The advocate., 1897-09-15


neighbOring tribes, are now in full rebel
lion.
ST. Louis Republic: The general i'm
preston is that the OVer-building in
railroads has been greater in America
than any other country, but statistics
show that Australia has been the scene
of an excess OF zeal. Compared with it's
population II is better provided with
rail facilities than any other part Of the
earth. Australia has one mile of road
in operation for every BOG inhabitants,
while Europe has one to 2,43S and Amer
lea one to 566. Among European coun-
tries the rank in mileage is Germany,
France, Russia, Great Britain and Aus
tria. No other country of the old world
has 50 much as 10000 miles The great
field for construction in Europe is in
Russia where the 23,455 miles have to
serve a population of nearly 100000 900
and an area of over 100000 square
miles.
New York Sun: The instructions
which Minister WOodfOrd has received
from the State department are among
the most important ever framed by the
executive branch of the government, and
the message he has to deliver in all the
accepted forms of polite and punctiliOus
diplomacy Is without doubt one Of the
grayest which the new world has ever
sent to the nation that was once the
master of more than half the continent.
Placed in even the most favorable light,
so far as Spain is concerned, it will be
an unWelcome communication for her to
receive, derogatory to her dignity, hum
bling to her pride, Wounding her self-es-
TEEN, but in our defense and justifica-
tion as the head Of the American sys-
tenn of States and in the interest Of out
ragged humanity we had no alternative
but to send it.
Municipal Affairs Gas plants are Op-
Grated by 16S cities of England and Scot
land, including almost every city Of con-
sequence, except London; by thirty-three
cities Of Germany, including thirty of
the largest, such as Berlin, Hamburg and
Dresden; by Brussels, by Amsterdam,
by many cities in the British colonies,
and by twelve American cities, includ-
ing Wheeling Louisville, Richmond and
Philadelphia. Electric lighting plants
are operated by over 200 American mu-
inequalities, including Dunkirk, Jackson
vile, Springfield Little Rock, Topeka
and Bay City; by some in the Australian
colonies, and by thirteen German cities,
including Hamburg and Dresden. Street
railroads are owned and operated by
thirty-three cities of England and Scot
land, by some cities in Germany, Swift
zerland, Holland and Of the Australian
colonies, by Toronto, and in measure
by New Orleans. To put the matter into
condensed form, municipal ownership Of
one or more of these street franchises
prevails in over 100 cities, and is author
lied by the laws Of score Of States and
countries.
A. T. Mahan, in Harper's Magazine:
The great task now before the world of
civilized Christianity it's great mission,
which it must fulfill or perish, is to re-
ceive into It's own bosom and raise to
its own ideals those ancient and different |
by which it Is surrounded |
and outnumbered-the civilizations at |
the head of which stand China, India
and Japan. This, to cite the most strik
ing of the many forms In which it Is |
presented to us, is surely the mission
which Great Britain, sword ever at hand,
has been discharging towards India; but
that stands not alone. The history of |
the present century has been that of a
constant increasing pressure of our own
upon these older ones, till |
now, as we cast our eyes in any direc-
tion, there is everywhere a stirring, a
from sleep, drowsy for the most
part, but real, unorganized as yet, but
conscious that that which rudely inter
rupts their dream of centuries possesses
over them at least two advantages