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Newspaper Page Text8 SIDNEY HERBERT’S LETTER. THU PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY. A Singular Fact That Yale Univer sity Had Only One Graduate In the Regular Army During the Civil War Who Wa a General, and Only One in the Confederate Ser vice—Candidate* for the Hall of Fame—Some Remarks About the ~Wimberly Dinner— Memorials ol the Late Bishop Whipple— Some Points Respecting Hale and Andre—Other Matters of General Interest. Pine Crest Villa. Maitland. Fla., Nov. 23.—The carrying over of my letter of Nov. 10 to the following Sunday, owing to mail derangement, has put me way behind on current military topics, and It will require some time to catch up again. • • • Gen. F. V. Greene s article in Scribner's Magazine, on the United States army, including regulars and volunteers, must have been writ ten before President McKinley's death, for he gives the number of Presidents who served in the army as eleven, but President Roosevelt makes twelve, namely: Gens. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, Grant, Gar field, Hayes and Harrison: Col. Roose velt, Maj. McKinley and Capt. Lincoln. • * * A Savannah professional gen tleman who is always doing something for the happiness of others, yet does not want his "left hand to know what his right hand does," has sent me one of the Paris medals of Gen. T. J. ("Stonewall") Jackson, C. S. A., which 1 shall give a choice place in my col lection. I have been under obligation to him for several valuable articles in this line and my most sincere thanks are due him. • • • Capt. Kennard, referred to in my last letter, was in the navy, and not the army, with Lieut. Hooe, of a distinguished Vir ginia family. * * * A New York writer, one Herbert Brewster, in his last Sunday’s “Literary Outlook" let ter. made a big blunder when he called my venerable old friend, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, of Boston, "the distin guished author of “Uncle Tom's Cab in.' *' Mrs. Harriet Beecher S owe, who wrote that famous book, has been dead several years. Mrs. Howe is the au thor of "The Battle Hymn of the (Re public,” which has a world-wide fame. Journalists who write about the "Lit erary Outlook” ought to take a liter ary lnlook as to the matters they so freely discuss. The advice of the dy ing philosopher, “My son, verify your quotations,” would be good advice for them to follow. It often prevents the blind from leading tHe blind In the wrong direction. It Is a singular fact that Tale Uni versity had only one graduate in the United States army (regulars), during the Civil War who was a general—that was Gen. Henry B. Carrington, of the class of 1845. And in the Confederate States Army the University had only one graduate of that rank—Gen. Ran dall L. Gibson, of Louisiana, who died some years ago while a United States senator. Gen. Carrington still lives, a retired army officer, at Hyde Park, Mass. Senators Gibson, John C. Cal houn ot South Carolina, and George E. Badger of North Carolina, were Yale graduates. Gen. Andrew S. Burt and Gen. W. W. Gordon, of the Spanish - Amerioan war, are Yale graduates. At the recent bi-centennlal a magnificent "Memorial Gate” was dedicated in hon or of two gallant sons of Yale, who fell in the Spanish-American war. For two hundred years old Yale has given the country heroic patriot soldiers. Mrs. Albert E. Thornton of Atlanta Is quite correct in her claim that Hon. Alexander H. Stephens should be one of the "two illustrious Georgians” to go in the congressional “Hall of Fame,” but she errs in stating that lie "fought the battle of the people” as a "United States Senator.” She must have lost Sight of the fact that Mr. Stephens was defeated for senator by Gen. John B. Gordon. So far "The Sage of Liberty Hall” is the choice of the majority of those who have ex pressed a preference. Oglethorpe was r.ot a Georgian, nor was Eli Whitney, nor William H. Crawford. Toombs had a weakness that rules him out of the list. Dr. Long does not stand out as the sole benefactor of his race in the matter of anesthetics. British George F. Pierce was one of Georgia’s great men, but his grand record is not that of soldier or statesman. Of this latter class Gen. Thomas R. R. Cobb fully measures up to the highest stand ard. But with so many noble men, in all professions and callings, it is a hard task to name a comparison to Alexander Hamilton Stephens, wno certainly stands first. I have read with great pleasure the accounts of the "Wimberly” dinner to the Georgia editors, and the cordial welcome given them by Col. J.' H. Es till and his estimable wife. For many years I was a member of the Georgia "press gang,” but of the old, original members I then knew not half a dozen now answer to roll call. The speeches of Henry Cabiness and Pleas, ant Stovall were very graceful, and if Col. Estill fails to become governor he ■will find in those two beautiful trib utes to his generous and lofty charac ter a balm for