
white, Il 941A.
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CHICAGO Grain Close.

Chicago. Dec. IS.
wheat-No. ? red. I.I7i4 Gl2o: No.
red. 1.12gL1s: No. hard, 1.l6: No.
hard, 1.1OG1l01a.
Corn-No. yellow, nominal: No. 4
white, s712, No. 4 yellow. ss34 d6S.
Oats-No. white, 40l. @4I%;
standard, 421s.
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LIGHTER RECEIPTS
HOIST HOG VALUES
SMALLER RUN THAN EXPECTED
CAUSES FIRM TONE IN
PoRclN6 MART.
CATTLE PRICES ARE
ALMOST NOMINAL

Market For Beef Animals Practically
at StandstiII-Supply Of Sheep and
Lambs Is Not Excessive and Market
Retains Steady Tone-Current Quo
tations at leading centers.
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LIVERPOOL Grain.

Liverpool Dec IS.
Wheat-No. 1 Manitoba, Us 4d; No.
2 Manitoba, 12s Id: No. Manitoba,
Ills Id; No. 2 red western winter, lis
Sd.
Corn-New American mixed, IS I'd.
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CLEAR GOLD WEATHER
CAUSES CORN DECLINE
More Favorable Climatic Conditions
Tend TO Ease Market After Some
Show Of strengthening on Part
of Leading CONCERNS Weaksns Corn
-provi,lens Hold Firm Tone.
CHICAGO. Dec. ls-lightness Of world

Chicago, Dec. 1s.-Lghtness OF world
shipments other than from America
to- e, 80 Iden prices today in the
p, ,... III set here. Buiiish shipment
&c ed also by reports OF rain
-. r ..,sg with the Argentina har-
vest
Opening prices, which ranged from
"A and u cent off to u cent advance
with December at :1,l6ss and May at
s1.17& to $1.1S, were followed by mod
crate upturn.
The close was nervous, A@$ net
higher. with December at 1.17a and
May at 1.19A.
Clear cold weather eased corn. After
opening " cent lower to gain OF a
shade, prices went slightly above yes
tereays finish but again turned down
grade.
The close was unsettled, ranging
from q decline 10 Is 91s advance as
compared with yesterdays finish.
Oats.
Selling on the part OF leading con-
csr2s weakened oats.
Provisions.
Provisions rose on account OF liberal
shipments for the week. Little or no
attention seemed to be given the fact
that hog receipts here for the same
period were the largest on record.
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Range Of Prices.
Furnished by Taylor & Patton, grain
merchants. over % East Main street.
Phone IS.
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The supply o. sneep and lambs did
not seem excessive.
Some prime western ewes sold al
$40 and others were quoted down.
ward from 6.25, but few were available.
A common class was worth downward
from SIS. Only extra prime aged
western Wethers We're n0minally quot
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keys Of control to the worlds highway.
In komura's mind, as in the cosmo-
politan scholars, there Wa no longer
Above all nations is humanity"
Moreover. when in 1895, after n sue
csssful war. Japan had gained from
China for her own expansion In a ter
ritory larger than her island home a
foothold on the continent, Germany.
France and Russia. uniting. vetoed her
plan and blocked her way. They COM
PEELED Japan to yield Manchuria and
10 be satisfied with Formosa and a
money indemnity. Herein there came
a double disappointment. for besides
being thwarted and Inundated. Japan
found after ten years experience and
h outlay of many millions upon this
sub-tropical island that her people
would not emigrate thither. The Japa-
nese prefer temperate climes. With a
population that has doubled within
nifty years Japan must have an outlet
for her millions. Manchur.a and the
road to Europe must Be won. Komura
saw the situation. laid down the lines
If strategy. and grasped, as We shall
see, the weapons of success.
ON the Mayfower deck the ENJOYS.
De White and De Rosen. descendants
the one Of a Dutchman and the other
Of a Huguenot. and Komura and Taxa
hira. a southern and a northern man
of Japan. met. With piercing black
eyes and heavy mustache. close
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ATTN AMERICANS URG NEUTRAL TRADE ROUTES

dred declaration of mutual dependence
and pledge themselves to promote the
common veal. No more would be ex-
pected OF the individual American re-
publics than was demanded l3s years
ago Of our original States.
