Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-25
TIE ARGUS.
SATURDAY, JUNE %, 1899.
WANT MORE SPACE.
England, France and Germany
at the Worlds Fair.
INTEREST DEVELOPING IN EUROPE.

Great Britain Would occupy Half of the
Whole Space If 1t Could he Secured
Kaiser Wilhelm Taking Hand
France Not Satisfied with 60, 900
Square Feet-Some Ex-Cannibals Are
Coming-work on the Buildings De-
1ayed by Rsin-Curios Preparing.
CHICAGO, June 25.-The secretary of the
Worlds fair commission of Great Britain,
Sir Henry Freeman-W Wood, and Herr
Schuars Alquist, one of Germauy's
Worlds fair commissioners, have arrived
In this country on business connected with
the fair. Sir Henry Wood comes to make
an appeal for more space for the British
exhibit at the fair. He says in this con-
nection that so great has the interest in
the exposition become in Europe that he
believes that the English exhibit alone
would fill at least half of all the buildings
II the space could be secured. He adds
that letters are pouring in at his head
quarters in London from every corner in
Great Britain with urgent requests for
space. There is no possibility, he con-
cludes, of satisfying even a small percent
age of these requests.
The Kaiser Much Interested.
Herr Alquist, the German commissioner,
is also on mission to Chicago with the
view of getting more space. He says that
he is prepared to launch the wrath of the
German emperor at the heads of the Chi
cago gentlemen if they refuse to give addi-
tional space to the German exhibition. He
adds: Il do not think the American people
e - -
Emperor William takes in the United
States. and it is largely through his eff
forts that the German empire will make a
better showing at this American EXPOSE
ton than it ever did at any previous affair
of the kind
Frenchmen Want More Room.
Baron de Vialar, French fair commits
sioner, was here looking over the site, and
was tackled by a reporter when he reached
New York on his way home. nd asked
what he thought of the space allotted the
French department. "Not sufficient" re-
piled the baron. 1--WE asked for more area
while we were there, but do not know
that we will get il. The commissioners
said they would consider the matter We
have now but 10000 square feet of ground.
imagine France, Germany, and England
are treated about alike. All are after more
ground 1t is possible, if we get more
ground, that our general commissioner.
Mr.. Kranz, VIII ask the French congress
for further appropriation. Something
like 5000, eco has already been appropriated,
but this is hardly enough to be in keeping
with the magnihcence of the fair
Frances Exhibit win BE Rich.
When asked what he thought the conf
mercial interests of France would do in
the way of exhibiting, Baron de Vialar
said: "The French exhibits will not be be-
hind those of other foreign countries. OF
course l cannot give anything like definite
figures, but the commercial display will
not fall short of $4,000 900 in value. We
will have over here an exhibit of every
thing the country of France produces"
Were Cannibals in Columbus Time.
Frederick A. ODER, who has been fol-
some time in the Leeward islands rs spe
eial Wold's fair commissioner, said yester
day: "The Worlds fair has been very well
advertised in the Leeward islands and O
number of the descendants of the Cards
will come to see it. The lesser Antilles
have long been famous as the home of the
last of the cannibal Caribs discovered By
Columbus in 1893 on his - I'd voyage
If the account of the Spania is to bt
believed the huts on the islands were the
abode of cannibals when Columbus land
ed, for the evidences were strewn on every
side-legs and arms, freshly severed heads
skulls and heaps of human bones"