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THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1898. Wtsbtagtoa Office—ls 93 Pennsylvania Avenue Telephone Cull*. - Bueirteea Office 23S | Editorial Rooms...A 86 TERMS OF SI BStniPTIOX. - DAILY BY MAIL. Lailv only, one month • •••$ .70 I >aily only, throe months 2.00 Dally only, one year 8-00 Daily. imiuding oundaj. one year 10.oe Sunday only, one year 2.00 WHEN FURNISHED BY AGENTS. Daily, per week, hy carrier...-.....'.. .. 15 cts Sunday, single copy 5 cts Daily and Sunday, per week, by carrier... 20 cts WEEKLY. Per year 21.00 Reduced Rates to t'lnb*. Subscribe with any of our numerous asenta or send subscription to the t • JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY Indiana poll*, Ind. Person* rending the Journal through the mails In the United stnte* should put on an eight-page paper a ONE-CENT itoslage stamp; on a twelve cr sixteen-page paper a TWO-CENT postage stamp. Foreign portage is usually tloqble these rates. ‘ Ail communiimtlons intended for publication in this paper must, in erder to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. THE IN'DIANAPOLI* JOURNAL fan be found at the following places: NEW YORK—Aster House. CHICAGO—PaImer House, P. O. News Cos.. 217 Dearborn street, Croat Northern Hotel and Gyand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI—J. R. Hawley & Cos., 154 Vine street. Louisville—C. T. Deerlng. northwest comer of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book-Co.. 256 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS— Union News Company, Union Depot. Washington, and. c—Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Willard's Hotel. One country and one flag are enough for any man who Is sincerely and Intelligently attached to either. * Someone said years ago that “the way to have a short war was to prepare for a long ond.” And ho was speaking In the light of experience. The only way in which a foreign government can be officially recognized is by the reception and recognition of its minister. How does Congress propose to accomplish that? There are good lawyers in the Senate, but In the matter of the congressional recognition of Cuba they have either willfully stultified themselves or allowed themselves to be overruled. Should Congress desire to do one thing that will please the most thousands of people, It will increase the number of major generals by one with the understanding that Fitzhugh Lee should be named for the position. It ig probable that when William McKinley was doing his duty as major of an Ohio regiment he did not much expect to become commander-in-chief of the army anil navy of the United States in time of war. The attention of those who are thirsting for blood is again called to the fact that the navy is in need of ordinary seamen, otherwise raw recruits. Unless they join the navy they may not taste "the black blood of a Spaniard.” Senator Turpie is not more anxious to begin war now than he was to end it in 1864. He indorsed the Chicago platform of that year, which declared the war for the preservation of the Union a failure and demanded an. immediate cessation of hostilities.

It may be very well in sensational politics for Mr. "Bryan to wave a Cuban flag before a British audience, but the mass of the American people believe that one flag, the stars and stripes, is enough for any sensible and really patriotic citizen of the United States to wave. In the li?t of multi-millionaires who have proffered yachts and other wealth to the government, the name of Mr. Hearst, of the very saffron New York Journal, does not appear. In time, however, it may be confidently expected that he will raise and equip a regiment every member of which will be labeled “Special commissioner of the New York Journal.” The only case in which the United States has demanded a cash indemnity from a vanquished enemy was when General Scott exacted JIOO.CCO from the bankers und other capitalists of the City of Mexico, and which became the nucleus of the fund for the erection of the beautiful soldiers’ home near Washington. That there will be a good big Indemnity demanded at the conclusion of a war with Spain goes without saying. Ex-Attorney General Miller Is generally able to throw some light on legal and constitutional questions. A communication fiorn him in this issue of the Journal cites several cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the doctrine that the recognition of anew government is an executive function. The language of the court is so explicit as to leave no doubt that this is the settled judicial determination of the case. Senator Teller's amendment to the Senate resolutions was a judicious one. It declares: “That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiettyn or control over said island, except for tho pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.” This is the first official declaration of the kind that has been made by Congress, and it should put an end to European comment that intervention by the United States is simply annexation in disguise. It has been hinted that the liberation of Cuba and Porto Rico from Spanish rule might result in the establishment of tr new republic including these islands . and San Domingo as well. The idea is a broad one, and worthy of the best minds that can be brought* to bear on It. The islands have manv common interests and traditions. Gen. Gomca: is a native of Porto Rico and his wife of Cuba, and he Is as much interested In the Independence of one island as the other. The United States could well afford to give encouragement to the establishment of an island republic. Some surprise is expressed that the scheme of Increased revenue does not inejude art increase of tire tax on whisky. It la the opinion of experts that the present nut on thut article —sl.lo per gallon—is as high as It will carry, and that an increase would result In a loss of revenue to lire government and stimulate illicit distilling. Experience tends to sustain this view. The first internal-revenue tax imposed on whisky was 30 cents a gallon, by the law of July 1. 18C. Two years later It was raised to M cents. This was thought to be higli at the time, but a year later Congress raised it to sl:j©. and In December of the same yesur to SS a gallon. The result in loss of