Before the colonies united. they
represented separate sovereignties.
and these had different tariffs. had
their distinctive coinages. separate
avs and their wi military forces.
Besides these disparities some Of the
colonies hated one another heartily
and ~jealousies were common. Yet they
laid aside these differences for the gen.
eral good, but each kept its militia so
that II might have a sufficient show
of force should the confederation fail.
Now, IL Is just as desirable that the
republics of North and South America
have some stable or uniform monetary
unit and not be obliged to regulate
their bills by London exchange. 1t Is
equally vital that tariffs be fixed so
that there shall be reciprocal advan-
tages, and out OF this association
should grow a fuller intercourse and
Just such a better understanding as
gradually spread throughout our thir-
teen original States. Let the repub-
lies Of Latin America keep their navies
and their armies, but In the hope that
these forces may be pooled II occasion
require for general rather than for In
dividual advantage.
''In this fashion our sister republics
will take their important part In world
affairs and cooperate with us In all big
questions Of international moment,
free. nevertheless. to follow the bent
Of their racial impulses and the infu-
ences OF environment.
at the meeting 10 he held next
Tuesday In Philadelphia there will be
unfurled the so-called Neutral Flag,
This has been designed by the great
granddaughter OF the famous Betsy
Ross, a Miss Sarah Wilson. now 70
years old. Miss Wilson Is actually
making the nag, a white field with a
single big blue star in the centre. 1t
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He feared facing the mob in his own
country more than meeting Russians.
That no fame or glory would await
him on his return TO Japan he knew
well. for the %populace. intoxicated with
military glory-that worst Of poisons
is not quick at discerning the value
OF diplomacy which s~urrenders pres
,nt advantages in favor OF future
prosperity. The masses clamored for
an indemnity of three or four billions
OF dollars, but IL Is safe to say that not
as many as a hundred thinking
statesmen held such an idea. Marquis
Ito had forearmed komura by telling
him to expect on his return home a
storm OF Unpopularity and possibly
danger to life.
Nevertheless At Portsmouth II
seemed necessary 10 bluff. As in war.
so in diplomacy. II might be we'll TO
make a fcint in order TO m!slead the
enemy as TO the main point OF attack.
komura expected nothing from a
frontal charge. but he "a reasonably
sure Of victory by a flank movement.
In his mind there ever rose the vision
Of the Greater Japan.
With his plans thoroughly wrought
out he purposej more than a settle
ment of the war. He schemed to gain
a victory more decisive than either
Togo with his battleshlps or Oyama
with his half million warriors had
won. on :he Asian continent he would
create a Greater Japan. He hoped TO
put into the hands of his Emperor the
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pacihst and am ready to do away
with armies and navies. We have
need Of our state mlliIiasi but they
would rye a better purpose II they
were Government rather than State
organizations. So. too. an intcrui-
tional army or navy would make more
for the maintenance of world peace
than the far greater expenditures in
VOWED in the upkecp Of rival national
armies and nav!cs.
The citizen of existing nations
when moving 10 another country
have a choice OF three potential,
sources Of protection IN case Of need
lie could r"t1in his citizenship with
his mother country, he could hecome
Il naturali1ed citizen of the country
Of his residence. or he could have
the backing of a passport or Certih-
cate uf memberships in the proposed
information. In the latter case his
security would he just rs strong as
the subscribers 10 the information
should make il.
The ran-AmcriCan Conference vii,
lay the cornerstone OF this great neu-
traliZing movement, ana thus out of
80 80 N'N ~ NrA4A' VIII
start an effort toward international
cooperation worthy of every encour-
agement and promising worldwide
benefits. Every nation will have its
pace in the sun and each shall have
Its full share of opportunities. Upon
each. too, viii rest the responsibility
or making the most of its chances.
Economic prcssures shall be light
ened and the lines Of least resistance
shall make for the general good.
This world cannot remain neutral.
as tho term is commonly understood:
II cannot run away from its prob
ems. lntcrnationalism is the SOU
ton it stands for the princl-
pies Of democracy applied 20 in.crra.
tional AFFAIRS. This means an inter-
national commercial alliance, trade
routes under Joint control and the
open door policy. We must all work
for the international flag"
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cropped hair and delicate frame.
mostly brain, bone and skin. and
weighing about ninety pounds, Ko-
murl. master o. details. was to sit
for twenty-six weary days In front If
Russians Of imposing physique. Yei
he knew well the limitations of his
opponents.
