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\ t ' THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS. TRAP IN ROW WITH JAPAN Abandons Course Used Success fully With England—Orientals to Grasp Opportunity. WASHINGTON, Mny 27. ■-Sfodonts of Ft aircraft dr< lnro that thft V* ilson administration hat* needlessly* not to saw stupidly, walked Into a trap In the rofMTnvpruy with Japan over the California alien land law. In Its reply to Croat Rrltatn^ Pun- tvma^ Canal tolls protest, this Gov ernment laid down the principle that until «n overt art had horn commit ted against, the Hay-Pftunoefote treaty, Great Britain would have no standing In court” In other words, that OiVat Britain's grievance would He. orrm a matter for diplomatic nd- jnstnriOnt only after an American ship had actually passed through the ca nal free. Tftts statement cleared the atmosphere and left Great Britain no reasonable grounds for continuing tho debate. Tho same principle applies in the controversy with Japan. Tho obvious reply of Secretary of State Bryan to the first Japanese protest, In view of the attitude as itrmed toward Great Britain, was to that the treaty with Japan had not been violated, and, therefore, there was no matter for contention between the two government* until after some Japanese subject In Cali fornia had been aggrieved by the operation of some California law. But Instead of adopting this logi cs! course, it was pointed nut bore to-day fhe Wilson administration floundered about In the diplomatic puddle, and. denying that the treaty of JR11 had been violated, invited further negotiations, thus giving the Japanese Ambassador an excellent opportunity to quote the State de partment fitrainst itself, where the. very same principle is involved. As the matter Is now, instead of making a firm stand on precedent and silencing tho Japanese protest the British protest was silenced, the Wilson administration has pro moted bickering between the two na tions. Japan and the United States, and is in the ridiculous position of holding two diametrically opposite policies in relation to identh-'^lly the same problem. If the America: po sition i* right in regard to the Pana ma <’anal protest. It is wrong in re gard in the Japanese protest, and vico versa. It is the expectation here that Japan will take instant advantage of the Inconsistency and incongruity of tho position of tho United States. ][„ I "U" TICE rkjijES r/r ihe Wuxtry! Wuxtry! And Again, Wuxtry! "Talk about nature faking,” ex claimed the hotel clerk. “Just listen to this from a paper published out West. The Items were sent in by the corre spondent at Azusa, wherever that is.” And then he road the following; ''James Pn5*dpr, of this town, brought home four baby squirrels the other day and the family cat has adopted them and nurses them with her kittens. "Then John Davis and Sherman [ Ward caught eight, young foxes and their family cats have adopted them. “Fred Blarer owns a calf that has ! but one foreleg, but runs Just as well | as any calf with its complete quota of lags. “Ardell Smith, 16 years old, was Knocked down and run over by a hog. ! Tho doctors called In say his left knee will be stiff for the rest of his life as a result of tho accident. “J. U Brown’s old hen has every day for the past three weeks laid an egg three inches long. “Since tho 'clean up’ here there hasn’t, been much refuse In the streets and the birds got to eating tobacco crumbs and acquired the tobacco hab it. Now they refuse grain and live on cigar and cigarette ."tubs.” Sure, Let ’Em Pay For the Luxuries. Atlanta barbers have been dlscuss- ! Ing the edict that came from Trenton, X. J., the other day raising the price of trimming a Van Dyke heard from I two bits to 35 cents. “They’re right,” said the head bar ber. as he deftly deposited a comb be- ! hind his left ear and began running i Ills fingers through his customer’s , hair. “Never saw a guy who insisted on j wearing a bunch of spinach like that who wasn’t harder to please than your wife with her new summer hat. And i a guy who will Insist, on having his mustache curled—well, some men Is queer. Soak ’em, says I, soak ’em, and soak ’em good and plenty.” And the customer went out war bling: What! The kibosh on the Van Dyke, And an extra charge to boot j When ifoo barber does' your mustache With a curl so cute and sweet, sweet and cute? 1 But wave something to foe thankful for, Downtrodden men, by heck! j The haven’t ^raised the price For a sha<K» Upon the ne» \! Lawson and Friends Preacher Sentenced in Real Panther Hunt To Gallows Appeals RCITTJATK. MASS., Mny 27.--; Thomas* W. iMIWBon ho* taken a hand j tn the ‘hunt for a panther* which has ttn r B»iwi SctUmfe, and has been seen Tjy a. snnra of persons. It is possible Mr. Lawson and a i flgrtv Of his friends will stalk the ’tfoenwelvew. They want to add t&' beast to the menagerie at menoftL” ODDITIES -in the— LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 27. Rev. Marion Capps, a former Mot ho- j dlSt preacher, has filed an appeal to the State Supreme Court from a sentence of death imposed upon him by a Sebastian County Jury. He was j convicted of burning to death three j of his children. Evidence at the trial j was that the children were tied jn bed, which was saturated with oil, J and the house fired. Capps was convicted on the testi- j many of two older children, who es caped, but who, it is alleged, have since declared they swore falsely against their father. DAY’S NEWS BOS® GRUDGE TO GRAVIS. Most <Jf ’the will of Iterance J. Lar- itftr. JtHtt filed In NW York, 1s do YoL#d to disinheriting his daughter, JD-S. Agnes G. Bedford, of Middle town. N. T h to whom he left only $5. GTRC’B STROLL WORTH $5,000. Bftrcs Efbet Tterry, of Bnyvflle, N. Y„ ftpinri a large piece of ambergris, valued at $,6,000, while walking along the* beach here. SETS VISITING SPEED RTOO ORIX—-Forty-five calls in ninety minutes Is the visiting record estab lished in Washington bv Mrs. Mar shall, wife of the Vice President. RORHES FIGHT DUEL.—Two horses? fought a duel in a vacant lot at Harrison. N. J.. while several hun dred persons watched the fight. One of the animals finally dropped with a broken leg. A bnhet ended its suf fering and the other horse is under i the care of a veterinary. 'HOPPER’ INVASION REPORT ED,—a column of grasshoppers, five miles wide and eighteen miles long, If coming from northern Mexico, a< cording to reports to Amarillo, Tex. Government, Plate and railroad ex perts have combined to fight the in sects with poison. BIRDS BATTLE WORKMEN —j An army of sparrow's fought riggers who destroyed their nests while dis mantling the spire of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at Chester. Pa. The steople began to topple and was condemned. MOVIE* PLAY ANGERS BROK ERS.—The New York Stock Ex change objected to the display of a film in a local moving picture thea ter which shows a robber investing stolen money in stock* in a build ing bearing a sign “Branch of tin* New York Stock Exchange.” Colgate’s ac ‘ RIBBON •*»*" _DENTGC CREAM Its delicious flavor makes a treat of the regular twice-a-day care your teeth need. Its safe, antiseptic cleansing checks de cay-germs and leaves the mouth whole some and non-acid. Sold Everywhere BE A MEMO THE 400 Membership Books Will Open To-morrow My offer, which was announced Sunday, has proved to be the biggest sensation the South has ever known. 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