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LONDON; -S FartEy
French- Writer Tells;
of Duke's Love Affair
D A D ! GL - Irrigation Scheme
For Great District
IIIII0I1S FIGHT
RRIGATIOtl WILL
BE APPLIED TO
KAISER WILHLLM IN NORWAY
Represents Italy
May Be .Given Setback If
; They Lose Power-Now They
1 Will Be Put Back Years fn
Their Progress. ; ,
Francois de Tessan Cals Love
Sir William Wilicocks Outlines
' Match Charming Bit of Life
Interest of Two Continents,
Europe and America. ,
Plans for Great Undertaking
: Between1 the Tigris and the
Euphrates. , ,
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THE OREGON .SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910.
VlENN
CUPID WATCHES
OVER ABRUZZl
ELKIHS ROMANCE
Fi RIGHTS III
: GREAT BRITAIN
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ASIA 111 LAIID
By Charles P. Stewart.
(United Presi Letced W1p.J
London, 1 (Sept 17 With ths. opening
of the 'Labor Union congress at Shef
. field this week there commenced one of
,,tbe biggest agitatipns that Great Brit
ain lias ever known. The unions are
struggling for-their very existence as
,i a political, force. If they win ft means
an Increase in power to them sufficient
to put-themorr an equality with the
i two other great political parties;, should
they lose, It will revert to the position
1 held by them 15 or SO years ago. ,
Tor In England" parliamentary ln
- fluence -power to initiate, support or
defeat legislation -Is the -one great
weapon of . the labor unions. In their
case economical considerations chiefly i
- the great surplus of unsullied and non-1
union labor make the use of the strike
by. no means so formidable as In other
countries. Of cnurce, the great organi
sation oould. If It wished, at any
time, order a strike which would par
, alys the life of the" nation! but publle
opinion would be against them, and they
would receive opposition from many of
those who support them. In their" parlia
mentary aspirations. And so none of
the labor leaders care about recommend-
" Ing; strikes; they pin tnelr faith to what
they can accomplish in the house of
commons,
Positively Serious.
But this makes the present position
' all the more serious. By the recent de
cision in what Is known as the Os
' . borne case a labor union cannot law
fully compel Its members to contribute
to the support of membeas of paflla
ment who have been sent there on be
half of the union; in fact. If the
Judgment be taken literally, It Is ille
gal for a single cent of the funds of the
unions to he devoted to any object
which happens to have the very remot
est political association.
; Therefore, at any costs, say thet un
ions, this decision, must be reversed.
Their duty is to tut such pressure on
C've government as' will be sufficient, in
cite of opposition, to make them pass
such legislation as will, onoe for all, put
the political powers or the unions on a
legal footing. An agitation, bigger than
anything ever known before, must at
. once be started and carried out success
fully. Ministers must be squeezed un
til they yield out of sheer desperation.
And in this campaign the unions have
behind them knowledge of a great vic
tory on a similar point, and this with
out the aidf a great national crusade
.like that now to be entered npon,;y.,This
i occurred on a railroad In Wales. The
i company asked the courts to grant an
' injunction preventing picketing on-the
part of the company's servants' union
and of two labor , off lclala sent dowrr
from headquarters to organize the fight
The union pleaded that. It could not be
sued In Its own name, but the supreme j
court granted the Injunction and In a
subsequent suit. the union had heavy!
damages given against It Here again it
was pleaded that the funds of the union
could not be held liable for any wrong-!
ful acts of its officials, out the courts
decided against them on this point also.
' Immediately the unions were placed
' In a most serious position, because hith
erto they bed always believed that their
funds were immune as tney could not
be sued as a corporation. But If the
contrary" were held to be the law - It
would always be open to any combine.
" "tlon of employers to sue a union on
some pretext or other and continue the
,.. . litigation until the union ; funds were
exhausted and a dletmndment became
, inevitable. At once, therefore, the un-
, Ions started a fight to secure legisla
tion which would render their position
safe.
.;. To some extent the government was
In sympathy with them Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman was then pre-
mler and went so far as to Introduce a
traces disputes bill on nls own account
But although It was all right so far
as It went U dtd not satisfy the labor
members of parliament, who aimed at
laws which gave absolute Immunity to
the funds of labor union from actions
; for tort that Is. action for any legal
wrongs apart from matters arising out
; ef the contract '
Torcts Brought Tato Tlmy.
