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The Emperor, in his address to the pleni- potentiaries, says that "if in consequence of the conciliatory spirit of our opponent, hostiliiies could be ended, nothing would be more satisfactory." He instructs them to use every effort to secure a peace upon a durable basis. (R,)
It is rumoured here that the "Potemkin" has been blown up at Theodosia. ( Reuter.)
The report that the "Potemkin" has been blown up is baseless.
The officials went on board and found that a committee of seven is in command, and that the crew numbers 760.
The latest report is that she has put to sea after a British collier.
The Russian torpedo-boat "Syetlivi," manned by officers, arrived after the "Potemkin" had left. She coaled and left to continue the pursuit. ( Reuter.)
As a result of the drought many of the northern, central and southern provinces of Russia are threatened with famine. (Reszer.)
The French papers state that divers raised the submarine which sunk at Bizerta in 40 feet of water, and found the crew alive. The officials are silent. ( Reuter.)
The fate of the crew of the submarine is still uncertain. ( Heuter.)
M. Thomson, Minister of Marine, has left for Bizerta. The attempts to refloat the submarine "Farfadet" continue. Fears are entertained for the safety of the crew. ( Havas.)
The Japanese loan is quoted at a premium of one. ( Reuter.)
M. Rouvier announced to the Council of Ministers that an agreement with Germany is imminent. (Havas.;
Yorkshire beat Somerset by an innings and 149 runs. Kent beat Gloucestershire by an innings and 162 runs, - ( Reuter.)
H.H, Prince Kamel el Din Hussein returned to Cairo yesterday. .
During the absence of the Procureur-General, his functions will be performed by the Advocate- General, Safouat Bey.
During the absence on leave of the Rev. Norman-Lee, C.F., his duties at Alexandria are being carried out by the Rev. A.H. Manning.
The following visitors are staying at the Beau-Rivage Hotel, Ramleh : Mr. and
Mrs, A. Bramall and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boyd Me Rene and family, Mr.
P. T. Davies, Miss M. Stevens, Cav. and Mme Ugo Luzzatto and family, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Daffa and family, Miss L. Isler, Mr. and Mrs. L. Boustros, Mr. and
Mrs. I. David,
will close at the G.P.O., Alexandria, at 3.15 p.m. on Monday next.
has appeared in Kafr Azab Ghonaimy, Minet-él-Kambh district.
Yesterday's bulletin records two more cases at Alexandria, one of whith was fatal.
Ex Nanas Fort is to be transferred from the War Office to the Alexandria municipal authorities.
A Greek girl of 10 years was drowned yesterday while bathing in the sea near Ibrahimieh. Her body has not yet been recovered.
We hear that a delegate of the Quarantine Board will be sent, to Kamaran Island to discuss the sanitary measures during next year's pilgrimage.
From January next 'the Fa- youm province will form a separate irrigation
circle, its chief inspector being
S vessels passed through the Canal on the 5th inst., 5 cf which were British, 1 German, 1 Russian, 1 Danish. he day's receipt were frs, 244,555.31, making the total from the Ist inst. frs. 1,512,060.46.
A Jew named
Dous found in the !Waily district of Cairo during the night of Sunday aud at daylight on Monday, and in Zeitoun during the night of Monday and at daylight on Tuesday, will be poisoned by the police. ; .
The production of Ali Baba, or The Forty T hieves at the Alhambra this evening promises to bea great ; judging by the preparations which ide beer made. A matinée performance will be given to-morrow.
From the Ist January to the 6th July 471,804 tons of coal were import- ed into Egypt. Wales sent 269,658, Newcastle 92,506, Scotland 65,132, Yoikshire 26,98; and other places 17,632 tons. During ti same period of last year 497,494 tons were received.
In a cosmopolitan country like Egypt it is very useful to kwiow several lan- guages. ''hat goes without saying. But for commercial men this truth is an axiom. And as the "Eg¥ptian Gazette" truly said: "In Egypt the commercial traveller must be a linguist and something of a diplomat." Now, if it is sometimes difficult to acquire this last quality, it ison the other hand very easy to learn a foreign language in a short time, thanks to the Berlitz Schools, of Cairo and of Alex- andria. [Advt.]
