The morning call., 1892-09-04
Is CHOLERA CHECKED -?

Tie refusal Of the Health Officer OF New
York to detain foreign steamers twenty
| days in quarantine was anticipated blythe
President when he qualified his procFama-
ton with the proviso that it was not to take
effect when it was Inconsistent with State
laws According to 1.-THE strict letter of the
law the subject OF quarantine is a matter
which New York regulates for herself; she
T has always dene so with the assent Of the
Government at Washington. Bhtthe Health
/ Officer at the New York quarantine has as
silned a responsibility which few men
would care to take. If. cholera spreads
|; from vessels which he allows 10 dock in
+ New Y ERIK. in defiatce col tie twelrty-day
detention OF teTed ly. the President. he viii
bereg8ri!ed as the eaaSeef Tie introduction
OF :the epidemic into the country, and ~he
/ wifi have: same: difficulty in juStifying his
conduct. g. Ina crisis: Ike the. present oaea
I ladicioas of4lsi8l VIII not allow red tape to
/ impede performance oil his dnty 10
guard the public health 1t is TO be hoped
that No eases of cholera will oceur.In. New
| York II there are ans: such few people
| :wohtd i5ie Fl, stand il: Dr. Jenkins shoes.
Meanwhile 1t Is gratifying to observe
7 that up TO the present. time the sanitary
anthoritIes Of Francesafd England seem to
I be fighting the pestilence with success:
|: Cases Of cholera have occurred IN LoAdon
i and Paris, hut 1lfe disease. has not spread
and has not become epidemic in either
PLACE The only countries in Whiebit has.
really become epidemic are Rassfa and Ger.
many 3; +: ..<..= :. !.
s As TO the formeT country science of all
kinds is so backward there it was hardly to
be expected that it would exhibit efficiency
IN the present crisis Tbs Emperor. who is
nominal y al powerful, Is really fIia feeblest
rnler iii Europe. he esnnot carry out his
purpose, because the machinery through
/ which he acts il always bFeakiug down and
its operators are frequently corrupt.
Through fle Russian bureaucracy iuteIll-
gene Is wanting That great empire, with
nearly twice tie population of the United
5states,=is governed by theories and prae-
tees w1lleb vefe 5otselete everywhere. else
/ nearly a &c injury ago No nation but the
Russitns would have expelled their
Citizens :en tile ground of difference
in religious belfef; md lit is safe
10 SAY that mn. ether -nation weusf
have allowed a famine: 60 dedmate It's
/ :+teapl when fopd WIS cheap all aver tire
world That s1ichs. a. 'uaft6p sh6aIl have
been Us ReFless TO Rr4 I he II aston Of the
plague fs*r1 o in atfeEeOf Mendtr.+ It was not
afotle .the pea santa ": wha: exhibited :tleir
/ baf b. rlsaf by burning hospitals. The high.
a q $50 rifles. wkose business. it was; to iso-
late 1helgtsease' in tbe.va]ley Of the, Nclga,
and sN.lto do notSeeIp to shavP faken effective
measures to tlEat end are only one degree
less n6tNse.:.' !: . =. =:
~ rs. not So easy TO understand the in-
-abIElty.of the Germans: e. beat hack the
+ epideR5c GeFnaGs ATE Intelligent, and
+ tlfeir. read ing scientists are: ameng. the first
IN tie world = ct: they seem to have al
lowed :fI&mb burg to. become a plague spot.
from. Witch disease. germs hare. beesr dis.
/ 'tri eNted. not only throughout Germany but
all oyer :she wo1ld,: Hamburg iss just The
+ size. 0f-Saps Fra neisee. 1t seems 70 us that
If this city became a cradle of fatal disease
we could staHp It: out II we had to tnaye
+ hall. tina people into 5te country and to
+ cover bali the city ~ jth a layer Il disihfect-
/ ing fluid. Why tire German sdki* not dis
| play equal energy It's hard to conceive. 3.
In. LenaOn. Paris and New York the
| highest medical skill and the sedndest SAINT
rary science stand .feadg, to give battle to
! the destroyer and 10 resist his advance.
With Infinite vigilance they have detected
the first appearance Of the disease and en-
forced the most thorough Isolation. A:
week has: row elapsed since. the Gravesebd
case was reported. and: it is a fortnight
! since deaths from "choleyIne" wefe re-
ported from tile suburbs. Of Paris. Tie
work Of purifcation and sanitation is being
! prosecuted with uutiring energy. It; is YET
too. soon 10 predict that fbe battle Will be
won. Tie ways Of epidemjcs are mysterf-
Gus. and the virtue Of Quarantine systems
still remains a debatable question: We
may any morning receive the sad news that
the cholera has broken out OF bounds and
become epidemic in this or that locality
But ND to the present hour the advantage
is With the doctors. If they can maintain
their lines unbroken they may confront the
plague with the ancient sentence, THUS far
! ShaI Nm GO at.A N q f1irtI.ar -