All the forces of the unions wereVt
once brought Into play. Ministers were
bullied, threatened, wheedled and ea-
joled In turn. , Meetmga, deputations
and petitions frojt. every part of the
country all came to trie support of the
labor members la parliament Probably
for the first time the government of the
day recognised the strength of the
movement throughout the country. At
any rate, they yielded.-. Campbell Ban.
nerman threw over the bill of his own
attorney general and accepted that pro
posed by, the labor party Just as" It
. stood.
. , This happened only four years ago.
Blnce that time the union and their
members In parliament . have gained
both in numbers and prestige. They
have successfully, ., carried through a
mall program of social legislation of
their own and the reputation of the
, leaders ranks high.- And so they think
,, that what they accomplish over the
trades disputes bill they are capable of
. repeating.' ' :v ;.w .
Two obstacles face them, One Is the
repeated refusal of the cabinet to con
- aider any legislation on the matter dur-
lnr the lifetime of the oresent carlla.
ment; the other is the opposition, being
encountered in their own rank.
It 1 possible that tne former obsta
' ele may be surmounted; If things come
to the worst, -ministers- are hardlv
, strong enough to face an Open breech
'wltn the labor party; but the other is
more serious. It arises from the fact
that many of the present members of
the labor party in parliament are
; avowed Socialists and that quite a num
'ber of the, non-goclaiistio members of
the unions object to paying towards
.their , support So, therefore, even
should the scruples of the cabinet be
j overcome end legislation passed author
I i ' flnmnnlBnPU IftW fin lahflM
im iiiifllH iur V f fiwiwui uunm-
( lets toward tne support or tneir mem
Jbers or parliament senoua spilt migin
- . pernaps ronow. , . , ,
Anti-Socialist lection.
The antl-Soclallst section among the
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A picture of the Kaiser Wllhelm of Germany during hie recent holiday in Norway, the photograph show
ing him at Waugshoes on; the Songe Fjord, near which a statue of the legendary hero of Norway,,
Frldtjof the Bold, presented by the German emperor, Is to be erected. His imperial highness is Bhown
"surrounded by the painter M. Hans Dahl, Professor Unger, the German sculptor and the marine painter
Professor Stoewer. This was not the first time the German emperor visited Norway. He has made it
a vacation point at intervals for many years. The people always receive him enthusiastically.
labor unionists complain that last year
the support - of avowtdly Socialistic
member cost S6240 in salaries alone;
towards this the purely Socialists or
ganization orrly contributed 11150. With
this proportion spread over a number of
years the ahtl-&ociallsta think they have
been defrauded and have been paying
for the propagation of doctrines to
which they are strenuously opposed.
Furthermore they claim that on this
point they have the support of the great
majority of the unionists throughout ;
the country. i
They base their contention on . tnese
circumstances. When Osbarno Judg
ment, they say, rendered the compul
sory levies for the support of labor
members of parliament Illegal, there
was no reason why a system of volun
tary payments should not be success
fully Instituted. As' a matter of fact
this wm tried and was a laiiure. un
that account say the anti-Socialists, It
Is clearly proven that the great body
of unionists disapproved of the pres-
hce of Socialists In their ranka, but to
this the other faction replies that it
has been so much a case of unwilling
ness to contribute as of difficulty of
collection. . . 1 .
It U more than probable that the
latter contention Is true. So small are
the amounts paid to the labor party,
but so many and scattered are the or
ganisations paying that the difficulty
of getting themoney unless the contri
bution Is compulsory on a certain date,
must be Immense. .
Last year, 1SS labor unions, with a
membership of 1.450,648, were- affiliated
with the labor party. These contributed
15 shillings, S. 60, per 1000 members for
purposes of party administration. In
addition to this a payment of 4 oents
per year was made to the parliamentary
fund. This fund bears the cost of the
maintenance of the labor members In
the house of commons and 25 per cent
of the election expenses. The remainder
of the election expenses are borne by
the particular organisation to which the
member belongs.
The members -of parliament receive
$1040 per annum from the labor party,
and in many Instances this Is suppl
men ted by their trade organisation. It
Is the raising of this sum that the Os
borne Judgment has rendered illegal.