all his wounded feelings —if he shall have any. Having known Estill and Cabiness for over twenty five years, and served under both of them, I know that they would fill any public office with fidelity and credit. But the governorship of Georgia and the mayoralty of Atlanta cannot add to the reputation of either, or increase the love and esteem now felt for them by their fellow citizens. As my old friend John W. Forney said when he refused the mayoralty of Philadelphia, "He that maketh a good newspaper is greater than he that ruleth a city.” The same is true of him who ruleth, or taketh, a state or a nation. The "edi tor” lives in the hearts and memories of the people long after the public of ficial is forgotten. A prominent business man of Savan nah asks for some facts about Sam Davis, and kindly says: “Readers of the Morning News have come to look upon your communications as a matter of course, and would feel a distinct loss at being unable to find your article In the Sunday Issue. Not having the honor of a personal acquaintance with you. I trust I may be excused for ex pressing the sentiment common to all ithe Morning News readers, with best wishes, that long life and prosperity may be continued to you." At the earliest opportunity I shall give the desired Information about Sam Davis, "the subllmest hero of the Civil War,” and will Just here suggest to the Wo men's History Clubs, all over the South, that are spending their time over Roman and other ancient charac ters, that It would be much more profit able to study the histories and biogra phies of their own time and people. Few of these history club members can give a respectable account of the old heroes and patriots of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Let us study and honor our great men and nobl# woman. Tht Woman's Horn# Companion pro post* to honor th# htrotc. th# human# tnd th# patriotic in woman, In * s#rt*s of articles, entitled "Deeds Of Heroism ratnotleen and Patience of Women In th# Civil and Spanish Wars ” The first of tbeee articles cm deeds of valor auf fertng and adveniuiee arntd aepallln* •****■• OB the field Of tattle pear in the December issue of the Com panion. and I am sure that the Daugh ters of the Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy will wel come these articles in honor of the he tolsm, patriotism and humanity of their sex. Although Nancy Hart, the Georgia "War Woman” ranks with Molly Pitcher and other famous he roines, it is safe to assert that Georgia can furnish a number of heroic women who figured in the Revolution, in the Indian wars, in the Civil War and who would have been conspicuous in the Spanish-American war had the oppor tunity afforded. And yet it oannot be said that women desire war, or that they seek honor and fame by sharing in its dangers and hardships. In most cases a lofty patriotism, a love of home and country, is the mainspring of their heroism and self-sacrifice in the hour I of peril. The Sons of American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution, of which latter organization he was the beloved chaplain general, will be grat ified to know that a special edition of the Church Record magazine of Minne apolis, Minn., for October, is entirely devoted to memorials of the late Rt. Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D. D., LL. D. There are several full-page photo-engravings of the deceased, the most interesting one being that taken during the Civil War while he was vis it ing and officiating in the various camps of the Union army. It presents a strikingly "sweet face." s>ne that no doubt led to his being called the "Saint John” of the "House of Bishops.” Al though not a chaplain, the good Bishop spent much time in preaching to the soldiers in the field and in the hospi tals. On both his father’s and moth er’s side he descended from heroes and patriots of the colonial and later wars, md was “every inch” a noble patriot himself. It is well-known that Gen. Sherman hated Gen. Halleck as the “devil hates a saint,” and yet. although Bishop Whipple and Gen. Halleck were cousins, there was a warm friendship between the Bishop and Gen. Sherman until the death of the latter. A son of Rishop Whipple, Lieut. Cos). Charles H. Whipple, is a paymaster in the regular army and his son,..Ch”ries H. Whipple, Jr., is a lieutenant in the Twelfth U. S. Infantry. In the marriage notices of my old friend, Brig. Gen. E. Porter Alexander, C. S. A., I see that he is called “chief of artillery to Gen R. E. Lee," which is an error. Gen. Alexander won his fame as an artillerist as chief of artillery to Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet. But under an unjust and senseless rule he was denied a higher grade than that of brigadier general. The same is true of Brig. Gen. Alexander R. Lawton, quartermaster general—also a distinguished West Pointer, and not a few other able and efficient officers who were willing, from a patriotic sense of duty, to fill subordinate places requiring great skill