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DISEASE EPIDEMICS
RAGING IN RUSSIA
Always short Of Physicians,
Country Feels Loss Of Those
at Front.
DEATH RATE ALARMING

Conditions in Russia brought about
by a scarcity OF medical practitioners
are described In an article in the cur
rent issue of the New York Medical
Journal which attacks vigorously the
administrator OF the Russian war hos
pitsl arrangements.
at was a fact we'll known in Russia
previous To the outbreak " hostilities'
the writer says. that the supply Of doc
tors fell far short of tho actual needs
Of the empire. This deficiency is now
aggravated by the circumstance that the
representative members Of the profess
sion have been summoned to the seat
NJ war. while the doctors at home have
abandoned their ordinary duties to wait
upon the half million sick and wounded
soldiers In various parts uf the interior.
The public IL thus compelled in many
places to prescribe for Itself, and
It's empirical treatment. by no mcaus
successful at the best of times. has been
rendered all the more uncertain by the
extraordinary spread of epidcmiCs.
official reports issued by the muni-
cipal councils of Ihitamir. Berditchcf,
Bialystuk. Nikolaief and Ivenigorodka
show an appalling mortality from cpl
demic diseases. scarlet fever, smallpox,
typhus and typhoid are the most preva-
lent and. II anything, they rage with
greater intensity in the country than In
the town. Writing from Nosncscnsk, a
newspaper correspondent states that the
Cherson district has experienced the
enormous loss of thirteen hundred chill
dren since last February.
Among adults deaths from typhus
fever. cholera and typhoid have been
rorrespondinely numerous. For this
mortality the peasants themselves are
greatly to blame. Living On food which
no decent human being can touch. filthy
In their habits and having no conception
% the simple laws Of sanitary science ~
practtsed among peasants IN more en-
l%lghtened countries. the muzhiks lay
themselves open TO the reception of every
epidemic that passes over the land. TIL,
suppression OF the vodka traffic has also
given rise to many fatal cases OF poison
ing from methylsted spirit. These evils
are largely augmented by the emoval OF
doctors from the provincial towns to the
military hospitals. and still more SO by
the careless manner In which the In
yalids from Galicia are being transported
through the country.
Unless the reports In the Russian
press are greatly exaggerated trainloads
OF men suffering from typhus fever
smallpox, cholera, typhoid and other In.
fect!ous diseases pass daily along ;hc
lines and remain for hours in the sta.
tons without any attempt being made
by the authorities to prevent the spread
of infection. The great conflict has also
served to bring out In disGraceful prom.
inence the deficiencies OF Russian hos.
pital arrangements for the troop In III,
field"
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Chart IL burned.

When the murderers buried the chest
on the night OF the murder they made
a chart and gave this into the keeping
OF n OF their number. But before
they thought II safe to excavate The
house of this man was burned the
chart destroyed. For that reason men
could not locate the exact spot and en-
gagged Anderson to dig all over the
grove
"They gave me a plough that was Sc,
to plough about eight inches said
Anderson to the attorney. After
had ploughed for some time I struck a
soft place. one of the Huntsmans came
over TO me and pushed a long iron rod
into the ground. Then he said 4 CUES.
the reasure is not here. We might as
well give II up
The next day | went back by myself
and dug there. | didn't find the chest,
but l unearthed the bones of a boy,
l carefully wrapped these up and sought
out one OF the members of the gam
Tearing on the cover | showed the
bones to him, told him where | had
found them and said
"'Did you ever see these in the flesh? -
This man, one OF my employers. be
gan to tremble. His face went white.
His teeth chartered so that he could
hardly talk
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ALIENS IN FRENCH R M
Thirty Thousand FOrciRncrs Have
Fought Under the TricoIor.

PARIS, July More than 10000 for
eirners, Americans, Poles Greeks. Span.
lards and even Turks. have enlisted In
t,v French army since the beginning oi
TIE hostilitics.
These 10000 men form in themselves
Al entire army corps and still new en-,
llstnents are reported daily.
France will never forget these he
ioes who fight ~ the side Of her sons
In the defence " Frances honor and
rumanitY's freedom from Prussian mill.
tar,sm,' is the recent tribute paid tc
these volunteers ny a prominent French
General. who also declared that these
foreigners had performed many acts OF
fcroism and have helped to win severa,
battles,
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BALM MOT CRAZY YET"
kaisrr's Friends Say Report lie II
Insane Is Premature.