Assuming that the malcontents tn the
party are voted down, but the govern
ment remains .obdurate, ah Interesting
situation will arise. It Is quite possi
ble the labouiarty, holding the balance
between the government and the oppo
sition, might suoeeed In defeating the
government oa some critical division in
the house of commons. .But even this
would, not bring the unions much nearer
to their goali la all probability they
win go on quite airrerem lines.
In the first place, it Is hoped that
the great national campaign now start
lng will create such a, strong force of
publlo opinion that do government in
the future would be able to refuse the
labor demands. But apart from this,
several Interesting ' solutions present
themselves. ' For Instance, in ' the nor
mal way. It would be tontempt of court
for the unions to continue making com
pulsory levies toward the support of
members of parliament ; But the point
arises: ; Has not the trades dispute bill
put them In a position" by themselves
In this respect? Could they bts punished
for contempt of court? 'They certainly
could not be sued, under the present
state of the law, for libel and slander,
Would" they be equally Immune fromfl
me consequences oi . ueiying me law I
ISore and More Doubtful
The point U more than doubtful and
might very, -well be tested.. It would
certainly confirm the worst apprehen
slon of the enemies of tthe trades ais-
tintons were oelhg made into a privi
leged class and being placed right above
the law, au me same n would be an
effective solution of the present dlffl
culty. Whether, however, the leaders In
face of the present crisis, will have the
nerve to attempt it Is somewhat doubt
ful. ,
In all probability the most likely solu
tion of the situation will be In the na
ture of a compromise. The cabinet Is
ready to legislate in .the direction of
the payment of members ef parliament
and of the fee of returning officers at
election the latter a very serious Item,
This would go a long way toward put
ting matters right although the Labor
party will not accept It aa the solution
of the difficulty, but oirty as an In
stallment Their argument Is that even
this would not be sufficient for the ex
pense Incurred In keeping up a contin
ual fight In a constituency and of the
main propaganda funds, and in the case
where a candidate was striving to enter
parliament for the first time it would
not help him at all. But it, however,
the government passed a short act mak
ing legal a compulsory levy for a gen
eral political campaign fund, giving gen
eral powers to the labor unions to par
ticipate In political matters, and then
added the payment of members and par
tial election expenses everyone would be
satisfied. There Is no objection In prin
ciple. Everyone agrees that labor rep
resentation Is desirable; that without
labor members the house of commons
cannot be truly representative. And to
quote the attorney general of England,
Sir William Robinson: "It Is nlthr
wise nor right that the whole cost of
procuring suitable representation for
the working classes should be cast upon
them."
But.untll that point Is reached the big
fight will go on.
CURIOUS FORECASTS
MADE BY EGYPTIAN
(PublMien' rnu teesed tnre.)
Cairo, Sept 17 Some curious fore-
easts are made by Sheikh Mahmoud, an
Egyptian astrologer, who predicted In
his review, Tawalch el Halouk," the
murder ef the Premier Boutros Pasha,
and the appointment ot Suld Pasha as
his succossor, and also prophesied the J
death of King Edward for the month
of May.- Among coming events ShelkTi
Mahmoud predicts the early death of
the present sultan and the perpetration
of murder by the Nationalist party
during the coming year, " He declares
that King George will annex three Mos
lem cities, but that Elgypt will hot
receive a constitution during his reign.
France will Increase In importance dur
ing the next few years, while the Turk
ish Influence will wane In Arabia, a
large portion of which will fall into
the hands of Great Britain. In add!
tion, sir jsiaon uorst wm in the near
future be raised to a peerage.
MUCH INTEREST IN
. . BENGALI CONSPIRACY
;' ' (Pnbltaheti' Prmi tetwd W1re.l
Calcutta, Sept 17 Public 'Interest In
Bengal centers arounS the conspiracy
trial at Dacca. The crown has produced
a Bengali agent who penetrated Into the
secret society and was even admitted
to the Inner council. -This man de
scribed the organization and explained
how dacoltle were planned and arms
collected. Ha stated that some Euro
peans at NaralngaJ who did not care
whether British rule was overthrown
or " not , were selling rma
to the- natives. In working up the pros
ent case the police, adopted European
methods, and they are .not depending
either, upon mrormers orconfesslons,
AnotWer arrrBt has taketwplace tn con
nection with the cnsel'hsjirlsottexs
BtrTtarmirwrriif6erDFthe students,
who assemble in crowds to witness their
march to the, court. The authoress of
the book "Slrkhar Balldsh" denies that
Mr. Surendranath Banerjee wrote the
preface, as suggested by the prosecuting
counsel in tne trial.
