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ME-. HsugAtos asd the Chry santhe.

Once more Harvard. under the guild.
ance Of the celebrated IIauzhton yys-
tom. TO the front. Yesterday
sna marked her first appearance IN
the Palmer Stadium by defeating
Princeton. In spite Of the prophecy
Of the great Hell Devil" SKrLLMAS.
the Princeton seer. and notvithstand.
ing the earlier records OF a season
during which Harvard had been beaten
by Cornell, while Princeton. unde.
feated. had rolled up a total score OF
40 points to her opponents 10. the
Cambridge eleven won one Of the
most exciting games Of football wit
ne-ss-l in "A long time.
Yesterdays game opened the series
between the so-calls-i Big Three teams.
Harvard now has onl: ~ play Yale.
AS Corne... the one team which has
won this year against Harvard. dos
not play either Princeton or Yale, 1t
will 90 a hard matter to award this
years cha nplonship.
HArGHToS has accomplished won
ders with hiS men during tho last
fortnight. With two weeks more be-
fore the Yale game Harvard should
improve its highly eficien; team.
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The Passing Of the Buli Moose.

The present rapid disintegration Of
the National Progressive party il not
without its picturesque and pathetic
features. The scattered remnants OF
an organization tbat sprang into being
without undergoing the 81 rengthcnln:
influences of a slow and mature growth
have devoted themselves Of late 10
deals rather than 10 ideals, and a
party that was strong enough in it,
cradle 10 cast over four million Presi-
Dental votes has become 40 weakened
in three short years that there seems
10 he "A rca sonable doubt thar il will
possess sufficient vitality By next fall
70 choose its undertaken.
Beginning their political career with
a religious fervor that found yer in
hymns which relIevel the strain Of
hysteria. the P~rogressives have dwln-
died 10 a ~voiceless handful silently
and sadly contemplating the depress-
ing fact that all their thunder has
heen purloined and that the older 20
iitical parties expect presently TO give
them . more or less cordial welcome
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Eggs and Physics.

The Dr,artment u Agriculture says
til. American hen. who's. praises can
never b. sufficiently ing lays in a
single year S3p. .rst.'." worth Of egg.
curious calculator, may tell us how
many dozens Of eggs. n prevailing
prices. that ~titil.ating sum Of money
accounts for.
How many freight AIRS ~ ordinary
capacity would ~ required II hold III"
precious crop: Placed end Ia end.
after hard boiling. a measure of In
s1lrance. how many times would -
many millions Of potential ome!ets
reach 10 the moon and back:
II all those eggs were one g.
what a great egg that would w.. Per
haJS Il would ~ bigger than the earth
Itself. which now - comfortably holds
them all. VIII the professors Of phys
icS make The computation:
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solute truthfulness: has the deep re-
voivins intellect that gave birth to
this sage document established what
that isr One more magnificent. illumi.
mating query:
Ara Jou wiling ~ pay the price a.
hard work TO obtain success ~
Only a humorist could ansuar "No."
and this examination IL not for hu.
morists. We suspect some Minister.
bersian influence dominated the com.
piler OF these questions. They should
be administered with a stop watch,
word association should be noted. thc
grand machinery Of the psychological
laboratory should BE- employed. The
SPONSOR for this document says that
ut will at least have served the pur
pose Of making the boy think" May
We suggest that nobody not pretty
well trained in thinking could eve.
reach its conc. Dding ~foolishness?
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The VILLA msbur Fire.

Less than five years after the fright.
full Triangle fire the city Is shocked
by a similar disaster but with a lesser
death list.
The Williamsburg catastrophe seems
to have all the horrors " the Washing.
ton place fire and the loss of life To ~
traccabie to almost the same unfor.
tunate conditions. employees trapis-i
in the burning structure and the Ia.
sufficient exits jammed with humanity
struggling O. escape.
The cry Uas great FOR protert~n
against the recurrence Of such a dis
astcr after the Triangle factory. and
&; was said then such Il loss OF life
under the new method Of inspection.
SUPERVISION AMI drill would b. posi-
impossible.
But L i sno~rn that II - possible.
The own-rs Of the factory may 10 at
fau,t. the panic stricken employees
may have teen a contributing cause.
the factory iaw and inspections may
~ al wrong. There should b. a
rigid Investigation. an Investigation
that will result In something nor
than promised reforms and safe
guards. The responsibility for per
hitting such Peril tn lie must lie
fixed and the responsible must be
punished.
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The Great Weapon Of Defence for Our
workmen and Industries.

