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TO REFORM BRITISH ARMYO
British Commission Appointed to Inquire
Into Alleged Deterioration of Britons.
I London, Sept. 14. -It was reported
yesterday, that the War Commission
In radditian to that portion of its
reports made public, made certain
recommendations of so drastic a
nature in regard to the War Office
,,that it has not been deemed pru-
dent to disclose them'. That de-
partment, it is recognized, must be
reformed, lack, steel; and barrel. Who
lei able to tibcomplish this reform?
is ,the question. ,One name finds
'pretty general mention, that of
Lord Kitchener., It would be useless,
however, to recall Lord Kitchener
iron;: India unless he was given a
•tree• hand, and one authority thinks
there is only one post in which he
.would have the necessary power,
not of Secretary of State for War,
ain to seat in the Cabinet:
;;are appoint a soldier Secretary for
'War iv;.uld be contrary to political
;trvrditions, and the more suggestion
of such a thing is an indication of
hose deeply the British mind has
been stirred by the War Commis-
sion's condemnation of army meth -
ode. In fact, it is asserted that po-
litical traditions, Ilsewise, must go,
in the face of the grave national
danger.
Less daring than the preceding sug-
gestion is ono that the Duke of Con-
naught and Lord Kitchener to-
gether should be appointed to the
task of reforming and remodelling
the War 01fice+ and the army. The
,Duke, as commander in chief, and
'Lord Kitchener as his immediate
isubordinate, it is thought, could do
wonders, As brother of the King,
'th,e Duke of Connaught is beyond the
,range of social influence, and he is
anxious to modernize the army, in
which he le ''field marshal. Lord
Kitchener, is on his side, aman of
character, and does not care an
atom dor society influences, which
have so largely helped to•keep the
British army an efficient military or-
ganization.
The prediction is made that, be-
fore 12 months are over, the Duke
of Connaught and Lord Kitchener
will have been ordered to attempt
the herculean task. c..,,,yae 1 1 ,
Britain's Physical Deterioration.
' it:pedals, yep(,, 1d. -,Thal C,eervernment
has appointed a commission to in-
quire into the alleged physical de-
terioration of the lower classes in
the United Kingdom. Almoric W. Fitt'
ray, clerk of the Privy Council, is
the chairman. He is assisted by the
former head of the army gymnastic
school, the inspector of reforma-
tories, the chief of the navy recruit-
ing service, statisticians and others.
The appointment of the commission
was the outcome of a debate in the
House of Lords on July 16, during
which Lord Meath and the Bishop
of Ripon drew attention to the ter-
rible conditions prevailing among the
lower classes. The Duke of Devon-
shire, lord president of the Council,
then admitted that Great Britain's
military and industrial outlook was
seriously threatened, and promised an
Inquiry into the matter. The subject
was also brought up in the House of
Commons by Sir William R. Anson,
parliamentary secretary to the Board
of Education, who declared 60,000
children now attending the London
schools were'physica.11y unfit for in-
struction.• • r
The director-general of the army
medical service reports that one man
in every three offered as recruits
had to be rejected. The appointment.
of the commission is hailed with
approval , : t
FS
NEWS IN BRIEF 22
The differences among the leaders
of the German Socialist party have
realeheci an acute stage.
Sulphur deposits, claimed to be the
largest and the richest in the world,
were discovered in Alaska.
M.Manusireff, Bulgarian Minister of
Finance, was drowned while bathing
In the river at Euxinograd.
Emigration rerturns for August
sb.ow that 5,635 British emigrated to
Canada, and 4,910 to South Africa.
Earl E. Hodge, a 19 -year-old boy,
won the prize for the best dress hat
at the Milliners' convention at Chi-
04004 ,
St,. Andrew's Church, Beaverton,
founded seventy-one years ago, cele-
brated a number of interesting anni-
.vgrsa,riete.