revenue and increase of illicit distilling was very marked. During forty-three month'* that the tax was $2 per gallon the entire revenue from this source was $73,958,211. Then tho tax was reduced to 50 cents a gallon. and during the forty-eight months this rate was in for'ie the revenue was $141,539.CE3. In June, 1872, the tax was raised to 70 cents a gallon; In March. 1875, to 90 cents, and in August, 1894, to sl.lO. AH things considered, the present tax of sl.lO a gallon is higher than $2 a gallon was thlrty-tive years ago, and many persons who arc In position to judge believe that a lower tax would yield more revenue. At all events, there is no talk of an increase. THE COTERIE OF MALIGNANT*. The temper displayed during the debate in the Senate betrays a purpose of the Populists and so-called Silver Republicans in that body to make war upon the administration in whatever policy it may pursue. The Allens, the Utah senators, Pettigrew, Stewart and probably Mr. Teller can be counted on to put the President and the administration in the worst possible light. At the outset these men, whose single idea in politics is to enhance the value of silver mining interests in their respective States, and to intensify hostility to the Republican policy, will oppose the House bill, whatever may be its provisions, to create a war revenue. The representatives of more millionaire interests In proportion to the population they represent than any other men in Congress, they will assail the taxes which will be proposed as placing burdens on tile poor while the rich escape. Not only will Mr. Allen raise that cry, but we may expect to read that the silver mine millionaire Stewart will appear as the champion of the masses. Should war continue, these malignants will bo proud of attempting to embarrass the administration. Charges of inefficiency and dishonesty will be made, and Investigations will be instigated. Any accident in the carrying Ln of war, anything like defeat, will be used to berate the administration and to make it unpopular for the sole purpose of enhancing the value of the silver mining properties of four or five thousand men who are already rich. The larger part of the Democratic senators are not included in this list, since there is every reason to believe that they will give the American administration fair support in prosecuting a war in che welfare and reputation of the country are involved. They would not have it appear that they are not holding up the hands of a President in carrying on a foreign war. But the others, the most malignant of whom are masquerading under a false name—silver Republicans—may be expected to be the real allies of Spain in the United States by efforts to deprive the administration of the cordial support of the country by undermining popular confidence. The Journal may be wrong in this judgment, but the speeches of these men the past week indicate their future hostility to the administration whatever it may do. Should it prove otherwise, the Journal will acknowledge its error as conspicuously as this opinion is expressed. When Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, took occasion to assail the President for according an audience to the representatives of Great Britain, Germany and other nations who desired to extend the kind offices of their governments as mediators, it was an attempt of a conscienceless demagogue to make the uninformed believe their mission was an insolent interference with the affairs of this Nation. Unless hopelessly ignorant, Mr. Allen must know that it is the custom of governments to offer their friendly offices at mediation between two nations about to go to war or already engaged in war, with a view of securing peace. It is fair to warn people that the man who Is guilty of such a causeless attack upon the President wifi assail him at every point with falsehood and detraction.

THE COAL QUESTION. That the question of coal supply is already an important factor In the situation is shown by an occurrence at Norfolk as 1 elated in the Sunday Journal. Three of our war ships, the Massachusetts, the Brooklyn and the Texas, waited at Norfolk until 2 o’clock in the afternoon of Saturday for coal which had been ordered of the government contractors the day before and should have been ready for delivery by 8 o’clock on Friday night. This was bad enough, and in an emergency might have proved very serious, but the cause of the delay made it worse. This was that the contractors had been engaged in loading 3,000 tons of coal on board of an English merchant steamer destined for the Cape Verde islands and for use by the Spanish fleet. This was, to say the least, an unpatriotic proceeding on the part of an American coal dealer having a contract with the government. Asa state of war does not exist coal is not yet contraband of war and the English steamer did not commit any offense in loading with coal for the Spanish. The offense was on the part of the contractor at Norfolk In selling to them, thus furnishing material aid to a prospective enemy of the United States and compelling our own ships to wait several hours at a critical time for their supply. The naval officers were justly incensed, and after some correspondence by wire with the authorities at Washington the British steamer was detained on the point of departure and the order for her sailing was finally countermanded. The dispatch indicates that this was brought about through the purchase of the ship and cargo by the United States government. It must have been accomplished by some friendly process, as the government could not detain the steamer on the ground that coal was contraband. The stoppage of this shipment will doubtless prevent future ones and thus materially lessen the Spanish coal supply at the Cape Veirde islaifils. The supply on this side of the ocean is likely to be limited to the present store in Havana and Porto Rico, since it is announced that Great Britain has decided to declare coal contraband of war as soon as war begins. As United States ships will be entirely independent of British ports for their coal this order will not affect them, while it may prove very embarrassing to Spain. A s we shall probably have possession of Cuba and Porto Rico within two or three weeks after hostilities commence, and with them all of Spain's coal supply on this side of the ocean, her ships may become useless for lack of fuel, provided they ever reach this side of the Atlantic. CONFLICT! NOR KSOLI TION*. A careful reading of the Senate resolutions seems lo disclose a conflict between the first resolution, which recognizes "the Republic of Cul*a as the true and lawful government of that island.” and the fourth resolution, which declares “that the United States disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over said island, except for the parifleation thereof: and asserts its detenninu-

