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Show An Independent Paper Published Under :: the Management of J. T. Goodwin :: EDITORIALS BY JUDGE C. C. GOODWIN Russia and Japan A RECENT dispatch tells of the hostility of Russia to the United States; how after she had loaned us her moral support In our great war, wh i her mighty trial came In her war with Japan, our country gave its sympathy to her enemy; and how, were a war tojae sprung between be-tween the United States and Japan it would be found that Japan and Russia were in n close offensive and defensive alliance. i The "war between Japan and Russia was due solely to Russia's indifference to the rights of other powers. On the part of Japan it was a fight for life, on Russia's part It was a war solely for conquest and totally without cause, save Russia's Rus-sia's lust for land and power. A nation is like a man. No man can afford to give aid and comfort com-fort to a robber, plying his profession because he Interposed to prevent other robbers whom ha hated from a much desired scheme of contem p'ated robbery. Our belief Is that Russia resents more the abrogation of the treaty between our ! country and hers than our sympathy for Japan in the war. Our country gave Russia repeated notices that she must cease mistreating Amerl can citizens who were Jews. She paid no attention atten-tion to the demand and -the treaty was abrogated by our country. That hurt Russian pride, but It was the only thing our country could, in honor, I do. As to her help to Japan in case of war, there are but three ways she could help her. First would be her moral support, which would not count; second, she might loan her money, which would help, but that loan would be a Hen which Japan would hesitate to have filed and third, Russia might loan Japan soldiers to occupy her i. seaports while the Japanese were fighting us, but that would be a most dangerous experiment. Imagine Port Arthur again In Russian hands. When would Japan get them out? X But we discount all the taUc about Japan ' making war upon us. She knows perfectly what a sea fight with the United States would mean, and knows, further, that were she to take the Philippines and Hawaii, and Invade our Pacific ccast, they would all be retaken and there would not be left a safe acre in Japan itself. Japan is a husky little b'uffer and when it comes to a fight she has a devoted army, all . fatalists and fighters, but she has no desire tc try conclusions with the United States oven If J backed by Russia, with Great Britain anxious I to sell her war munitions. i All tho same, we should continue building fighting ships, training the entire militia of the country and keep our coast defenses in order, foi j , no nation is safe un'ess prepared to fight. r j, The Chaos In Mexico I I HP HROUGH the confusion of the dispatches I' sent from northern Mexico during tho past ten days, but one really Important fact ha? cc-me, which is that Villa, after a week's fight' ,' has captured Torreon, which gives him a baue and t communication with Juarez and tho United States. Now Villa Is lauded as a great soldier, ranking rank-ing with tho most gifted soldiers In the world. That he, with an army of 12,000 men under his personal direction after a long, hard fight, captured cap-tured a well fortified town, shows that ho is a good fighter; not that he is an efficient great commander. com-mander. The truth is that he was a brigand who naturally, under the conditions became a soldier. If he states correctly, tho number of dead and wounded of his own command and of the enemy, he must have won by the superior guns which he has obtained from the United States. On tho other hand, Huerta Is an accomplished accom-plished soldier, one which was most trusted by old man Diaz to handle a campaign. If we remember re-member correctly he was the soldier who finally after 100 years of struggle, conquered the Yaqua Indians. It is said that Villa has control of more than half of Mexico. But that does not -'include one-fifth one-fifth of the population. What Huerta will do is mere speculation. If, ho feels that the dense population in southern Mexico is ready to desert him and go over to some other assassin or would-be assassin; that the United iStates in secret favors Villa, he may leave Mexico between two days. If, on the other hand he feels sure of his hold on those he is commander com-mander of, he will gather his strength and try conclusions with Villa with every prospect for success. The taking of Torreon is magnified. It is five hundred miles away, as the bird flies, from Huerta's base. The final result will rest on the loyalty of the people toward the two commanders. com-manders. Under natural conditions Villa would be taking more and more risks every day he moves south, while Huerta would be concentrating concen-trating his army to meet him. But there are no natural conditions in Mexico, none that may not be changed in a day. And .there you are. We can all afford to wait further news and be reasonably sure that when any comes, it will be reversed the next day. Easter Sunday