WINDSOR HOTEL, ALEXANDRIA.
'time in the afternoon—and [ am sure if chey '
tion of a volunteer corps for the extermination
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TURKISH NERVOUSNESS.
We hear trom Syrian correspondents>that the steady advance of the Arab rebels
of the Yemen and the claims of the successful
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A telegram from Constantinople states that atrivals from Alexandria are now subjected to five days' quarantine and disinfection.
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From a statement showing the imports to and exports from Gambela, a trading station in Abyssinia, situated on the upper waters of the Ban River, in 1904 and 1905, we note that the amoünt of ivory exported in 1904 was 20 rotls, against 1 kantar 19,rotls in 1905 ; coffee 68 kantars," against 800 kantars; wax 38 kantars, against 310 kantars ; zabad 15 rotls, against 2 rotls ; mules 21 against 4, and oxen 164 against nil. 'he imports into Gambela in 1904 of sundry goods were valued at £450, as against £1,650 in 1905. The 1905 state- ment repre-ents trade up to the middle of April only, after which*considerable emounts are being seat from Khartoum and a good result is expected.
Dear Sir,—Asa resident of Ghezireh it has | occurred to me that with the assistance of others & campaign may well be started against the mosquitoes with the idea of reducing their numbers, as they are at present a pest. I have
tried all kinds of preparations, such as mos-
quito terrors and othef8, and I find that al- though my acquaintances are inclined to avoid me in consequenéé, the mosquitoes are mote' attentive than ever. There are many gentle- men in Government positions with nothing to do—I beg their pardon, I mean with spare
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came together they could agree tothe forma- |
of reptiles and flies and mosquitoes. 'I'he corps might be called the G. A.M. B. (Ghezireh Anti- | Mosquito Brigade) and it would not take long | to appoint a commandant and a permanent | staff. Although I should object to ladies in
'administrative appointments, there is no reason
why they should not join the rank and file, provided they are medically fit and active. Of | course at present there is no necessity for a band or @ distinctive uniform, but that would no doubt come in time. As a temporary measure oil might be obtained from the street lamps, but if the corps got popular, recruits on joining might provide themselves with bottles of paraffio, and tlie large hotels and officers on promotion might present it by the barrel. My proposal is to attract the mosquitoes with some of the numerous anti-mosquito solutions laid down in soup plates,and once having got t) destroy them with paraffin oil. [
'The extermination of these insects would be a boon to the inhabitants of Ghezireh, and al- though at present] am not in a position to offer financial recompense there is still the pos-
sibility that, if the G. A. M. B. was successful, |
a 3rd er 4th Class Medjidieh might be bestow-
ed on the most deserving officials.—Yours
truly, A Moruer or Twenty.
Cairo, July 7.
The Moss liner 'Menes" sailed from Liverpool yesterday afternoon and is due here on thie 21st inst. with passengers, mails, and general cargo.
The S.S. "Keffir Prince," from London, left Malta for Alexandria (vid Tripoli, Barbary) on Friday and isdue here on Wednesday' next, with passengers and general cargo.
At the trotting race meeting to be held at the Hippodrome onthe 22nd inst. the following races Will be ran;—
The Egyptian "Maiden of P.T. 6,000. ._ The Grand Handicap of P.T. 5,000.
The Prix de Hadra ot P.T. 700.
The Prix'de la Promenade of P.T. 300. Sweepstakes for horses in pairs and Ameri- can carriages. The first prize will 'be an objet d'art and 65 % and the second prize 85 %, Entries close on July 15,
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We deeply regret to announce that the condition of
The exploratory work in North Khargeh is producing the most satisfactory results. The investigation of the ancient Roman irrigation channels has disclosed the existence cf several very extensive subterranean water conduits connected by manholes conveying water over a large area. A stone-faced well 10 feet in diameter was discovered, which could not be cleared beyond 15 feet with the appliances at immediate command, the volume of water discharging being foo great.