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tion when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.” If Congress has power to recognize, and does recognize, "the Republic of Cuba as the true and lawful government of that island,” the United States cannot assume sovereignty oven for "the pacification” of Cuba without interfering with the sovereignty of the recognized republic. If, upon running Spain out of Cuba, the larger part of the Cubans, who have not been Consulted in- the formation of the now recognized republic, should revolt against it, the government, acting in accordance with the first resolution, must stand by the present alleged government. On the other hand, should the President act in accordance with the fourth resolution, lie would exercise “sovereignty and control" as long as it should be necessary to bring about tho “pacification” of the island. Any sovereignty which the President might exercise in the discharge of that duty, if but for an hour, suspends the sovereignty of the recognized government of the Republic of Cuba. Furthermore, to insure “pacification” and to “leave the government and control of the island to its people,” it may be necessary to ignore the present regime recognized as the Republic of Cuba. The last resolution was added to assure the world that the annexation of Cuba is not any part of the purpose of this country, but while the resolution does that it also declares the purpose of the United States to exercise sovereignty and control until the “pacification” of the island shall bo secured by a government indorsed by tiie people of t*uba. Jti view of the contradiction it is fair to assume that the fourth resolution as the later expression of the Senate practically relegates its recognition of the Republic of Cuba into the background. In the enthusiasm of the hour the young man who should wave the flag of Cuba or any oilier nationality in tho face of an American audience could lie excused on liie ground of thoughtlessness, but when a man of mature years, and particularly one who claims to bo the leader of a great party, waves the flag of tho Republic of Cuba before an audience he betrays a fondness for sensation that deserves general condemnation. Finding that he is losing attention as the apostle of 16 to 1, Mr. Bryan keeps himself before the public, not by advocating Cuban independence, but by waving a Cuban flag before an audience. Imagine, if one can, Washington, Jackson, Lincoln or Grant waving the flag of a foreign nation in the face of an American audience! During the last years of Jackson’s administration free Texas was a political cry, but, because he believed in a free Texas, one would as soon have thought of Jackson waving tho flag of Great Britain before an audience as tho “Lone Star” of Texas. When Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, as mayor, refused to permit the Hags of foreign nations to be displayed from the flagstaff of tho City Hall on days of foreign celebrations he was applauded by all thoughtful people in the country who appreciate tho idea of nationality. Tammany howled and an Italian society denounced, but a country-respecting, flag-loving people applauded. Mr. Bryan should go back to his corpse of 16 to 1 and resume his professional wake over his dead.

A Berlin cablegram in the Sunday Journal quotes a high official of the Germany army as saying: “There is a possibility, nay, a probability, of the arrival of a Spanish fleet off New York or some other northern harbor, or harbors, and thus a bombardment must be considered.” In war all possibilities must be considered and given their proper weight. As the Journal has already said, it would be quite like the Spaniards to attempt a bold and daring stroke at the outset, and this might he an attempted attack on New York. They can hardly hope to hold Cuba or Porto Rico for any length of time, and, realizing the impossibility of doing so, they might decide to abandon, or make a feint of defending them and occupy the attention of our navy while they made a dash at New York. This would be a desperate undertaking, but Spain is in a desperate situation, and, in any case, must take desperate chances. Os course, the attempt would fail. No naval force that Spain can send against New York could get near enough to that city to do any harm, and would probably be destroyed in the attempt. The coast and harbor defenses of that city are said to be equal to every emergency and capable of destroying ships at sea long before they could get within shelling range or gun shot of the city. The appearance of a Spanish fleet off New York would be a very sensational event and might cause a temporary panic on the stock board, but if it had any serious result it would be to the fleet and not to the city. One of the most surprising among recent developments is the extent of Spanish ignorance regarding the character of the American people and the military resources of this country. Everybody knows that the Spanish people are about the most ignorant and vain on earth, but the extent of their ignorance on the points above indicated is astonishing. They speak of us as a nation of cowards, without an army or the means of raising one, our navy worthless and an easy prey for their ships, our coast defenseless and the country easily overrun. A prominent citizen of Kentucky, who has lived several years in Spain and who is now home on a visit, says that multitudes, even of educated Spaniards, believe their nation could make a conquest of the United States. He says: They are all In favor of war with the United States, and the inspiring motive Is not vengeance, but booty. Os course, the present governing power is enlightened respecting our resources and their own inferiority to us. but the nation at large, high as well as low, believe their navy could, with little trouble, bombard our ports and levy tribute such as would bountifully supply the aching void in their treasury. This belief, far more than tneir hatred of us, accounts for their wild clamor for war. They believe us to be only a set of moneygathering cowards. The Spanish people arc welcome to entertain these contemptuous views regarding this country and people, but If war comes they will probably be disabused. In this respect it will be to some extent a campaign of education. The best argument in favor of intervention is contained in the answer of Consul General Lee to the question of Senator Frye regarding the possibility of Spain’s conquering the insurgents. The answer is as follows: The same condition of things existed when Mr. Cleveland asked me to go down there last June a year ago. 1 gave him a report three weeks after I got there. In which I told him there was no chance, in m.v opinion. of the Spaniards ever suppressing that insurrection, nor was there any chance of the insurrectionists expelling the Spanish soldiers from the island. That report is in the State Department somewhere to-day. and if l had to write it over 1 would not dot an "1” or cross a ”t.“ although I have been there nearly two years since then. If there were no choice between the contestants, the ordinary impulse of lookerson would be to intervene to stop an endless and

