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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On
+In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897, by Various
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+Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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+Author: Various
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+Release Date: March 16, 2005 [EBook #15386]
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+[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND WORLD And WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   MARCH 11, 1897.   NO. 18
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+There is startling news from Crete.
+
+Greece has openly defied the warning of the Powers, and has declared her
+intention of assisting the little island, and freeing her from the Turkish
+rule.
+
+All Europe is ringing with the spirited reply sent by Greece to the demand
+that she should submit to the wishes of Europe, and give up her warlike
+intentions toward Turkey.
+
+This reply was short and to the point. It was simply this:
+
+"Greece accepts full responsibility for all her acts."
+
+Her first act after sending this brave message was to fire on a Turkish
+vessel, and thus openly to declare war upon the Turks.
+
+The Turkish vessel was carrying arms to the besieged garrison at Canea. As
+she moved from her anchorage in the harbor of Candia, she was hailed by a
+Greek warship, and ordered to return to her moorings.
+
+The Turkish vessel, the _Fuad_, paid no attention to the order, and was
+continuing on her way, when a shot from the Greek ship brought her to a
+stand. Having no guns of her own with which to defend herself, the _Fuad_
+decided that the sensible thing was to obey; so she put about, and
+returned to her moorings.
+
+The commander of the British fleet sent a formal protest to the Greeks
+against this action, and again ordered them to stop attacking the Turks.
+
+No attention was paid to this request.
+
+The Powers are, however, so afraid of war, that they are doing all that is
+possible to prevent Greece from taking any action that will make war
+inevitable.
+
+Russia, Great Britain, France, and Italy have all sent warships to Crete,
+with orders to enforce peace between Greece and Turkey.
+
+The combined fleets of these great nations have formed a cordon around the
+harbor of Canea, and have blockaded the port, to prevent the Greek
+squadron, under Prince George, from entering the harbor.
+
+A cordon is a line of men, ships, or forts, so stationed as to prevent
+people from going into, or coming out of the place.
+
+Having done this, the four great Powers proceeded to take possession of
+the island, and intend to try and hold it until some settlement is made
+between Greece and Turkey.
+
+One hundred men from each of the four fleets have been landed at Canea,
+and, with the consent of the Turkish authorities, have raised their flags
+over the fortress of the city, as a sign that Crete is under their
+protection.
+
+Greece, in the mean while, has sent word to the Powers that she intends to
+occupy Crete. She is sending troops there, and raising volunteers and
+filling out her reserve force, to be ready for war, if war comes.
+
+This defiance on the part of Greece is worrying the rest of the Powers.
+She is too small and insignificant to attempt to brave the wrath of Europe
+alone, and there is an uneasy feeling that some one of the great nations
+must be secretly backing her.
+
+As usual, when anything goes wrong in Europe, Russia is blamed. Russia has
+so long been the naughty girl of Dame Europa's school, that the moment
+mischief is in the air Russia is suspected.
+
+If she is in this new trouble, she will have hard work to escape
+punishment. She has been posing as the dear friend and protector of Turkey
+for the last few weeks, and has put stumbling-blocks in the way of the
+other Powers when they have attempted to force the Sultan of Turkey to do
+as they wished.
+
+If she has suddenly veered round, and is now encouraging Greece against
+Turkey, her conduct will be hard to explain.
+
+It will be interesting to watch what comes of this, for it seems that the
+Bismarck revelations, about which you can read in No. 4 of THE GREAT
+ROUND WORLD, have brought many strange things to light in European
+politics.
+
+You will remember that it was found that Germany had a secret
+understanding with Russia, which quite undid her open agreement with
+Austria and Italy--the Triple Alliance, as it was called.
+
+Now it appears that nearly all the European nations have been playing the
+same sly game.
+
+It would seem that most of them have secret, underhand agreements to play
+false to their best friends, whenever it suits their purpose.
+
+Every one is sure that Greece has some strong country at her back to make
+her so bold, and while all the diplomats are wondering which it can be, no
+one dares to ask any questions. There is so much treachery and deceit
+going on, that each ambassador is afraid that any inquiry on his part may
+lead to the discovery of things about his country that would better be
+kept in the dark.
+
+This daring attitude of Greece may involve the whole of Europe in a vast
+war, and it may be passed quietly over, and Greece be allowed to snatch
+her prize from under Turkey's nose, and walk away unharmed with it,
+because none of the other nations dare to call "police!" for fear of being
+arrested themselves.
+
+All sorts of rumors are flying around. One is that the Powers are not
+really angry with Greece, and that if the bold little country can take
+possession of Crete and hold it, the Powers will not let her be interfered
+with.
+
+It is also said that Turkey does not want Crete very badly, and will let
+Greece take it and keep it, if she will only promise not to interfere with
+Macedonia, which is another ancient Greek province, inhabited by
+Christians, and now under the control of Turkey. Macedonia is on the
+borders of modern Greece.
+
+Outwardly, the Powers are very fierce over the whole matter, and have
+warned Greece that if she does not withdraw her army from Crete in two
+days, they will make war upon her.
+
+Greece is, however, taking her own way very quietly and decidedly.
+
+While the four combined fleets of Europe are keeping Prince George at bay
+at Canea, fifteen hundred Greek soldiers under Colonel Vassos have been
+safely landed in Crete, at Platania about sixty miles from Canea.
+
+This battalion, which is made up of artillery, engineers, and infantry, is
+called the "Corps of Occupation," and Greece went wild with joy when the
+report of its safe arrival reached Athens.
+
+The commander of the corps, Colonel Vassos, is reported to have issued a
+proclamation to the Cretans, in which he says that the troubles in Crete
+have been deeply felt by their brother Greeks. The Cretans are but one
+nation with the Greeks, despite the fact that they are under a foreign
+rule, and Greece can no longer allow a people of her race and religion to
+be under the Turkish rule; she has therefore decided to occupy the island,
+and add it to the country ruled by the King of Greece.
