The San Francisco call., 1896-03-17

is big Boston company that has become
largely interested in the fruit industry there
and ships very extensively to Boston, New York
and other American cities. Steamers run
down there regularly from Baltimore and
other places on the Atlantic Coast and pretty
quick connec ton is made, so that man there
is not really SO far out of the world as might be
supposed. I got paper about once week
which kept me reasonably well informed.
$50 far as railroads are concerned in Jamaica,
I don't suppose there are over 300 miles of
road in the whole country. 1t is not very well
supplied in this way. Yes, it is pretty hot
there. Altogether 1 was glad to get to this
country again."
Mr.. Bernard though an old Californian, has
lived for part Of the time in recent years at
Denver.
Mr.. Bernard, in finishing the connecting
link of fifty miles in the chain of railroads
encircling the island of Jamaica, has per-
formed great feat. The road runs entirely
throughe mountains and morass. 1t has 27
tunnels, 1913 girder bridges, 13 viaducts and
IL tower bridges. 1t is said that no such
tremendous obstacles were ever met by engi-
neers in a fifty-mile stretch. The cost will
average more than 100000 mile.
DR.. Heinrich Kanner, the editor of the Ger
man weekly, Der Heit, and correspondent of
the powerful German daily, the Frankfurter
Zeitung, has gone to Los Angeles for short
visit, and will then proceed to New York and
other Eastern cities.
During the past six months he has been in
Japan and China, being occupied with special
study of the Eastern question. Mr.. Kanner
has high opinion OF the diplomatic ability of
Russia, and thinks that country leads the
world in diplomacy.
GAS illustrative of this" he said, just before
Loo ffyn n np1y fn ,nta uhof CHI
lately accomplished, and that without lifting
hand. She got the Liao Tung Peninsula and
control of Korea, the latter the very thing
Japan was fighting for.
"Japan's people are good fighters, but they
are not diplomats. That was shown in the
recent war, but they never thought that after
fighting and winning victory they would
lose the fruits of it in this way. Russia, with
out doing anything but look on, continued to
get the benefits of the struggle, and that in
such way that Japan was perplexed to know
how it was done. 1t was singular victory
and shows the power of a country which is SO
ADEPT in diplomacy as Russia.
"In regard to the Frankiurter Zeitung,
though its circulation is no more than 1000.
the secret of its influence is that it circulates
among the higher classes, and is so careful in
what it says that it is believed like the Bible.
The paper is influential and the people it
reaches are also intuen tial. 1t pays great at
tention to accurate political and commercial
news, and, while it is found all over Germany.
its power is especially felt along the Maine.
"But to reach both classes the proprietors OF
the Zeitung have another paper for the poorer
people which is sold very cheap and furnishes
the kind of matter they like. The paper has
name which would mean bulletin here. The
Frankfurter Zeitung is published three times
a day, with fourth edition at 2 A. NJ. for GER
tain early trains and boats.''
Dr. Kanner is a young looking man of ap-
parently 35 years. He wears q full brown
beard. He has travelled extensively and is an
interesting conversationalist on almost all
topics.