cruel conflict which is nothing but wholesale assassination. No European government could interfere when the facts point to the probability of an endless conflict. When did Senator Jones, of Nevada, get into a position that he should be put In tlie list of Republicans, voting for the TurpieI'oraker amendment? Senator Jones is an able man, but, representing Nevada, he declared himself an independent some time since. He is not a man to abuse the President, and should not be classed with Cannon, Pettigrew and the like. The other Senator Jones, the chairman of the Democratic national committee, showed that he resents the imputation that Mr. Bryan influenced him to vote lor recognition when he stated that he was compelled to do so because the President did not use the word ' independent” in the place of stable, as applied to the future government of Cuba. The revenue measure which is said to have been agreed upon in the event of war involves an increase of the present internal revenue tax on beer, chewing tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. All these articles can stand an increase, and in the case of beer at least it should be continued until the public debt >s paid. Not that beer or the makers of it deserve harsh treatment from the government, but it is an article which can carry a stiff tax, arid as long as the government needs extra revenue it should do so. Some interested friend should send Minister Woodford a postallcard and tell him there is prospect for war between this, country and the one in which he is now sojourning. It might bo well to suggest, also, if there should be room, on the card, that the Spanish might hold a Cabinet meeting or two without the presence cf the American minister or even in the event of the latter’s sailing for home. As soon as the Senate got through with its apparently interminable and practically fruitless delay it became at once in a hurry again. It reminds one of the selfish farmer who paused and wiped the perspiration from his brow as tho last load of hay from his own meadows was making its way to the barns and said: “Now that I have in ail my hay 1 think the world would be better for a little rain.” It is probable that, with the money he obtains from the patent medicine companies for the privilege of using his picture and tin: increased sale of his books owing to his recent extensive advertising, Emile Zola will have little trouble in paying ills fine. One cannot well wonder at the action of General Wallace in withdrawing from the senatorial race in view of the behavior of that body within the last few days. Neither is it lo be wondered at that war is considered preferable to a senatorial career. If, in case of war, Spain should find herself short of coal for hpr war vessels she would have no trouble; obtaining from this country the same sort of heat that Spain called “spontaneous combustion” when it blew up the Maine. With Great Britain on our side the United States need fear no great damage at the hands of the other “powers.”

Rt HULKS IN THE AIR. Amusement*. She—Quarreling lovcts are really only amusing themselves. He—And married couples In a row arhuse the neighbors. Mliirehen*lon. Wiekwirc—lf you do not work, you ought not to eat. mu . Hungry Higgins— There ,y’u go agin, jumpin’ on me for eat in’. I eat ’cause 1 have to; not ’cause I want to. Ruinous Extravagance. Watts—They say it costs $7,000 for every man killed in battle. * Potts—That is away too much. Why, if a man will hire a good lawyer, he can kill a whole family for that much. The Instrument. Simmons—ls this new song of yours written for the piano? Timmins—lt cen be sung to the. piano, of course, but It was written for toe steieopticon. . STATE PRESS OPINION. Spain Is making preparations—for a good licking—Fort Wayne News. Enlarge our navy by adding to it the Spanish torpedo flotilla. —Madison Couiier. The United States will Vie the power to grant the next armistice.—Fort Wayne Gazette. Spain should have made better use of her time in Cuba when she had pU tty of it. —Marion News. When the flying squadron begins to pepper the Castilian fleet, what a Spanish fly it wiil be.—Noblesville Ledger. The time to solve the obstinate Cuban question is now. when the knife can be laid at its root.—Terre Haute Express. Blanco’s armistice in Cuba will last until the insurgents begin to shoot holes in it. but no longer.—Vincennes Commercial. There can be no reasonable doubt but that we could take Cuba away from .he Spaniards. but what would we do with it atterwards?—Cannelton Enquirer. There has been nothtng vacillating or contradictory in the President's policy. It has been firm, for peace if possible, patriotic, for war if necessary.—Anderson Herald. When such men as Turpie, Turner and Tillman condemn the President’s policy, it should be a most convincing argument that McKinley is everlastingly right.—Frankfort News. When General Lee left Havana, “Get out” was the phrase yelled at him in Spanish. It will be echoed back in tones of thunder, but in the United States language—Seymour Republican. Two hundred and sixty-eight brave American sailors were assassinated in the twinkling of an eye. The American people demand reparation for that most monstrous crime. —Muncie News. When our navy sinks some Spanish war vessels there will bo no question as to who did it. We will acknowledge the act and ask for no arbitration on the subject.