Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-01

tlbllS 'lllIRT from TINS StantidfU. To some
extent.
The spoils system has lately been some
what modified in the government depart
mcnts of Turkey Formerly the higher
officials We're not limited as Ia how they
should select employees from among their
friends relatives or protegcs. The EN-
ploTes must now be III least ~ years of
age, ana must have been graduated ut
the Turkish political school.
Even in china entrance into the civil
service is by competitive examination.
While being examined each applicant is
confined in boX-lke cell. lest he receive
aid. All applicants for the Korean civil
service are locked for three days without
books. After this they are subjected to
three days OF confinement appears to be
to wca" off all superficial knowledge
which has not penetrated deeply into the
mind. In progressive Japan civil
service examination bureau is established
with much the same functions as our
civil service commission. With the cN-
cpption of those who enter the lower
positions through school certificates. ali
government employees must be examined
by this bureau before they can be in
stalled. civil service examinations are
practically unknown in Central and
South American countries.
just after congressman have been rails
inc an uproar for and against Secretary
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| aged clerks in his department. il is of
| timely interest to note that civil pension
! lists are Of long standing in almost all
| European countries. In England per
| scHs employed directly by the Crown or
| admitted to the civil service through en-
| animation may retire on pensions. a
/ pension of this kind begins to take effect
! after Ten years of service, when an en-
/ plOYo may retire on ten-SiXtieths of full
! pay. For each additional year after this
( SiNtiptb added uDIil ~
: length of service reaches 40 years. when
! the pension ceases to increase furt Atr.
! The ma xmum. therefore. is two thirds
! full pay for a man who has worked for
! the government for 1Wo-Srore years.
| Special provisions are sometimes made
| in favor of men whose duties are of a
| professional nature. those who lose their
health in the service or those whose Of
fees are abolished while th"v are n
| CumbentS. Although French government
| employees are meagcrly paid. as Il rule,
they are said to endure privationS and
| inferior wages for long time. in order
| to be assured of the pension ~ Old ;t.r.
| In France the ma Ximum pension amounts
| to one-half or three-tluartcrS of full pay.
according to the position he'll. Pension
ers in these two countries may engage in
any private business which they cheese.
The German pension system is similar
70 the English in Bavaria and N Prussia
boz IN SaXony. where the pen sion
! reaches a maximum OF so Der cent. The
pensioner is not permitted to ent Ar pri-
but in Saxony. where the pension
| cannot be taken advantage of Aintil the
| age of -. when il amounts to the 'ull
salary. If a man at that age desires he
may enter private business ana <draW
| another salary in addition. Switzerland
| has no civil pension list, but such is es-
tabished in Holland Belgium. .1Ged,.f
| Norway, Italy. Austria. Russia, TurktX
Egypt. Morocco. Persia and Japan.
Women are found to invariably hi
only subordinate positions in the govern!
ment departments of European countries
They are usually employed in the postal
service or the government telegraph or
telephone offices. In many countries
they serve as matrons in prisons and
aSylunS. They appear to stand higher
in England than in any European conn
tries, being employed sometimes as in
! SpcCtors and instructors in the depart
m"nts of science. art ana education
There are only about 80 or 10 women III
the departments at London who serve as
typeWritiStS, No women are employed
IN the Bavaria departments In those
OF tht French government the ratio of
women To men is about on" To eight. lin
Russia they are admitted in some pa,Is
Of the national service. but are NOT M
lowed to HAY" either grades or pensions
Ina oriental countries women ar, III
lowed no government employment what
ever. except in Japan and Morocco. in
Japan they serve only as teachers in
girls schools. In Morocco they are given
as presents to the Sultan OF his ministers,
and those of the royal harems are often
presented To the country governors to act
aS spieS.-Wat kinf. Ir.. in FittSburl Dis
patch.