Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-03
OTHER LANDS THAN oURs.

ad0tscrs OUTSIDE the uoph.ly. ne hhs ueNu
disposed to meet and confer In public and
private with men Of Mathematician
ers, merchants, masters Of the mechanical
arts. economists and philsnthropists; In
fact. with all who are striving to improve
the commercial, Industrial and Intellectual
condition OF Germany. The kaiser Is hon
est and fearless. energetic and practical,
The lowly birth OF the late Herr Krupp
was no obstacle to the friendship Of the
kaiser. He considered and published Il
loudly that he did so, that no Individual
stood higher thar plain Herr Krupp. The
kaiser hasNset up an active thinking for
once among the German great who bear
titles and do nothing for anybody. not
even for themselves.
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Fifteen or twenty years ago the great
est possible strategic Importance wac at
tsehed TO Port Arthur and there were
periodical alarms that It's occupation by
Russia would prove q casus belli on the
part Of Great Britain, Then there came
the great flourish OF trumpets over the
British occupation OF wel-hai-wei, fol-
lowed later on by the unwilling admission
that the place was Of no use as a naval
base. although Il might be a nice, healthy
spot for a sanatorium. Now the glory OF
Port Arthur has almost all departed. and
the probability Is that Russia would
abandon II altogether IL she had not spent
so much money there. II was expected to
prove the great southern terminus and
commercial depot OF the Manchurian rail-
way. but this is the position occupied by
Dalny, while Port Arthur Is reached by q
loop line. 1t has been deserted by nearly
all its merchants, who have migrated to
| naI,w ar4 ..Fafa 1vIu a. a military and
naval headquarters. Even as a naval sta
ton it will be Of inferior rank to vladi-
vostok. Some Russian naval experts have
/ already advised the government to follow
che example Of England at Wei-hai-wel
and withdraw from the place, but It Is not
likely that this advice will Be taken, as
retirement would not only be an ofenss
70 national pride, but a confession Of error.
The people OF Japan are beginning 70
recognize that to maintain a big standing
army, 20 have and to hold a modern navy
and to be ambitious to be considered one
OF the powers OF the world. requires . vast
amount Of money. There is not much IN
Japan that can be further taxed to secure
the sums required without sntailing undue
hardships, hence the indirect means OF
taxing imports more heavily has been re-
sorted to. The new tariff is not for pro-
lection. It u for revenue only. as the
Cleveland free traders might say, and goods
that the japanese canno produce and yet
must have have been selected to pay the
expenses Of government Many articles
formerly On the free list are now made
dutfabIe. Foodstuis generally have the
duty on them increased IS per cent, and
wheat. formerly untaxed. Is now charged
80 r. - -AHn-fnI
for manufacture suffers The duty On pig
iron is raised 50 per cent. and steel. for
msrIy free, has now to pay IS cents or s.
cents, according to kind. per Ia pounds
Clothing Is more heavily taxed Cotton
yarn has to pay IS per cent more and fan
neIs have to pay 4 cents instead Of , cents
Der square yard. In Isolated lines, suef
as serges and plAin-voven elEnketing
there is q reduction.
The present session at Monte Carrie. ae
J cordfnE to present indications. viii be th'
best that the resort has a since III
Gambling bank Of NJ Blanc was estab
=. Iishsd. The best part Of the season hA
heretofore been the late winter and earl
spring but the recent early Novemoe
found the place as lively. the guests q
: the hotels and large villas as many an
9 the money as abundant as in last Feoru
airy. TIE gambling Is ineessant and tn
1. stories Of money won and lost are numer
: Gus. Two months ago the sensations
!. ulunEfnE OF Barren de wietinghof anords
/. an interesting topic Of conversation III
: baron halls from Berlin and be played
: game that way in defiance Of all system
and accepted gambling aIiens- He sue
: .eedsd in breaking the bank twice in tire
TNWNNa has haa
!, heard Of him. the people having q nor
y ,bsorbtnx subject in the statement tha
Z during the month Of November the ban
Won over $500. 900. The rush for Mont
Carlo thus early IS In a measure attrte
uted 10 the black eye which gambling {
Oatend has received from the Belgian Pal
lament. measure which the cable -
ports has Just received the approval Z
King Leopold
No Doubt the UEanda railway Will be
money making institution some day, but u
q nrospeet Of produ IL extremely remote. ar
meanwhile the enterprise v . steady drai
d urou the resources Of Great Britain II
u House Of Commons has been called ups
20 fund another tS.s00.O oe for extra sIpend
r ture and voted 1t with only q mild protes
is Sir Edward Grey pointed out hat the ro'
70 Ia rot in any sense q comnchelA4 eALoEpfh
n hut the Inevitable consequence Of the pre-
l. ence OF Great Britain In Uganda The "a
u il generally recognised that II Uganda n
II ais reasonable expectations IN the futu
the railroad viii pay a. . matter OF eour'
me chief cause Of complaint Just nov
that the ortgfnAl estimates have proved
entirely untruStEOrthy. This In itself IL
lie common experiences. but In this case Z
excess OF the actual over The estimated :
usnse has been phenonsraL AL the az
~cultfes seem 10 have been uininiEed- ]
country has turned out 70 b much M
Az dfmeult than was sxpsctet, the elm
A. much more unhealthy. the cost OF lat
q much hfKhsr and the water supply mu
A. more uncertain Probably the goVsrnns
would have been better on II II had {
trusted the whole business to nrns o. !
nd sponzibls contractors
A curious public monumsnt. sspeeiA
te Characteristic Of modern times, was =
III yelled at Berlin on St. FIorian's day Pr
70 ABLY very few Of the citizens Of Berlin.
"a indeed q any other city. have the slight
notion Who 81 Fiorian Wass Or Why
- should have a monument In . city Va
has 90 LOnE regarded itself A. the eapt
Of intsIIigsncs-" The monunsnt IL rea
a meuortAI to the heroic hrsmen Who h
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