Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-25
In Other Lands
side Lights on What Is Trans
piring Among the Near and
Far Nations Of the Earth.

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Far Nations Of the Earth.
While Germany manifests uneasness
about the health of the kaiser, Spain
similarly is nervous over the condition of
King Alfonso, and other rulers in middle
life are troubled with plebein ailments, the
patriarch of old world monarchs, Emperor
Francis Joseph, shows astonishing physi-
cal strength at nearly fourscore The dis
tinguished ruler OF the dual empire seems
to monopolize the royal fountain of youth
performing tasks within two month of his
eightieth anniversary that would test the
strength Of rulers Of fifty. During his re-
cent tour of Bosnia, the province annexed
to the empire two years ago. the aged en-
peror smiled away the native frost en-
countered In the early stages of the tour
and warmed up to the populace with the
heartiness of a youngster as the enthus-
iasm grew. He visited the Great Regova
mosque at Serejevo, escorted by a body
guard OF Mussulmen, was warmly well
coined by the officials. and presented with
huge bouquet by TRY Mussulman child
Proceeding through the chief portal to the
altar, where prayers for the monarch are
said every Friday, ne stood erect with
reverent mein under a canopy of rose-col-
ored brocade, and listened to the prisons
of the imam, which We're punctuated by
deep "amins' from the many shoeless
worshipers encircling the clergy and the
throne. THE scenes" writes an eye-wit-
ness, was one Of rare and impressive
beauty difficult adequately to describe in
words. The emperor himself seemed under
the spell of the moment when, for the first
time in his long life, he received the hon.
age OF his Moslem subjects in their chief
house Of prayer"
The Royal Commission on Divorces in
Great Britain has heard from American at
taches Of the United States embassy whose
opinions on the subject of divorce in this
country were solicited. One Of the mem
bers pointed out that there are more varied
causes for divorce in many other countries
than there are in the United States, in Aus
trla, for example, ''invincible aversion" In
! Hungary ''vexatious modification" In
France "prodigality and violent disposi-
ton" in Sweden opposite of feeling and
thought amounting to hate" and in For
mosa 'loquacity" being considered suffici-
ent grounds, while in Algeria, where there
are thirteen causes previous wooing In
which no final acceptance or refusal has
been made" is accepted as justification. One
of our representatives put forward the in
teresting theory that we have more di"
vorces than any other people because we
are a more moral people. Americans Of
responsibility" he argued, have come to
regard divorce as firmly established in
stitution designed to cure unhappiness"-
a plausible assertion which probably no
sociologist would entirely dispute.
An ,nonerial decree Announces that the
new Chinese senate, or imperial assembly,
will hold it's first meeting in October. The
members, whose names the decree con-
tains a full list, owe their appointment to
selection by the throne; they number nine
ty-one in all, and are drawn from six diff
ferent classes OF these. princes and mobiles
of the imperial clans supply fourteen men,
bers; the Manchu and Chinese nobility
twelve, the princes and mobiles OF depend
encies outside the eighteen provinces seven
teen the imperial clansmen other than the
classes already mentioned, six, officials of
| ministries and offices thirty-two, and emil
nent scholars ten. Apart from the seven
teen prince and mobiles of dependencies
there are on the list thirty-nine Manchu
names and thirty-five Chinese. But these
figures do not actually represent the bal
ance of power in favor OF the Manchus. be-
cause the bulk Of the Chinese representa-
tives drawn from the ranks OF officials and
scholars can scarcely be expected TO eXer-
else the same influence in the counsels of
the assembly as the princes mobiles and
gentry Of the imperial clans.
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A Berlin correspondent OF London daily
writes: THE Prussian franchise bill has
died unmourned. The semi-officia writer's
maintain that the failure TO achieve any
thing Is matter for deep regret In the In
terests Of the country but all, with sigh
OF resignation, that questions OF such mo-
ment have seldom In any country been
solved at the first attempt. Ultimately the
consequences OF the struggle over the bill
and its abandonment will be far-reaohing
The conservatives and national liberals are
now agreed about ono thing-that = Wide
gulf Is fixed between them, Even the CO.
Iogn Gazette sees that there is now an
absolute cleavage between right and LETT
} While, however the national liberals are
hardly likely TO unite in serious attempts
10 procure a real fusion OF the left the
conservatives are disposed to declare open
war upon them, The conservative mouth
pieces declare, first, that all concessions 10
the idea OF franchise reform, and especially
TO secret voting, are now Withdrawn, and
secondly that all young liberals must be
vigorously opposed In their heiehstas can
didatuTes."
= The Mad Mullah" OF somaliland IL
1 likely 70 rival the nsgus Of Abyssinia In
4 death reports A week ago II was reported
5 that he haA been killed and as yet there
has been ne denial, This Il longer than he