Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-30

since Barney BarnatO swampcd the print
shops OF London with orders for gilded
South African certificates with which the
mikes" OF the empire were stuffed fif-
teen years ago. Both crazes are strikingly
alike In origin and development and there
is no reason TO doubt the outcome will be
an abundant crop Of wool for the pro-
moters. Sources Of rubber supply in South
America are far enough removed from the
guilllble in London to keep receptive vic
Tins guessing on their profits, Barnatos
lure was South Africa, equally far removed
from the feverish crowd SO the craze Of
today, like that Of yesterday, infects the
multitude and draws unknown millions OF
pounds sterling into the Golfers OF brokers
| and promoters. Costly experience In the
past writes a lesson on a slate and the
sponge of greed promptly wipes II off The
South sea bubble and the Mississippi bub-
BILE OF two centuries ago differed only In
variety Of games from the stock gamblers
of today. In the sporty days of the prince
Of promoters John Laws companies were
f1oated in England and France ito make
salt water fresh" "for drying meat with
hot air" FOR trade in nutmsgs in Con-
necticut" FOR importing large jackasses
from Spain in order to propagate a large
kind Of mule in England" and another
'for the invention of melting down saw
dust and chips and casting them into clean
deal boards without cracks or knots
Civilization is presumed to have advanced
some distance since the time Of John Laws
Fewer companies are needed to lure the
greedy, and the supply Of speculative
mikes" seem to be just as abundant as
when money was poured out to transmute
Spanish jackasses into English mules
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be improved in a FOOLS paradise.
Returns from the first ballottlng for
members Of the French General Assembly
indicate no marked change In the several
party groups. Owing to the large number
Of candidates eontestlng for the prize, no
one received majority vote in about
eighty districts and rebalottins must be
had. Trumpetinss OF expected lsndslides
for the opposing monarchists, clericals and
disgruntled laborltes have had no more
effect on the general result than King
Canute's edict against the rising tide The
electorate OF France is satisfied with con-
ditons as they are and has expressed en-
phatic confidence in the ministry. The
election was remarkably quiet and orderly
throughout the country presenting an i'm
presslve contrast to the hectic excitement
Of the February general election in the
United Kingdom.
An American traveller in India, writing
from Calcutta to the Indianapolis News
discusses native unrest and presents the
native view as expressed by student at
a local university. The writer quotes the
student as follows: why Che asked do you
come to India for unrest? Why do you
not analyze your own unrest7 Is 1t not be-
cause you have been educated and your
eyes have been opened and your con-
sciences qulckened? You demand freedom
from the domination OF those who have
forced themselves on you and are using
your government for their own ends. You
have come to have consciousness Of your
strength.
Education is a very dangerous thing
No one should ever confer II on a man or
a people without realizing that 1t will
change that man or people. These col
leges, either directly or indirectly, have
been given to us by our alien rulers. In
them we learn every sort Of western idea,
from sciences to the classics that arc
breathing with a message OF fellowship OF
man and the equality of man. we read OF
how our own rulers gained freedom and
became strong; we read of how America
gained freedom and became great. We
read of the French revolution. Through
these colleges rings the appeal Of Patrick
Henry for freedom, and there is Burke's
voice and other voices speaking to us.
1--WE have been given education, liberty
of the press, a limited voice in limited
local self-government. We have been en-
couraged to take the western view Of
things from justice to morality. Who is
now to command THUS far and no
farther2
1--WE have met our ruler in oxford and
Cambridge and shown our equality II not
superiority In scholastic endeavor And q
smaller Aslatio people has defeated a
greater European white power than
Great Britain. Whatever may be the form
It takes, unrest in India means a protest
against alien rule. We Asiatics have found
ourselves. We want to rule ourselves This
we consider legitimate aspiration. And
what mon that have dropped sou into a
missionary collection box and criticise us?
They contributed to educate us. Here are
| the fruits"
Lovers OF Durns will rejoice to know that
the Aud Brig OF Ayr, which a few years
ago was apparently in danger Of complete
collapse and destruction, has been care
fully repaired and reopened to the public
] a., s,,,b q condition that n bids fair n re-