During the month of August Can-
ttdialt imports to and exports from
Britain totalled £3,402,556 and
£652,004 respectively -
Fred. Nome, a prisoner, escaped
from Constable Thomson, of Owen
Sound, while being taken from: To-
ronto to Owen Sound. . .
Twenty-five families of Russian
Jews, survivors of the Kishineff mas-
sacres, arrived at Montreal yester-
day. .
"At Seaforth last week Crossley and
'anter, evangelists, entered upon
the twentieth year of their joint
labore.
No. trace has been found of the
three prisoners who escaped front'
the custody of Sheriff Thompson at
Toronto on, Thursday.
The roofers' and sheet metal work-
ers' strike at Montreal Is practically
at an end. Nearly all the employers
have agreed to the new scale of
wages.
quite a nuni<ber of towns in th,e
vicinity of London, Eng., have raised
the price of the quarter -loaf from
Iivepenoe ]Halfpenny to sixpence.
The Anglican Bishops of Ontario
issued a letter, endorsing univer-
sity federation, to bo read in
churches throughout the Province.
Tire London Times, commenting on
a corre'spondent's letter, re child emi-
gration to the coloniees, says in 34
ewers 45,000 children have been pent
to Canada.
The estate of the late James MeN.
Whistler, .the artist, is valued at
£10,602. Probate has been granted to
hfr. Whistler's sister-in-law, and exe-
cutrix, Reeal.ind Phillips. • r ,t i
The fire underwriters have ad-
vanced the rate of insurance in Lon-
don 50 par cent. on an average. Lack
of water pressure and fire fighting
apparatus are tile reasons alleged.
Reale Bas•tfen, a grocer of Waiker-
viile, is nom at'St. Mary's Hospital,
Detroit,: in a very dangerous condi-
'tion. sloth of his lege have been cut
off by, a street car, and he may not
Jive.
rMiss Rye, well known to connection
With Canadian emigration, has been
for a .year confined to her bed, and
is slowly dying from cancer of the
stomach.
1L severe storm, accompanied with
ain, hail and lightning, swept over
the Province yesterday. Fruit was
damaged considerably and several
barns were burned.
Toting woman were the pailbear.
err yesterday afternoon at the fun.
eral of Mrs. Julia Moreeraft, eighteen
years old, of Bayonne, N. J., a bride
of three months'.
Rev. Dr. Mackay, Presbyterian
r'oreigr. Mission Secretary, has re-
ceived letters containing accounts of
the alarming spread of the plague
in Indore, India.
The Canadian Press Association has
decided to run its annual excur-
sion to Terc.iskaming 'on Sept, 21st.
The trip will occupy six days and
the party is limited to forty.
The ,strike at Sydney Mines was
settled yesterday, the company con-
ceding the request of the men by
agreeing to fortnightly pay hereaf-
ter. TJie mon were paid monthly
heretofore. •
A despatch from Marseilles says
that the transport Loire will sail to-
morrow for Taku, Chime with 1,000
troops' and 3,000 tons of war ma-
terial, for the protection of French
interests. A reerualescence of box-
erism is feared.
Rev. W. 11. Gralra.m, pastor of Cal-
vary Baptist Church, Brantford, has
rec,eiveci a unanimous call from the
congregation of the Baptist Church
in Sarnia. He has not yet decided to
accept.
The vast movement throughout
Holland in favor of universal suf-
frage is steadily progressing, and on
Sept. 1:i, on tee opening of I'a.rlia.-
ment, a national manifestation is to
be held,
William Boy wan charged at Owen'
Sohn:' with unlawfully procuring the
abser,c:e of Emma I3oyce from the
trial in which Roy s wife was
charged with throwing vitriol in
M•r.s. Boyce's face. The case was ad-
journed for a week.
The Daily Mal a; peals for the for-
mation of a Britirlr syndicate to fore-
stall the attempts of an American
combination to buy up all the Dursct-
shire and Devonshire "ball clay"
miners, with a view to obtaining con-
trol of the Brilhli pottery trade.
