Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-16
OTHER LANDS THAN Ours.

\ weekly German review discussing
threat Of the Berlin social democrats to
organize revolutionary demonstrations In
favor Of a reform Of the electoral laws.
maintains that anything Of the kind is
practically impossible in Berlin. II says
that the police OF that city have elaborated
a scheme Of mobilization for the suppress
sion Of any popular uprising in the capt.
tai complete as the plan for the mob
ilizaton Of the German army in case Of
war with a foreign country. They have
divided the city into a number Of sections,
and the exact measures to be taken in each
particular section have been laid down
with great precision. A revolutionary mob
advancing towards the center OF the city to
attack the Imperial Palace and the govern
ment Offices would be quickly split into
a number of smaller forces, each Of which
would be enclosed within prearranged
squares by police and troops The author
tiles would then be in a position TO drive
them back to the suburbs or to snoot or
bayonet them where they stood This plan
Of campaign is rehearsed as often as fes-
tive events, such as the wedding Of the
crown prince or the visit Of monarch.
attract immense crowds to the center Of
the city. The success which the police
achieve on such occasions shows. says the
NIlltrs uOW eHeCtlNelN ln"y could act IN
cases Of serious necessity lie does not.
OF course. take into consideration the pos
sibility Of the police sympathzing with
the mob
Japan has three banks paying dividends
OF IL per cent, two paying 10 per cent, two
paying per cent, three paying per cent
and 1--WE paying from 2 to per cent. OF
her many railways. docks, electric lighting
and gas companies. one OSAKA Electric
Light company is paying 20 per cent, four
are paying Is per cent. eight are paying
Il per cent, three are paying II per cent
and the others range from per cent 10
III per cent. Not a single ono fails to pay
some dividend. OF her cotton spinning.
hre and life Insurance, sugar refining en-
CINE works, brewing, hotel and miscel-
! laneous companies. three cotton spinning)
pay 80 per cent, one pays 30 per cent
seven pay 20 per cent three pay II per
cent, saven pay Is per cent three pay 10
per cent, four pay IL per cent, and the rest
pay to 10 per cent. 1t is remarkable
that only seven of the eighty-seven COM
panies OF the japanese official list arc nom
dividend payers. The Bank Of Japan has
reserve fund Of tS,675. A. and the Yoko-
hama Specie bank follows with a S5.200.oOO
reserve.
Stock companies of all kinds are evidently
profitable propositions in the Land of the
Rising Sun.
Sir John Fisher, the controlling power Of
the British Admiralty. is keeping officers
and men busy these days. His plan is to
maintain an adequate striking force on war
roofing at the most commanding strategic
spots, for any possible emergency So he
has ordered that when the Atlantic fleet
and the second cruiser squadron return to
England for Christmas leave they are to
be Immediately replaced in their own wa
tiers by the Channel feet and the first
cruiser squadron. In the meantime, the
mobilization arrangements at the home
dockyards are to be so complete that nu-
cleus crews OF the reserve division can
be brought UP to full compliments at TWEEN
ty-four hours notice. In February next a
series OF combined maneuvers will be held
1t Is understood that the real purport of
them is to test the effectiveness of the
existing distribution Of British naval forces
IT. Europe. The Atlantic and Medterra-
mean fleets, with the second cruiser SQUAD
ron will form an opposing force. The man
euver area will be very wide indeed, with
a view of determining how wide a radius
a modern battle fleet can effectually cover
and yet keep touch with an enemy. These
exercises are supposed to be preliminary
TO the worldwide maneuvers projected for
next summer.
A school of pedagogy has just been estab-
lished at the University OF Paris The
scheme is the outcome of some resolutions
adopted in 1902. when the reform of secon-
dairy education was Under consideration;
and the details, lately approved by the
minister of public instruction. have been
elaborated by a commission of the council
OF the university under the presidency OF
the rector, NJ. Lard. In accordance with
recent regulations bearing on the aggrega-
ton des lycees incoming teachers at the
secondary government sohools-known as
colleges and 'lycees''-wlll be required,
from 1907 EDWARDS. 20 hold the diploma in
| pedagogy which the university will tfen be
| prepared to grant The entire course is to
| cover two years; In the first of which the
theoretical, and in the second the practi-
CAL side of the teachers equipment will be
dealt with. So far arrangements have been
made by the university for weekly lectures,
from NJ. Durkheim, on the foundation and
| development of secondary education I'm
France, and also for fortnightly lectures on
o. suDJtCls OF tllSCcllHHeOuS interest, lnclu0lng
education in foreign countries. Mr.. Charles
| Langlois, professor in the faculty of let
tiers and director of the Musee pedagogique,
has been appointed to treat the American
type and 1t is understood that the rector
will invite specialists from other countries
| to cooperate in this section.
1
In his recent report on the French naval
budget to the Chamber of Deputies NJ
Charles Bos adopted a pessimistic tone in
comparing the German and French fleets
After giving a comparative table showing
the real differences in the matter of arma-
ment and speed of the respective vessels
he says that both powers have twenty-one
batteships. but that fourteen Of the French
J craft were built before 1882 while the Ger
mans have sixteen OF later construction.
The slight advantage of the French battle
ships I'm the matter of displacement is more
than counterbalanced. he argues. by the
superiority OF the German ships in speed
armament and homogenety France has
|, one coast defense vessel more than Ger
many, but the German ships are more
homogeneous, better armed and faster,
France has an obvious superiority in ar
mored cruisers. nineteen as against seven,
but, In his opinion, the Russo-Japanese war
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