+
+The proclamation goes on to say that Colonel Vassos, in the name of the
+King of Greece, promises to protect the lives, honor, and property of the
+inhabitants, and to bring peace and law to them.
+
+He then demanded of the Turks that they surrender, and give up the island.
+
+While this was going on, the combined Powers, through their ambassadors in
+Greece, demanded that the Greek warships be withdrawn from Crete under
+pain of Europe's displeasure.
+
+They promised that the Turkish reforms should be properly enforced in
+Crete, and that, in the conference which will follow as soon as the fear
+of war is passed, the Powers will consider the question of reuniting
+Greece and Crete.
+
+There is a rumor that the Powers will get home rule for Crete, and that
+the Emperor William of Germany is trying his best to bring this last
+scheme about.
+
+Matters are very far from settlement. Volunteers are rallying to the Greek
+flag in great numbers, and all Greece is echoing to the cries of excited
+patriotism.
+
+The Greeks have won their first victory in Crete. They attacked a fort
+called Fort Aghia, captured it, and took four hundred prisoners. One
+hundred of these were Turkish soldiers, the rest were Moslems, who had
+taken refuge in the fort.
+
+The details of this affair have not yet arrived, but it is supposed that
+the fort surrendered on the demand of Colonel Vassos.
+
+Greece is also reported to have landed four thousand more troops in Crete.
+
+Turkey is strengthening her forts along the Greek frontier, and has sent
+word to the Powers that they must restrain Greece, or she will be obliged
+to follow her own course.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No progress has been made toward the passage of the Treaty with Great
+Britain.
+
+Their eyes once opened to the dangers that may underlie the fair words of
+the Treaty, the Senators are putting it under the microscope of
+discussion, and are anxious that it shall not leave their hands until it
+can be considered to be truly beneficial to the country.
+
+It is certain that it will not be brought to any conclusion during this
+session of Congress.
+
+Senator Sherman, who as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations has
+charge of the bill, says that he will present it at the extra session of
+the Senate, which will be called on March 5th by the new President.
+
+It is said that the Nicaragua Canal Bill has been the real means of
+preventing the Senate from arriving at any conclusion about the Treaty
+this session.
+
+Senator Morgan has been working very hard to convince the Senate of the
+importance of settling the Canal question before the Treaty is ratified,
+and has at last succeeded.
+
+He has been very clever about it. He announced to the Senate, some days
+ago, that in consequence of the amount of business that must be got
+through before the end of the session, he was willing to let his bill
+stand over till the extra session. He warned the Senate, at the same time,
+that when the extra session came, he should fight for his bill with all
+his strength, and do his best to have it made into a law.
+
+This looked as though the Senator had made way for the Treaty, and did not
+really care so much about his bill being passed before the Treaty was
+ratified.
+
+But that was not Mr. Morgan's idea at all.
+
+He withdrew his bill because he did not want to have it hurried through,
+and voted on carelessly, and perhaps lost. He withdrew it the more
+willingly because he had a nice little scheme in his head, which would
+easily prevent the Treaty being passed before the extra session, when he
+would again be on hand with his bill.
+
+His plan was this:
+
+He would unearth the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, confront the Senate with that,
+and as it deals very directly with matters that concern both arbitration
+and the canal, Senator Morgan was sure that it would give the Senate
+enough food for discussion to last it through this session of Congress,
+without touching the Treaty again.
+
+The Clayton-Bulwer treaty was made between Great Britain and the United
+States in 1850.
+
+One part of the treaty stipulates that neither Great Britain nor the
+United States shall ever control the Nicaragua Canal, nor build forts
+along it.
+
+When this treaty was made, Nicaragua had given the right to build the
+canal to an American company. This company did not belong to the
+government; it was a mere business undertaking by a business firm.
+
+The company did not build the canal; the work required too much money, and
+the affair fell through.
+
+At the present time it is the American Government that proposes to build
+the canal, and if the Government is to put in the enormous sums of money
+that will be needed, it is only right that the Government shall control
+it. Nicaragua is not wealthy enough to build the canal herself, and if we
+do not undertake it, some other country will, and it will certainly expect
+the control of the canal in return for the money invested.
+
+Senator Morgan asked the Senate to consider the matter of the
+Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and decide whether or no we are still bound by it,
+before the Arbitration Treaty be signed. He insists that if the Senate
+decides that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still binding, England must
+agree to release us from it before we can discuss another treaty, as it is
+too absurd to suppose that we will put our money into the canal and have
+no right to control it.
+
+In the time that must be taken up in the consideration of this very
+important point. Senator Morgan will have time to get his bill properly
+considered, and with the new light that he has thrown on canal affairs
+through the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, he is more likely to get his bill
+passed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There is news of a great victory for the Cubans, which is called one of
+the most brilliant successes of the war.
+
+It was won by General Gomez.
+
+He set out to lay siege to the town of Arroyo Blanco.
+
+When he arrived before the town, he sent word to the mayor that he was
+about to open fire with his dynamite-gun, and he requested that all the
+women, children, and non-fighting men should be sent out of the city.
+
+In accordance with the rules of civilized warfare, he sent a permit for
+these people to pass out of the town in safety.
+
+He waited several hours for a reply. None being sent, he ordered his
+gunners to send one shot over the city.
+
+This having been done, and still no answer coming from the Spanish
+commander, General Gomez sent a fresh messenger, asking the mayor, for the
+sake of humanity, to send the women and children out of the town as
+quickly as possible.
+
+To this the officer in command sent the reply that Gomez could begin to
+fire as quickly as he pleased, for not a soul in Arroyo Blanco should be
+allowed to leave the town; he intended to keep the women and children
+within the walls, to suffer whatever fate was in store for him.
+
+The women and children pleaded to be allowed to leave, but the Spanish
+officer was determined to keep them, and they were obliged to stay.