Surface wells have been sunk at Kasr Gip, Ain el Ghazal and other places, and at. all copious supplies of water have been obtained at depths not exceeding 15 feet. The water percolating from the ancient irrigation. chan- nels.ig in many places but two feet below the surface, An area of about~10 square miles has 'so far been proved in this way, while: the soil is of the finest quality, (
The newly irrigated land at El Deir and in the proximity of the first borehole is being cultivated with most gratifying results,
The profits that have been made on loans on land in this country by the Credit Foncier,
as" shown in an article that appeared in our: columns recently, and the handsome dividends.
paid by this institution, have in a way attracted the attention of a few of the English insurance companies, yet, strange as it may seem, considering the excellent security offered, we
'are given to understand that there is still
much difficulty encountered in attempting to obtain loans in England on the 'secürity of real property in this country, notwith- standing that the advance asked is generally on the best lands at half the estimated value. Another fact that strikes one is that the local institutions that have been doing for years a lucrative business in this line, foremost amongst which is the Credit Foncier, have made very few bad debts, the losses being so small that they are scarcely con- sidered as worth mentioning in the annual reports. 'The erection of palatial new premises by the latter institution ata cost of a million francs is another and a #uflicient proof of the excellence of this description of business. With such facts staring usin the face, we repeat it is passing strange that financiers and others in the United Kingdom should still hesitate'to lend money on real property in 'this country, where land has been for the Igst.ten years or so rapidly increasing in value, and i8 still doing so. As a general rule invest- ments in that class of security are, we should say, quite as safe as those in Unified or Domains Loans. '
A few weeks ago one of Our correspondents gave us some interesting figures of the value ot land both in London and New York. The following, which we have extracted from the "Times" of last week, will prove interesting reading for those who have been investing their money in land in Cairo and Alexandria. We leave our readers to make their' own cal- culations and comparison of land values in Lendon, the first Capital in the world, and Cairo, the first Capital in Africa.
Tue Property Market.—At the Auction Mart in 'l'okenhouse-yard, yesterday, Mr. Bousfield submitted for letting by auction the site upon which Nos. 75 and 76, Lombard- street are at present standing. The particulars of sale contained a condition that the ground: rent was to be fixed by competition, the purchaser having the right to prrchase this ground-rent at such a sum as would, if invested in Consols, prodace the same-inecome as the ground-rent. The bidding started at £2,000 perannum ground-rent and ran up to £3,000 per annum, at which it was knocked down to a client of Mr. M. E. Collins, the architect. This works out at about £67 10s. per square foot, and, if the purchaser exercises his option to purchase the necessary Consols, at present ptice they will cost abont £108,000.
A Fayoulm correspondent writes :— On Mon- day last, as the 'Tamish train was about to leave the Fayoum station, it was derailed.. One or two of the coaches were much damaged by being in contact with the irop pillars which support the iron station roof, some of them baing displaced. The passengers fortunate'y got off with a severe shaking. Again, on Thars- day the Shawashna train, due at Fayoum at 3 p.m., arrived at 4.45 p.m., nearly two hours late, and tomake matters worse it was also derailed and caused considerable damage to the lines before the engine could be stopped. We unfortunate travellers arrived back at Shawashna at 10 p.m. This certainly gives you plenty~f6r your money, but ofa kind not valued, and itis really astonishing how many people now take a donkey when they wish to catch the Cairo connection.
~ The following is the menu of the dinner to
| be served this evening on.the occasion of the
small dance:— « 6 double glacé ry laise
Consomm Filet de Bar à l'Ang Pomäe en ; Cailles au riz Haricots verts Poulet du Fayoum réti en
T casserole
Salade de saison be Japonaise Dessert
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I put myself in charge of the station-master as soon asl arrived at Ma'an and rashed into the station building amid clouds of dust blown by a hurricane. As soon as the train had steamed off toa siding and all the work con- nected with its arrival had been done, the guards, porters, brakesmen, etc., trooped into the station cursing, swearing, and wiping their eyes. They explained that there always was dust and sand at Ma'4n but that "never in the memory-of the oldest*inhabitant, etc.," had a storm come up so suddenly as this. Then the station-master interposed ; he had had much experience of railways in the Ottoman Empire, he had been on the Smyrna line and on the Anatolian, and he had been two years at Ma'in. Who could know more about the wind at Ma'in than himself, who had grown grey- haired from work and discomfort in the last eighteen months? The wind was often a thousand times worse !
