Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-28
OTHER LANDS THAN Ours.

great scarcity OF money and the depression
in the market values OF interest bearing
papers Of ell kinds are exciting a good deal
OF anxiety. In explanation of the condition
OF AFFAIRS, 1t is argued that there Is always
a great demand for money in the autumn
| in connection with the movement OF the
harvest, and that just now capital is in
especial request for the development of all
kinds OF Industrial enterprises. \ writer in
the Noyoye Nremya discussing the whole
subject, declares that there is less currency
in actual circulation in Russia this year by
OO0O0,000 rubles than there was In 1898.
The recent failures in the commercial world
and the defalcations OF millionaire rail
way kings" have also had a damaging
ehect upon the situation. 1t is the opinion
OF many experienced men that Russia is
going too fast in her haste to become
great manufacturing country. The number
OF joint stock companies and OF all other
forms of manufacturing and industrial un-
| dertakings, both Russian and foreign. which
are being started is enormous in compari-
son with what was done in the immediate
past, All centers OF business swarm with
company promoters, especially Belglans,
English and Germans, and it is a common
| remark that even the hotel porters in st.
Petersburg have prospectuses of profitable
business projects in their pockets with
Whlch TO tempt the foreign investor Every
foreigner having any reputation as a capt.
| tal1st is at once assailed with proposals and
projects for gaining millions.
General lie Marquis de Galiffet, the French
minister of war, has just taken what is
considered an important step with regard
to military promotion. In the future the
high appointments, which were practically
| in the hands OF commission are to be
| made by the minister of war General de
! Gallinet, in his report to President Loubet
| who has signed the decree to that effect
| pointed out that as matters stood the gov
ernment had to assume the responsibility
| OF these promotions without enjoying the
power OF selection. This condition of affairs
was, he argued, supremey illogical hence
a measure which is creating no little lutter
in military circles.
| 1t is announced in Paris that General de
| Galliffet has been approached several times
| by representatives of the old general staff
| to give some evidence of his faith in tho
| officers composing it, This has finally drawn
! from the minister of war semi official
statement, in which 1t is declared that he
I has never had any intention of giving a
command to General Zurinden, General de
Boisdeffre or General de Negrier. The min
| lister of war considers that there are no
reasons for modifying, for the moment at
| least, the measures taken against these Of
fcers some time ago, when they were re-
lieved of the duties they were then exer-
cising.
Three officers quartered at Chateauroux
are to be removed to other garrisons by a
decision of the minister of war. Royalist
in sympathy, they sneer at republican in
stitutione in an ostentatious manner. One
of them is Commandant lie Vicomte de Seze
descendant OF the brave defender OF Louis
XVI, and son-in-law of Baron de Mohren-
helm, the late Russian ambassador in Paris
The great indigo industry in Behar, which
gives employment to hundreds of thousands
of families In one OF the most populous dis
tricts in northern India, is threatened with
destruction. Twenty five millions of dollars
or more are invested in it, and the situa-
tion promises to assume the proportions o
a public calamity. The Behar planters, who
own the lands and cultivate mainly at theil
own risk, about twenty-five years ago formed
an association, in concert with the govern
ment, which established almost ideal rela-
tions between the land owners, the cultiva-
tors and the factories, and has enjoyed evel
since an uncommon share Of peace and pros.
perity. Now it is threatened with ruin be
cause of the competition of the cheap ami.
line dyes produced by modern chemistry
For many years the Behar indigo held it:
own by virtue of its superiority in colol
and permanence to the artificial product
but it is now claimed that a true and pur.
indigo has been chemically produced. Al
far back as 1881 Prof V. Bayer showed
how to build up indigo synthetically from
its component parts. But after years o
costly experiment it was not found possible
to produce indigo commercially by hi
method. In 1890, however, Prof. Heumanl
of Zurich carried the research a step for
ward, and finally, in 1897, artificial indig
was bought upon the market at price ca
| pable Of competing with the natural article
The manufacture has now been taken Vi
by the largest color works in the world, AM
the planters in Behar find themselves pow
: erless to contend against an article at one
equal to and cheaper than their own, an
Independent Of transportation.
e Germany now has an airship that will
lift ten tons and remain in the air 70
several days IL required. The effect of sue
a device on the military operations of tn
future has been discounted already, and
Is pointed out that revolution in the ar
> Of warfare must occur just as soon as tn
inventor succeeds in overcoming the triflln
:, difficulty of comparatively slow speed, whic
= still hampers the perfect working Of hi
machine. But while all this sanguine tai
i, about the new arship is published and ap
= parently believed, skeptics outside OF Ger
: : many will note that the trial trip has nc
- yet been made, and will await the practica
y demonstration of its wonderful feats befor
= acknowledging that 1t gives Germany tn
: complete control of the military world.
A story Is in circulation in Paris to tn
h effect that the real explanation OF the con
}, duct of Captains Voulet and ChanOine
Z turning brgands and firing upon Colon,
Q Klobb and his forces is to be found in tn
a treatment of the two officers by General d
II Trentinian, governor OF the French Soudal
. The latter, it seems, opposed the Voulet eS
u pedition, which was pet project Of the LAT
President Faure When Captains Voul'
% and Chanolne left France for the SCUBA
- General de Trentinian, then colonel, wa
~ president OF the colonial military technics
- committee at the colonial bureau in Pari
n and according to military etiquette shoul
n have received the visit of the two captain
Y before their departure. But these officer
o angered by his opposition to their mission
"A left France without calling upon him. Soc