Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-24
In Other Lands
sids Lights on what is Irana-
pirinG Among the Hsar ana
Far Wationa Of the Earth.

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Events are moving rapidly in Turkey.
Any hour may bring news OF the downfall
Of Abdul Hamid II and change the des-
tiny OF the Ottoman empire. The un-
scrupulous craft of the sultan In bringing
about the revolt Of the soldiers ten days
ago proved to be a dismal failure. Not
30 with the fires of Moslem hatred lighted
at the same moment in Asiatic Turkey.
Doubtless the outbreak Of murder and
rapine was intended TO supplement and
emphasize the revolt against the ministry
at Constantinople and restore the reac-
tionaries to power on a wave OF religious
fanaticism. That both were intimately re-
lated is shown by the hurried pardous
granted to the participants in the revolt.
But s%ultanic craft was powerless In
reaching the greater military body pledged
to uphold constitutional government, and
these forces now surround the capital
and control the situation. The sultan is
at their mercy. His final appeal to his
fanatical people miscarried. What was de-
signed to be a personal triumph devel-
oped into a series OF massacres Of Chris
tians that shocks the civilized world.
Meanwhile the primary author OF the orgy
OF blood. unlike his prototype in Shake
speare's Richard III, lacks the physical
backbone to meet HIS enemies in the open.
Behind palace walls the sinister figure Of
the empire pleads and crlnges, ready to
embrace friend or opponent, II by so do
ing continuance on the throne is assured.
No one who studies Adults masterful
craft and diplomacy at home and abroad
need be surprised II he succeeds in worm
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OF the dominant Young Turks, and hold on.
The grip of thirty-three years in power
lie not easily shaken. Should the will of
Allah" as interpreted by progressive
Turks, decree abdication, Hamid would
pass off the stage as fittingly as he en-
tered-in trail of blood and crime.
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Belgium and Holland, two OF the smaller
states of Europe, unvexed by naval scores
and military burdens. furnish a striking
exhibit Of the value of centering the ener-
gies Of the people on commerce and in
dustry. Together the two states have an
area of 1911 square miles and a total pop
ulation Of less than 100000. During the
last fiscal year their imports and exports
amounted to s2,149. 29s, e41. With an area
Of 2O4,092 square miles and q population OF
hSoiiN fVsuVV,VtV the JOIdl foreign trace or
France for the last fiscal year had a value
of 81, 1873, O1s, e2s, or a little more than the
trade of Belgium and Holland. Germany.
with nine times the area and five times
the population, beat the combined trade
OF Belgium and Holland by only 50 per
cent.
The new commander OF the British forces
In India GnnnRol Gil &c.,. -
Creagh, who will succeed Lord Kitchener
in the autumn, is sixty-one years Of age.
He is a graduate of the Royal Military
college. Sandhurst, and Joined the British
army in 1866. He has held many staff ap-
pointments and seen much service. In
the Afghan war of ls7S-S0 he won the Vic
toria Cross, and took part in the zhob val
ley expedition in 1890, being on both oc-
c~asions mentioned in the dispatches. From
1897 to 1900 he was political resident at
Alden. and commanded the Alden district.
He commanded the second brigade in the
Chinese expedition OF 1900, and was after
ward general officer commanding the
China force. In recent years he has been
military secretary at the India office.
Without any desire to aggravate the sit
uation or rifle the temper of friendly Brit
ishers. a Brazilian paper prints an amusing
illustration of the German peril" hitherto
overlooked. 1t states that the English
warships that had just visited 81. Paulo
were all marked Made in Germany" The
| Good Hope, the Devonshire and the Car
narvon are all constructed with armor plate
made by the Krupps at Essen, and in
obedience to law these plates are marked
Made in Germany" These letters have
been painted over. but the paint wears off.
while the marks are made indelllble by a
specially patented process. The English
shipbuilders import these nickel-steel plates
because, with a thickness of only six
inches, they have the same strength as
English steel plates of nine inches.
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Politicians are very much alike the world
over. In the old world as readily as in
the new they do not always weigh the
means by which an end is gained. During
the labor strike in Paris an innocent and
insignificant bill was rushed unnotIced
through the French senate, by which a
cure tax is imposed on every visitor to a
French health resort. Every town or COM
mune containing mineral springs or havine
mineral waters brought to its territory
every mountain resort or climatic station
and every seaside as well as inland water.
ing place, is declared a public health re.
sort, and as such is empowered to estab.
lish a cure tax on all visitors, the amount
to be fixed by a commission. Hotel keepers
and proprietors of boarding houses are re.
sponsible for collecting the tax, which mus
be added to the visitors bill.
The ancestral home of the tabled storh
is now watching the movements of the
Joyous bird with an eagerness and anxiety
that commands sympathetic interest every.
where. The House Of Orange longs for al
heir TO the throne and public hope centers
on news from the apartments of Queer
Wtlhelmina. An heir is essential to tn,
perpetuity of Holland as an independent
state. Without a direct heir the belief /.
widespread that Holland would eventually
become a vassal state OF Germany, who's,
expanding policies covet the vast stretcl
Of open sea washing the coast OF Holland
No wonder then that the approach Of tn,
stork is eagerly watch by the Dutch. Should
the mythical bird bring the happy message
great will be the ioy OF the Dutch. Pas