—Shelbyville Republican. It would not be so bad for the Senate to entertain such a varietv of views if the members would only desist from telling the people about them on every provocation. —Lafayette Courier. In case of declaration of war there are many on this side of the Atlantic who would be willing to pay the freight if Spain would send Weyler over to lead her troops in Cuba. —Evansville Journal. The most peaceably inclined citizen must see that an indefinite continuance of suspense would do more harm to the material interests of the country than could possibly by a war with Spain.—Goshen Times. A Madrid correspondent warns this country to be on guard against naval surprises. We have been on the alert ever since the blowing up of the Maine, which was considerable of a surprise.—Elkhart Review. There is no question as to the courage of Senator Foraker. either, as a soldier or as a statesman, but there is a question as to the wisdom of immediate recognition which he advocates.—Marion Chronicle. It has been two months since the Maine was blown up in lavana harbor by Spaniards. Now that uo have finally started, American justice should be as thorough as it has been deliberate.—Oakland City Journal. Not a voice is raised ,i this country in favor of the annexation of Cuba. That fact in itself is sufficient to convince the world that we are acting in good faith and in pursuit of our traditional iwllcy.—Plymouth Independent. The President might have secured greater applause for himself by precipitating lioetil-

ities and then handing the country over to Congress*, but Congress is the war-making power, and the executive has not trenched on its prerogatives a hair's breadth.—Terre Haute Mail. We do not believe in war if it can be avoided, but by the eternal we can see no other honorable way of getting satisfaction for the 266 brave lives that were sacrificed with the Maine by Spanish treachery and hatred.—Crown Point Register. However much wc may have deplored war, if it comes, it will be the duty, the patriotic duty of every citizen to uphold the President and those in authority in whatever steps may he taken to maintain the honor of the countrv and the glory of the flag. —Middletown News. Now that the country is face to face wit.i a war proposition, it must be gratifying to the average citizen to know that its linaneial condition is highly satisfactory and to contrast it with "what might have been” had the free* silver proposition carried in 1896 and the country been placed upon a silver basis.—Logansport Journal. After about a week of the imbecility of Congress, us exemplified in both houses, the people of the United States are constrained to believe that the executive is wiser and safer at the present crisis than are either of the legislative branches of the government. The public is settling down to the conviction that President McKinley's plan should he promptly adopted, and nobody believes that further playing of polities should be tolerated.—Fort Wayne News. AUDIT I'EOPLK A\l> THINGS. Berlin has female commercial travelers who go their rounds on tricycles, to which are attached their boxes of samples. Gen. Fitzbugh Lee came home from Havana on the anniversary of the day that he went home from Appomattox—the 9th day of April. On her way home from the play not long ago Miss Ellen Terry was rehearsing the “Ophelia” “mad scenes” out loud, when the cabman looked down and wanted to know if she were ill. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, said In introducing James Whitcomb Riley to an audience in Nashville: “I would rather go with Riley to Old Aunt Mary's than to go to the United States Senate.” Queen Victoria lias read and reread the poems of Scott so often that she knows of them by heart, and often during her drives repeats verses descriptive of the scenery through which she is passing. A gentleman who recently died in London at the age of seventy had been a smoker since he was seventeen. During that time he kept a diary, in which he recorded that he had smoked 328.713 cigars, 43,639 of which were gifts. Those he paid for cost him $30,850. The longevity of German professors is becoming proverbial. A few weeks ago Otto Bohtlingk. the eminent' Sanscrit scholar, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of his promotion to the doctor’s degree. He is eighty-three years old and in perfect health. Since 1885 he has been professor at Leipsie. As Mr. Gladstone was felling a tree near the road once an old man came up, and* after looking critically at him for a time, said: “Owd mon. let me have owt of that ax.” It was at once handed to him. and he chopped away for some time and stopped, saying: "That's the way to use a ax. I’ve been used a good deal to this sort of a job, thou knows.” A few' days after he learned whom he had been speaking to and hastened to apologize for his rudeness. “No apology is needed,” said tile amused statesman. A correspondent at Mentone states that Aubrey Beardsley was buried there, the funeral being attended by many members of the English colony. The closing scenes in the young artist’s life were exceedingly pathetic. He suffered great pain, but was Invariably gentle and patient. When very near the end he said “he was very sorry to leave the bright world so young and his work so incomplete, but since it was God’s will he was ready to go.” He was full of projects of future work almost within a few days of his death. His end was quite peaceful. The Osservatore Romano thus describes w hy the Pope does not appear on the streets of Rome: “If the Pope went about in Rome he would inevitably be made the object of demonstrations of respectful enthusiasm on the part of the faithful, and by a natural reaction these demonstrations would be followed by others of a hostile character. The Pope would he simultaneously applauded and hissed and surrounded by tumults and faction fights. The government would render military honors to him, but it could not long tolerate in the streets of Rome demonstrations in favor of the Pope, who, after all, is a dispossessed sovereign.” Father Barabasz. of Baltimore, who visited his countryman, Henry Sienkiewiez, not long ago. says in the Baltimore Sun that the Polish novelist is very simple in his manners and is rather silent when in society. but he is a good listener to a good story. He is of medium size, rather dark, and is inclined to baldness, with a hint of gray over the temples. The name is pronounced Chen-kay-veetch. with the accent on the second syllable and the ch prorounced as in child. His home is now at Warsaw, though much of his time is spent in traveling and in getting material for his literary work. He has been married twice. The death of his first W'ife occurred when he was writing "Fan Michael,” and its somber tone is traced back to that event.

