Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-18
FOREIGN ECHOES.

An italian correspondent of the st.
James Gazette makes an interesting
statement He says: italians know that
England's friendship with italy, which
an the past was an affair of sentiment on
Nv Is at present based on something very
much solider--on interest. Italy is Eng
lands only real ally on the continent;
and Italy has fleet and means to MAIN
tain It. AT word from England the RAJ
IAN fleet at Spezia last autumn was at
great expense, put in order for immedi-
ate action In conjunction with the Brit
ish fleet--not a naval demonstration, put
measures much more serious were tneh
CONTEMPLATED This is fact Whlch ue-
fy anyone to deny. Although the pres
ent government is not CONSIDERED 50 IA
yorablv inclined to England as the ast,
sbe community of interests between ltaly
and England in the Mediterranean would
fatally lead to like result were an enter
eency to occur tomorrow. " what otiiel
mower could this be said? III is almost N
credible that Englishmen should wish IL
alv 10 diminish her fleet. For the rest,
A. has been proved over and over again
bv statistics that 1t is not the meet anu
army, but the mass of expenditure uhuer
the head of public works, Whlch mas
brought the Italian finances to thelr pres
ent serious. but not hopeless, condition.
He then continues: Il live SURROUNDED
Nv italian peasants, and have been lost
In admiration at the patience anu pa.ii
otism with which they have borne lne
SACRIFICES imposed on them by the last
,1nhannv campaign. In every little vii
lage church requiem mass was sald Ior
those fallen in Africa; tri-coior iaes
draped the catafalque, and notices, gen
erlilv written by the priest, bade the sor-
rowing mothers dry their eyes, since tielr
sons had died for Italy.
An illustration of the state OF panic IN
which the population or Constantlhople
hass been living of late is given by cor
respondent Of London newspape et,a mire
snana The noise of the breakage OF some
cIass was heard near the entrance 10 the
tunnel which cOnectS Galata WIN era.
THE next moment every person III ene
much-frequented thoroughfare hau .ane 81
70 mis- heels seized with wild terror OF
no knew not what. The sole anxiety
n,os 70 oct away from the supposed CEN
Ter of the danger. At the same t'me, tue
shons were closed in desperate has.e'
The alarm spread with ASTOUNDING rapui-
~ "a the Pera quarter where also the
sbons were promptly shut" The alarm
vas entirely groundless, but the terror
was none the less real on that account
M hold the new liquid fuel which Is 10
ba used hereafter in the German navy
large reservoirs holding over l0O,u0o gai-
lons have been erected AT Wliheinls-
haven and similar arrangements VIII DE
made at Kiel and. Dantzic, credit o!
nearly $4,000 having been provided ioi
This purpose In the last budget, besiaes
500 500 for pumping plant in conneI tIon
with the basins. After varions trlaiS'
the authorities have decided to mt an ek-
listing large men -of-war with appai aus
for heating their boilers parity WIN OIL
and the use of liquid fuel VIII he pro
vided for in all new constructions. me
nil ia be used is product OF distillato
of Ignite, a Ignite tar oil, called "masof,
being dark brown fluid of an oily. na.
ture. II will be stored on board In special
tanks, from which it will be conducted
TO the furnaces by pipes 1t is elected
in a spray by steam, and yields bright
flame without smoke Its heating power
Is superior to that of coal. 1t is more
economical, and Facilitates aud simpiifies
the stokers duties Its effect is almost
instantaneous, and the highest pressure
can be obtained Immediately. This, of
course. is a great consideration on man.
of-war, and the absence of smoke is also
a great advantage, more especially in tor
nedo boats. A drawback is that the