The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-09-10
PAPERS ON CHOLERA
Occupy the Attention Of the Hygienic
Congress at Buda-Pesth.
An Americans Strong Protest Against
OId-world Methods of Transacting
By The Associated Press.

business.
By The Associated Press.
BUDA-PEsTH Sept 10.--At the session
of the Hygienic congress on Saturday, an
interesting paper on cholera was read
by DIR. Ernest Harts. He argued that the
disease came from the valley OF the Ganges,
whore there is an utter disregard or
sanitary precautions and where the peo-
pie habitually drink polluted water. DIR.
Harts said 1t seemed certain that persons
could touch cholera patients with I'm
punity.
The danger consisted OF the swallowing
OF the bacillus, which DR. Harts contended
went to the liver.
Cholera, he added, is spread broadcast by
pilgrims to Mecca and elsewhere. The
government Of India must watch the fairs
and festivals in that country, and Europe,
by international agreement, should guard
the pilgrim track by isolating early cases.
The Sultan of Turkey ought TO adopt
measures for the thorough sanitation or
Mecca, which Is nursery of cholera.
Upon the conclusion OF the reading OF
the paper, "A resolution was adopted ex-
pressing the full approval of the congress
Of the convention respecting the disease.
Disagpeements ensued regarding the
number of resolutions submitted, owing
to the fact that many of them were not
translated and were apparently not under
stood by a majority OF those present.
DIR. Billings Protests.
At an early stage of the discussion DIR.
Billings, who represents the American
governments and several scientific bodies,
energetically protested against the whole
sale adoption OF resolutions that were un-
explained and imperfectly understood; that
an international congress OF this kind
should only pass resolutions regarding
which general concensus of opinion ex-
listed. Resolutions, he added, had been
presented and adopted, one after the other,
because nobody took the trouble TO object
10 them. He would object to every resolu-
tion and challenge the vote on each.
The voting then proceeded amid confu-
sion, and the resolutions were passed or
rejected for no apparent reason. DIR. Bill
ings renewed his protest, and said that
while there was $500 members cf the con-
gress resolutions were being passed by q
vote Of 80 and 40. He demanded that the
number of votes on each resolution be re-
corded.
DIR. Loew Of Vienna said that by its
present conduct, the meeting was simply
destroying the work Of years. Important
resolutions were being rejected, because
only few of the delegates were ao-
quainted with the subjects.
Resolutions Voted Down.
A resolution was shortly afterward read
relating to the compulsory insurance of
cattle. DIR. Billings said the question was
for medical or pharmaceutical congress
and had nothing TO do with hygiene, This
congress, he declared, might as well pro-
pose to pass resolutions bearing on inter
national law. The resolution was re-
jected. Other irrelevant resolutions met
with a similar fate.
At the final sitting, Herr Won Hieronymi.
minister of the interior, presided. All the
foreign ministers were present on the plat
form. il was decided to hold the next
congress in Madrid.
Herr Won Hieronymi made the closing ad-
dress, in the course of which he dwelt on
the importance of the debate, especially
those in relation to cholera and diphtheria.