The weather was then dropped' and the visitor came up for cross-examination. I survived the ordeal and had a good deal of conversation with the station-master and his assistants, who were all curiously thickly clad, wearing high boots, neckcloths, and woollen
| jerseys in spite of a temperature of close
907°
The village of Ma'an is some forty minutes by mule from the station and contains nothing of interest except the ruins of an old wall. Its inhabitants lived by smuggling and gun- running till recently and are now driven to live by pilfering or doing any work they can find on the line, their old trades being more dangerous though still very Incrative. Like their kinsmen at Wadi Musa (Petra) they have a bad name for insolencé and rapacity, and those who keep goats or fowls charge the Turkish troops the most exorbitant prices for milk or eggs. The Kaimakam is said to be rather heavy-handed but no doubt they deserve it. The picturesque Bedouin of romance is utterly despised by every Turk or Circassian, and when you see the races together, you understand why the Nor- therner nearly always wins—when he can tackle his opponent. The Yemen affair,be it re- membered, is not a war of Turks and Be- douins. The Arabs of South Arabia are town and village dwellers, agriculturalists and traders, descended. from the Sabeans and Mineans, who w great and - civilised in King Solomon's days; no doubt there are plenty of Bedouing on their side, but the settled Arabs are thé core of the re volt, -just asin the Sudan, when the success of the Mahdi was assured by the defection of the riverain Arabs from the Egyptian Govern- ment.
I got very little information at Ma'an of either the war in the Yemen or the progress of the railway. Beyond Ma'in the rails have been laid for perhaps 5 or 6 miles, the embank- ments for 30, and the surveys ot the route have been pushed some 60 miles more to theysouth. At Batn el Ghoul (The Devil's Belly) south of Ma'an there is said to be good water and the,air is so magnificent that Mr. Meissner dreams of a sanatorium that will vie with Helouan and Biskra."
Ma'én on the other hand is badly off for drinking water, which comes from Katranéh in iron tanks by--traia. The wells supply water, which is good enough for the engines,
on
but when drunk -by homan beings often.
produces unpleasant effects.
At about 4p.m. the winddropped a little and 1 went out fora walk. The camp and the neighbourhood of the railway were disgust- ingly filthy There was no sanitation whatever, and during the two or three years in which troops had been posted there, nothing seemed to have been done to keep the camp clean. The dryness of the air and the fact that no one drank the Ma'An water alone prevented an epidemic. The dispersed groups of tents which made up the camp were pitched on sandy places where the ~stones had been~ removed for ballasting the line and the dust and sand that blew about were impregnated with cor-
ruption. North of the camp wasa low rounded
ridge. covered with dark grey stones. Some miles to the south a long escarpment of lime- stone rock, shaped like the Jebel Hoft at Helouan rose from the plain and ran from S.E. to N. W. The view on the west was shut in by numerous low kopjes but beyond them I could distinguish a high range of lifeless black hills, beyond which lay the Akaba depression. On the east was a perfect and abso- lute blank. The blf&ck desert spread like a sea, unbroken and unrelieved except by the peak that may—or may not—have been Ras el Tobeit.