T. THE EDITOR OF THE S-N-Sr. W.
a.r al vth che Presid-r. in ?
Of h!s plea FOR PREPARATION for defence,
ut let - rot. lose sight % another
phase ~ s,Sch preparation.
To b" prepared 10 defend ourselves
from attack BY force &. a duty. Il is a
greater duty 20 prepare our county
against commercial attacks after the
ends. Business which has beer dad
and buried yer since 1917 is now just
commencing 20 revive, because coIsun-
ers can no longer buv foreign made
goods.
II the VA has thrown Up a protect
Ing val around American industries
sufl,.er, % stimulate them after they
nave Ian dormant :or three years or
accoau; % AT unous!nessi.ke tariff. why
not, take advantage Of the lesson taught
Us by the war and Ak our tariff now as
= means OF defence Of our vorkmen and
industries
II !s a duty wht,h goes haud H. hand
with our other great plan :or national
defence.
l. is absurd TO leave the tar.n doors
open and pay a watehman to guard a
broken country and stiied industries.
II. 5. PaxpMoRE.
NEW YonK, November s.
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The Serhlans' Last stand.

The defence of Serbia by her small
army a-ainsc the Overwhelming forces
hal have poured over her northern
and ca stern borders is a situation =,
iuten sely dramatic as to o~versnadow
the activities on other battle fronts
and even 10 obscure the ultimate
purpose Of the TeutOn.c southern
drive. With her army almost com
pietely rinSed by foes and her land
swept by fire and sword, Seroia's
plight appears 20 have reached ,he
extremity 81 hopelessness indicated
in the Berlin DISPATCHES.
Tn. Austro-German army has fairy
burnei It's way southwark from the
Danube with is great batterie~: It's
sand. yet II has a supply Of artillery
for an army ~ a million. II poured
more than fifty thousand shells into
Belgrade alone. Against this terrible
fire the SerbIans were lDwerless. The
wept at their heirlessneSs as they
fell back" said a Serbian officer.
The gagemen,s between Serb and
Bulgar have been more even. Each
has been fought with all the fury that
Balkan racial hatred could inspire. Al
Prot the men clashed in a hand 10
hand struggle and fought until nor
Than half were slain. AT Cskub the
Serbs. though outnumbered five 20 one,
struggled for eleven days. aud even
after their army was forced TO fall
back beyond the town the irregulars
fought doggeily from street 10 street,
from cellars 10 housetops.
With the capture OF kragujevatz,
the Serbian arsenal town. the Austro-
Germans have an unbroken line from
vlsegrade in the Drina Valley TO the
Bulgarian border; while the Bulgars,
having yesterday forced the capltu,
lation of Nish. hold a line from that
town 10 Cskub and south TO Veles.
West Of this line In the rugged, noun.
famous country that they won from
the Turks in the Balkan war, the Ser.
bans are making their last stand. But
here. in the part OF their land yet
open 10 them, their enemies are com.
plotting the encircllng Gordon: the Aus.
TRANS. having taken the strongho!ds to
ne north, are advancing to meet the
B~ulgarians, who are reported already
in the possession Of the Katchnik
Pass. the most formidable natural de.
fence on the south. The Serblans
may he able TO break through the ring
and reach the Montenegrin or Alba.
MAN mountains, but more Likely they
will be forced 10 give battle for their
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in their melancholy guia a. scatter

