Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
OTHER LANDS THAN ouRs.

the west must revise their policies in deal
ing with the east. Signs OF racial and mill-
tant development are too clear TO be
ignored. They are conspicuous in Egypt,
in India, and I'm China and were brought
sharply to the worlds attention when
Japan drove the Russian bear from the
Yellow sea- The demand for home rule
in Egypt though feeble. is a reflex Of the
stronger insistence Of the natives OF India
for relief from alien rule. In that vast
empire with its teeming millions, the fires
Of liberty started and fed by education.
are certain to develop into a conflagration
unless Great Britain comedies the natives
far greater participation In the government
of the country. China Is fully awake and
growing self-rellant at an astonishing rate
A vast army Is being drilled into shape
and spirit of patriotism aroused which
aready has shown its strength and de-
termination In resenting by peaceful means
the aggression Of Japan. That these facts
are not ignored Is evident by the warning
note sounded by the London Spectator.
"The western peoples" says the Spectator,
commenting on Asiatic unrest will soon
be compelled to revise their ideas OF the
eastern world The fact Is often disputed,
but there undoubtedly is a comfy Of Asia
which is at least as operative as the com
ity of Europe. or It is possible that there,
is an emotion abroad akin to the one which
produced the crusades and that, though
rot so directly connected with any religious
impulse, It is still fatal TO quiesccnco, and
is sweeping through Asia, from NagasaSl
to the Bosphorus stirring up races which
for ages have slept the sleep of content,
but are now determined to advance upon
some path mental or physical, which they
think open. What the result will he we
know as little as our re aaers but Of this
we feel quite sure, that the relation Of the
continents will he perm anently altered, or.
to be more exact. the widespread effort
to alter that relation will call on white
men for new exertions and. above all, for
new and more careful meditation"
The hitherto thriving business Of kidnap-
ing foreigners in Morocco, Bulgaria and
Asiatc Turkey is approaching a panicky
stage Great Brtains Foreign office
serves notice on the thrifty brigands of
those localities that the public treasury
will no longer pay cash for the release
OF Englshmen, but will pursue heroic
methods. more ikely to fatten graveyards
department frowned upon the proposition
that congress should reimburse those who
subscribed to the fund OF $4,000 with which
the release of Mrs. Stone wVs purchased
This will be sad news for Raisuli. the
brigand chief Of Morocco, who has with
mastery skill worked UP profitable bust
ness in that line for the last six years.
Two Engllshmen who strayed beyond the
reservation of Sultan Assiz and were taken
In bv the hospitable Raisuli, Yielded the
princely sums of $4,000 and 100000 each,
while the esteemed Perdicaris of New Jer-
sew and his son-in-law brought $4,000 to
the brigand's treasury. The countries held
UP and forced to deliver at long range
regard further contributions as premium
on crime and will exact protection from
the rulers of the countries involved or
there will be something doing in the vicin-
ity.
''Viscount Morley of Blackburn" makes a
sonorous and impressive mouthful Tor
those who dearly love a lord" but 1t
CRATES harshly in the ears of friends and
former associates of the distinguished
Gladstonan commoner. Their surprise ana
regret is feelingly expressed by Justin Nc
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pendent. morley retains his position as
Indian secretary" says Mr.. Mccarthy,
but gives UP his seat in the representa-
tive assembly and moves into that heredi-
tary chamber which no English public man
has ever condemned and denounced more
strenuousiy and more justly than he has
done. l must say that / cannot help
deeply regretting Mr. Morley's consent TO
become Lord Something and 10
take his place among those hereditary
legislators who have in all modern history
proved themselves the persistent oppo-
nents of every legislative measure which
tended to promote the growth OF human
freedom and of equality before the law.
It might, perhaps, be said that Mr.. Morley
enters the House OF Peers with the hope
Of effecting some Improvement In the do
ings Of that chamber, but Mr.. Morley Is
by far too keen-eyed a statesman not to
know as indeed. he has often and often
explained, that there is only one possible
way of really improving that legislative
chamber, and that is by abolishing alto
gether the hereditary principle on which Its
existence is based" 1t is suggested by
other friends, by way of apology, that Mr..
Morley's acceptance was prompted by the
permanent emoluments of the office, sug-
gestion implying the sacrifice of principles
long maintained for pecuniary results.
Striking proof of the power of militarism
in Germany was given in the Reichstag,
recently, when PrlvyA Councillor Paasche,
one Of the leaders of the National Liberal
party and vice president of the imperial
legislature, formally apologizied for the
attack made upon the minister OF war in
December. On that occasion Herr Paasche.
speaking OF the revelations made by Edi-
tor Harden. accused the military OF en-
deavorlng to hush up the whole affair,
mentioning, especially, Lieutenant General
Won Einen, the minister of war. In utter
ing these criticisms, he was acting in his
privileged capacity as public man. Herr
Paasche, however, is not only a privy
councillor, the leader Of a great political
party, and vice president of the Rechstag,
but he is also a major OF Landwehr, and in
this capacity he owes obedience to the
military authorities, and is subject to the
| jurisdiction of the military court of honor.
| Taking advantage OF this fact, the minister
OF war ordered Major PAasche to withdraw
| the accusations made from the rostrum of
the Reichstag. and to offer a full apology
/ for having uftarad than, Ia inatataA