Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-04
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

OIFthH LANDS THAN OlhNs
Some OF the Parisians, ever ready to sus-
pect the Germans, are convinced that some
sort Of Teutonic intrigue was responsible
for the placards recently issued by the In
ternatonal Anti Miltarist Association OF
Working Men" appealing to the conscripts
10 refuse obedience to their officers, TO fire
on them II ordered to use their rifles during
strike disturbances, and, II orders for
mobilization we're given, to retort by in
surrection. since all war is criminal"
rhe placards, which were posted up in
several Paris districts, we're signed by a
score of revolutionary socialists or an
archists The question asked in many
quarters was where the money came from
to pay for the distribution OF such ex-
pensive posters. The government quickly
removed the incendiary appeals, made
several arrests, and gave stringent orders
for the suppression of every anti-patriotic
or anti-mitary demonstration during the
departure of the conscripts. But there does
not appear 10 have been any great neces-
sity for the extensive precautions which
were adopted. Indeed, the departure of the
conscripts was made the occasion OF un-
common patriotic demonstrations oy the
populace.
The Industrious censor in the service Of
the sultan Of Turkey has recently turned
his attention to guide books, and finds much
in them that does not meet his approval.
The extension Of railroads in Asia Minor
| is now attracting some tourists to new
scenes in that part of the empire, and two
Of the leading German publishers OF guide
books have within the last year added
| Turkey and the neighboring parts Of the
sultan's domain to their series. Nobody
seems to know exactly why these books
have fallen under condemnation. 1t may
| be because they are not enthusiastic over
| the merits of the average Turkish hotel, or
perhaps the censor has taken to heart the
\ words of Mahmud Pasha, who does not
| love his brother-in-law, the sultan, and
thinks Turkey is going to the dogs. NAH
/ mud wrote a few years ago: Foreigners
are coming to our country to contemplate
the millions Of wretched Turks who are
drowning in the sea Of oppression, and
| they seem to take as much pleasure In
the spectacle as they would at theatrical
performance" At any rate guide books
are under the ban, If we are correctly in.
formed by the latest to be published The
war on these obnoxious publications Is APP
! parentiy confined to the custom houses,
| however, and tourists are Informed on the
! fly leaf that when they cross the Turkish
| frontier OF enter a Turkish port they had
better slip their guide books into their
pockets until they pass the scrutiny OF the
customs officers.
| A good many Frenchmen are still OPP
pressed with the dread OF the yellow
peril" and some of them believe that 1t
has been enhanced by the Anglo-Japenese
1 alliance. writer in the Depeche Coloniale
/ took this view recently in an article in
which he spoke of the establishment of
British naval station at Singapore as an
additional menace. The article has pro-
voked a rejoinder from a British official
who has been employed in Singapore for
many years. He admits the vast import
ance of Singapore to the British empire,
especially since the harbor has been forth
fed and since the colonial government has
secured the property of the company that
erected and developed the extensive docks
and wharfage, offering accommodation to
the shipping Of all nations. Singapore has
been promoted to the foremost rank among
the largest ports of the world, and has been
transformed into a powerful naval base
Its value to the British empire is OF course
considerably increased by the renewal OF
the Anglo-Japanese treaty, but he protests
that only aiarmists discern any impending
spirit or probable Interpretation Of the
treaty No cause exists, or is likely to
arise for England to desire other than
French neighbors at Saigon or any other
part of French Indo-China.
The condition of the Italian railway serv-
ice has been VIGOROUSLY scandalous for
years In Italy itself railway reform has
long been prominent in national politics
Now, all Italians are wanting to find out
iust to what extent the new railway adj
nlinistration is free and how far IT is at the
mercy of successive cabinets. The Council
of Railway Administration appointed some
time ago their own law officer. II did so
without reference to the minister of public
works, and, indeed, in direct contravention
of his known opinion; and II now maintains
that It's course of procedure was justified by
the law Of last April, which declared that
the administration of the railways should
be autonomous The government, on the
other hand, has formally annuled this APP
pointment, asserting that according to the
law the administration ofsthe railways can
only act with the authorization of the
, minister OF public works, whose consent is
necessary to all its acts. The autonomy of
the Railway Council, its freedom from In
reference on the part OF the government.
and it's independence OF political considera-
, lions amount therefore TO this-that II is
permitted to manage its own affairs only
with the approval of the ministry of the
} time being.
About year ago work was begun on g
railroad in upper Egypt from the Red sea
2 to the Nile. Little has been said about II
, but It is now reported that about $50 miles
| Of track have been laid. leaving about ID
TO complete the road, whose Red sea termi-
/ nus is not at Suakim, which has always
been the port from which the caravans have
crossed to Khartoum, but at a point thirty
| miles farther north where a better harboi
is being built This has been called Barud
but will be named Port Soudan. Thence
the road pursues a southwesterly direction
to the point where the Atbara falls inc
the Nile Work was begun at both ends a
once. There is very heavy work on tn
4 road and many bridges, for though there 4
, little rain, when It comes II comes in tor
rents The railroad may be said to be
. competitor OF many OF ours, for a chief rea
, son assigned for building It is to encourage
cotton growing in the @Soudan by giving
q | cheap outlet TO the sea.
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