The Blyth Standard, 1903-02-12, Page 2A MACEDONIAN
REVOLT TIIREATENED.
Russia and Austria Massing
Troops on the Frontier.
Sultan May Lose Throne -----War Over turkey l'rtbable Within the Next-
Few
extF-ew Weeks—impossible to Belittle tate \'arming Nature of the
Situation.
London, Feb. 0. — The prole. Mures on tvhlch they have agreed. 1t
ability of the maintenance of peace
in Europe beyond the nest tow
weeke is lose, tuueidcrably less, than
the probability Of war.
T1Ie grave conclusion le the della-
orate judgment of stntestneu and
private observers alike who are
acquainted with the latest develop-
meuls 10 the crick 10 the Near East,
There have .been perennial oar
scares over the Balkan question for
many years, until diplomatists at, well
ata the world ett large have cont) to
regard the cry of "Wolf 1" with in-
difference.
It is impossible to ignore or beilttle
the alarming nature of the pa'eecnt gramme. tau t lou, Now Massing Tampauop
el
The 1 toes tsr'.lay docs not cxagger- It is clout that ilia is fully u tide t'-
ate when It says: " Every European stood by the powers proposing these
ohaueolterie is aware that there is reforms, hut Russia and Austria have
ptodt Imminent Holger of a revolt fu already been massing troops on the
Maoodoida on a totally different scale frontier for a campaign, which they
consider inevitable early in the
spring.
The only object, apparently, of the
recent 0nnouucemcnt of tate scheme
of reforms by Count Lamsdor(f, the
Russian Forcigo, Minister, Is to
throw the onus back on us and blame
for the war upon Turkey. This Is
rather a flimsy attempt to evade
responsibility. There has been ample
warning of the present crisis. Why
were not the proposed reforms
forcer( upon the Sultan's acceptance
has been decided to prose upon the
8ultatl certain reformer, the ptiuclpa.l
being the appolntment of a Christian
t3roveruor of Maceeonia, with practi-
cally lull powers, The concession, it It
could bo olferod to Macedonia as an
acoom dinlied fact, even at tads late
day, might avort a rcru:utlon.
The concert of Europe, as ham been
many times demonstrated with ai.pal•
Dng cuasetlueucee, 1s a useless ma-
chine for any ,emergency requiring
prompt action. Moreover, Abdul
Hamid has successfully resisted ite
efforts more than once, even when
It tuna ananintouely lit earnest. It is
almost hopeless to atu•mot to wring
adastuaie coucessione from him now
in time to induce the afa0edontans to
lib:Laden their revolutionary pro -
from the usual spring dieterhaneee,
and an owning up of questions that
may lead to a etru;gw, the timate
and lesiva of which a wise man will
not pretend to forecast.'
Extonsit'e Itu•Utg Planned.
The prep./rations of the Macedouiau
Ravuluciouary Committee for to gen-
eral ruing in the spring are su ex-
tensive that it le impossible to keep
them secret, and it is Impossible to
offset them except by a large army
and camprign arrangemeute• mouths ago, when they would have
I1. is only utueseary to point out served to avert tato now almost In-
tho mala features of the slutation to evltablc revolution? Russia will cor-
order to demonstrate the imminence talnly be accused in the present situ -
of the peril. The Sultanas atrocious ation of permitting the long (treed -
misgovernment of Macedonia, despite ed crisis in the Near East to arise
all warnings and protests, has at Met in revenge for tate temporary check
aroused both the Christian and Otto- to her Asiatic ambitions by the
man populations to revolt. Tho Bul-
veleta Government has given formai
assura0oes that it will do everything
In its power to avoid interference in
the coming quarrel. It is quite be-
yond its power, as all concerned
know, to prevent the Bulgarian
people from crossleg the frontier and
making common cause with the
Macedonian revolutionists.
Sento. also proteases els intention
to stand aloof, but there, also, 1 10
Government is strong enough to keep
the, country long out of the field
niter the fighting begins.
Too Late to Avert Out break.
