Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-08
Other Lands than Ours.


in England is inseparably associated
| with Golden, but his memory will be
| honored for the further reason that he
was the pioneer of international arbl-
| tration. In 1S49 he moved in the
House of Commons an address to the
queen, praying that foreign powers be
/ invited to join in treaties for the settle
ment of international disputes by
| arbitration. The motion was defeated
| by a vote of 176 to 70. The commercial
| treaty with France in 1850, due to
Cobdens efforts, was the beginning OF
| q policy which has been of inestimable
! benefit to England. Gladstone said at
| the first Golden banquet in 1856; MI.
Golden perceived, and not only per-
| ceived himself, but taught us ITO per-
ceive, the true moral meaning of trade
| between nation and nation. he
showed that trade was not only law
| of wealth and prosperity, but a law OF
| friendship, a law of kindness among
| all nations; that every single trans
| action, of which thousands upon thou
| sands are at this moment going on be-
| tween this country and any other,
| such as France, was a transaction
| forming as it were one single thread
| in a web of concord woven between
people and people"
| During these recent debates in the
| German Rcichstag on the army esti-
mates an incident occurred which was
almost unprecedented in German
| Parliamentary history. member OF
| the clerical center, who spoke in sup
port of a motion for the revision OF
| the military penal code and adduced
| a number of instances of ill-treatment
| in the German army, declared that the
Reichstag must champion the cause of
| the private soldier. General Won En-
dres, the Bavarian representative in
the Federal Council, interviewed and
| said that the officers were the natural
| and the recognized champions of the
private soldier, and that they would
not allow themselves to be inundated
| in their discharge of this duty by any
| ISLANDERS" uttered against them in the
House. They left protested strongly
| against this unparliamentary express
| sion, and the president was compelled
to describe the language of General
Won Endres as out of order, although,
as a matter of fact, members of the
Federal Council are outside the presi-
| dental Jurisdiction. General Won Eli
! dres later on endeavored to modify his
statement, but spokesman of the
clerical center and on the left vigor-
| ously repudiated the contention that
| officers were the sole arbiters in mat
tiers which affected the rights and the
| welfare of the soldier.
| ri, from
| the war with Italy was the awakening
to modern life of that ancient empire.
| The country became known, it's gov
eminent strengthened itself and today
| Ethiopia is ready and anxious to enter
| into relations with other lands and
| take place among the nations of the
world. In two recent reports Com
missioner Skinner. consul at Mar
| settles, who visited Abyssinia last au-
tumn. shows how the country stands
now and points out certain lines IN
which American trade might be de-
veloped. Imports pay a duty of about
| 10 per cent and the mOnOpoles granted
| Immediately after the war to raise
money have been rescinded. There
are nine large business houses in the
| cast towns. with connections with
| France, and through these most of the
| foreign imports reach the Abyssinian
consumer. Djbouti, in French hands.
| is the chief port Of entrance and is
growing The business centers of the
empire are Harrar and Dire Douah.
| A correspondent of the London Times.
in a letter from Paris, says that among
recent signs of the times few things are
| more noticeable than the growing self
| confidence of the French. as manifested in
the calm indifference with which they lis
ten to unfriendly manifestations from
| German sources. Even the pointed re-
marks of the German emperor fail to elicit
| any response. One of the most prominent
paris papers. commenting the other day
upon the rumor that Chancellor Won
| Buelow was about to resign, expresses re-
| greet on the ground that he has always
| been courteous and n valuable councillor
| to his imperial master. 1t then goes on to
| say that it is not the chancellors fault
| if the Germans have met with reverses
| in Africa if England wants to be on
| friendly terms with France, If Italy re-
members the common origin of the Latin
peoples and if Austria contemplates naval
| armament in view of future conflicts with
| Italy at the very moment that the triple
| alliance becomes q mere HISTORICAL IlleiH-
DRY. This discomfort on the other side of
| the Rhine has nothing that can surprise
| or displease us. The French republic, the
| friend and ally of Russia, is reaping the
| fruits of thirty years of mediation. sagac-
| ity and laborious effort to regulate its
| position in the world. Our line of conduct
| will not be modified thereby. and the SYM
pathy of other nations will not make us
swerve from our path We remain pacific.
being merely conscious that We have be-
| come strong again by the reconstruction
| of our military power and by the return
of friendships of which we appreciate the
| value"
Political missioning in Thibet seems to
have lost the amusing features that
marked it in the beginning. and now the
| missionaries talk with good deal of
soberness of the queer men armed with
| .jngles." That weapon is certainly out
| of date. but it is still a serious business to
be perforated by one of the big bullets 1t
| carries. The Thibetan soldiers, like those
| of the car, are evidently not easily dis
couraged by bad beginnings. and the Eng
lish thanks to a recent experience of their
| own, are well aware that it is the last
victories in a war, not the first ones. that
| really count. The road to Lhasa is long
| and hard Much effort has been expended
| in. making it SO. and to be isolated in one
of it's toughest places has unpleasant con-
sequences. That the intrusive Rrittons
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