THK HKE: OMA11A. I iIl'J?.SDAY, .JULY 1, 191o.
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HOLLAND A HAYEN
FOR THEJHUGGLER
Eeular Syttem for Bemtiaf Gorem
neat and Tortures Will Not Make
Ken Diicloie Secrete.
MAST DEALERS ARE KILLED
fComvoTilenr of Th Associate FT-pss.)
ROTTERDAM. Tha Netherlands. June
11 The romsntlr smuggler writing for
a dark night to run hl lugger ashore In
core, and thee bury hln Ii1m and bar
rels In th aand.has disappeared, but th
trade still flourishes and probably brings
more profit than ever. especially Just now
In Holland. The modern smuggler here,
however, la rhlefly Interested In getting
contraband out of the country, rathsr
than bringing It In.
A visitor to an up-to-date smuggler's
den. of a-hlrh a-number exist In the center
of Rotterdam, would probably find a
middle-aged clerkly German dreaded In a
well-cot business suit at a desk. In front
of him. smalt heaps of eploe. grain of
various aperies, ollf-ake and raw rubbor
anal aamplis lottlea of burning- and lubri
cating oil. FTom time to time the smug
gler chief Ukea the telephone receiver
down, call a number and bargain! In
terse phrases pver the prices of Job lota
of the art'clei. samplf of which lie be
fore him. aent for hla approval by mer
chants and dealer who held atorka more
or less extensive before the new and
strict government regulations rilling for
an Inventory wera lssiied.
Tfce afcrewd la(lfr Chief.
Then follow other telephone rails on
shippers or their skipper. Tha imuj
gler chief Is trying to arrange for the
trartport .f his Illicit exports across the
border line. Into Germany or Belgium.
Freights for this trade are, high and tha
smuggler's efforts are directed towad
beating down the shipper to as low a
figure aa possible; but the shipper holds
out, for he knows smuggled goods bring
high rates when safely brought to their
destination.
Torture would not force the smuggler
to dlsclor the methods by which they
manage to forward tha contraband be
yond the rl6sely guarded frontier. It Is
hinted, however, that many railroad cars
ostensibly conveying freight from Holland
to Denmark and from Denmark to Hol
land are mysteriously uncoupled and dis
appear while passing over the Intervening
(Jermaa territory.
Releasee' After Cargoes I atoafed.
Dutch flatting boata, too. . are often
seised off the coast by German patrol
boata and taken Into German1 porta,
whence they are released after their1 ear
goes have been unloaded to the evident
satisfaction of the skippers.. Doxen of
Rhine, lighters pea dally tip and down
the river whose course runs through
Germany i and Holland, and occasionally
one Is held Up becauee of the presenoe
of Illicit cargo; but It Is possible that for
each one stopped a number of others pass
muster with forbidden goods on board
and are received with welcome by tha
German authorities.
From numerous points along tha
frontier, closely guarded though It la by
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Dutch troops, come reports of rattle and
horses being driven across Into Gorman
territory whore the lines of sentinels
are thin or woods prevent a clear view.
T!ie gains to be. secured by tha running
of contraband are so tempting that the
efforts of tha authorities have been re
dered futile. Irarlleully half tha Dutch
troops now mobilised are engaged In
guarding the frontiers, not against for
eigners, but against Dutchmen trying to
pass contraband. It Is difficult, however,
to guard every yard of the border-Una
and If the attention of a sentry can be
distracted for only a few minutes thla
gives the wily smuggler his chance to
get across with his goods."
Rewards far Soldiers.
The Dutch soldier, himself until re
cently a civilian, naturally dislike
rhootlng at his own countrymen, even
when they are observed In the act of
evading tha law. The government haa,
therefore, been compelled to offer soma
Inducement to augment thla alertness In
putting a stop to this profitable trade,
whose success brings the government
Into many difficulties with the bellig
erent powers, who accuse tha Dutch of
acta not In accord with strict neutrality.
A reward amounting to 10 per cent of
the value of goods seised In Illegal
transit Is now offered to the soldiers
and this has had such effect on their
watchfulness that captures of smugglers
ere becoming more frequent dally.
On several occaslona recently soldiers
have shot and killed smugglers who
bave defied their summons to halt while,
engaged In contraband running. On
soldier Is reported to have received 1400
aa his shara of the reward for stopping
a larga parcel of smuggled goods just
as It was about to be taken across tha
border.
MANY MORE LUNATICS TO
BE RESULT OF BIQ WAR
tha study of French there wera applica
tions from 1,100 students. One hundred
students ara to take the study of Russian.
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TURKS FEARJHE SUBSEAS
But in Spite of This They Continue
to Send Out Veneli Loaded
with Ammunition.
STRAIT STR0NOLT ARMED
(Correspondence of tha Asoclated Press.)
LONDON, June . Sir James Crlchtwv
Browna, who stands In the forefront of
English authorities on mental and ner
vous diseases, says that one of tha sad
dest results of the war will be a great
Increase In the number of lunatic.
Addressing the annual meeting of tha
Asylum Workers' association, ho said:
"Much of the aftermath of war will find
Its way Into asylums. The enormous
number of cranial Injuries wilt undoubt
edly lesd to much mental Impairment
The large number of cases of shock to
tha nerves and overstrain will rauso
much neurasthenia and other disorders.
There has been throughout tha whole
country immeasurable sorrow and ' be
reavement which In many casea will
deepen Into morbid melancholy."
GERMAN IS NOT A POPULAR
LANGUAGE IN LONDON NOW
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 21 The whole or
Greater London, with Its population of
over 7,000,000, has produced only eighteen
students who wish to study German at
the special summer sessions of the free
schools, which open thla month.