and military training, while less competent and more showy and ambitious officers were made major generals, lieutenant gener als and full generals. President Mc- Kinley. to his lasting honor be it said, broke up this unjust discrimination in the United States army during the Spantsh-American war, and worthy and capable department staff officers some of whom had come up from the ranks, were put in the field as brigadiers and major generals. Not only was Gen. Alexander denied the rank he deserved, but Gen. (Rev. Dr.) William N. Pendleton —a West Pointer—who was Gen. Lee's chief of artillery, was also, under the unjust rule referred to, given no high er rank than that of brigadier general, I am sorry that a larger audience did not witness in Savannah the play en titled "Nathan Hale.” Its presenta tion seems to have been In good hands, Howard Kyle enacting the character of the American spy with rare fidelity. Having made great success of this play, the author, Clyde Fitch, is now writing a play entitled "Major Andre." in which the brave young British spy will be presented In a similar manner. DR. HATHAWAY. I Positively Cure Blood Poison Contracted Disorders Varicocele Stricture Weakness Kidney Trouble Loss of Memory Nervousness AND ALL FORMS OFDISEASES PECULIARTO MEN MY TREATMENT IS SCIENTIFIC, THOROUGH AND PERMANENT. If You Cannot Call Write fully In confidence and I will ■rend you free In a plain sealed en velope full particular* of my method of home treatment now being used In every part of the country; also what ever special advice and Information your case may require. J. ‘ NEWTOX HATHAWAY, M. D„ 25 A BRYAN STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. Ofllr# Hour# -• A* bl to IS m , t to I, 7to t p to lundun 10 A- m to 1 pno THE MOKMNG NEWS.* SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1901. It will be remembered that the late Cyrus W. Field erected a monument up the Hudson river to Maj. Andre, but the people in that vicinity, before Great Britain and America became so friendly, demolished it. And yet as true and brave a patriot as was Gsn. Alexander Hamilton, he paid this trib ute to Andre, whom he knew personal ly after his capture: "There was some thing singularly interesting in the character snd fortunes of Andre. • • • His sentiments were elevated, and inspired esteem; they had a softness that conciliated affection. His elocution was handsome: his address easy, polite and insinuat ing. By his merit, he had acquired the confidence of his general, and was making rapid progress in military rank and reputation. • • • The author ized maxims and practices of war are the satires of human nature. * * * The general who can make most trai tors in the army of his adversary is frequently most applauded. On this scale we acquit Andre.” It thus ap pears that Andre and Hale were young men of fine education, noble bearing and high military acquirements. And yet, If all that has been told of hum ble Sam Davis, the Confederate spy, by both friends and foes, be true, his ca reer is better fitted for presentation on the stage, for it had in it more thrill ing, tender and patriotic scenes. I note that Nathan Hale had a sweet heart on the stage, in a scene full of almost speechless pathos. But the fare well between Sam Davis and his sweet heart far eclipses it in the Intensity of the plea she made In behalf of his poor, old. heart-breaking mother. Hale was sorry he had but one life to give his country, but Davis said he would give a thousand lives rather than save his own by betraying a solemn trust. While Clyde Fitch is putting this “American Spy" and this "British Spy” on the stage to show the world how a patriot-hero can die for his cause or his country without flinching, why does not some talented Southern writer put into a thrilling drama the career of the "Confederate Spy.” the humble Sam Davis, whom Col. Bennett H. Young, as well as Gen. Joe Wheel er, calls the sublimest hero of the Civil War. And "Mo’ly Pitcher,” the heroine of the battle of Monmouth, Is again on the stage, and a real cannon Is part of the accessories, and it pours hot shot Into the Britishers. Brave Molly at the cannon was no greater heroine than Nancy Hart, the “War Woman” of Georgia, with her trusty musket and her brawny arm. Who will put her on the stage to Illustrate the heroism of Southern Revolutionary women? Sidney Herbert South's Ever-Increasing Cotton Crop Gov. McSweeney of South Carolina In Success. Some months ago. Wu Ting-fang, the able Chinese minister at Washing ton, was invited to the South to tell the people how best to sell their cotton goods to his countrymen. A southern humorist, after reading one of the minister’s speeches, remarked that the most practical thing for the southern people would be to get Mr. Wu to petition his emperor to Issue an edict requiring each of his four hundred million subjects to lengthen his shirt an Inch, and the South could then safe ly go on building cotton mills and roll ing In prosperity. The supreme