It was so extraordinarily lonely and desolate that I felt sure that it would one day be 'developed' by some of those ingenious persons who, on finding a region unsuited to animal or vegetable life, jump to the conclusion that it abounds, bythe law of compensation ! sup-
pose, in mineral wealth. ' Perhaps when that day. comes! shall not sympathise over much with "Those confiding souls,
Who find that they have bought a share In marvellous horizons, whére The desert, terrible and bare, 'Interminably rolls." - (To be continued)
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Le Comité a proposé aux Compagnies de Navigation les tarifs de débarquement suivante: Débarquement direct & quai P.T. 3 et par mahonne P.T. 6 par T. de 1000 kilos ; Minima P.T. 1 jusqu'sé 100 kilos, 2 juequ's 500 kilos, 3 jusqu'à 1.000 kilos portés sur un seul con- naissement, pour marchandises débarquées di- rectement & quai et le double de ces prix, pour marchandises débarquées & quai par mahonnes. La Chambre Internationale de Navigation de son cô'é & proposé d'entamer les négociations sur les bases suivantes : Les marchandises seraient divisées, suivant leur nature, en trois catégories et le débarquement taxé aux prix sulvant :
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2me " " » 1 25 ». 2:46 3me " . " » 1l— » 1060 Le Comité a estimé que ces prix étaient
encore trop élevés et se propose de poursuivre de la meilleure maniére possible les justes re- vendications du Commerce d'importation.
Il a été décidé sur le Concordat préventif: I. Qu'aucune modification ne serait apportée & Ja loi ence qui concerne la quotité da divi- - dende que le débiteur devrait s'engager & payer comme minimum, pour obtenir le concordat préventif. IJ. Qu'il serait désirable d'ajouter & l'art. 205 que la demande'de Concordat pré- ventif ne soit pas prise en considération, si les registres du débiteur pour les trois dernières années ne sont pas déposés au Greffe conjointe- ment aveo le bilan. III. D'ajouter au même article que les registres déposés resteront au Greffe & la disposition des créanciers jusqu'à l'homologation du Concordat, sans que toutefois ils puissent être déplacés. IV. D'ajouter & l'art. 206: a) Le membre désigné par le Tribunal fers une enquête sommairegur la moralité da débiteur et pro- cédera & la vérification de la situation. b) Il informera itmédiatement par lettre chargée tous les créanciers..portés gu bilan, de la de- mande da débiteur d'obtenir le concordat pré- ventif et du jour fixé pour l'audience. En outre, avis en sera donné par, la voie des journaux. c) Son rapport sera déposé an Greffe, a la dis- position, des créanciers, hnit jours au moins*: avant celui de la séance indiquée à l'art. 207,
Au sojet dela nomination des Syndios, 'le Comité insiste sur la création des Syndics grefhiers choisis et payés par le Tribunal.
Ces desiderata ont été transmis à S. E. le
inistre de l'Intérieur. . Wadministeation des chemins de fer a adopté - les desiderata de l'association en ce quicon- cerne les marchandises en sonffrance dans les. - gares: 1° Les gares de départ devront dans la. mesure du possible, faire indiquer l'adresse compléte de l'expéditeur et du -destinataire sur la lettre de voiture, 2° Les gares d'arrivée. devront, dans le cas ot des marchandises reste- ront chez elles en souffrance, en aviser les gares d'expédition dans des'délais suivants: _ ' a) pour les articles explosifs, dangereux, sujets au coulage ou à détérioration, ou objets valeur, dans les 3 jours ; ' : )) pour tous les autres articles ordinaires. . dans les 7 jours. ; à _ La question du contréle immédiat des frais 'insérés dans le récépissé de transport, goumise ' administration des chemins de fer, est ac- taellement étudiée par cette administration. © La Municipalité ayant fait savoir qu'elle mettait à l'étude un proiet d'application d'an droit d'accostage sur les quais du Canal Mah- moudieh et demandé & ce sujet l'avis de Vassociation, celle-ci a \décidé de faire une enquéte avant de se prooncer.
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THE REVOLT IN RUSSIA.
"TIMES."
