The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-14

The foreign papers by the last mail
contain very complete detail. Of the
sudden visitation Of cholera in tho
Philip n Isl inds, which Is causing
much alarm in Europe, o pccinlly In
Spain. 10 whose jurisdiction the islam Is
belong Owing TO loose quarantine
regulations III disease was dr.t brought
u the soolop Islands by a steamer, and
rapidly spread among the natives all
over tn Islands In the Sooloo Archiprl.
ago. There are 40 oil the Sooloo Islands
alone, and a. they have an active trade
with China aud Japan. with little or
no quarantine regulation. the Chinese
vessels carried the disease 10 Manila
aud Lulon, Of the Philippine group Of
Islands. still further north. Al these
points II at once commenced g. rage
with terrible violence. The average
number Of deaths in Manila alone. the
Capital Of the Philippines, is about $50
u day. From the fifth TO the 2llh Of
August 1850 persons died in Manila
alone. II is difficult TO get complete
returns, as the Indians are so super
stitious that they make no resistance to
the disease. but II IL known that nearly
10000 victims have persisted in the
archipelago. which is exclusiie of those
who have died In the SOoloo Islands,
amounting to several thousand more.
From the Philippine Islands the disease
has been carried to Japan. where Il has
commenced to spread rapidly. Twen-
ty-iiye cases were reported daily when
the last mail left Yokohama, and all
religious festivals aud theatrical ex-
hibitions have been discontinued In
addition to this sufficiently alarming
news, IL is now announced that the
cholera has broken out among the
Moslcm pilgrims, who were fearfully
filthy, returning from Mecca to the
Mediterranean States on tho African
coast, and n cholera patient was found
on board n pilgrim ship from Bombay
entering the Sucz Canal.
The canal Is the new gateway Of the
cholera ON Its march toward Europe.
The Director of the Medical Department
OF the Russian Government writes:
"Sincc the opening Of the Sucz Canal
Europe has been placed in such close
aud almost immediate relations with In.
dia, the birthplace Of cholera. tina. al
most all the other routes by which il has
hitherto penetrated into Europe from
that country have lost their exclusive
Importance" To hold this gateway
closed against the admission Of this
most unwclcome visitor. Europe Is max
ing strenuous efforts. Spanish com.
mercc with her Indian colonies passes
through the canal. likewise her mail
and military service. Her steamers
and men.of-war enter IL every week.
and the Government has ordered all
Spanish vessels leaving the injected
colonies 10 be- subjected TO the most rig
orous quarantine. aud for that purpose
has established largo lazarcttos In the
Balearic Islands. These may be con-
sidered tho finest line OF intrenchments
against the enemy. The citadel Is nj
tho southern mouth Of the Sucz Canal,
where m International Sanitary Com
mission. representing fourteen Powers.
the United States among the number,
has control. The barrier was esinb-
lished a year ago, aud tho commission
boasts that IL kept the cholera out OF
Europe In 1873. 1877 aud 1881. The
English, who control eighty per
cent OF the commerce pass.
ing through the canal. have
complained OF the vigorous interference
Of the commission with vessels, but. rs
the Fdi- Mall Gafeuc says. 'the MAORI
~ Of the Sanitary Commission look at
their duties with a strictly professional
eye. They are appointed 10 keep out
cholera. II Is their raison dc'rc 10 i'm.
pose quarantine regulations. and they
lose no opportunity Of doing so. The
brave Horatius did not hold the bridge
more tenaciously in the old days Of
Rome than the Sanitary Commission
hold the Cholera Gate OF Europe against
the Asiatic invader This Is cheering
news. since next year Il tho appointed
time for Its temperance In Europe
and the time when cholera will be ut
Its maximum In the world. BY numcr-
Gus citations Of dates. q member Of the
Royal Academy Of s,iences In England
has shown that tho MAXIMUM OF cholera
ocO urs every seventeen ears, which will
locate It's next occurren Q in 1888 As
q curious coincidence. also, II Is noted
that the present summer in the cholcra
localities. a well as In Southern Europe
and Northern Aria, has all the char
actcristics Of past summers immediate.
" preceding cholera seasons So far as
the United States Is concerned. there is
a double danger. Vigilance at the Eu-
ropean gateway may savc Us from at
tack from that quarter. but We have n
gateway Of our own on The racihs coast
where the epidemic may cnicr from the
Asiailc coast unless great vigilance Il
exsrci cd Chfeago Tribune.