The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-04-27
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

"Within the last three years near
ly 500 Armenians have been impris-
oned in Russia without trial." said
A. Aknouni, an Armenian author
and editor, who has made a close
study of conditions in Russia.
these prisoners comprise all class
es-professors, physicians, lawyers,
bankers, merchants, students and
peasants" said Mr.. Aknouni.
"The Russian government has been
cruel and inhuman in it's treatment
Of the prisoners. They are practical
ly starved and hardly clothed, and in
many instances they are becoming
insane. The American Armenians
are using all their influence in vari-
Gus channels protesting against the
outrage, and movement was begun
a year ago in France and Constan-
tinople to compel Russia to desist
in its policy toward the Armenians.
"In the last four months meetings
have been held in fifty-four cities in
the United States, and in nineteen of
these cities resolutions were passed
and forwarded to the secretary of
state. to members Of congress, and to
the embassies of the different ma
tions. Among the cities that passed
resolutions We're San Francisco, Los
Angeles. Chicago. Detroit, Troy, Bos-
ton, Providence, Philadelphia, and
New Haven. A resolution also was
passed by the California legislature
directing attention to this govern
ment to the conditions in Russia
Mr.. Aknouni has been in Washing
ton for several days. and has had in
terviews with members of congress
and the secretary of state, and yes
terday he saw the president. He is
urging that this government take ac-
ton. Mr.. Amount has interested
number of members of the house,
and hopes he will be successful in
his mission. He declares that there
is serious clash between American
and German capitalists in Turkey
over the letting Of railroad and tele-
phone contracts in that country. The
Turks, he says, are favorable to the
Americans, but Germany is striving
hard to get the contracts.
French is no longer the popular
language in Europe that it once was;
English is supplanting it in nearly
every country on the continent said
DR.. j. Puppe. professor in the
Technical university of Breslau, Ger
many. "On the Riviera, English is
spoken more than French" contin-
ued DR.. Puppe. I'm the schools of
Germany the English language is
compulsory part Of the courses. In
Russia the French language is used
oftener than any other foreign tongue
but that is the only country in Eu-
rope where French is not losing its
popularity
Dr. Puppe is in America to study
the rolling mill processes in the large
foundries
Il have found that in America your
immense rolling mills subordinate
quality to quantity" said DR.. Puppe.
This Is just the reverse of our meth
DDS on the other side, where we nay
a great deal of attention to produce
ing steel rails and other products Of
the very best quality. have noticed
another thing over here-that there
is an immense wastefulness in most
Of your great steel works. There is
apparently no great effort to con-
serve fuel or material. The whole
effort is in the direction of produc-
ing great quantities Of rails and 9TH
er things. In Germany we are not
so bent on turning out great numbers
as we are upon producing the very
best results.
This, think, is the most marked
difference in all manufacturing lines
, between Germany and the United