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SATLHDAY. XOYKMHKll Hi. I j.
RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.
There is every reason why llus
sian sUil esliieu should rejoice
;il I In* success of Servian arms
iml it din's nut help Ili«> prosped
«»r peace In innko an open show
• •I joy Ihcreal. Si'rvia lies on
1lie flank of I lie route Austria
hopes some day lu lake through
Albania to I he Port id" Salonika,
and l«t Miiin access In I he Meil
ilerranean through I lie Aegean.
Thai is an outcome id I lie war
in I he Halkans which llie rulers
of llnssia would no| like al all
unless an offset could he obtain
ed elsewhere in I lit* Peninsula.
Tlie si router Si'rvia shows her
self in Im? and I lie more she is
aide lo conlrihule to the driving
in i ii«* l urks hack In I In* slmros
of lIi«' Hosporus. or beyond, ilw
more difficult will lie I Ik.* realiz
atinn nf Aiislrian hopes, the more
•practicable tin* long-cherished
plans nf Russia. Tin* main fact
in (lie situation is lhal lln* aims
of Russia and I hose of Austria
an* almost hopelessly opposed.
The problem of I lie peace of
Europe lies largely in I heir re
conciliation.
Of the claims of I he two em
pires, those of Russia seem in
themselves the more reasonable.
With a vast territory stretching
across the northern part of Eu
rope ami Asia; with a population
which, though backward in many
ways, judged by jnodcrii stand
ards, is steadily advancing in the
arls of production, Russia has
lio great port open lln* year
round lo the ocean pathways of
commerce. Holding lln- northern
fdiore of the Iflack Sea, her ac
cess lo the Mediterranean is
blocked by tile Turkish posses
sion of I In* Itosporus and the
Dardanelles, over and again she
has wane,| war lo clear her way
of this obstacle, and twice ;il
least .she has been balked of the
fruits of hard-won vidories
»nice when her roiu|ucriiiK arm
ies held Constant inople under
their iius. And all of her dis
appoint meiils ha\e been inllict
ed tipoii her, not by her imme
diate foe. but by the .jealous pow
ers i»f Kuropc. Kvery general
uiriaii'd hy llirsr pow
ers has hi'rn f»»lI**\v<*«l I>y \ i< 11;i_
lions in I In* j111«•!*«•.«I ul° Russia's
rivals, tin- lalrsl Ihmiih I In* aii
mwa'tion «.r Itosnia and llrrze—
Ko\in;t in i>|n'ii ronlimipl of I lie
Trraly "I' liiu'liu. Ansli/ia. mi
lh> i»lln»r hand. aln'snlv has ar
ri»s> l<i (hi* Ailrialii' al 111 «• I'orl
«»r Trifslr.
Ii is not. hi'UcM'i*. IiU<• I> thai
I In* i-i'lai i\c ira>i>naldrnrss of
I h• • claims <d' I In* rival powers
will ha\«' drrisi\r wri^lil in Mir
ail.juslnn-nl that will linallv hi*
madr. Thai will primarily In* • -
Irriiiini'il in pn-;il pari hy I In*
"frood rub* .if 111;i11 Willi man.'
h\ I In- rHalixr I'orrr rarli pos
sesses "i* ran rummaml. Hy I his
rnh' Austria al prrsrnt has lln>
advantage, hrrausr her own mil
itary strength is great ami is
well in haml. ami because she
will prnhahly hi* hacked hy <ier
many, II was I In1 swifl mass
ing nf ♦ii'i'inan troops on her
howlers I lull compelled llussia to
suhmil with such |:racn as she
con hi whrn A iihI rin tore up Ihr
Trraly of Iterliu. Will a like
threat"iiiiiK allilmlr hr assumed
whrn I hr present crisis has In
In- farpil in a ronfrrrnrr of pow
rrf, all,| will it liavr Ihr same
riTrrl ? Thai, so far as ran now
hr srrn, is Ihr crucial ipirsliMi
in Ihr situation as if-exists.
