Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
Active Measures Taken by
the Authorities.
ITS SPREAD NOT FEARED
CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED BY EMI-
NENT FRENCH SCIENTIST.
Believes That tho Germans Can Cope
With tho Dsease-Similar
Views Of Others.

BERLIN. September 1.-The ministry Of
the interior has issued an order covering all
Prussia requiring physicians Immediately
after the death Of any suspected patient to
send a messenger with sections OF the all
mentary canal to the institute OF infectious
diseases for thorough examination.
The institute of infectious diseases will
be open all night examining secretions taken
from the digestive tubes Of persons who
have died under circumstances suggesting
cholera. From time to time couriers arrive
from some port of Germany with portions
of bodies done up hermetically.
LANDESBURG, Prussia, September .
The schools here have been closed on ac-
count of the cholera.
FORDON, Prussia, September Prince
Albrecht of Prussia. who arranged to visit
this part of the country on a tour of mill
tCry inspection, has given up the plan be-
cause of the cholera
Confidence in Germans.
PARIS, September PROF. Metchnikof
expresses the most positive conviction that
tn. German authorities can cope with the
disease and prevent its spread In Europe.
Metchnikoff's position chief Of the Pas
teur laboratory during its most famous con-
tributions to science and his works on
Ph& gocytosis and Immunity give him rec
ognized place one of the foremost au-
thorities of the world upon cholera and
other eoidemcS.
Il can assure YOU" he said, from the
inquiry l have made and from personal
familiarity with the cholera cases in Ger
many that there is no g-ound for anxiety
relative to a general outbreak or cholera
or Its spread through Europe. This opin-
lon Is based on knowledge Of the etremely
rigorous and effective measures the Ger
man authorities have adopted to prevent
its spread. From the measures they have
taken I am satisfied that they can keep
the outbreak within Its present limits.
Therefore there is no reason to believe
that the disease will become epidemic as
in 1892 I have received infinitely detailed
reports upon the cases in Germany which
are really Asiatic cholera, that fact being
thoroughly established by meteorological
examination.
However" added the professor. earnest
~, there is no fear concerning general
epidemic owing to the thoroughnesS OF the
precautionary measures adopted.
Can there be any danger to the United
States owing to the steamship lines con-
Meeting Hamburg with American" the pro-
fessor was asked.
Il do not think So was the reply.
Everybody in Germany is on the alert to
prevent a spread of the disease, and II Is
my opinion that extraordinary precautions
will not be necessary in the United States.
No Cholera Near Paris.
Visits were then made to DR.. Saint
Yves, director Of the department for the
prevention Of epidemics, and to DIR. Au-
burt. director Of the bureau Of public
health. DIR. Safnt-Yves said:
You may be sure there Is not any
cholera in or near Paris, and thus far we
have had no occasion to adopt any pre-
cautionary measures. The ministry or the
interior would be the first to take cogni-
zance of any serious conditions of an epi-
demc near our frontier, and on being ad-
vised we would adopt the necessary meas
ures for the protection Of Paris"
Referring to the records Of the depart
ment relative to the last outbreak of chol-
era at Paris in 1898, DR.. Saint-Yves gave
interesting details of the outbreak which
began in April and lasted until November.
The total number OF deaths in Paris was
500 and the total in the suburbs SOL The
origin of the outbreak was never clearly
established. but some persons attributed IT
to having spread from other points. But
the records show that the first case discoy-
cred, at Nanterre. suburb OF Paris. was
prior to the appearance Of the disease else
where in Europe. and 1t was not until June
that other cases were noted on the eastern
shore Of the Caspian sea. Another theory
was that soldiers brought the disease from
Cochin China or TonQuin, but the records
did not support this theory. The mortality
in Paris was Al per cent and the proportion
was three deaths for every, 10000 of the
population. The number Of cases cured was
1855. The experience of 1892 afforded vaiu-
able lessons in methods Of treatment dis
infection, etc.
Dr. ALBERT stated that there was not
the slightest apprehension of an outbreak
Of cholera In Paris and that no protective
measures had yet been considered neces-
sary. Such measures, II required, would
consist of rigid surveillance of the frontiers
and special treatment Of any possible cases
in isolated hospitals.
The Abend-Post reports that two suspi-
clous cases of illness. believed to be chol-
ha, IN tha
of GrodZisko, Galicia.
Fatal Cases in Galicia.
WEICHSEL. Slesia. September 1.-The
existence of cholera in two different dis
tricts Of Galicla is confirmed by medical in
Cured in the village Of Padewnarodowa. In
the district of Miedec Tannow. and a sixth
case In the village of Grodzisko. in the dis
trict of Landcutt.
dren and a peddling matchmaker have been
attacked by the disease in Padew, and ..
raftsman in Grodzisko.
The local authorities fear spread Of the
epidemic, as boatmen in floats are coming
uninterruptedly down the Vistula river from
the infected Prussian districts. The first
steps taken by the local authorities against
the epidemic were evidently insufficient, as
after the burning OF the belongings OF the
first victims at Padew another case devel-
oped there, but now the central and local
authorities are taking up the work ener-
getically.
A high official dispatched to Padew re-
turned to Lemberg today and ordered doc
tors to go Immediately to threatened VIII
lagos. and the formation Of a sanitary cor
don In Nadhrzeze and Chwalowice both of
which villages are situated close to the side
of the Vistula.
Every raftsman returning from Prussia
Is subjected to a medical observation Of five
days.
At present the districts of Nisko and
LandcLtt are mostly threatened, as most
Of the raftsmen Of the Vistula belong in
these districts.
WARSAW. September "A session OF
the special committee to devise measures
for fighting cholera, should II make its an