It will naturally be enquired how it
happens that the European concert,
which especially champluns the rights
of the Macedonian Christians, has al-
lowed the oriels to reach a point of
such danger that now, it Is probably
100 bate.... rue
much-dreg+h d • u. It would
have been , T.mes
observes, it Eu„r,:r -11 taken the
whole population wader its protection
instead of only 1110 Christians, inas-
much as the ottomans aro suffering
equally from the atrocious misrule of
a corrupt governing elites. It would
bo unfair, periape, to question the
sincerity of the efforts which Rnmela
end Austria, ns the powers chiefly
concerned, are now making to avert
the engin. None know better than the
nuthorlties of those powers how fu-
tile at this late day roust be the mea -
Anglo -Japanese alliance. There Is no
doubt that the Czar will endeavor
to divide the spoils of war with Aus-
tria alone. Reagan troops are now
miming along the Roumanian fron-
tier. In all i.robabllty they will
strike at once for Constantinople,
Austria Is pouring troops into Bos-
nia, ready to advance at a day's
notice, through the Snadjak of Novi
Bn za r.
Tho Sultan himself Is by no means
idle, He is preparing to put down
In his usual savage fashion any re-
bellion in his dominions. There is no
doubt of the result, however. If,
while struggling with the revolting
provinces, Abdul Hamid is confront-
ed by the troops of Russia and Aus-
tria, the Turk will at last be driven
out of Europe.
But what will be the effect of a
Retaken seizure of Constantinople?
A few years ago it would have been
the signal for a general European
war. This Is less probable to -day,
but to again quote the Times, a wise
man will not pretend to forecast the
limits and issues of the questions
which would be opened up. Great Bri-
tain might now content herself
with hull sovereignty In Egypt and
the Nile Valley. All the powers would
strenuously oppose her further ag-
grandisement, but what about the
demands Germany and France would
certainly make for a share in the
Turk's epollation?
people, and will relieve the pressure i
upon the nvnllable accomtnatatlon
throughout the Province to a small
extent.
Dr. P. If. Bryce has received re
number of letters from various
motets of the Province, telling of the
prevalence of scarlet fever. In one
or two counties It le particularly,
prevalent rind it Is of an unumualiy
fatal character.
Mr. 'alienate Southworth, Superin-
tendent of Colonisation, Is working
upon his annual report. No definite
tigurea can Ire given yet as to the
increase In settlement in New On-
tario. Mr. Southworth, however, be-
lieve, that the increase will be foetal
to bo over 60 per cent.
eflNe".1•etr fl 4fl3 walk and fractured his skull.
Judge Deacon, at Ottawa, sententi-
al
IN BRIEF mp Oeonme t end
(Inctosix months'
mprfsonment and a loof 11100 for
' voting twice on the referendum.
1'\i:id"VNfiKei
CANADIAN
Fire did serious damage rib Sydney,
C. B.
\ ease of smallpox hue developed
at Hesneler.
The Legislature will probably meet
on March 3rd or 411).
North Perth and North Norfolk
election petitions have been filed.
It la proposal to extend the Can-
ada Atlantic Railway to Sault Ste
Maria
The Toronto Trades and Labor
Council by 77 to 7 vete! to reject
Mr. Carnegie's offer,
Tito Toronto grand jury endorsed
the proposed bill advocated by the
Prisoners' Aid Society,
York County Councillors disen1ised
this establishment of intelligence bu-
reaus for farm laborers.
Dr. J. E. Elliott was elected Chair-
man of the Toronto High School
Board.
Rev. Dr. Langford, of Owen Sound,
hos been called by Stratford Central
Methodist Church.
Judge Mo irimmon has been nom-
inated by the Chancellor to hear the
charges of personation.
Mn. Richard $chrieber, of Queen's
aVetitte, London, fell
sidewalk and broke her hip. Icy
Mr. Jesse Smith, hardware
ie 1 r e-
ohant of Wingham, on an WI,
Captain W, J. Bassett, of the
Northern Navigation Co., who
Ballet! the company's flagship Her•
wile last season, has resigned from
the service of the company. He Is
leaving for England, to purchase a
veesel ,which he proposes bringing
to Canadian waters,
James Nourvay, a G. T. R. brake-
man, whose home fe In Bt. Thomas,
was badly injured at Brantford, on
Tuesday night. Ho was rear brake-
man on a freight train running from
Ttlsonhurg to Harrisburg, and slip-
ped off the caboose when the train
was backing up to the station. Ile
was picked "p by the train crew and
taken tc the hospital. Ills injuries
consist of a badly fractured head
and four broken ribs.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
Tho French torpedo-boat destroyer
Esplgnole Is ashore off Cape Lardier,
east of Toulon.
The London Standard's correspond-
ent at Tientsin cables a rumor that
the Empress of Clalna 1e dead.