Murli, il may hr said. drpomls
on ihr result of ii war not yrl
decided. Mul whalrvrr Ihr Dual
oulronir, tin' Balkan problem w ill
nrvrr again hr tin* same. If the
Balkan League fails in driving Ihr
Turks into and possibly out of
Onnfttnntinople, they will begin
again the preparations thai have
amazed ' Europo. :lf Turkey In
not utterly defeated she will nc
bo allowed to resume unchecke
sway over her European proviii
ces. And she will never agai
be available, as she has been i
the ..past,, to bar way of Rus
sia to the open seas. If Auetric
backed by Ciennany, seeks tha
result, cither war or the fear -o
which all Europe will be involv
ed, is likely to determine lb
result. The hope for peace lie:
in the fear of war, and in on
judgment it is a reasonable hope
When the responsible statesmei
«>f Kurope are presented will
the dreadful responsibility o
actual decision we are cmiNdcn
that they will deride for peace
When they measure the cost oi
war, its cruel losses, its limitlcs.*
destruction, with its uncertain,
res, and compare those with
I lie utmost possible advantage.*
ti» lie gained by victory on tin
one side or <»n the other, we be.
lieve that they will decide I'm
I peace and find Ih'c means In
! maintain it.—New York Times.
SPECULATED BEFORE HE
DIED.
Iii a will tiled willt lii<> apprais
al i>r an estate in I In* Transfer
Tax OlVieo, New York (lily, llirrr
! is a paragraph of a mos unusu
al sort. In il lIn* testator was
at sonic pains In It'll I In* reasons
why ln> expecti'il lo accumulate
, siuiii'l liinfi i»f a fortune I»#• l"«»Hit'
time came for dividing his prop
erly aiming his lii'irs. "I now,"
In* wrote, "liavi* sonii' money
[IInnisanils nf dollars. ahead. I
owe no ih'hls wlialt'Vt'r. nor are
Ihere any claims apainst inc. ' I
owe nit hills, Inil pay cash fur
all my purchases. I noil her spec
ulate nor gamble. even in Hie
smallest way. II is therefore
more than possible that, unless
some unforeseen misfortune ov
ertakes me. I will leave a little
something when I die."
He did — ho loft just $18,05".;,
ami, as fortunes go nowadays, "a
little something" is an accurate
description of that amount. From
the executor's report it appears
that lht> man who made the will
exaggerated slightly when he said
he paitl cash for everything, hut
his debts wore no larger and no
more numerous than would in
evitably be contracted by any ex
cept the most fanatical of fol
lowers of (hat much commended
bul inconvenient and not always
economical system. The debts are
s<» few and small that they do
no| convict him of serious in
consistency.
One m»l ices, however. that
among I lie securities listed as
forming pari to the estate were
fifty shares in an oii company and
1,000 in a silver mine—both
worthless according to the up
.praiser. From that the conclu
sion must b« drawn that the hah
it and resolution not to gamhli
and speculate "even in the small,
est way" expired before the pro.
phetic's an<$» self-vongratulatorj
testator went the da^Jj road. tfer.
fraps, like most othef' people, h<
was able to convince fcini&clf'ihal
thfe purchase of thsoe shares wtft
investment, not speculation. Mosl
»»f us can'do lhat, now and then
But why, b'cing *o hopeful—
and therefore by necessary im
plication so desirous—of leaving
a little something when he died,
<lid this worthy • person vaunt
himself an abstention from what
was undoubtedly the most prom
ising means of making others
admit, lhat be htcd gained bis
end? Fortunes worthy of the
name are made, nnl saved, and
they are usually made by activ
ities that are more or less spec
ulative, that involve a taking of
some chances. There is a wise
as well as a foolish taking of
chances. Caution is often an
other name for cowardice, and
Ibis is a world that reserves most
of its rewairds for courage.
TEMPORA MUTANTUR.
Kansas lias adopted woman
suffrage by constitutional amend
ment. Il«»\v times tin change.
Thirty years ago I ho llrsl po
litical stall at woman suffrage in
Hit* Sunflower state was greeted
with ridicule and was ahandon
j ed.
In IHHJ the Kansas Il<>|»ii)>li —
ran machine was 'dominated by
|Coventor .John I*. St. John, who
hoped 1° heroine president, on
I In* prohibition issue. lie had
himself nominated for a third
term as governor, and had 111.»
Ilepnhliean state platform in
dorse prohibit ion and woman
suffrage. Then the convention
nomiated a negro with an Irish
name for state auditor to show
its irresponsible power. A vigor
ous minority protested against
most of the program, except the
nomination of the negro Mc
('abe, whom it helped to nomi
nate, to add to the handicap of
the ticket.
Well, SI. John was defeated at
th polls, the negro was elect
ed, although badly scratched.
WYnnan suffrage was dropped
from the party erred, but pro
hibition was retained. Now wo
man suffrage gets into the fun
damental law of the state. Rut
a widespread feeling in the state
at that lime was expressed by
a Republican politician, who said
after the convention adjourned:
*'SI. John, and the nigger, and
prohibition, and woman suffrage.
Now aim' that a hell of a mess?"
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