Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-04
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FOREIGN NEWS NOT BY CABLE.
An autumn conference of the Eng
lish National Anti-Vaccination league
was held at Leicester a few days ago,
and delegates from no fewer than SO
centers all over the country were pres
emit The conference unanimously
asserted it's mistaken conviction that
the only true and reliable methods in
dealing with zymotic diseases lay in
personal, domestic, and municipal
cleanliness. The well-known Rev.
Hugh Price Hughes wrote that the
facts produced before the royal COM
mission had finally convinced him that
vaccination was a great mistake, and
he looked upon compulsory vaccination
as one of the most fearful Outrages of
sacred human rights that selfishness
and cowardice had ever devised. At
the public meeting which closed the
conference one of the speakers, a ply
sician denounced the compulsory vac
cination law, saying that if law is to
be respected it must be respectable, in
telligent, and consistent If the law
comes in conflict with the conscience
of law-abiding citizens it is the law
that must be repealed and not the con-
sciences of law-abiding citizens
coerced.
At the recent congress of the German
social democratic party at Hanover.
an effort was made to greatly alter
the policy of the party by portion of
the delegates, who insisted that the
natural evolution of the organization
required change in tactics and aims.
the congress, however, decided by an
overwhelming majority-though not
without the exhibition of bitterness
and much personal feeling-that things
are to remain as they were, as the
sentence in the final resolution runs:
'The party, as before, stands on
basis of class war by which the eman-
cipation of the working class can only
be secured" Common cause, therefore,
will be made with the bourgeoise only
from occasion to occasion, and in so
| far as it tends to strengthen the social
democrats in elections, and to further
the political rights and freedom Of
! the people.
| After next New Years day there will
be change in the appearance of Brit
ish postage stamps with the object of
making them approximate in color
values to the stamps of the other
countries of the Universal Postal
union All countries comprising the
union are required to adopt uniform
colors for the three stamps of the
equivalent value of 5, 10, and rs cen
times, 1, 2, and cents); that is, green,
red, and blue, respectively. Most of the
British colonies and countries in the
postal union have already adopted
these colors.
A Welshman who was travelling in
the Transvaal some time ago tells
good story indicative Of the feelings
and antipathy of the burghers. Being
overtaken by night on the road and
coming to a house which he knew was
the only one for miles, he begged for
nights shelter, but was met with the
reply that there was no accommoda-
! ton whatever AS he was travelling
on foot he was weary and pleaded that
he might be allowed to sleep in one OF
the outhouses, but was again refused.
He persisted further and finally the
boer asked: where do you come
from?" 'From Wales" was the reply.
wales! Wales! Where's that?" in
ouired the boer. cts a little country
conquered by the English" said the
traveller. Come in, come in" said the
boer, in a sympathetic tone; these
COMPOUNDED English people won't let
any one alone"
Gen. De Gallifet, the French minister
of war, has published a decree forbid
ding the wearing of civil dress by OIL
GERS of the French army. They will
now resemble German officers who
never wear multi. officers in garri-
son at Paris, or on leave of absence,
are exempted from the decree. There
is story told of Gen Gallifet inflict
ing a weeks arrest on Gen. Vincen-
don, who had given him the shelter OF
his umbrella in the pouring rain, for
though Vincendon was in full costume,
Gen. De Gallifet regarded the umbrella
as part of a civilians apparel
The question as to whether publicans
should be compelled to serve tea and
other like refreshments to travellers is
now being agitated in England, es-
pecially in cycling circles. 1t appears
that under the license an innkeeper
or publican is bound to serve such re-
freshments. The majority of the pub
licans, however, do not care to do so If
they can avoid it, and now there is
talk of an organized attempt to compel
them