THE BEE:- OMAHA, THURSDAY. MAY ' 3,1917.
MANLESS LAND FOR JINFLUENCE OF SUN
THE LANDLESS MAN! YAT-SEN IS GONE
AMERICANS AT LUNCH
AT CHINESE TABLES
Mayor of Milwaukee Dines
With President LI Yuan Hung
at the Royal Palace.
CAMBRIDGE FEELS
EFFECTS OF WAR
With Students at Front, Class
Countess of Warwick Urges
Pro-Germ an Ideas of Qhinese
Official Denounced by th,e
English Estates Be Turned
Over to the People.
Rooms of Old English Col
lege Are Deserted.
Press of Country.
"pours
TO BETTER CONDITIONS
METHODS ARE UNPOPULAR
MISS LI
TEA
EXPENSES ARE REDUCED
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(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
London, April 30. The cauntess of
Warwick, owner of 23,000 acres, has
issued a stirring appeal to the landed
aristocracy of Great Britain to follow
the example of the Russian grand
dukes and turn over alt their feudal
properties to the state.
"We must go," she says. "The
aristocracy of England, in its position
.of hereditary landowners, must go.
"The country rings with suggestions
for the betterment of the conditions
under which land is cultivated, but as
I see things, the suggestions are in
no instance drastic enough.
"The only cure for the present evils
seems to me to be state ownership,
the abolition of all private property
in the earth that. was given to all. of
us in common.
"There are two rlaea nf larire
landowners ill England, the arislo-f
cracy and the plutocracy.
Good Landlords.
"As a class, the aristocracy have
been good landlords within limits, bTrt
the limits are very marked, because
they, have always been a narrow
minded body. The average chatelaine
who plays the part of Lady Bountiful
is to me an abomination, because her
philanthropy is so closely associated
with dogmatic religion, personal ipride,
and party politics.
"I have known estates where the
tenants are expected to belong to the
Church of England, and non-conform-
ists arc barred or persecuted. Radi-
lausui is iiKewise suspectca. farmers
laborers, and small village tradesmen
have been ruined or exiled from the
place ot their birth because their opin
ions are contrary to those of their
landlords. Men and women on such
estates must rule their lives to order,
think as they are told to think. Jf
..i
uui ui iMuimty pusscsscu inc over
whelming wisdom necessary to their
role as supreme dictators, all would
be well, but I cannot reckon in their
ranks more than six whose claims
would bear momentary consideration.
"As for the plutocrats, , the men
who have bought lands and titles in
the open market and the one is nearly
""as readily purchased as the other
they have not the old feudal tradi
tion of the aristocracy. Theyhave
been accustomed to make business
ventures pay; they demand 6 per
cent on their outlay and employ an
agent who will sec that they get it.
The landlord of this class is a bad
landlord.
Need Better Social Conditions.
"Eor the betterment of social con
ditions in England a supreme sacri
fice is required. It is no more than
justice that the men who have of
fered their lives in this war for Britain
should have' the freedom of Britain
for- their reward. It is no justice
that calls men to fight for the land
andJeaves it in jjje hands of a frac
tiorTof those who fought. To me it
is impossible that in the future 'His
Grace' or 'My Lord' should own
square miles of the mother earth for
which Tom died and Dick was sore
wounded and Harry fought unscathed.
"The country has great needs. If
it is to remain solvent the united
work of one and all is necessary. The
old feudal landlord will be an an
achronism, the new monty-spun land-
1 1 l I. . . .
loru an aDominaiion. jmy inc state
can own the land in trust for those
who can make it productive. We
who are in the high places in Eng
land should retire from them in the
real halo of renunciation, and our
act of sacrifice would be a better me
morial than the best of us could have
hoped to gain."
Prohibition of Absinthe
Drinking Brjngs Good Results
(Correspondence of The Associated PreB3.)
Paris, April 30. The absolute pro
hibition of absinthe throughout France
has had excellent results, says an
official report. Meanwhile, French
ingenuity is supplying other bever
ages as mild substitutes. Coffee with-
a dash of brandy is now the popular
after-dinner drink all classes. . ''
Total Abstainers in the
British Navy Are Numeroisi
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
London, April 00. Statistics gath
ered by the admiralty show that there
are 47,000 total abstainers in the Brit
ish navy. . J ,
Our Annual
MAY SALE
of
Undermuslins -
Begins Saturday
N V . .. - ' f ,
The May Sale of Corsets Begins Saturday Also
(Correspondence of The Asseclated'Preis.)
