Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-24

side lights on what IL Trans
pirinE Among the Near and
Far Nations OF the Earth.
The revolt Of the wealthy classes Of
Great Britain against the drastic taxing
clauses Of the L~loyd-George financial bud
get, now under consideration in the House
Of Commons, seems likely to cause a dead
lock when 1t reaches the House Of Lords.
The radical nature Of some Of the provis-
ions have aroused the priviledged classes
to an unusual degree OF Indignation. This
is felt keenly in the House Of Lords, a body
distinctively representative Of wealth and
privilege. Naturally sac peers respond
readily to the sentiment Of their class and
may be relied on to give it expression. Sig
n~ificant of the feeling " the peers with
respect to the budget is the recent speech
Of Lord Landsdowne. He dealt chiefly
with the prevalent belief that the House
of Lords cannot alter a revenue measure.
In his opinion the assumption was absurd.
AS a coordinate body, possessing equal
bowers with the Commons, it was un-
thinkable that lords would abdicate its
rights simply because it had seen fit on
former occasions formally to approve
revenue measures. Undoubtedly Lord
Landsdown's public expression voices a
sentiment sedulously urged upon the peers
for months past, and foreshadows the ac-
tion Of the upper house on the budget. The
Commons has been insistent, even as far
back at 1911, for the principle of sole con-
troll of money bills. The lords have sub
mitted to it without formally recognizing
the claim. This fact was admitted by Glad
stone in 1871. On the other hand, Lord
Salisbury, in 1894, upheld and defended the
lain Of the Commons. In the present
case advocates of amendment by the lords
contend that the ministry has tackled on to
the budget legislation which the lords have
rejected. such as land Valuation and licens-
ing. These features they insist are not
germane, and fully warrants amendment
by the lords. Should the lords take the &C
ton indi ated ty Lord Llndsdowne, a dead
lock is Inevitable, possibly precipitating an
appeal to the country.
Although the Koran was drafted long
before the era of rubber, sufficient resil-
liency has been found in the fundamental
law of Islam to adjust it to the needs of
modern emergencies. When Sultan Abdul
Hamid was formally indicted into the
Down-and-Out club, the interpreter of the
Koran readily found a proviso whereby the
sanctified apostle of Allah could lawfully
be stripped of his halo and cast out. Abdul
saw the point soon after and made room
OF his successor. About the same time a
few thousand Christians were massacred at
Adana, in accordance with the Koran. And
Allah was duly praised. The reformed
Turkish government decided to inquire into
the slaughter, and a commission of inquiry
was appointed. The result Of it's labors
constitute a unique Indictment of a MUIR
derous community and a recommendation
for general amnesty. The commission
found that 500 persons deserved haning as
richly as the twelve already stretched, To-
600 assistant assassins fairly earned life
imprisonment. and about so, 900 others were
entitled to minor penalties. Adana is
credited with a population of As, 900, so the
Indictment swept over several Joining
counties. Fir this emergency the Koran
showed its elastic qualities to a nicely.
Searched from cover to cover, no provision
could be found authorizing wholesale pun
ishment of the faithful, but the Sheikh-ul-
Islam was instructed to issue a manifesto
demonstrating by the text Of the Koran
that it is the duty of all good Moslems to
live in peace and harmony with Christians
and treat them as equals. The venerated
old sheikh is an artistic Interpreter of Mos
lem law, and it is confidently expected he
will cheerfully exonerate the Christians
who survived the fury of the Moslem mob.
A writer In the Novoe Vremya of st.
petersburg draws attention to the develop
ment OF Japanese military power since the
war In Manchuria. Japan was then able
to place 100000 men in the field. Now the
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Der. Including the troops in Formosa,
seven divisions have been added. making a
total Of twenty divisions. The infantry has
been rearmed with a rifle of great muzzIe
velocity, and each regiment has been pro-
Vided with a battery Of machine guns of
improved type. The field artillery has re-
celVed a superior class of quick-firinE gun.
fitted with steel shields, which was made
IN the Osaka arsenal on modified Krupp
specifications. Two brigades of heavy
field artillery have been formed. armed
with 105 centimeter Q.13-inch) guns, de-
signed by General Arisaka from a model
by Krupp. These have an effective range
Of nearly six miles.
Just as British nerves are ou,et,np dovyr
soothed by the appearance Of the British
tleet OF lAO ships of war in the Thames.
Arnold White contributes to the London
World a comparative study of the physical
condition of the British and German people
that is likely to stir national wrath to its
depths, Mr.. White says: Ten million of
our people inhabit dwellings inferior to
the kennels provided for the hounds in a
w~eIl-managed hunt. The results of living
in dwellings unfit for human habitation
and the prevalence OF a dietary scale from
which English meat, bread and milk are
excluded are fatal to successful rivalry
with a Virile and healthy race where agri-
culture is fostered for strategic reasons
Having spent hours in watching the ar
rival of the early morning trains in Berlin
and Hamburg, I am appalled, with. the
contrast between the vigorous and we'll
set-up' broad-chested and healthy looking
clerks, laborers on the other side Of the
North sea, and the champagne-shouldered
cow-backed, pigeon-chested, lack-luster