EASTER SUNDAY is the sacred day of tho year. No other day is fraught with such memories as it brings, no other day symbols such hopes. Its birth marked the most momentous punctuation punc-tuation point in the world's history; it was as if upon a heavenly wireless a message had come from the stars bidding the children of men look up, to no longer limit their visions to the narrow horizon of th's life, but to strain their eyes toward to-ward tho other life which surely awaits beyond the twilight and the night which must be journeyed jour-neyed through toward that other dawn. The day should be one of solemn joy. No music "can be too grand and deep, no sacred ob-Forvanco ob-Forvanco too ostentatious, for this is the anniversary anni-versary of the day that marked a new epoch on earth and made sure what before had been but a dream, that man is immortal, that in his soul is a life that the waves of death cannot wash away. Young Rockefeller's Testimony WE THINK a careful reading of young Rockefeller's Rocke-feller's testimony before the congressional committee on Tuesday last shows It was greatly to his credit. Ills self-restraint when asked if ho was I not 'a dummy director" in tho business of hia I family in Colorado, was superb. He knew that H the question was Intended as an insult asked . H by a man who had probably never employed any H one except perhaps a coacb nan or servant girl, H and that the question was Intended to make this H questioner solid with a bucolic constituency, but H the reply was straight-forward and sensible. His H inquisitor would never have thought of asking ,H such a question of say George Gould, had his com- H pany been in tho throes of a strike in say Salt jQ Lake City. IH But really, the Rockefellers are handling more H capital than would be necessary to build and iH equip a first-class railroad from New York to H San Francisco. q jjH And there is nothing difficult to understand H about the Colorado strike. Tno question is the H same that has made Colorado so much trouble; W) which made tho trouble In Massachusetts last fl winter; which has kept Michigan In a turmoil for H nine months past, and when set to words Is slm- H ply whether an organization of loafers and mur- IH derers shall take control of a great business. H Hence young Rockefeller's reply that there was H nothing to arbitrate was most apt, and It was H right to the point when he said not ten per cent H of the miners of Colorado favoied the strike H and that sooner than submit to tho outrageous demands the Rockefellers would sacrifice every M dollar's worth of property which they owned In H Colorado. 'H We think his testimony was manly and to tho H point, and that the scrub on the committee that H questioned him was tho one who came out baf- M fled and beaten. M Who Knows? H IN THE April Forum Thomas Perclval Poyer M has an article, "The Everlasting Life," in B which he puts out the theory that some peoplo m never come Into the possession of a soul; that man is born without any soul or that something which develops Into a soul; that the babe has H no soul and man may travel through life and never get one. That Is not a new thought, and it is but speculation at best. M The Bib'e says that God determined to make H man in His image, that Ho created tho first man H Adam, tb-t He breathed into his nostrils and he became a living soul. M But later Ca!n, after killing his brother, H went away to the land of Nod, preempted a home- H stead and took a wife. Now who was this lady, M or, rather, what was her pedigree? Later Mr. B Darwin came along and declared that man's orig- Hf inal progenitor was a gray ape, or a monkey, glv- H Ing us but the one advantage that Mark Twain H gave the cauliflower when he said that the caull- H f'ower was only a cabbage with a college educa- H tion. m Now, who knows but the Bible and Mr. Darwin H are both right, that the man God made in His own image Avas the first one with a soul, while (H tho family and race that Cain married Into were H but of the earth earthy and came up from the S monkey? IH The experience of the world rather emphasises jfl the truth of this theory, for wo meet men nearly fl every day who, lfhey have any souls, only God H can see them. M And when men claim to be descendants of H "MMmMTnrnnwumnigiMTiMMm-i rimrnii rmniran rJn H, Adnm, are they sure that their original ancestor B did not wind his tail around a limb of a tree to Bi be sure that no nightmare would cause him, when W asleep, "to fall outer de tree?" H' And whlln wo. ovory day, run upon densely R ignorant, depraved and besotted so-called men, H' wo every day meet a kind, affectionate and great- H hearted dog. Now wfoo shall say that the city H of the pearly gates and golden floor is reserved H for the depraved man and closed against the kind H and nlways well-intentioned dog? H Now, a great many people believe that when H a largo percentage of peoplo die that is the end H of them; that they no more wake than does the H tiger that dies in. the jungle, and that is a most H plausible theory, because men recoil at the H thought that a mortal that