The Rice belt journal., 1905-09-15

One of the misOrunes of owning the Philippines and
tablishing closer relations between Asia and the United
Staes is the possibility of Manila becoming the doorway
for Asatc cholera, that fell disease that has already
marched from the interior OF Asia the center of Russia
Cholera exists at Manila as we'll as in Russia Al
one time it supposed to be disseminated by the pill
grms who assemble every year at Mecca but it is
claimed that the specific poison is carried in the waters
when enters them and thus it spreads ev
when there routes of travel That the disease is
at Hamburg when many thousands of Immigrants sail for
the United States to us in the United States most ser
Gus feature.
Cholera first visited America in 1882, appearing first al
Quebeck where it brought by emgrants 1t spread
large part of the Union. Itcame next 18S ar.
irving at New Orleans, whence it spread extensively In
1853 it again in the United States, it also in
86667. Ia 1893 cholera broke out in Europe, but was
kept out of this country With thousands of emf.
grants ready TO be dumped shores from Hamburg
the people of the United States have make
possible precaution for defense.
The German imperial health Office says that in spite of
the heavy emigration by way of Hamburg and Bremen,
Americans need not be alarmed The German officials
promise to take every precauton and doubt they will
They intelligent and conscientious The American
officials also will exert themselves
The cholera undoubtedly reached Prussia from Russia
although the Russian health department says the empire
free from the disease Early in the year the Russian
physicians greatly disturbed by the likelihood of
cholera epidemic in provinces where there had been crop
failures and the peasants the verge of starvation
The fears may have been excessive for little has been said
about the disease up to this time. The Russian govern
ment is not prompt however, about giving publicity to
matters of that kind or about adopting sanitary preca
Ons as the German government s Apparently the cho-
crept along from the Caucasus Prussia without at
tracing the attention Of the Russian authorities.
The outbreak at Manila indicates that the disease,
which ragged in Luzon few years ago. thoroughly
stamped out The sanitary officials in the island are bet
ter prepared to deal with the epidemic than they when
they first had to deal with it, They may be able to pre-
vent its spread in LuZon 1t is confidently believed that
the disease canuot reach the United States by way of the
Philippines but should not rest under such belief
1t has several times crossed the Atlantic and we must not
forget that it appeared in this city in l8 brought either
by the settlement of Philippines on the coast by
ship from southern Europe.
is expedent that the people, especially of the cities
should be their guard, and herein is again apparent
the necessity for national quarantine to protect the
tire and to take to regulate surely
the departure of emgrants from Europe There is no
safety in the consular Inspections permits and pass
ports can be obtained all times for money considera
ton Cholera does not conne itself to the owly and in
dgent, 1t may upon the great steamers with their
thousands passengers who have been visiting every part
of the old world There is only safe preventative and
that is efficient national quarantine under the control
of physicians.