Show IN THE PUBLIC EYE AUTHOR OF DRAGO DOCTRINE DOOT di li lt Is miria mirla M irla drago the auti or of the drago doctrine or 01 which the united states Is contend ing before tue tile peace conference at the hague a doctrine which is intended to protect the nations of south and central america from being dra goofed by european powers into paying debts Z that may be often of a bogus nature was totally unknown to fame a few years ago he ile was mm min ister of foreign affairs in the kr argentine gentine cabinet when the demonstration was made against vene zuela by germany britain and italy stirred up by the highhanded methods employed dr drago C drew up this proposition with a hew view to having the argentine minister at washington ashington submit it to the american government the only principle which the argentine republic maintains and which it would with great satisfaction see adopted in view 0 of the events in venezuela is the principle that there can be no more territorial expansion in america on the part of europe nor any oppression of the peoples of this continent because an unfortunate financial situation may compel some one of them to I 1 postpone lost pone the fulfillment of its promises in a word the principle which she would like to see recognized Is that the pub lie debt cannot occasion armed intervention nor een even the actual occupation of the territory of american nations by a european power practically all of the central american republics aie are debtor nations and leniency is needed with these smaller countries as their resources are limited this is known by the creditors credi tois in foreign countries when they per mit malt these nations to run into debt to them therefore if it creditors would re cover let them bring the erring nation itself to trial before the supreme court the premier gen roca designated the proposition as quixotic and re fused to forward it dr drago was so thoroughly in earnest that he pleaded with the president to get the opinion of the united states on the matter but all in vain dr drago then tendered Ms Ws resignation announcing his determination to submit the proposition to the world as a private individual gen roca refused to accept the resignation and consented to be guided by gen en mitre one of the foremost men of argentina gen mitre read it over era er carefully care full twice and then taking both of dr drago dragos a bands hands in his own congratulated him warmly saving it was as one of the ablest state papers issued from the foreign office in his recollection it was submitted to secretary hay who warmly app oved of it the ac newspapers took it up and dr drago then only 44 ears old was given a place among the statesmen of the world ewins WINS WITH UNWRITTEN lawla LAW sydney sydne emanuel mudd la Is the title borne by the congles congressman man from the fifth district of mary land a republican who has contrived contil ved to represent in the national congress six sl countries of his state and four bards of the city of baltimore for the past ten ears he ile also has been reelected for two aearl lear more beginning next december this Is something of more than ordinary achievement considering that mr air mudd lives in a rock ribbed democratic tate a state that was more intense ly IY southern in sentiment in the early portion of the civil mar even than some of the states that seceded a state that has remained loyal to the democratic part and that even the immense pop flarity of roosevelt tailed failed to move into the re publican column while such a state as missouri was going over oter for the first time in halt half a century but congressman mudd does not owe to his membership in congress alone lone his claims to fame 11 for three days recently representative mudd defended mrs bowie and her son hubert his old neighbors in his home town of laplata laplaca on the charge of killing hubert pose I 1 la Is defense was absolutely unique it was the unwritten law pure and simple this murder was justified by the unwritten law he told the jury here was a man who ruined the daughter of this woman at the bar the sis ter of the oung young man defendant in this case destroy the family the sanctity of our Nio womanhood manhood the honor of the mother pother the wife the daughter and what have jou ou leaf I 1 claim that the unwritten law which meets out swift and terrible vengeance to the invader of homes is an adequate defense for these defendants with the words of the fiery chivalric southern statesman ringing in their ears the jury walked out tarried tan led five minutes only and slid walked in again with a verdict of acquittal the towns peo ie Is acclaimed the verdict As for mudd he can go to congress as often as he likes FIRST O 0 OKLAHOMA LAHOMA GOVERNOR charles N haskell who has been nominated tor for the governorship of oklahoma by the demo crabb is an ohio man As the democrats are largely in the majority in 10 oklahoma the romina tion is considered equivalent to election eight years ago he was a candidate for governor of ohio in the democratic convention that nominated sz I 1 john R mclean As mclean won the nomination by by a majority of one on the first ballot the show ing of haskell was considered exceptionally good after the convention mr air haskell did not view the 0 ohio lo 10 filed as an inviting one for a man who wanted anted to bo be governor of a state and he went west A man of tremendous energy he set at once to become powerful power fu in the new state and his vie tory in the recent primary was a surprise to many of the older settlers who did not think that haskell could win haskell is about 46 beai ears s old a lawyer and a railroad builder he grew up in the northwestern part of ohio near the home of former senator brice and belonged to the alrice political family during its dominance in state politics for a time mr 11 haskell askell had an office in wall street new york and taught the eastern financiers a few tricks of the trade his ills wall street stay was short however as was a period of railroad building in his native state he liked politics but since going to oklahoma ht he has also prospered outside of politics and has been helped by a clever wife mrs haskell was noted in ohio for her shrewd business ability and in her new field has achieved little less fame than her husband as an organizer and money getter YOUNG STAGE GENIUS J granville barker of london who has beer f offered a salary of 50 a year to act as stage director of the so called millionaires theater in new york Is unquestionably one of the most bril ilant young men connected with the theater in J england he ile was born in london in 1877 and made his first stage appearance at harrogate in 1891 he Is an admirable actor a playwright of whom large things are expected and one of the most capable stage managers in angland A stage crowd of bis his in Ei elizabeth izabeth bobins play votes for women recently given at the court was adjudged one of the best effects ever seen on the english stage in partnership with J R vedrenne vedren ie barker has made the court theater the artistic center of london s theatrical world bernard shaw shaws s pla s are the stock fare at this playhouse and will be at the savoy when vedrenne Vedren nc and barker take over that amous london playhouse in september but pieces puces by ibsen hauptmann the greek dramatist and modern playwrights also have been given at the court among the latter m was as galan orthy s sih sri r box one of granville birker a own plays tl TI e inheritance made something of a sensation when given at the sloane square ho ise an and d h other plays the weather hen lien and the ma icing of anne leete ari am more than cc only workman he ke |