DUBLIN
BALKS
AT JEFF-JACK
FIGHT SHOWS
Archbishop Walsh Protests
Publicly Against Allowing
Exhibition of Contest Pic
tures. (Pnbltrtitrt' Prtm Laied Wire.)
Dublin, Sept 1?. It is possible that
the prize fight at Reno, Nevada, be
tween Johnson and Jeffries may lead
to a narltomAntnrv AHftt th.
k f - ' . ww l J . , i u
Tight of cities to manage their own in
ternal affairs without the Intervention
of the Imperial government or any of
Its appointees.
Recently the managers of the pic
tures of the fight sought to exhlBlt
them In this city. . Their effort de
veloped the fact that the municipality
had' no power to prevent the exhibit
There was a strong publlo sentiment
against the display.
Archbishop Walsh came out with a
strong protest publicly against allow
ing the pictures to be shown. He said
in a letter to the mavor:
"I saw with satisfaction that th T.on.
aon county council expressed a strong
opinion aaverse to tne exhibition In Lon-
aon oi a cinematograph' reproduction
of the brutallsing Johnson-Jeffries
ngnt. .
"Now it appears that Dublin "u tn h.
made a sort of Jumplng-off ground for
the display. Things being as they ar,
the cinematograph display will be at-
tenaea ny erowded audiences. That. un.
fortunately, we cannot help. But we can
at all events register a protest against
IX.
The license was granted, however.
ana me snow was given. One of the
municipal bodies considered the matter
and concluded that the city could not
Interfere. In an official report it de
clared that the cities in Ireland were
powerless to act In such matters owing
to tne imperial government s assumed
perogatlves in respeot to them.
. .......
xne jnsn noouny- is getting some
herd knocks. A few days ago'tha Earl
of Courtown was fined for allowing his
worxmen to use a net in fishing in
the river Cunavarra, without, a license.
The net was also confiscated.
A monrnian iura not long ago wa
knocked out of a public house In Belfast
city for singing after hours.' And the fi
nancial officers of the Earl of Clnn-
carly were threshed out In the bank
ruptcy court 1 .',
A dumb man seated -In a dress circle
of the Theatre Boyar, cred a sejisa
tlon by getting fip and gesticulating.
Then ne sat aown na enjoyed the show
After a while he scribbled on a card
"I cannot speak a word; please remove
your hat," and gave It to a woman
seated In the row before him.. The
young woman, who was wearing the
enormous hat, complied with his re
Fast 'Train Service.
(Puhllhri Prt tiued Wire.)
Cape Town, Sept. 17. The experi
mental flying express train from Jo
hannesburg accomplished a Journey ex
tending over 1000 miles In 854 hours.
Paris, Sept 17. The love romance
of the Duke of Abruzcl and Miss
Katherine. Elklns, daughter of United
Slates Senator Elklns, ts attracting in
creasing attention An Paris due to
recent developments that Indicate that
Cupid Is strictly. o,n the Job."
And strange to behold the comments
on the subject are unusually friendly
toward the probable union of the two
Usually, in similar affairs, this isn't
io. The Frenchman usually scorns the
American; he hates the English and he
loathes the German; but he scorns the
Vmericah. The thick necked cab
driver, who beats his poor horse to
ieath cheats the eye teeth out of his
'are, and then goes home to salt his !
money down and choke his wife insen- j
Mblv calls the American a pig. The
Vmarlcan only fares for dollars; he
tas no refinement. , L '
So usually, when Paris and France
comment upon the marriage, of a red
faced, dissipated, bankrupt and disso
lute nobleman of Europe, with an
American heiress, it is with some such
remark as: "He would have done better
marry his mother'H cook."
" The Duke of Abiuzzl Is well thought
of In Europe, He appears to be an
uncommonly clevr sort of chap. And
when one takes his good qualities Into
consideration. It is. all the more won
derful that France should take such a
really ken delight In the report that
the wedding Is a sure thing.
Franoot de Tessan has written an
article on, the subject for La Llberte.
He snys:
"It Is charming, this romance, and
exquisite In Its varying phases. It takes
us from the shores of flowery Florida
to the .Himalayas; through; the court
of' Italy and Into the bairn of Turin.
