New-York tribune., 1903-06-07

sympathy with either of these foul methoos Oh
lighting Cruel is. the distinction oe-
tween legitimate and illegitimate procedure 10
recognized by all civilized nations Inc ieNO
lutionary leaders in Turkey. having no iiioie
sense Of responsibility TO the worle tnan d
maniac or an assassin. ere restrained pS H
such scrupies.
The bubonic plague. like the Astauc cnoiei G.
has done its worst work in the Far East China
Japan. India and Egypt have suffered .eit.O'
from It. When 1t made its appearance IN IAN
,o- g, 1904 .be mortality was 100000 in sin
gle season Several times since 1873 it mas
ann.area for short time in some place
southeast OF the Himalayas, the most ior-
rnidable outbreak being that In Bombay ia'e
sn 1896 IT is now rooted at SO Hhdh9
points In British India that month VI
two ago the number of deaths week IN tne
whole empire was 10000. Within the last SIN
years the deaths in India from this one Cause
have been scarcely less than 2.oOoOeo' In the
citx- of Cairo alone there were 10000 deaths and
some 100000 in all Egypt in a single year. iooo
Furope has suffered repeatedly from vista
tions of this game disease. First one part anu
then another would experience an eploeIrlo Oh
ennau,ne proportions There were $4,000 deaths
:n MarsefIles In 1720 10000 in Vienna in 1913
and $1,000 In Prague in 1851, from this same
.tants In 1e64-'65 or one in eight, while the epi
5s,,sc of f7To-'71 in Moscow carried off % per
cs,t of tlaa population. Constantinople mas
,rohahly had more frequent experiences with
the .~black death" than any other large city In
5urope being one of the chief gateways OF COM
ynerce from the East
Accurate figures are not available 10 show
how large a percentage Of those VINO were at
tackled died But within the last few years IN
Asia the mortality among the natVeS n@ao @
ranged from so 10 95 per cent. Perhaps oo Per
cent would be a fair average. t1lthy surfouAu,
snYs and q tropical climate promote the spread
of this disease and those VINO nave peeil a peuIy
rourished and know nothing or PERSONA ns 49, ae
succurnb easily. Hence among the Europeans
end Americans Il. place like BOMBAY to-uay
the mortality is much lower than among 'he
other residents. ,1,.
.rn and Northern Europe is a great saIesuaEu
against further trouble. A cool cllmaIe aIso
discourages the rapid spread OF tle ,S. uise
Nevertheless. quarantine officers at such places
sc London Hamburg and New-York feel that
the utmost vigilance is necessary When there IS
danger from this source They oelleVe !. NaslIs
preferable TO prevent the introoucuof OF eeILLi
than 20 try TO suppress outbreak after the
disease gets in There is less occasion lor WoIIy
over Berlin than ConstantinopIe, because IL 10
cIesn and situated in a high latitude. AS LOT
Che Turkish capital that is so hltny thal II
would afford an inviting soil. Without any spe-
cial activity the part OF the reFoiul0IIscS @
the plague would spread TO the rest OF EuLo
Yeer Turkey In short time after IL mad become
endemic in Constantinople These provinces
have a population Of 6.ooOooo or more anu anu
might easily lose per cent inside of single
wear This would not be the worst or H. either.
II would be practically impossible TO CONNIE tile
disease TO Turkey Slowly. ana Win o!.iliiiIsl. @
snp effect II >Uould undoubtedly hnd IT'S way
westward and northward over the whoIe coIlu-
nent Of Europe. Beyond the Sultans oonlnloLS
the mortality might not be great, put the pos-
sib,lity would cause much anxiety and. by pro-
voking a rigid quarantine. paralyze commerce
50 a vexatious degree