The Washington times., 1901-08-22
FOREIGN TOPICS.

EORE/CN IOpICS.
1t is reported from Brussels that the
Congo Free State authorities are making
elaborate military Preparations in the dis
trict of the Upper Congo to bring into
| submission the rebel tribe of Batatelas
who, Notwithstanding repeated assur-
ances of their final pacification. continue
| to give trouble TO the trading posts stu
ated in that region. 1t seems that the
matter which a few months ago had
assumed serious proportions, was allowed
TO develop without the fact being pub
| lished in Brussels. as il was feared that
it might adj an embarrassing element to
| the negotiations then going on between
the King of the Belgians and the Parlia-
ment in regard to the future status of
the Free State.
Ii now appears that for the last six
months a force of 1.Ge0 rebels, which has
been constantly augrnenting. has been at
large and almost unchecked by the au-
thorities. Taese rebels, who belong to the
same tribe which gave the Inflated Baron
DhaniS so much trouble have gradually
moved southwark, and at present occupy
strong positions in the mountains border
ing Lake Kassali. where, by terroriZinS
the surrounding country, they continue to
make frequent allies The punitive eXpe-
dition which will be sent against them
toward the end of the present month.
will be commanded by Major Malfeyt. who
for several weeks has been on the defen-
sive with 7e0 men at the confluence of
the Congo and Lakiga. His second in
command, Captain Savaes, with 80 men.
has taken up his position at the junction
of the Lualaba with the main stream,
while Major Vandenbroeck, with 2D men.
has been ordered to hold himself in readi-
ness at Kilwa, on Lake Moero. Smaller
detachments will flank these outposts as
soon as the order 20 advance is given, so
as to make possible an enveloping move
ment which shall cut off a retreat either
north or SOUTH In the latter case prevent
ing the enemy from passing into British
territory.
No. l, of the ''Searchl:ght," organ of the
Chelsea London workhouse inmates, has
made its appearance in the form of four
closely written pages of foolscaD Its
price is one halfpenny and it is publish
ed by a committee of inmates at the
Lump. Arthur Street. Chelsea, South
west" The journal has many grievances
against that stupid set of nincompoops."
the guardians. Here is one of them:
''Workhouse women are obliged to wear
an ugly, hideous. and humliating dress
AS everyone knows. all women. whether
rich or poor. are peculiarly sensitive about
their personal appearance. so that the
poor female inmates have by their cos
tune their feelings outraged daily. But
little care the lady guardians. 1t is not
their business: oh. dear. no.
The "Searchlight,' it informs it's
readers, means to light up the dark
places of the poor-law system with its il
Illuminating power. Reform becomes rev.
olution of a grim order in the following
quotation: There is possible a very eff
fective means of aSsuaging the panSS of
poverty and reducing the rates that has
not yet been publicly suggested but which
recommend to candidates for seat
on the board of guardians. Let a death
chamber be esi biished for the work
house, in which men and women who
know themselves to be superfiuouS and
useless members of society may enjoy an
honorable, speedy, painless, and pleasant
means of exit from their earthly exist
ence. The idea Is a little in advance of
our present civilization. but we might
gradually develop toward it,
Since the days If Liebig the various
German Governments have displayed in
creasing appreciation of theoretic and
practical education In chemistry. The re-
suit of this policy is shown in the report
of DR.. +. Rose, his Majesty's Consul at
Stuttgart. In brief. it is this, that Ger
many stands today the foremost country
in the world in all those industries de-
pending upon the application of chemical
principles to manufacture. The devotion
of few hundred thousand pounds per
annum to that one science which far more
than all others is concerned with the eco
nomic progress of a nation has been such
that the total value of the production
of the German chemical industries in
1897 Amounted to f47.391 .132 for the year
1900 it must have been several millions in
excess of this sum- This is part only of
the story; the profits on the industry have
been enormous. DR.. Rose tabulates the
dividends
works. They generally run into six fig
ures, such as 20. Is, 16, 12la. u, IA. %, IS.
26. "A, and so on per cent. Very few are
below 10 per cent. DIR. Rose says: THE
growth Of the German chemical industries
has advanced hand in hand with the pro-
Sress and discoveries made in chemical
science and the increased facilities for
chemical instruction. The annals of in
dustfial progress show few examples of
such an intimate relationship between
pure and applied science The first Of
land by DIR. Perkin. Nowadays the bulk
of the manufacture is in Germany. BY
the irony Of fate: The red color used
for the uniforms of the French infantry is
almost exclusively manufactured in Ger
many"
Abdul Hamid has six sons and seven
daughters who are brought up in mag
nifcent seclusion- The princes in partic-
ular are born in prison which they are
destined to leave only for the grave or to
ascend the throne. The Suitan's daughters
are somewhat more fortunate, as they
have the privilege of tyranniZing over the
husbands who have the honor of becom-
ing sons-in-law of Abdul Hamid.
One of the most interesting features of
Bernard Stern's account of the Sultan of
Turkey is the history of the chief favor
lite, the Arab Izzet Bey, who recently
came near setting Europe by the ears
through his attack on the foreign post
offices at Constantinople. This individual
began his career as a spy. In the pur
suance of his honorable profession he sur
reptitiousy extracted a notebook from
the pocket of Reshad Pasha. the Gov
ernor of Jerusalem. 1t did not. however,
contain the political documents he ex-
pected.
The foreign diplomats began by treat
ing him with the utmost contempt. But
they eventually came to realize that they
must reckon with him. IZzet is credited
with being the instigator of the Constan-
tinople nassacres Of 1896. and is even ac-
cused of having melted the Cretan trou-
bles: All this has, however. failed to
shake his position. He works like steam
engine, and the Sultan appreciates his
merits so highly that he constantly re-
proachos his officials with not having
made known to him the existence of lzzet
years before.
The recent census of the United King
dom revealed the grossly unequal repre-