It is interesting all the way.
"The most varied people mix in this
story, which has for its chief charac
ters a really likable prince' and a decid
edly charming American. There is a
king and count of Turin! a queen and
without doubt a collection of grand
dames fussing and fuming for and
against the match. There are two
camps: The old fashioned folk who
wish to uphold the traditions of nobil
ity, and the more modern ones who
see nothing out of place in the marriage
with an American. Rome and Wash
ington have become two seething cen
ters of news; almost dally one hears
that the engagement Is off or that the
marriage is imminent; or that the pret
ty girl is affianced to another and the
duke Is In exile.
"But, love watches. The. romance Is
not broken and the mysterious denou
ment Is preparing in the shadow. To
day We know that the lovers are al
ways in correspondence with one
another and are only awaiting a more
favorable time. Only the last chap
ter 'Constancy triumphs over all ob
stacles,' needs to be written. The king
of Italy has withdrawn his objections,
which were never more than protoco
lary. "The duke will go to Washington in
November as the guest of the Italian
ambassador. He will deliver some lec
tures on his travels. But he la soon
to be promoted to a rear admhralcy and
it is then understood that he will then
formally ask his cousin the king, for
permission to wed his sweetheart for
whom he has been waiting for two
years. Everywhere everyone seems
willing that the American girl shall
come Into the Italian court as a full
royal-princess.
. "As to M-lss Elklns herself, she has
well won her title of Duchess of the.
Abruzzt by her faithful (onderness
toward the prince. All In all It is a
very beautiful romance!"
Minister of War Brun has Just made
publlo a very interesting document
A supplementary pay is to be given
to officers and men engaged in- the
work of aviation. The pay runs aa
follows:
On aviation duty, but making no
flights, officers will be paid 30 cents
a day extra; adjutants, 15 cents, and
minor non-coms., 8 cents a day.
For ascents there-are three classes
of aviators: Aeroplanlsts, dirigible
operators and balloonlsts.
Aeroplanlsts will receive, for flights
over three miles and up to two hours
duration, a dollar an hour; from two to
six hours, 3 an hour. The dirigible
men will receive if flight is over half
an hour, 'a dollar an hour, over two
hours and under six, $2, .and over six,
13 per hour. And lastly for free bal
loons, the Increase Is CO cents, fl and
for ascents of time similar to thbse
for dirtgibles.
A cry of alarm has raised the roof
of France several Inches and it is on
the subject of the usefulness of the
rifles now In use in the French army.
No lees a person than Lieutenant Col
onel Rousset declares that in case of
war the arma would be of little use and
that they would, have to be thrown
away in less .than three months.
About a year ago a French admiral
remarked that none of the French
ships was ready for battle. He was
promptly dismissed from the service.
The minister of the navy, however,
after an investigation was made by
a commission of deputies, saw that the
admiral was correct and slyly, when
nobody - was . looking, handed back to
the officer a plum greater than that
which was taken away from htm. .
The present hullabaloo may get some
one into similar trouble though at
present General Brun la tod tickled
over his new division of aeroplanes to
pay much attention to anything else.
He only says pooh pooh and lets It go
at that. RouHset, however, can't keep
quiet. Right after -Minister of War
Brun handed htm the pooh pooh re
ferred to, he wrote a little piece for the
papers. ' He said: -
"With the lovely optimism which is
habitual with the minister of war, he
wishes to Inform us. that, the rifle,
model 1888. is 'an asm excellente". He
say it Is aargpod as the rifles of other
nowers. lie is misiaKen
The rifle. - modi-1 18S.fi called tha
tTebel 18 'TOffllflcTeTy-wora out And
the barrel is too short . for the cart
ridges used In the. service. The repeat
ing mechanism Vs but little better, and
work very badly. The' rifling, has
been entirely - wern away by , lpng
usage. There! one has the ( truth
about ft"
i
The Marchess de Bugnano, wife of
the ambassador extraordinary sent
.by Italy to- the Mexican centen
nial which begins next. month.
PRIESTS TAKE
T
Mandate of His Holiness. Pope
Pius Being Carried Out in
Milan, Turin and in City of
Venice.
By Clement J. Barrett. ,
(Puhlidhen' Vt -teewd Wlrt.)
