Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-05
EDWARD ANXIOUS TO PLEASE
Takes Great Interest in Visit Of American
Generals 10 Great Britain.
SENDS SPECIAL ORDERS TO LONDON
All the Private Apartments of wind
sor Castle 20 BE Throw Open to
Them and TO BE Entertained
by Lord Roberts.

LONDON, oct. 4.-King Edward is par
ticularly interested in the presence OF the
American generals, Corbin and Young, and
II possible he proposes to meet them and
General Wood when the latter arrives. In
the meantime, the Associated Press learns
that his majesty has sent special word from
Scotland that all attention shall be shown
the visiting generals. The king has or
dered that II the generals care to go over
Windsor castle, all the private apartments
therein shall be thrown open,. and that an
equerry shall accompany them over the
castle. These special marks OF King Ed
wards friendliness are due to so little
extent to the accounts given by the British
generals returning from the German ma
neuvers Of the extreme friendliness which
existed between the American and British
officers and to the kindnes the former ex-
hibited towards General Kelly-Kenney, who
was one OF the British generals who at
tended the maneuvers, to notify General
Corbin and General Young OF his apprecia-
ton Of these things. The generals soon
will be entertained by War Secretary Brod-
rick and Earl Roberts, while Ambassador
Choate will give a dinner in their honor.
General Young will stay with General
French at Aldershot a few days, where he
| will have an opportunity Of studying the
innovations being introduced by the new
commander of the First Army corps.
When questioned as to the large num-
Der Of deaths from cholera, at Iloilo, Panay,
General Young said: at may be merely a
coincidence, but l believe that at the time
OF the last serious cholera outbreak several
years prior to the American occupation the
death rate was much heavier in August
than in any other month, and that the
epidemic therefore quickly died out. This
is a hopeful sign. for In those days prac.
tically no sanitary precautions were taken
Cholera and malaria are certainly serious
questions in the Philippines. The Filipino
is an almost hopeless person to do any.
thing with. BY compulsion only can he b,
compelled to take measures necessary Il
check the epidemic. l always made it
court-martial offense for enlisted men Il
drink anything but boiled water and in
sisted on their sleeping under mosquito
bars. II those two simple measures woul'
only be adopted by the natives We woult
have little cholera In the Philippines. Ate
a while when they see their fellow native
dying like flies and American soldiers undo
exactly the same conditions fat and wei
they may profit by the example. But I fea
the majority OF the uneducated natives will
continue to dig their holes in the sand an
drink water therefrom until American rifle
make such a proceeding dangerous. Tn
task OF introducing sanitary measures Il
Cuba was hard enough. but it is twice a
dificult in the Philippines. Yet l do no
despair that eventually we will be able t
stamp out such alarming outbreaks as ar
now occurring. General Davis. whom Gen
eral Chafee left in charge. is certainly on
Of the best men who could be entrusted witt
the undertaking.