Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-10

duke OF Saxe-Weimar, whose claim to the
sovereignty Of Holland rests upon the fact
that he is the grandson Of the Princess
Sophie Of the Netherlands. Some OF the
German newspapers, however, consider that
his right to the title is less apparent than
that Of Prince Albrecht Of Hohenzollern,
who is now the acting regent Of Bruins
wick. In any event. presupposing that the
queen does not recover and that the Dutch
people elect to maintain the present on
stitutional form Of government, the scepter
would pass to a German prince of whom the
nation knows nothing and fram whom Il
might apprehend much. Germany has long
set covetous eyes upon the land which
shuts her of from the commercial and
strategical advantages to be derived from
the possession of a valuable seaboard and
from the control Of the mouths Of the
Rhine. II a German prince ascends the
throne of Holland his possible efforts to
Teutonize that country would certainly
cause trouble. The Dutch constitution gives
broad powers to the sovereign, and il, for
example. William Ernest, supported by the
kaiser, were to exercise these TO the detri-
ment Of his adopted country the result
might be a general disruption Of European
relations. II is scarcely probable that
France and Russia would look quietly on
while Germany carried out a policy which
would be recognized everywhere as a bare
faced attempt at territorial aggrandizement.
According to the latest advices, the Cape
to Cairo railway has been surveyed as far
as the Zambesi, where a great steel bridge,
having one span of 500 feet, will carry
the line across the river at Victoria
Falls. The whole section, from Buluwayo
to the Zambesi-275 miles in length, or
nearly 100 miles from Capetown-is ex-
pected to be opened next year. Locomo-
tives for contractors purposes are now
running on it for a short distance north Of
the present terminus, and a railway ex-
ploration party has been dispatched over
the railway route beyond Victoria Falls as
far as Tanganyika. For forty miles north
Of Buluwayo the earthworks are more or
less complete, bridging work on the VIC
toria Falls section is in progress and about
five miles of line are finished. The work
Of connecting the Buluwayo and Salisbury
sections is also proceeding rapidly, and
rails have already been laid from Salisbury
to Sebakwe, a distance OF sixty miles.
From the Buluwayo end Of this line the
railhead has reached the Arguza river, so
that when this gap is filled in and the line
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present year, trains will be able to run
from Capetown to Delagoa bay. via Bulu-
wayo, Salisbury and Umtali.
Certain Madrid papers, which have not
heretofore been ~signalized by their enter
prise, strongly urge the Spanish govern
ment to take steps to be among the first
foreign governments to recognize and to
enter into relations with the new state of
things in Cuba as soon as a regular govern
ment is established In Havana. They argue
that Spain must not commit the same mis-
take as that which so long estranged It
from its old colonies that became inde-
pendent republics in America at the be-
ginning Of the nineteenth century, and were
not recognized by the old country, which
thus allowed the United States and Euro
pean powers to get ahead of 1t In their
with the Hispano-American re-
publics. The Madrid press says that the
course for Spain to pusue Is promptly to
recognize Cuban autonomy, because 80
many Spaniards still reside in Cuba, and
because there are so many Spanish inter-
ests In the island, and the trade Of Spain
and Cuba is still very important. Be-
sides, political considerations dictate a pol
icy calculated to improve the relations of
Spain with all the Hispano-American states.
The Madrid foreign ONCE, It is further de-
clared, is willing to adopt this suggestion.
Russia offers the owners of new vessels,
built in Russia of Russian materials, a
loan of so per cent of the value OF the yes
sci without interest and repayable in an
nual installments covering twenty years.
1t will insure two-thirds of the value of
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and the owners must insure one-third of
the vessel. II Russian fuel is used the gov
eminent will pay for half of It, condi-
toned on minimum quantities OF cargo
each way. The government has
paid Suez canal tolls. The new
Of aid to shipping is to go into
effect at the beginning Of next year and last
eight years, and some of its benefits are
to vessels engaged In trade be-
tween Russian ports, under certain condi-
lions as to the nature Of the cargo. A
government which has ordered all custom
ers to take their hats of In liquor shops
because these are branches Of the govern
ment could not do less for ship owners
than to advance them money, buy fuel oil
for them and keep their property insured.
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In the recent ~electioneering campaign in
the opposition has made some po-
litical capital out OF the March report OF
the ministry Of finance, which, however,
is of interest aside from its political inter-
probation. The statistics show a deficit
Of more than 5000, 900 francs. and 1t is cal
that IL matters continue as they
been going on lately upward Of 210.>
O00, 900 francs will be wanted by the end
Of this year. Nothing apparently could be
more significant than the figures contained
In the manifesto just issued by the Tax
payers league. and in which NJ. Jules
Roche. deputy and ex-minister. explains the
OF the country. He points out
that, according to calculations, scrupu-
lousy verified by the senate, the deficit
in 1898 amounted to 2S. OO0, 900 francs, in
1899 to 81, 900, 900 francs. in 1900 to 1874. O00,-
900 francs, and in 1901 to 1856. OOO. 900 francs.
up a total Of $50. 0OO, OO0 francs.
Going further, M. Roche considers that this
years dsheit will in all likelihood attain
the high figure Of 81. oo0,0 900 francs, In
which case the grand total Of o54.O OO, 900
francs would be reached at its conclusion.
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