Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-02
OTHER LANDS THAN OuRs.

the encroachments OF Europe are not Tar
to seek. Several recent acts Of the Chinese
government reflect the aroused Asiauc
spirit Similarly. the spirit OF India for
the Indians long held in check, is made
manifest I'm a way calculated to increase
the difficulties OF British rule. At a
recent gathering in London a returned
missionary stated that the movement for
nationhood In North India has not been
eoualed in intensity since the days OF the
mutiny The movement" he said. rs
not disloyal; It IL MISUNDERSTANDING for the
present, at any rate, II tends to increase
enormously the dif1culties that beset the
church in her task OF winning India to
Christ. Nor can we be blind to the cause;
the continued successes of Japan over
nation regarded as western have resulted
In this birth of new hopes and new ideals.
which may be summarized In the phrase
India for the Indians 4"
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The German Reichstag passed the bill
providing for the payment OF its members
by majority Of four to one. In the course
OF the debate, a conservative deputy OBJ
Jected that the bill would send several hun
bred thousand marks every year into the
Golfers Of the social democracy. The i'm
perial secretary of state for the interior,
Count Posadawsky. replied that all parties
would benefit in that respect equally under
the bill. He asked the house to adopt the
bill in its original form. The house how
ever preferred the amended bill with va
rious notifications proposed by the cieri-
calls. As against fhe government proposals
1t was decided that no alteration should be
made in article xviii OF the German consti-
tuition which requires the presence OF a
quorum of 1879 members out Of se7 for the
validity OF all divisions. The S000 marks
which members are to receive is to be pay
able In FIVE installments of 800. 300 400. 800
and 600 marks on the first days OF De-
cember January, February March and
April respectively. instead Of in four install
ments OF 800 marks each on the first days
OF the first four months Of the year. The
payment OF a final installment OF 1000
marks at the close or adjournment Of the
session was agreed TO. The amount TO be
deducted for each days absence from plen-
AIRY sitings OF the Reichstsg was reduced
from thirty 10 twenty-five marks Further,
the proposed privilege for members to travel
free on the German railways between their
place OF residence and Berlin during the
session and during the eight days before
and after the session has been extended
% as to include free transit during these
pCIipNb pn all 1eTHldn lines ana not merely
between the place of residence and Berlin.
The house further resolved that members
should receive a sum Of $500 marks as
Naturalization for the current year up
to the end Of November. and that sittings
on Saturdays and Mondays should be
discontinued.
An English correspondent, writing about
the strike movement in France, remarks
that an interesting feature Of the present
movement in Paris Is the connection be-
tween the demand for the semaine anElaise,
or Saturday half-hoiday. and Sunday clos
ing. which has already been largely
adopted in Germany and Austria. great
number OF shops in Paris are obliged to
remain open on Sunday, as that is the only
day on which considerable proportion of
their working-class customers can make
their purchases. The trade union OF shop
assistants, who have for a considerable
time past been advocating Sunday closing,
has Just issued manifesto in which II is
pointed out that IL the demands of the
1000 workers Of the motor-car industry
were TO be granted, and II their example
were to be followd by other trades, there
would no longer be any reason for keeping
the shops open on Sunday. This manifesto
to give pecuniary support to the Saturday
half-holiday movement.
M Labouchere in London Truth. directs
attention to the anomalous position occu-
pied by English married women In Hong
Kong. He tells of a recent case in which
an English woman lost a great part of
her fortune through ignorance OF the fact
that none Of the recent amendments Of
English law in regard to married womens
property have been extended to that col
ony. A married woman there is still I'M
able IL appears. to own any property, and
is still without any right to anything she
may earn, or receive from Investments, or
even in the shape OF presents from friends
or relatives. Everything she owns be-
longs absolutely to her husband and In
the event of his death intestate she be-
comes entitled only to a share in the es-
tate, though 1t may be derived entirely
from her. Mr.. Labouchere comments upon
the incOnveniences and injustices likely to
result from such a state OF affairs, and
wonders why It Is permitted to exist in
crown colony. He then adds, character
istically 1T seems to me that advocates
Of womens rights would be much better
occupied in agitating against palpable in
justice OF this kind than In holding dem
onsti atoms on ministers doorsteps or
ballyragging In the House of Commons"
Tax lodging is difficult in Rome, ac-
cording to the Dundee Advertiser The as
SCISSORS OF the income tax in the city OF
Rome are now called upon to tax Ameri-
can visitors on the basis of their apparent
income. All sorts Of reasons are alleged
for the existence OF concealed wealth"
One American visitor was heavily taxed on
the ground that his diamond rings were
OF such a value to stamp him unde-
nlably as a millionaire. He Tepudiated the
statement, when IL was triumphantly
pointed out to him that his name appeared
daily in a Journal which inserted fashion
notes" only on payment. Another visitor
was taxed on the basis of the number OF
letters which he received from home.
This, said the assessor. declared him to
be a man of substance. He retorted that
the letters contained small sums of money.
and, 20 mis- amazement, he was met by
the condensation that the contents Of
the letters were known. A woman was
taxed on the ground that she mixed with
other people who were taxed at a GER
tain level. and Americans regard equality
In wealth as social equality" She at
tempted to controvert the argument, but in
vain.