The news which reaches us from Odessa is the strongest confirmation yet to hand that the apprehensions we have expressed as to the internal condition of Russia are not exaggerated. In any ordinary European State possessed of a more highly organised political and social life, the events which have occurred would probably be regarded as the forerunners of a general convulsion, if not as the tokens of impending dissolution. That would be a large assumption to make in Russia, where the body politic is so loosely knit that the maladies of its outlying members do not necessarily affect the vital organs to the same mortal degree as in societies of a more developed type. But even in Russia they are evidence of profound social disorder which may prove pregnant with the gravest consequences to the Government and to the established institutions of the Empire. For the first time we have proofs, which cannot be denied or explained away, that at least a portion of the bureaucracy can no longer be trusted. . . . . . . . . Whatever may have been the actual occasion of the explosion, its causes are plainly of long standing and of a general kind. Probably corruption, harshness, incompetence, and levity have all helped to bring it about. If the Russians cannot quell it themselves, it is not easy to see how foreign subjects and foreign property are to be protected.
"DAILY TELEGRAPH."
Through all the various and often contradictory reports which are coming in from seats of disturbance in the Russian Empire there runs one constant and dreadful note of impending revolution. The news of this morning adds to and confirms the terror of yesterday. What might have seemed, on a hasty perusal, an isolated and disconnected outrage at Odessa is now seen to be only a single symptom of widespread discontent and disaffection which are eating into the vitals of Tsardom and Russian autocracy. Has it really come to this, that the ugly spectre of Revolt, so often foreseen and so often derided, so much dreaded in Western Europe and so diligently deprecated by competent observers and interested politicians in the Northern Empire itself, is now no phantom of a superstitious imagination, but an awful shape of Evil, holding red ruin in both hands, and visibly destroying the fabric of constituted authority? We cannot tell as yet, until some of the mists are cleared away. But many signs and evidence, multiplying each hour. seem to point that way.
"STANDARD."
As yet the discipline of the military has withstood even the terrible strain of recent events, but the most flippant or sanguine of courtiers can hardly affect unshakeable confidence that at the critical moment the reservists, who are engaged in repressing local tumults may not at the critical moment fraternise with the mob. For men impressed with this fear the most carefully guarded recesses of the Palace may well appear insecure. This, however, is to anticipate a future which, if good counsels prevail, may never become a gloomy present.
"DAILY NEWS."
Red ruin and the breaking up of laws continue in Russia. Now it is in St. Petersburg, now Moscow, now Warsaw, now Lodz. Yesterday it was Odessa, to-day Libau--but from each place come the same unfailing symptoms of a system going to pieces. The incident of the mutiny, springing dramatically out of the appeal of the sailors for decent food, shows that the Navy is like tinder, ready to take fire at a moment's notice. And as with the Navy so with the Army. The elements of disaffection are everywhere, and the end is inevitable.
"MANCHESTER GUARDIAN."
It is too soon to predict what influence the acceleration which begins to show itself in the pace with which Russia is moving towards open and general revolt may have upon the consels of the autocracy. The Tsar's conciliatory speech of last week has been explained and mutilated by the Censor. General Trepoff is being installed by gradual stages as military dictator, and Poland is expecting to be placed under martial law. So long as the more menacing movements were confined to the non-Russian populations of Poland and the Caucasus these evidences of severity were quite intelligible. But the startling news from Odeşsa shows that the area of disturbance is spreading over the densely populated agricultural and industrial region of which it is the port.
"EVENING STANDARD."
"We Englishmen cannot get rid of our sympathy for a people as against a
tyrant. A troublesome habit of mind it may be constantly adding difficulties
to the country's foreign policy. Yet we would not change it if we could. No
doubt it renders the modified satisfaction with which English readers peruse
the news of the Russian mutiny
"WESTMINSTER GAZETTE."
Apart from the terrors of such a condition of anarchy in a busy commercial seaport city, the situation is wildly romantic enough to form material for the most imaginative writer--a great battleship manned with seamen who have broken away from the iron discipline of naval service and who yet pay for the coal they commandeer. Signs of a spread of the mutiny in the Russian Navy are reported both from the Black Sea and the Baltic, and these symptoms of disaffection appear to be causing serious alarm amongst the officials in St. Petersburg, who reálise at last that the outbreaks of the people are not merely sporadic incidents, but that revolution faces them. Whether the rulers will attempt to remove the causes or whether they will devote themselves to repressing the effects of discontent remains to be seen.
