Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-24

I
Ing after feeling is gradually wearing off.
Pen pictures of the browning event. stripped
of superlatives place the parade and
/ the investiture In the top class Of
/ royal exhibitions. far surprising in realis-
tic pomp the best efforts of his majesty.
| King Ak-Sar-Be This should not provoke
surprise. The merry monarch OF the corn
belt frolics on the job for a few days and
allows the multitude to run the machine
the rest Of the year. King George has
steady job and his browning is the one
public blowout OF his life. Only on such
occasions are Briushers permitted to re-
paint the red spots thrown hither and
! thither on the map OF the world Besides.
| the king represents the biggest combine
/ on the globe, having a population Of 396, CO., -
600, and territorial area of II, 46I 900 SQUARE
miles. In population China alone exceeds
the British empire, but is far outclassed
| in territory. British America. Australia
and South Africa in size ranking in the
order named, are self-governing colonies
exercising the full. autonomy granted to
nations. These constitute the chief units OF
the empire and with the parent British
/ Isles contain one-fourth of the empire's
/ total population, kin in race and language.
The remaining three-fourth struggle for
existence In India. Leaving the latter out
of the present jubilation, inasmuch as a
special browning will take place in Calcutta
in September, there is an ample showing
OF members in and outside of London to
hand the king and queen a tumultuous
send-off and give free rein to the chesty
feeling of empire builders.
A recent dispatch from Teheran an
nounced that william Morgan Shuster. an
American citizen, now treasurer general
of Persia, has been granted by the Per-
sian congress absolute control of every
department of finance. including the col
lection and disbursement of all revenues
IN the custody of the treasury" Four other
Americans are assisting the treasurer gem
eral In rehabilltating the finances of a
practically bankrupt country which. with
less than 100000 population, ZOO. 900 be-
ing nomadic Arabs, Turks, Kurds and
Lexis, has a debt, of about $4,000 OOO more
than half of which is due to Russian in
terests Persia under young Ahmed Mira
who is 10 years old, and a rather irregular
national assembly, or congress, is tangled
up with three great powers-Germany, who
is trying to build an extension Of the Bag
dad railroad to Teheran; Great Britain,
WHICH, OClODtT last lnIrlnRed upon Per-
sian sovereignty by landing marines at
Lingah, on the Persian Gulf and almost
simultaneously threatened to take possess
sion Of the southern caravan routes, and
Russia. which still has her troops In the
northern section Of the empire. in the
neighborhood Of Tabriz, Ardebel, Resht
and Khasvine. These rival interests made
| necessary the selection of a dsinterested
American. Mr.. Shuster is native of
Washington city. He helped to put the
Cuban customs on a sound basis For five
years he was collector at Manila, and after
that a member of the Philippines commits
sion.
Rising cost of living in Germany strikes
| the military establishment with great Sc
verify. Inexplicable rules and customs pre-
vent officers from economizlng in any d.
rection, and the only hope of relief from
threatened bankruptcy is increased sal
aries. General Field Marshal Won der Goitz
discusses the problem in the Deutsche
Revue. He undertakes to prove that of a.
commanding generals pay of 10000 marks
J G,5O0 year only half is available for
the support of his family The rest goes
for the maintenance of the dignity of his
| rank. A generals income, General Won der
! Goltz explains, would be quite sufficient
for private citizen, but a commanding
officer or a high civil official cannot live
| as he pleases. He must keep a carriage;
| he must give dinners, dances and recep-
tons; he must head all subscription lists
that are offered him by his subordinates
Tor various purposes; his wife must do
her share In maintaining their social status
and-noblesse oblige-an officer or a civil
official cannot count his pennies as a
business man would. He must act with a
certain seigniorial liberality. The general
concludes that unless salaries are increased
In all branches OF the service, army off
GERS must withdraw from social life.
The spirit OF the British colonies de-
picted by Kipling in THE Lady Of the
SHOWS" Daughter am in my mothers
house, mistress in my own" was clearly
manifested at the imperial conference
which preceded the coronation ceremonies
In London. The premiers of all the self
governing colonies OF the empire were
called together to discuss imperial affairs
with view to harmonizing conflicting
policies and establishing closer relations
between the distant colonies and the home
6ON0ihAheh II was the third conference
OF the kind, and proved as fruitless as its
predecessors, much to the disgust Of i'm
perialists. There were numerous heart-to-
heart talks between the leaders of the
home government and the colonial premiers
on the foreign relations of the empire. The
deepest secrets Of the foreign office were
laid on the table for inspection. The col
onial premiers were profoundly impressed
by this display Of confidence. General
Botha OF South Africa, the premier Of the
new federation of South African states,
has said that this step was the begin
ming Of new era In the history of the
| empire" But beyond this and expressions
OF like import, the colonial premiers gave
no indication Of a desire to subordinate
local policies to imperial needs. London i'm
perialists give rein to their chagrin by
saying that the colonies have the ''swelled
head"
One by one, slowly, but none the less
surely" reports an American consular
agent in Mongolia, things old and vener-
able are pushed aside. destroyed and dis
regarded by trade, progress and other re-
lentless instruments OF change. The latest
is