Peking, March 30. Sun Yat-sen
effort to prevent Parliament from
severing diplomatic relations with
Germany, has provoked a strong "dis
approval from the Chinese press. YUi
hassbeen denounced as highly pre
sumptions in sending a dispatch to
Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain" urging that he require British
officials to cease their efforts to force
China into the entente.
A similar message which Sun Yet
sen sent to all the members of the
Chinese house of representatives and
senate also has been; widely criticized.
His statement that Chinas entrance.
or threatened entraiice, into the Euro
pean war witn the entente might pro
voke a slaughter of foreigners and
bretieral uorisinff of Mohammedans
has been declared absurd.
His Influence Waning.
Sun Yat-cns influence recently has
Vaned very greatly in China. His ef
forts to collect money which he al
leges was rsr.ended in the Yunnan
revolution of iast year, have been ex
tremely unpopular, and he has been
generally denounced Dy the press. In
his message to the members of Par
liament, Sun Ya-sen wrote:
"Those who advocate the advis
ability of associating ourselves witu
ine entente, powers tor reasons ; ot
powers tor reasons
nroflf nit,. UA l,.
sotm as China encrs t, e i( j
Ut ( xa
i powe
that there will be no more difficult
diplomatic problem for it to solve. But
my opinion is that the elevation of a
weak country to the status of a first
class jjower depends entirely upon its
own national stamina.
Two Kinds of Trouble.
"After matured consideration and
careful study, I have come to the con
clusion that two kinds of trouble, will
arist from the country's abandonment
of neutrality: (1) the possibility of
a blind anti-foreign movement and (2)
the disaffection of the Mussulmans in
this country.
"The anti-foreign feeling lies hid. in
the bosom of most, Chinese people
and will break out any time when
there is something to provoke it. In
the twinkle of an eye we shall see
once more a Boxer uprising in our
midst. '
"The Mohammedans in this coun
try form a very important factor and
their influence can neither be ignored
nor underestimated. If war is de
clared upon Turkey, the Mohamme-
(dan fanatics here will certainly rise
againsc me government ior tne de
fense of their religion. W,hen this
happens, the country mav date her
history of great disorder and national
extinction from that day."
Climate of Asia Found to Be
Right for Cotton Cultivation
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Berlin. April German commer
cial observers who are attached to the
Turkish army in Asia'Mjnor, report
that the climate of Asia Minor, except
in the uplands, is very favorable for
cotton cultivation, and all along the
line of the Bagdad railway land is
being used for that purpose as far as
the water supply permits. ExtensiveJ
irrigation works have been started at
Adana and other places, and experi
ments in cotton growing in the
province of Smyrna are said to have
been very successful. About 50,000
bales of Turkish cotton is reported to
have arrived at Budapest last year.
An association of German and Aus
trian cotton buyers has been formed
to assist in the development of the
Turkish market, and it is hoped that
when the war is over the mills of Ger
many and-Austria will be less depend
ent than heretofore on the LiverpSol
and American markets.
England, Shows Increase in
Consumption of Tobacco
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
London, April 00. Despite the
government's restrictions against to
bacco importations last year showed
a heavy increase in the. amount con
sumed in Great Britain. A total of
48,600,000 was spent last year for
M0,700,000 pounds of tobacco,, as
against 40,000,000 on 126,000,000
pounds the previous year. '
England's tobacco' expenditure per
head for the year was $5.25.
brandeis Stores
(Crr,spondence of The Associated Press.)
Peking, ' March .President Li
Yuau-hung extended a cordial wel
come to the delegation of American
business men- headed by David a.
Rose, former mayor of Milwaukee,
w" ' f,na ?"ay'g
ceived at the oalacc bv the oresident
and ' entertained t a luncheon over
which Miss Li, the daughter of the
president, presided as hostess.
The Peking Chamber of Commerce
acted as host to the Americans n:
Peking, entertained them art a num
ber of dinners and luncheons and con
ducted the visitors to all the historic
points of interest (about the Chinese
capital. v
When the delegation visited Prcsi
dent Li Yuan-hung at the palace he
deliverer! an address to them in which
he expressed the hope that American
capital wonld come to China freely
and develop the latent resources
which offer such great returns if
properly managed. President Li
Yuaipjiung said the United States and
China, standing at opposite sides of
the Pacific, were two great powers in
wmcti the people were truly sovcr
eign. Consequently the aims of the
two republics were identical, and they
tpust work together for the advance
ment of civilization and the good of
mankind
- Before coming to Peking the Amer
ican delegation visited Hongkong.
