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Foreign Votes of Ecnl InIcrr.t.

Cndmon. the first l:n2iish poet. Is to have rl'atEO
ut Whitby, where he lived and died.
Lourdes saw its Grt exclusively british = 'cr.,",vS
this year. There were sixty persons IN H. inclu Lug
n Bishop and eight priests.
Abyss inia's social code provides ror a far cian 40
young married corpleS hy forbtlding the brides
mother TO visit crdauSh:cr I'll u year after the mr.
riAgc.
What is called malaria, after rlsins for FOUR years
in central Asia. where It wa attended Nv great m ~
tally, has reached the Ca.rasn'. AMI Is spreading.
Tho military hospitals report 100 cases a day GAGS
AJoln o. Greats to Lands End record for motor
carriages has been established in England, the FIR Z
carriage to make the Journey having covered tho
distance IN ninety three hours. The time can cas- ~
he beaten when u record for speed IL sought.
Al Lichow. IN Germany. 1919 fathers have hecn frei
ono mark apiece for allowing their children uudor tcu
years Of nge TO dance at the harvest festival Of a VII.
IaEc near by The village pastor objected 20 the dano-
ing md reported the case TO the police. It was dis
covered. however. that his children had danced, too,
aud he was fined with the rest.
Verdi, who obiorts TO hand organs. has an effective
though expensive way OF suppresslng them at Mon,
ca!!tri. where he spends his summers. He hires ali
the organs IN tn, district for tho season and stores
them IL his house. A reporter OF lie Figaro counted
ninety five Instruments, and the composer told him
that It cost him $500 a season to suppress them.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio cannot become a member OF
the Italian Parliament. as his political opponents
have shown that his record includes n sentence TO six
months imprisonment for adultery, which makes
him not only ineligible. but dcprives him Of the right
to vote. In commenting on this lie Figaro asserts
that such n law In France would be equivalent TO
supprcsslng universal suffrage.
While England is Fighting on the Afghan frontier
Russia is building military roads IN tho Panrir re-
gion close TO the boundary OF India. one has just
been completed over the Ak Baital Pass. at a hoighs
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says lie Fed n to the Slot Machine.

From Tie Chicago Daily Tribune.
Henry Dean Of Austin bears tho distinction
of being one of the heaviest losers To a slot ma
chine. Dean claims to have visited the Wabash
saloon late on Thursday night. and in three
hours play to have lost $35 against u never.
pay apparatus.
Yesterday lie called Mt Police Headquarters
and complained to Acting Chief of Police Col.
laran that he had been robbed by tho machine
without having "A ghost of a show to win. The
nctinE chief promised to look into the matter,
bul when Dean called during the evening hc
was given no satisfaction. He left declaring he
Would swear, out u warrant for cN'AldermAn
SGhoendorf, the proprietor OF the saloon.
INC mnchine into which Dean claims to have
sitteh No IN nickels is u new md highly i'm.
proved hnalr., IL has six slots and IL so con
structcd that IL can be set to get the money ten
chimes.
When q reporter visited Schoendorf's saloon
last nIlSht, twenty-five men and women we're
crowded about the big machine feeding nicKcls
into Tho slot, but getting nothing in return.
proprietor SchocndOrf was asked about Deans
heavy losing, and denied the truth of the state
ment. iin said tho slot machine had only earned
Tlo on thursday, day and nighl, and 50 IL was
Impossible for Dean to have lost the amount OF
money he named.
Chief kipley''s recent order regarding the
nbatcmcnt OF slot machines has become a dead
letter, and there are now more Of these devices
III operation IN Chicago than ever before. They
arc all OF tne skin y pattern, and "A player in
most cases has absolutely no show TO win. II il
estimated mat from So 900 TO $4,000 II day is
lost IN the slot machineS In this city.
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only ~ per cent, whereas with other parts
Of tho world 1t has been rs per cent. Espe.
cially noteworthy is tho declining ratio Of
our trade with Great Britain. In 1920
that country stood for 40 per cent. of the for.
cign trade Of the United States. but the ratio
fell to 80 per cent. In 1S02.06. This de.
cline Of our trade with the United King.
dom was coincidcnt with an increase Of
dealings with Germany.
