Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-28

The whirligig of time presents a notable
| spectacle in South Africa these days. Out
! of the storms and ravages OF war but nine
| years past the South African union is ris-
ing. At its head at governor general stands
Lord Gladstone, son of the great English
man, who was brave enough to recognize
the independence of the Boar republics
after the disaster to British arms on
Majuba Hill. The active leader of the
new government which will be inaugurated
| on Tuesday next is General Louis Botha,
prime minister, the idol of the Beers and
one of the bravest leaders of the "em-
battled farmers in the last war. The war
ring races of yesterday, now united for
peace and progress, through their best
| representatives stand shoulder to shoulder
| at the formal launching of the union. The
changes wrought within ten years have
1 few parallels in history. Overwhelmed in
the war for self-preservation, the depleted
burghers accepted the results as gracously
as possible. They returned to their homes
and their farms, titled the soil and awaited
events. The multitude attracted by the
mines and the enriching opportunities of
war were as human chaff soon scattered
by the winds of years, leaving the sturdy
Bears numerical masters Of the situation.
BY the arts of peace and sticking to the
soil they have reganed for all practical
purposes the independence for which they
fought and fell.
His Excellency Shela Ali Youssof, presi-
dent of the constitutional reform league
Of Egypt and publisher of AlMonayad, a
newspaper he established in Cairo twenty
years ago, replies in the current North
America Review to Colonel Roosevelts
criticism of native aspirations in his
speeches at Khartum and Cairo. Par
ticular objection is made to Colonel Roose-
velts opinion that Egypt would not be
fit for sef-government for several genera
tons. Had Mr.. Roosevelt been an ordi-
nary man." says his excellency, "or had
his Importance been due only to his intelli-
} gence, we would have said that he may be
right or may be wrong and nothing more
But he Is the ex-presdent Of the United
states OF America and may be again its
president, and Americans must share a
great part of the responsibility which re-
suits from what he says of'us If that re-
public shall long ignore his mistake 1t is
neither wise nor in accord with the gal
lantry of Americans that they should agree
5 that Egypt should be insulted in their
: name whilst Egypt admires them and loves
their civilization and sings their praises"
Y Glowing reports of the efficiency, equip
= ment and vastness of the new army of
q China are sharply discredited by Japanese
e staff officer. In an interview in the Jill
. Shimpo he says a long time will elapse
before China has a formidable modern
army. The program calls for two divisions
for every province, exclusive of Manchuria,
: but the Viceroys, in whom the authority
to raise troops is lodged, are not usually
men of initiative and method. In most of
: the provinces the two divisions will prob
u ably remain on paper for some time. The
n army now consists of four divisions organ
S lied by Yuan Shihki, two the creation of
t TIan Fang and the late Chang Chihtung
g and brigade here and there. There is no
g homogeneous army, and judged by the
u Japanese standard the troops are not eff
= ficient. Conscription is difficult to enforce
,, for the reason that there is system of
s registration, and many provincial Officers
/ are opposed to compulsory enlistment
y Finally, he says. glory on the tented field
: does not appeal to the Chinese"
V
The new French Chamber, according to
y the official figures, will be mainly COM
Is posed of LA radicals, 1872 socialist radicals,
n twenty-four independent socialists, seventy
d four unified socialists, seventy-four repub-
IS licans of the left sixty-eight progressists,
e and nlnety-nine members of the right. For
ct practical working purposes on all political
l. questions this would normally result in a
er government majority of about $50, which
l. was virtually the majority of the govern
ment in the preceding Chamber. Even If
re the right and the progresslsts were to
f. unite their forces with those of the unified
lg socialists the opposition could not muster
v more than 221 votes The stability of cabl-
il nets during the next four years will de-
~ pend therefore upon the capacity of the
10 prime minister to draw up a working pro-
Id gram commanding the support of the
ne radicals and socialist radicals. NJ. Pau
Doumer, M. Lasies, M, Gauthier de Clagny
III and M. Francois Deloncle are the most
prominent members of the old Chamber
=. who will be missed in the new.
Men of Irish birth and descent who may
join the "home-going excursion" during
the coming summer months, will see fan
different Ireland than that which they
~ left jeremiah Mcveagh NJ. M, in 8
.e signed statement in the New York Evening
Post, says among other things: 'ThC
~ whole face of Ireland has been changed In
-, recent years. The land purchase acts have
resulted in the abolition of landlordlsm over
81 half the land of Ireland, and with owner
=, ship and fixity of tenure the peasant pro
!" prietors have developed to a surprising ex
u tent the virtue of self-reance, and have
va raised their standard of living. Better
dwellings are sprnging up everywhere, and
20 the mud hoyel Is almost thing of thu
hs past The laborers' acts have also re
Va suited in the housing of the laborers il
u comfortable homesteads in lieu Of TIL
NT shameful condition of life to which the!
:" were formerly condemned. Then, again
y the local government OF the country ha
M - ~ to,as 90 +ta ,oorIa 1hts e,rod,,o
l." -, .I''t, - -, -. -. ,i,.s
ks ~. S,,,r5at,on 90 tha rond iaaa,,a ~
Michael Davitt in 1881, and 1t is a wonder
NV full example of the power of public agita
=" tion
on, Parcels Post as n Remedy,