The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
RESENT QUAKE PROBE
Italian Officials Not Pleased
with Fraud Charge.
TELEPHONES FOR SUBMARINES
French Boats Experiment with Ap-
paFatus t0 Tell Friends O:. Surface
ROumanIa Effects "a Settlement of
Disputes Arising About Land.

London, Jan, lS.-As was only to be ex-
pected, the disclosures of the commits
sion appointed to inquire into the ad-
minlsratIon of the Calabrian Earthquake
Fund, collected in 1895, have led to strong
protests Un the part of the Caiabrian
deputies in the Italian chamber, headed
by Signor Chimirri, the ex-minister. and
the most important representative Of that
district
The gist Of their arguments is that the
commissioners obtained their information n
from the wrong people-a fact which may
be rather in favor of the commissioners
than otherwise, for every newspaper edi-
tor knows that the right people" that
is. the officials. are not always the best
sources Of Information for the seeker af-
ter the actual truth.
1t is to be hoped that the CaIabrians
will succeed in convincing public opinion
in other parts Of Italy that things were
not so black as the commission depicted
them, otherwise the extreme generosity
of two years ago will scarcely repeat IT.
self on the same scale Whether, now
ever. there We're deliberate attempts to
h0OdWink the King or no. and whether
or no the well-to-do and the influential
prohted out Of the subscriptions the fact
remains that the organization was un-
satisfactory as II usually is after great
earthquakes. which. as Sguor Chim.rri
philosophicaIIy remarked, get on peoples
nerves"
The Paris Eciair publishes tie fol-
lowing telegram from Cherbourg: As a
result OF experiments carried out ln the
Arst channel dotilla with a view to pro-
viding submarines with buoys fitted with
telephone apparatus in order 10 enable the
crews TO communicate with the surface in
case Of accident. The minister OF marine.
after hearing the evidence Of the techni-
cal committee. has ordered the adoption
Of metallic floats Of great buoyancy and
capable OF witasJalding the pressure OF
water at a deph Of nifty meters. These
floats have been experimental with at
Cherbourg on the submersible boat
AiSrette and where practicable they will
be fitted 10 al vessels In commission or in
the dry docks as speedily as possible
The consul general Of Roumania in Lon
don has resolved the following telegram
from Bucharest.
The government and the opposition
have come to an agreement on the priu-
clpal point IN the bill relating 90 agri-
cultural arrangements between the great
iand owners and the peasants. namely.
Ou the question of the pasJurages 20 be
granted 10 The peasants Owners OF more
than 80 hectares OF land viii voluntarily
sell 10 the peasants pasture lands not
exceeding 0ue-e.ghth Of the extent Of
their estates. All the abuses Of agri-
cultural usury are suppressed and placed
under severe penalties as the result OF
this agreement The law viii BE- voted
by Parliament and put into force with
the least possible delay. The agricultural
crisis of last spring viii thus fnd q s1lu-
uon which viii ba accepted 10y all p0Iiu-
cal parties"
The arrangement made between the
Italian government and that Of Western
Australia for planting a colony of a hun
dred Italian families on lands To be as
signed to them by the Western Australian
authorities provides that the lands shall
consist of two scctious-the first. near
the coast. devoted TO fruit-Er0wing. the
second, on the railway, intended for rais-
ing cereals. A lot Of go acres VIII be
conceded t. each family In the first sec
lon and one of go acres to each family
which settles in the second. Houses viii
be erected at the expense Of the colonial
government, and q large part of the pas
sage money will also be paid by it. The
experiment IS regarded with favor here,
and the hundred families viii shortly be
selected from four provinces, beginning
with Nenetia and the Emilia.
Some attention has been excited by
the statement published with official
sanction, to the effect that English from
next Easter onward Will become a com
pulsory subject of instruction in all Prus-
sian gymnasia. The true state Of affairs
may be CLEANED from a telegram from
Berlin, explaining that the Berlin city
council has, in compliance with a request
presented through the local education au-
thorities sanctioned a tentative scheme
whereby English will become a c0mpui-
sorry subject from the upper second-class
onward III the El-tiFAGl nina anu
that gymnasium alone for the present
The result Of the scheme will be that
every pupil educated there Will during
his last three years, receive two hours
a week instruction in English and one in
French, instead Of as hitherto three in
French and none in English AS the
Prussian education minister favors the
it is hoped (but at present no
-l7ar rlie ay-gr71Tgla will
be followed throughout the country.
The secretary of state for India has
received the following telegram from the
governor general;
Good rain has fallen in Madras presi-
dency and light rain in the rest of South
ern India. Eastern Bengal and Assam,
and in part of Burma. Moderate rain
which fell in Southwest Bengal, Orissa,
and Chota Nagpur, and part of the cen
traI provinces has benefited the spring
crops and facilitated further sowings.
Elsewhere the week was practically rain
less, and rain is urgently wanted il
Northern India. There are indications
that distress Is deepening the United
Provinces, especially in cities where
those who are unable to work are feel
ing the pinch of high prices. Famine has
now been declared in FIVE districts. The
number on relief are: Relief works.
L. 300; test work. $780, gratuitous relief,
9,1o0; poOrhOuses. 500. 1t has been found
to start village relief works in
the Damon district of the central pro
vinces.
why Motors Run Best at Night.
Any man, woman or child who is at
ell observant must be perfectly well
aware that a petrol car in good condition
travels better in the evening after sun
down and at night than in the daytime,
saNs Sir Eazar Rnnhn Ii tho Antnc....