Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-24
FROM ACROSS THE WATER.
A BRIEF RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE
EASTERN Or OLD WORLD.

A BRIEF RESUME OF THE NEWS OF THE
EASTERN Or OLD WORLD.
Anti-Alcoholio Congress at Bremen Constan.
tinoplo Threatened by Massacre-The Ger.
man Antarctic Expedition Polar Ex.
petition Planned -Irish Convention Accepts
Land Bill.
Billiards and severe cold prevail in
the southern provinces of Austria,
which is unprecedented at this time OF
year. An immense amount of damage
has been done in the fruit growing dis
tricts.
The notorious Greek bandit Panout-
zas came to a dramatic end at vii
lage near Piraeus Friday. He kept a
force of 80 cavalry at bay for "a hours
and after 1900 shot had been fred the
house was put to the torch. The flames
drove Panoutzas to the cellar where he
received bullet in the heart.
The Moorish pretender is marching
from Taxa on Fee. The sultan is vain
" attempting to obtain recruits among
the Kabyle tribes. Three thousand
Moors have arrived at Melilla, seeking
refuge from the pretender's troops. 1t
is stated that the sultan has offered the
crown to his brother Muley, who has
refused it.
The French president, M. Loubet,
witnessed military manoeuvres Thurs.
day on Mustapha Field, Algiers, in
which 10000 troops took part. This
force was drawn from all parts of the
colony and reinforced by sailors and
marines from the visiting fleets and by
many native organizations. The AL
gerian Sharpshooters and Zouaves made
an imposing display. The entire fes-
tivities were elaborate. President Lou
bet is the first chief Of state since the
Emperor Napoleon III. to visit the
French North African possessions.
Shamrock III, while preparing to
race in the harbor at Weymouth, Eng,
Friday, was struck by a squall and
had everything above deck carried
away. Sir Thomas Upton, who was
on board the yacht, was badly bruised
and had narrow escape from serious
injury. One man was swept overheard
and drowned and several sailors were
injured Shamrock III has no dupli
cate spars and the disaster accordingly
means that Sir Thomas will apply to
have dates for the cup races put back.
The new spar will be obtained from
America.
A novel polar expedition is projected
by two German explorers who rely up
on a specially constructed submarine
boat to overcome the difficulties hith-
erto encountered in reaching the North
Pole. Wireless telegraphy also is to be
utilized. The leaders of the expedi-
ton are Herr Scholl Of Munich, and
DR.. Anscheutz Kuempfe. The latter
has received sufficient financial sup
port for the construction of novel
submarine boat to travel beneath the
icebergs Of the Arctic. To aid the ex-
petition Herr Scholl has organized a
separate expedition to erect wireless
telegraph station and observatory be-
tween the 18th and S0th degrees of lat
itude. This station will communicate
with Kuempfe's submarine boat which
will likewise be equipped with WIRE
less apparatus.
BY a unanimous vote the Irish Ma
tional convention, which met at Dub
lin Thursday, accepted in principle
the Irish Land bill introduced in the
House of Commons by MIR. Wyndham,
chief secretary for Ireland, and intrust-
ed to John Redmond and his party the
task of secu ing in the House of Com
mons that "serious amendment in va
rious points of vital Importance"
which the national convention may
consider essential This amendment
will be outlined later. The convention
proceedings revealed passionate discon-
tent with some features Of the bill, hut
nothing serious enough TO imperil Its
ultimate acceptance. Even Michael
Davtt, who bad an opportunity of di-
viding the delegates into two opposing
camps, subordinated his own views and
pledged himself to abide by the YER
diet. The gathering was representa-
tive one and Irish wit and eloquence
lived up to its reputation. Two thou
sand delegates were present from all
parts of Ireland.
The anti alcoholic congress met at
Bremen. Germany, last week. Prof.
Segrain of Paris said that the use of
alcohol predisposes the human system
to tuberculosis, and also prevents the
cure of it. Alcoholism intensifies the
effect of diseases which create those
which are best fitted for the
ravages of tuberculosis. Since the tri
umph over alcoholism, he continued, is
approximately triumph over tubercu-
losis, the real individual and social
treatment for tuberculosis consists in
the strictest abstinence from alcoholic
liquors. Prof. Labsky of Cracow de-
that all Injuries, including al
coholic drinks, be banished from san
atoriums for tuberculosis. DIR. Daumm
claimed that the experiments of DR..
Dheauvan, made to show that alcohol,
even in small doses, was poisonous to
the system, have a negative value.
Nevertheless, he added, indulgence in
alcohol must be avoided by athletes,
sailors, soldiers and youths. Prof.
Berens, principal of the German school
of art at Dusseldorf in paper on AL
cohol and Art, declared that ''by dull
ing the spiritual aspirations essential
to the greatest work, alcohol is an en-
envy of the highest attainment of art. v
The congress closed its ninth biennial
session Sunday. Fourteen hundred
delegates from 10 nations were present.
Two schools of thought, the moderates
and the total abstainers, were repre-
sented. The assertion by DR.. August
Forel, one of the foremost authorities
on brain and nerve diseases, that mel
ther science nor experience furnishes
evidence to justify calling alcohol a
food, called out prolonged applause.