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XLVL AUGUST 17. No. 1190. West Tnery-Frest Sraner, New Vous VOL. times at this ting are a lit- tle dull, as th ought to be with mid-August. im. minent. If we had our way we would pend the pub- lication of the newspapers dur- ing August, just to give people a chance to think, s What had to hap- pen would happen, but we would be relieved of the labor of keeping tab on events that are merely pri Very little can be done in August about things in general by the great news- bable, paper-reading public. It is not in- tended that much shall happen in August. There is plenty of justifi tion for calling it the silly season, There is some getting in of crops; some automobile and railroad acci- dents ; more or less people are drowned in sail or swimming accidents, but a great part of the talk about he larger incidents is of nos! «a ory sort, nd is concerned with what will prob- ably ha when the machinery of history starts up again, fever in New sal August is nothing There is yellow Orleans; tt news. I at is a piece o: ut there to do bout it her 2, except what will be do} by the q tine officers The t that M. Wi not sanguine of the possibility of con- Portsmouth cx adlines sav is peace at It isnot his lay to be nd, but if anyone whether Russia needs peace, nyuine knows ne does ; at is not especialiy significa for M. W that Russia needed wh! able to secure for her, te has known of many things h he was not Tt wou t for the Russi, tes to come so i bea nand sin against thr Japanese del many thousand miles to a conference, and have it turn out to be promptly futile, but that may happen, for thrift neglected in war time. much WOOD'S return tive of many ru © have G™ ERAL has been provecs mors, albeit th been cant personal facts enough in sight to account for it. He to have come primarily for health’s sake, and the latest news: about him is that he is going promptly back to the Philiy signifi- plain seems his pines, and is not to be joined to the General Staff of the Army, or under ny other perma- nent Eastern 1 ment. He is the closest watched man in the army, and the most jealously regarded. We have bad no general since McClellan about whose rights and wrongs, and military abilities, and achievements, both mili- tary and civil, there has been such a hopeless muddle of dispute. It would seem as if it hardly paid to get extraor- dinary the for s of disputed value. promotion in army servi General Wood must envy our Mr. Je- rome his opportunity. t public and be judged on his merits. Mr. Jerome yunced that he wants another term as District Attorney of New York, and that he proposes to yet © before the has an it, if possible, without asking leave of anyone except the voters. His plan is be nominated by petition and ran on his own hook, getting what votes tae voters may choose to give him. Tt isan au- daci s plan, and to our mind a very attractive one. Mr. Jerome bas nothing vit, and 9 If he ion he will be absolutely to lose t uch to gain, wins his ele anded in have a lot « 1 private practice, and doubtless make an excel- lent living. HE continents of Asia and Europe exact this summer more and closer attention than it is usually necessary to pay tothem, As a sequence of the adversities of Russia, they both abound in new problems. The spread of a new spirit from Japan into China finds expression in the spnnky Chin boycott of American goods in r tion for the harsh and insulting enf ment ated Chinese of our Undoubtedly a new era has begun in Chin pr that she will for self-protection nst ed esclusion laws, There is every nise capacity soon develop agai foreign aggression, as well as increased capacity for the maintenance ternal order. To have her assume competent charge of her own concerns, and cease to be a helpless market and a temptation to marauders, will work for the world’s peace. othing is worse for peace than valuable property in weak hands, and that is what China has been. of ine S for Europe, the helplessness of Russia has upset the balance of power. The dual alliance of Russia and France has lost its grip; there nothing left in sight that German William is afraid of, and the control- ling minds of Europe are working ertime to devise new alliances or other means io keep him in order. England sends a fleet into the Baltic Sea asa timely reminder of what might happen there if the Kaiser should be- come too obstreperous, The K will in the matter of Morocco con to delay such plans as were laid for in- suring the tranquillity of that State, and ny things make the transatlantic me better worth watching than usual for us, and also help to make the P. mouth conference a matter of solicitous i urope. ‘The proposal of intimate alliance between Great Br rance and Russia, to curb Ger the world’s peace, ex- cites our neighbor, the Su, to sugyest as more practicable and effective a close understanding between France, Great Britain and the United States. mere sugyestic long, marks s iser’s inues orts= terest to F he mn, leaded and a column ne changes in American thought. TI Uncle Sam should con- cern himself actively about the peace of Europe is hard to imagine, but after all, Europe is a part of the world, and with the world and its peace we have come to be about as much concerne anybody. It would be a bold prophet who would specify what deals our country may or may not be a party to within twenty years, as comicbooks.com