is altogether gross H and depraved can in a moment be changed and H that such "a mortal can put on immortality,"and H it U pilh1o that Mir distinction still ovists be- H twecn the men who have descended from H him who, by the breath of God became a living H soul, and the others over in the land of Nod. "Who H knows? m The Question of Monoliths TUB speeches mado at the laying of the cor- nerstone of the capitol were all stately and H high, the appeal running through them a'l to H the state pride of the people, was fine. H The outside objections to the monolithic colon- H nade, first that they would be an experiment, H and second, that they would be most costly, should H have no Aveight except first to demonstrate that H there 4s no risk in the experiment. H Certainly a few weeks' work should demon- H strato whether the granite can be obtained oi H sufficient purity and strength for the colonnade. H This is of course most important and the tests H should be made. If the tests fill the require- H ments, the extra cost should not be considered H for the reason that the consideration of the H work must not be confined to this generation, H but the thought should be, it is for fifteen fu- H turo generations of Utah men and women. Only H lust week it was published in the daily papers 11 that the inheritance tax levied against the estate H of one individual amounted to a sum which, when H collected, will cover more than half the cost of H the proposed colonnade. Indeed, the whole cost of H the new capitol Avill not equal one-fifth the sum M that was stolen by state officers and their accom- M plices in the erection of the capitol building of M one of the eastern states. m If the finest material in the finest form is used, m it will exalt the name of every member of the M capitol commission. If inferior material is used B as a substitute, the reproach attached to it will H follow the commission into history. Hj At the same time we approve the proposl- B tion of preparing one monolith as a test, as sug- Hj gested by one gentleman, but do not approve m of this being done by private individuals. It M should bo done by the state for as the same gen- B tlemau says, "the capitol is to be the temple H of the whole people." The people will not be sat- H isfied without tho monoliths unless they are Im- H practicable and the people should pay for the H test, oven as they paid for testing the ground H to see if it would bear the weight of the capitol M structure. B If the funds run too low the work can cease H until the legislature meets or the money can bo B, borrowed on tho belief that the legislature- will IHi make good. The people do not want the capitol B a plain, unpretentious structure; rather they Hj want it just as ostentatious and grand as it can jB; reasonably be made. H The statement of "artists and others who have H made a study of classic architects, that all the H great colonnade of antiquity were, without ex- H caption, constructed of columns built in sections," B is doubtless true, but what do those gentlemen Hi imagine tho result would have been, had say Michelangelo, Mi-chelangelo, before he planned St. Peter's at Rome, seen a steam lathe, or an electric derrick or crane? iBy the way, classic architects said that what he proposed was Impossible. Angelo is remembered. remem-bered. "What has become of those who in advance ad-vance condemned his work? Utah wants to improve upon antiquity. What Our Rich Girls Buy In France TUB London Chronicle has the following: "Dom Pedro II, who lost the throne of Brazil Bra-zil in 1889, was the last monarch to offer titles for sale. In order ito obtain funds for the erection erec-tion of a hospital in Rio Janeiro, the emperoi announced that he would confer the title of "baron" on every subscriber of 100,000 milreis, and tho title of "Count" on every subscriber ot 250,000 milreis. Many proved willing to become ennobled on these terms, and sufficient money was forthcoming to endow the hospital as well as build it. Over the main entrance may still be seen the inscription suggested by Dom Pedro, "Human vanity to human misery." Although French titles of nobility "were abolished at the time of the revolution by a decree revised in 1S71, yet the ministry of justice issues certificates certifi-cates of nobility. Members of the French diplomatic diplo-matic service who use tit'es have to obtain one of these certificates, and pay stiffly for the transaction. trans-action. The fees in the case of a duke amount to 720, a marquis pays 400, a viscount 280, a baron G0 and a chevalier 52. The certificate certi-ficate sets out that the pedigree of the holder having been investigated, his claim to the title he bears has been fully established, and the seal of the republic is affixed to this patent of nobility." no-bility." There you have it, girls. The next French baron that wants to make an alliance with one of you should 'be questioned. If you have a million dollars for the purpose, ask him if he is not demanding de-manding big interest on the $300 his grandfather paid for his title! French brides are supposed