Show WHAT THE OTHERS THINK THIN THEY KNOW CABLE FACILITIES From the New York Tribune The righteous demand for foi maintenance of the open door for commerce commerce and nd Industry industry industry in in- in the far East may properly be be supplemented or Indeed complemented complemented- l with a like demand for like open doors for that communication which is essential 0 c o oboth both commerce and statecraft The time Is at hand when we must have telegraphic communication a across ross the Pacific To have ave to telegraph from Washington or from San Francisco to Manila by way of ot New York Yal Suez Aden Colombo Colom Colom- bo ho and Is not to be endured Wo We must have direct connection under our own flag with all aU our outlying possessions possessions possessions pos pos- sessions and free access on equal terms with all others to China and the adjacent adjacent adjacent adja adja- cent lands THE THE REPLY TO rOo lIO HOLLAND LAN From the N New w York Sun The are not the only peo people people peo- peo pIe likely to f feel el Indignation when they perceive that the practical purport of ot Lord Lansdowne's reply to Holland Is to remit the Boers Beers to a a. choice between unconditional unconditional un un- conditional surrender and extermination The tenor of Lord Rosebery's speech In the House of ot Lords Indicated that In his opinion it was unnecessary to Insist upon such an alternative The Inference to be drawn from his his- remarks was that If he were Prime Minister he would while withholding from rom the Boers a restoration of ot their independence try to hit upon some compromise which they would be willing t to acc accept pt I GERMAN COLONIES From the St. St Louis Globe Herr Richter has been telling his countrymen In a speech which he has Just made In the Reichstag that Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's colonies number Germans ap that hat each of ot these costs the German Government Government Government Gov Gov- In the neighborhood of ot 1428 a year Germany has hal many opponents of ot of Its governments government's colonial policy Bismarck Bis Bia ls marck was against the colonial system at first He said the Germans had no talent for colonization There are many persons in Germany today who great Chancellor was as right on that question question question ques ques- tion a at that time H lIe He accepted the policy later on but h he never had much faith in it it THE NATIONAL ATONAL GUARD From the Chicago Tribune The support givers given to the War ar departments department's departments department's depart depart- ments ment's bill for Cor the reorganization of ot the National Guard now pending In Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress by Its leading officers In Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and Indiana Is another reason why this Important bill should be promptly passed There should because because because be be- be no unnecessary delay In this case cause the details of ot this reorganization will wUl require a considerable le period of time for Cor perfecting |