BERLIN. via London, July The
London Daily Mail and the Paris Mntin
=, emily published n despatch from
Copenhagen to the effect that "Ballin,
the kaiscr's intimate friend, has gone
insane" The despatch added that Herr
B?llin had to he taken to "A sanita-
Iium In Frankfurt-on-the-M Main and that
his condition is serious.
The Hamburger Frcmdcmbidit sub
united the two foreign papers To Mr..
BALM and the latter sent this reply Ia
the Hamburg publications.:
Il thank YOU very much for sending
rne the two pansrs. You know that
Mark Twain one tclcsraphed to the
newspapers when they had declared him
dead The news Of my death In on
aggerated.'
II must designatc the news that !
have gone crazy As premature. to say
TIE least 80
Herr BALM is the mead of the Ham
iurg-American Limo and is known to he
one OF the Kaiser n closest friends and
advisers.
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TWO DETECTIVES SUSPENDED.
Accused Of Taking Money for Sum
pressing News,

John T. Maddock and John A. Dolan,
detective sergeants attached to the
Fourth branch bureau. were suspended
without pay by Deputy Police Commits
sioner Cooley yesterday, after an inves-
ttsatlon by Second Deputy Commissioner
Lord and Inspector Faurot into the
charge that they had received money
from Edward +. McNevin, 922 Whitlock
avenue The Bronx, for suppression of a
story from the newspapers duplicating
McNevin.
McNevin IL an employee In the Comp
troller's office in the Municipal Building.
He swears in an affidavit that he paid
Maddox and Dolan So in a saloon in
The Bronx for suppression of the story
and agreed to pay them SEQ more. Both
detectives denied this, The story had TO
do with McNevin's relations with an
Agnes Leddy. now at the Woman's Hos
pital in 10th street.
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,lc u,i,rinot 80 49, ,.''.l WIN
HE 'rh,s .o"''a - ,r'i'S "'p'ora-
v.lopn,en, ~ o,r mtt"e ~ ur-
m, ri,nhl.. 5Saraa !" d re-
,rr,I ou,r,ars rhaso $500
who are engaged in ~. ,,rst"
melons. st~rawberries s. dene,d snY 49,.
ON tho white ,nercban, f,r IL ,,
cial side of their un~d.rtaktng IN. =,
products are sold directly "a hem or in.
directly through them They have M
voice in the settlement OF the m,,Iet
prices, The Hons share OF the prof, is
enjoyed by those white commission mcr-
chants who command the terms of trans
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carried out his duties efficiently, but
with smiling courtesy. He accepted my
assurances that what ! had laid on the
liable f"as all my pockets contained ~
baggage was then exmined carefully.
but In the same pleasant manner.
These operations nae occupied con-
siderable time and the train was due to
depart, but the inspector rushed to the
platform and spoke a few words to the
conductor. He hen returned to the
room and handed mt back my papers,
keys and money. He then personally
closed my bags, carried them from the
room to the train, put them IN my COM
parmeut, shook me warmly by the hand
and wished me Il pleasant journey.
Conductor Aids Traveller.
Such was my ntoduction to Germany.
The remainder OF the journey was
marked by similarly pleasant incidents,
The conductor OF the train wrote on "A
slip OF paper my route to Berlin the
stations at which | would have to
change, the times and other necessary
Information.
At ~Oberhausen. where ! changed for
Mulreim, | simply showed my ticket to
a porter, who led me to another plat
form, SHOWED me where to wait and
indicated what time the Berlin train
"'N'' i''NS ~ u was itiTlN All
hour, but in ample time my porter
showed up and rushed me into the sleep
ing car In my compartment | found a
big smiling German. who said something
In his own tongue. explained that IL
was my misfortune not to speak Ger
man, He Immediately began to talk to
me in English. It was a difficult pro-
cess for him as 1t was years since he
had had any occasion to use any
language but German. He tried to
make me feel comfortable and AT ease
by expressing the sincere hope that the
question between Germany and America
would be settled amicably, We talked
for "A couple of hours in the most
friendly vein.
Arriving in Berlin my good Samaritan
got a porter and a taxi and drove me
to m hotel, That is how / arrived
in Berlin and was treated by the Huns
and Barbarians.'
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WAR BABIES MOSTLY BOYS.
Nicnn, Rirth Statistics Hear Out
Popular Belief.

