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Show THE CITIZEN 6 UNCLE JESSIE KNIGHT throw a lurid light on the actions of the great powers, where thousands were asked for at the cannons mouth, only hundred allotted. At the time the blockade was being established, Drago, the tine foreign minister, addressed a note to our government rjfr ing the establishment of the principle that armed intervention; never be employed to force the payment of the public debt of at a doctrine which immediately became popular with the , but which was never accepted by Europe or the United At the second Hague Conference of 1907 the Kss resolution was adopted, which forbids the employment of force collection of public debts until the claims shall have been app of by an arbitration court appointed by the creditor and debtor tries, and the payment thereof shall have been refused, or u: demand, for an arbitration shall have been declined or disrega the debtor country. This, says Manning, one of .our authoril questions, relieves the weaker nations of the 4; of the forcible collection of bogus claims, but does not relieve ft '.if &e'1i of responsibility for the payment of just claims. Two of the ablest and most esteemed members of the L. D. S. church Apostle Lund and, Jesse Knight have passed away within a few weeks of each other. As Apostle Lund built in tlie spiritual realm so Jesse Knight built in "the material. A child of the plains and mountains he became a self-machieftain of enterprise, succeeding in divers ways as he amassed one of the notable fortunes of the state. While he worked and achieved for himself and his family he worked and achieved unremittingly for his people and his state. Endowed by his pioneer parents with a brave heart and a creative spirit he adventured nobly. He began as a boy to construct an independent business career for himself. When only sixteen he acquired a few hundred dollars and went into the freighting business. A few years later he turned to prospecting and it was not long until he had become one of Utahs rich mining men. As soon as he had laid aside a little treasure for himself his to others. For the sake of others thoughts turned in loving-kindnehe undertook many and varied enterprises. We are told that when he was approached in the interest of some new business he could always be induced to invest if it promised to help many persons. What good will it do to other people. he asked, and if the answer was satisfactory his money was freely used to promote and develop the enterprise. His life was crowded with events and the story of it would fill a fascinating book of western pioneering and enterprise, but it was his character, rather than his career, that made him beloved by his own people and by the people of all faiths. It was his character, centered with a golden heart, that made him one of the great men of his state. -- de . Latin-icans- so-call- ed f m Latin-Americ- an ss utb MR. HARDING AND THR WILSON POLICI There is something hilarious in the serious statement that frier dent Harding will not abandon the policies of his predecossor. there is something even merrier in the solemn explanation tkJMfj policies in question relate to the Island of Yap and the treat$5? accorded us in Mesopotamia and points west by our late war lap; ciates. fa These are policies designed to rescue us from Wilsonian takes and European duplicities. The trustful Mr. Wilson tho;8tf) that the understanding was that we were to have the Island ofl?$ The trustful Mr. Wilson thought that the understanding wasJ under his system of mandates, we were to receive equal treatr I , with those nations we' saved from destruction. But, alas, for our trustful president, he found that his EurojJju friends had done everything but pick his pockets. It may seem posterous to put it in this fashion, but our allies actually demar: that we pay the German war indemnity. That was the signified? of the propaganda which had for its purpose the remission oil p $10000,000,000 owed by Great Britain and her allies to the W:. States. If we had forgiven that debt Germany would not for we would have paid the indemnity. If Germany she pay $10,000,000,000 today that sum, with interest, would amount A forty-tw- o years, to more than Germany has been asked to pay d that period. And thus it befell that Mr. Wilson, when he found that an tempt was being made to refuse to the United States even tL j modest concessions which he fancied he had obtained, was compos to make a fight for them. His policies amount simply to this tj' are demands that we be given what he thought we had. Perftf-Mr. Harding cannot abandon those policies. He must assert tb rights and other rights which Mr. Wilson neglected to asserts, ;. cessfully at the peace table. BRITAINS ULTIMATUM Has Great Britain forgotten the Venezuelan incident of 1902 According to press reports the British government has delivered an ultimatum to Costa Rica demanding not only the payment of the bonded debt due to Britons, but also confirmation of certain oil concessions obtained from the former Tinoco government by Lord Cowd-rawith the assistance, it is said, of Premier Lloyd George and members of his family. The Washington Post intimates that the British government has proceeded to press the case without consulting the United States, which has an interest in such matters, not only because of the Monroe Doctrine, but because of the well known Drago Doctrine, which is generally indorsed by the LatimAmerican countries and which denies the right of nations to collect debts by the use of armed force. Prior to 1902 several foreign countries had for some time been pressing claims of their citizens against the Venezuelan government for losses caused by revolutions in that country, and for failure of Venezuela to keep up interest payments on the public debt. Their representations were flouted. Finally the German and British governments decided to make a demonstration by way.' of a joint naval blockade and their ministers at Caracas presented ultimatums. The Castro government ignoring them, the blockade was instituted December 10, 1902. On December 13 Puerto Cabello was bombarded, whereupon Castro appealed to the United States to intervene. There was no particular reason why we should have succored Venezuela, since she had treated us with contemptuous indifference, but fearing that the European powers might attempt territorial aggressions, the Roosevelt administration issued a warning against any such movement and requested that the matter be arbitrated. The matter was brought before the Hague Tribunal and a decision was rendered in February, 1904. Akers savs: It would have fared ill with Venezuela if the United States had not intervened, advising the allied powers that no permanent seizure or occupation of territory in Venezuela would be permitted. In all probability the main underlying aim was to test . . . the Monroe Doctrine. The awards of the arbitrator, whose decisions are beyond the suspicion of bias in favor of Venezuela, y, noidg-occupie- 1- d, - The big head of a prehistoric animal has been found at h Angeles. Probably ancestor of the Los Angeles head of tidav. i The allies are taking bees, Belgian litres and sheepdogs I, the Germans and now are trying to get their goats. i j Dr. Einstein says the rays from the planets run in we all thought before the country went dry. cir-dcs- The courts have decided that stealing booze is not larcc it is apt to be suicide. . South Dakota believed almost too long in the principle extermination. of English lecturers are trying to take that $10,000,000 of our hide. ir ' . nr r ,i loan ct |