A New Role for Kings in Modern Diplomacy
The article argues King Edward VII can act as a flexible informal diplomat. A sovereign in foreign capitals can speak freely without committing ministers, easing tensions and smoothing friction. Royal visits boost popular goodwill, as Edward's Paris popularity shows, challenging the notion that monarchs should avoid public affairs.
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Paris
Tangier
Spain
France
England
Germany
Edward
Third Parties In War Quarrels
A collection of editorial notes discusses Japan’s and other powers’ roles in peace terms and territorial gains since 1895. It touches on Port Arthur leases, Manchurian coast cessions, and how outside mediation failed. It also remarks on a French claim about turkey origins and King Menelik’s railway ambitions with a wary view of strikes and self-doubt affecting nations.
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Japan
China
Liaotong Peninsula
Manchuria
Yalu
Liao River
Yingkow
Menelik
Abyssinia
Little
Flattering but True About American Men and Women
An Australian observer Helen Jerome offers witty contrasts on Americans. She praises American wives for their husbands and notes the street as the man’s realm while home life centers on the woman. She admires even casual American dress and calls English and French style dowdy by comparison.
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Helen Jerome
Jerome
Two Views on Public Ownership and Trade Unions
The piece contrasts municipal ownership with public service control and rail expansion. It cites the Wall Street Journal on corp debauchery and explores dangers of government control, highlighting Judge Herrick's warning that unions could coerce or corrupt governance and noting the potential for public ownership to enable lavish spending.
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The
Wall Street Journal
D. Cady Herrick
New York
Reform Club
Judge Herrick
Immigrant reliance on cities echoes from European roots
The article argues that European peasants prefer urban life and factory work over isolated farms in America, noting social drives in both immigrants and native Americans. It also recounts the Philadelphia episode in Tripoli harbor and observes Japan's modern printing industry and foreign Bible bids in New York.
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South
Japan
Europe
New York
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