in their melancholy guiss as scatter
ing returna
That history repeats itself Is a gen
e~rniixstion that IL founded upon only
a partial truth. but the record Of 80.
called thiri party movements in this
country demonstrates the fact that all
organized revoits FROM our perma.
nently established political parties I'm
dergo much the same process from
their inception to their decay and fnal
DISAPPEARANCE. Besottcn In passion
ate protest. basing their appeal to
voters upon platforms Of a startling
and radical nature. they make an i'm.
press, more or less definite. upon the
political affairs Of the moment. In
every case they entire around and
find their inspiration through some
striking personality. a GREELEY or :
Of the vote they cast in their halcyon
days becomes 10 p)sterity a proof Of
their leaders magnetism rather than
an indication that the planks OF their
party platform we're worthy Of public
support.
Coming generations will ignore the
rainbows that the Grppnbackers and
the Progressives once chased. but the
varied achievements Of their Presl.
Dental candidates will remain as per.
manent sources Of pride to ali future
Americans.
That the return OF the Progressive
prodigal sons to the shelter OF the
Republican or Democratic stronghold
means that a fatted calf Il, to be killed.
In token Of a restoration OF old coDdl-
lions. Is far from probable. In 10 far
as the Progressive movement repre-
sentsi a protest against certain unJe-
sirable features Of standpatt!sn and
reaction IL has had various sanitary
effects. Tho prospective protest
against several reprehensible tenden.
cies ~ the older parties by the wan
derers who have returned to their
ranks bids fair To bring about in n
>ane and orderly way ne,slesl reforms
that could never have been Instituted
through a party thar was born of
hysteria. mistock u mirage for the
millennium. AMI has proved again that
third party movements in this country
IRE beneficial not in themselves but
merely "a they tend 10 destroy rer.
nlcious Toryism IN the permanent po-
liticai organizations.
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OF Interest to Wait and Watch For.

According To- a Washington despatch
20 THE SrN the roll call ~ the House
Of REPRESENTATIVES, which Wi. b. us--l
by the reading clerk when the Hou-
meets az noon Of Monday. Decemb@t
O. viii show "A Democratic majority "
only twenty-five.
That III majority can b. uullltis'l by
the votes ~ the New York Demo
cratic members.
The very properly acknowledged
.e1lder Of the New York Democrats in
the House Is JOHN J. FITZGERALD. req
re~enting n seventh Congress d>-
,rict. located in brooklyn.
Mr.. FIrzGEEAID's friends ar. re
por,el a. saying that II he hal re-
ceiyel from ih- President the patron
age ne fe,, himself entitled 10 10 would
have been so strengthened politically
az 10 have won his recent campaign
FOR a judicial position. l. IS also saii
that Mr.. FITzGERALD's friends assert
that his advice concerning Fedora leg.
is,atlon has never beer welcomed in
the White Hou~e.
Ii will Ne Interesting 10 nos. how
Mr.. F%frzGERALD Wi. Use his Influence
IN the newt Congress in several re-
syects. Government ownership %: y
merchant marine. the PROPOSED Legs
.a,ing out Of Office of'JoHS >EyLroN
WILLIAMS, Comptroller II the Cur
rency AMI e1 otic!o member ~ the
Federal Reserve Byard. are examples.
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existence upon or near the fsteful neid

existence upon or near the fateful field
Of Kosso-o.
The retreat u the Serbians Is the
retreat o OF an army but Of a ma.
ton. Many Of the young women are
fighting with the men In the trenches;
the older women. the children. the
aged and the infirm have fied befor,
the Invaders and are following the
army. The Government Is In an OK
cart travelling in advance OF the 70.
treating nation. The old King. sick anil
infrm, Is a fugitive. In this tragedy
there are two figures that seem sur.
vivals OF the days Of DrsuAN AMI
MAaCo KRAotiEvIcH and the Serbian
heroic age; the old soldier BoYiEvIrcH.
too feeble for the field but still com
handing with all his former skill and
energy. and the grim old strateeist
PrrStK. too. chained to his room by
sickness but guiding without map or
chart the retreat of his nation.
The odds are too great against them
to believe that the Serbians can save
themselves. Their only hope IS IN thu.
aid that England and France have
promised. II this Is delayed until the
ruthless conquest has enveloped the
country and hatred has exhauste!
Serbis's fate will 10 wor~e thar
Belgium's: she will he a land Of ruins.
OF people and left TO the buz-
yards and jackals.
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L.amentab,e as Il Is that members
OF the Sing Sing colony should not a;
al. times comport themselves with
dignity and reserve. there is a certain
wtnms.cality in their selection AZ
props. 80 to speak. such times "a their
hign spirits sweep them beyond wha:
Mr.. T~rRyrpGoP surely would, and War
Den OSBORNE possibly does, consider
the line 90 correct conduct. Thus,
one ~co.onist selects. wherew!tl 10
mark his d.sapproval Of another. a
coffee urn. and for similar purpose
We note the selection Of shears, a
stool. a monkey wrench, an awl. Str.k-
ing evidence Of freedom Of thought,
individuality n taste.
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EXPORTS MOUNTING
TO NEW HIGH MARKS
Favorable Trade Balance for
Nine Months Ended sep.
TENDER Is S1.23O.3 800. 38l.
IMPORTS on THE. RISE