+
+On receiving this cruel answer, Gomez opened fire, using his dreadful
+dynamite-gun. For several days he laid siege to the town, without gaining
+any advantage.
+
+The Spaniards tried to get help from the main army by signalling with the
+heliograph. This is an instrument by which rays of light are thrown from a
+mirror, and flashed from one point to another. It is much used in war.
+
+The Cubans, however, prevented the heliograph from being used, and hoped
+that they had the Spaniards cut off from their friends.
+
+By some means the news of the siege reached the main army, and three
+thousand troops were sent to the relief of Arroyo Blanco.
+
+No sooner did Gomez see the first of the Spanish soldiers appearing over
+the hills, than he laid a plan to win a brilliant victory.
+
+Pretending to be alarmed at the arrival of the Spanish troops, he withdrew
+his men from the siege of the town, and appeared to be retreating.
+
+Delighted with their success, the Spanish pursued the Cubans, who led them
+into a valley between two hills.
+
+This was the trap into which Gomez had planned to lure his enemy.
+
+When the Spaniards had reached a place that seemed favorable to his
+wishes, Gomez gave the signal--Cubans poured down the hillsides, from
+behind every rock and bush, surrounded the Spaniards, and completely
+defeated them, the Spaniards suffering a severe loss, many of them being
+killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.
+
+It is said that this victory has so alarmed Weyler that he has sent to
+Havana for more troops, and declares that he cannot stand against Gomez
+without more soldiers to help him.
+
+The people of Havana do not like this. Weyler has many more soldiers than
+Gomez, and the citizens do not want to be left at the mercy of the
+insurgent bands that are in the neighborhood of the city.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A great deal of interest is being taken in the investigation, by the New
+York Legislature, into the subject of Trusts.
+
+A Trust is the combination of a number of persons who are interested in
+the manufacture of a certain article.
+
+These persons join together, and agree to pay certain prices for making
+the goods they deal in, and to ask a certain price for the article when
+they sell it again.
+
+They put all their money together, and become one company. Each member of
+the Trust has to bind himself to do what the members think best, and
+though there may be several hundred factories in one Trust, all obey the
+one set of rules, just as if they were but one body.
+
+In this way the Trust has a great deal of money at its command, and can
+buy the finest machinery to make its goods, and, because of the enormous
+quantities needed to supply all the members of the Trust, can obtain the
+material needed for the manufacture at the lowest possible price.
+
+Through the means a Trust has for producing goods, it can make and
+manufacture at a much smaller cost than a single manufacturer, and can
+control the amount of the output of the goods, so that too great a supply
+shall not be made at one time, and the markets be so flooded that the
+price falls and it no longer pays to make them.
+
+The idea of a number of persons clubbing together and helping each other
+with their money and brains, and working together to produce an article at
+the least possible cost, is of course a very excellent one.
+
+It would seem as though these methods would help to make the articles that
+we daily need much cheaper to us, and that the cost of living would be
+less.
+
+But unfortunately it is not always so.
+
+While Trusts could and should work for the benefit of the people, they are
+too often used as a means to harm them.
+
+When Trusts get so large that they include nearly all the manufacturers of
+a special article, they are not only able to produce the article at the
+least possible cost, but to say for how much it shall be sold.
+
+A Trust is formed that the manufacturers may make a better article at a
+lower cost--at least, that is what the Trusts say; but the danger is that
+they may obtain entire control of the market, create a monopoly, and
+having the public at their mercy, make the prices as high as they please.
+
+A monopoly is the sole power of dealing in any class of goods.
+
+If there were no Trusts controlling the market, no one manufacturer would
+dare to put his price too high, because another one would instantly step
+in with lower prices, and take his trade away from him.
+
+This would create what is called competition, because the first
+manufacturer would not want to lose his trade, and would lower his prices
+below the second manufacturer. Others would join in, and would continue to
+cut prices, until the selling price of the article would be brought down
+to the lowest possible rate at which it can be put on the market.
+
+The public would get the benefit of this competition, and would find the
+cost of living less.
+
+This competition is the soul of business, because it obliges manufacturers
+to better the quality of their goods and machinery in order to sell at
+all; but Trusts do not care to do this, and therefore desire to put a stop
+to it entirely.
+
+Each Trust has its system of controlling the store-keepers who deal
+directly with the public, and it makes them agree to sell at such prices
+as it thinks best.
+
+In this way the prices are kept up, no matter how much they ought to have
+been lowered through cheap manufacture, or plentiful supply of the
+material needed to be manufactured.
+
+The money that is made by the cheaper conditions goes into the pockets of
+the members of the Trust, and they often become enormously rich, through
+the higher price which they thus force the people to pay.
+
+All the necessary articles of food in daily use are controlled by Trusts.
+
+There is a Sugar Trust, which dictates the exact number of cents a pound
+you must pay for your sugar. A Coffee Trust, which fixes the price of
+coffee. It is the Coal Trust which keeps the price of coal so high in
+winter. There is a Gas Trust, a Salt Trust, a Wall-Paper Trust, and indeed
+a Trust for almost every necessary and useful article.
+
+You notice probably that the most of the Trusts are producers of articles
+that we are obliged to use.
+
+If the Coal Barons, as they are called, asked ten dollars a ton for coal,
+we would still be obliged to use it. We could not go without fires.
+
+If a Meat Trust said our meat was to cost a dollar a pound, we would still
+have to buy it. Our sugar is another article which we cannot do without,
+and for which we are obliged to pay whatever price the dealers choose to
+ask.
+
+Do you see now wherein Trusts are dangerous to us?
+
+The Democrats last fall declared that if their candidate was elected
+President of the United States, they would make laws whereby the
+Government should be able to control and regulate Trusts.
+
+The Legislature in Albany, wishing to prevent these combinations from
+gaining so much power that they become a menace to the public, has
+appointed a committee to investigate the workings of Trusts.