The educational authorities wera pre
pared to open classes In German In thirty
three districts of tha city; but one class
will suffice for all the applicants. For
QUITS RATHER THAN TO
HELP MANUFACTURE ARMS
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 10. W. R. Moore, head
of tha large gasoline manufacturing com
pany "Peters Limited," ha resigned
from all connection with the firm be
cause the directors voted to place their
plant at tha disposal of the government
for the manufacture of munitions. Mr.
Moore's letter of resignation says:
"Deep religious conviction will not al
low me willingly to take part In the
manufacture of munitions and I should
not have become associated with the
company had I thought that any such
contingency would arise. As It has
arisen there is one course open to me,
and 1 resign therefore - my . position aa
chairman and director of tha company."
CHINA WOULD SAVE OLD
BUILDINGS FROM VANDALS
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
PEKING, June 10,-Presldent Yuan-Shi
Kal haa received a petition from the gov
ernor of Shensl for authorization to pro
ceed with repairs on the decaying mauso
leums of the Chow dynasty whlc-h are lv
cated In Hslenyang district of that prov
ince. These- edifice epitomise stylos of
Chinese architecture of thousands of
years ago In addition to preserving tha
tablets of rulers and sages of ancient
times, and It Is desired to save them,
both from vandalism and the destruction
by tha elements.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
CONfTANTINOI LK, June M.-Turklsh
steamers still run up the Pea of Mar
mora from Constantinople to GaHlpoll
and Chanak, notwithstanding the activ
ity of tha British submsrlnes. Their
cargo Is mainly war stores and muni
tions, and anyone who wishes to ship as
passenger, whether h bo Turk or alien,
must have official permission to make
the trip.
The fear of submarine Is very strong
among the Turkish sailor, and tha
stnamers bound for the flfhting sons slip
away from their docks at odd hours, gen
erally midnight or later with a squad if
sharpshooters, twelve or more in num
ber, stationed along the rail on both
side of the boat, rifles In hand, straln
Ing their eyes out over the waters In
search of the enemy. Tha Fee. of Mar
mora has many porpoises, and to tha
excited Imagination every porpoise seems
a submarine. Bo the firing Is frequent.
The crack of tha rifles tends to steady
the nerves, however, so that by tha time
tha real danger sone come Into sight
tlons.
the soldiers are quite Indifferent to dan
ger, and lounge about the deck with tit
ter contempt for the under-water enemy.
A little out of Constantinople tha
steamers pass the big powder works,
which even in tha blackness of night
present a scene of modern war. Eight
towering chimneys belch forth smoke
and flame, and the glare of the lighted
windows tell of tha struggle going on to
keep peace with the demand for muni-
Ten hours from Constantinople finds
the ship In the brosdest part of tha Sea
of Marmora, and a few hours later, tha
peninsula of Galllpoll begins to draw
near.
Thla section of the country is far from
desolate. Every acre is cultivated. Roads
wind In. and out along the shore, and
windmills crown the crest of the ridge
of Galllpoll. - Wherever the sea pushes
Into the land to form a bay, there is a
little town, busy and prosperous In a
Turkish manner of speaking. In every
case the salient feature I a sky-rlerelng
minaret At fixed points along the road,
white tented military camp squat
against the green landscape.
At Oalllpoli a curious feature is pro
vided by large black and white sign
boards erected here and there ever many
of the buildings of the town. These are
to Indicate neutral property. How the
owners hope that the gun-pointers of
the ships in the Gulf of Earoa, many
miles away behind the hills, can see these
signs is not explained.
Prisoners to Protert Town.
The tact that several Important struc
tures here were hit by those skyrocket
ing English shells Impelled Enver Pasha
to send twenty-fye frenrh. and( ngNsh
prisoners from Conntan(lnopIe to be
housed In Oalllpoli, where they subslst-d
for six days st the expense of Hot f man
Phillip, secretary of the American em
bassy, who accompanied them officially.
A feature of Chanak is the collection
of cats living In the Street of the Lame
CameL They were gathered from vari
ous destroyed houses by a kind hearted
Turk, who now feeds them.
Chanak is only the shell of a city. Be
yond the whit houses that line the sea
front, there I nothing, except in the di
rection of Kllid Bahr, from which It Is
separated by only a few hundred yards
of water. Only when th visitor actually
sees this narrow psssage. swept by over
fifty eight-Inch guns mounted thirty feet
above the water, does th difficulty of
attempting to force it become clear.
Every Inch of the surface of the water
Is plotted on. the artillery maps In the
forts, and it needs but n Instant's cal
culation to get the exact range of any
ships entering the sone.
Two thousand shells per hour fell In
Chanak during on of th bombardments
by the British fleet, but the casualties In
the forts were onlv twenty-six killed and
The aamale to the forti
fifty woun lei.'
ass not serious. This Is proof enoui
that the problem of attacking land
firatlona with ships, even when they
armed with the most powerful gun
leave a heavy margin of advantage wit It
the forts
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AVIATOR MENTIONED FOR
HIS MOST DARING DEEDS
(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
PARIS. Jun 10 Etlenne Bunau-Va-rllla,
the eon cf Philippe Bunau-VarlUa.
haa been cited In th order of th dsy
for hla daring work as an aviator and
awarded the military medal. He dis
tinguished himself especially lit th
Champagne country by his audacity and
skill under difficult clrcumstsnees. At
mospheric dlflcultles exposed him re
peatedly to great danger and his ma
chine was rtrvck many times by bullctl
and fragments of shell.
Monsieur Bunau-Varilla, the father, 1i
a major in the engineers attached to the
staff of an army corps on the fighting
line.
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