At Valladolid, Spahr, unemployed
persons looted bread wagons, and
were fired upon by the gendarmes.
The dieptute between Brazil and Bo-
livia as to the sovereignty of Acre
is rmeinning a critical phase.
Since the outbreak of cholera In the
Philippines, less than a year ago,
130,e(al cases anal S.As5 dcathe have
been reported. ,
There are novo over 100 cases of
typhoid fever la Ithaca, N. Y., the
epidemic being due to contamination
of the drinking watgr.
It le again asserted that negotia-
tions aro under way ht London for
tine purchase by tate C. 1'. R. of eteam-
ere for an Atlantic ireight service.
11 is reported teat the United
Santee Senate may not ratify the Al-
askan treaty, owing to the deter-
mined opposition of the northwestern
Senators.
An htvestigation into the "ragging”
of officers by a mock court-martial
hate resulted to the forced retirement
of Colonel Klulock of the Grenadier
Guards.
Interviewed In London, Mr. Mne een-
ziu denied that Isle visit In England
had anything to do with the report-
ed sale of the Canadian Northern to
the Grand Trunk Railway.
A Parisian paper says that owing
to the possession by the Ministry of
War of a document which Is expect-
ed to throw new light on the subject,
the Dreyfus affair tv11) be re -opened.
The strike of tho Toronto garment
workers has been practically settled
by Dir. Robert Gloekling's interven-
tion.
North York Conservatives nomin-
ated Mr. T. Iierbert Lennox for the
Legislature la opposition to Hon. E.
J. Davis.
The Manitoba Government has de-
ckled to build a $75,000 wing to the
Brandon Asylum, and a $75,000land
titles office in Winnipeg.
Mr. Goetrrey, Chairman of tine To-
ronto Public School hoard, In his in-
augural address, favored the amal-
gamation of tho city's School
Bonnie.
The Toronto Horse Show will be
held this year from April 30 to May
2. Thee later date than usual wIII,
1t 1s bclieval, Insure even a very
much larger attendance than ever
before.
Officers of the Canatllan Manutao-
turers' Association wish to deny the
statement that a large deputation
of their nssoclation is to visit Ot-
tawa next week to demand.changes
in tho tariff.
An unexpected outbreak of small-
pox has been reported from Hallo-
well Township, In Prince Edward
County. A case Is also reported
from the Township of North Eaet-
hope, Perth County.
Tho new Infirmary which is being
added to the asylum In London is
expected to be completed In another
week. it will acoommodate about 60
OFFICERS COURT-MARTIALED
AND G1VEN A SPANKING.
The Performance Leads to a Colonel's
Retirement in Disgrace.
London, Feb. to—.1 remarkable ecan-
dal has just been brought to light by
the compulsory retirement of Co:onc-I
Klnlooh, of rho Grenadier Guards, for
not enforcing discipline among the
junior officers. The colonel refused to
resign voluntarily, either to oblige
Earl Roberts, the commander-In-:'hlef,
or the King, although both a8ked Ittm
to do 00, and kid 011010 hair now been
removed from the army list.
It tuts been a custom in the Guards
for the officers to lick newcomers
Into shape hi their own way. Lord
Roberts has been trying to enforce
stricter discipline. The victims In the
present case, were the Marquis of
Douro, who Is the eldest eon of the
Duke Of Wellington, the sou of Lord
Belhaven and the nephew, to Lorti de.
Suuntarez.
When the Grenadiers returned from
Africa their Meier officers formed
the opinion that the three young
noblemen were assuming too lordly
alt's. It was also noticed that they
refused to join In the sports of the
regiment. Their brother subalterns
held a e jam court-martial anal the
three ohenders were acmtsed of "let -
longing to the moot noble !miller; in
THE t)LAOUE IN JAPAN.
101%eicd (tate Consul in Tokio—Coolies
Torture Theta to prat it.
Vancouver, Feb. 0.—Mall advices re-
ceived from the Orient by the steam-
8hip Empress of China are to the ef-
fect that the pest has broken out In
Tokio with alarming results. Infected
rata are being found In large 110111 -
bore, and the Japanese coolies are so
enraged at the authors of their trou-
bles that they are torturing these
rats to death by crucifixion and
other cruel methods. ,
Among the vtctime of the pest was
Dr. Yokota, who caught the pest
while ministering In the infected tils-
trlote. While be was dying the Mikado
bestowed upon him the order of ea-
ceptlonal merit, lite Sixth Order of
the Rising Sun, He was a very distin-
guished scholar, and was but 45
yeare old, The Emperor la taking
very fictive eteps personally to sup-
press the pest.