Rome, Sept 17. Pope Pious is, above
all things, a reformer. He is up to date
in many respects, but there are some
things concerning which he holds to old
fashioned Ideas. He loves old friends.
also books, the old style of music and
the good old fashioned style of cooking.
The holy father, however, thinks the"
world of fashion is about 60 years ahead
of the time. He recently declared that
some women were running mad In re
spect to dress. He was not averse to
women making themselves attractive;
in fact It was their nature to do so, but
he said there was a wide difference be
tween a fashionably dressed woman and
a woman whose dress bordered on the In
decent. He has requested bishops to use
some remarks on the subject.
Acting upon his suggestion many
priests in Milan, Turin and Venice, the
latter his old home, have taken up the
matter, and in their sermons have de
nounced women, young and old, who ap
pear publicly In "scandalous attire."
One priest at Milan said that womenof
that class were a menace to their fam
ilies and to the community. He also
saw a woman who appeared in the chan
tecler outfit needed either the care of an
expert on mental diseases or the sur
veillance of the relatives.
Many women Indorse their appear
ances. The Milan police have prohibited the
performance of the drama, "From the
Height to ths Abyss," by Albert Ollvo.
Ollvo, some years ago, murdered his
wife at Milan, cut the body into pieces,
proceeded to Genoa, where he hired a
boat and In view of the people threw the
body Piece by piece into the water. He
was arrested and charged with the
murder, but was declared of unsound
mind, and after being detained for some
time was discharged. He has now writ
ten the drama above mentioned, the
story of the crime in horrible detail,
but the authorities have stepped in to
prevent the performance.
The Italian parliament will probably
consider a scheme to rebuild the gov
ernment nronerly destroyed with the
1908 earthquake.
An English syndicate has made a pro
posal to the Italian government to re
build It. It Is ready to undertake the
construction of the piers, breakwater,
ferrv sIIds. .oiillltary barracks, uni
versity, court buildings, goal, postof
flces. governor's offices and residence,
City hall, sewerage, drainage, etc., to be
comoleted In five years, a L,onaon rirm
will advance the government 123,000 to
carry out the work. ,
a st ranee story comes from the St
Antoine Hospital, and it seems to bear
all the earmarks of truth. It Is said
that a skillful visiting physician was in
reality a woman masquerading. It
seems that a certain "MaJ. Falconl," had
been calling at the hospital lending his
assistance to the staff, and no suspicion
of anything being Irregular arose Until
the attention of one .of the regular doc
tors was called to tho fact .that MaJ,
Falconl was supposed to be In Swltser
land.- The major was not unknown to
some of the staff, ad it was remark
able that If he was being Impersonated
the substitute bore ,an extraordinary
likeness to the original.
The doctors-, however, determined to
get at the bottom of the mystery, and
sent an official to call at the major's
residence. The door was opened by the
major's hosekeeper, Emilia Boat, and no
lsoonciLhad th.eJb.03.
man (Iie leu cuuiimxu iiiai iui w m.
person wno na oeen in oisgmse mi n
pjiyslclan at the hospital He Inquired
fr Major Falconl, and "being Informed
that the major was not home, returned
to the hospital and assured the director
that "Major (.Falconl" was a woman In
A
E
disguise." ' y. -f '
'By Herbert A. White. ,
Berlin Correspondent of the United Press,
Berlin, Sept 17. The celebrated Eng.
Ush 'engineer Sir William Wllleooks, is
now engaged in a gigantic scheme df
Irrigation for transiormlnr large areas
of Asia Minor, situated between the
rivers Tigris and Eupnrates, from bar
ren soli Into land productive In U
highest degree. When the work is com
pleted In about 10 years' time there
will be almost unlimited opportunities
for agricultural and commercial enter
prises in those parts of Asia Minor
which are now practically olosed to
capitalists from , the outside world.
Aimougn Tumey as tne possessor or
Asia Minor wJ.i be the gainer by the
change wrought in that country, there
la no reason, why the United States
8houldnQtJhare Jin the commercial
profits to be derived from this virgin
territory. Turkey, herself, does not
possess the financial resources neces- i
sary to develop a country of this mag- i
nltude, , and consequently foreign la- ;
vestors will be welcomed on terms that
will enable them to secure big dividends
In the ancient Empire of Babylon and t
Nineveh. , . , - 4
, . Country Described.
