The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-17
Current Talk Of Europe
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erican Accent---Pope's Ban on
D'Annunzio---England's
State Telephone

ally be relied upon would cost quite
20 pounds per milligramme.
ALARMED BY CENSUS RETURNS
LONDON, June 3.-The provisional
census returns for England anC
Wales, issued this week, were at frs
regarded as highly satisfactory from
the sociological point of view, they
did not indicate any appreciable fall
ing off in the birth rate.
A closer examination, however
showed that it was the poorest and
least fit portion of the population that
was growing most rapidly, while the
better part of the population, the most
efficient and the most intelligent was
either growing very slowly or station.
airy or actually diminishing.
The Irish returns are especially in
teresting They show the decrease
of population in the sister island since
1901 to be only IL per Gently far
the smallest percentage for 70 years.
The decrease in males was only 0.06
per cent since 1901, but in females it
was 2.S per cent. This is probably
due to young men remaining in the
country under the new land condi-
tons, while girls still emigrate to be,
come domestic servants. The result
is that the males in Ireland total 3
1SG.SCl and the females 2,195,147, so
that the sexes are nearly equal.
Women are greatly in excess in
other parts Of the United Kingdom.
EeYPT's AFFAIRS IMPROVE.
LONDON, June 3.-What may be
Sir Eldon Gorst's last report on the
Finances, Administration and Condi-
ton of Egypt has just been published
by the British Foreign Office. A Pc
rusal of it at once stamps the tempera-
mental differences of Sir Eldon and
his predecessor as British diplomatic
agent in Egypt, Lord Cromer.
The latter always acted on the
initiative, as though he were actual
viceroy of Egypt, and he left the For
eign Office to explain matters to those
chancelleries which did not agree with
his policy. On the other hand, Sir
Eldon takes his directions from the
British Foreign Office, and does moth
ing on his own initiative.
On the whole, the London press
seems pleased with the report. The
number of crimes reported to the po-
lice fell from 1864 in 1908 to 1928 in
1910, and there is a perceptible fall
ing off in the graver category of
crimes. Moreover, the legislative
council and the general assembly have
displayed less enthusiasm for Nation
alist agitation for autonomy and
against the British occupation
On the other hand, the Copts, of
whom there are only 100000, as
against 100000 NIussulmans, have
created a good deal of unrest by their
for governmental positions,
first, on the ground that they are
Christians, and, second, because they
are wealthy property owners, whose
great business abilities have been al
lowed full rein under British occupa-
ton.
The course of the future Sir Eden
Gorst declares to be fairly simple
and obvious" The British government
must show that it will not be coerced.
ENGLISH STATE TELEPHONE.
LONDON, June "a large deputa-
ton from the Liverpool Cotton Asso-
citation waited on Herbert Samuel, the
British postmaster-general, this week
in order to learn something about the
administration Of the service of the
National Telephone Company's sys-
TEN, which is to be taken over by the
government at the end of the year.
The delegation criticised the prof.
ect from two points of view-from
the cost to the country and the useful
ness of official service.
The delegates pointed out that ex-
perience in other countries had shown
that private company could run a
telephone system much cheaper, with
more profit, and with greater advant,
age to clients than a government
could.
Mr.. Samuel said he failed to see the
point of these criticisms, as the money
borrowed by the government for the
enterprise only paid 3 per cent, while
an Independent company would have
to borrow it at higher rate.
"In regard to the lack of efficient
service noted in government systems
abroad the postmaster-generaI con
tinued, that was a fault of the ser
vice and not of the principle, as must