Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-21
ornEn LANDS THAN Guns.

OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.
London is much wrought UP az last over
what Is generally described as the "alicn
question:" in other words, the constant
and apparently rapidly increasing inflow OF
foreign paupers from the continent OF Eu-
rope. The papers began to agitate the
question several months ago, and by oint
Of keeping everlastingly at Il, have finally
succeeded In achieving parliamentary con-
sideration of the matter, with e prospect
Of some restraining legislation. II is al
legged, with occasional instances cited TO
prove the allegation, that many of these
foreigners are OF the criminal class and
only paupers in the sense that what money
they bring in is only enough to establish
them with headquarters for unlawful OPP
e~rations to bleed the British public. In
addition to the investigation in Parliament
a royal commission has been appoihted to
look into the whole subject, and the gem
eral expectation is that the law to meet
the case will be something very drastic
and far ahead OF any similar Legislation
on the same subject. Some Of the infowiug
aliens are said to be persons of title, and
among these are the most adroit OF the
criminals. 1t is also asserted that the
pdIdues VI tue unemployed tndt rave Drawn
so much money recently from the pockets
Of the charitable onlookers have been
largely composed Of these newly arrived
alien paupers instead of the unfortunate
British workingmen, as was taken for
granted.
The Prussian court is not among the
most brilliant in Europe, spectacularly.
and the queen Of Prussia, who is also Ger
man empress, cares less about fnery than
most Of her crowned sisters. But what
the woman eschews the empress is obliged
to adopt. Hence at court balls the en-
press moves In an atmosphere aglow with
starlike gems. Five million marks, or
s1,250,00 is the value, roughly calculated.
of the precious stones which she wears
on these occasions; the greater part Of
them, however, is the property Of the
Prussian treasury. AS consort of the reign
ing sovereign she is entitled to wear, but
not to dispose OF them. The Jewels which
the empress owned as princess Of Schles-
wig Holster, or received since then from
the kaiser or her connections as presents,
belong to herself, but none others. And
Of presents from the emperor she has re-
ceived quite a number. But the late
Dowager Empress Augusta bequeathed to
her the most costly gems Of her private
collection, which is now valued at 1000, 900
marks, or $500, 900. This comprises, among
other things. thirty diamond, sapphire and
ruby rings, numerous bracelets and
brooches, which circled the fingers, claspel
the wrists or adorned the attire Of various
deceased sovereign women. In the center
Of the kaiserin's diadem there is a dazzling
diamond about the size of a cherry, which
is the most costly gem Of the Prussian
treasury.
The announcement is made that the
Uganda railroad is now practically finished,
and that Sir George Whitehouse, the man
ager and engineer-in-chief, will leave for
England in April, on the completion Of the
construction works. All the steel viaducts,
including the twenty-seven bridges from
the United States, have been put in and
all that remains to be done is the sub
stitution Of steel structures for a few small
and unimportant temporary bridges. AS a
result OF the completion OF the railway,
great commercial development Is said to be
taking place. Italian, German and Indian
firms are establishing branches in East
Africa and Uganda, and both indians and
Italians are placing trading vessels on
Lake Victoria, on which a German trading
| schooner also pies. tOunu VNdlTODlI tNS
headquarters of the Uganda railway, great
progress is being made in the cultivation
Of potatoes, forty to fifty tons Of which
are exported to South Africa every month.
Hitherto these were obtained in South
Africa from Portugal and Central America.
Two twin-screw steamships, put together
at Port Florence by the Uganda railway
staff, will provide mail, passenger and
cargo service on the lake. They are YES
sells Of 900 tons displacement, capable OF
carrying twelve frst-class and 100 deck
passengers. They were built at Paisley,
are IT'S feet long and have six feet dtaught.
They will run between Entebbe, the head
quarters OF the Uganda administration, and
Port Florence, the terminus of the rail-
! road. which reaches the coast at Mombass,
nearly COO miles distant.
From a Russian source, a special report
by the consul at Kharput, come some in
teresting figures concerning public educa-
tion in the Ottoman empire. which is said
to contain altogether 3 $500 schools, at
tended by 1881. 240 schOlars-that is, about
one pupil to every twenty-four inhabitants.
In virtue OF a statute law introduced some
| twenty-five years ago, elementary instruc-
| ton is obligatory upon girls from 6 to 10
years duu uPOu ANhh
age. This includes. besides the Turkish
language, the Koran. morality, the funda-
mental rules of arithmetic, universal his
tory, geography and various kinds Of hand
work. Every vilayet has several middle
class schools there are twenty-five in the
yilayet of Salonika). in which the pupils
remain from IL to 1s years OF age. The
curriculum in the latter institutions in
cludes Turkish literature, the French Ian
guage, the ground principles OF political
economy. universal history and geography.
chemistry, physics, geometry and natura.
| history. There are In. Turkey none OF the
higher educational institutions organized
on the lines Of the western universities.
Notwithstanding this provision for public
| instruction. says the report, the enlishten-
ing influence upon the people In general IL
practically unappreciable, owing to the sim
pie fact that all elementary teaching is In
the hands OF the mullahs and ulemahs,
who yield implicit obedience to the Sheikh-
ul-Islam. The government created a min
istry OF public instruction TO cOunteract
this influence, but it has made little i'm
preston.
Hopeless in Either Case.
Kansas City Star.
II may be true that Mr.. Cleveland will