+
+State Senator Lexow was made Chairman of the committee. He is that Mr.
+Clarence Lexow, who was chairman of the committee which looked into the
+way the police were doing their duty a short while ago.
+
+Senator Lexow has come down to New York City with full power to call the
+officers of the Trusts before him, and make them tell him how they manage
+their business, how much money it costs them to produce the articles they
+manufacture, and how much profit they make.
+
+When the inquiry is finished, the committee will report to the Legislature
+at Albany, which will then decide what action shall be taken.
+
+The Trust Investigating Committee has found out from the Sugar Trust, that
+the price of sugar has been lowered since the Trust was formed. But it has
+also been learned that sugar has not been allowed to fall in price as much
+as it ought to have, and that while sugar is cheaper than it used to be,
+it could be much cheaper yet, and still pay well for the making.
+
+With all the Trusts the story is the same. They have slightly cheapened
+the price of the goods they handle, and have then controlled the market
+and prevented any further reduction.
+
+Each Trust declares that it is a positive benefit to trade, and while it
+is true that they do employ a vast number of men, and make the best
+quality of goods at _apparently_ the lowest possible price, it must not be
+forgotten that the public does not benefit as much as it ought by the low
+cost of production, and that all small manufacturers are driven out of the
+business by the enormous power of the Trust.
+
+A man who wishes to succeed to-day dare not try to compete with the Trust;
+he must join it or be boycotted by it; that is to say, if he attempts to
+undersell the Trust, all retail dealers will be forbidden to buy from him,
+and he will have no market for his goods.
+
+There has been a great outcry against this investigation, and the Trusts
+are very indignant. They declare that such investigations ruin trade, and
+make prices higher. To prove this argument, the Sugar Trust has put the
+price of sugar up an eighth of a cent a pound, or about forty cents a
+barrel.
+
+This is, however, an argument that works both ways. If the Sugar Trust is
+so powerful that it can revenge itself for the investigation by putting
+the price of sugar up, it is then too powerful for the welfare of the
+people, and it shows clearly that it is high time that the government
+makes an attempt to restrict the power of the Trusts.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Admiral Bunce and his fleet of warships have been engaged in some very
+interesting naval practice off Charleston.
+
+The especial object of the visit was to see if they could effectually
+blockade the port.
+
+In making their trip down the coast, the fleet ran into a heavy gale off
+Cape Hatteras, and Admiral Bunce was able to see how the vessels under his
+command behave in a storm.
+
+Arrived off Charleston, the Admiral arranged the fleet in a cordon across
+the mouth of Charleston harbor, and when night came, ordered the little
+cruiser _Vesuvius_ to steam out to sea, and then try to steal back into
+port without being discovered by the big warships that were guarding the
+harbor.
+
+In other words, the _Vesuvius_ was ordered to "run the blockade."
+
+In times of war, an enemy will often blockade a port by stationing big
+ships in such positions that they may prevent any vessels from entering or
+leaving the port, just as the combined fleets of Europe are preventing the
+Greek fleet, under Prince George, from entering the harbor of Canea.
+
+In our late war the harbor of Charleston was actually blockaded, and
+vessels were regularly employed as blockade runners, many of them getting
+through without difficulty, and many having hair-breadth escapes.
+
+The steamers selected to run the blockade in war times were light, swift,
+and built so that they lay very low in the water. They were painted a dull
+gray color, so that they could not be seen at a distance; their funnels
+were made like telescopes, so that they could be shut up, and be little
+higher than the deck, when the moment for actually running the blockade
+arrived. They burned smokeless coal, and could blow their steam off under
+water, so that it was very hard to discover them, and on dark nights they
+could often slip by the watching vessels without being observed.
+
+Admiral Bunce thought that the search-light system which is in use on all
+our war-vessels would make it extremely difficult for a blockade runner to
+pass a modern blockade, and it was to test this that the game of blockade
+running was tried off Charleston.
+
+When all was in readiness for the game to begin, the _New York_, which was
+the flagship, sent up a rocket, warning the other vessels to be on the
+lookout for the blockade runner.
+
+The flagship of a fleet is always the one which has the admiral on board.
+The ships in a fleet are like a regiment of soldiers, and act under the
+orders of the admiral in command; and as the orders are always sent from
+ship to ship by means of flags or signals, the ship from which the orders
+are issued is called the flagship.
+
+All the search-lights were in play, and there was the greatest excitement
+on board the various vessels as the little cruiser steamed out to sea to
+begin the game.
+
+Back and forth the search-light flashed along the whole line of the
+blockade. Here and there, in every direction, the waters were searched for
+a sign of the little _Vesuvius_, which was surely steaming toward them to
+try and run the blockade.
+
+No sign of the cruiser could be seen, and anxiety was felt lest she should
+have escaped all the searchers, when the signal came from the _Maine_ that
+she had been discovered, and all the search-lights from the various
+vessels were turned toward the _Maine's_ light, and there was the
+_Vesuvius_, defeated.
+
+She showed her lights, which till then had been concealed, and steamed
+back to sea again for another trial.
+
+This time she so nearly succeeded that there was consternation in the
+whole fleet; but still she was detected in time.
+
+Five times she made the attempt, but defeat succeeded defeat; and at last
+Admiral Bunce declared the game over for the night, and the _Vesuvius_
+returned to anchor, with the rest of the fleet.
+
+Admiral Bunce declared himself highly pleased at the success of his
+blockade.
+
+The next night the game was played again. This time the _Vesuvius_ won
+easily, for it was a foggy night, and the search-lights were not able to
+pierce the fog.
+
+Admiral Bunce would not allow that this was a fair test, but as, in real
+war, blockade runners would be pretty sure to wait for a cloudy night, or
+for one that was dark or foggy, it would seem that the test was fairer
+than that of the night before, which was clear and moonlit.
+
+Before the manoeuvres were over, the admiral ordered a practice with the
+big guns.
