Mercur Miner | 1905-09-13 | Page 1 | Perhaps There Was

PERHAP3 THERE WAS. ' Ah tlmo wears on tho boiler that a ei'crot understanding was agreed ? iiH)ti bbtween the HusHlan and Jap- ones. pcaco ijlcnlpotentlarles grows j upon tho public mind Irresistibly. Ono i t, nf tho Indications pointing that way Is I ( tho length of tho protocol, which was !"i miglnally rinnounccd ns containing v fourteen articles, but Is now known h to b,no sorintccn, the character of r onlj tho former number having been poniiitlcd to get beforo tho world. ? Porhnps wo Bhal not get tho full toxt i of, tho agreement until tho two om- i vperora lmvo nfilxed their signatures, It won then, for when nations go Into i tho stnr chnmber business they aro iL not prono to tnttlng thoso outsldo of N" " 'nto their conlldence. With Itussln Japan guarding tho far eastern ros of tho Pacific, with China, an irred aid, If necessary, with Kng-1 Kng-1 looking after tho alliance's Inter-i Inter-i onhq.oUleftiUdfa of tho Atlantic -?HS!lviWherkMViedqr3, r thlngH would 166k ominous. Tho ted Stntos Ih n Jirctty good country . io do In.