Mr.. NULuALL Ia mistaken In surprising
that the provinces which make up tho Do.
minion of Canada can secure the privilege
Of acccss to our markets through a com.
mercial union. or by an arrangement for un.
restricted reciprocity. That is q Door
which they will never gain until they
make up their minds to become States in
our Union. The British statistician, how.
ever, is alive to the tremendous Importance
Of our market to the Canadians. He points
out that, but for the existing barriers of Gus.
tom houses and tariffs, the trade between
tho United States and Canada would be
double what Is. He estimates that the
loss of trade to Canada by the present sys-
tenn is $40, O00, 900 yearly, or so per In.
habitant, and to the United States, S45,.
600, 900, or 60 cents per inhabitant. The
relative loss, therefore, falls fifteen times
more heavily on Canadians than on tho
people Of the United States, and the longer,
he says, this state OF things continues, the
worse II will be for the Dominion.
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Glory first of all this morning to BENJA.
MIN F.. TRACY! He has stood like the vet
Gran and the hero he is against the open
enemies of Republication and the conspir.
ators and traitors who have called them
selves Republicans. He has preserved the
integrity and the honor of the Republican
organization in New York.
This service will appear in its true maSni-
tudc In the stirring and trying times to
come.
He will not be the first Mayor of the
Greater New York, but there is no shame of
treason on MS head.
Honor to THOMAS COLLIER PLATT, the
sapicnt and the true. He is the organizer
of future victories. He is the rock ON which
broke the forces of disruption.
Honor to the faithful and jealous officers
of the Old Guard, who have fought undis-
mayed with enemies at the front and in the
rear.
Honor to the thousands and thousands
of true blue Republicans who havc allowed
themselves neither to be dcludcd nor to be
inundated. They have done their duty.
These are the defeated of to-day and the
victors of tomorrow. They may well hold
their heads erect and face the future.
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Two Remarkable Opinions from Out
spoken Diplomats.

Two diplomatists, recently relieved from
duty and released to a certain extent from
the official obligation of silence, have ex-
pressed with great %frankness the personal
opinions which they formed at their re-
spective posts.
The Hon. A. w. TERRELL of Texas, lately
our Minister to Turkey, draws in the Gem
fury Magazine n portrait of the Sultan
which differs much from the generally &C.
cepted idea Of that potcntatc. In this re-
spect Mr.. TERRELL corroborates the state
ments so fcarlessly and persistently main.
tanned by Mr.. +. HoPKISsoN SMITH, in the
face Of much clamor and even abuse. Mr..
H~opKINsoS SMITH has in his tin box
Of pigments 40 brighter colors than
those which Mr.. TERRELL uses in portray.
ing ABDUL HAMID as an individual
and as n ruler. MI. TERRELL describes a
modest, refined, c~ourtly, considerable, and
hearted gentleman, of philosophic
mind and somewhat melancholy tempera-
ment, particularly generous in his treat.
ment of Armenians, and with broad charity
for men of religious faiths other than his
own. In the matter of political ability,
Mr.. TERRELL. regards the Sultan as "the
ablcst sovereign in Europe"
This estimate of Mr.. TERRELL's is here
recorded not for purposes of discussion, but
because from what we know of the former
Minister to Turkey we believe it to be as
sincere as it is courageous. The very fact
that the conventional and world-popular
idea of ABDUL HAMIp represents him as a
heartless crime.sodden wretch and assassin,
Infamous and eXccrable beyond the power
of language to express, may AVE impelled
Mr.. TERRELL to dwell disproportiOnately
upon such good qualities as he observed in
the individual during his official inter.
course with the Yildiz Kiosk. The
memory of personal kindness may in.
tiuencc his judgment more or less. If for
one reason or the other, or for both, he
exaggcrates ABDUL HANDS excellences
unconsciously, that IS only in accordance
with human nature under the circum,
stances. But to assume that the former
/ Minister to Turkey is absolutely wrong, is
to suppose him either IA fool or an habitual
sympathizer with ~unspcakable wickedness
and deprayity. He is neither. He is a
spirited and independent American citizen,
with powers of observation,
who has had recently oppor'
tunities to study the subject of his present
remarks. All this makes his Century
article very interesting.
