Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-04
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of which they form q powerful part we're
to break asunder Germany would %inevita-
bly, acquire the German provinces Of Aus
tria. Then Russia would insist upon
compromising gains farther east. At least
a part Of the slavic elements so numer-
Gus in Hungary might prefer the rule Of
the car TO that Of the Magyars. What
chance would the stoutest-hearted nation
Of 1000, 900 or S,000,0 900 have to maintain
itself against Russia and II, 0O0. 900 or more
doubtful friends in It's own country That
is the question which the Magyar states
men can only hope 70 put aside, not to
answer. That is why they cling to the
dual monarchy which makes them a mas
terful element in a great power. That is
the secret Of the enthusiastic reception
which they gave the German kaiser a few
years ago as the head and front OF the
triple alliance. In Hungary among the
ruling classes it is emphatically felt neces-
sary to preserve the empire kingdom over
which Francis Joseph reigns. Magyar
leaders agree with those statesmen Of
other nations who say that IL there were
no Austria Hungary one would have to be
invented.
The Industrial depression in Germany
deepens, according TO latest reports, al
though the panic out OF which It grows
dates back some two years. Last May 1t
was thought thai the bottom had been
reached with wages generally reduced, fac
tories running on shortened time and the
working force greatly cut down. But a
current Official report on the state OF en-
ployment and wages in the metal and ma
chinery trades shows conditions to be
worse than four months ago. Work mas
become scarcer and the number of en-
ployes has been further reduced. In some
cases wages have again been reduced. At
the same time the cost OF living remains
high and in the matter Of meats Is rising
under the influence of the German tariff
and the shortage in the United States.
The country faces a harder winter than
either of the two which have been passed
through since the panic.
The correspondent Of the London Times
at Fee, Morocco, states that the sultan Is
making a much-needed improvement In the
condition Of prisons and prisoners in his
domain. At Fee the prisons have been
cleaned and the prisoners given a chance
to battle, sewer connections have been
made. running water piped to the buildings
and food furnished at the expense OF the
government. It is also ordered that here
after lists Of prisoners and the charges
against them be kept. Orders for a SINH
lar course to be taken throughout MOROCCO
have been given, but there is reason Tor
some doubt as to the execution OF such
commands in that country unless the sultan
is very much in earest. Large plumbers OF
prisoners have been found u~njustly con-
fined, and released Some association
modelled after the Red Cross organization
may some day be formed and given inter-
national recognition to investigate the con-
ditions prevailing in all the nations Of the
world in relation to prisoners, and publish
the results in circular form for the in
formation Of the governments concerned.
II such work we're done with tact and elab-
orateiy illustrated in the reports, the pub
licity resulting would probably bring about
needed reforms in backward countries and
secure more just treatment for citizens OF
foreign nations imprisoned under so loose
a system as has prevailed in the North
African states.
Progress is being made in the Cape-to-
Cairo railroad project, which is worthy to
rank with the Transsiberian road. Already
trains are running from Cape Town to Bulu-
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to the west to touch rich coal beds, 1t will
cross the Zambesi at Victoria Falls. Cecil
Rhodes intended that the road should pass
through German East Africa, but since
Rhodes's death, under an agreement with
Belgium, made last spring, the line will
pass through the Congo Free State to the
upper waters OF the Nile. From Buluwayo
IL will run to Victoria falls, 800 miles;
from Victoria Falls to Lake Kasali, 700
miles. From Stanley Falls, on the Congo, a
line will be built to Mahagi, on the Albert
Nyanza, $50 miles, and this will link the
Cape and Egyptian railways. 1t is likely
that another line will reach the Cape
through German East Africa.
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A commission has been appointed at Jo-
hannesberg to deal with the whole ques-
tion Of the resettlement of the Transvaal.
A provisional board was appointed, even
before the war had finished, to receive APP
plications from intending settlers, but the
members OF it soon found that there we're
more applicants who wished to start farm
ing at once than they could possibly deal
with. So the distribution of farms was en-
trusted to an official in the governors ONCE,
and now farms are allotted with no more
delay than is. perhaps, inevitable. No, at
tempt has been made by the government
as yet to bring settlers from Great Britain,
in view of the number Of applications re-
ceiyed from ex-soldiers and others already
in South Africa. The leases are limited to
one year, or, in some cases, to five years
with a first option for the settler at the
end Of the period of acquiring the land on
terms which will be formulated in the first
place by the new commission. Accounts Of
the progress Of the land settlement and
the work of repatriation. with which it is
closely associated, appear from time to time.
1t is feared that there are many instances
Of real distress in the country, usually in
the case OF families who remained on the
veldt throughout the war and who from false
pride or from other reasons did not CONF
in at the conclusion Of peace to obtain re-
lief. Special agents have been appointed to
hunt out these people.
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A Vienna correspondent states, as the
ohhelal opinion in Austria and Russia, that
while the treatment of the Roumanian Jews
is contrary to the treaty OF Berlin. II is
only one of numerous cases in which a
treaty has been violated without protest
from the signatories, and 1t is therefore
unnecessary to do anything about 1t now.
The statement OF fact is i~ndisputable. None
OF the powers has paid more attention to
the treaty than served its own Immediate