Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
OTHER LANDS THAN Guns.

Polish race in Prussia have provoked mucl
uneasy eminent In Berlin In 1861 tn.
Poles outside the eastern provinces Of tn.
monarchy numbered: In Pomerania, ASH
in Brandenburg. 16; In Rhenish Prussia
Is; in the province Of SaXony, /. Accord.
ing TO the census Of 1900, the numbers wer,
as follows: In Pomerania, 1890; in Bran.
denburg, 24,3OO; in Sa1ony. 24,700; in Schles.
wig-Holstein, 400; in Hanover, $500; II
w~estphalia, 1880; in Hesse-Nassau, $500.
In Rhensh Prussia $500. In Berlin alone
with its suburbs Of Charlottenburg Their,
are no fewer han $500 Poles Of puF,
race, while in Prussia there are 3.333.OO
persons OF Slavonic race who speak only
Polish. or wendish, or one OF these Ian
guages and German. Is Is estimated thai
10 per cent Of the whole population OF
Prussia is Slavonic, while the proportion
Of Slavs in the population Of the whole
empire is 6S per cent. The statistics OF
1861 are, doubtless, imperfect, since in
those days no accurate record OF the pre-
else distribution Of languages in Prussia
was ~obtsinable. There can be no doubt,
however, of the enormous expansion Of the
Polish race, and the westward migration
Of the Poles to Brandenburg. Saxony.
Westphalia and Rhenish Prussia conse-
quent upon the recent Industrial develop
ment is a most significant fact.
According to consular reports, Berlin, al
though a busy manufacturing city, is one
OF the ~cleanest and best kept in Europe.
The smokeless condition OF the Berlin at
mosphere is ascribed to three facts: The
preponderant use OF coke and briquettes,
which are practically smokeless; the skill
full scientific construction Of boiler fur
naces and chimneys, and, finally, the high
standard OF skill that is taught and en-
forced among fremen who stoke furnaces
with coal for steam and manufacturing
purposes. Before a man can assume such a
charge he must be taught the theory and
practice OF economical, scientific firing, by
which the coal is distributed in such a
manner and quantity over the CRATE sur
face as to secure the most perfect COM
bustion Of it's volatile elements The ST.
lesian coal used in Berlin in most large
steam plants and factories is rich in btu
men and would rank below many OF the
bituminous Goals of the United States, and
yet the long, dense, trailing clouds OF
smoke from mill and factory chimneys
which are so familiar a sight in many
American cities are rarely seen in that
section Of Germany, where the indlscrim-
mate shoveling Of raw bituminous coal into
| the steam and other furnaces is considered
an ignorant and wasteful proceeding.
The mortality from cholera in Egypt,
where no less than 80, 900 have persisted
from that scourge since the middle Of
July, has raised the whole question of
England's responsibility, especially in rela-
tion to the Mecca privileges. Most compe-
tent authorities are agreed that II 1t were
not for these migrations Of the faithful it
would not be dificult to keep the cholera
out OF Egypt. Some pertinent and incon-
venient questions are asked now by casual
correspondents Of the London newspapers.
Among them is the inquiry whether Eng
land, having undertaken the administra-
ton OF Egypt is not bound to protect her
Inhabitants by the enforcement of obvious
sanitary regulations? 1t is a matter Of his
torical record that Lord Cromer brought
this matter to the attention Of the Khedive
some time ago, but the latter then shrank
from taking any measures which might be
considered as a wilful interference with
the rights Of true believers. Now, how
ever, when his people have been dying
by the tens OF thousands, there is a grow
ing feeling that religious prejudices ought
to be subordinated to the general inter-
GSlS VI uuIudulbgs huOAAy apdtN rum ~
loss Of life, the cholera plague. has been
the indirect cause Of a large decrease of
revenue. To make matters worse, there
was a bad" Nile, this year, and only the
most strenuous exertions can prevent wide
spread suffering among, the fellaheen.
Sooner or later the Mecca pilgrimages must
be regulated or abolished, but, the matter
is one Of extraordinary .delicacy and diff
hculty.
The politics Of Crete has been intermit-
tently active since the days OF the Min
otaur, with no sign Of subsistence embellish-
ing its ever romantic and enchanting hori-
IONS. At present its contending parties
are battling for and against annexation to
Greece, with no advantage in the betting
on either side. Greece, herself is in lead
ing strings, financially run by the rest Of
Europe, and in poor circumstances gener-
ally; the annexationists with the peninsula
government is the only expedient open to 1t
which promises any efficient measure OF re-
lief. The present regime produces burdens
quite as heavy as its former Turkish rule i'm
posed, though the government is admitted
to be much better and more equitable. In
the political settlement after the Greco
Turkish war the island demanded self
eminent, and got 1t, but it now seems to
be nearly as disconnected as before. But
there is no pleasing some islands, whatever
may be done for them.
The last section of the tail OF Finland's
nationality has Just disap-
peared down the ravenous Muscovite gullet,
and the whole fabric is now undergoing the
benevolent assimilation which Russia has
always been so ready and willing to pro-
vide for its neighbors. The four new ordi-
nances just promulgated at Helsingfors
provide, first, that the senate and its pro-
cedures shall be wholly under the control
Of the governor general; the second en-
powers the same authority to dismiss any
official not appointed by the car; the third
puts the law courts under like control, and
under the fourth It is forbidden to bring any
official Of the state or any grade to trial
without the consent Of his superlors. So
far as statutes go the country is as COM
pletely Russianized as the Russian section
of Poland and with the same effect on the
sentiments Of those belonging to the ex-
tinguished nationality.
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The British admiralty intends to find out,
II It possibly can do so. what the trouble is
with its torpedo craft, several Of which
have developed structural weakness within
the last twelvemonth. To do this the ad-
miralty will sacrifice the 5-vear-old de-