+
+From all accounts it was a very fine sight, and our navy proved itself a
+great credit to us.
+
+The guns were fired at targets, and the shooting seems to have been
+particularly fine, the targets being hit every time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+At last beyond any further question Major William McKinley has been
+elected President of the United States.
+
+The last formality was complied with when, on February 11th, at one
+o'clock, the Senate of the United States, headed by the Vice-President,
+filed into the House of Representatives to count the vote of the Electoral
+College, cast in the manner described in THE GREAT ROUND WORLD,
+No. 13.
+
+As the Senators entered the House of Representatives, all the Congressmen
+rose, and remained standing while their visitors filed in, two by two.
+
+The little procession was preceded by the officers of the Senate, who
+carried the ballot-boxes.
+
+The work of counting was then commenced by the tellers, and ere long it
+was officially announced that William McKinley was the choice of the
+people for President of the United States.
+
+                                         GENIE H. ROSENFELD.
+
+
+
+
+CRETE AND GREECE.
+
+
+
+Well, well, well! So little Greece has really done it! While the Great
+Powers have been worrying each other, have been forming alliances and
+triple alliances, have been threatening Turkey and shaking their fists at
+each other, have been trembling in their boots and calling conferences,
+little Greece has fired upon one of Turkey's ships, and "accepts full
+responsibility for all her acts."
+
+The first shots came from Crete, that long, beautiful island south of
+Greece, called in the time of Homer the "Isle of One Hundred Cities." It
+has a most heroic history, remaining free long after Greece herself had
+become subject to Rome. Only in the year 68 B.C., after a long and
+determined effort upon the part of Rome, did Crete surrender.
+
+And her islanders have the same heroic blood in their veins to-day. The
+trouble now is that Turkish misrule, since she was made over to the Turks
+in 1840 by the Great Powers, has fanned the old desire for freedom into
+flame.
+
+The Greeks were most probably unwise in firing upon the Turkish transport
+_Fuad_ as she was bearing munitions to the Turkish garrison at Canea; but
+we can hardly blame them.
+
+There comes a time when patience almost ceases to be a virtue. The Cretans
+are human. They have waited long, though impatiently, and their very
+impatience has shown us how hard the waiting has been for men of such
+fiery character. They feel now that they would rather die in the struggle
+for freedom than submit longer to the injustice of their Turkish rulers.
+
+I was in Athens when the coming of age of Crown Prince George, the brave,
+handsome young Greek of whom we hear so much, was celebrated.
+
+The streets, from the palace to the church where the ceremonies were to
+take place, were most beautiful with triumphal arches. Rich tapestries
+floated from the windows all along the way, and the flags of all
+nations--among them our own dear Stars and Stripes--swung merrily to the
+breeze.
+
+The city was full of soldiers. Among them were the Greek mountaineers in
+their picturesque costume of white linen, consisting of tunics with long,
+flowing sleeves, and kilted skirts so full and so starched that they stood
+out like the skirts of a circus rider.
+
+Their long, pointed shoes, which turned up at the toes like a toboggan,
+had large red rosettes on the very points. Their caps were gayly colored,
+and a long tassel fell from the crown to their shoulders.
+
+Not a very good fighting costume, you will probably think; but if you had
+looked into their keen eyes and determined faces, you would have forgotten
+the costume--especially if they had come to fight you.
+
+They are hardy fellows, and although their enemies outnumber them four to
+one, we may depend upon it that, if battle comes, there will be as brave
+and heroic fighting upon the side of the Greeks, as when their forefathers
+fought the Trojans in the days of long ago.
+
+But they will have need of all their courage, for the enemy is not only
+fierce, but cruel. The Turks are fatalists, who believe that whatever _is_
+to be _will_ be, and that if they are fated to die in battle, nothing can
+save them.
+
+If they die fighting bravely they believe that they are sure to go to
+Paradise.
+
+With this belief you can readily see how little they are likely to run
+away.
+
+Unless the Great Powers interfere, the conflict will be a terrible one.
+How much better it would be to settle the difficulty by arbitration, and
+prevent such a cruel war.
+
+                                               IZORA C. CHANDLER
+
+
+
+
+INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.
+
+
+Many new and interesting patents were shown at the Cycle Show at the Grand
+Central Palace, New York City.
+
+One of the most ingenious was a new tire. It is called the Hose-Pipe Tire,
+and seems to be a very sensible and useful kind.
+
+The feature of this tire is that it has a second tube laid flat inside the
+first one.
+
+This second tube is not inflated, but kept as an emergency tube.
+
+Should the outer one be punctured, the pipe inside can be inflated by
+means of a separate valve connected with it, and the rider can go on his
+way with little delay.
+
+Should the second tube also become punctured, it is so arranged that it
+can be taken out, mended, and replaced without much trouble.
+
+New saddles of all descriptions were shown. The Schlesinger Anatomical
+Saddle, with its spring cushion which does away with the jolts and shocks
+that the rider receives with an ordinary saddle, was voted the best shown.
+
+There is a new foot-pump from which great things are expected. It is small
+enough to be packed in the tool-bag, and strong enough for all purposes.
+
+Among other things, a bicycle cleaner made by the Ætna Company, of Newark,
+N.J., was particularly recommended to prevent rust, and to polish the
+steel and enamel parts.
+
+The aluminum cyclometers made by the Trenton Watch Company made a very
+handsome display. They will register from 1 to 10,000 miles.
+
+The League of American Wheelmen are preparing a set of road books which
+give the best roads and routes to various points of interest.
+
+The New York _Times_ published in their supplement for February 7th four
+of these route maps.
+
+They are most excellent. The hills, the character of the roads, the
+railroad crossings, the trolley lines, are all marked with the greatest
+accuracy. Even the awkward corners where trolleys are to be met are
+marked, and the various rules and regulations of the villages which must
+be passed are also given.
