Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-05
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

can colonial family, a family which is far
from happy one on many accounts Ma
tai in particular Is kicking vigorously
against the exclusiveness OF the policy OF
the Transvaal administration, which favors
the foreign port OF Delagoa bay to the
prejudice Of Natals port OF Durham. Natal,
unlike Cape Colony, allowed the Chinese
coolies for the Rand mines to land and
pass through its territory and in return
the Rand mine owners import all the sup
plies for the coolie compounds through
the Portuguese port. The Natal Witness
goes 50 far as to say that the Transvaal
ways and methods are smothering the
| British instinct of fair play and sense Of
| patriotism, and that there is less friendli-
ness shown by the Transvaal to the rest
OF South Africa now than when It was
under the Beers. The commercial depres-
sion throughout South Africa, 1t says has
not been lightened by a hairs weight. for
| all the Chinese that have been imported
and It calls on the Natal government TO
assert it's independence Of Transvaal ia
vors and demand its rights in regard to
commercial and railway matters. The diff
| hcuties that have arisen it would rather
have settled amicably on the spot and not
| referred to the imperial government.
The recent disasters to English and
French submarine boats have been the
cause OF much public discussion in both
countries, and the newspapers are filled
| with suggestions of various plans by which
such accident might be prevented or
rendered less fatal. Most of these hints
are pronounced by expert engineers to be
| impracticable, but there is a wide agree
ment Of opinion that some radicalSchanges
| in design must be made II the submarines
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stability and thus inspire their crews with
confidence. One Of the features in their
| construction that has attracted very gen
| eral attention is the failure to make pro-
vision for salvage in the case of disaster.
| There is no chance OF escape for the men
inside-even should the craft come to grief
| in moderately shallow waters-or any ar
rangement for facilitating the work of rails
| ing the sunken hull The idea that all SUBJ
marines should have some sort of external
projection, such as hoops or rings, to which
| chains and hooks could be attached easily
by any floating derrick has occurred to
many. 1t is understood that the British
naval engineers are engaged anxiously upon
these problems.
| The English Garden City association,
whose efforts are directed against over
crowding in large cities and the consequent
| depopulation of the rural districts, have
| good cause to congratulate themselves on
the progress of their scheme. 1t consists
| in the developing of new industrial and res
| idential towns surrounded by belts of agri-
cultural land the unearned increment being
| retained in each case for the benefit OF the
inhabitants after payment of per cent per
annum on the capital. The first step to-
ward practical realization was taken in
den City Pioneer company, limited) was
started with a capital Of 100000 to de-
velop an estate OF $3.50 acres situated be-
tween Hltchin and Baldock. During the
last two years building, roadmaking and
| other operations have been carried on with
| vigor, applications for small holdings and
| for residential and factory sites have come
In with greater and greater frequency, and
there is reason to think that, before the
close of 1906 the first Garden City will have
risen on what short time back were only
the open fields of Letchworth. The exhibit
| ton OF cheap cottages, which is to be held
on the estate from the end of July till Oc-
tober, may be counted on to add to the pop
ularity of the undertaking and to increase
still further the demand for sites.
|
The German campaign in Southwest
| <AAAASo 10 plONillB SoSAlgB DOln III men anu
money Their force there in January 1904,
numbered forty-two officers, seven officials
and ~ men, together with 800 horses Since
then reinforcements to the number of 665
officers, 1856 officials and 1858 men, together
with nearly 1900 horses, have been sent
out. The total losses in action up to date
amount to forty-one officers, elghty-three
non-commissioned officers and 3O5 men killed
or missing, and ifty-three officers, 100 no.
commissioned officers and 3O3 men wounded;
or a total of S94 officers and men Of the reg
ular corps killed or wounded in action
The deaths from disease or in consequence
of accidents include those of eighteen off,
GERS sixty-three non-commissioned officers
and 1893 men, a total OF 474 In addition, ll9
officers and men Of the colonial reserves
also fell or were wounded in action. More
over, murder, disease and accidents have
| accounted for one officer of the local re-
serve and 127 men who were either farmers
or reservists or both. Thus the rising has
so far cost the lives of some LOO Germans,
and 512 men have been wounded in action
The total percentage of losses in killed and
wounded amounts to 8 per centsof the ON
GERS, and 10 per cent of the non-commis-
stoned officers of the force. No fewer than
. fourteen officers and 3l men, or nearly as
per cent of the average strength OF tho
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total cost so far is estimated at between
$4,000 900 and $7OOOO.OOO.
. |
Japan's shipbuilding yard at NagasalSi
giving employment to 1000 men, is by far
the largest shipbuilding yard in the far
east. 1t was started in 1864 for ship re-
pairing, and its dry dock was not built
: till 1871. Since then It has been, and still
is, the nursery of the japanese navy. This
is the description given by an enterprising
Russian, M. Krazheffski, who, over the
! signature of Mr.. Palmer" describes the
yard in the Russkoye slovo. Since 1898
the yard has built eight steamers, each
Of 5000 tons or more Out of the 1000
workers only. six are foreigners, but all
the engineers and all the mechanics speak
English. having received their technical
training in England OF the United States.
NOW we train our own foremen on the
spot at home" said the japanese engineer
in charge. In the yard is a museum con
tanning models Of all the best ships in the
world. England supplied the main equip
, ment Of the yard, but the electrical APP
paratus I'm use was manufactured In the
I United States.
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