The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-04

be increased every year. No trouble
is anticipated in getting the boys, as
it is known that 100, 600 lads a be
secured in England If their fare Is
advanced.
Madrid, May 4.-The development
of a center of Jewish knowledge in
Madrid is being undertaken by the
Spanish government in the hope that
it may bring about a return to Spain
Of some of the Shephardic or Spaniole
Jews living in the east of Europe.
They take an aristocratic pride in
their purity of blood and long pedi-
gree, ranking high in Jewish COM
munities wherever they may have set
tied. They have never lost the use Of
the Spanish tongue inc still profess
love n veneration for Spain. A
commission of influential Jews resi-
rid and had an audience Of the king.
They represented some $4,000 Jews
scattered throughout Morocco.
DR.. A. S. Yahuda of the school of
Rabbinical studies at Berlin, has been
invited to give a series of lectures in
the Consular and Diplomatic school
at Madrid, and it is possible that he
may ultimately fill a chair Of Rabbini-
cal studies at the Madrid university
10 ne eStabllShed Tor hIms
Bagdad, May A modern Robin
Hood, who selects tax gatherers as
his victims, is operating near Nejef.
The Vail has been out in the Nejef
and Kerbela districts collecting taxes
from the tribes and recently he sent
by post to Bagdad 1000 liras-of the
amount he had collected. Between
Nejef n Kerbela. the post guarded
by one gendarme, only, was attacked
apparently by adherents of the tribes
from whom the taxes were collected.
The money was. taken from the mail
bags and returned to the people. The
Vail has again resumed his task and
is said to have recovered 5000 liras
of the lost taxes and guarantees for
the remainder.
Berne, Switzerland. May 4.-The
French cantons of Switzerland are
protesting against the so-called Ger
m~anization" of the republic. The
government blue books are now print
ed in German only. The municipality
of Berne has ordered the removal of
French names Of streets, which until
now, have had at the intersections
the names in both French and Ger
man. The French names Of several
ldllWdy STATIONS OIL the SIdIG lines
have recently been dropped and the
German designations kept. The French
newspapers here affirm hat Pan-Ger-
man societies at Crefeld and at Ber-
lin have subsidized German teachers
so h a they have been able to take
positions in Swiss schools at salaries
too small for their maintenance alone.
Rome. May 4.-Measures have
been taken this spring to combat the
i~lliteracy of the population in the
mountainous regions of Roman Cam
ragnia with renewed vigor. The So
called ambulant schools, which are
moved from place to place and which
are held in the open air before the
huts Of the ~shephards will be increas-
ed in number. One of these schools
is at an altitude of over 5000 feet.
The teachers, usually women. reside
at the nearest village, which is often
a great distance away. Many of
these hard working people drive out
from Rome many time a week in
rough carts, at a great sacrifice Of
strength and comfort, but they de-
clare they are sufficiently rewarded
by the enthusiasm shown by their
pupils.
Dunedin, n. T., May New
Zealand has beelln a, vigorous cam +.