The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-07

didly thorough 10 the system that
stands guard for the health OF the
American people. ON the Staten island
side Of the Narrows. Three different
examinations every man and woman
and child. and all the crew. from skip
per to stoker, had to submit to. The
slightest rise in temperature above
the normal meant that the unfortunate
was due for . medical third degree.
that. when oser. proved beyond all
doubt whether OF not he was free
from the scourge.
ALL ON soARp WELL.
The examination Of the Korea
showed that everybody on board was
well. and that the water they had
drunk and the food they had eaten
was not infected with the cholera
germs, for the water and the food and
the clothing are inspected just as
closely as are the passengers and
crew, for the admission Of single
germ might mean the infection Of New
York. Russian immigrants also come
to New York in hordes on board the
great German. the Scandinavian, the
French. the British. and the other
lines whose European terminals are
north of the Mediterranean For every
Russian passenger these ships carry
they bring certificate from the
health authorities of the home port
that shows that each of those passen.
gers has been watched for Ave days In
order to make certain whether 1t Is
dangerous for the health OF New York
and the United States to allow him to
sail. II he stands the test they let
him go, but II his condition is sus-
picious he is sent to hospital, and
eventually returned to the land of the
car.
This Is where the Germans get into
the game. and the way they do their
work makes them deserving Of the
gratitude Of the entire civilized world,
for as everybody knows, Germany is
the great gate through which the fam
ished millions of the car escape to
other lands where liberty is universal
and the secret police are not the most
important adjuncts Of governments
That these people from an empire
where cholera and the plague are
known to exist have never as yet
spread the disease in the domain Of
the kaiser is due. the American au-
thorities say, to the vigilance, the skill
and the magnificent training OF the
men who are on duty In that country
JAPAN's HEAVY BURDEN.
On the other side Of the world the
Japanese are bearing the burden that
the Germans are shouldering on the
other side, and they are making a rec
ord every bit as creditable as that Of
their brethren Of another race. India,
the home Of plague and cholera. is d.
rectly in the path of Japanese COM
merce with Europe. and where the
Germans have one ship and one coun-
try to watch the Japanese have a doz-
en- ships and as many countries to
keep tab on. There was time when
the cholera made Roadway in Japan,
but that was In the days prior to the
rejuvenation of the most wonderful
people of the modern world.
To-day there Is cholera and there is
also the bubonic plague in Japan, but
both are held splendidly under con
troll by the Japanese sanitarians. 1t IL
death to the rat and the flea in all
japan to-day, and the fact that the
plague Is disappearing from that coun
try tells the way the battle is going
In the far eastern work the American
army doctors must not be forgotten
for at Manila there is another serious
situation, but the doctors under Col
Hoff, New Yorker, who is said to
stand an excellent chance of soon be-
ing placed at the head of the medical
corps. are working day and night, and
the cable tells us that they are con
fident, and that the tide OF battle has
already turned, and within a few
weeks the cholera will have passed.
SOURCES OF PLAGUE. 4.
China and India are, Of course, the
countries where the modern SAM
tarians will have to fight the greatest
of all battles In behalf OF humanity.
India has been stricken for centuries,
and the outlook that she will ever be
entirely free Of these scourges is at
the present time very dim one. A
look at the quarantine globe shows
how plainly the origin Of these great