Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-16

months in 1913 and is well versed on
American affairs.
Commander Uyeda was until recent.
ly an adjutant to Vice-Admiral S. Kato
and participated in the blockade and
bom%bardment Of the Ts.ngtau, fort
ress He has studied at Harvard Uni
versity.
Picking, FEB. enthusiastically
reports Of huge American loans to
China are constantly appearing in the
Far East. China, having depended
for a long time on loans from Europe
is o forced by the European war 10
turn her attention elsewhere, and
America is the country to which the
Chinese naturally look, because Of
Americas traditional wealth and
friendly support. Efforts have been
made to interest American financiers
on China's behalf both by Americans
and Chinese, some having gone IS
emissaries to the United States to see
what could be done. Each time the
test is made the papers of the Far
East announce the project as though
it were an accomplished fact. The
Chinese government however, is turn
ing its attention to the floating of
loans at home, and to new Methods of
taxation. .
London, Feb. 15.-RUmania, which
has just been granted a loan OF $685.
100000 by the Bank of England, is
probably the most eligible borrower
in Europe, according to Londan finan-
cial experts.
The country has made such encr-
nous strides since 1890, when it adopt
ed the gold standard, that there is no
state in Europe that can now show
such a thriving condition as regards
national finances, they Assert. For
the last five years there has been
each year a substantial surplus, rang-
ing from $8,00C,00O in 1910 to $22,-
100000 in 1912. T.
The Government of Rumania owns
a large amount of productive assets
including railways, government mono.
planes, and public service corpora
tons. The revenue from the public
services alone, not including state
m~onopolies, is more than sufficient to
meet the interest and sinking fund
charges on the national debt of $780,.
DOC, 200.
The size Of the annual surplus
makes i: evident tha;t. Rumania-alone
among European countires-can in
crease its national debt to a substan.
tlal extent without imposing any addi.
tlonal burden on the taxpayer.
So L.,
Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 15.-Ru.
mania has ordered considerable >quan.
titles Of sanitary material and surgi.
cal instruments in Switzerland. Tween.
ty-four ms filled with such goods
left yesterday, via Bridisi (Italy) Sal.
onica, which is the longer route but
safer than the passage through Aus.
tria.
London, Feb. ia description of
the soldiers monthly "official bath" is
sent from the front by a member of
a London Scottish regimen: =
Yesterday we had a novel exper.
ience,"' he says. "As none of US had
seen soap or warm water for over
five weeks We we're ordered to take
an official bath. We were taken to a
town in the rear of our lines and es.
corted a large building, whiche facili.
ties had been arranged for the pur-
pose. in the first room We were mum
bered off INTO squads of ten men or
so. In a second room we emptied our
pockets and laid aside our boots, bon
nets, puttees and sporrans. In a third
room we threw the rest of our clothes
into a heap, and then made a double.
quick to the showers. There were
two men 20 each shower, and we were
allowed ten minutes under the hot
Wa:er with a generous supply Of laun-
dry soap.
AT the. end of our ten minutes, we
hurried on to a drying room, where
each man got a huge towel as thick
and rough as a carpet. Then we rush.
ed off 9 a dressing room, where an
attendant gave us anything we want.
ed in the way of brand-new under
wear, shirts, and socks, while on
hooks at n side were our clothes,
which had been thoroughly fumigated.
After we had got back our bon.
nets, boots and other properly, we
were ushered into a room where a