New-York tribune., 1903-04-03
THE NEWS OF LONDON.
WHAT GERMANY COPEI'S.
Discussing American Methods
Some Electrical Experiments.

opyr Tribune
London, April 3. 1 a. The German Emperor
in Copenhagen, unlike Edward VII in Lisbon, is a
sovereign dependent upon national magnanimity
for commanding a popular reception. England
has been a bulwark of defence for Portugal
whereas Germany has despoiled Denmark Oh
one-half of her ancient estates, and covets what
remains The German Emperor has succeeded
in overcoming Danish resentment. and his WISH
may help reduce popular resistance to the
scheme of customs union which the Berlin gov
ernment stands ready 10 offer the little mon
archy as the price of admission to the imperial
system The Fatherlands absorption of Den
mark is less important to Germany than the
incorporation OF Holland with its valuable col
onies for which there is organized move
ment with a customs union as stepping stone
to the final goal The German Enperors ofter
to send strong detachment of his army across
the frontier for the protection of the railways
and transit trade has warned the Dutch people
that their powerful neighbor may fake advan-
taee of their unsettled labor strike and occupy
Holland under pretence of restoring order. They
are asking themselves whether the German SOL
diers II once let in will ever go out The Dutch
Prime Minister. DR.. Kuyper, is seeking TO pro-
long the truce between the labor unions and
the employers until he can secure an amend
raent or withdrawal of drastic measures pro-
posed against the workingmen's organizations
J
the enactment Of the government measure with
out material compromises may be followed by a
general strike and the entry of German forces
! for the protection OF the railways
Two important meetings have been held this
week to consider why America is SURPRISING
England as commercial nation On Tuesday
Americas iron and steel industry formed the
basis of discussion at the British Iron and
Steel Institute: yesterday before the Institu-
tion of British Naval Architects, Professor
| Dalby read a paper descriptive of the methods
which are employed in the United States to train
students in engineering The system in vogue
/ in American universities and colleges was high
/ ly extolled, but doubt was expressed Whether
IT would succeed in this country. On one point
there was unanimity of opinion. and that was in
condemnation of the British custom requiring
premiums with apprentices. The premium sys-
TEN of Great Britain is very much the same to
day as 1t was fifty years ago. and Yarrow, the
famous builder of torpedo destroyers, declared
that it was plan drawn up apparently with
the object of keeping out of the engineering
profession the who had brains but no
money Mr.. Morse president of the NeW-York
Shipbuilding Company who also spoke. referred
to the importance OF technical education Mr.
Denny. the shipbuilder Of Dumbarton. thought
there should be frequent interchanges of opinion
and education between England and America
The Canadian Alaska staff has quietly settled
down to work without flourish of trumpets.
Minister Sfton and Under Secretary Joseph
Pope closely occupied yesterday with pre-
Iin1inary. consultations. in which their counsel
and officials of the Foreign Office took part.
Their secretary, A. P. Collier. informed me that
a strong staff of ten would be engaged for
the next three months in working up the Cana
dian for presentation to the Alaskan Com
mission. Edward Blake and F. c. Wade would
direct the work special counsel, and Messrs.
Turton, King, Maher and Macarthur would as
sist them specialists and engineers familiar
with the topography of the coast. There will
be thorough investigation of the records Of the
Foreign Office bearing upon the Anglo Russian
treaty of 1926. and pains will be spared to
establish the Canadian case.
The three preliminary trials of Sir Thomas
Lipton's new challenger prove that she is
smarter to windward than Shamrock I, espe-
ciaIIy in light airs, and in reaching she is also
the better of the two, but in running before the
wind she has little apparent advantage over the
older boat.
According to 1.-The Daily Mail" the real sig
nificance of the scheme of Irish agricut-
ural development which outlined by Mr..
wyndham in the House of Commons Wednes-
Oay nlSnL is lHdI lOi Tie lHS( lIIiiS VI 6diiHCu
motor traffic will attempt TO supplement and if
necessary compete with the other existing means
Of locomotion and transit.
There interesting series Of demonstra-
tions yesterday of the apparatus for transmits
sion and reception of signals and speech
through the ground without the Of wires.
The trials at Alexandra Palace where the
inventors, Axei Oring, young Swedish cleo
tricaI engineer trained in the United States and
J. Tarbottom Armstrong. the Devonshire cleo
trician were present. with Sir Gerard Smith
and other experts. The experiments
Quoted modestly and without the pretence that
the perfected system of installation had been
worked out, and the practicability of dispensing
with wires and masts and using earth currents
of electricity for commercial military and naval
purposes illustrated A characteristic feat
ure of the system the peculiar combination
of high potential discharges and low tension
currents. Experiments with bo: lbs proved that
explosives could be syntonized within the same
radius so that all could be fired simultaneously
or each in turn by means of earth currents with
out wires The value of these tests for practical
warfare was conceded by the military experts.
Other experiments illustrated the transmission
of Morse dots and dashes and musical sounds by
wireless telephone. I. n. F.
NOTICE TO THE CONGREGATIONS.
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