If it is true that the girl Queen of Holland has snubbed that mighty potentate, Emperor William of Germany, she has doubtless incurred his lasting enmity. As the story goes in London, the Emperor practically invited himself to the coronation of Queen Wilhelmina. in September next, and went so far as to engage one of the greatest palaces at The Hague for the occasion. But it was seen at once that if present he would overshadow everybody else at the ceremony, and. assuming a paternal role toward the young Queen, would present himself to the gaze of the world as her protector, if not as her suzerain. It was therefore necessary to inform him. and all other European sovereigns, that the ceremony is to be conducted on the most simple scale, as an exclusively national affair, and that no foreign rulers or special representatives 'are expected. We wandered on the seashore, We wondered at the sky; I told her how I loved her; She said. "She wondered why.” I wondered if she’d have me: She gently answered "Yes,” And then we wandered, wondering, In speechless happiness. And now. since we are wedded, We wonder, as of yore. We wondered as we wandered Along the ocean shore. With just the bat of difference That our wonder we condense Into wondering how we happened To have so little sense. —London Figaro. CURRENT PERIODICALS. The April number of the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine includes a naval supplement. with illustrations showing the interior construction of battle ships. Mr. Alfred F. Potts, of Indianapolis, has a paper ill the April number of the Municipal Engineering Magazine on “A Successful Substitute for Municipal Ownership.” “Want Ads” and employment bureaus, in their relation to the day laborer out of a job, will be depicted in the May installment of “The Workers" in Scribner's. Kenyon Cox and Russell Sturgis will discuss “The Value of the Photograph.” as an adjunct to modern art. in the same issue. The Easter number of the New York Ledger is very attractive. The cover lias a figure emblematic of “Purity.” exquisitely beautiful, exquisite in attitude, holding in her left hand and breathing the perfume of the lily. The Ledger maintains its old-time reputation as a family story paper above reproach. Mr. Henry Newholt. the young English poet whose "Admirals All" was by many critics counted tlie best addition to English literature last year, contributes a swinging ballad. "Gillespie.” to the May Atlantic; Mr. Stephen Phillips, whose verse w;s “crowned" by tho London Academy, writes a noteworthy poem, “After Rain.” An entertaining series of papers ih early numbers of tlir Atlantic will be Librarian Spofford's “Washington Reminiscences. ” The first one. which appears in May, is devoted to Peter Force, the patriotic historian, and William P. Fessenden, the senator and secretary, and give-* token of much spicy and instructive matter to follow. The Chicago White City Art Company issues simultaneously its second quarterly number of Art idols and its monthly Great Pictures. The first contains six line studies from the nude by well-known Paris artists; the other, besides several female figures, has a representation of Chicago day a( th* world's fair and of a group of statuary on the fair grounds, Tho Trained Motherhood Magazine is very practical. Its April issue contains article*

on “Complications in Measles.” “The Hygiene of Childhood." “Mothers and Daughters.” “Preservation of the Teeth.” "Legal Rights of Mother and Child.” “A Doctor's Talk with Mothers.” "The Kindergarten In the Home,” and ’The Question of the Child's Dress.” A war poem by Rudyard Kipling, especially apposite to the present crisis, will appear in McClure's Magazine for May. It is described as treating, with all of Kipling's wonderful sweep and subtlety, of the torpedo, with its “strength of twice three hundred horse"— “The doom bolt in. the darkness freed— The mine that splits the main—” Ihe latest bundle of leaflets on nature study- qwopared by the faculty of Purdue University are on the following topics: “A Study of. Our Insect Enemies,” “A Talk About Water Drops.” “Climate in Some of Its Relations to Daily Life.” "The Germination of Seeds.” "Our Insect Friends.” "Butter-making for Young People.” “About Spiders and Their Curious Ways." and "The Work of Water.” They are intended especially for the use of children In the schools in rural districts, but some of them are at least well adapted for city schools and would afford great aid to teachers. The -National Geographic Magazine for April is a Klondike number, and as it is issued by the National Geographic Society at Washington the information it contains may be accepted as accurate. Topics of the various papers are: "The Northwest Passes to the Yukon,” "Overland Routes to the Klondike,” "The Future of the Yukon Goldfields.” "Notes cn the Wild Fowl and Game of Alaska.” "A Yukon Pioneer,” "Alaska and Its Mineral Resources.” "The Civil Government of Alaska." "Possibilities of Agrieplturo in Alaska." A large map issued by the United Sjates Geological Survey and showing the gold and coal fields is a feature of the number. The International Studio for April has many beautiful and suggestive art reproductions, with less than usual of that form of art which is beyond the comprehension of the ordinary observer. The frontispiece, a color plate by Granville Fell, representing “March,” is of the latter class, however. It shows a woman with wind-blown draperies and impossible hair floating about her head and a scared hare at her feet. It is hardly probable, though, that the artist meant to perpetrate a pictorial pun involving "March hares.” A paper, "Decorative Art in Paris,” has some designs in furniture, wall paper and ornaments that arc worth studying. A color plate shows a decoration in enameled tiles for a bathroom; it is the work of Oharpe.ntier and Aubert, and is a revelation of what can be done in this line. Some pleasing designs in bookbinding arc shown. In the chapter of “Studio Talk" some notes are given of the arts and studio crafts exhibition recently held at Berlin. The supplemental chapter relating to American art is unimportant.

AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION. Views of Eminent Jurists ns to the Recognition of Governments. To the Editor cf the Indianapolis Journal: As the question whether the recognition of anew government in Cuba is an executive or legislative function has become a practical one, it may be of interest to your readers to know w’hat some of the courts have said about the matter. In Williams vs. the Suffolk Insurance Company |3d Sumner, 272), the decision of the case turned upon the disputed sovereignty over the Falkland islands. The government of Buenos Ayres insisted that those islands were a part of its dominions. This the government of the United States denied. Mr. Justice Story, being asked to decide this question as an original judicial question, refused to do so, and said: “My judgment is that this court possesses no such authority: that it is bound by the doctrines and claims insisted on by its own government, and that it must take them to be rightful until the contrary is established by some formal and authorized action of that government. It is very clear that it belongs exclusively to the executive department of our government to recognize, from time to time, any new governments which may arise in the political revolutions of the world; and until such new governments are so recognized they cannot be admitted by our courts of justice to have or to exercise the common rights and prerogatives of sovereignty.” To this proposition Justice Story cites Gelston vs. Hoyt (3d Wheaton, 246), and a number of English cases. The same' case in which this opinion was delivered by Mi Justice Story having been brought before the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice McLean (13th Pet., 415), speaking for the court, said: "Can there be any doubt that when the executive branch of the government, which is charged with our foreign relations, shall in its correspondence with a foreign nation assume a fact in regard to the sovereignty of any island orfeountry, it is conclusive on the judicial deArtment? And in this view it is not material to inquire, nor is it the province of the court to determine, whether the executive be right or wrong. It is enough to know that in the exercise of his constitutional functions he has decided tlie question. Having done this under the responsibilities which belong to him. it is obligatory on the people and government of the Union.” In the case of Luther vs. Borden (7th Howard, 1) the question for decision was which of two alleged governments was the true state government of Rhode Island. It was there held that under the constitutional requirement that the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, it was for Congress to decide what* government is established in the State before it can determine whether it is republican or not, and that, therefore, the act of Congress which had been passed was in that case controlling. But Mr. Chief Justice Taney, speaking for the court in that case, said: "In the case of foreign nations, the government acknowledged by the President is always recognized In the courts of justice. And this principle has been applied by the act of Congress to the sovereign States of the Union. It is said that this power in the President is dangerous to liberty, and may be abused. All power may be abused if placed in unworthy hands. But it would be difficult, we think, to point out any other hands in which this power would be more safe and at the same time equally effectual.” Again, only a few years ago. in Jones vs. The United States (137 U. S., 202), In which the question for decision was as to the sovereignty of the United States over Navassa, a small island in the Caribbean sea, Mr. Justice Gray delivering the opinion of the court, cited and quoted wltn approval the language of Mr. Justice McLean in the Suffolk insurance case above set forth. These opinions seem to indicate pretty clearly the trend of judicial opinion upon this question. W. H. H. MILLER. Indianapolis. April 17. “Bless Thou the Guim.” Hid in earth's caverns deep. In the cold ores asleep. Or in the lightning's thrall, Force waits for Freedom's call! Out of Th.v mountains old Thou gav'st the iron we mold. And the stern, tenqiered steel To liberty we seal. May we Thy gifts of might Use well to serve the right; And mav our righteous wrath Le_ve tle ir fi rp‘i ce a p th—lfiecs Thou the guns'. Not worn with ancient hate tVe the first shock await; Not that our Saxon kin Returned the Armada In. Rut that Thy word may be No empty prophecy; That faitli may rise, restored By the avenging sword, W>" out of peaceful ways Turn to the itower that slays. Out of the battle's dame Lord, bring us free front blame— Bless Thou the guns! I/Ot'd, at our very door, Rcalli clutches at Thy poor. And stricken liberty Raises her bauds to Thee; Lord. *ti our lark to do if Thy o vvn word be true! Thou who the stars hast blent In the flag's Armament--Thou who to Freedom’s hand tlav'st Die new western land. Thou vvhu didst trrael lend Forth, free ol Pharaoh's greed. Bless Thou the guns! —Meredith NkhoDon.

BOOKS OF THE TIME. Drentueni of the Ghetto, n Study of the Jewish People. This book, by I. ZangwlU, is a series of studies of the Jewish people Intended, presumably, for the enlightenment of the gentiles as to the purposes, principles and Inspirations of thr Hebrews. The work is not In the form of a story, but is in detached chapters, each treating of some phase of life among these people since the establishment of the Ghetto In the sixteenth century. Some of the “dreamers” are wholly imaginary and used to illustrate th© truths the author desires to present; others are historic personages. Heine, for example. The first sketch, "A Child of th© Ghetto.” Is a wonderfully graphic account of the life of a child ill the Venetian Jewry and of the religious customs of the people. It has an especial earnestness and intensity as if, indeed, it were a bit of autobiography. The next sketch, "Joseph the Dreamer." is one. (ho author explains, iu which the subject is the artistic typl Meat ion of many souls thrmgh which the great Ghetto dream lma passed. It is the stofy of a youth of religious nature and intense earnestness, who is converted to Christianity and is filled with a passionate zeal lor the conversion of his people. He becomes a Franciscan monk and his preaching draws multitude* of people to hear him. but no Jews are among them, for they scorn' and despise him; lo them, even to his father and mother, he is as one dead. He finally sacrifices his life for them, but they know him not. In a spnse all the personages represented are "dreamers.” Mr. Zangwill considers this a habit or characterization of the race growing out of centuries of isolation. Such persons are not .really visionaries. for they may have a keen Interest in ordinary affairs, hut they indulge iu imaginative flights which are at once, according to the author's theory, admirable and a source of danger. These pictures of Jewish life arc not pleasant; many of them are tragic. They btar the impress of truth, and- the. history of the Jews has been ill many of Its features a continued tragedy. But ‘the character of the race, its condition and its' possibilities are set fortli in these studios with great power. Mr. Zangwill has done a service to his people in producing this work. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. The War of the Worlds. This book, by H. G. Wells, resembles “The Invisible Mail.” by the same author, in that it is a story of what might be called an impossible possibility. It is at once fantastic and realistic, a vivid account of happenings and events which even the imagination can scarcely grasp. "The War ot th© Worlds” purports to describe a conflict Detween the inhabitants of Mars and those of earth, or rather those of England, in which the former are nearly victorious. Tho story opens with some serai-scientific observations intended to show the possibility of such a conflict. Then, according to the author, a great light, in 1894. was seen on the illuminated part of the disk of Mars, was perhaps the casting of the huge gun from which shells were fired at the earth. The storm burst “six years ago now." Across the forty million miles of void ten shells were thrown, from the smaller, older and colder planet to our own more di sirable world—and thrown with such precision that all of them fell in the immediate neighborhood of London. These shells or cylinders being about thirty yards in diameter, each contained a number of the invaders together with the strange implements of war that made them resistless. In all, fifty Martians arrived—a small invading force to attack England, but they came near subjugating the island and were only prevented from doing so by the microbes, germs and bacteria which in turn attacked them. “There are no bacteria in Mars,” says the author, “and directly these invaders arrived. directly they drank and fed. our microscopic allies began to work their overthrow. The Martians Were slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria, against which their systems were unprepared.” The description of this weird conflict and of the awfully destructive engines of war used by the Martians makes a fantastic ftfory of considerable inhuman interest.. The illustrations are of the supernatural kind. Harper & .Brothers.