FRANCE AND GERMANY.
"ECLAIR."
The "Eclair" says it has reason to believe that the German Government has come to a decision calculated to render the solution of the Morocco incident much more easy. "The German Government," it says, "had hitherto refused to outline the programme which is to be submitted to the international conference. It has, nevertheless, consented to come to an explanation with us on certain points of the Morocco question. Prince von Bülow has decided to take another step forward in our direction. It is announced, in fact, that he is now determined to confer with the French Government on the details of the Morocco problem, and it is stated that in order to do so he is about to send an expert on colonial questions charged with a special mission to Paris, namely, Dr. Rosen, who is expected to succeed Count Tattenbach. Dr. Rosen, it is said, will be attached to Prince Radolin, in relation to whom he will fill the same part in the negotiations as M. Revoil in relation to M. Rouvier.
"Echo De Paris."
The "Echo de Paris" publishes a long article by a member of the Reichstag tending to show that the idea of the German Government is to impose upon France complete political effacement behind Germany. The same journal says: "It is not probable that M. Rouvier will be able to give his answer to the German Note to-day. We are moving in the direction of a Conference, but this solution of the question is not yet ready. M. Rouvier on Wednesday had a further conversation with Prince Radolin, in the course of which things took a turn for the better."
"AURORE."
M. Clemenceau remarks in the "Aurore":--"As regards our rapprochement with England, nobody in Europe can conceal from
himself that the attempt of Germany to introduce the iron wedge under the
pretext of damaging it has so lamentably failed that the two people whom it
was sought to divide are closer together than ever. The acceptance of the
conference by French diplomacy in the conditions I have mentioned is the
victory of Germany. The resistance to the test and the increased stability
of the entente cordiale is the victory of
France."
"TEMPS."
There can be no question for the moment of trespassing on the work eventually
reserved for the conference. The questions at present under consideration
are, first, whether France and Germany will enter into an exchange of views
before the conference is held ; second, when will that take place ? third,
how will it take place ? As those questions have not been solved, an entente
has not been concluded. Therefore, if there is reason to rejoice at the détente--that is to say, at the desire for
conciliation and the good-will which now prevail in the Franco-German
negociations, and which make it reasonable to anticipate a satisfactory
issue, it is, nevertheless, premature to congratulate ourselves as yet on
the final agreement of the two Governments.
"FRANKFURTER ZEITUNG" (Berlin).
The "Frankfurter Zeitung," which for the time being has been made semi
official with the object of interesting the commercial classes in the policy
of the Government, learns from Berlin that a rapid decision on the part of
the French Cabinet is desirable, "not only because delay is in all
circumstances not unattended with danger, but also because when once the
conference has been accepted the understanding (sic)
between Germany and France, which, of course, will not amount to a separate
agreement, will be able to make progress."
The annual dinner of this association, which is composed mainly of 'old boys" of the Mohamedan Oriental College, Aligarh (United Province), was held on Tuesday week at the Hotel Cecil, London. Lord Rear, the president, occupied the chair, and the company included Mr. Theodore Morison, the retiring principal of the college ; Mr. W.A.J. Archbold, the principal elect; Major General Dickson, Sir C. Jehangir, Sir Charles Lyall, Sir Charles Stevens, Mr. A.N. Wollaston, Dr. Pollen, Mr. F.H. Skrine, Colonel C.J.O. Fitzgerald, Syed Amir Ali, late Judge of the Bengal High Court, Major Syed Hassan, Mr. Hafiz Hidayat Hosain, Sheikh Abdul Qadir, and Syed Ali Bilgrami. Dr. Pollen, in proposing the toast of "The College," said its number of students increased from 560 in 1902 to 700 last year, and they came from every part of the Indian Empire. It was a model institution, and the only college in India which at all resembled the public schools of England. The model was so well approved throughout India that the Hindu College at Benares had adopted it. More scholarships and a well-equipped scientific laboratory were greatly needed. It was desired also to establish a faculty of science. Syed Amir Ali responded. Major Syed Hassan proposed "The Retiring Principal and the Principal-Elect," and Mr. Morison and Mr. Archbold responded. Sir Charles Lyall proposed the toast of the association, and Mr. Hafiz Hidayat Hosain responded.
