Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-10
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

specting the dynamite monopoly has reached
deadlock, the former assuming that the
monopoly is in conflict with the London con-
vention and the latter contending that 1t is
not. As neither OF them Is willing to yiefd
It would look as though force were the next
remedy to be applied. The exclusive right
to deal in dynamite was granted by the
Transvaal government to private person,
or firm, many years ago without any ade-
quate compensation to the government itself
1t is OF the same nature as the monopolies
granted by the Stuarts in England two or
three hundred years ago-monopoies to sell
salt or soap, or to import some indispensable
article. Since the mining OF gold grew to be
great Industry in the Transvaaf the dyna-
mite monopoly has become an intoerable
burden Of the Uitlanders, who are oppressed
and overtaXed in other ways and not allowed
to have a share in the government which
their contributions support. II there should
be a collision between England and the
Transvaal arising out of these grievances 1t
is said the Americans large numbers OF
whom are engaged ian gold mining there,
would be among the first to throw off the
oppressive yoke of the Boer government.
The practical side Of the German nation Is
illustrated in the exhibition for the nursing
of the sick which has just been opened in
Berlin. 1t is said to be very complete and
to contain many interesting novelties in the
way OF new medfsal appliances 1t includes
a number of model sick rooms fitted up and
arranged for different diseases--a sick-room
in the tropics, a field hospital, department
for invalid cookery, a department for gym
nastio and othopaedic apparatus, disinfect-
ing chamber, complete Roentgen-ray outfit,
etc. Among the more curious exhibits are
some timed provisions left from the Franco
Prussian war, and still apparently fresh,
very ingenious mechanism, the invention OF
Romanian doctor, to produce deep and reg
ular respiration by mechanical pressure ap-
piled by pads placed around the body and
kept working by an erectromotor, and, lastly,
a patent bed to hang up between the trees,
which its inventor, a Transylvanian, declares
to be an infallible cure for insomnia and also
for throat diseases. 1t is superior to ham
mock, because 1t can also be used as a boat,
in which case the waterproof cover is fas-
tened over the lower part OF the frame, while
other parts of the frame are screwed to-
gether to make a paddle. This inventor
says that he has travelled considerable dis
tances by river in one of these contrivances.
The destruction of the Madhrs tomb ap-
pears to be worse case of vandalism than
the maltreatment of his remains 1t is the
first time in the history of war where tomb
was deliberately made target for the artil-
lery practice OF an army. The firing must
have been ordered by Kitchener himself. 1t
was a perfectly safe thing for him to do.
The Dervishes were armed, for the most part,
with old flint-locks, and they had not piece
of artillery among them This tomb had
been erected at great expense by the Der
ytShec int ad Of lnya
and esteem for their dead leader, whose re-
mains were placed inside of it. Ktchener's
batteries pretty we'll demolished 1t at long
range, but after the battle of Omdurman he
had the remains blown up, and then followed
the cutting off of the Madhi's head, its
presentation to young Gordon and the cast
ing Of the headess body into the Nile. The
whole affair was the most revolving which
has occurred in modern times. No excuse
whatever can be offered for it. To claim
that the Dervishes would have rallied around
1t is mere subterfuge and probably an
afterthought. 1t is an explosion of the
same latent savagery which led DR.. Jameson.
when he was with Stanley in Central Africa,
to purchase little girl so that he could see
the cannibafs eat her.
NJ Jules Roche, the former French minis
ter Of commerce, and president Of the new
French Taxpayers League, has Just pub
lished pamphlet on the financial situation
in France. which contains some striking
figures He argues that to form a correct
idea of the present financial situation in
France 1t Is necessary to go back at least as
far as 1874, when the interest to be paid on
the loans contracted for the Franco Prussian
war was already inscribed IN the budget. In
that year the budget amour ed to 1923 100000
to 3,474 ,O00 900 francs, showing an increase
since 1874 of S51, 900, 900 francs. The average
annual increase in expenditure has, there
fore, been $4,000, 900 francs, or, rather, when
various considerations OF the public debt
are taken into consideration, $4,000, 900. With
regard to the windfall of 610000000 francs
per annum which the state will have at Its
disposal in 1850, when the railways Of France
become it's property, M Roche points out
that the profits Of the railways in France
win have much increased in that time. He
estimates from the growth OF traffic that
the net profits of the railways will be at
least 1,042, 100000 francs. He, however,
warns Frenchmen that II they continue to
increase expenditures as they have increased
them since 1874, that is to say, at the rate Of
AZ 1000, 900 francs per annum, they will in 1850
have added 2,142, 100000 francs to their
present annual expenditure. This will mean
an annual deficit of 1,100O00.00O francs in
spite of the railroad profits.
A recent report to Parliament shows that
England has spent Of her own money in the
Soudan since 1883 as much as s393, ,450,500.
Most OF it was wasted in the futile attempt
to relieve Gordon. In 1862 the expendi-
ture was but s4,OO0,O00. but in 1Ss5-S6 the
outgo was 21,47O.00O, and in 1S84-S5 it was
over half that much. Egypt's expenses for
the reconquest Of the Soudan are not In
cluded in the above figures. Recent dis
patches from the Soudan show that the kha-
fifa has left Shirkeleh and has gone south
ward toward the Oar Tagalla mountains.
Dafur maintains amicable relations with
General Kitchener, cordial letters having
very recently come from Ali Dinar-the new
sultan. General Kitchener Is leaving Khar-
toum for London, taking a vacation in con-
sequence OF the quiet situation Of affairs in
the Soudan.
The Paris Matin gives detailed descrip-
ton of new small-bore repeating rife which
has been invented by Captain Daudeteau,
and which is being tried by the Normale
firing school at Charons Camps. Captain
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