A bolt of lightning struck in the
very centre of a group of thirty,
or forty men and boys who were
running in the rain from the crowded
baseball grounds at Crotona Park
in the Bronx, New York. The bolt
knocked ten or fifteen of the fleeing
throng .flat, killed one boy, P. T.
W. B,arrorws, and scorched seven or
eight more.
At a meeting of the Chicago FFed-
oration of Lahor ai:arges of dlshon-
ctsty were openly made against sev-
eral prominent labor leaders, and re-
oornmenc.'ation:s were made that
those men be suspended. After a
stormy session, a committee was are
pointed to inveetigato 'the charges
against the inon mentioned.
MEN LIKE APES. •
Discovery of a Remarkable 'face in
• ✓ r t , .
London, Sept. 14.-A Melbourne de-
spatch to the Daily Chronicle says
the administrator of British New
Guinea reports the discovery of an
extraordinary tribe of marshland
dwellers in the Island of Papua. Ow-
ing to the ,swampy, ground and tan-
gled tropical undergrowth walking
and canoeing are almost impossible.
The native ' dwellingts are built in
trees, and as a result of the condi-
tiotas the natives are gradually, los-
ing the use of their lower limbs, and
ane unable to walk on hard ground
without their .feet bleeding. Their
bodies have d.nveloped enormously,
while their legs and thighs have be-
come atrophied. In figure and car-
riage they; are ape -like.
ROOSEVELT TO LABOR MEN.
Wage Worker Only Well Off When
Country is Well Off.
Siyracuse, Sept. 14. - President
Roosevelt, who reviewed the labor
parade here on Monday, in address-
ing the assemblage of union ,men,
said+: •
"There is no worse enemy to th'e
wage worker than the man who
condones mob violence in any shape
or who preaches class hatred.
"The wage worker is only well off
when the rest of the country is
well off ; and ho can best contri-
bute to this general well-being by
showing sanity and a firm purpose
to do justice to others.
"In his turn the capitalist who
is really a conservative, the man
who has forethought as well as
patriotism, should 'heartily wel-
com'e every effort which has for
Its object to secure fair dealing by
capital. corporate or individual,
toward the public and toward the
enalird ee. .
"There is rio room in our healthy
American' life for the mere idler.
"Pee men Whom we most delight
to hoi'or are 'those who bore on
their shoulders the burden of sav-
ing the union.
"The mac w,h'o as breadwinner
and home -maker blas done all that
he can do, patiently and uncom-
plainingly, is to be honored; and
is to be envied by all those who
have .never had the good fortune
to feel 'the need and duty o'f' do-
ing suck good ,work."
FIGHTING FIRE ON SHIP.
011 Explodes and Kills an Engineer
on Danish Vessel-
London, Sept. 14. -Tire captain and
a portion of the crew of the Danish
steamer Klampenborg, of 1,137
tons net register, from Blyth for
Cronstadt, have been landed at
South Shields, They report that
the Klampenborg was abandoned
on fire. The third engineer was
Jellied and six of the crew are mis-
sing
The survivors had a thrilling ex-
perience. The fire, which had brok-
en out on board, reached the pe-
troleum tanks on Sunday and caus-
ed a terrific explosioa, killing the
engineer. The crew, took to the
boats during a violent storm.
One boat, with six occupants,
drifted away and was not seen af-
terward. It is supposed that she
was swamped in the high seas.
The weather continued so bad
that the survivors in the other
boats took refuge again on the
Klampenborg on Monday evening.
On Tuesday they had to take to
the boats again, and were at the
point of exhaustion when they were
rescued.
ADDS TO INFLUENCE.
King Edward's Visit Ras Aided
Austrian Emperor.
Vienna, Sept. 11. -King Edward's
visit to tliis city has strengthened
Francis Joseph's already extraordin-
ary influence In Austria-Hungary.