+
+These four maps give trips to Mt. Vernon, to Bronx Park, and to New
+Rochelle, over roads and byways with which the present writer is
+thoroughly familiar, and the accuracy of these charts cannot be too highly
+commended.
+
+With such guides as these in hand, a wheelman can make delightful, safe,
+and speedy trips.
+
+Our young readers would do well to secure copies of _The Times_
+supplement, and obtain these excellent maps.
+
+The League of American Wheelmen has very generously decided to let the
+general public have the benefit of its road books, and they will put them
+on the market, we understand, as soon as they are published.
+
+    G.H.R.
+
+
+
+
+LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.
+
+
+The Editor takes pleasure in acknowledging the pleasant letters received
+from Laura Van C. and Theodore S.
+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD is always delighted to hear of any good
+books, and thanks Theodore for his recommendation of "In Mythland" and
+"Hans Brinker."
+
+The Editor also wishes to thank Mr. Davis, of Bayonne, for his kind
+letter, and to tell him that if he will look at No. 3 of THE GREAT
+ROUND WORLD, page 46, he will find a fuller account of terminal buds,
+and the rings formed on trees.
+
+It was hoped that the readers of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD would have
+remembered the previous article on the subject, and therefore the later
+one was not so explanatory.
+
+Mr. Davis has very kindly sent us an account of the kite represented in
+our No. 9. We take great pleasure in publishing his statement. He says:
+
+"I will tell you about Mr. William A. Eddy's kite, or rather about Mr.
+Hargrave's, whose invention was the kite represented in your late issue.
+
+"Mr. Lawrence Hargrave, of Australia, began in 1892 some experiments in
+kite flying. His first attempt was with cylindrical surfaces. Not
+succeeding as well as he had expected, he changed his plans, and in 1893
+perfected the kite as represented in your issue. He sent photographs to
+the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where Mr. Eddy saw them. On
+his return to Bayonne, Mr. Eddy made several kites from the photographic
+pattern, and flew them a few days afterward. These undoubtedly were the
+first Hargrave kites flown outside of Australia. This is a powerful kite,
+but it requires a very strong wind to raise it.
+
+"Mr. Eddy's kites are of a nearly plane surface, slightly convex in front,
+and without tails. His experiments with them are revealing wonderful facts
+regarding atmospheric electricity."
+
+
+    DEAR MR. EDITOR:
+
+    THE GREAT ROUND WORLD is very interesting, I think,
+    when you commence it. I think as another little girl thinks,
+    that the inventions made nowadays are wonderful; indeed, if I
+    could I would like to talk to the people up in Mars, if there
+    are any to talk to. My teacher's name is Miss Davis, and she
+    reads THE GREAT ROUND WORLD to us.
+
+                                   Yours truly,
+                                                  LAURA VAN C.
+    TROY, OHIO, February 13, 1897.
+
+
+    DEAR MR. EDITOR:
+
+    I have a book by the name of "In Mythland." I like it so much
+    that I thought I would write and tell you about it, so as other
+    children seven years old like me would know of it, and could
+    read it. Mother reads THE GREAT ROUND WORLD to me every
+    week, and I like it very much. Mother is reading me a book
+    called "Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates." A story of life in
+    Holland. By Mary Mapes Dodge. My book has many pictures of
+    Holland in it.
+
+                                Yours truly,
+                                             THEODORE S.K.
+    321 WEST 82d STREET, February 15, 1897.
+
+
+
+
+BOOK REVIEWS.
+
+
+A new book has been sent us, entitled "Three of Us." The title is
+explained by the cover, which gives the bright faces of three fine
+dogs--Barney, a bull-dog, Cossack, a wolf-hound, and Rex, a St. Bernard.
+
+The book has 327 pages, and tells the stories of the three dogs--the last
+one, Rex, telling his own "autobow-wow-ography."
+
+It is written and also illustrated with many drawings by Izora C.
+Chandler, and published by Eaton & Mains, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
+
+The other day a number of letters were shown us which had been written
+about this book by some bright little people of Hanover, N.H.
+
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+the scholars.
+
+This pleased them so much that they each wrote a letter to the lady who
+had made the gift. We publish one of these letters:
+
+    "My Dear Mrs. Richardson:
+
+    "It was very kind of you to give the book, "Three of Us," to the
+    school.
+
+    "I enjoyed Barney and Cossack very much. I was interested in Rex
+    also.
+
+    "Barney was very interesting because he did so many brave deeds.
+
+    "I liked Cossack because the little boy's kindness to the dog
+    saved the life of his own father.
+
+    "If I were to have a dog I think I would like Barney.
+
+    "I thank you very much for the book.
+
+                                             "Yours sincerely,
+                                                 "EMMA M. HALL."
+
+
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+Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897
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+<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/coverc.jpg" alt="William Beverley Harison, Publisher" title="William Beverley Harison, Publisher" /></p>
+
+<p class="center">Copyrighted 1897, By <span class='smcap'>William Beverley Harison</span>.
