Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-02
OTHER LANDS THAN ouRs.

Tho bitter and contemptuous retorts which
the French and English press are just now
! hurting at each ether arc fairly well cXemplt-
| fed in the following excerpt from an edi-
/ torial in a late London Mail: England has
| lonE hesitated between France and Ger
many. But she has always respected Ger
many and admired the German character
whereas she has gradually come to feel a
contempt for France country where the
most monstrous i1justice can be prepetrated
with impunity: a nation whose beloved
heroes are the forgers OF the French general
stat, can never be a British ally. Nothing
like an entente cordiale' can exist between
England and her nearest neighbor. We are
absoutc strangers to that mean Jealousy
which exults in the misfortunes of friendly
people Tho generosity which recognized all
that was sublime and devoted in the fighting
of the French armies at Mars Tour, at
Gravelotte at Sedan, has been returned by
cannibal Elee at the fact that many hundreds
OF Englishmen have fallen before the Beers,
and by predictions OF our downfall. Enough
of France she has neither courage, fore
sight, nor sense OF hcnor"
A correspondent OF the North China
Herald, who is supposed to have special
opportunities OF information from native
sources in Pekin, declares that the dow
ager empress, who has been testing the
opinion Of the general public and of the
higher officials throughout the country, has
come to tho conclusion that any attempt
at the deposition of the Emperor Kuang
Esu would be met by very determined op-
position and might procipitate dangerous
civil war She has, therefore, of late
shown more consideration to the emperor,
giving him more freedom to speak on state
affairs during the usual official audiences,
and on several occasions has encouraged him
to speak to the grand councillors when he
seemed inclined to the silence and indii-
ference scrupulously observed by him ever
since the coup d'etat year ago. That some
Mnportan: change has occurred in the
polltical situation seems to be indicated by
recent dispatch from Pekin congratulating
all friends OF the emperor upon the fact that
When the empress dowager went, the other
day, to the Temple of Most High to pray
Tor rain the emperor went also and
koutoued in the same place and at the same
time with his aunt thus performing for the
first time since the end of September 1898, |
one of the fundamental functions of an en-
peror of China-namely, praying to heaven
on behalf Of his people.
The educational campaign in Russia. |
which was started by Nicholas II. shows |
no sign of diminishing in spite of the oppo-
stion of those leaders of the Pan -Slav |
party who oppose the education of the |
Russian masses, as safeguard against the |
spread OF western liberal ideas. At Sos
novka suburb of st. Petersburg the cor |
nerstone for new school of technology |
tth htph lie J1s At,,asl
tion OF the kind in Russia, has Just been |
laid. first grant OF 100000 rubles-or |
approximately $1,000, 0OO-has been made by
the ministry OF public education, for the
buildings are to be sumptuous. The central
facade Of the principal college hall will be
75O feet long. Around this will be grouped
smaller halls for chemical laboratories and
manual training schools. At short distance
from these buildings six three-story resi-
dence halls, capable Of accommodating l. 500
students, will be erected. The government
will attempt to put the new institute on
an equal footing with the great French,
German, Belgian and Swiss schools OF tech
nology. There is every reason to expect
success for the school, particularly as the
Russians are inclined to the study of science,
and men and women alike have decided
fondness for chemistry, physics and natural
history.
Liberal grants of money have also been
made by the government for the help of
needy university students in the empire and
especially those in medical schools In flu
ture every medical student in the empire
of good moral character, but with slender
income, will receive the means to finish
his course at the university. In return these
young men will, on obtaining their degree,
be called upon to act as village doctors in
some of the poorer rural communities for
two or three years. While performing this
duty they will receive help from the
"zemstYos," or local councils.
The feeling Of sympathy for the Beers in
Holland is astonishing all Europe by the
rapidity with which it is spreading to the
very lowliest inhabitants. few DAYS ago |
a little boy only Ia entered the Office of a
Haarlem paper and, emptying his pockets
which contained all his savings, said:
This is for the Transvaal," leaving the
office without giving his name. A bour-
geois of Amsterdam went into the Office of
an Amsterdam paper and deposited 1000
forins. II am not rich," he said, "but my
wfe and children want me to give this in
aid or the Boers.' An officer at Breda
called his company together and asked them
If they wished to subscribe. Without a
dissenting voice all subscribed sums ac-
cording to their rank. The servants of
The Hague have formed a league for the
purpose of making a fund, to which they
weekly. Through the neWspap-
ers by committees. from door to door, in |
the churches, In the schools-everywhere
where the public gathers, collections are
being made and millions of forins are being
found for the Beers. rich citizen of
Tho Hague proposes to found an orphan
asylum for the children of the Beers who
fall in the war In Belgium the sympathy
Is nearly as keen and persons with whom
am personally acquainted are subscribing
$500, $4OO and $500 at time. Ambulance
corps are being formed and drilled and
doctors are leaving their practice to go out
and help the Beers. The unanimity of
feeling Is really extraordinary, and the