The Communication With Reference

to the enforcement of the liquor laws in this city, which tlie anti-saloon league addresses to Mayor Walker in another column of this issue, brings to mind a state oí' affaire that should not exist. Xo class or calling should be allowed to viólate the laws with impunity. This does not apply to the saloon business any more or any less than any other. They exist under certain restrictions and regulations. Not even their supporters and patrons care for the removal oí' these restrictions. The proprietors themselvos, as a rule, reeognize these limitations as for their own best interests. They should therefore be obeyed. We believe that Mayor Walker will not be f'ound wanting in this emtrgeucy- we trust he may not. He has reputaron for being ready at all times todo the work before him, regardless of who may be hurt, we hope he may live up to it at this time. He is not responsible for the law, he is responsible for its enforcement. The league has made no unreasonable demand upon him, it becomes him to do his duty fearlessly at this time. .. CONSUL-OENEÓAL FlTZHUGH LEE, the United States represen tat i ve at Havana, may be an ex-rebel general, may be a lot of other things, but one thing he does seem to be is a good) thorough American. The dilatory and disgraceful failure of the administration to give to American citizens in Cuba the same measure of protection aft'orded by other governments to their citizens has filled him with disgust, and he has tendered his resignation. The department of state has requested him to remain at his post until something ean be done, as his retirement at this time and in such a manner "would cause untold trouble." Something will probably be done about next Thursday, and it is hoped that whatever it is, it will enable a United States citizen to look on the Stars and Stripes, and say, "they will protect me." That flag had better be hauled down otï the schoolhouses of the land, unless the boys and girls can have some reasonable assurance that it represents a government that will protect its citizens when in the right, wherever they may be assailed. We present on the first page a comnumieation from those in autliority in the Lima Xorthern railroad company, with reference to that road coming to Ann Arbor, which -was recentl y recei ved by 15ro. Beal of the Courier. The question before Ann Arbor now is- does ghe want another competing line, does she want additional railroad facilities. The benefits of competiüon in freight rates which resulted from the coming of the Ann Axhor road to this city are well known. Cheaper f reights and better accommodations were the result. The new line has Detroit for its objective point, and wonld give us competition in that direction where we do not have it now. It would also bring in trade from a new section of country, as it would approach the city in a new direction. Ilere is one of the places where the business men's association for which THE DeiíOCBAT has been contending, is needed. There are many places where such an organization could do us good. Why not have one'r1 ■X ir We cali attention to an article f rom the Medical Century, which . will be found iuanother column, on the subject of the removal of the Homeopathie department to Detroit. What the journal says upon the condition of Homeopathy in Detroit is very pertinent. Itwouldl look as though this was an attempt to get the state to do for them what they have failed to do for themselves,that is maintain a hospital of their own. The state can do better to keep up the one here at the University. 1 here is also f orce in what is said wi(h reference to the contact with University life, which the students find here. We trust the article may be brought to the attention of every memberof the Legislature. Coming from the leading journal of that school of medicine in the country, and one that has followed this en tire oontroversy careful'y, it should have great weight. # V !■: ;ire often surprised at the way some men teil an editor things that have happened, and theo wind up by saying, "this is not for the paper," and exacting a promise that it will not be piublished. In many cases these were matters of interest to the public, and in some instances it would be of distinct value to the relator to have them published. We wonder how mauy people realize what the newspaper does for both communitiea and individuáis. We cali to mind a young man who has made quite a success in life so far, who ahvays lias a word ready for the newspaper man. "Without any unseèmly raiulation of himself he gives freely items of general interest in which his own name may figure. The result is that the people are acquainted with hiiii. know of his habits and customs, and he beneiits by their intimacy. Lots of this free advertising which the newspapers are willing and glad to give is the very best of advertising, and those who decline to give it as a rule injure themselves more than they trouble the newpaper. , The Dutcii are again to take Holland. 800 years a?o all Holland contained but 000 square miles of land. Gradually, by means of dykes, land has been reclaimed, nntil the present area is about 13,000 square miles. It is now proposed to reelaim about 787 square miles more, by means of a sea wall 27 miles in length. It is proposed to run this wall from near Helda, nortli of Amsterdam, to theisland of VVieringen, and from thence to the mainland near Workum. The work will be one of the most colossal engineering feats ever undertaken, and is estimated to cost not less thau 670,000,000. We meotion it here to show to what lengths these people will go for land, while we here bestow our broad acres with prodigal liberality upon foreigners and corporations, with little or no return. Our public domaia is fast wasting away, and it behoovesus to see that it is worthily bestowed.