pur pose of the exposition at Charleston is to throw light upon this great com mercial problem,—how to sell to advan tage the ever-increasing surplus of cotton goods being piled up in the hundreds of new mills. Outside of our home demand, China has furnished practically the only market for the coarse goods of the southern mills. The recent disturbances there have so paralyzed that market, and It Is re covering so slowly, that the South must either call a halt in the steady progress of cotton manufacturing or find other markets. Even with an ac tive Chinese market, and every China man’s shirt an inch longer,new markets must be found to carry forward the gi gantic developments of cotton manu facturing begun In the South. COLOMBIA’S CIVIL WAR. THE ATTITUDE OF THE NEIGHBOR ING REPUBLICS. The United States Is Carefully Watching the Progress of Events Around Panama—Venesnela and Ecuador May Become Involved. The Present Insurrection Is Spreading Southward Rapidly and Indications Point to an Overthrow of the Present Administration. Too Early to Prophesy Effect on South America. (Copyright 1901 by C. C. Adams). Washington, Nov. 22.—During the of ficial sojourn in Caracas of a former British minister there hung on his of fice walls two water colors —one show ing a coffee plantation in the morning, the happy faces of the black labor ers revealing their peace and con tentment: the other depicting the same field In the afternoon, the sky darkened with the smoke of burning buildings and the bodies of the field hands scattered among the coffee shrubs. Another South American rev olution had supplanted the orderly quiet of the morning with fire and tragedy before sundown. The world has ccme to regard most of these ebulli tions with contempt or indifference. More bluster than bloodshed marks the course of many of them. Merely personal ambition or private malice is the mainspring of much of this bellig erence. In these Latin American re publics where active volcanoes make rapid changes In the landscape, we have come to regard upheavals of government as too frequent for no tice. On occasions, however, these con flicts have been precipitated by wrongs that needed righting, by misgovem ment too atrocious to be feorne. The present war in Colombia is one of these ocoasions. The causes of this civil war can be only briefly referred to here. Colombia has two Intensely antagonistic politi cal parties. The Clerical or “Conserva tive” party advocates a centralized government wielding really despotic power which it shares with the Church: in other words, a government copied after the old Spanish model. The Lib eral party, on the other hand, favors a progressive, democratic form of government modeled after that of the United States. Though these parties numerically, are nearly equal, the Clericals have held the supreme power since 1886, when President Nunez sub verted the government and overthrew the Liberal constitution by a coup d’etat as drastic as that of Napoleon 111. in France. From that day till he was poisoned by enemies In his own party in 1894 Nunez lacked nothing but the title of an absolute soverign. The federal government was abolished, the right of suffrage was taken from nine tenths of the people, and nine autono mous states became merely so many districts governed from Bogota, the liberty of the press and all private teaching were suppressed and educa tion was centered in the hands of the Jesuits. It is impossible here to detail the miseries that have befallen Colom bia under the despotic rule of Nunez and his successors. It will suffice to say that Colombia, having repudiated its debts, has no public credit, and her exports have been so heavily taxed that the country can not vie with its neighbors In foreign commerce; with a population a third larger than that of Venezuela, the imports are much smaller: and the opponents of the gov ernment have been treated as public enemies. This, in brief, was the situation that caused the armed revolt of the Liber al party In October, 1899. The northern one-fourth of Colombia has been the Men’s Diseases SOME PLAIN TALK. I wish I could Impress upon every man the serious conditions which are sure to result from neglect to have properly treated the slightest indica tion of a loss of manly vigor. The symptoms are plain, but are so often unheeded. Spots before the eyes, dizzi ness, falling memory, emissions, weak back, bashfulness, etc., etc., should warn every man of the danger which is imminent. The wrong treatment is always worse than no treatment at all, and I want to warn you against the folly of ex pecting the slightest relief from the “free sample” and “free treatment" and other fraudelent methods resorted to by unscrupulous so-celled "doctors" and “medical Institutes" In different parts of the country. I am constantly receiving patients from whom these schemers have extorted money and have injured instead of benefltting their case. You cannot afford to experiment up on the human system. I have devoted twenty