The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-23
AT THE HOTELS.

What with the dlsagreeabIe odor
emitted from automobiles, the OIL and
grease deposited by them along the sides
OF the streets and the tar which covers
the spaces between the street car tracks
and endangers life on account Of unsta-
BILE footing. l cannot think at this time
Of another city which, in this respect, is
more unattractive tAan Washington"
said Farley S. Springwell. OF Portland,
Greg, at the New Willard last night
Washington is not a manufacturing
town, and IT seems that for this reason
alone the police authorities should be
able to abate these tar and other nut
sances. If there were heavy CONNER
cial traffic IN Washington. Ike In Pitts
burg, Chicago. and places of that kind,
continued Mr.. springwell, there might
be some excuse. The disagreeable odor
spread by automobiles, the tar, and the
spl!ling of gasoline can be prevented in
Washington as well as II is prevented in
other places. These features detract from
the beauty Of the Capital, and are at
once noticed by strangers. They certainly
do not cause a favorable impression. and
| they make a man ponder on the fact
| that Uncle Sam is not powerful enough
to stop nuisances in his own home town.
Speaking of diamond mining in South
Africa, Bruce S. Campbell. a mining en-
gineer of Johannesburg, South Africa.
who Is at the Shoreham. said last night:
1.-The story of the finding Of the first
diamond in South Africa has often been
told: how man by the name orc Reilly,
travelling south from the Orange River.
sought a nights rest at the farmhouse
of one Niekerk, in the Hopetown dis
trict; how the farmer produced for his
/ guests inspection a handful OF pretty
! pebbles picked up by his children. and
/ how O'ReilIy discovered among the peb-
bles a diamond which ne sold at era
Jamestown for $500.
This is ancient history" continued
Mr.. Campbell, but much that is equally
romantic In the story Of South African
diamonds is remembered now by few.
It was only two years later-in 1889
/ that stroke Of rare luck came Farmer
/ Niekerk's way, when a native CHANGED
to show him large pebble. looking Ike
a lump Of alum. which, profiting by his
| former experience, he recognized as a
diamond OF considerable value. He pur-
! chased II for 5000 worth Of his farm
| stock, and a day or two later received
| So. 600 for 1t from a Hopetown firm. This
|
| Of South Africa weighed eighty-three
carats, and is now valued at $4,000. It
is the most treasured Of all the jewels
/ OF the Countess Of Dudley former vice
rine Of Ireland
ut is a striking illustration OF the
| irony Of luck" added Mr.. Campbell,
/ that these were the only diamonds or
any value that were found near Hope
/ town, although little later 10000 miners
were ransacking the banks OF the Vaal
River, sacrificing their lives by hundreds
| through disease and hardships, in the
/ futile quest for more stars OF South
| Africa
THE new federation OF states OF South
Africa meets every expectation OF the
| English Tesidenter as well as the native
Boer. The Beers seem TO have the best
of the bargain. as most Of the prominent
| Offices are filed by Beers, or, at least.
/ Boer sympathizers. II should not be
imagined that the British Of South At
RIGA will assimilate the Beers. Quite the
opposite is the fact-the English will be
assimilated by the Beers; and in the
second generation all Englishmen in
South Africa are Beers
i DR.. Martin Berger. Of Berlin, Germany.
i who is at the Arlington, in discussing
the aims OF the Pan-German party in
Germany said that an alliance between
the people Of Germanic origin must be
the highest aim of youthful dreams; IL
| England as in Germany, in America as
/ ia Austria, Switzerland, the Neither
| lands and Scandinavia, and that the
realization OF these dreams win be the
life task Of he next great statesman
| OF Germanie descent.
The interests OF the separate Ger
manic peoples. argued Mr.. Bjoernsen, the
celebrated Scandinavian writer. are not
irreconciliable, and their colonial policy
shows most clearly that they can work
together. There would also be no OBJ
lection to any counter alliance that
might be formed by Slavic and Romanic
peoples, and the greater these alliances
are sthe less danger there will be of war
In the case Of the formation Of such a
vast Germanic alliance, there would be
no necessity for the English 10 have
fortified positions TO secure their way 20
India, Australia, and China. and the Ro-
manic peoples would no longer feel irri-
tated by the knowledge that the Medi-
terranean was dominated by the Ger
manic race
Col Roosevelt, himself a descendan;
Of Germanic origin. would be Just the
person TO institute a movement of this
great significance. He is known the
world over as man OF honesty-of deeds,
more than words Let him start the
movement and the powers will he only
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