Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

me OF india are copying
the msthods OF the r~evoluuonists Of Rus
s:a, who regard assassination as the only
maanb Of avenRing real or fRnoisd wrongs,
The murder Of a British army officer and
political agent in London by an East In
anarchist parallels similar crimes In
Russia n represents deep rooted opposl-
ton to existing government Personal en-
nifty IL not apparent The motive appears
to be wholly political and IL rooted In the
wrongs Indians claim to have suffered un-
der alien rule. Agitation for reform in the
British system OF government has been
going on in the great eastern empire for
years. Educational progress among the ma
tives fostsred sentiments OF 'sslf-goYern-
ment and promoted resistance to the exist
ing order. An equally effective source OF
discomfort Is the intolerable feeling of su-
periority shown by alien officials. Race
lines have been drawn almost as rigldly IS
the color line In the south. Japan's tri-
umph over Russia infused life and vigor
into the seething eastern mass. Lord Cur
zon said every victory won by japan sent
an electric current throughout India and
filled the natives with = desire for nation
hood. II would be strange indeed II this
seethinE cauldron OF discomfort did not pro-
duoe one or more so-called martyrs"
egged on by stronger and more discreet
minds, to commit q crime which will EN-
barrass true friends OF India and delay
promised reforms. Political assassination
retards the cause Il Is intended to promote.
Chancellor Won Buelow finds the task OF
separating himself from office a difficult
one, The kaiser wants certain measures
Increasing public revenues pressed through
the Relchstag. The Reichstag has pruned
the taxing bill Of some OF the chancellor's
cherished methods. Unable TO control q
majority Of the Reichstag, he is unable
to withdraw and retire. His responsibility
Is to the kaiser. not to the ReiohstAg. As
the kaiser will not accept his resignation,
as a loyal and favored chancellor he Is
obliged to defer his retirement to his Italian
villa until the Reichstag passes such a
revenue measure as the opposing majority
wills, "A review of his long services as
chancellor" says the New York Post,
would have to concede him great skill In
political management, wit and sagaclty as
q speaker, and high success in his courtier
functions; but he has been deficient in real
force, has a no large n consistent pro-
lam VAAAAN AihO hiAAA NNA
fered one diplomatic humiliation after
another"
The amazing thrift of the French people
is strikingly shown in the variety and ex-
tent Of their investments in home and
foreign securities. According to al estimate
recently published IN BRUSSELS the sum ex-
tracted from the French stocking In the
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and cities reached the pretty total of four
thousand million francs, or $500, 100000
Streams Of cash are constantly flowing
from the great banking houses of Paris to
all parts OF the world. At the present tine
there are MIN negotiations in progress foI
great foreign loans. a~ggregatinE fll,OoO'OOO
yet none OF the operations is OF first rate
magnitude and none of the borrowers OF
first rate Importance. II represents merely
the routine usine Of the owner Of the IN
exhaustible stocking.
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Writing about the ~orehandeoness OF
Duesseldorp, Germany, Frederick Law Olm-
stead says the city has established a spe-
cial land fund department with a credit OF
81, $50, 900 furnished by city bonds. II 10 the
business of this department to acquire laho
against the future needs OF the city IL mas
power 10 sell and lease, and 1t Is required
to pay the interest on the bonds issued OF
it's account out OF the rentals ana tne
profits on sales. The city through this oe-
partment lie fairly and squarely In the re@
estate business. Whenever any other ue'
partment of the city needs a piece OF laho
held by the land fund, the lot Is transfers.
and its value paid over to the fund Dy Inv
department in question. Just now many
European cities are showing this increasing
aRsressiveness in acquiring and hoidihs
land for miscellaneous purposes 1 c~hh0
saw. nor can 1 say whether the pohcy ma
had much influence as yet upon the phys
cal nlan of the cities concerned. But IL Il
ia pursued with tolerable intelligence aho
honesty. there can be little doubt thst II
the long run It will have q marked ihiiuen'
IN supplementing the already houAOi'
tendency Of systematic city tanning I.
bring about a reasonable. convenient Sho
Aduitable distribution of piaysrounos
squares. parks and sites for school houses
and other public buildings
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Tn Europe Il IL generally held that men
from the rural parts Of the country make
the best soldiers and that the toWhsnheh'
who are better educated but ave aiso
a clearer perception Of the DANCE ana
6~,scomforts OF war, are much more reaoy
TO throw up the sponge when IN their
opinion there Is no use In continuing une
fight. The famous Boer guerrilla leaoer,
christian de Wet, thinks differently. ana
An a sneech he made to some South African
students the other day he gave very
striking evidence In favor OF educated
soldiers. He said that he himself had no
sohool learning because he had never
haA the chance, but hat during the three
wars Of the war he had gone through
prooess OF education. He found thai
the brayest and most trustworthy soldiers
we're those who had received q good edu-
cation. At the end Of the war 50 per cent
OF those who still remained under arms
ON the Boer side were men of learning
Nearly all the men Of the back veldt
had abandoned the struggle and gone home
That. said De Wet, was his experience,
and therefore he rejoieed In the spread of
education IN the Transvaal.
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Three months ago japan discovered a
nest of corruption in which members OF
the Diet and directors Of the japanese
Sugar company we're snuggled together.
The directors OF the Sugar company were
forced to resign, the shares OF the COM
pany dropped sixty points In the market
and now twenty-three public officials, for
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