Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-11
In Other Lands
Some Side lights on what -
Trazsptxizg Among the Near
ana Far Nasions Of the xs-th-


Inc EIcnIH government hAS oSSAco =
radical transformation Of the facs Of tie
clock. Instead of the present division OF
the twenty-four hours into two divisions
Of twelve hours each. the new system of
computing time will run from 0 to a. be-
ginning at midnight. The ancieE- sym
bols, a m and p. m. are banished and
the numerals on the face OF the clock
will run to the limit Of twenty-four hours.
Official notice OF the coming change has
been conveyed to Washington by Ameri-
can Consul Mason at Paris. Already
the system is in operation in the postal
department. and after July all officia'
documents and forms in various divisions
of the French service viii conform to the
plan. The railways OF
the French republic have been revising
their time tables TO conform TO the new
system Of time keeping. Al the present
time the new clock diais counting from
0 to "A are set side by side with the old
clocks in the railway stations Of Paris
in order that the travelling puonc may
familiarize themselves with the change.
Holy War In TripoIi.
Orders 10 the French army commander
- , o'riAe qusA' s.i'Ae na,u, =.
- .@h0e " r.en.n eonuo. =
.ore 'e''as en~i .ne 'osA. .lsu.I 80. ..s
lar TO that waged in subduing Algiers.
Eastward In Tripoli. Arab resistance to
'ne itanan sins Is ue.eiiiineu anu PEI
s.s.ene pfa'.,caiis ilius in .i.s
" ''e soas'- N oo'n saoioeeo Suu ti'poi
me encroscnhen.s o. heropeaA Owe
Ia - .ie -Aoei 49, -
" p'eea.s 70 Wv - -
announcing the prociana.lon oi d hots
war IN North africa eorresPoioe'i'
OF the LONDON Times. "ritihs from 'he
Turkish lines, describing the arrivai IN
camp OF the advance guard oil f,"o ARABS
ADDS this significant note'' NJ Sennssl'
the mysterious sheikh who Yields sucn
power in the interior. has formally de-
clared war again the Italians. inscribins
his proclamation upon a silken banner.
The advance guard OF 400 men. COM
manded by a nephew OF the sheikh,
reached Axizah. March d. each armed
with modern rifle and bayonet and ready
to do and die. Meanwhile. Ei Senussi.
himself, IL preaching crusade against
the Italians which will most certainly
result in large reinforcements. for the
cause. The pay and ratlons Is.
sued TO the Arabs may not be extraya-
sant. but with them they are delighted.
Fev Of them have ever been so fed or
paid. They are having the time Of their
lives."
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60 r.~u..
Arv attemnt "a influence Germany In
,ha a,rsc,,or az naval restriction is a
,rs.,. ~ snarvv under present conditions.
Not on,v /. IN. imperial establishment
orro..d 20 tbs nol,cv Of limitation. Back
stands the German Navy league. a mighty
systematically boosting for
a big navy. The annual report OF the
league shows a total membership at the
end Of 1911 Of i,o64,4o4. as compared with
1 ca ss7 at the end Of 1910. an increase
ofsanearly 5000. The number of local
branches, however, shows a decrease
Of thirty. The funds OF the league
amounted TO $500 as compared with
10000 last year. Three hundred and fifty
copies Of the league magazine,
.pie Fiotte," were issued. This is de-
and It's Importance rs an advertising or
gan is emphasized. Mention Is also made
u the Increasing popularity Of the weekly
bulletins OF the league, which are sent
In the form Of correspondence to about
SOC newspapers. There is also large
Increase in the business correspondence.
In addition 70 its publications. the league
attaches great Importance to lectures,
school children TO the seaside.
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so.,h Afr,..n Dtvideuds.
The American practice OF capitalizing
he earning power Of corporations so
hat Juicy MELONS may not be sliced
annually has not been introduced in
south Africa. Therefore II IL possible TO
yiev IN all their sweetness the dazzling
percentages realized from investments
n some diamond mines. The balances
,heet Of the German Colonial company
Tor southwest Africa for six months OF
asst year warranted dividend of 8 per
sent This was . disappointment to tho
Door stockholders. who got "a per cent
,or the year lsos-lo; and 20 per cent for
slo-n. Even these dividends are beg
-
mon iss' yea pA-u ~ ". -. ~ ~
'reterreo aho - per eea' On .ne $500
Itock. Later the payment On .ns us
'erreo snarss Ws s~sss W - - seas