years to the close study of these diseases and have cured ninety-nine out of every hundred cases. I have cured such stubborn cases which had baffled the skill of others and had been declared Incurable, that I am acknowledged the most skillful special ist In the United States. In fact, so successful have been my original methods of treatment that I acknowl edge no superior anywhere.l do not say this boastfully, but it Is only natural that my treatment should succeed be er ause I have studied closely every phrase of Men’s Diseases and under stand them thoroughly. It Is foolish to expect the same treat ment to cure every case. I carefuly diagnose and study each case and pre pare treatment to meet every require ment. My methoda are atrlctly up to date and I am always the first In the south to introduce the latest discoveries of science for the relief of the afflicted. No charge for consultation and ad vice. FREE CONSULTATION I extend to every man a cordial In vitation to consult me without coat. I want to talk to you about your c as#, and can glv# you some Important In formation and advice. You may save yourself much worry by calling on ma at ones. LEARN JA f LESSON. A “Clothing Lesson" * from a What use is an instrument out of tone? or a suit? What a noise some clothes make--presence of discord and absence of harmony among the pat terns. No man wants a suit that's “out of place." ’ Yet they are sold. Fall and Winter Suits—with Fashion’s latest “touch,” that’s what we can furnish you. Our array of suits is a most splendid one this year. Stylish, substantial, fine fitting, durable suits abound. Suits of the best winter fabrics in the newest, nobbiest colorings, $lO to $26. Overcoats, too, all sorts at all prices, $lO to $25. 11l Broughton Street, West. scene of the more or less desultory fighting that has claimed some public attention. It would not, however, have excited the present interest if the con flict had not recently threatened to involve two or more other republics and to compel the arbitration or the intervention of the United States, either to protect the commercial inter ests of the world, on the isthmus of Panama, or to prevent the whole of northern South America and perhaps a part of Central America from en gaging in a ruinous struggle. Imperial ambitions of Castro, Venezuela’s presi dent, began to be discussed, and the pcssibility of a United States of South America has Interested not only our own country, but Europe as well. It Is a curious fact, worth mention ing, that the Isthmus of Panama, since the beginning of the Nunez regime, has been worth nothing to Colombia ex cept for purposes of taxation. Its railroad, owned by foreigners, is mere ly a means of transport for the com merce (duty free) of other nations. The government having neglected to connect the isthmus by transportation loutes with the other parts of the country, Colon and Panama are noth ing but way stations for the foreign traffic across the isthmus. The present insurrection, which promises to Involve several govern ments, began among the hills of San tander, the Inland, eastern department, which raises a large part of the super ior coffee of Colombia As Santander has no convenient outlet for its cof fee through the ports of its own coun try, it sends the product by mule trains to Maracaibo, Venezuela for shipment to Europe. Thus It happens that the people of Santander and western Venezuela are particularly well acquainted; this fact probably had something to do with the little plot hatched by the Clerical party on both sides of the border in July for the in vasion of Venezula which so greatly excited President Castro. But the insurrection has now spread far beyond the limits of Santander. It has extended over the northern plains where cattle raising is the chief In dustry; parts of the insurgent army oommand the lower Magdalena and have closed the river route to Bogota; other forces hold points along the coast, but have not yet succeeded In capturing the little port of Rlohacha; they have overrun the department of Bolivar, most of which is In their hands, excepting the seaports of Car tagena and Sabanilla and the river port of Barranqullla; they have de stroyed the railroad from Cartagena to the Magdalena, cutting oft that port from the interior; they have reached the Pacific coast In the department of Cauca, have Invaded the Isthmus and many of the merchants there are said to have given their allegiance to the revolution. The largest force in any one district Is supposed to be with Gen eral Urlbe-Uribe, who Is said to com mand 6,000 men In Santander. No data yet received give any clear idea as to the number dt the revolutionists. The fact that they are scattered In small detachments over a vast terri tory and that the government troops, numbering about 4<fooo, are also wide ly dispersed probably accounts for the desultory nature of the fighting. The fragmentary Information received, com ing mostly from government sources, shows at least that no engagements