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Show !' Ai'li'S t'KOil WJilllXGTON, (rramOlu Kilu 0tieJH Waiiiimuton, July SO, 1P0O, The l'reiident'a hurried villi loWaih. s Ington tltls wvik ihowod plainly that thli government rtalltei thai tht Chin- eietioablelt a much mora important t utralr than It vi at lint thought to be. . " True, the uewi hit boon a little more I. resnutlngdutliig tho lait two or three " i dayi than It wai lha flnt ol the week, , i but thai only reltlei toimall luccenei ' won by the allied foicci, which for tht j ' timt reniovei amlety for their lately 1 from bolng overwhelmed by luperlor rf, number, lit tho caiualtlci in Iboie I luccriietihow tint the Cblneit have F ,' Irarned loiuelhingilnre the war with ,, Japan that tluy can now fight and I are armed with modern guni and ' .if hare learned loihot to hit. That meant, ' II the revolultouw hlib li now apparently $i conCned to Northern China oxtenti lo f!t aaHMNIB the whole empire, the bltifitnJblool leal war the world liutmiftn Whit part Ihe U. H. will play in thli war, If it comei, n) mm cm ny at Iblt timt. Orflclally It wai given outthallheenly retton for the I'terident'i pirnntt lo Waihington wai to decide whethtr in ttra teiiien of Congrtii ihoatd be callednot call-ednot a mm be ond the 100,000 now authoilied can beenlliledln tht army, no mitter bow urgent Ihe need, without legislation by tiongien ml thatquei-tlen thatquei-tlen wat Immediately decided in Ibe negative. Tkat If, tbalthere wai no nted to call Congrtit together now, although Ihe development! of any day might niike It abivlaelly nicemry. UnolIIclilly there li talk that the Treildent came to With-Ington With-Ington bectiMlhtit wat a itrioui dln loniilio hitch aaung the allied powtri, tnd tbit Kimla hid demanded that the other piwen ague locerlaln thing! ( girding portion! of the Chlnti empire contlgueut to Ituitla which wire vigor-euilyopoiedbyjapm. vigor-euilyopoiedbyjapm. Wbiteyermay have been the ciun of hit villi, tbt I'ltildenl hat gona bick toC'anton, w hlch bowed that In bii opinion there wai no neCMilty for hit remaining In Waiblng. ton, The opinion of Ihe advltablllly of in titra union of Oingreit tmong tbtfaw public men who have been In Waihington Waihing-ton during the tail few drift ictrai lo be divided on olltlcal lintt, thodemocnti favoring an eitra teuton tnd Ihe reub-llcanioppoilng, reub-llcanioppoilng, rhtfaltnf the forelgneri in l'ekln, Including tht American Mloltler, ittllll a miller el doubt. Ftveral diipalcbei, on from a U. 8, comul, hava bttn received re-ceived which item to confirm Ihe one re-etlvedby re-etlvedby IheChlneieMiulitfriomidayi ago laying that the foreign minliteri were alive on the 6th Intl., but ta nothing noth-ing hit been heird from any of thtmln-later thtmln-later tho gtntral opinion In Waihington Waihing-ton li that thiy are alt dtad and that Ihe Chlneoeftvernment It purpoiely lending miiloadlugnewi concerning tbilriafaty, den, LionirJ Wood, military governor of Cuba, li In Waihinglon arranging with Secretary Hoot Ihe prelimlnarlit for the election of de'egalti lo Ihe Cubtn Conttltutlonat convention which It toon to be htld. The one Cuban tubject In which our people trt moit letereited-an-ntiatlon- Gtn. Wood politely, but poi- lively declloei In talk about al all. 1I tayi the liland It beginning to git quite protpcroui, Hilt year'i lugar crop being 76 ptr cent greater than Int. Oen.0,0 Howard, wbouuted through Waihington on hit way to tbt lllut and Gray reunion at Atlanta, think tht til-uilion til-uilion In China more peritoui than our public It dlnpoied to rrgud It. He laid "Thatlluation It certainly a grave one, and I look for lever fighting belore the ending It rtiched. I fear the powert will eiperlrnce great diUloullr through a lack ofuoaiilmllyolpurpoie aud conceit of action, With the trooptofeaihofthe allied luaemcllng independently, the tatk of rtiioilng ptact will be moit difficult, dif-ficult, anJ 1 am much alrald that only after lotue bitter letioni have been learned learn-ed will It be poiilbl to lecure liitiuonl-oui liitiuonl-oui action, The dllnculty will be In it-curing it-curing a lupreme authority that will be recognliod and will hac power to enforce en-force iti decreet. A court of arbitration might be eitabllthed, to whloh mlghtbe referrtd olathei of authority, but if any one of the poweri thould rofut to abide by thecourl'ideclilon.obedlence could not be enforced except by turning agalnit Ihe rebellious ono tho trim that ihould lie uied agalnit the common enemy, and wmmmmm ' IhitcouM not bt thought of for' moment mom-ent If a central power eouldte ettab-liibed ettab-liibed and a general comtnlttni'd by it placed inrommand of the alllel force, I btllevt theoulbreak could U quickly tupprtited, but! am fearful '"' o auch power can be eitabliihri" |