The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-31
MoRocco,s PEAL.
Empire in Pawn to European Creditors
-I, Ei-,no. Mad

Empire in Pawn to European Creditors
lin Financial Need.
London Standard: Unless some un-
expected change is wrought in the for
tunes OF Abdul Aziz, he IS destined t.
see the loss of his country's independ-z
| ence. The danger is imminent, and
| arises not from the eVolt of the tribes,
but from the financial needs of the
! Shereefian government. The empire is
being pawned. For two years no taxes
! nave been collected, except at the ports.
and the cost of carrying on the war
against The pretender has been met by
loans. Great Britain, France and Spain
! are creditors to the amount of $500, 600
each, and France is about to make q
further advance of 20, 00a, 0G0 francs. The.
security for this support is the customs
dues-the only sure revenue Of the sui
tan. This generosity on the. part OF
The powers is not disinterested. and,
though cloaked with the pretense of
maintaining the Gtatus quo, can have
but one effect-to pace Morocco at the
mercy of the highest bidder. France is
resolved not to be outstrirped in this
race for control of the Barbary ports,
and sets no limit to her offers of assist
ance. Seeing hat the customs are VAL
ued at only $500, 900 Il year. another loan
or two will give France the control OF
the ports.
Such Il recognition of the ascendancy
of the republic would have important
political consequences. To the people
of England it may matter little wheth-
er or not they have a share in the agri-
cultural and commercial possibilities of
Morocco. But we have a military in
terest that is vital. The power that
holds Gibraltar and requires free &C
cess BY the sea to the east cannot allow
the ports of the sultan to pass into the
hands OF any European state. Gibraltar
is largely dependent on the Moorish
markets for supplies, and III range of
hills from Cape Spartel to Ceutra is |
capable of being fortified in a manner
that would threaten our access to the
Mediterranean To keep the straits
is even more essential to the Sc
curity of the British empire thai the
unobstructed passage OF the Suez canal.
An Evil in Food the Law Should Reach.
In reference to the use OF alum bak- |
Ing powders Prof. SchweNzer, of the
State university of Missouri, says:
The deleterious effects of alum and
the soluble salts of alumina upon the
human system, even when used in
small quantities, are too we'll known to
need relating; their use in baking
powder is dangerous, and should be re-
stricted."
The effects of the continuous use of
alum baking powders are thus summed
IN a medical publication:
Alum taken into the stomach re-
tards the digestion of the food.
II is an irritant which infiames and |
-rrltates the stomach and intestinal
1t is an %asts,ingent and tends to con-
supate the bowels, which interferes |
digestion.
IT renders the albun1en Of the food
insoluble, and therefore takes
from its nutritive value.
1t IS absorbed II the blood, which
u tends TO tmcken and coagulate. The
Tree flow of the blood through the or
a of the heart is thus retarded.
us continued absorption into the5I
system causes some forms of nervous
pfostrat1ons and many Of those affec-
ions of the nerves from which both
women and men suffer.
"fourteen grains of alum have
caused the death Of a child. Larger
loses have frequently resulted fatally
N the case of adults.
NO drug so powerful and deadly. no |
in what proportions it may be
article of food