+<a name="Page_440" id="Page_440"></a></p>
+
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+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
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+<h2>SIMPLE LESSONS IN THE</h2>
+
+<h2>STUDY OF NATURE</h2>
+
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+
+
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+to offer children genuine nature study may be thankful to get hold of.</p>
+
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+</p>
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+<b>WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON</b><br />
+<b>3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City</b>
+<a name="Page_443" id="Page_443"></a></p>
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<p class="figcenter"><img src="./images/title.jpg" alt="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" title="THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT" /></p>
+
+<p class='center'><b><span class='smcap'>Vol.</span> 1&nbsp;  <span class='smcap'>March</span> 11, 1897.&nbsp;  <span class='smcap'>No.</span> 18
+
+</b></p>
+
+<hr style="width: 45%;" />
+
+
+<p>There is startling news from Crete.</p>
+
+<p>Greece has openly defied the warning of the Powers, and has declared her
+intention of assisting the little island, and freeing her from the Turkish
+rule.</p>
+
+<p>All Europe is ringing with the spirited reply sent by Greece to the demand
+that she should submit to the wishes of Europe, and give up her warlike
+intentions toward Turkey.</p>
+
+<p>This reply was short and to the point. It was simply this:</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Greece accepts full responsibility for all her acts.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>Her first act after sending this brave message was to fire on a Turkish
+vessel, and thus openly to declare war upon the Turks.</p>
+
+<p>The Turkish vessel was carrying arms to the besieged garrison at Canea. As
+she moved from her anchorage in the harbor of Candia, she was hailed by a
+Greek warship, and ordered to return to her moorings.</p>
+
+<p>The Turkish vessel, the <i>Fuad</i>, paid no attention to the order, and was
+continuing on her way, when a shot from the Greek ship brought her to a
+stand. Having no guns of her own with which to defend <a name="Page_444" id="Page_444"></a>herself, the <i>Fuad</i>
+decided that the sensible thing was to obey; so she put about, and
+returned to her moorings.</p>
+
+<p>The commander of the British fleet sent a formal protest to the Greeks
+against this action, and again ordered them to stop attacking the Turks.</p>
+
+<p>No attention was paid to this request.</p>
+
+<p>The Powers are, however, so afraid of war, that they are doing all that is
+possible to prevent Greece from taking any action that will make war
+inevitable.</p>
+
+<p>Russia, Great Britain, France, and Italy have all sent warships to Crete,
+with orders to enforce peace between Greece and Turkey.</p>
+
+<p>The combined fleets of these great nations have formed a cordon around the
+harbor of Canea, and have blockaded the port, to prevent the Greek
+squadron, under Prince George, from entering the harbor.</p>
+
+<p>A cordon is a line of men, ships, or forts, so stationed as to prevent
+people from going into, or coming out of the place.</p>
+
+<p>Having done this, the four great Powers proceeded to take possession of
+the island, and intend to try and hold it until some settlement is made
+between Greece and Turkey.</p>
+
+<p>One hundred men from each of the four fleets have been landed at Canea,
+and, with the consent of the Turkish authorities, have raised their flags
+over the fortress of the city, as a sign that Crete is under their
+protection.</p>
+
+<p>Greece, in the mean while, has sent word to the Powers that she intends to
+occupy Crete. She is sending troops there, and raising volunteers and
+filling out her reserve force, to be ready for war, if war comes.<a name="Page_445" id="Page_445"></a></p>
+
+<p>This defiance on the part of Greece is worrying the rest of the Powers.
+She is too small and insignificant to attempt to brave the wrath of Europe
+alone, and there is an uneasy feeling that some one of the great nations
+must be secretly backing her.</p>
+
+<p>As usual, when anything goes wrong in Europe, Russia is blamed. Russia has
+so long been the naughty girl of Dame Europa's school, that the moment
+mischief is in the air Russia is suspected.</p>
+
+<p>If she is in this new trouble, she will have hard work to escape
+punishment. She has been posing as the dear friend and protector of Turkey
+for the last few weeks, and has put stumbling-blocks in the way of the
+other Powers when they have attempted to force the Sultan of Turkey to do
+as they wished.</p>
+
+<p>If she has suddenly veered round, and is now encouraging Greece against
+Turkey, her conduct will be hard to explain.</p>
+
+<p>It will be interesting to watch what comes of this, for it seems that the
+Bismarck revelations, about which you can read in No. 4 of <span class='smcap'>The Great
+Round World</span>, have brought many strange things to light in European
+politics.</p>
+
+<p>You will remember that it was found that Germany had a secret
+understanding with Russia, which quite undid her open agreement with
+Austria and Italy&mdash;the Triple Alliance, as it was called.</p>
+
+<p>Now it appears that nearly all the European nations have been playing the
+same sly game.</p>
+
+<p>It would seem that most of them have secret, underhand agreements to play
+false to their best friends, whenever it suits their purpose.</p>
+
+<p>Every one is sure that Greece has some strong <a name="Page_446" id="Page_446"></a>country at her back to make
+her so bold, and while all the diplomats are wondering which it can be, no
+one dares to ask any questions. There is so much treachery and deceit
+going on, that each ambassador is afraid that any inquiry on his part may
+lead to the discovery of things about his country that would better be
+kept in the dark.</p>
+
+<p>This daring attitude of Greece may involve the whole of Europe in a vast
+war, and it may be passed quietly over, and Greece be allowed to snatch
+her prize from under Turkey's nose, and walk away unharmed with it,
+because none of the other nations dare to call &quot;police!&quot; for fear of being
+arrested themselves.</p>
+
+<p>All sorts of rumors are flying around. One is that the Powers are not
+really angry with Greece, and that if the bold little country can take
+possession of Crete and hold it, the Powers will not let her be interfered
+with.</p>
+
+<p>It is also said that Turkey does not want Crete very badly, and will let
+Greece take it and keep it, if she will only promise not to interfere with
+Macedonia, which is another ancient Greek province, inhabited by
+Christians, and now under the control of Turkey. Macedonia is on the
+borders of modern Greece.</p>
+
+<p>Outwardly, the Powers are very fierce over the whole matter, and have
+warned Greece that if she does not withdraw her army from Crete in two
+days, they will make war upon her.</p>
+
+<p>Greece is, however, taking her own way very quietly and decidedly.</p>
+
+<p>While the four combined fleets of Europe are keeping Prince George at bay
+at Canea, fifteen hundred Greek soldiers under Colonel Vassos have been