vAsHrNGToN. Nov. s-TrA EN-.
movement Of American prod .c:s COZ.
tinues 20 Increase at a Tremendous .t.s
september vis the biggest month : RI
history OF the tore.sn ;:ade os .as ua.,ed
States.
Exports amounted % more -ala $500
10000 as compared Nl.n s.5.o.1t.a
In August this yea ard si55.Qgl0 900
In september. 1914 For .ie ,-a
months ended ~-eptemh.r las: The .x..-,
,otalied s2.j32.tSj lSG, compared zt,-
81 is1.iOl.ss9 IL he same period o..
1919.
The balance % trade 10 Sv.- o.. -.
United states Tor the a.Ua r.-t.s o..
1911 was a little tn s1.c~s. ~ - ".n ..p
exports a~sz-ega-a- 81 ~ iutsy az
imports 81 ,il0.O7l.s-t The ha.l-,e -
trade in favor ot this co4a--y or "a
nine months ended September -. :,
$3.50 Js0.3si Exports var v-..A. 40
se.j3. isI.iS- import, ti.3gEH't-ss
Comparing thu two - upa'f .a-a..
and also September ~ .a., year VT
he corresponding month oS 1879 ?.
creases are hoNn g.. -.-y .u1o-a-.
item ia the ex2or figure. -vao-ts n
fJodstuffs have more than doubled aai
the same q. true u manufacture -..4v
for consumption.
For example. crude u.'A- az ~ %.
in manufacturing Increased from ,1i1.
900. 900 IN the nine months 81 .ff, =,
stts751,j3s IN Tho c~yrrrpp-I = -~-.!
% his year exrp-ts % iyu!1.~s
rude condition AMI tp,. 8. mas -.
creased from tljl.06U. 900 e, t3-. 49,.
poo tyodscu~s partly Or who'll -a-..
featured Increased from ii3s tio. auH ..
manufacture Tor eIr'hs-
use IN manufacturing from '.s?vo1.H'
20 s3.a. 900. 900. and manufactures -~4!y
tDr cousrTptloa f-Jm si5j.9gQ.g "y %
s.-i.ONO. 900.
Miscellaneous exports increased
value from sj.j50.gOO T. nearly so 'No..
900. Miscellaneous expo--s In ser'e-i.
Der last were valued az more 'hAa So
-o0.2st a. COMPARED with a lei" nor,
than 5000. 900 tn the cur-e%po !s
month OF lslt This Increase eas ga.
TO the expectation or horses 70 n '.,gs
% s,nJ.is-. ot mules 20 The ,4,la -
nearly 50 ,Qo".0nr and us seed. r4.Ial
a; nearly $4,000.
Imports are showing a .rata-.r >
Increase. although not 20 Al sA.aa' -
give assurance that there ~. b a-F
substantial advance IN the customs PEI.
-uues Of tha Government roura- =
The value % Imports in The -.-- a.Jl.-'
ended with September. 1914 ~. "a
CORES poutirg period .a.- y-i- .s--- HaF
L decline Of more thar $4,000 ''.
n :- nine months Z ..i. .--.-
were VALUED AZ t.~ti0.01i.-+ d. 20
nine months Of tl.s year they FER
scented a value % sl.31- a.i 50. -s--s
were Increases tn some Items q -p.-s
For example, :A- iu~po-ttt.oa- o, -.
materials Tr Use IN utrvtts.r-.-e
creased from sl'1 poo 600 .u '.- d
months of 1914 - St.4t-- =.
correspondents period u 's.- ,-t. r 80
also was an Increase !1 -. .vi.-
- :ooI-.Itss partly or knoll, r
.'irst. :rr-, 3-o' nY'.pHr g., So
importation Z -lnIt4et4r-S 70
Use N Industry dropped fr-r g
oH" 20 So 900 300. -! manu-
ready :or consumption !ro.-- =,
Ssij.Q1Q,oJ1 - 81 .H"g. 600
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1T DOES NOT PAY.
what q Man at the Bench Thinks of
the I~nstigated strike.