Heirloom* in .Miniature. A very pretty conception’ is well 'c&jrrlad out in a work entitled “Heirlooms in Miniatures,” by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. It is a collection of photogravure facsimiles of miniature portraits done by the best painters of colonial, revolutionary and modern times, and now treasured as family heirlooms. The author says she started out with the idea of gathering some interesting and representative American miniatures and accompanying them with a brief record of the individuals whom they represent, but in the course of her researches and correspondence with families owning valued heirlooms in miniatures, so much of interest was brought to light with regard to early American painters thut the book grew Into a chronicle of the sayings and doings of the artists, as well as of those whom they portrayed. This enlarging of the scope of the book has added to its interest, for the reminiscences and anecdotes of various artists thus brought to light possess historic value as well as interest, since some of them wore honorably connected with the country’s progress in the arts and sciences, as well as with her colonial and revolutionary life. The collection contains photogravures of about ninety miniature portraits of noted Americans, men and women, done by English or American artists. The engravings are not colored, but they convey an excellent idea of the originals. The text is interesting, containing chapters on early American art, the beauty of our grandmothers, end-of-thecenturv artists, etc., with a special chapter on “Miniature Painting as an Art.” by Emily Drayton Taylor. The book is handsomely printed gnd bound. Philadelphia: J. B. Lipptncott Company. Simon Dale. In this story Mr. Anthony Hope, turning away from the Imaginary kingdom of Ruritania. draws his Inspiration from actual history and offers a romance of the time of Charles the Second—that merry monarch himself, with members of his court and the frail but fascinating Mistress Eleanor Gwyn, figuring therein. Simon Dale, excepting in name, differs in no respect from Mr. Rassendyll, temporarily of Zenda, being a person of true gentlemanly instincts and of bold and adventurous disposition, especially in the cause of a fair lady in distress. Mr. Dale is not without faults, being somewhat fickle and disposed to divide ills affections. his inclination being the strongest toward Nell Gwvn. And, indeed, so deftly is the character of this lady drawn that the reader of this tale feels her charm as well as Simon, and finds her the most interesting personage of the company, parting from her with some of the regret that he feels when his approaching marriage makes such course desirable. There la plenty of adventure, hut none of a tragic sort, and. while the story does not profess historical accuracy, the author’s picture of the men and manners of the period to which so much interest—of rather an unaccountable sort—has always attached Is probably as near to truth as that of another. He has made, at least, a very readable hook. Published bv the Frederick A. Stokes Company. Now York. Poem* by Lloyd Mi 111 in. Mr. Lloyd Mifflin, whose volume of sonnets, “At the Gates of Song," attracted favorable attention, has published another volume of verse, “The Slopes of Helicon, and Other Poems.” This volume will settle the question whether a sonnet writer of distinction can also be a lyrist, for it contains many short poems of distinct'y lyrical form and decided merit. The volume, which is of medium size, contains nearly one hundred poems of varying length, hut none very long, arid embracing a wluc and original range of topics. They are classified under the heads “The Slopes of Helicon,” or classical themes: Pastorals,” or poems of nature; “Sonnets;” “Beneath the Raven’s Wing,” somber aud tragic poems; “Arrows of Eros,” love poems, and “Minor t'hords," poems of pathos and sentiment. Many of the short poems would Irear quoting if space permitted. The tone of the book is high, the literary workmanship of a superior order. and the whole is a real contribution to American literature. The volume is tastefully Illustrated and published In attractive form by Estes * l*aurlut. Boston. tomie History of Greece. A complete history of burlesques would include as one feature the burlesquing of history. This ha> been more or less a favorite pastime with many writers—caricaturing the characters and events of real history and making them material for comedy and ridicule. There have been pomic histories of Rome, of England, of ihv