Professor Ray Lankester, who lectured on "Nature and Man" at Oxford recently, formulated his views on the duty of Oxford to the nation and humanity. He was convinced, he said, that the true relation of Nature to man had been so clearly ascertained that it should be the guide of State government and the trusted basis of the development of human communities. The knowledge and control of Nature being "man's destiny and his greatest need," Professor Ray Lankester desires to make the chief subject of education, both in school and college, a knowledge of Nature as set forth in physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. "In fact, he would wish to see the classical and historical scheme of education entirely abandoned, and its place taken by a scheme of education in the knowledge of Nature." If the ancient Universities set the example, the schools would follow suit, and the results would be apparent in the greater efficiency of the governing class of the country. Professor Ray Lankester may be right, but we cannot see how the wholesale elimination from the educational system of all influences that tend to build up character is likely to improve the breed of politicians, statesmen, administrators, or the learned professions. As the "Times" happily observes, there is just as little to be said for being a mere "scarabeist" as there is for being a mere grammarian. Physics, chemistry, geology, and biology untempered by the humanities will no more produce a Lord Cromer than they will produce a Huxley.
Some curious statistics are published about the tastes of Paris as to the photographs of celebrities. The picture post-card craze has done immense harm to the trade in these photographs, though a few are still sold. Of King Alfonso during his stay in France some 10,000 were sold. The favorite photographs at present are those of Russian and Japanese generals and admirals ; then come those of the Czar and Czarina, with the Kaiser in the third category. Prominent French statesmen and politicians are a drug in the market, but something may still be done with those of theatrical "stars." Bernhardt, Otero, and Rejane take the lead.
(Catarrhal Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration Makes Invalids of More Women Than all other Diseases Combined.)
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Those wishing direct correspondence with Dr. HARTMAN and can wait the necessary delay in receiving a reply should address Dr. S. B. HARTMAN, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
The following wholesale druggist will supply the retail drug trade in Alexandria, Egypt.
MAX FISCHER,
Alexandria, Egypt.
We have before us Messrs. S. Peach & Sons' (of Nottingham, England), 26th annual catalogue, fresh from the press, which is the most complete and comprehensive issued. It grows not only in size but in the artistic character of get-up and illustrations. It is to-day receiving more favorable comments than all others combined, and is the recognised buyers' guide of Nottingham's best goods at lowest prices. The Peach curtains are certainly not to be surpassed in artistic merit, wear and durability, and as regards price it is sufficient to say that better value cannot be obtained. All classes of laces, fancy table centres, sideboard covers, Madras muslins also are shown, samples of which are sent post free and are surprising in value. We note this year a large number of new styles in fancy blouses. Nottingham is becoming the manufacturing centre and employs thousands of girls in this industry. The list also contains hosiery, and underwear for ladies, gents and children at direct loom prices. The linen department at the end of the catalogue is full of choice new goods. New designs of damask by the yard, table cloths and embroidered tea cloths. Sideboard covers, bed spreads, and all classes of household linen, white sattine quilts, blankets, eider downs, etc., etc.
Our readers will be well advised to send to Messrs. Peach & Sons. For the past 26 years they have been supplying the public in all parts of the Empire direct from the looms and they have now created such a demand for their goods that they are able to produce very large quantities each year and are thus in a position to offer them at such low prices. The goods are reliable in every way and any lady may order through the post feeling confident that her instructions will have every attention, and that she will obtain as good value as possible for the amount she may expend.
We also notice the 1905 Popular Parcel. For over 25 years this particular line has been sent out. The curtains for 1905 are new and elaborate designs and the value is marvelloug. Any of our readers by sending their address on a postcard to the office of this paper or applying may obtain this handsome catalogue post free. Our advice is secure a copy at once.
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