i utter 70 ~ Ug'>r;5r- y J. Tr.
TIE man -aat = here t5 ..ss. gp -"
ma Ha.nI---' UNION -tys IT, finds The ,cH-
i.,'ous .u Wlc-r;OVa t- l-r.9-.b.4
Wei. | wonder ( t.y tr- any more
tsp.og4hle than ta-r are q. Schenectady
or pefe-.e''. " Carthage or panbgE.
Conn. or q wao.e lot OF other places
where they have had strikes.
! wea: through "a. I~tcn.E.s-s' s;r.6e
here n Waterfowl eighteen years 20,
and 7 % want any ul)re in nine. /
had worked IN tie sam" shop 4 good
many var a.l had been we'll ,Tea;.i.
and 7 ..Iac ave" any s.ck COMING cd:
when I IA I Ea-v could 90 - ~. Old
a and ct i fixed ". ! wa@ >-ccirs
$3.50 a lay. as much a. anybody was
Eett.rg a.l a long i" I had saved
a. al ,eas: every week. a5l I had a
comfortable i:;.@ house ha.t pa! 10:
I didn't belong 70 any UNION a.I
there was. hardy any ,-..a.s.- that
DID. but t.--- "ts Al a7le
here a1d stared up the na,-.r-s'~
union jus, az :-i> fellow - trying 20
>-trt = now. ! G.Lu't a o. jr.l. ue-
caus- dda't See ar: need 81 g.. bit
they got some % ny o-u shop mates
after me and ;,li ne B, I i'd-', JON
my name vas mud and my family
would - Ut ~ from, al, our neighAr-s
anu l N'-sA +A'' - - 81 VI NalFs-
town.
- : a-a.y j5.aei. AID the next thing
VS. 20 declare a s-~.H". Tie '.-- that
rCn The tlinS tod - t14' ~- womb 80.
anyhow la!t pay - loI- - v. we've
IU:. and = Uou,ir'; 60 NOR" '.aa a
couple q weeks before -@ would al ne
back - work VITA everything or own
way. 7 20, s. tae S-s- week and $3.50
~. rex-. and after IA, ! d.dU; get
anything hu: promises.
I was ou: fourteen weeks and vas
mighty glai 20 =-t NV JOB back. That
st-:ke "ps. ne over $500 IN cash and s"t
NJ bas; more than 40 y-I!s. and the
0the~ boys that went out wee Just as
had ~ II they had Z ~ lose.
Tt. only on" w1o eyer made anything
GU. II IA, s:riNe vas TIE re,'ov ;h.t
came here and stirred u Up He ;9.d
ia hey had hall a million dollars IN the
treasury to tlS~ care ~ tae strikers.
bu, slojQ was all ! got or anybody go;
so ta- as I ever heard. We have got
aov IN Wste-tOsa plenty - WORK Cor
everybody TIA, want % WORK. and az
good fair wages, and everybody Vas
cortsuted until this nan came hsre.
Now he is irving 10 stir up trouble.
and fO- one 7 don intend 20 pay him
FOR H.. I'll mind my ovr business and 7
want him 10 keep out OF mine. II /, "a
left 20 tire wives 81 the men there won;
e any nachin.sts' union Or any strike
n Watertowu. MACHINES.
WATERFOWL. oc.ooer 80.
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THE PAPAW PROPAGANDA.
Nr. Meredith Nicholson Outlines His

