Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-12-03

dlfnculty in procuring sailors than soldiers
| me me greater cost of their production. and
the consequent undermauning OF vessels
Inc army recruiting returns for Novem-
| per per show an unusually low total. almost
planation. that the calling out of the re-
serves and militia has created a labor de-
hiand which Is not yet supplied.
| Inc Statist. commenting on the rise in
lhe Bank of England rate. says: '"The
accumulation of money by the Russian
government is largely responsible for the
and prssfnt In shortness Of the gold reserve here
.ne political situation and the financial
troubles In st. Petersburg. we can scarcely
snpeSt enI, 5he Bank OF Russia to part with
OF money here will prevent New York from
Withdrawing its balance from London mn
tn tli easier conditions prevail, we cannot look
| LOT gold imports frotnthe United States
ne ne must De prepared for a further reduc-
..on OF the reserve, and may witness very
stringent conditions"
An Invention has been tested AZ p.v-
mouth for steering any craft, whether sub
merged or otherwise, by means of an ether
.Tts Tsve on the wireless telegraphic principle
me model was subjected to q variety of
tests and followed the current wave as
surely as if guided by a rudder. In ao.
sition TO steering in sta aisht lines various
HsureS We're described. If further tests are
successful 1t is likely the system will he
adopted by the admiralty. Its effect on
modern warfare is inestjmable as II &c
asserted that the system can not only be
sppiied TO torpedo and other craft, but can
De attached to mines and other destructive
agencies, firing them without visible means
at the most vulnerable spots.
=, Commenting on the Philippine situation,
the Saturday Review, says: I'VE have
heard the story of Aguinaldo's defeat and
Hight SO often that It has ceased to stir
our credulity. But, even If true. II in mo
way disposes of the most serious problem
the Americans have to face This is No,
how to conquer, but how to administer. the
ISLANDS 1t is high time the men in the
United States who honestly desire TO take
up the work of civilization should assert
themselves, and show they do NOT intend
that their officials or soldiers shall be the
moral successors of the Spanish
The two Reiffs, American Jockeys sailed
for New York on the steamer ST. I,ouis To-
day. They have decided to retupn ans
make their home in England The re-
views of the racing season are almost
unanimous n,nAi in drawing attention to the
English Jockeys success with the Amer
lean style of riding.
A curious proposition has been made TO
Lord CurzOn of Keddleston viceroy of In
dia, by Mira Ahmad. well known Mo-
lsh government to call public confer
enee of all the religions and submit them
to competitive examination under two
INSTRUMENTATION of the sublimity of
their moral teachings, and an outward
sign OF divine support by the appearance
within the year of some miracle trans
cendtng all human limits. If he fails to
prove that Mohammed was greater than
all others. Ahmad offers to submit to cru
cifiXion.
Lord CurZon, accompanied by his wife.
proposes to revisit his old friend, the
ameer or Afghanistan, in 1900.