IrRiCH, June 3o-Statistics of births
in Jenna since last october hear out
the popular belief that more boys than
girls are born III tune of war. Part
of the figures dealing with mothers of
the poorest classes, fugitives from
GaliCia and the BukoWina. show hat of
j59 children born 3li were boys.
The Vienna Var sponsors Sucicty's
records show that among their protcgcs
births number 40 boys to 100 girls.
There Is a considerable increase in the
number of twins born.
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BERLIN HAS ITS ROLLS AGAIN
Decree Orders Bread To Ne NsJ.
From Wheat Flour.

RERLtN. June s-Berlin is happy aealp
II has been decreed that bread is io No.
cheaper and purer. J. 9. tho -four 4, 3,
hc wheat flour. less adulter1ted hy D..
tato meal The result has been the re-.
appearance of the old time crisp morn.
lng - IS. Never was any deIicacy 81.
joyod 80 much "a this breakfast lou
formerly indiferenily appreciated.
In his connection IL may II. oppp-tuts
10 correct erroneous reports or exnrn.
tant prices for foodstuNs I'm t3,rlin. Her.
Is a comparative price list OF the averag
staple products by the pound before TIA
wal and at present
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After all. the anti-Iapancse sentiment
IL rooted in racial prejudice intensified
by our non-assimilability. | cannot
really expect those Americans character
lied by their broad hearted C~osinopoli-
tauism to dislike their Oriental brethren
only because Of the superficial difference
of color. 1t must surely be that they
took offence at our naughty non-assimi-
lation, and consequently they considered
1t p%erilous to let the japanese come and
gather IN great uumber and enjoy an
equal citizenship.
The only defence against the expulsion
is their assimilation. which is in fact
the key Of the entire solution. THIS
assimilation, though I, may be some
what difficult for HroN mp emigrants.
will surely not he so for their young
children born and brought up In Amer
lea. Training In japanese education is
in this light nothing but sclf-destruc-
ton.
Some may charge me with lack OF pa
triotlc fervor. They may assert that
these japanese viii then he lost to
Japan forever. But to warrant them
success as emigrants nationality should
be d~isregarded We must guard against
the error OF ~coufounding the emigration
with the colonization, whicn last IL only
possible under the protection OF preIom-
mating political power. | say. the emil
grafton problem will mud its complete
solution only when those emigrants be-
come forever lost to Japan. The anti
japanese sentiment will gradually die
away a. these japanese become gradu-
ally Americans.
We shall find its radical solution when
there arc no more Japanese in America.
Just as England had the same experience
when the English culonizers became In
dependent Americans under the stars
and stripes.
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owing to such a social status the
Japanes" parents nave no definite course
in the education of their young children.
They would not confde their children
10 the exclusive care OF American teach
erS, as they never cease to think OF their
chance to go home some day, They ac-
knowledge the necessity OF preparing
their children for their future lie in
Japan and for this purpose they have
established several Japanese schools
with japanese teachers, by which means
they endeavor To implrt Japanese ed,l-
cation In addition to tn. resular lessons
taught I'm the American schools hy Amer
lean teachers.
The absence OF the intention for nor.
maueut settlement. the unsuscantfhiutv
of the Japanese to the process ~ assini-
lotlon and the lack Of daduit. cours. Il,
the education of tn. younr children ara
the three main no,nts which d.sory. ana
cj,l consideration
Auort from III. us,uli,r,y div
rumst,nr.s h.louyipy IA .arh inair,1w,,
II roes without saving ma, -, rorarg
AMI, success In .miyrn,fon nr .,t'"t,n
,Inn can n. urhi.v,l ujtb,u, ,b. H,,,
,asnlutinp :, sc,,,a r.rw,rr,,I, -"
decd the ad~vi.,hiruy az "a, ,r,.r,nr
for u~crnaurn. s.tt,.n,.ut is he,nrd iii
n,,,stjor Tho American c,r,irert ,i,h
lis ysst area of fcr,lIa land ami tsr
thinner Nomination r,,ur,uy ocfars
greater chance nf ua,eriai s,,css. Gov.
tha ,migrarts Than Jan,r WHERE nvirp
In the YEARLY increasing iut,nsity of com
ne,itlon for existence w,hin tho rarrnn.
territory 60, thi,L pi,b nonri,,ion ,,,a
is getting costlter and more disagr,cahle
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Unfortunately the growth of such "A
favorable tendency has been disastrously
checked by the land ownership qucs-
tion. II is needless to say that the pro-
hibitive legislation has thrown "A wet
blanket over the cnterprising spirit of
Japanese emigrauts. The evil effect Of
this legislation. however. lies not so much
In the present and the past as in the
future, for the number Of the Japanese
land owners and the total area of the
japanese owned land are not as yet
very great. The damage is greater
rather in the abstract sense. II con-
sists chiefly in the encouragement and
detection OF the Japanese.
They have been deprived of the inn
portant Stimuli Of industry and appli-
cation. The lease OF land has also been
restricted 10 the maximum term OF three
, years. No agricultural enterprises can
: any longer be schemed on n permanent
basis. 1t is, therefore. only natural that
since the enactment of the ~anti-Japanese
di~scrlminat!ve law japanese in CALI
fornia have begun to feel unsettled and
to show an apparent endeavor to become
as rich and wise as possible within the
shortest possible space OF time, with "A
view 10 starting a new and settled
career after going home with the money
thus gained and with the knowledge
nus acquired. before their constitutions
suffer from age and hard toll.
Consequently the majority of the Jap
arese enterprises have no solid and per-
mauent character, being good only for
temporary II passing investment. In
other words, their economic interests are
not firmly and ineNtrlcably connected
with the foundation Of the society they
live in.
This lack OF the intention For perma-
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ny Prof. -. kAWNDA.
~ the Imperial u~uiversity. Mt
IOtOI.

