Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-14

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don. He carried a message. too, and de-
llvered II through the columns Of the Lon
don Mail. The provocation for the mes
sage Is not apparent. Probably II bothered
his system and had to come out It's pur-
port Is a suggestion to London editors to
study American public sentiment some dts
lance beyond New York, Newport and
Coney Island II they would a~cqualnt their
reader with the merits Of the real article.
Mr.. Mccormick says English journalists
overlook the extreme n~ationalism OF Amer
lean opinion, which oherishes only a per
f~unotory sentiment for England of today,
whatever feeling there may be about a
common interest in Shakespeare, the Bible
and Magma Charta. He forgets also the
bitterness induced In a raw, self-conscious
community by years of condescension and
dislike on the part OF the English. TN
short, we scarcely realize ourselves that,
paradoxically, Americans like the English
man. but frequently do not like England
The writer proceeds to discuss the increas-
Ing Teutonlc influence on the United
States. we not only exchange professors
with German universities" he says, I'VE
import historians, psychologists and chem
lists for our best chairs. Whereas a gen
Grafton ago we looked to oxford and Cam
bridge for inspiration, now we turn 10
Heidelberg and Leipzig. We have Ger
mans on the bench, In business, In the
law, in office, and seeking 1t. English
with a German accent is more familiar to
our ears than English with an English
accent" If American support is of any
value to England, Mr.. Mccormick con-
cludes, something should be done to off
set the Teutonic Influence. Otherwise,
Cecil Rhoades will rave created his trust
to no purpose. The English journalists
are wasting their time and ink on US, but
German audacity Will compel our admira-
ton and his Bismarckian sharp practice
amuse u.s."
We have the word Of James Credman for
It that under the new Turkish dispense
ton, life in Constantinople is one grand
round of gaiety. How the bands play!"
he exclaims in a letter from the spot; land
how gay the crowds are in the brilliant
sunshine! The people swarm to see the
bullet holes made by the army that took
Abdul Hamid from his palace and sent
him a prisoner to Macedonia. The shop
windows in the winding streets of STEAMBOAT
are brilliant with caricatures of the deposed
tyrant. Christian priests walk through the
city with a new air. Above the snarling Of
the homeless dogs-there are 1900, O0o In Con
stantinople, and a German company has
offered to pay 6 cents apiece for them and
turn their hides into gloves rises the
cry OF men and boys selling newspapers
that dare to denounce tyranny and preach
liberty for the first time In Turkish his
tory. The fat new %sultan's portrait is
$500 NAA
empire comes messages of congratu-
lation, even from sacred Mecca, from
the mountains Of Armenia, and the
ancient villages and towns OF Mes
opotamia. Thank God! oh, thank
Godv It Is the spontaneous u%tterance of
Christian, Jew and Moslem alike. Thank
God that the reign OF terror is over and
that we can walk with upright heads!
, Thank God that Abdul Hamid is powerless!'
There is a sense of brotherhood in the air
today unknown to Turkey during his never
to-be-forgotten reign, a spirit of neighbor-
illness between Moslem, Christian and Jew
that makes his criminal career all the
more dreadful by contrast.
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Americans who viewed with alarm the
S various plans for increasing the national
revenue can sympathize with Berliners In
their zeal to shift the burden Of increased
taxes on the patient, perspiring consumer.
To just what extent the necessaries of life
will be affected, when all the new taxing
a regulations are in force, is yet to be de-
termined, but at present householder and
d retailer are in a state OF agitation border
r ing on panic over increased prices of cot
S fee. tea, beer, cigars, gas lamps and
II NJ Fg-.t - ,anaa ~ fHa nauj
8 laws has been a nenormous temporary de-
. mand for these articles. For days the good
housewives of Berlin have been loading ur
with advance supplies Of the commodities
on which the tax falls most heavily. The
p demand for matches, for instance, the price
a of which will rise from 10 to 80 pfennigs
Qrom 2A cents to tn cents), has been SC
great that the shops are unable to supply
It in spite Of the fact that more than 10
! carloads Of matches have been shipped into
Berlin in the last few days. At the shops
Of tea and coffee dealers the police in som,
cases had to be called on to pacify the mol
OF anxious customers, some of whom cam
/, with handcarts to get a sufficient supply
The problem growing out Of the new law
is a particularly difficult one for restaura
teurs, who are anxlously considering
whether they shall meet the issue by re
ducing the quality OF their wares or b!
putting up their prices. In the end the con
sumers viii have to pay more. Tn wa
:. game costs money and the people must pa,
the price.
The railroad dispute between Japan an
China, which Japan ended by proceeding
with work on its plans. regardless o
China's protests, revolved around the Jap
anese project OF making q standard guag
railroad out of the narrow guAge militar,
road from Antung to Mukden. CONNER
cially the railroad is Invaluable as a con
: Meeting link between japan and the trans
Siberia system. Its value from a militar
7 standpoint was demonstrated only PARTIAL
during the wal between Japan and Russia
q As an avenue Of trade this $50 miles O
narrow gauge track over the mountain
OF the Liaotung peninsula stands toda
practically worthless. BY standardizing tn
~ track, lowering the grades and putting III
:. road on a workable basis, the Japanes
Will find themselves IN direct communica
. ton with the whole interior of ManchurI
>. and Russia itself, for the completion G
/, this link for practical railroad use woul
bring TOXIC within three days ride c
Mukden and nearer ST. Petersburg by al