In one section 2,000 houses of the
richer Blase are surrounded by a
metal fence Bunk deep In the ground,
f
preventing the
pest-breeding rats
from getting
the khtgdom, and falling to report
theinselvem as consummate 11seee.'
They were all Lound guilty. Then
the lair of the Duke or Wellington
received corporal punishment ; In
other words, lie was spanked like an
infant. The other two received atm-
Ilea• iron tinent.
The three young men left the room
In great anger, and went to their
parents and told the story. The lat-
ter drew up a joint letter to Earl
Roberts, In which they said that Col.
Kluloch was unfit to command a
regiment where ouch an affair could
occur.
Colonel 'Kinloch was asked to ex-
plain. He replied that he knew no•
thtug about the matter. Further-
more, Ito had definitely asked all the
officers, after the return of the regt•
went from South Africa., not to par-
take In such ragging, and also to re-
port to hint personally any grlev-
nneee arising therefrom. The three
young noblemen had tailed 8o to re-
port.
Then Earl Roberts referred the
matter to the King. He refused to
interfere with the order removing
Col. Kinloch. The colonel's friends
have decided to raise the question at
the opening of Parliament. Mean-
t white tate Marquis of Douro has re-
elgnai hie commleelon to the Guards,
I The other two officers have decided
to face the matter out,
ABOUT 011111i1G1 50110015
The studlco of forte one and two are
taken up and last year there were
4,938 pupils taking the coulee, which
Is considerably more than in 1900,
1 The report also states that there
Changes in Course of StI ries now 477 libraries to the Province.
Stub . the department,
epia rtlime t,4and they15 sent turns to
contain
Needs, 1,008,175 volumes as compared with
t. Meet Growing Needs, 981)050In 1300. The receipts amount -
eel to $225,706.29, and the assets
WHY BRITAIN LOSES TRADE
Liverpool Ship Ow'nerrr Demand im-
perial Control or Vessels
Liverpool, Feb. 9.—The Ship -own-
ers' Astoclatlon here yesterday ad-
opted a report strongly condemning
the antiquated shipping lave, which
are said to bo gradually forcing the
carrying trade, of tho world Into the
hands of torelgnere. The report do-
mande Imperial control of the mer-
cantile mantle and the lighthouse
service, instoad of the present col-
onial regulation, and also holds that
foreign vowels within the jurisdic-
tion of the British courts should be
held answerable for claims In which
British subjects are interested.
3,000 DISEASED ANIMALS
Slaughtered In New England- -Owners
Paid $100,000.
Washington Feb. 9.—Dr. D. E.
Salmon, chief of the bureau of ani-
mal industry, who has returned
hero from Heston, where he super-
intended the fight against the foot
and mouth epidemic, eatd that
about 3,000 animals have been
slaughtered in Massachusetts, Ver-
mont, Rhode Island and New Hamp-
shire, and that the indemnity the
government has paid the owners
aggregates over $100,000. He said
that unlees new caeee develop it ie
probable that moat of the quaran-
tine restrictions now existing will
have been removed In about 110 or
90 days.
were $1,080.001.71.
SOME FIGURES OF INTEREST
FARMERS' 0000 YEAR.
Dena-
---
Hon Department, contains an in- Anneal itelort of the Ontario Agri•
teroating reference to the changes cultural Department.
that have gradually been made in The Ontario Agricultural Depart -
the curriculum of the Godegtttte lo• meet hat, wound up Its attain, for tate
atitutes and High 50110010 of the pro- year. During 1902 about $230,527
vines to meet the requiremeuts of was spent in developing agriculture
the present day. In the Province. Of this sum about
"When High Schools were Bret oa- 875,000 went to the various agrfeul-
tablished," the report says, "their tural societies, atld the college at
Watery object was to prepare Pa Guelph received In the neighborhood
pile for the learned proieemione, and of $.0,000. Grants were also made to
ospccially for the university. Al- the farmers' inetltutes, fruit grow -
though their original purpose had ern, dairymen, live eteek and other
not been ignurel, the course of study nesoclations of that nature. The de-
hins batt enlarged so as (0 meet' partmcnt le pleased with the results
the altos of pupils who Intend to 1 and a marked Improvement over the
follow. the ordinary pursuits of life, preceding year In almost every line
11 is in the High Schoolu that moat of agriculture Is reported.
