Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-15


emigration which moved westward from
their shores in former years. All posslb.,
/ pressure was eNerted TO minimize the at
I fractions Of the land Of the free and IN,
/ home Of opportunity, but I'm vain. oh.
| structive measures proving futile WITH
I rare wisdom the authorities turned theiI
| efforts to the betterment of conditions al
/ home, and thus gradually checked the out
! flow Of national vitality. with one excep
ton no attempt has been made hereto
! fore to induce a return Of some of the
| prodigals and to Sweden belongs the
unique distinction of making the effort
A systematic Comeback" campaign was
! started a year ago and is in full swing
1t is too early to tell what effect the
| campaign will have on the millions of that
nationality who have contributed greatly
to the development Of the middle west and
shared in its prosperity, but the chances
are decidedly against an exodus The at.
fractions offered by Sweden to homesick
sons and daughters, if there be any such
are chiefly improved agricultural conditions
and facilities for actual ownership of the
land, which the state is about to provide
| The ultimate object Of the authorities Is
| the abolition Of tenantry and cultivation OF
the soil by actual owners. As a boost for
! the movement, Swedish newspapers pub
/ lish letter from II. L. +. Lagercrantz,
consul general 70 this country. Mr. Lager
crantz advises his countrymen to remain
at home, on the grounds that conditions
| there which are causing discomfort are
equally potent in the United States,
where capital has secured control Of
everything from eggs to railroads"
The British Review Of Reviews prints
a notable interview with Mr. Lloyd George,
chancellor Of exchequer, dealing chiefly
with the question Of disarmament, and an
Anglo-American alliance. I'VE cannot dis
arm in the midst of an armed camp" says
the chancellor. Amy remedy must be in
| ternauonal, and we are not merely willing
but eagerly anxious for an International
arrangement by which we could arrest
this headlong race to destruction. But
when we have piped to other nations they
would not dance to our music Nay, they
have even miscontrued our invitation to
cover an insiduous design" with the
nations motives thus impunged, the chan
cellor remarks that England is not at
present disposed to make new overtures for
an international agreement. on the sub
ject Of closer relations between Great
Britain and the United States, the chan
favor Of everything that will draw the
two great halves OF the English-speaking
people into fraternsl union. Think
for moment what might not be effected
for the welfare Of mankind If the empire
and the republic together were to address
themselves to the solution Of the great
problems which make for the worlds
peace. No other state could regard such
an alliance as a menace to it's safety OF
to- its independence. 1t would be an
Anglo-American insurance corporation
against international anarchy, international
brigandage, international lawlessness in
any part Of the world. Its moral influence
would be immense
The extraordinary difficulties with which
Italian physicians in some cholera dis
tricts have to contend are related by a
correspondent of the London Lancet. De-
scribing the recent outbreak Of popular
violence at Barletta he says: Under the
delusion that the sanitary authorities in
oculate the public with the bacillus to pro-
long the epidemic and to keep the medical
man in employment, the mob assailed the
town hall with vol1eys of stones directed
chiefly at the Uffzi d'lgiene;' turned next
to the military barracks, and 'shelIed'
them in turn with the same missiles; and,
finally, when the carabineers had to come
out in the interests of public order, re-
ceived them with such a hail shower of
projectiles, gathered from all quarters,
that the long-suffering soldiery had to fire
in self-defense, though with blank car
fridge. At this the mob took to flight. a
considerable number, however, of the more
fanatical holding their ground, till they,
too, were dispersed at the point Of the
bayonet Are we In the middle ages? p
asks a Subalpine journal, or is It possible
that this is the year of grace 1902 Mean,
while, the medical men and the sanitary
officers have had to keep their houses,
targets as they are for the fury Of the
populace, which, In their absence has
next assailed the pharmacists, one Of
whom has been so seriously injured that
his life is despaired Of"
striking difference is to be observed
among the money lenders of the world in
their financial dealings with China and
Turkey. Barely two months ago half a
dozen nations were demanding a slice Of
China's loan, each exerting all available
pressure for the largest share Very diff
ferent is the course pursued in dealing
with turkey. Not only is there no rivalry
for the loan Of $50, OOO but it is charged
that a deliberate effort is being made to
compel acceptance of the pawubroker's
terms OF the Ottoman bank Of Paris These
terms included, besides heavy interest
charge and commission, the right to super
wise expenditure Of the money and direct
most of II to the gun and powder foun-
dries OF France. An attempt to float the
loan in London was headed off by the
French government. Negotiations for the
loan are at a standstill greatly embar-
RAISING the Young Turks government.
Germany and Austria are the only avenues
of escape from the onerous conditions OF
the Ottoman bank brokers' The Vaterland,
an Austria journal deriving inspiration
from official sources, urges Turkey 10 ally
itself with Germany and Austria, as both
control Of the political destinies of central
Europe, To test the genuineness of the
hint Turkey might offer its loan as an
evidence of good will. a favorable
response would upset the bargain counters
Of London and Paris and anchor the bal
arce OF power" in Berlin and Vienna.
The ministry of public works in Turkey
invites American bids for trolley lines In