Telegram-herald., 1886-09-22
REV. p moEROYK HOME.
The Cholera In Southern Europe-social-
f.tie Riots-Suffering Hotel Men.

The Cholera In Southern Europe-cociai-
i.tic Riots-snifering Hotel Men.
no; / did not go down into Italy, be-
cause wished TO avoid the cholera" said
Rev. Peter MOerdYk. who returned yester-
day from his European tour.
How extensively has the cholera ravaged
in Southern Europe this Summer asked
the reporter.
a good deal more than is reported either
ia European countries or over here. The
people who live down there. and particu-
larly hotel keepers. try 10 keep the reports
back as much as they can. met CathO-
lie priest az Amberieux, France. who was
on hi. way from Rome to Lyons upon &C.
clesiastical business. He spoke very good
English aud. when questioned by Us, said
that the cholera was not very prevalent and
that there was none of il in Rome. Reports
from Other parties, however, di,suaded me
from venturing south. Those hotel keep
er- in Venice, who depend largely on tour
st trade, have in some cases been really
ruined by the cholera scare keeping back
their customers. The labor troubles and
anarchial disturbances are talked of some
what on the other side, bat the people there
have troubles Of their own, and are kept
busy with them. Since there IS not the
freedom Of speech there that We e0jOy, and
macy abuse, in this country, Europeans
generally do not form correct conception
/ II our political and commercial instiiu-
tons. Those persons who have invested in
/ rsilroad stocks feei very bitter toward this
country and our Vanderbilt, and GOuids.
/ When in the Netherlands met a very sig
/ nidcsnt book appropos 10 this subject IT'S
| title being The impOverishment OF the
Netherlands Through United states Rail-
/ road stocks 7 read the pamphlet on the
way home and ind that It = somewhat OF
/ an ax.x-erati0n Of the real facts. an d
should Judge that the writer had suffered
bv investments and wished to warn others
| not % faii into ike error. Socialist move
/ meats have happened in Amsterdam and
| London In the latter there was some
| thing of . sef 20 between the mob mi .tis
! ana police and isst August IN Amsterdam
| tsrrible excitement prevailed because Of tbs
/ socialisttc movement. People we're talking
[ about it evervrbsre. The officers won
tolerate snv such uprising over there. They
have the militia and police out on yery
short notice Speaking about free speech
it seems - me that when that biessins
= turned into an excuse for ~
aammatory and incsndisry speeches. ths
/ Govern r1snt ought 70 pat a stop ~ Il
( During my trip I have visited the Neither
isnds Germany. Switzerland. France. Bel
/ xium. England snd Scotland. In Flemish
Iceland visited A. Riervlief the Old churcl
which wss attended by nav ancestors an
secured The bapfi~nsl font ia which my
se.f va. bactized. NJ health bas BEE
much improved by the trip. for I've bsei
sxsy fhree snd enc half months. and an
nos xisf ta - bone and a. work
Yesterday morning James Wander Siuf
ven to Iseksoa snd e-corfed NJ Noeriy
I CD ths c.fT where ~ was lovinziy recei -
hF IsrEp Delegation from the church eve
saicn ha prssfdes. Ar Informal reCepfio'
So - giren 90 ne pastor in the charc
nariors Wednesday nixht