Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — REALLY AN APT COMPARISON. [ARTICLE]

REALLY AN APT COMPARISON.

Good Illustration of the True Position of China. During a debate in the senate on foreign affairs one day one of the senators was discussing China’s somewhat precarious position In the Russo-Japanese war. “Gentleman," observed the senator, humorously, “It has always seemed to mo that China is hopelessly small and helpless as compared with Russia or Japan. Anything she may have to say to the combatants is suggestive of the remark that the gamecock made to the horses. "This game-cock, as you well know, found himself one day In a stable full of horses—huge, restless steeds. They were all kicking and stamping about The cock had to dodge from right to left and from left to right to avoid being trampled to pieces. As he shot this way and that between the heavy hoofs, he kept singing out: " Take care, gentlemen; don’t let us tread on one another.’”—lllustrated Sunday Magazine.