Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-18

The King of Siam seems to be more civ
 ilized person than he has generally been
 thought to be- He has decided to construct
 several lines of telegraph connecting Bang
 kok with the British system on the eastern
 side of the empire and the French lines now
 extending from Saigon through the Province
 of Cambodia. His Majesty has also decided
 to introduce the postal system in his king
 dom. In a recent speech his Majesty said
 ssWhen Siam is connected with foreign coun-
 tries by telegraph, it will become necessary
 to have some convenient means of forward
 ing correspondence such as exists in all civ
 ilized countries which have Post Offices. At
 present in Siam everyone is compelled to
 send his own messenger, waste of time and
 labor, and the more that correspondence in-
 creases the more will the inconvenience be
 felt. We have, therefore, resolved to insti-
 tute postal system in Bangkok, and shall
 extend it gradually to the Provinces as best we can. It will be difficult to organize pos
 tai system in Siam, and Siamese will hardly
 understand it's use and advantages, and will
 have their doubts about it until it IS fairly
 established It will certainly not yield rev
 enue to the Government, for correspondence in Siam is too limited We introduce it now because we wish for it in connection with our lines of telegraph, and because we believe it will promote the interests of trade. We have intrusted this matter to youngest broth
 er This Royal Highness the Krom Hiuang Bhanu Bandhawongs, varadej and after full consideration shall make you all acquainted with the result of the same"
 Consul CanisiuS writing to the State de- partment of the great and increasing Ger man emigration to the United States, says Leading men of this empire and deputies in the German Parliament seem to look upon this vast emigration with no very favorable eye but if Germany had no emigration the poorhouses would soon become better filled than they are now. The idea has been, and still is entertained by the statesmen of this empire to start a colony somewhere to which they might direct the stream of emlgratlon At the present time it would be impossible to find suitable spot for the surplus popula- tion, for nearly every available space IS al- ready occupied by other governments. To Africa the Germans could not be induced to go. Samoa was mentioned last year by the i imperial government for this purpose, and subsidy demanded. It was, however, re- fused by Parliament. Even had 1t been granted, it would hardly have subtracted any considerable number from the emigration to the United States, for the people of this country are sufficiently convinced that 1t is better for them to go to a civilized country l with plenty of unoccupied land than to place where civilization would first have to be established, and where the means of support l may be very scant or of a questionable na ture The millions of Germans now leading | a happy life under our flag exercise so great an influence upon their brethren in the ''Fatherland" that nothing could induce them to turn their faces toward any other land than the United States. All the infor- nation which I have obtained points to probability that in the year 1882 the emigrs tion to the States will be still greater than it was during 1881. The North German Lloyds company has already received such numerous applications for passengers in their steamers that the directors have decided to run three large steamers to New York alone, as have before mentioned, and to Baltimore the num- Der will also be increased. In spite of this it is feared that the line will be unable to ac-
 commodate all those desiring passage.