Show AM in International relations are always In often oft m delicate tt lift Aun Aug u tria and they the hive hile usually very vera er lint but a l new n cause t of ot friction lies has r a n mom t peculiar 1 one on ab unique They Th are r the recent Hoods 1100 s In III Siberia lr cause The mutter matter was wan re recently l 1 by 11 the Prussian Pru crown council It WI called ea lied oj GI for it tilt th of ot means for lor relieving the tie reused caused by lw the hl heavy Hood In and anil for tor some Om ten million mark 1 lion has be n appropriated This was wa the os ostensible purpose but tb Ih rest real one ont It la is said aid was wn the necessity for tor ome some at AI r with Austria owing to tu the fact thAt HIP IIII rivers which hl h caused the he damage rise rIM in Austrian territory Now wherein Is ii Al to blame i iI Fly Dr her of ot timber r In the I i uplands of ot the Austrian I highlands causing the th rivera to t ti overflow C their rank banki experts say that Silesia will be In danger from rom until thee thet e highlands are replant n r ed oil II with trees How 1101 to Induce Austria to do this thIn Is 11 occupying the time and ami attention of or the Ih lie l advisers If It Austria cult CUll bo be Induced to see HOO that the lie cause of ot the lie Hoods Is III tho lie of oC timber upon tipoti the highlands of her river sources no 10 doubt douht an accommodation will bt b re lly reached lint supposing Austria JOtS does not ac cc accept the Prussian view Iel what titan then Is III sovereign find not subject Must lust Musin lusta a n nation 1111 tI like an Individual be governed by lIy the rule rulo Ho io use your own 0 ns os not nol notto to tn Injure another It would bo be a n most Interesting question for or The rhe Hague court ourt of oC arbitration to 10 decide This cone CUMe emphasizes the Importance of or timber In III connection with Hoods am water supply experts who have studied the question 11 Ay there Is In n U very ery 01 relation be Ie between tween wren the he th two that the destruction e of ot timber hastens hn tho the melting incIting of oC snow and the evaporation nail running ort off water lUter from rota Iho tho ground Thu cutting of ut the tha timber hastens hastIN the emptying of the tho thore reservoirs re Cr The sino same principle may InnY be bu seen in lii the watering of ot a 1 garden Where nothing I Is done dotie to tu retain the tho moisture In lit the ground it soon goes out but hut where brush or ur straw Is In placed river over the tho lie watered ground the Iho moisture Is retained for a 1 long time The brush and straw are ute forests In hI miniature That which has itan ha happened happen ell In 11 through the destruction destination of ot Austrian timber happens every year ear III In our own country countr but hilt happily cause and effect are arc all 1111 within our own boundaries The annual great grout Hoods In the Ohio are am undoubtedly largely due to the destruction of ot the timber along that hint river The rite same name Is M true of tIe the Mississippi anti and Missouri And Ami oven even where there are lire torrential to trim rains tot fot by great t were there timber In the section where they occur the tue loOt flood danger would ol be Infinitely less les lesIn IfSHIn lessIn In our own on State the danger dongel from tron Hoods floOds ll Is very Iry remote but Jut the tho danger danKer to the water supply through denuding the hills and mountains of or timber Is IA i very ery great It should be permitted but the planting plan tin of oC trees near the tho water vater sources should b lit be encouraged The rite 10 plo pIe of ot each Ich should look to would supplement their efforts In this arid country life lito animal and vegetable In II dependent upon the water vater supply and nOlI the tho tatter latter very ery largely up upon upon on the preservation of ot timber In the tho mountains Cutting Ion doWn of or the forests In the Austrian and the consequent Hoods floods In Silesia furnish a 0 lesson by which America should profit |