The other eX.Minister who has seen fit to
publish his personal Impressions since re-
turning from his post is the Hon. HANNIs
TAYLOR, who, until Gen. WooDFoRD went
out, has represented the United States at
Madrid during the most difficult pc
riod of our complications with Spain
concerning Cuba. Mr.. TAYLoR Is not less
frankly courageous than Mr.. TERRELL, al
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Hayti,s Trouble with Germany.

Our Berlin dispatches afford ground for
believing that the controversy between
Count ScuwERIN and President TIREsIAs
AuGUsTIN SIMON SAM may have been some
what exaggerated in the accounts from
Port.au.P Prince. Although the German
Minister to Hayti Is said to lay hauled
down his flag, the release Of LUEDERs,
whose arrest and imprisonment caused tho
trouble, would seem to indicate that the
situation is not yet grave.
Still, the local report that three German
warships may arrive Mt the IIaytian capt.
tai to back up the Minister'S demand for an
Indemnity has caused great excitement,
and our Government will naturally watch
the affair, in order to sec whether It's good
Offices MAJ be needed in settling it.
Tho current version of the Incident is
that LUEDERs, having gone TO Police Head.
quarters TO protest against tho arrest, at
his house, OF a servant who had been
charged with como offence, was himself
accused OF having committed q murdcrors
assault on tho officers engaged In perform
ing their duty. He was sentenced to a
petty fine and q months Imprisonment, but
demanded q second trial and obtained il.
This, however, resulted in a scvcrer pen
atty, that OF 5000 fine and \ year in
Jail. Then the German Minister inter-
fcrcd, and, under instructions from Berlin,
demanded the release of LUEDERs and an
indemnity of 81 900 n day for his twenty
three days Of imprisonment, under penalty
of $1,000 n day Cor each day Of additional
detention. President SAM resisted, it is
.n;l To-, 49, lo-n n,t Al,a, ~nrinNa ra
tlecting that Hayti is a little country and
Germany a big one, and that S5, 900 a day
for six days, on top Of 500, 600. was already
a heavy penalty to risk for trying to vindi-
cate the majesty of Haytian laws, he weak
ened. LUEDERs was accordingly released
and left the island.
We do not yet get tho Haytian side, but
perhaps we may surmiscth that its chief point
of variance would be in insisting on the
culpability of LuEDERs, which the German
account denies. If it should turn out that
he had been made the victim of gross injus-
tice, a proper indemnity should, of course
be required. But the despatch of war yes,
sells to exact forthwith, under the penalty
of immediate hostilities. the full amount of
indemnity which Germany might choose to
set, and without hat previous diplomatic
discussion of the case which is needed for
weighing both sides, would be an arbitrary
resort to the law Of the stronger which
might arouse serious concern.
Our dispatches from Berlin, however, do
not point to that summary naval interven-
tion which the Haytians seem to %apprehend
Indeed, with LUEDERs released, and the
question of the indemnity due him one for
leisurely discussion, any u demonstra'
tion at this tim against a pitifully feeble
country would be out of place.
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The British Indian Frontier Cam
paign.

The campaign on the northwest frontier
of British India is following the course
that was to be expected. The stone fences
and sungas of the Pathans are no protec-
ton against the fire of the British artillery,
whatever they may be against rifle bullets;
so that it is not surprising to hear that the
tribesmen have to abandon what, if they
were furnished with artillery, would be
formidable positions.
The rising Of the Mohmands north of the
Khybcr Pass has been apparently sup
pressed with little trouble. Their reputa-
tion as fighters is not high, and then they
were poorly armed. They are also said to
be intensely mercenary; as a frontier prov
erb has it, lyon have only to put n rupee
in your eye and you may look at any Moh-
mand, man or woman" The tribes of the
Tirah plateau and the SANTANA range south
of the Khyber Pass have a different charac-
ter, and arc described as brave, but trcach-
erous typical frontier Highlanders. Their
rising was not anticipated, and the opinion
appears to be general in India that they
would have remained quiet had not the
military action of the Indian Government
convinced them that their independence
was In danger.