to have a modest dot, but when an American girl starts in to buy a French count or no account, or both in one, then titles take on appalling va'ues. A Great Speech IT is no discredit to the other speakers who made addresses at the laying of the corner stone of the capitol to call especial attention to the eloquent address of II r. John Dern. He took high ground when he declared that the capitol was to be no commonplace structure, but must be when completed "a veritable sym-phony sym-phony in stone," and the exordium was followed by stately appeals to the patriotism, native pride and state pride of the people of Utah, which can but find a joyous response from every class of Utah's people until as one reads it the words come involuntarily to the lips: "See other capi-tols capi-tols if you must, but see Utah's capitol first." India Finance Investigation TVT B ARE in receipt of the second volume of evidence taken before the royal commission commis-sion appointed to investigate the finance and currency of India, and their possible effect on British finances. It l a ponderous document of some 1G0 odd pages, with over 3,000 words to the page. A great deal of the space is taken up by the statement of Mr. Moreton Frewen before the commission. Tt is, of course, too long to publish pub-lish in anything less than a book, but it is most fascinating reading and a lasting pity that it cannot be placed in tho hands, of every man in England and ae United States. It covers the whole history of the overthrow of bimetallism; it supplies tho proof of every charge made in the past regarding its overthrow over-throw and the loss which followed, and holds up most vividly the danger to English finances it tho present policy Is continued. We trust that President "Wilson and Secretary Bryan are watching watch-ing the progress of this Investigation which is going on in England. If the Democracy desire a long continuance of power the chiefs of the party should all bo watching this investigation, for it is in that direction di-rection that their best hope lies. There is but one way through which exchanges can again be equalized and trade resume its sway through natural channels. Mr. Frewen points out the way, and it is clear that England now wants a new adjustment. Really, our country needs it more than any other, for in point of fact the export trade of our country coun-try to more than half tho inhabitants of the earth Is practically killed, and the same law that killed it, by its terms opens our country to the imports of those peoples on terms which American worklngmen who clothe and feed and educate their children never can compete against. The story of the demonetization of silver is the history of the most stupendous crime ever perpetrated perpe-trated since the tragedy oh Calvary. There was no call for it save by a few money sharks in London and New York. The first thing was by a sneak to push a bill through congress wlhich in terms demonetized silver. Then a twenty years' fight began. The thieves on this side engaged a powerful press and hired gifted writers and speakers to press their cause. They looked on and laughed while property fell 50 per cent in value measured in gold and millions mil-lions of men were ruined. At last when the final trial came, to help our thieves, England was induced by the other thieves in London to c'ose the mints in India and then they looked on and saw 2,000,000 people there, men, women and little children, die of starvation because they could no longer convert con-vert their hoarded silver into rupees, looked on and laughed. Since then they have gathered to themselves, millions, tens and hundreds of millions of gold, but they are not real happy. India a drawing their gold away and absorbing it to a fearful extent, while on this side, though the production of gold has increased five-fold annually, trade is everywhere disturbed, the exchanges are all out of joint, there is confusion and doubt in tho business of every state and more men are idle than were ever seen before. No Snub, Just a Reminder TILOSB voters up in the seventh New Jersey congressional district did not intend to snub President "Wilson, but just to remind 1 im that "States Rights" was an old Democratic slogan generally, and in New Jersey in particular, and as a hint that the election of congressmen is especially a state's right, and that a steamboat needs an engineer and pilot as much as it does a captain. Then a cable ought to be hurried to Brazil that the Progressive fences in New Jersey seem to be falling down. President "Wilson's determination to go back on the Democratic platform of 1912 had a precedent prece-dent in 1873 when Grover the Great shook the Democratic platform of the year before as a terrier ter-rier does a rat. The demand for it, too, came indirectly indi-rectly from London, same as now It was dirrorfiiit with President. Buchanan. When the life of the country was threatened ho lost his identity and declared that his own personality per-sonality was lost; that he was just the platform. Democratic presidents seem always to be unlucky. |