The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31

gers, and II locks as II q conflict can only
- avoided By humslsatsng surrender ~
the aspirations os ore of she woala- he
srabhsers ~ Central Africa and the Upper
Nile valley
SIR Edward Gray. in 1856. informed
France thar any invasion q thai terri
tory would os regarded as an urFFsenslv
act and fhe present secretary % state fer
the eo3oniss, Mr.. Josspas Chamberlain. aas
tnaorsei his words. Yet two French ex-
pssiitiens are row there. and Great Brit
aims position in Upper Egyrt IS thereby
dangerously grp~rsIaea.
To the sictors, the spoiis.
The lord chancellor, Lord HalSeary. evil
5%ntIy believes IN The policy of the sacsls
belonging 70 ths victcrs. and that II
should be IRE preSagnsnating indGence in
making appointments The appointment
of Charles John Darling. g c, CouSeTNa-
tive member of parliament for Deptford.
70 the judicial bench Is severely criticised.
CeoTre l. Watson. IL is announced. has
designed racing cutter or about the size
q Bona. the property of the Duke Of
Ahruzzi. nephew OF the king of italy. for
Herr kFupp. who is now building the
yacht at hss works az Essen. The new
boat is 20 meet Emperor Williams Meteor
IN the Baltic races early during 1895
To stop Grain Gambling.
ing shape in France The chamber OF
deputies has appointed a committee 20 In
vsssigate ard report upon the proposed
prohibition of speculation in grain and
articles of food generally Almost all the
members Of the committee are favorable
10 the idea Of stopping gambling. but thsv
recognize the difficulty Of doing so with
cut interfering with legitimate specula-
ton The committee is. however. deter
mined 70 thoroughly investigate the re-
ports OF commerce and industry and viii
try 10 determine where legitimate specu-
laien ends and gambling begins.
Employers. Liability In France.
The employers liability bill which was
adopted on Thursday by the French cham
Der OF deputies. IS OF a drastic character.
IL imposes upon the employer the pay
rnent OF an indemnity TO werkmen who
are actually disabled. IL they are made
idle for over four days, II a workman 5
disabled for ten days, the employer mus,
pay him a pension OF two-thrds o. bis
wages lost. ard in the case Of partial dis
abiement, the employer must SO pay him
tw0~thir6s OF the wagss thereby LIST. In
the case Of temporary disablemenf the
employer must pay half the WAGES the
workman thereby loses and in the case OF
death by accident, the employer must pay
a pension 70 the workmans wild W
amounting to 20 per cent. of the wages he
earned. in addition TO Is per cent. for a
single child. rising 10 40 per cent. for four
children. until they reach the age OF ~.
In the case OF orphans. the pension to be
paid by the employer Is 70 per cent. of
the wages formerly earned by the work
man for each child. up TO a total of 60 per
cent In the case of bachs lors support
ing their parents the indemnity goes 10
the parents. In order TO secure these pay
ments. even i'm the event Of employers in
solvency, the bill compels employers TO in-
sure their workmen against accident.
Move for Dreyfuss' Pardon.
There seems to be some substance be-
hind the latest agitation in behalf of Capt.
Alfred Dreyfuss. the French artillery Of
f1cer who in 1895. on conviction by curt
martial on the charge of selling important
military plans 20 agents Of a foreign g5v-
eminent, was sentenced to imprisonment
for life in a fortress. and who is now con-
fined on a small island OF the French group
off the coast OF French Guinea The prime
mover in the present steps taken in behalf
OF the prisoner is NJ. hurer-kestner. one
of the vice presidents OF the French sen-
ate and president of the Paris Soeiete
Chimique who. like Dreyfuss, is a He
brew. and who is related to Messieurs Flo
quet and Ferry. the former ministers, and
TO other families OF influence
NJ Schurer- kestner claims to have irre-
futable proof of the innocence OF Dreyfuss.
and he asserts that he knows the real cul-
prit The interest taken In the case by the
Vice president OF the senate Is said 10 have
aroused the interest OF President Faure.