The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-10

American readers will have an oppor-
tunity to become familiar with the most
striking work of which NJ. Rene Bazin,
one of the most gifted of the young
| French writers, has thus far done, in the
translation of 1.-THE Perishing Land, ,"
which is to be published serially in The
Living Age, beginning in the unmber for
November 4. This story attracted wide
attention on it's publication in France,
early in the year. 1t is full of incident
and of local color, and shows rare skill
in the deltneation of character.
The trial of Deyfus by the court-mar-
tial at Rennes had a broader and deeper
significance than belonged TO it as tint
prosecution OF an Individual soldier. In
its purpose and in the circumstancesWh
proceeded and attended it, it cast lurid
light upon the present situation in France
especially upon the perilous power pos
sessed by the army in the great European
republic. NJ. Bernard Lazare, who was
first to demand a revision of the Drey-
fus verdict, contributes a powerful ard-
Gle to the November unmber of the North
49,
incisive examination Of the proceedings
at the trial at Rennes he discloses the ne
farious Vaccinations Of the General Staff
and its tolls and exposes the danger which
menaces France in consequence of the
domination of her military chiefs. NJ. La
Zare says:
'Unless the spirit of the army be chang
ed there will be deadly conflict between
that spirit and the spirit of free inquiry
and research. If it is to continue to be
represented by a caste which tramples IN
der it's feet all this in order to follow its
instincts. its passions and its prejudices,
France is lost 1t may be that the YER
dict of the court-martial at Rennes vii
open a new VISTA ii France. The nation
must chooset it must decide whom it will
follow, whether the bandits who have just
accomplished the most infamous of Grim
es. or those who, for the past two years,
have been struggling every day to preser-
We the honor of their country. Whichever
it does, 1t is by the example of the latter
that Frtnce should be judged"
A poem by Kipling on the Transvaal
crisis is. of course, the first item to at
tract attention in the November upmber
of McClure's Magazine. In England they
are placing the poem even bove ''The Re-
cessionaI,' and certainly it is a very pow
erful and inspiring utterance. In order to
get it into the, present number, the ed
itors of McClure's had to have the poem
sent to them by cable from London
An article by Dr., Frederick A. Cook,
the one American WHO was a member of
the recent Belgian Antartic expedition,
tells the story of his experiences as one
of tht only party of men who have ever
passel a winter in the vicinity of the
South Pole For thirteen months the
party were shut up tight in the South Po-
lar ice pack, their ship never moving ex-
cept as 1t moved with tht whole field OF
ice that bound it; and DR.. Cooks account
OF this unique experience is as interest
ing as the best novel. His article IS CO.
piously Illustrated from photographs ia
ken by himself.
From quite, another quarter Of the world
comes the matter Of another interesting
illustrated article-an account Of the break
ing of all past records in railroad build
ing by Russia's immense enterprise and
energy In constructing the Chinese East
ern Railway. which before many months
will have brought SIS. Petersburg into
complete railroad connection With Pekin
and the Pacific. The writer Of the article
was himself all over the ground this last
summer, and is able to tell exactly the
present condition and promise Of the work
He also gives much new information re-
garding the large part taken in 1t by Am
orleans, who have latterly furnished most
of the material and equipment for the
road.
A paper 10y the Hon. George s. Bout
well tells. for the first time, the story OF
his own share. as the then Secretary OF
the Treasury, in the great Black Friday
panic in September, 1859. when by Sec
rotary BoutwelIs own official action jay
Gould and James Fisk were defeated in
hgh-handed endeavor to make corner"
in gold.
There are other papers Of notable inter-
est in the unm5er and three or four good
short stories.