The sp'ectaole of the aged Emperor
commanding the affectionate regard
of th,e British King, and through
that monarch the benevolent interest
of th,e Britisth. Government and peo-
ple, has aa'oue.ed fresh admiration in
both halveas of the Empire for the
man who is sacrificing himself on the
altar of Autstro-Ifungarian unity.
Francis Joseph will resume his ef-
forts to adjust matters between
Budapest and Vienna with prestige
enhanced and hopes revived.
Imp•crialists in Budapest are using
this oeportunity to bring out the Em-
peror's figure in its full proportions.
They review his career from the time
when at the age of 1$ he ascended
the throne and assumed the burden
of ruling a country defeated In bat-
tle, farted to sign humiliating eon -
cations of poach, and torn by internal
convulsions.
They show bow the young monarch
guided the nation through all these
complications and subsequently
averted the wreck of the Empire
when his armies went down before
tho I+reneh in Italy, who, like the
Prussians, dictated terms of peace
within striking distance of the Aus-
trian capital. "Such a ruler," say the
Imperialists, "deserves and will re-
ceive the allegiance of Austria-Hun-
gary." . _ t '
ABRAHAM'S TOMB.
Exploration Party to Dig in Ruins of
Babylon.
Chicago, Sept.,101.-Pfesiden't (H'arper,
has secured the consent of the Sultan
of !Turkey to an exploration of the
country In the vicinity, of ancient
Babylon, according to advices just
received at the University of Chic-
ago. This marks the suecessl'u1 issue
ort' ttn attempt begun in July, 1900,
when applida;tion was first made for
university exploring parties to en-
ter the district.
It is nederrLood that a party has
been formed and that it will leave
the uniwesity,. this fall. The place
where tht. exploring •p;arties will have
special privileges is Tel Ibrahim, long
regarded as a part of Babylon. In
this vicinity are supposed to be the
urines of the temple in which Ne-
buchadnezzar offered 'sacrifices, and
the explorers hope to ,find the tomb
of 1ebraham.
President Harper met with' the op-
position of the German Government,
which was trying to secure excavat-
ing privileges.
Geeeral Manager BroWn, of the
Bell. Organ Company at Guelph', has
'nailed an ultimatum to the, strikers.
Ho .refers to concessions already
granted, :says ho is paying the
highest wages for the class' of work,
and will to manufacturing certsdit
lines of goods, F'o that fewer men
will be ,required when: the factory
reclines operations.
YOUTH MUST SAVE HIS MONEY,
He Will Get $600 If
He Accumulates
$500 in Seven Years.
Buffalo, Sept. 14. -If at the end of
Raven yaps Edward McCann has not
saved $500 oat of his earnings be will
lose a Iegacly of $600 left to bam
by has aunt, the late Bridget Hack-
ett, who died on July 29th in Sim -
coo County, Ont. Mrs. Hackett's home
was in Buffalo. Young McCann is
the son of her brother, Eelevard P.
McCann. The nephew is now 23
yeans old. .When he arrives at the
age of 30 yea*, he must have $500
to his ca'edit or Ire will not get the'
$600 bequest. 'The $600 will remain
In the hands of the execatoes of the
aunt's estate until the seven
year bave elapsed, though inter-
est on the money will be given to
the yoking man. ;
hIrs. Hackett's idea in making this
bequest conditional was because of
young McCann's alleged extrava-
gant disposition. In her will Mrs.
Hackett says the boy is extrava-
gant. I1 'McCann fails to have ac-
oumudated $500 the $600 bequest
will be considered a part of the re-
siduary estate and will go to two
nneces. In respect to her nephew
Mne. Hackett's will says: "My rea-
son for making tee said bequest in
the lorestoing terms is that the said
Adward McCann is now 23 years of
age ansa as extravagant, d tor-
imjjs, to immature years; and 'Fdo.
not w,te+ti to bequeath him, any money -
to siquander foolishly." ,
His Bagpipe Saved ''.aim.
fl3'uffalo, Sept. 14.-,Twece within a.
week, Rorald McDonald, a Scotch,
bagpipe player, has been' in the toils,
of the police on the. charge of being
intoxicated. Last Thursday he was.
beforeJustiee Rochford, and after•
entertaining the ,court with two or•
three selections on his bagpipe he -
was allowed to go on suspended
ea -tante.
