Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-26
CANALS IMPORTANCE
IS over ESTIMATED
French Maritime Expert Says
Panama Will Never Enjoy
Trade Of Svez.

Trade of Svez.
Paris Special: The passing of the Pana.
ma canal bill .nto law mas given rise to
the discussion OF the exaygeration of tho
Importance of the canal itself TO tho
worlds shipping. One OF the LEADING
maritime authorities IN France. NJ. lose
Mosclh. says i'm this connection that the
enormous advantages of the new canal
are on consideration greatly diminished.
lhty are. he says. not sufficient to brinS
to Panama the trade enjoyed by Suez. for.
while the voyage from Europe to the east
VIA Panama would he some IS days shOrt-
er. this advantage wuu,t be more than
ronhtefbalanced by the difficulty ut OBJ
tanning freight. Isy the suex route YES.
sells tap Egypt. India and China, wIera
tirights are profitable amt abundant,
while there would not seem to be much Ia
be picked mp by the Panama route. ON
the return ships might make i: slight de.
tour tn Chile and load nitrate. but ae
$50 per ton this would not appear very
attractive.
trom the passenger point Of view. the
Panama route would only benefit travel-
ers etwren Europe, the west coast vi tho
United States and Australia. lIuropeaW
passengers for Chile would arrive lust as
quickly by going direct to- Buenus AyreS
and taking the T~ransandean railroad.
AS to nitrates and saItpeter of Chile.
not very profitable freight-it is to he
presumed that The sailing ships which
carry ii now VIII continue tn use the Cana
Horn route. not only to avoid the canal
dues. but also because Gains are fire.
quent and durable i'm the gulf Of Panama.
There remains the question OF coal.
Seventy -five per cent OF existing carg.
steamers carry between $500 and 5000
tons. Their speed is small ami their coal
rO,Stlrn,finp .nlrrlatnJ e.. .,.1t... L.
tances. But between Panama and Asia or
Australia there is the whole Pacific ocean
TO he crossed. Is TO 70 days navigation.
Only Very rich freishts would permit such
AN expense.
From all this. concludes NJ. Naselli. It
appears that the prime Importance OF rhe
canal ts strategtcal, In that 1t permits tho
United States feet to operate ind.fferently
on either shore of the continent. Thanks
to the new canal, the American fleet will
be able to accomplish in two or tIN.e~
weeks d journey which formerly required
three months and that. without doubt,
will hasten the settling OF counts which.
sooner or later. must take place between
the United States OF America and japan
for the hegemony OF the Pacific.
Officers OF the French army reserve
have been given by tho minister Of war
the choice of resigning their memberships
Ah 'ti WI sccIetteS OE lOSlnH tDGf1 com.
missions. Alexandra Miilerand has ius:
sent Il circular to reserve officers all over
the country pointing out that member.
ship of the sO-cal.eu military lagues In in.
compatible with discipline. One Of tins
leagues is Masonic and another nti- Ma.
comic. and they had their origin In more
OR less lamless societies for the promotions
OF c~omradeship, hut each of them has ar-
HiIired an aggressive political character
within recent years.
Muiai Haiid. ex-suitan of Morocco has
graduated rapidly in the pleasures .f his
European hosts at Vicby. during His
'cuie.' One evening he was taken behind
the scenes of the Casino theater after
seeing the first act of a ballet. ana Is
c~olnpiirnented the dancers with natterinr
enthusiasm. Earlier i'm the evening ha
mad given his first dinner party. and In
the afternoon he had figured at a re.4ep-
ton held In his honor by the municipality,
Both as host and guest lie bore himself
with much charm OF amer AMI ~. a
writer of graceful sentiments in ladies'
albums he has already proved himself
hard to equal.
A knowledge of live stock is another Of
the ex-sultail's accomplishments. He in.
spected a hero OF nivernaise cows with any
unerrinE eye. picked the three best and
ordered them to be sent to his house in
Jang!sr. He even began to milk one Of
them TO make sure that his iudgmen was
not at fault. He also purchased two black
cats and a collie dog. For his children he
bought a hundred dolls In H0urboMnaf,
costume, q mechanical DianO-player. "
m~errN-9o-roun and an exiraordinarv
quantity of toys.
tie presented a handful of gold to a cOf-
Juref who performed the venerable trick
or making a globe OF goldfish d~isapuear
before him. and the fame of his OPEN
handedness spread far and wide. When
ever he was known to be in his apart
ments, dozens OF hawkers were to be seen
lowering round the gate. watching for a
chance Of catching his eve.
The ex-sultan was taken to the Mar
cathedral. and managed to slim five
louis into the hand of Il blind bexpar on
the steps as he went in. After presentinR
the Cathedral clergy with IS louis for tho
poor. he came out and mounted I'm the
to the Basilica. distributing on
the way five louis to IA postcard merchant
and five louis to the elevator boy. F-rom,
the Basilca ths party went TO the ca
sino. and the orchestra happening to play
his favorite "Sambre ct Meuse" march.
was rewarded with five louis. the distrihu-
ton OF largesse concluding with two louis
10 another blind beggar at the door OF the
Casino.
BY this time the disgust of the sultan's
financial adviser was changing To- Panic.
ana ne Was heard to express the opinion
that at this rate. we shan't get far
Al the present rate of exchange a louis is
worth about 81. so that it will be seen that
the eX-sultan's munifiesnce for the after
noon amounted 10 the respectable total OF
$16o. out of the pension OF $40 a day the
government allows him. The eve-
ming found Mulai Hafid in a music hall.
and a short glimpse OF the chorus girls
the scenes cost hin the balance