He had known De Rosen In Toxic.
where he had served as Russian en-
voy in the transfer Of Saghalien. He
had seer De Witte in 81. Petersburg.
This gigantic Russian, we'll acquainted
with the United States and her rail-
roads, issued an address 10 the Amer
lean people" welcomed reporters and
gave out publicly that no claim for
indemnity would be listened 10. lie
had made this the one condition upon
which he had accepted from the Car
the task of meeting the Mlkado's COM
m!ssioners.
Komurl. m the contrary. though
jolly on shipboard while on the Pa
cific. singing American college songs
friendly 10 all, and as such typical q!
the new Japan. was as a healthy clam
on public matters. To all the news-
paper fraternity, high and low. none
OF whom H." would see. he seemed 10
!ncarnate the Old hermit nation idea
In the daily press he was figured as
Il Of those "inscrutable Orientals'
that have no existence off the stage
and are known only in the world Of
subjective Imagination.
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the japanese Legation in Pekin. In
1904 the Chino-Japanese war broke
out. s%hattering forever the aeon old
Chinese dogma Of universal SOW
erelgnty. After serving as civil ad-
ministrator Of Antung, Komura WIS
sent 10 Seoul to save face for
Japan when the Queen Of Corea was
assassinated by some of his rufYian
Countrymen. After two years as
Nice-Minister In the Foreign Office in
Toxic he became the Mikado's envoy
at Washington and 1t st. Petersburg.
Thence going to Pekin he sat in tn"
international conference that held in
quest after the Boxer uprising. In
1901. when Japan vas at last a rec
ognized equal In the worlds array "
Powers, he was called into the Kat
sura Cabinet as Minister OF Foreign
Affairs.
II was part Of Komura's work to Sc
cure the alliance of Japan with Eng
land and to conduct those prolonged
negotiations OF which the war with
Russia was the sequel. When the
armies and navies Of the Land Of the
Risen Sun had pulverized Muscovite
power and blown to the winds not a
few traditional notions held In the Oc-
cident-among others the purely liter
airy Ngend of the Oriental"-Komura
was selected by the Emperor to be the
bearer of the olive branch at Ports
mouth.
To this task he weat with the feel
!ngs of "A soldier charging a battery.
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lsI intended to perform the same func-
ton commercially that the Red Cross
flag does in a A vessel carrying
the neutral flag shall be safe from in
reference Dr. have back of II the solid
support Of the countries subscribing
to this neutral confederation. Pr!-
marty the emblem Is to be for the
Western Hemisphere, but II is hoped
that in time the movement in PIX
~panding will embrace all nations Just
sal recognition.
Starting with ships OF trade, the
intention Is to eliminate economic
causes Of war by extending neutrality
to strategic waterways. such. for in
stance, as the English Channel. the
Straits OF Gibraltar. the Dardanclles.
the Skagerak and Kattegat around
northern Denmark, the Suez Canal, the
Panama Canal, &c.
"In addition to this. there shall be
certain free ports neutralized after the
manner intended In the case OF the
treaty ports of China. But don't use
the term treaty port. because treaties
have their drawbacks and bind later
generations that feel the impelling I'M
pulses OF situations undreamed OF
when such diplomatic documents were
framed. With nations, however. act
ing continuously as a live democracy
ready to deal with the march OF
events, and voting from time 10 time
70 maintain neutral conditions best for
the majority, then individual discon-
tent or friction would not imperil the
situation.
Instead OF having separate ma
tiona, banks In these neutral ports or
among other nations, there would be
| neutral banks dominated by the inter-
| national neutral organization. A de-
positor or business mar might prefer
one or the other just as n person
| elects to place his money with n OF
| the many banks In New York city
subject to national control. But all
Of these neutral banks would treat
! their clients alike, and n common basis
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once become the Post Office Depart
ment Of the new information: and ul-
timately develop an International
postage stamp. The work of the In
tcrnational Institute OF Agriculture at
Rome could likewise Ice taken over and
form n basis for an agricultural de-
partment. The work OF the proposed
international clearing house to elimi-
nate the loss and waste o~CCasloned by
moving gold from nation To nation.
as suggested by John J. Arnold OF the
FIRST National Bank Of Chicago,
would come under the treasury de-
partmeut. A. an international dir
penser Of justice the proposed inter-
nation would take over the existing
Hague court.
