The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK
weekly Resume Of the Really by Editor

q speech QecidTIuS Ludt any CudH6C0
in the government and any reforms
must be along the traditions Of Islam
anic laws and that it was the wrong
time to undertake to introduce reforms
along European lines. Then he under
took to set up a sort of Monroe doc
trine for all west Africa with himself
as Monroe The incident has caused
good deal of excitement among Euro
pean powers. The effect of the move
is looked upon as very unwise on the
part of Germany as it will have ten
dency to bring Great Britain and
France closer together and leave Ger
many isolated, with only Russia to
befriend her, and Russia has got more
trouble at home and with the Japanese
than she can attend to.
OF course it is a hard thing for any
American to learn anything about the
ability of the German emperor. He
is described by the imperial press of
all Europe as a man of great ability,
but that is sort of evidence that no
one will give full credence to. The
little things that are published about
him, tend to make a reasonable man
estimate him as anything but great.
The enforcement of the lese majestic
laws in the drastic manner which has
been done for the last few years, leads
one to think that while there are great
men in Germany that the kaiser is not
to be numbered among them. He is
spectacular, he is autocratic, he de-
sires to weigh down his people with
awful taxes to support a great stand
ing army in time Of peace and that
is about all there is to him.
During the past week Japan has
won another great victory over Rus
STA. This time, however, it was not on
a battlefield in Manchuria, but in the
worlds financial capitals. At the very
time when Russia has been laboriously
endeavoring to induce French bankers
to make her new loan, and when she
is striving to keep her spirits up by
talking cheerfully about that most de-
ceptive thing, a Russian internal loan,
Japan at the mere asking has ;foated
a $3.50 100000 loan in London and New
York on much better terms than her
previous war loans, and at that she
has seen her offering of bonds almost
| ten times oyer-subscribed. sa&sl,4
The governor has spent his time
since the legislature adjourned in veto
ing bills passed by the wild-eyed re
publican legislature. Among those
! knocked out was the bill to, erect a
binder Irvine factory. That was the
only bill passed that the farmers were
interested in and it has fallen by the
wayside.
At an investigation under way in
New York city it was proved that 5,
| 000,000,0O feet of gas that Rockefeller
supplied his customers in the city with
was bought by him from the New Ans
terdam companW for from % to 4C
cents per 1000 cubic feet. and then
delivered to Rockefeller's customers
in New York for 81 and $1.25 pei
1 900 feet That not only shows Rookie
feller's rapacity, but throws a. great
deal of light on what the price of gas
ought to be.
Paul Morton gave 4 card party al
his residence in Washington last Sun
day at which the gayest of the gay
| things, that are at all allowable, were
conspicuous. Paul Morton is deter
mined to introduce the continental
Sunday into Washington.
The Cripple Creek mine owners
don't like the fix they find themselves
! in at all. They will have to pay the
cost Of the military occupation of The
district under Peabody as the legisla
ture got into fight and the bill te
reimburse them never came to a vote
They are bowling awfully. They want
the man they made governor, to cal
a special session of the legislature tx
pass bill to issue 100000 of bonds
to raise the money.
The lying about the presidents hum
in the Rocky mountains began before
his train left Washington. 1t was an
nounced that Teddy's guide, John Golf
had a pack of dogs that could climl
4 trees and kill mountain lions. There
will be columns of that kind of stuff
i for the next month.