As regards the policy being pursued by
the British Government, 1t Is believed that
the ~subjugation of the tribcsmen is only
preliminary to the execution of designs
contemplated on the death of the Ameer,
ABDURRAHMAN, or e~ventualities that may
any day arise in ~Afghanistan. A high
authority on Indian military matters, Gen.
Sir NEVILLE C~HAMBERIAIN, says in letters
to the English press that the preparations
made at Quetta and Peshawur can be eX-
planned only on the superstition that an
eventual advance on Cabul, Ghuznee, Can
dahar, and Herat has already been decided
on. These preparations, he says, are known
to the Amer better than to the English
people, and are at the bottom of the
rising of the frontier tribes in defence
of their independence. The Tribune of
Lahore says that the Amer is better
prepared than any previous ruler of AT.
ghanistan to resist invasion, and is as
capable as he is resourceful. The arsenal
at Cabul is stated to he engaged necessarily
in manufacturing superior firearms and
turning out cannon of heavy and light cal,
ibre, and though the Amer is too astute to
commit any open act of u~nfriendliness
toward the British Government, he Is
watching every move on its part with the
closest attention and determination to re-
sist any encroachment on his own territory
to the Utmost. He Is said to feel keenly
his inability to give the tribesmen the full
amount of assistance he would render, were
he not tied by his obligations and pledges
to the British Government.
A cOnEi1arnI1n nrYmbar of Indian naDnrq
English and native, and an influential see
ton of the English home press are trying tC
raise an alarm over the dangers of what is
now termed the forward policy" Of the
Indian Administration in the face of the
d~isorganized social condition of India and
adepleted treasury. Those, however. who
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late and bid the fishermen farewell. Some
people attribute this gradual depletion
10 the impurity OF tho water caused by
the growth of the two great cities, or
rather of the one great city, with its i'm.
mense traffic and its fsh-poisoning fac
tories; but, although oil That may rave
something to do with it, the main cause,
unoucstionably, Is to be found in the miles
upon miles of wasteful pound. nets, prInci.
pally ON the Jersey coast. These nets pre-.
vent game fish from reaching their spawn
ing grounds In these waters, and 1t has been
rcported over mud over again that the
wholesale dealers or owners of pounds do
not and cannot market my more than one.
tenth OF their catches.
At the rate that fishing grounds are be-
coming depleted it cannot be long before 1t
will be rs difficult to capture a game fish in
New York Bay as 1t is to catch q butterfly
In u blizzard.
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though his theme IL the general situation
and not merely personal portralture.
Writing In the North american Review
for November, he deliberately asserts the
opinion, as the result Of his observations
while In Spain, that the craftsmanship Of
that country IL utterly ~itnpotcnt to deal
with the Cuban question in other words,
that the cause Of humanity in the island
has nothing to hope for from Madrid under
any circumstances. His remarks apply
equally to both Of the great political par.
ties in Spain. His conclusions are that
Spanish sovereignty over Cuba is now, to
all practical purposes, extinct; and that IL
is the duty of the American Con-
gress, Immediately upon assembling, to
assert clearly, first, our duty to intervene +;
secondly, to declare that our offers to be-
come the p~encemaker have been rejected by
Spain; and, thirdly, to announce in un-
equivocnl language our intention to pro-
coed upon our own responsibility to put an
end to the war in the island, in case Spain
fails to accomplish that result within a
reasonable time.
This is very direct, and coming from a
Democrat who has SO recently returned
from representing the Cleveland Admin.
istration at Madrid, it must be regarded as
an utterance of deep n almost passionate
conviction. For 1t is not conceivable that
Mr.. HANH1s TAYLOR desires either to mis-
state the honest conclusions derived from
hi. long experience among the Spaniards,
or to put forth n piece of sensational and
misunderstanding rhetoric likely to exas,
perate the Spanish Government and to EN-
barrass his own successor Mt Madrid.
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A WARNING TO WHEELMEN.
