Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-10

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peace, the republic arose. but was
not definitely established and chartered !
until January 81. 1870. The collapse Of the
monarchy is the chief reason for observing
the first week in Septembe, as the birth
week Of the republic. 1t is instructive to
note how few now living were leading par
in the disasters and tragedies Of
that time. All the generals who fought
against the German invasion are gone, so
are the leaders of the government OF de-
Tense. Emile olivier, minister OF war, and
Henri Rochefort, most radical OF repub-
leans linger idly amid the scenes of that
revolution. In the shadowy background Is
the pathetic figure of Empress Eugene,
"a bent old woman" who occasionally visits
Paris to look at and lnger beside the scenes
OF her glories as reigning queen for twenty
odd years. A correspondent who saw the
former empress in Paris recently says the
"once glorious Eugene is a timid shadowy
figure Of her former self She was IS years
old last May.
The newsmonger at Adds Abeda, a tele-
graph terminal in Abyssinia, is striving
bravely to rival the mental dexterty Of
the famous war correspondents OF Mole
st. Nicholas and Chefoo He has resur-
who traces his ancestry back to King Solo
mon and the queen of Sheba. The negus
was reported dead last spring for the seq
ond or third time and was accorded royal
honors in the obituary ana editorial col
umns of the newspapers His funeral
should have followed in proper order, but
the undertaken must have missed the job,
for word comes from Abeda that the negus
is alive and kicking against another at
tack of apoplexy. If the veracious Abcda
reporter persists in giving the negus the
clammy hand semi-annually he may event
ually attract the attention of the Ananas
club.
Royalty adheres to the formalitles and
Courteses practiced with sublime courage
by the soveregns of the United States.
Lord Roberts of Kandahar is the bearer of
a message to Kaiser Wilhelm in which is
| broken gently the news that Edward VII
! is dead and George reigns. Even though
the German emperor attended the funeral
of his uncle and probably suspected who
his successor would be, the whole truth
bearing the official seal breaks in upon
him with the solemn dignity observed in
notifying a nominee for governor or presi-
dent weeks after the event. These cere-
monies promote the gaiety of the spectators
and furnish interesting junkets for ia
vorites.
John Burns, representative of organized
labor in the British cabinet, will be obliged
hereafter to dig into his salary for cam
paign expenses. The laborites of Battersea
elected Mr.. Burns to the House of Com
mons in 1892 and paid him a salary and all
election and registration expenses until 1905
when he became president of the local
government board at a salary of $4,000 a
year. That salary has since been increased
to $500 and Battersea thinks that Mr.
Burns should bear the expenses of regis
tration and the labor organization, or al
least the greater part which amounts to
between $1,5O0 and 5000 annually.
Although the population of Germany con-
tinues to increase rapidly from year to
year there are indications that the rate OF
growth will presently be checked. The de-
cline OF the birth rate in certain center'
and especially In Berlin is giving some anx
iety. Statistics just available show tha
in that city since 1899 there has been al
almost constant decrease in the annua
number of births. In that year there were
about twenty-eight births to every thou
sand of population In 1909 there were
only twenty-four births to every thousand
and the decline continued through 1909.
Paris is about to receive a visit from tn
chief Of one Of the leading Tuareg tribes
the Ahaggar, who command the region o
the central Sahara between Tidikelt and tn
Soudan. This bandit chief. Moussaag Am
astane, has rendered the French signal ser
vice in the last six years in inducing hi
followers to look with more favorable ey
on the advance of French domination an
to appreciate the commercial and agricul
tural advantages OF the Pax Gallica. TT
triumph of French colonial expansion 4
the desert" remarks the Paris correspond
: ent of the London Times, Ito have tame
so troublesome and powerful tribe tina
of the Ahaggar and to have secured thei
u assistance in extending French rule anon
the still recalcitrant tribes of the frontie
OF Tripol"
The British postoffice has discovered tha
| there are now two III. S. AS" in tn
world and is troubled about It, Mail in
tended for the United States Of America Ia
been sent to the region comprised With
= the Union OF South Africa" Americi
" however, is not to be deprived of its pric
right to these initials, for the British lettt
:. writer is being officially advised to diret
his missives to Natal, Cape Of Good Hop
:, the Transvaal or the Orange Free Stat
as the case may be. without any furth,
qualifying directions Officially the ne
federation is designated the South Africa
- Unions. A. U. for short
Brussels is to be the scene this month of
= great international congress on cremation
at which one of the most notable delegate
will be the duke OF Bedford, vice presidei
= of the Cremation Society of England. &c
= many, France, the United States, Switze
land, Italy, Austria, Canada and Austral
- are all sending representatives, while Il
:. congress will be opened and welcomed
. the name OF King Albert by his premie
> although Belgium is one of the countr
where incineration of the human body
Vi still forbidden by law, In fact, Belgian
Is who wish their dead to be cremated have