This morning McDonald faced Jus-
tice Loewer on it similar* charge. Hie
was arrested last evening on Main
street, where he was making ludic-
rous attempts to bring music forthi
from his bagpipe. At first he told
the justice he was not intoxicated,
but was dizzy from, consta.ntiyi blow-.
ing the instrument. Later he ad-
mitted he had been celebrating La
bor Day, and that he- imbibed too.
much liquor. r .
At hie own suggestion, McDonald'
stepped into the middle of the court:
room floor and played "The Wear-
ing of the Green." Justice Loewer
com :exuded him upon his playing and
allowed him to go oni suspended sen
tense. ,
llAITA1'3 ASA CASE.
Should Boundary Run Around
the Head of the Inlet ?
U. S. CONTENTIONS REFUTED.
New (York, Septr 11t. -,The Sun's Lon-
don correspondent thus expresses the
British tei•gumeuit in the Alaskan
Boundary,: The British argument
Makes a volume of 13,7 folio pages,
Wince deals exhaustively with the
seven questions under consideration.
in reference to the question as to
what channel is the Portland Canal,
Great Britain contends that it is that
which Vancouver named on entering
the ocean between Tonga's Island
and Kannaghunut Island, and leav-
ing Sitka and Prince of Wales Islands
to the south and oast, it extends
northerly eighty, -two miles to its
bead. The contention of the United
States that Observatory Inlet was
meant Ls absolutely! denied.
Great Britain contends, on the
other hand, that if there must be a
departure from .apt. Vancouver's
map then the line must run up Clar-
ence Strait and Ernest Sound, or up
Behm Canal on one or the other
side of Revillagigedo Island.
Follow Shortest Route.
The British contention on the third
question is that the inlet must fol-
low the shortest course and that
the text of the treaty, supports the
English vies.. In reference to the par-
allel of 54 deg. 40 min. being the
southern boundary, Great Britain the
letters of Nesselrode as being of no
Weight as against the terms of the
treaty,.
The fourth contention is that the
line from the head of Portland Chan-
nel to the fifteesdxth parallel of lati-
tude sbould be the shortest possible
to the point on the parallel which
the tribunal decides is the starting
lisipoint of the eastern boundary) of the
ere.
The principal efforts of the British
argument are directed at the fifth
question, to which some forty pages
of the 0gultient are devoted. Great
Britain understands this question to
mean tbat the tribunal is to decide
whether it was an essential charac-
teristic of the lisiere or strip that it
should not be traversed by inlets, in
other wo.rde. whether the eastern
boundary, should necessarily run
around the heade of all inlets, the
definition of which is almost vital
to the entire question.
Coast Same as Ocean.
The word's "coast" and "ocean,'
Groat Britain contends ,refer to the
came thing. The windings of coast
are tbo,se of a coast which limits the
oe,cian,
The American contention of "tidal
water" is dismissed as out of the
question. The Thames, at Richmond,
ie unquestionably under tidal influ-
ences. So is Nein Orleans, on the Mis-
sissippi. But, according to the Brit-
ish argument, one could not by any
stretch of imagination call these two
points parts of th,o ocean. It is point-
ed out that the provi'iofis of Article
VII. strongly support the contention
th,at the Alas eau treaty contemplat-
ed the possibility that some part of
the inlets might ba British. It is es-
,scrted that there is no support for
the American contetrttion that the ne-
gotiations between Btieela and the
United Staters for the treaty contem-
plated the erection of a barrier be-
tween the British. and Russian pos-
sr,sisions throughout the whole lisiere.
