Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-27
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

OTHEH BANDS THAN OUNs.
The German emperor appears to be very
much in evidence during the recent army
maneuvers In the neighborhood Of Frank
furt. Naturally his presence was an I'M
failing presage Of victory. On the last
day but one the blue forces had been get
ting much the worst Of It theoretically.
They had been driven backwards by the
Reds, and were supposed to be in a sadly
demoralized condition. But during the
night they were reinforced, and in the
morning under the emperoris invincible
leadership, they fell upon their pursuers
and routed them hip and thigh. The en-
peror himself, mounted upon his Arab
charger, rode at the head OF 5000 cavalry,
and delivered a charge which completed the
discontinue and route OF the enemy. He
galloped VIGOROUSLY through the guns and
over the infantry, and received the con-
gratulations OF the attendant officers, in
GLIDING several distinguished American and
British generals. The correspondents men
ton casually that for Ave minutes he was
exposed to a heavy infantry fire, and that
later on he galloped for a mile in front
Of the enemy's guns, which belched fire
and smoke, but luckily for him-no bullets.
The military experts congratulated his
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exceedingly interesting, successful, and in
structive. What they thought will not be
known, publicly, until their reports are old
enough to be harmless.
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Roumanis has lately put in force a new
labor law which carries one back to medic
val times, when guilds were all powerful
among artisans. Under this new act no
one will be allowed to work at a handi-
craft unless he has obtained a certificate
from one of the guilds which are estab-
lished by the law. These are to be under
the supervision Of the local chambers Of
commerce, and Will be required to estab-
lish insurance funds, to maintain labor
registries and to found adult technical
schools. The guilds must furnish certih-
Gates to all who show satisfactory knowl-
edge oil, their trades, and have also to nom
mate two workmen and two employers to
act with a representative of the govern
ment as a board of Cancellation. The most
important clause OF the new law encourages
associations OF workmen on the lines that
have worked we'll in Italy and New Zealand.
These associations of Roumanian workmen
are to have the right to deposit as secur-
ity only half Of the amount required of
private firms rendering for government
work.
The process of classification which works
so admirably in barbaric Asia, Is being APP
piled with extraordinary vigor in civilized
Finland. Already the Firms are placed
under laws authoritative only in Russian, and
find the Finnish version regarded as an I'M
official concession. Russian governors, con-
trary to the law and precedent OF the land.
which Russia had engaged to respect, will
d~isplace Firms in every province, and per-
manently. The appeal Of the municipality
Of Helsingfors against the replacing Of the
local police by Cossacks has been refused
by the Emperor. Everywhere the Russian
official succeeds the native. The process Of
crushing out a national spirit under the
forms of humanity has rarely been SO care
fully planned. and SO unsparinsiy promoted.
Germany in the conquered provinces pursued
a more gradual way. 1t should be remem-
bered too that the classification Of Finland
means broadly speaking. the substitution of
an inferior civilization. 1t is this which
gives to the spectacle a peculiar poignancy.
No relief is in sight; but one must imagine
that the better educated Firms will not wish
to become subject in a Russian province,
and the prophecy might be ventured that
we shall see from Finland an emigration OF
the class represented by the French Hugue-
notS and our own Puritans.
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Greece is the latest country to be con-
fronted with the problem Of forest destruc-
ton. This summer vast tracts of her for
ests nave been burnt over and laid waste,
and as her wooded land was not very
large, comparatively speaking, the stu
alton is a serious one. Her two chief
assets are her climate and her natural
beauty, the latter more or less nhanced
by the ruins Of her past. Now it is said
that her climate is deteriorating with
alarming rapidity. Rain is becoming less
drouths are followed by terrific storms
which complete the denudatlon of the
mountain slopes which was begun by man,
while the rapid flow OF water to the plains
causes annually serious foundations. Some
little effort has been made to reforest parts
OF the country and to protect such wood
lands as are left, but no great success has
followed II.
! Who would not be present at the army
maneuvers Of Nicholas of Russia, espe-
cislly II he were to be a guest of a car?
These maneuvers have been taking place
In the vicinity of Moscow, and the car has
been present personally to oversee the
WORK. In order that ne might live In COM
fort during his stay in the field, and like
{ wise entertain his guests in a manner
betting his and their station, a magnih-
2 cent pavilion was erected, one which sur
passed the fabulous beauties OF those tents
2 which sheltered Saladin, and Just behind
this pavilion was a GRrgantuan kitchen,
800 feet long, with a stan Of proportionate
r size, where the meals of his majesty were
cooked. Even William OF Germany never
went to mimic war in such magnihcence.
Progressive as Japan is in some respects
|. the over population OF the islands causes
in some parts, especially the larger cities
a condition OF life that is but little better
even IL it is not worse, than slavery. Sta.