spsV
] make 1t my purpose here to point out
the defects n shortcomings Of the Jap
anese emigrants In California, as the
brighter side of the problem has already
been undertaken by numerous others.
Practical observation of the condition
OF our cmigrauts has disclosed to me
many important points which were quite
contrary to my expectation. The mode
ments. their activities and various other
phases of the japanese life there will
not fail to strike new visitors from Japan
Will a strange sense of astonishmeut not
unminglcd with disappointment.
Especially impressive Is the compare
tive infancy of the japanese economic
development In spite of the number of
years that have elapsed since our first
establishment on tho American continent
and the great number Of emigrauts that
have been settling there. These two
points may he Indicative Of the possible
unftness of the Japanese people for
emigration and colonization and at the
same time of the fact that the majority
NJ tho japanese people IN Calitornlt
have no resolution to settle for life and
have not one their best in laying down
the plan of their economic enterprises on
"A permanent basis. They appear To be
intent upon making AS much money as
they can within the shortest possible
period of time. For the perfect under
standing of the problem ! shall proceed
to dwell on the following three important
facts:
Until just before the enactment of the
anti-Japancsc land law In the California
Legislature there had been recognized
considerable change in the psychology Of
the JipuuCS" cmlg,ants Thcre htd
been noticed an important Increase in the
lumber of those settling down there for
"A permanent stay, marrying japanese
who were introduced tn them by means
of photographs sent over the ocean. Such
a tendency had been really propitious for
the development of our emigrants.
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At the American Consulate In Rotter-
dam, where | had my passport vised,
the atmosphere was deeply pessimistic
ana | was strongly advised against en-
tcring Germany at thit time. AT the
German Consulate, however. the atmos-
pherc was different, There was not
even a hint that / should not 20 TO
Germany nor a there the slightest
suggestion that any German-Amerlcan
question was pending,
There was friendly solicitude as to
how | WAS to -. along without any
knowledge Of canaan. The Consul
smiled wnon l cxpNncd that ! mad no
disquictudn on th.t point, as all Ger
mans | had ever met spoke English
win pIIlc.cncy.
"tlNt tormalitics must he gone
through asked
"Pra tically none he replied, when
YOU arrive at the front your papers and
btgg re viii he examined. At Berlin
present yourself at the nearest police
station a!ld your passport viii be
stamped with permission TO remain IN
Berlin"
At the frontier sti,ion Elton, my pass
port WAS examined by an officer who
spoke English with an American accent
] was asked where had come from
how ions ! utondcd to stay, the pir-
pnsoI " my visit and wherc intended
going 1ftcYw I'd. | answered frankly
aud fully \ card index was ther
searched to see suppose, w<ther my
name was oil any black lis,, was
then asked to step into u room and to
lay the contents of my pockets on a
table. The inspector who was with mt
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n cold reception from Americans. while
on the other they are after the absence
of a few years no longer ada pied to the
current social condition of their home
land. The stream Of cmirrants who
were to follow them is now cut of. They
are. as IT were. an isolated detachment.
II depends solely and mainly upon their
own power to fight out the pressing DIFF
nculties.
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N NO DIFFICULTY
IN JOURNEY TO BERLIN
Correspondent of "The Sun" Has High Praise for Cour-
tesy of German Railroad Officials Who Aided
Him When Situation Was Critical.