This information would. in It's
turn, have its own army and navy
for police work. and at once you are
ready to ask Would an individual
nation respect this show OF force
when sent To back M the decisions
II the Hague COURT Let us re-
member that most Of the troubles
over trade settlements or the collec-
tion Of national debts occur in the
cases II the smaller countries that
have not yet risen to the commercial
standards of the big nations. There
fore these reCalcitrdnt s would back
down promptly upon the coming OF
the internation's ships Of war, I
have in mind an amusing parallel that
bears oUt my contention.
"Not long ago, az you probably re-
member, Germany sent a gunboat to
Hayti to collect a debt OF $50. 900,
When the German gunboat ranged up
close 20 the Haytian man-o'-war the
dusky crew Of tie latter promptly
jumped overheard on the other side
ana struck out with al speed for the
shore. What happened in the case
of lIaytl would probably occur regu-
.arly should an international, rather
than the force OF a single existing
nation, try TO bring about the ad-
Justment Of some difference:
Don't think that ! am posing as a
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Pan-American gathering here is really
a manifestation of this attitude. and
the conference bids fair to blaze the
way for a commercial revolution OF
worldwide significance.
The ocean Is TO the nations what
highways are to a community ~ la.
arteries to ones body. Germany en-
tered the var for the expansion Of
her trade, TO take carc of her dense
and increasing population. England
entered the war for her security ana
the retention of her present foreign
trade, upon which her well being is
absolutely dependent.
The seas must be neutraliZed, and
no one nation shall be permitted to
dominate them nor be placed in the
position which makes her feel thai
her very national life hinges upon
that control. Neutralizing the trade
routes is not by any a a Ctop!an
project, and the present aim is TO
blaze the way through a commercial
union or federation to have its be-
ginning at the Pan-American confer
ence.
This does not mean doing away
with national or sovereign identity,
but II does involve a measure of sur
render for the common good without
stripping the subscribing countries Of
their vigor of identity.
'It just sc happens that the meet
ing Of the Pan-American Conference
falls at a season which Is of the ut
most historical suggestiveness. On
June !, 1916, Richard Henry Lee. In
troduced In the Continental Congress
at Philadelphia a resolution which vas
the virtual birth ri our Declaration
OF Independence. The thirteen orlgi-
nal colonies were then represented.
Now, in the same city and in the same
room in independence Hall. and on
June |, 1915. 1t Ia proposed that the
delegates representing the business
and financial interests Of thirteen
| American republics shall Join In q kim
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komura gained the invention,
Gets carried AWAY bv the Nfkad,,. -.
show assured proofs of yictoc "'
The strain and anxiety a, PORT,
mouth wore friuhtfnlIy uno, ko,,...
delicate frame. and his Mace for ,,,a,
davs while IN New York ~ In 49,
He had TO store lin streneth "a ,,..
the heavier ordeal OF being mobh.I u,
Toxic Already some brutal psn,dn.
patriots at home mos, nroNa,,
sneaklng cowards who had never sn,si.
poyder-had sent 10 his family.
Toxic sprigs Of the Cleriya iano,,oa
! tho flower carried 81, ShIr,o sn,o-ats
intimating that tho absent bu.hars
and father was as good a. a dead ma,
Most of us have read and some baya
forgotten how in the Septenb.- ~.
roar in Toxic. after an cav.
met Minister had attemp,ed IN 81, ~
the lid If n good safety yalye ne Va
fusing the use of HIbiva PARK for
public meeting. the mob s,orrned ~.
sentry boxes. routed the police and
oyerthrew the street cars. In M. "a.
they vented feelings that nigh, have
rassed harmlesslv Off In the oratorv A,
a public meeting. Later. heside, ne
fact that there had been u,oeLs q,
, time for hot brains 10 cool N. IN.
perial carriage awaiting komura con,
nj the dock had a soo,h,ns
effect.