The tribunal, it is argued, a'thould
draw a boundary lino along coast
tine summits of the mountains paral-
lel to the coast of the ocean. It is
urged that when Russia proposed to
discard references to the mountains
and take a ten -league distance as a
rule Great Britain refused to consent.
Wants Some 3nlete.
Great Britain repudiates the argu-
ment of the United States that Eng-
land is entitled to none of the inlets,
Sho insists that she ought to obtain
the heads of all important Inlets.
In dealing with the sixth question
Great Britain contends that the
width of the lisiere should be mea,
eared from the line of the general:
trend of the coast of the ocean,
fstrictly so-called, along a line per-
pendicular to such general trend, re-
produchig such widenings of the
coast as fairly modify the general
trend and are of s o''h dimensions as,
admit of being reproduced by a line
drawn ten marine leagues inland. As
contemplated by the treaty, where:
inlets occur that form part of the
territorial water of a power owning
the shores on either side, the width,
of the lisiere should be ascertained'
from the course which a line giving
effect to the general trend of the
mainland coast would 'follow, in
ergs -ping tine inlet.
LOSES ITS AUTONOMY.
Principality of Moresnet Has Been
Annexed to Belgium.
London, Sept. 14. -According to this
morning's Chronicle, Moresnet, where
a futile attempt was recently made
to found a new gambling resort, bas
ceased to exist as an independent
territory, it having been annexed to•
Belgium by the consent of Prussia,,
which will receive a pecuniary indem-
nity. The indemnity is likely to be•.
large, as Moreanot contains the most
important zinc deposits In the world.
The inhabitants of Moresnet lose by
this oompuLeory incorporation Into a.
kingdom whose taxes they must now
pay, besldee becoming liable for mill=.
tary service, from which they have:
hitherto been free. The Prusso-Be1-
gium arrangement is an outcome of
the gambling question. If, like the
San Marino people, they had declined
the dangerous gift of a gambling,
casino, they, might have remained,
neutral. t 1
EQUAL TO DENMARK'S BEST,.
Agricultural Correspondent. of Times
Praises Canadian Butter.
London, Sept. 14. -The statement.
made by Mr. Henderson, M. P. .for
Halton, in the Canadian House of
Commons, denouncing as a libel the
statement of W. T. R. Preston, Can-
adian Government immigration agent.
in England, to the effect that Can-
adian butter sold in London is so,
inferior as to compel him to use New
Zealand butter for hist own use,.has:.
been cabled over here.
The agricultural correspondent of
the Times says that Canada makes•,
butter equal to Denmark's best pro-
duct, but does not, like Denmark,.
send her best butter to the English
market.
TREASURE ISLAND.
American Expedition Gives Up its•
Search in the South Pacific.
London, Sept. '8.-A despatch from,
Wellington, N. Z., to the( Daily Mail,
says an American expedition on the
schooner Hermn,nn, which has been
searching for millions of Chilean• gold.
and silver supposed, to have been bur-.
led on, Cocos or some other South/
Pacific island, has abandoned Its=
quest. The members of the expecli-
*lion searched twenty Islands, and:
then the originator of the schemer
admitted that he was ignorant of
the locality., of the island.;
Numerous'`` attempts have been,
marls to locate this so-called tress
tiro island, one of which was nada
by Adnciral Palliser 10the' British:
warship Irrlporiuse, In 1887.
NEW ZEALAND ALARMED.
Growth of Argentine Meat Trade in
Britain to be Offset.
London, Sept. 14. -:AJ correspondent;
oif the Daily Mail in New Zealand
eays tbat the report of the Com-
merce Department, presented to
Parliament, strongly urges that the'
rapid progress of the Argentina
meat trade compelts New. Zealand to
e,a.rerfuily review every department o1'
the trade if the eelan;y is to hold her
own in the Englis'b. market. The
most extended distribution of meat,
dairy prodiee and wool, should be
undertaken in the United' Kingdom,
The Government must open every
available market itt Kingdom and'
arrange for slhipniranes direct to.
o4 lame porta. , ' , , , ,