BERLIN. June lS-1t is almost impos-
sible to imagine a more complete COM
bination of adverse circumstances than
that which attended my entrance into
German. | had come from London. the
enemy's capital, and. I omake matters
worse. 1t was my announced intention OF
returning to that city.
| was entering IA country not only at
wal with most of the great nations of
the earth, but obliged through the Lust
tania incident and President Wilson :
first note to contemplate the United
States AS n prospective enemy. Added
to all this. the day | selected to entei
Germany was the one IN which the ten
sion Of that strained period was nearer
than any other to the breaking point,
because Bryan had just resigned.
To appreciate the difficulties of my po-
sition more thoroughly II must be re
membered hat to the German mind at
that time Bryan was hostile TO theii
country. hence it was argued If he re-
signed the terms Of Wilson's second note
must be so harsh that no hope of a
peaceful settlement between Germany
and America was left.
Despite all these disadvantages, in.
Guiding my ignorance of even a single
work OF German, every step of my jour
rcy to Berlin was marked with "A cour'
tesy and friendly h~elptJlness that would
have been remarkable even in normal
times.
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L0SnltS 10 Japan tmpOssibIe.
The noble spirit of Bushido. the blaz-
Ing sentiment Of loyalty and patriotism
can he only spontaneously i'nbibed
through leading. for many years, from
childhood. Japanese existence among
japanese compatriots In Japanese terri
tory. Such a spirit is born only OF SUR
rounding nature and society. The effect
OF mechanical education on the young
generation born. brought up and edu-
Gated in America among Americans j.
not difficult to imagine. How could they
be buyninsly patriotic toward a country
which they have never seen. of which
they have heard only? Patriotism is
really the longing. the sympathy. the
yearning for the place OF ones birth.
! feel that those young children will be
Inherently inclined to be more patriotic
oward America h a Japan. despite
mechanical education to frame their
patriotism in an artificial manner
Granted that the object of their cdu-
cation Was only the teaching of Japa-
mes" composition and conversation even
then the plan is by no means laudable.
With American lessons the young brains
are sufficiently heavily taxed. They viii
My groan under the additional dead
weight OF the japanese hieroglyphics.
Even II they could attain some degree
or proficiency In reading and writing
japanese letters there will be far less
occasion for them to display it than for
their fathers born and brought up in
Japan.
give them my frank counsel to leave
those young children to the sole care of
American teachers, without axing the
juvenile brains with the superfluous bur-
den OF Japanese lessons. American
teachers would certainly teach them how
to compete effectively for American life
with born Americans in American man
ner on American soil. As TO japanese
lessons, let them give them up entirely,
or rather give up first the idea of return
ing home with their families. That much
OF Japanese education is no sufficient
| equipment for the social competition in
Japan II may stay here or | may 20
nome and | must prepare my children
for either case" This is the Psychology
OF the American japanese. They are
"aNering between a duality OF objects.
Let the young children become pure
American or send them home early
enough TO take Japanese thought and
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Threat Against Girl.

The men turncd upon the girl and
compelled her 10 promise that she would
never reveal what she had seen. IF
you do we Will wash our hards in YOUR
blood" they told her, she said n tho
authorities. After promising to remain
mute the girl was forced by the men
to wash iae tloodstains from IN,
blanket after the body had been thrown
anto an old well.
Not far away stood an on team, and
In the wagon. says Mrs, Porter, was a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-02-06
JOHN BULL KEPT
BUSY |SSU c
WAR PASSPORTS

LONDON, Feb. 6.-Because of the
great pressure upon the passport de-
partment Of the Foreign Office, Lord
Grey is having an emergency building
erected in the court about which the
'arious branches of the foreign serv-
ice are grouped. The temporary shell
ter for the passport department is a.
large wooden structure hastily thrown
together.
A general order has been published
that all Bristish passports issued be-
fore August 5, 1914 to British sub
Jects now in the British Isles will be-
come invalid Immediately. Passports
issued before the war and held by
Britishers now in France, Spain Por-
tugal, Italy, Switzerland, and Holland.
Denmark, Norwav and Sweden will
become invalid on March 1.