The Washington times., 1905-07-09

ment of the question OF the unem-
ployed in this country, CT which l have
yet heard.
There is, of course, nothing more
foolish than to imagine that it is pos
sible to take a man who has worked in
the slums and suddenly turned him
loose to develop new country. Rider
Haggard has fully faced this fact, and
the idea of establishing schools of
agriculture here. where. men can first
of all arrive at some knowledge of
countr2 life, and be trained in those
qualities which they with most need
and III wafch they are likely to be
lacking, lords the best solution for
one of our most pressing problems.
The Salvation Colony at Hadleigh has
given a good example of what can be
done There, men taken from among
the most hopeless loafers of city life
have been turned into good strong, per-
severing workmen. and, provided the
atmosphere maintained in these agricul-
:uraI labor colonies IS as pure and whole
some as that Of the Salvation Army
farm endless good may be accomplished
in the future.
The three conditions which Mr. Hag-
gard insists upon as absolutely essen
tial, are sufficient capital at moderate
interest, careful selection of settlers and
land. and ssillea and sympathetic man
agement of both. after settlement.
Thames as Waterway.
London has been given back her
waterway. The procession of boats from
Westminster to Greenwich. by which
the Prince of Wales inaugurated the
new steamboat service of the London
County council, was a significant event.
In old days the Thames has seen her
pageants OF stately barges, the mer-
chairman, the prince, the noble, all
borne upon her waters to fulfill their
various callings or destination. The pro-
cession of boats the other day was not
picturesque but eninently practical
The prince paid his coin at the turn
stile as the frst passenger of the new
road. and, accompanied by his little
boys. stepped on board the steamer
| Cheers fioated over the water, flags
futtered, bands played, and the great
| city OF London lowered above it all,
the dome of st. PauFs rising grim and
gray against the stormy sky.
Then the tower of London gave forth
her welcome note of the sound of a
| booming gun. answered by the salute of
| twenty-one guns at Greenwich, which
was the princes destination. There he
| mounted the tramcar, which had been
PAINTED in blue and white, and wreath
ed with ropes of leaves, and returned
over the historic Westminster bridge.
And thus was the workmen's way opened
! by river and by cara way which will
often make his daily toll easier and his
road brighter
Sweden-Norway Troubles.
| The difficulties between Norway and
Sweden have ended in a severance of
| the two nations.
| There is no sue thing as the King
dom of Scandinavia. Norway and
| Sweden are two distinct peoples, al
though geographically ii seems obviously
| intended that the countries should have
/ been united, but each country has its
own tongue, its own laws, it's own par
| lament, arny, navy, and church, its
| own customs anG It's own peculiarities.
Norway has free trade and is the most
democratic country in the world Sweden
| Is a Protestant country, and in Sweden
/ q Norwegian is regarded as a foreigner.
! When the union was entered into In 1915,
| Norway was a weak ard a poor nation.
Since that day she has become strong
| and ambitious.
The demand that Norway made for a
| separate consular service seemed to
! have been reasonable and most people
agree that King Oscar mas made a mis-
take in refusing their request. The
danger in the severance lies in the fact
that Russia has long desired an Atlantic
| port; that together the nations were
strong, but separated they may not be
able to resist Russian aggression.
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET.
| Copyright, w. r. Hearst. 1eO5)