between large forces have occurred. The struggle la thus confined to the north. Bogota, the capital, high on the mountain plateau In the south, seems to be safely out of reach. The Insur gents could not muster sufficient river beats to transport an army and sup plies up the Magdalena; and to at- I tempt to carry the war south along the ! mountain mule paths would be an ef- j fort to emulate Hannibal’s crossing of | (he Alps On the whole, the Insurgent*, t fairly wall equipped with Munition* • hav# never been mors confident of final success than lhay are to-day If they win. does the power Inhere to them to give Colombia a stable government baaed upon liberal democratic prim pwe? The ays* of the world mUi be up* \ THE / Up-to-Date plant! Pianl sy stem ' I Commencing ‘-^ysrcTEMy>i December 1, 1901, Pullman Dining Cars Leave Savannah Daily 2:05 p. m., City Time. Arrive Washington, Daily, 7:39 a. m. Arrive New York 1:43 p. m. LESS THAN 24 HOURS. This train carries Pullman Sleeping and Drawing Room Cars and Day Coaches; also U. S. Mail Cars. Another comfortable train, with through Pullman Sleeping Cars, leaves Savannah 1:30 a. m. For tickets, sleeping car reservations and other information, see ticket agents. WARD CLARK, T. A., De Soto Hotel. Both Phones Now 73. R. C. BLATTNER, D. T. A. Georgia Phone 91L J. H. D. SHELLMAN, T. P. A. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager. on them if they have an opportunity to try the experiment. Since July last the attitude of the neighboring: republics, and particular ly of Venezuela, has attracted far more attention than the internal troubles of Colombia. The fact that the Venezuelans and the Ecuadorians are watching the conflict with Intense interest may easily be explained. Their territories are contiguous, and, poli tically, the three nations are divided on exactly the same lines. Each has a Liberal and a Clerical party, whose ideals are identical. The Liberals and the Clericals of Venezuela, after ap pealing to arms most vigorously for a number of years, have recently been taking a breathing spell with the Liberals in power under the presidency of General Castro. The present govern nnnt of Venezuela naturally sympa thizes with the Insurrectionary move ment across the border and apparent ly takes no pains to conceal the fact. The church party in Ecuador is so firmly entrenched that it is Impossible to foresee a time when It will cease to control the state; but Ecuador has had boundary and other disputes with Cclombia, and the relations between the two governments have not been wholly amicable. There is excitement and strong feel ing over the situation in Colombia, and the question has arisen whether these neighboring states will under take by overt action, hostile to the Colombian government, to help settle the troubles in that country. There are other complications of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduraa are eald to be wholly with the revolutloniets who have received assistance, in one way and another, from the people of these Central American states. The volun teers and supplies they may smugggls Into Colombia do not, from the pre sent outlook, however, seem likely to involve their governments in ember iniMntnt. fcyrnp*ihf*#r with th# Inurr*eUof) bkvinf un4(Hibtfdl)r •ending mo m* •uppHtm Iq thr r*Vi/lutiof!tt y twcmm fiotu Krundof, Um pr*trt4tol of |C*u w** g/<’u*#4 by General Cordova, governor of Cauca, and others wick sending aid to the enemy, but the government o 4 Colombia itself baa scouted this idee and se bee the Cuietn bias Minister at W ashing 100 What ever ih* feeble Liberal party of lues dor might be disposed is do, these is no reason to believe that the Clerical government of that country will for a moment countenance an attack from their republic upon the Clerical govern ment of Colombia. Neither is there any reason to in fer, from the present condition of af fairs, that the government of Venezula will overtly interfere in behalf of the Insurrection. If some of the reports with regard to the r-icent doings of President Oastro are true his actions as the head of a neutral state have been neither discreet nor dignified. But an official who only last year had an unpleasantness with a disaffected fac tion of his own party that involved considerable bloodshed, who knows that the opposition pa.rty on whose de feat he rose to power Is numerically strong, and that the prevailing senti ment of his country, worn out by war, Is for rest and peace, Is not very like ly to embroil his people In a war across the frontier. Castro Is also well aware that the civilized world would view with the greatest disfavor any Inter ference that might spread the horrors of war over all the northern part of South America. No prophecy is worth much at this Juncture, but the proba bilities seem to be that the people of Colombia will be left to settle their own troubles. The Insurgents will act wise ly in their own behalf. 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