Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-26
OTHER LANDS THAN ouRs.

OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
The Madrid Gazette OF recent date CON
tains statement which. 1T is said, cannot
fail to give satisfaction TO all persons who
have financial or commercial relations with
Spain. 1t is the report of the revenue re
turns between January / and December l,
1900 which amount to $50, ,S50,j6j pcsetas
(about Sl30, 600 000D. a sum which exceeds
the collections for the same period Of lS99
by 36,1S3,035 pcsetas. 1t thus computed
that the total revenue for the entire year
will yield nearly 1000 900 GOO pesetas
Commercial and financial circles on the
continent consider that these figures are
worthy OF attention, as they show con
siderable increase over the income of 1899,
and do away with the apprehension felt
during the Barcelona troubles last summer.
But more particularly is the report deemed
of Importance because OF the notable CN-
cess OF the revenue over the budget cst-
mate, which was placed at only S2,ooo,0oO
pesetas, while the expenditure estimate
was placed by the minister Of finance NJ
| 931, 900 900 pesetas. Calculating directly
upon the revenue returns between January
| 1 and December /. 1900. it is believed that
the total returns for the whole year, while
they may not reach 1000. 100000 pesotas,
cannot fall below 967 100000 pcsetas, which
would show a surplus for last year OF 49,
| 600 600 pesetas.
| There has been a renewal Of the troubles
| with the Russian students, especially AT
| Kien, where the excitement eliminated,
after three days of disturbances. in the
closing of the university by the police on
| the afternoon Of December 90. On the even
ing of the same day a sotnia of Cossacks
| nj a I,taghutpuf a ~ ~ ri aI on no
scene. 1t is said that about half OF the
students attending the university were ar
| rested. Full and authentic details are
| wanting but II is known that $50 OF the
| students who have been expelled are to be
| sent into the army as private soldiers in
| conformity with the new law of May, 1899
! Two or three of them will be sent to do
| service at Port Arthur. disturbance has
| also occurred at the university in st. Pet.
| tersburg and two students have been ex-
PEELED and deprived OF the right Of enter
ing any other establishment Of higher odu-
cation, while twenty eight have been cN-
cluded and prohibited from ever re-enter-
| ing the same university and fourteen have
been sentenced to confinement in the lookup
of the university for four weeks. In the
| same city more then seventy university
students have just been tried before n
|
the police, of creating disturbance In one
of the theaters Of the capital during the
| performance of Il drama called The Con-
| trabandists," in which the Jews are repre-
sented as religious fanatics and dangerous
| citizens. Various mirror punishments were
| inflicted, but all the accused have appealed
| to higher court.
| The correspondent of the London Times
| in Vienna, "A wcll-informed man, not gem
orally given to sensatonalism, says that
there is widespread conviction in diplo-
matte circles that an outbreak in Macedonia
cannot be delayed for more than year
1t does not much matter now he says,
whether the Bulgarian authorities encour-
age the Macedonian committees or not, Tor
the mischief has been done and the agita-
tion has passed beyond their control Nor
is it believed that the diplomatic efforts Of
Austria and Russia will suffice to suppress
insurrectionists, who are not disturbed by
the formidable Turkish forces on the spot,
| while IL Is by no means certain that Russia
| would consent to use force in case OF an
uprising. There is prevalent opinion that
| the sultan sc ks to take advantage of the
disturbed condition of Macedonia for pur-
poses of his own. II is alleged that he
wishes to prevent any change in the exist
ing order in Crete by exciting the appre-
hension in Athens and elsewhere that any
attempt to modify it would cause a mas
sacre of the Hellenic population in Mace
donia A letter in the Roumanic, one of the
chief papers of Bucharest. alludes to the
growth and influence of the Pan Hellenic
spirit, and quotes the case Of the Ionian
islands. It declares that nothing else Is
spoken of in Athens, but the approaching
departure of the foreign contingents from
Crete and the dispatch OF Greek troops for
the maintenance of order in the island,
which practically would amount TO union.
The Belgian Postal department is about
TO institute a system by which II will un
dertake to settle differences between debtors
and creditors, which are now being ad-
iusted by the interchange of numerous re-
mittances back and forth. II aims at es-
tablshng a sort OF public clearing house
under state control, which, while for a
time 1t may be only availed of by mer-
chants of acknowledged standing, is capable
OF expanding so as TO include all moneyed
transactions, such as between landlord and
tenant and between the government, its
employees, and third parties. For several
years the Belgian postofiCe has been sue
cessfuly used a collecting agency but
the new system, it is believed, will be a
great Improvement even on this convent
ence. For Example, n mere hant has 200 small
accounts due TO him in various parts OF
the country, amounting to some s. 600
Instead OF sending him, as at present, q
separate advice as each amount is paid
, or, as we would say, as each draft is hon
ored, the postoffce will simply carry :hc
total amount of $1,000 to his credit in the
National bank Of Belgium. lie will not be
required to give separate receipts to mis-
debtors, as the original schedule filled in
, by him at the postofIlce serves as q
formula for completing all record of the
transactions 10 which the separate items
refer.
The French war minister. General Andre
has been the object of vicious attack almos
from the moment that he first assumed IN,
position. The other day he furnished hI,
: enemies with an opportunity. Speaking
without preparation, at BeGuve, he said tina
he would only leave the War office feet for
ward. What he intended to say was tha
> II he had to go he would leave "heat
erect" But he is not a praCticcd orator
and in the nervousness attending an i'm
, proyised and unexpected speech his tongu,