sttuienta who deelrc to become Public Hon. John Dryden, Minister of Ag -
School teachers receive their 001-; rlculture, sold yesterday that the
proieseloani training. This is a, vat- past year had been a very successful
uable function of those iustitutloas, one.
and one that has done much to m• A' — --
mu.mend them to the general imbibe RGAINST
Mena 31,”31,”11g"g men who also intend U I'
to follow mechanloal pursuits or pre-
pare themselves tor mechanical lite
or for agriculture, take advantage
of the high Schools. 'the superior
culture which is thee received proves
u valuable investment. In 1872 the
number of High School pupils en•
tering mercantile lite was 488. In
1901 the number had Increased to
1,000. Its 1872, 300 pupils left the
High Schools for Agricultural pur-
sulte, and the number in 1901 had
reached 838.
"The following table regarding the
occupation of parents of High School
pupils will be of interest, and 1111
show the classes of our population
receiving moat advantages from
those Institutions:
Agriculture— ... ....... ... 0,747
Commercial... ...... ...... ....... 5,981
Mechanical... , .. , 5,862
Professional.,. 2,144
Without occupation... ... ...... 1,756
Total Ca+t ot the Schools.
For 11101 the total receipts of the
Public Schools. Including logielattve
grants, municipal school grants,
and assessments, amounted to $5,-
6:'005C ex compared with $5,509,-
980 1n 1900, There was paid out
in teachers' salaries $3,055,341, sites
and buildings, $531,072; rents, re•
pairs, etc.. $1,052,232; pritei, maps,
etc., $81,685, making the total ex-
penditure $4,7::0,310, which Is at
the rate of 810.29 per pupil.
The Separate Schools received dur-
ing the year $138721, and their ex-
penditure was $391,028.
The seven Protestant Separate
Schools were attended by 450 pupils,
and the coat of their maintenance
W119 $4,545.
The Collegiate Institutes and High
Schools had expended on them $728,-
132, and they received during the
year $784,826. For teachers' salar-
ies Moue 5535,521 was epent. The
number of pupils in attendance was
22,a23, while the year before It was
21,723.
Dealing with the queetloo ot ecn-
treated rural schools, the report
onyx that during the last five or
eh years much attention has been
given to the question. In the Unit-
ed States It Is claimed that the cea-
trelizntton of township schools hag
been advantageous, and steps have
already been taken In Ontario to William's total oontributlon for this
test Its npplicnbl'Ity and value. Sir large undertaktntr $175,000, and le
William M'tcetonald has undertaken
to erect, equip, and eaglet 1n matin- expected to make possible the com-
taining for three years a coma- Plcte furnlehing of thew excellent
dated school, and the experlme¢t will building&
be watched with great Interest.
The continuation class work In the
CF W11IST,
Transforming Social Life in
England,
DENOUNCED ROM THE PULPIT
London, Feb. 9.—A satire on the
society chase for "Bridge." lately
written by George Russell, has Ini-
tiated a crusade, which Is graduhl-
ly developing. Clergymeu Im the
west end are beginning to denounce
from their pulpits the evils of the
game as generating a gambling
spirit, esperielly among society wo-
men. Many storles are current of
heavy sums won and lost by mem-
bers of society. In an interview Mr.
Russell declared that it was Impos-
elble to exaggerate the evil influ-
ence of the game. It was transform-
ing social life, and destroying the
taste fur healthful outdoor games.
Week -end visite to country houses
nolo resolve themselves into orgies
of bridge. Play goes on day and
night, Sunday Included. The game
seems to have taken a firmer hold
upon women than men, and as It
Is not a game of chance, but of
skill, the more experienced win.
Mr. Russell suspects some individ-
uals In exalted society of living 011
their winnings,
TOTAI. OIFT OF $175,00 .
Sir William Macdonald IU, the gr -
culhlral College.
President Mills, of the Agricul-
tural tellers, Guelph, who was at
Parliament Building°, Toronto, ye.-
terday, reported that Sir. W. Macdon-
ald, of Montreal, had added an-
other $4,500 to his gifts for the
Macdonald Institute and residence
at (iuelph for manual training and
domewtie science. This makes Sir
At tate Ball: Claude—You dance the
Public Schools, carried on in dl- two-step divinely. Who taught you;
tScchho bs, what been ♦ery suoeee$nl York Maude—My
and Express. ,tare step-sisters.—New