The country which Sir William Will- j
cocks Is about to irrigate lies between j
the head' of the Persian gulf and the :
town of Kekrlt on the river Tigris In ,
Mesqpotanla. This immense area has
beenrllvlded into 15 sections which esn
be 4Q&gated simultaneously or one after t
theother, according to the amount of
money available for carrying out the
wqrk The area Includes 40,000 square
miles of alluvial soil, every square
inch of which is capable Of being irri
gated and cultivated.
The general scheme Includes the im
provement of the rivers Tigris and
Euphrates as a means of transportation,
and the construction of canals for the
same purpose. At the present, moment
only a very Inconsiderable portion of
this naturally rich country is under cul
tivation, and the means of transporta
tion are altogether Inadequate.
Sir William Wilicocks, who has al
ready gained fame as the originator
and director of that vast scheme of
irrigation which under the auspices of
the EngliBh government so augmented
the prosperity of Egypt- has made the
following statement on his new task
in Asia Minor:
"As an irrigation engineer, Interested
In reclaiming the country, I have noth
ing to do with politics. -1 have worked
abroad all. my life Just as while I ata
Indian salt I considered myself an In
dian, and while I ate Egyptian salt I
considered myself an Egyptian, so, if
I were to eat Turkish salt I would con
sider myself a Turk. Whether England
finds the money, or Germany, or France,
or all three together, is a matter of In
difference to me; my Interests would be
those of Turkey." :.,; ;, . , , ., .
In reply to a question whether or '
not ,he is personally confident of the
success of the new enterprise Sir Wil
liam Wilicocks answered:
Irrigation a Bolence.
Irrigation Is an exact science, and
those who know most are Justified In
being most confident
I have some authority tor mv nnln.
lon, as I have been engaged In Irriga
tion and agriculture for over so vr
in Egypt and India, one on either side
of Mesopotania, and almost in the same
latnuue. I consider that Mesopotania
will be the most auecesafiil field of
Irrigation. The agricultural wealth of "
that country will be one of the facts of
the twentieth century. At a moderate
calculation It Is a 11,250,000.000 of
money of that land. And agricultural
wealth, differs from a gold mine in
being inexhaustible, Some 70 rears aso
Mehemit All. the founder or modern
Egypt, offered to exchange the Pashalic
of Cairo for that Of Bagdad. If his
offer had been accented hla'-hle-hneaa
the khedlve would have ruled today a
country richer than Egypt. .In seven
years the population of Egypt has in
creased from Z.IOO.OOO to over 10.000,000.
The day the politicians allow ths recla
mation work to carried out In Meso
potania there will be an outlet for agri
cultural irrigation, ana pumping ma
chinery will find work for many fac
tory hands m Europe and cotton for
many a loom.
Mesopotania is one of ths lands of ths
future. It Is one hugs opportunity.
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD
BOY FOREIGN MINISTER
PubllihrV Pre LetMd Wire.) -Tangier.
Sept 17. A. new ,overier
Of the Tangier-district - has been p-"
pointed, the 17-year-old son 'of El Mok-
rl, the Moorish foreign minister. He
entered on his duties with-, military
honors and artillery salutes.
Ths governor is a pleasant-mannered
boy, and the inhabitants were delighxtj
wua me way n wuui , n . rciUii
their welcome.
LOTTERY TICKET IS
BURIED WITH CORPSE;
: KIN CLAIM MONEY
4 Brussels, Sept IT. A romance 4
has just been unfolded lit connec- 4 '
w tion with the recent Brussels tot-
tery. For some time the chief
O prize of $40,000 went unclaimed,
and the. identity of the winner
has Just been established in 1 4
remarkable manner, ,';-; v
A young Belgian, aged 19, hed"4
w purchased a ticket for the lottery.
4 and shortly ' afterward he was
killed, A few days before tho
4 result of the .lottery wa an- .
4 nounced, he wn burh-d, a"ctrd-
S Ing to -custom. in "his Sumiay
4 clothes. tt'ome weeks passed, ami
no, claimant 'tenia' forward for
v the first prise: Friends remain-
' bered that he had lottery ticket ,
In the walstroet pocket of hi
were. aske! rr permission
have the body-exhumed. The re-
4 quest was granted, and the win- 4
ntng tlf-ket wis tu4 in the '! i
;rran' cloth's.. Ills rela'U-ee now 1
' claim the money. ' , , J4
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