The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-24


noisy, and if no remedy can be found for
that defect they will hardly be hailed as
a blessing. Civilization has too many
noises already.
The expenditures of Spain in Cuba for
the coming year are estimated a. $13I,-
900. 600. and the revenues at $50, 900, OOO
1t is therefore losing game beyond hope
of redemption. Even the conquest of the
island would hardly make up for such a
loss of money to a people who can 80 i'll
afford it as the oVer-taxed Spanish peas
ants.
The Toronto Globe asserts that United
States lumber companies own about 4235
square miles of forest in the province OF
Ontario and export most of the lum Der to
this country. and perhaps that IS the rea-
son why there is so much opposition in
some quarters OF the East TO the esta blish-
ment of a wholesome protective duty on
lumber.
The Australian federation movement
seems to have struck a suag in the un-
willingness of the province of West Au-
stralia to join in. If the others go ahead,
into the procession before long. There
will hardly be much satisfaction for one
colony to flock off by itself in that corner
of the world.
Edison is quoted as having said recently:
II believe it is possible to present grand
opera in all the perfection of its detail
with nothing more than a big sheet, lot
of Photographs and microscope ma
chine" This being true it is evident that
PATHS farewell tour will sooner or later
become an accomplished faci. She will
be out of date.
The assertion that the Senate Finance
Committee made thousand changes in
the Dingley bill has been contradicted by
the New YORK Tribune correspondent, who
has probably counted them, and who says
they do not exceed 800. All the same the
bill has been disfigured and would smell
just as sweet under another name than
that of Dingley.
The assertion that the Turk is upheld
by the bondholders of Europe, or that his
empire exists only by the support of Eng
land or Russia may still serve to make a
good point on occasion, but the fact re-
mains that he has just given the world
pretty good proof that some of his
strength is due to his Bashi- Bazouk
fighting qualities and the vigor of his red
right hand.
The British Government has never
looked favorabIy upon the project of con-
Meeting England with France by means Of
tunnel under the channel, but it is saiG
to be now considering similar enterprise
for joining Scotland with Ireland. A
feasible route for the tunnel has been
marked out and it is estimated the work
would cost $35, 600. 600 and would pay good
dividends on the investment
The latest story of the Kaiser is that
when he was boy he was always specu-
lating upon tho advantage it would be to
him if Germany and France could unite
and destroy "the modern Carthage" as
he called England; and it is said he con-
tinues to speculate on the subject evcn to
this day. 1t is added that on the destruc-
ton of the empire he would DE willing to
let France have Egypt and India, pro-
vided he were allowed to take the British
throne and annex the islands to Germany.
1t is not likely that there is much truth
in such stories, but the fact that they are
told shows that the Kaiser is re- arded as
slightly crazy.