Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-08
THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.
seed Being Widely sown for Death
Harvest ia '03.
LRr Anglo-AmerIean cable % the DIspAtch.l

tBy Anslo-Amerioan cable 70 the Dlspatch.l
loNpoS. EyG.. October THE Tines, whose
carefulIy.prepafed letters on the cholera cpl
demic are attracting great attention in Europe,
and praise from the highest English and CONT
nontal phyacians publishes IN article to-day on
the prospects % the cholera for this and next
year. IL says:
ave arc already 10 October, and still the cpl
demic marches steadily westward despite eiabO-
rate precautiOn ana supposed sanitary perfec-
ton Probably tho general public does not
gather q clear idea OF what II happening from
glance at the kilograms announcing the occur
ropco OF few eases IN Groduo and Odessa.
These do not sound more important than the
dispatches announcing the same condition OF at
airs IN sardt0n and BAku. All are sOIne-
where in Russia, whore cholera 70 an old story.
similarly, the death Of few lightermen at
span 4al, Ia Germany, seems q comparative
tribe, while the tdings OF CHOLERA "a small
Uay from dozen places In Holland and Belgium
were only 20 10 expected. Evcn the Invasion OF
Bude-iesth, tho capital u Hungary, viii not AZ
tract much attention while It's elects are con-
nned 90 their present moderate dimeL-
si0Ds. Al the foregoing wii make little
Impression bCsi1o tho news IRON hamburg,
Pari-, 81. Petersburg, aud Central and southern
Russia, that tho disease IS subsldmg daily, yet
tnoy ars o. ominoas import. ihey mean that
the clOlora Ii doing Just what 10 has always done
Formerly creeping quietly onward, and sowing
tho autumnal seeds in new ground over a wide
area, which Will burst forth iuxuriant with the
"!tisa most uiachlevous delusion that after
September nothing more Is TO be feared for in
aiyidunl towns and districts when have borne
tho Uruut OF a severe epidemic. Winter gene
rally means delivery, but for the neighOJrfng
countries II means only the beginning on
the trouble. The recent cholera news from
abroad means that seed IL being sOWn over
vast area in Central Europe, ready for
the death harvest IN 1893. The news from
Gr0dno means that Western Russia up 10 the
Prussian border and beyond, IA infected; the
news from Odessa means That the see1 IL soWn
la the Black sea httOral and that the DandbGn
provinces the news from Bufa-Pestn means That
the isolation OF GalCia was an utter fall
ure. ana that Austria and Hungary are
involved, while the news from Sp0ndnu means
that ths waterways from Berlin 20 the river
Oder are infected. Scattered cases OF the disease
In the Netherlands tell the same tale. II prece-
dent q any value, all those districts, and also
Poland and France, will break out into blaze
In 1893. Cholera will KNOCK at many doors, and
woe bstide II there Is a crack anywhere
Continuing, tho Times says: "Bernn hAs a
very dubious wator sIpply, and can hardly hope
TO escape serious trouble.
"ChOlera ia almost certain 20 be brought TO
England again this autumn, and Ia quite certain
20 bo brought here 10 1898. probably both from
the Fast aud the est meaning the Baltic and
the Meilterranean).
ave NAY DO able 10 exclude the disease, as
we have done since 1886. That IS our best
chance, for once 10 oblaius foothOld we will not
nnd ourselves In "A much better position than
cur neighbOrs. London M particular has es-
capped more through good luck than good man
agemeut.'