Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-29

piring Among the Near ana
Tar nations Of the Earth.
In peace as In war. the longest purse
pulls down the pennant. Turkey mas been
obliged TO accept the terms originally
demanded by the Ottoman bank Of Paris
backed by the French government. for
placing the loan OF SS0O0OOOO. German
bankers, realizing the importance of get
ting a financial hook on the Turkish gov
eminent endeavored to handle the loan,
but the best they could do was an Install
ment plan Of payment, which method
would not relieve the urgent needs Of the
Turkish treasury. The French terms re-
uuire the money shall be disbursed for the
purposes for which the loan was negoti-
ated A Frenchman Is to head the newly
created office Of Turkish auditor, who
will supervise the disbursements, and in
general way protect the interests Of
French money lenders, who now hold about
IS per cent of the foreign Indebtedness
Of the Ottoman empire. BY means Of the
latest financial hook on the crescent
France checks the Austro-German invasion
in the southeast and vetoes further dis
bursements for discarded German warships.
Under the persuasive spell of the French
/ dhhlAol Vi AA MY ~ ~ ANdSNAeshA9 VI teAaAA
that future disbursements for Turkish mill
tary and naval equipment will move on
/ rubber-tlred wheels to French foundries
and magazines.
| In a recent speech before the Scottish
! Conservative club, Mr. Balfour displayed
in fine form his atistc skill as a political
fence rider. The question he discussed
11ngr IA "a
ment. q question forced to the front by
the Osbourne decision rendered some time
ago forbidding the employment of trade
! union funds for payment of members Of
! the House of Commons. The leader Of
the conservative party made it perfectly
/ plain that he was opposed to the innova-
| ton, but members OF the party were at
/ liberty to act as they pleased on the ques-
/ ton. He would not favor reversing the
/ Osbourne decision, yet it would grieve him
| very much to see labor representation
forced out of Parliament for want Of funds
| to pay their way. To his mind payment
| of salaries would be deplorable solution
Of the question but would not venture an
/ alternative remedy. The salary plan how
ever, seems certain Of adoption Practi-
! cally all the liberal party papers favor it,,
and more than half the leading opposition
/ papers. Even the rejuvenated London
Times, commencing the movement says:
| 1T is a moclIery to pretend that the pay
ment of members throws the field equally
open to all classes"
| The loss of his throne imposes ON the late
! King Manuel Of Portugal, a task even
more perplexing than ruling an insurgent
people. Royal etiquette forblds him seek
/ ing relaxation or recreation in any kind Of
job. He cannot start a weekly paper
in which he could air his grievances and
remind the dear people" that he stood
4 ready to serve them at the tap OF the
/ bell He cannot lend his name to any
enterprise for handsome salary, and Is
so hedged by royal union rules that joy
ride on the Chautauqua circuits would
forfeit his membership. Promoting an
Ananias club would be highly improper,
/ and pleading the statute of limitations
! an unforgivable offense The only per-
missable job for the young man is to pose
as a country gentleman and look as pleas
ant as he can while his money lasts.
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| 4 succession of disasters has not chilled
the ardor of the Zeppelin airship passenger
line in Germany Business is to be resumed
/ at Dusseldorf early in November All the
novel features Of the earlier Zeppelin air
| craft are embodied in the Deutschland"
now nearing completion. Luxurious cabin
accommodations will be provided for eigh-
teen peaple and meals will be served
aboard the airship. During the airship SER
vice Of the IL. u. g." the predecessor of the
| Deutschland" thirty-six actual air vOy-
ages were made on eighteen out of twenty
! days or an average of nearly two trips a
day under all weather conditions. The dis
lance covered in all was $50 miles, or an
average Of nearly us miles a day. The en-
tire distance of 1880 miles was traversed in
siXty-five hours or at an average OF TWEEN
ty-nine miles an hour. In eighteen days
the passage money amounted to over $4,000,
| which yielded a profit despite the unusual
expenses Of the new venture. that the
air line paid from the start.
The constitution of the Australian COM
monwealth is not ten years old, yet a move
ment TO amend it in the direction of federal
| Capitalization Is now under way The
labor party, which has gained full control
| of the federal government, is the TespOn-
sible agency in the turn of affairs. AS it
now stands, the constitution follows the
| American model I'm defining the subjects
with which the federal Parliament may
deal and in leaving the residue to the state
Parliaments. Social legislation passed by
the labor party has been set aside by the
courts as unconstitutional because it was
not within the power Of the federal Paria-
ment to enact it. The present labor minis
try, consequently, proposes TO change the
constitution and 70 that end has introduced
a measure which, II finally adopted by the
people IN a referendum, viii give TO the CEN
trade, commerce. corporations, Industrial
disputes employment, wages, trusts and
! monOpolies.
The rapid growth Of public feeling in
England 1seinst the continuance OF the
IndO-Chinese opium traffc-especially now
that China Is making strenuous efforts 20
free herself from the domination Of the
drug-is shown in the influential appeal