Shanghai, Nanking and Hankow. The
member" of the party are: General
Julian S. Carr, representing the
Southern Commercial congress; Ju
lius O. Frank, representing the Mil
waukee Merchants' and- Manufactur
ers' association; Mrs. Julius O. Frank;
F. P. Neal, representing the Kansas
City (Mo.) Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. F.. P. Ncal; F. A. Landeck, rep
resenting the Wisconsin Manufactur
ers association; Mrs. Harriet M.
Johnston, representing the Muncie
National institute; Mrs. L. W. Nee
Icy, Muncie, Ind.; David S. Rose, rep
resenting tne Chinese-American
Products Exchange company; and
Mrs. David S. Rose of Milwaukee; A.
R. Pierson, jr New" York City, and
Joseph H. Pang, Chicago, III,, Chinese
business agent of Chinese-Afherican
Products Exchange company for
South China. ,
Rabbits, Once the Curse of
Australia, Now Bring Revenue
(Correspondence ef the. Associated Press.)
Melbourne, Australia, March 00.
Rabbit trapping and exportation of
refrigerated rabbits has experienced a
boom as a result of the war. Here
tofore the rabbits tjave been a curse
to Australia -and millions of pounds
sterling have been expended in an ef
fort to eradicate them.
Lately, however, the common
wealth authorities have been taking
an active interest in rabbits for con
sumption both .in Australia and
abroad. The view that the rabbit is
a pest which should be extirpated is
not being encouraged. Steps have
been taken by the government to
have the poisoning of the animals
suspended and trappers are being
urged to maintain the output for con
sumption, j
Undoubtedly this policy is a result
of the war strain upon food supplies
in Great Britain and among the other
entente allies. A month or two f go
the British government notified the
commonwealth government that it
had decided to buy the whole of the
surplus of Australian refrigerated rab
bits for the season of 1917. The
transaction will involve about $2,500,
000. Last season Australia exported
10,296,000 pairs of raobits, showing
the extent of the supply which Great
Britain has contracted to take.
School for Maya Indians to
Be Established-in Yucatan
Merida, Yucatan, April 30. Prepa
rations now are under way to estab
lish in the city of Espita a school
modeled on the Tuskegee institute for
the benefit of the Maya Indians of
Yucatan. These Indians, many, of
whom were-iu former years in a state
bordering on slavery, will be given in
struction both in manual training ag
riculture and in etfmehtal studies. The
plan is to devote a portion of the pu
pils' time to work in the .fields and
shops and another part to work in the
school room. A small theater will be
included in the .equipment of the
school.
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Cambridge, April 30. Those who
return to Cambridge university after
the w ar will find great changes. There
is in progress not only a great re
form in curriculum, but also a great
democratization of the whole univer
sity atmosphere. In the past the cost
of education at the older English uni
versities has been a bar to all ex
cept wealthy and very clever stu
dents, Singe the war a good deal of
attention has been given t the re
duction of the expenses of under
graduates and the consequent throw
ing open of the university to a much-
wider range ot students.
The student after the war will be
offered a short course ot study and
longer terms. 1 his will result tn
shortening of the time required for
the university course. But generally
spcaKiiig, u nas ticeu iouuu mat ine i
heavy cost of a Cambridge education
is not due to the fees exacted by the
colleges so much as to the extrava
gant social habits of the undergradu
ates. Steps are being taken to curb
all unnecessary expenditure in this
direction, and the student who comes
to Cambridge with an idea .that he
can spend his money freely on all
sorts of pleasures, will find himself
on bad terms with the university
autnonties.
; Courses Are Liberal.
There is to be a great liberaliza
tion of the courses of study. Courses
in modern .language's, English eco
nomics, and modem science, will be
extended enormously. The whole
system of examinations will be re
vised, and in all probability the pres
ent special examination will be ar
ranged ano siincned. Compulsory
Greek will be abandoned, and those
who consider' that military training
should form part of a university edu
cation are distinctly m tne majority
in faculty circles.
For the present, college classrooms
are almost completely depopulated.
Examinations, lectures and class ex
ercises still go on, but a class seldom
contains more than four or five vounir
men. Many students whose names
appear on the rolls are only nominally I
in college, being either on war duty
witn me army or engaged in work,
at various government offices.
War Expenditures Cause
The Inflation of Prices
(Correspondence of The Associated Preas.)
I.nnHnn , Anril
--- m ai VA(JLiiur
riir ritfistitnroi-i iU mnm ......At nf
flation of prices in the United
uom, declared rrot. foxwcll in a re
cent address to the Institute of
Actuaries. Other
were the, continued large output of I
guiu, increase in tne use of checks in
uermanv. prance and Hues a th en
ormous issue Itf tintPK in- mnet nf tl,. I
belligerent countries except England,
and the unprecedented issues of silver
anu outer suDsioiary money.
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