T. -HL Er'-oE og TIE SrS-Str, some
recent references .n Tbs SrS - n. I'M
memorial paptU ~ Indiana ard It's In
iuaue, upon 're literature % that other
= - lotus liEd q, letters has stirred
Nj Meredith N..noisoU. papav prop4-
depths. and h. writes To me "a t7.lpS-
from rs papaw plantation on the hills
overlooking Ind Inaro!S
Il an s.ulr- yuu 4 COX ~ paN-pAE
seed. tn sacred sd = :se Wabash.
/ mas occurred Q, I. ut t1e lies be-
.v seH ne great city an '7.Ss pat.
'..d-.lIu Z -.' De greatly strengthened
I the folk q, NlH4hatt4 could s4t q
the frui. q t.- sy4-. A. j. - forbidden
b. >-odry and Divers eaactr-l.- Of me
li1c-r-- Legislature - send taer the
:-g.- or the seeds tae..of outside the
>t,-- .osni4tes . -u1 considerable per
s"ual -.-k . thus committing these
sI4. lark objects . yoI: care. But !
:=,. TIA: there ; a --ea, duly here.
II lJ. 100 nR = trouble. please carry
4 s-| Of these lei vCIr pants pocket %
a--d or@ 20 aaI then % som- one
YOU th.nk worthy. Even persons LIVING
on ne roofs ~ The city or in fats mas
plan: them N pots and give hem a good
start through - winter In the spring
ID. young seedlings should - planted
n shay places. tt. re ''SAlf cannot
+. .-t.spl4-tsd. or. OF ;r- il.osy.cr4s.ss
"s tbs s.-EI.i men.
~ -UgScs. tla; r1i and 4 c''t,c 70
-aE SrS ard -r-4-e - .r.srs-: n ~
paT-laH pcDpdgi.ga. u=.-E - hat S"u
YORK uav aa redeemed 2 once tie
ptN-9lw finds q. Wy 20 he Na-.a-a-
>tIT.r.rs. .As .YI r.Jhahly LAKE. l
Hi's th-uu-a r-a,..l PIX every a,..--
r.o., p.-n4rs ,og can lHs a hole w.'h
yJl sword rs.- ard sip Ir = sa-l
spot. thus bringing .ls Wabash ID the
Nle. Taeu YOU can write q p1in.
Lines o- u-d!cA;.-s a paw-pav seed
70 EalUest
? mean - make tbs ny lie wo-s
DO no. ,e.. IT, tina. i. - :uc..y that
tas gust4-l apple has no chance lgiirs;
tho expensive sNOt:rs offered a that
fanny s-o#.-y dow there - the Grand
central station We must ,.Se co.a-
- y 1gpe 90 these matters
Tle.s - Papiv p-opa sands; Ni:aol-
sons proposition % lie JAdei Jays Z
New NCrS. - 80 say 1-I = the pre'.-
.-e lobster pot % Broadway "a pro-
eTess.vs pAbUlGn ard Interior up,lst. y.
course NJ. Nicholson W., have u look
elsewhere fo- a market c'- ne pap4v
plantation products. 81 - should -.r.
b-oa.se broadway would love papAvs.
io- papiws are he color u go,!.
T. mLv Ne deserved that NJ : sh5,s,-
doubles the Is n as sp-ll.7- e tas
word, gu: It's i permissible , -r5wr-
how ~luSuriint'g any:h.u- ~. S-pN 80.
indian " = I-,HP-uN.
NEW YoeN Noye7 BE- >
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REPUBLIC OR MONARCHY,

Ch,na's rejection OF the request OF
Japan. Great Britain and Russia to
leave the question whether It shall
remain a republic Or become a mon
archy &c Sc settled after the close OF
expected. That IL a question Tor
China alone to decide II II Is TO con-
t.nue to respect itself or TO hold the
respect Of the world. That this vas
the view taken by the Government Ok
the United states Is also evident by
its refusal 70 join with the three
Powers In their Request. That re-
fusal implies no lack OF faith in the
republican idea in general. rather IL
confirms it az UNFOLDING the idea that
China has the right 10 decide what
form Of government she prefers.
still. It must be admitted, 20 Ameri-
cans generally tn. prospect that China
will leave the ranks Of republics and
join those 81 m~onarchles IL 20, CRATE
ful or pleasing. But Americans are
Also vel aware ~ the fact that there
- an immense difference between tho
China NJ to-day dropping the republic
q form Of government FOR the Inoa.
arc,I.cal and 4 country Ike F'rance
o. Switzerland. for instance. dong tho
same thing. In the after case -uch
an act would H. startling aad aruuse
~uneaslness whereas Z the oa-s u
China Il would give but conpaya-
t.ve.y .It;is concern. II the one case
!: would BE- a cope. well informed
and fully trained in republican way
Of thought and government del.oer-
ateiy exchanging thcn fpr tao deals
.: a monarchy. while .u me ".1sr =
of china. probably never more than
slightly and d.in,y informed a. u re-
publican ideals. had easily aad aati-
rally s.ipp.l hack into the govern
mental ru's and routine worn deep
by customs and habit through many
centuries.
The Canes" republic. proclaimed IN
February. 1912. : but iitt.e more than
'lre" years old. and for almost one
ga ~ that time Ch.ra's strong
n Yuan Shih-k'ai. a1,l rs exe..-
I've courc.. have virtually beca ST.
preme. |: china = now. as seems
.lke'y. 70 tecvn. y monarchy. the
change vi. 10 a sigh. one =, fa-
a. 'h.nas taem.nG Millions ar. yoa-
ceTued. That there ara possibilities
" complications and possibly ~
revolution i5mentrd from without or
within II evident. ~. ;hsr. seems %
;" nothing other rs-.on- can do hu,
await The result. whatever d, may Dc.