Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-20

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energetic in welcoming the invaders TO
hospitable graves that the esteemed
cemetery promoter Of Cuba, General
weyler. has been hurried across the
Straits OF Gibraltar TO direct the Spanish
campaign. The Italian army is not win
ming much glory or territory in Tripoli.
Turks and Arabs are showing surprising
mobility and craftsmanship, qualities
which put the invasion out Of the sum
mer excursion class. Last but not least
observe the havoc wrought by the po-
lltical volcano in China. The Manchu
dynasty is down and out and the govern
ment fashioned by the Chinese republic
cans is steadily taking definite form.
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France, Germany and Morocco.
The overthrow OF the French ministry
on the Moroccan question was precipitated
by NJ. Clemenceau, former premier. who
has been consistent opponent Of French
ventures in northern Africa. Whom the
treaty was first reported to tho Chamber
OF Deputies II. Clemenceau sharply
criticised the provisions Of the pact
whereby equal trade rights were gusran-
teed to other nations. As the French
treasury would bear the burden OF oceu-
patton and administration the people OF
France, he contended. were entitled to
special favor for the burden they as
sumed. Alslers, he declared. was not
only an annual drain on the national
treasury, but fruitful source OF scandal,
graft and national discord. That he
scented a scandal In the Moroccan deal
was evident from the start. and the re-
suits justified his zeal in removing the
/ lid. The details OF the double dealing
with Germany have not been fully re-
veaied, but enough is known 20 show
that Premier calllaux. through inter-
ested Intermediates. over the head of
his foreign minister. negotiated certain
provisions OF the treaty which safii-
guarded the speculative enterprises OF
banking friends OF the premier. This
feature OF the deal serves to explain the
action OF Paris bankers who called IN
millions OF loans in Germany while the
negotiations were proceeding. At the
time the action OF the French bankers
was widely commented on as decisive
move for peace, whereas now II appears
as a banking threat fashioned by NJ.
caliiaux to promote the interests OF his
favorites. The cabinet which succeeds
the discredited calliaux ministry COM
prises a notable number OF strong, ex-
perienced men. Premier NJ Poincare has
served in several cabinets and Is a mem.
her OF the French academy. Two former
premiers, NJ BRAND and NJ. Bourgeois.
are IN the combination. NJ. Delcasse,
considered the ablest foreign minister In
France takes the marine portfolio, and
MIIlerand that OF var The hest elements
in the political machinery Of France are
represented in the new ministry. which
gives promise OF meeting the demand for
strong government.
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An unequaIIed Spectacle.
THE Mightiest Ruler and conqueror Of
odd" writes sydney Brooks. London cor
respondent In Hsrpers Weekly, could
never have dreamed OF such position as
King George occupies today, and even We
who see II visibly displayed before our
eyes can yet hardly grasp the strange
mess Of II. Imagine the United Kingdom
and ali Europe under the single rule OF
Japan; conceive the peoples OF the British
isles and OF all the countries OF Europe
while retaining intact their own speech
and faith and peculiar customs and char
acterlstics. taken up. jumbled together
and poured out again in a promiseuous
medley. so that there are as many
Frenchmen, Magyars, irishmen. Span
liards, Firms. Italians. and SO on in Ger
many as there are Germans, so that all
existing boundaries become meaningless,
so that peoples Of the varied develop
} ment and attachments. holding different
beliefs, speaking different tongues. and
nourished. il may be. on mutual and in
! veterate antipathies. dwell side by side In
hourly contact: imagine further the MI
lkado Of Japan sailing from Toxic 20 Paris
to crown himself emperor OF this vast
and diversified dominion: picture all this.
and some faint conception will be formed
of that amazing chaos we comparatively
label India. and OF the position King
George as the supreme head Of the nation
that rules It. Three hundred million
AsGatics. comprising forty-three distinct
nationaIities or races. divided into nine
main religions. subdlvided again into
80 castles. and speaking is languages
and dialects. welcoming and honorfng
their emperor. who comes to them from
a far northern island on the other side
OF the worlds there any spectacle in
history which for sheer romance can
} begin to compare with this?'
The Greek Dnaeet.
The budget Of the Hellenic kingdom
for ISL. provides an estimated revenue OF
ia oeess draehmae, or about SS7oaee,
while the expenditure IL reckoned at
,soooo drachmae less. Both figures arr
a shade higher than those OF the current
YEA. a surplus Of leoeoco drachnae re
msSns from the year lslo-li. aud there Is
a Ia.ye balance in the treasury OF the
! recent loan OF Ileopca drachmAe. Alto
gether the government has available
Iapout E.es.sSs 6Ts7sssT=s=s. O. tbs SUE
., arsa ann sra rhr,aa viii ha used for army