Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-08
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.


revolutionary element at work. and that,
the police and the military did not resort
to extreme measures until the situation was
clearly critical. Tit movement spread with
extraordinary r~apidity, 2 5000 men quitting
work almost simultaneously. The labor
leaders warned the strikers against the
danger OF disorder, but the masses were
easily excited beyond all control by the
agitators working upon their discomfort. II
was not unil after the mob had bombarded
buildings where men were still at work,
had attacked the house Of the Statthalter,
and established a general panic that the
police and military fired upon It. Their
action was defended in the Reichsrath by
the prime minister, who declared that col
lision between the people and the troops
was due to men who had determined be-
forehand upon violence. Almost while he
spoke another mob set to work to destroy
the public lamps and %lampposts, evidently
with the design Of footing under cover OF
darkness, and so bold were they that when
the soldiers appeared they did not run, as
is the general way Of mobs, but resolutely
attacked them with stones and fragments
Of the broker lamps. Even then the troops
fired at first with blank cartridges, until
their W safety compelled the use Of bull
let's. A peculiar significant fact was that
the ringleaders of the rioters were fire.
q%uently armed with revolvers.
In the middle Of February a committee Of
the Bsrlin trade unions undertook to furnish
statistics OF the number Of unemployed in
the city. Twelve thousand workmen de-
voted two consecutive Sundays to a house
toulouse investigation, the final results Of
which were published by the Vorwaerts. the
orron - 4ha aoctoltot nartv ArrOrding To
that journal there were, at the time mem
toned, in Berlin and It's suburbs 76,029 per-
sons wholly unemployed and 52.5O1 partly
| employed. In addition to these there
were 1929 permanently or temporarily in
capocitated by illness. The accuracy Of the
figures Is disputed, critics pointing out that
no details are given Of the age OF the un-
employed, and suggesting that there are
included In the returns many so-called
season workers. who are always out OF
employment In frosty weather. At all
| events, there is a wide contrast between
the figures published In the Vorwaerts and
the account Of the situation given by the
secretary OF state for the interior In the
Reichstag on January II. Count Posadow-
sky then declared, in reply to a socialist
Interpolation, that there was no real dis
tress" in Berlin. The inquiries made by
l the DOIlCb udu VII Y Wv 1880
from 1900 to $4,000 unemployed, which in
a town Of close upon 1000, 900 Inhabitants
during the winter was not abnormal. Count
| Posadowsky's figures and the unions diff
fer very nearly in the proportion Of ten to
one, and the discrepancy Is one that can
not easily be accounted for except In the
supposition Of wilful Misrepresentation on
one side or the other.
zee
At the meeting OF the Star Benevolent
| association in Moscow, last month, a note
worthy and suggestive speech was made by
the president, Mr.. Cherip S~piridovieh. Al
ter speaking of the sanctity OF the Pan
| Slavic cause, he said that they recognized
no militant Pan-Slavism, but only one that
| brought emancipation and peace. Their
car had 80 much land and so many loyal
| subjects that he required no new acquisi-
tions nor conquests. Their younger Slav
brethren had already begun to realize that,
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, had been TO
confer with the Russian car in st. Peters
burg. The car also had an irresistible at
| traction for King Alexander Of Seryia, who
| had given up brilliant matrimonial opportu-
\ mites with German princesses in order to
link his fate to a modest slav, but one dear
to his heart. The prince of Bulgaria had
greeted the new year with a toast to slav-
dom. The brave Bohemian Sokollst youth
| could not find words to express their Joy
that a delegate from Moscow. the heart OF
Russia, should have attended the Sokolist
congress, that demonstration Of the growth
and strength of the Slav idea. Again, there
was that warm address with which the
| Polish colony In Vienna had sympathized
with their oppressed brethren in Wreschen.
Tit consciousness that all Slav nationalities
were blood relations was ever gaining
ground, and the spectre Of the Russian Co.'S
sack with his knout, that scarecrow in
vented by the Pan-Germans, no longer
frightened even the most timid. The humane
and sacred peace policy of their crowned
leader and his chivalrous attitude, his noble
and unselhsh behavior towards the younger
slay relatives, had won for Russia all Slav
hearts.
La Trlbuna di Roma voices the new Ital-
ian spirit in expressing the desire that
an early meeting may be arranged between
the kings OF Italy and Great Britain, in
order to add proper confirmation to the
Italo- British entente, which has gained such
broad popularity throughout the peninsula
ever since Mr.. Chamberlain's withdrawal
OF the language decree in Malta. A per-
l 1A1oC Nc9ChS4 ~ a. ACaA6 "a QaAhA INA
who is now at Cannes, gives some views,
which the Echo de Paris reproduces. Should
an interview be brought about a matter
Of some dificulty, 1t would seem, the in
ternational regatta season on the Riviera.
beginning on the 18th OF next month, will
afford the desired occasion, King Edward
would receive Victor Emmanuel III on
board Victoria and Albert, a pic
turesque feature being the presence OF the
naval squadrons of three great powers,
France, Italy and Great Britain. The ItaI-
Ian monarch, It is said, would be accom-
panied by the queen and the duke Of the
Abruzzi, proceeding to Cannes by sea, as-
companied by a notilla.
zee
No little surprise has been expressed by
foreign correspondents In Spain that the
recent revolutionary demonstrations in
Barcelona have been utterly devoid Of the
carlist element. which for many years has
never failed to attempt to turn Spanish dis
turbances to its " account. An explana-
tion, however, is offered by the Liberal
Of Madrid, which shows that the Carlist
leaders were too much occupied with their
internal administration to seek to ind a
golden opportunity In the strike riots. Ac-
cording TO this responsible organ, . move
ment is being organized among the CarIists