On the day Of decentralization IRE
envoy sat In the palece a. IN. IN ne-.
table. a guest OF the nations h.sd
After that Ali was calm. Tho ola aavs
! ~ asro -s,nation vere oyer o,a vo,l
! Of the Emperor in approval of N. ..-.
want acted as oil nm ,h. wave
Kom,rra,s next m,ssion-to p.,,,,
was wholly successful China seeming
grateful because the Russian ,ncubr.
seemed lightened by its being sha-sd
in instead n, being az +, really wa. A..
bIed. 4 few months later whom mo
re,li,v uns susnected cbireso ,nn,',-
continent, .uffe-ed rev,,sIon c,r.
naiyn n, ..r.covarv ~ r,yb,s, hosar
which Ia. narsis,ed ard viii M, do.,,
whan ia Iao- +, vas d,sc.-,ss d,
Washington that Russia ana lana
controlled even local administration IN
Manchuria. Secretary Knox proposed
Joint ownership Of the raj IRE
! SIX Powers uniting To lend MONEY 70
China. The nronosition was declined
President Wilson next CO..
suppor, from the Six rova,
loan. This lef. the ground free ,o-
Tan,n's sunrome onno-,uni.v c.,,o.
ca me when the Euron.an nations ser.
,ries of N. onap door sho,,d h.,,,..
or rho morning ~ ,be MAJ, ,o,o.
,iations ~ ,e,5 ,ima o,i, 80 nsts
ra,..,a,io, W. 49, 80, ~. -
-, ,bo I,n,raso r,a,. ho,;a,a o.,
sircor,,, IT,, ,ho a,a,. 49,,
influence ~ rann, IN rnI,. al, 49,.
for tho neace ~ Asia Nn., =, ~. &C..
,arnrot,,tors -, r,,r.,..n a. D..
cas-, IN sinister ,orm arc a,nr,h,ass w.
causo early oil nroc,.s ,-au
! hatred c~olornhnhia rs,Ic;o,,s n,,o.r,
or IN. -nrasunnosed perossar,. arr b.,
force sacurod s,,,r.,aa. :
man. Many If Tho y,lsar .-.,.a,.
notions th,, ovar, s"hll ~ ~.
torian shouId ho ,shomoI 49, A,la 49,
nrooched as aasnar wv"
' Japan began h"r new me
po'u'I "lrL whether "" dat" m
r-a.'''"S VI me seed NJ science =
,r,n,nr.d ''u u
from perr,.s r,,rL -.
lS;3 sba b,. b..r ,n.
hans wo ma, 60. ,na a.
Of re,, nrorr.
i orc hin .rr,r,r., ~
.Japan'e m~,rvoI'nus r,r .,.. ~.
has mad. IN ho,b ne,ro ,rt ,,,r ~.
rememho, IVA a,,,,I
-. 'F~ - We
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rHOW piSHOlltlld do VI tue "llllpSd
putica, or OF the bamboo? IL the
latest japanese expansion fixed AMI
perennial?
BY China's acceptance or May 3,
1915, of her island neighbours ultima
tum, Japan becomes the hall way
house OF the world. China, once the
Middle Kingdom OF Asia, loses her fame
before Japan, the central empire OF
the worlds East and West. She con-
trolls the land highway 10 Europe.
while equal to any in the dominion of
the seas. VIII she WELD her new
power for the veal or the woe IF man
kind?
For an intelligent answer We should
not build on forebodings, but on a":u-
atty, on the record OF history and not
on our fears. on intelligent Informal
zion concerning Japan's right and
claim TO expand rather than on prciu-
dices engendered by race, color or re-
ligion. From Japan's past record
some gather hope for the future,
Whatever nay have been tho
dreams OF individual poets or explor-
IN. the plans Of patriotism or the pas
sion OF soldiers in earlier days regard
sng the country's foothold on the con-
tinent. II was the treaty OF Portsmouth
that transplanted Japan 10 he Asian
mainland. Tho victor over Russian
envoys and Chinese mandarlns was
Jutaro Komura, who was first taught
ny American teachers the idea OF the
worlh's family Of nations.
For three years under the instruc-
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~ WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIs.

r TAVE the May negotiations Of
- 1915 created on the Asian
continent that Greater Japan