Typhoid Fever Likely TO Result from Drinking
at WnysIde Wells.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE ~SUN-Sir: All bicy-
clists should be warned OF the danger of drink
Ing from way-side wells. pumps, or springs. when
making trips through tho country, from the
chance of their contents being contaminated by
sewage. Several OF my friends have suffered scri-
Gently two gentlemen connected with n proIni-
nent Wall street firm have been taken down with
typhoid fever. and one member of their house
hold has, died as the result of drinking
water while on a wheeling trip through Now
Jersey. The ~clearest and most sparkling well
stranger. Those who are In the regular habit OF
drinking IL become acclimated to its use, as in
may instantly affect any one not habituated to II.
During n tennis tournament in a suburban
locality, near New York, IA score or more per
sons who drank of a certain well were taken
down with typhoid fever. while many others
who were present, hut who drank bottled min
eral waters, escaped entirely. A word 10 the
wise Is sufficient. Respectfully,
Nov. ., 1897, CHARLES j. WlNGATE.
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A British Statistician on American
Trade.

Mr.. M. G. MULHALL, the well-known
British authority on statistics, has con-
tributed to the November number of the
North american RerielU an article on
the remarkable expansion of American
trade during the last thirty years. The
facts and figures set forth by him are likely
to surprise many of his countrymen, and
by American readers also they will be
scanned with interest.
Mr.. MULHALL begins by pointing out
that in s o the output OF the domestic in
dustries of the United States was valued at
$14.33O,00O, whereas the aggregate value
of those Of Great Britain, France, and Ger
many was but SIS, 100, 00U. Compared
with the colossal activity OF our domestic
Industries, the volume of our foreign trade
Is relatively small. We carry on less trade
with foreign nations than any Of the three
countries just named, the ratio of such
trade being only 800 per inhabitant of the
United States against 500 in France or
Germany and 500 in Great Britain. Never
thelcss, Mr.. MULHALL would characterize
as prodigious the development of American
foreign trade In the last thirty years. Be-
tween 1867 and 1890 there has been an in
crease of 80 per cent. in imports and of 1872
per cent. in exports. During the twenty
years between 1876 and 1896, the foreign
trade of France increased but 3 per cent,
that Of Germany by IL per cent, that of
the United Kingdom by II per cent,
whereas that OF the United States IN
creased by &c per cent. In other words,
the growth of the foreign trade of
the United States far sulpasscs that of
other nations, q fact which is the more
phenomenal because SO per cent. of Amcri,
can shipping Is engaged in coasting OF
inland navigation, while the bulk of trade
over the high seas is lone in foreign bot.
toms, the energies of our people being
mainly directed to the DEVELOPMENT OF
home Industries and internal traffic. The
internal trade, indeed, of the United States
Is nine times as great as the amount of in,
terchange with foreign countries. 1t rose
40 per cent. in the fourteen years from 1886
to 1894, although the increase of popula.
tion In the interval was but 80 per cent,
Mr.. MULHALL well says that internal trade
is the best gauge of national progress, be
cause 1t reflects the power, energy, and re
sources of a people.
"A fact Of large prospective Significance,
to which Mr.. MULHALL directs attention
is the tendency evinced by the trade of tn,
United States TO open up new channels il
other parts of the world than Europe. Ger
many, indeed, constitutes an exception, on
commercial relations with that countrN
having made striking progress in the las
ten years. If Europe be considered as
whole, however, 70 find that the increas,
OF our trade with her since 1856 has been
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PERCY, H.. Oct, 29.-Charlcs Hartman ce
Horse Prairie had n cow die last week. Il, 4
the boys on the farm desiring TO dissect ins
animal. left the carcass lying on :hc grorinH u
day or two. In the meantime n ilu-k o. h' .
yards made their appearance and began t"c =
sect the dead animal. Some o. Mr.. f%Ear:nini'S
neiuhbors told him TINT they believe ono OF III }
buzzurds had a hell on its neck, ~ trcv ~" + .
faint tinkling mp in tie air. which hey e. |
not nj first locate. hut later, when one of til: IA (:
birds circlcd around and came down 10 EARN.
they saw the bell ard heard it, SO ~ my - D
make II mistake impossible.
About ten years ago the ia i,CrS reported 1
bell buZzard in Texas: later the h'r1 w'Ss rn n
Florida. and many people believe tins Is t.o
same old bird.