The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-05
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/ Safu.
Roosevelt is of Dutch blood. and there
are Rooseyelts TO be found in Holland
this day. They probably spell their
names with final d instead OF L. but
the way Mir. Roosevelt spells his name
Is the old Dutch way.
| Col. Roosevelt at once captured the
hearts Of the people OF Holland when.
making his appearance at Amsterdam,
ne addressed them as 'countrymen.' II
was very clever introduction OF him
SELF. Aside from this, Roosevelt Is re-
garded as a very strong character every
where. and man who Is making his
| tory not only IN America, but in the
whole world"
! Discussing relations between Holland
and Germany, the eminent Dutchnan
said that they are excellent.
There Is no idea Of Germany enter
| tanning any designs on Holland our
| country serves as a sort OF buffer for
/ Germany, should that country be en-
/ broiled in war with any other mower
| There is only one little difficulty between
US. and that is that Germany mas in
creased the tariff on our vegetables cat
]
| ever. that has not in the least disturbed
the splendid feelings which exist between
the two countries.
1T IS really 10 be deplored that Amerf-
can and other newspapers periodically
publish articles 10 the effect that tina
! Queens cOnsort. Prince Henry, Is not get
ting along tremendously with Queen VII
! helmina. There never has been a word
/ or truth in that. On the contratry, they
are very deeply attached 70 each other.
and the prince : very clever and is grow
ing in popularity every day with the
| Dutch people. He IS taking an active in
terest In the development Of everything
which might benefit Holland and its peo-
pie He is paying particular attention 10
] Red Cross work and 10 that OF rescuing
shipwrecked people. He speaks Dutch
Ike native. and is loyal to Holland and
i her best traditions"
Richard Harding Davis, OF New York.
the well-known author. IS al the Shore
/ ham.
/ John Mclaughlin, who IS az the Shore
/ ham, is Well-knOwn race horse breed
/ er and deplores the fact that horse rae
/ ing has found popular disfavor in the
last few years Speaking last night Mr..
/ Mclaughlin said:
/ 'Of all countries in the world, the Unit
/ ed States stands pre-eminent against
/ horse racing Regarded purely from a
/ business standpoint, this opposition 10
the sport viii eventually lower the
standard OF the American horse, which
/ Is now regarded as the best IN the world.
/ Horse racing. properly and legitimately
managed, Is practically the only incentive
/ for horse-bTeeders 70 embark in the busl-
/ ness. Incidentally the army of Uncle
/ sam needs The best horses, and il is
simply impossible 10 produce fine horses
+ unless there are inducements 10 60 into
I the business. Because there are crooks
/ IN the horse-racing business is no excuse
/ for shutting down and killing the whole
industry. II the various legislatures do
rot repeal the laws prohibiting racing.
this country viii be compelled before
many years 10 get It's fine stock %
horses from abroad. our army viii have
TO look around in foreign countries Tor
its supply, and fine American horses wiz
be a thing Of the past.
Look al England. Germany. Austria.
+ France, Japan, and every other foreign
country which stands high in culture and
/ civilization. Kings and Emperors open
I the annual meets, and they are attended
+ by the ladies and gentlemen of the court.
/ The King OF England has his string Of
/ horses. so has the aged Emperor Of
/ Austria, as well as Kaiser Wilhelm Of
[ Germany. They even go so far as 10
I place bets on the favorites; AID what
( they do is naturally the proper thing for
/ their subjects 10 do. The sport is en-
couraged. with the result that those
/ countries produce fine horses"
Mrs. Ella Flag Young superintendent
Of public schools Of Chicago, H.. 5 al
the Riggs. Mrs. Young is here attending
/ the Prison Congress as a delegate from
Chicago, having been appointed by Mayor
Busse as the eity's representative.
That most wonderfully useful OF all
the servants Of man-wat er-which seems
to have been discovered as such only in
very modern times. and which Is now ac-
.
ade or TWO ago has just been set a new
task In my country" said DR.. Aloyslus
Rapp Of Berne. Switzerland. who IS az
the Raleigh. DR. Rapp IS a civil engineer
and is touring this country 70 see what
il looks Ike and TO learn what he may.
A tube, or rather. TWO tubes"-eoutiu-
ued DR. Rapp, full Of water will be
made 10 lift the lower boats. burdened
with International commerce. over the
most formidable mountain range OF Eu-
rope, the Alps. Actually, the liquid ele-
ment is 10 pick up the loaded craft IA
Italy and deposit them in Germany by
its own natural power, without the use
of propelling machinery Balancing the
waters or the mountain lakes against
each other, Italian engineers propose to
create a new road for commerce. which
viii become almost literally an artery
of world traffic, with an ebb and flow
that will draw and push the currents Of
trade back and forth, Ike the beat Of a
great heart feeding the veins Of two
nations.
Crossing the Alps by road and by car,
and even by balloon and aeroplane, has
been accomplished successfully" contin-
ued the enthusiastic son OF Winkerisd.
but transportation OF freight over the
huge natural barrier between the halves
Of the continent has beer a problem 90
be solved. Gigantic as it is, IL is simple
and ingenious TO the same degree which
has characterized practically every great
invention By II, an all-water way across
the mountain range seemingly ali i'm
possibility is 10 become a reality, 20
link the Mediterranean with the Baltic
and the North Sea. The cost will be