+safely <a name="Page_447" id="Page_447"></a>landed in Crete, at Platania about sixty miles from Canea.</p>
+
+<p>This battalion, which is made up of artillery, engineers, and infantry, is
+called the &quot;Corps of Occupation,&quot; and Greece went wild with joy when the
+report of its safe arrival reached Athens.</p>
+
+<p>The commander of the corps, Colonel Vassos, is reported to have issued a
+proclamation to the Cretans, in which he says that the troubles in Crete
+have been deeply felt by their brother Greeks. The Cretans are but one
+nation with the Greeks, despite the fact that they are under a foreign
+rule, and Greece can no longer allow a people of her race and religion to
+be under the Turkish rule; she has therefore decided to occupy the island,
+and add it to the country ruled by the King of Greece.</p>
+
+<p>The proclamation goes on to say that Colonel Vassos, in the name of the
+King of Greece, promises to protect the lives, honor, and property of the
+inhabitants, and to bring peace and law to them.</p>
+
+<p>He then demanded of the Turks that they surrender, and give up the island.</p>
+
+<p>While this was going on, the combined Powers, through their ambassadors in
+Greece, demanded that the Greek warships be withdrawn from Crete under
+pain of Europe's displeasure.</p>
+
+<p>They promised that the Turkish reforms should be properly enforced in
+Crete, and that, in the conference which will follow as soon as the fear
+of war is passed, the Powers will consider the question of reuniting
+Greece and Crete.</p>
+
+<p>There is a rumor that the Powers will get home rule for Crete, and that
+the Emperor William <a name="Page_448" id="Page_448"></a>of Germany is trying his best to bring this last
+scheme about.</p>
+
+<p>Matters are very far from settlement. Volunteers are rallying to the Greek
+flag in great numbers, and all Greece is echoing to the cries of excited
+patriotism.</p>
+
+<p>The Greeks have won their first victory in Crete. They attacked a fort
+called Fort Aghia, captured it, and took four hundred prisoners. One
+hundred of these were Turkish soldiers, the rest were Moslems, who had
+taken refuge in the fort.</p>
+
+<p>The details of this affair have not yet arrived, but it is supposed that
+the fort surrendered on the demand of Colonel Vassos.</p>
+
+<p>Greece is also reported to have landed four thousand more troops in Crete.</p>
+
+<p>Turkey is strengthening her forts along the Greek frontier, and has sent
+word to the Powers that they must restrain Greece, or she will be obliged
+to follow her own course.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>No progress has been made toward the passage of the Treaty with Great
+Britain.</p>
+
+<p>Their eyes once opened to the dangers that may underlie the fair words of
+the Treaty, the Senators are putting it under the microscope of
+discussion, and are anxious that it shall not leave their hands until it
+can be considered to be truly beneficial to the country.</p>
+
+<p>It is certain that it will not be brought to any conclusion during this
+session of Congress.</p>
+
+<p>Senator Sherman, who as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations has
+charge of the bill, says that he will present it at the extra session of
+<a name="Page_449" id="Page_449"></a>the Senate, which will be called on March 5th by the new President.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that the Nicaragua Canal Bill has been the real means of
+preventing the Senate from arriving at any conclusion about the Treaty
+this session.</p>
+
+<p>Senator Morgan has been working very hard to convince the Senate of the
+importance of settling the Canal question before the Treaty is ratified,
+and has at last succeeded.</p>
+
+<p>He has been very clever about it. He announced to the Senate, some days
+ago, that in consequence of the amount of business that must be got
+through before the end of the session, he was willing to let his bill
+stand over till the extra session. He warned the Senate, at the same time,
+that when the extra session came, he should fight for his bill with all
+his strength, and do his best to have it made into a law.</p>
+
+<p>This looked as though the Senator had made way for the Treaty, and did not
+really care so much about his bill being passed before the Treaty was
+ratified.</p>
+
+<p>But that was not Mr. Morgan's idea at all.</p>
+
+<p>He withdrew his bill because he did not want to have it hurried through,
+and voted on carelessly, and perhaps lost. He withdrew it the more
+willingly because he had a nice little scheme in his head, which would
+easily prevent the Treaty being passed before the extra session, when he
+would again be on hand with his bill.</p>
+
+<p>His plan was this:</p>
+
+<p>He would unearth the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, confront the Senate with that,
+and as it deals very directly with matters that concern both arbitration
+and the canal, Senator Morgan was sure that it would <a name="Page_450" id="Page_450"></a>give the Senate
+enough food for discussion to last it through this session of Congress,
+without touching the Treaty again.</p>
+
+<p>The Clayton-Bulwer treaty was made between Great Britain and the United
+States in 1850.</p>
+
+<p>One part of the treaty stipulates that neither Great Britain nor the
+United States shall ever control the Nicaragua Canal, nor build forts
+along it.</p>
+
+<p>When this treaty was made, Nicaragua had given the right to build the
+canal to an American company. This company did not belong to the
+government; it was a mere business undertaking by a business firm.</p>
+
+<p>The company did not build the canal; the work required too much money, and
+the affair fell through.</p>
+
+<p>At the present time it is the American Government that proposes to build
+the canal, and if the Government is to put in the enormous sums of money
+that will be needed, it is only right that the Government shall control
+it. Nicaragua is not wealthy enough to build the canal herself, and if we
+do not undertake it, some other country will, and it will certainly expect
+the control of the canal in return for the money invested.</p>
+
+<p>Senator Morgan asked the Senate to consider the matter of the
+Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and decide whether or no we are still bound by it,
+before the Arbitration Treaty be signed. He insists that if the Senate
+decides that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still binding, England must
+agree to release us from it before we can discuss another treaty, as it is
+too absurd to suppose that we will put our money into the canal and have
+no right to control it.</p>
+
+<p>In the time that must be taken up in the consideration <a name="Page_451" id="Page_451"></a>of this very
+important point. Senator Morgan will have time to get his bill properly
+considered, and with the new light that he has thrown on canal affairs
+through the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, he is more likely to get his bill
+passed.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>There is news of a great victory for the Cubans, which is called one of
+the most brilliant successes of the war.</p>
+
+<p>It was won by General Gomez.</p>
+
+<p>He set out to lay siege to the town of Arroyo Blanco.</p>
+
+<p>When he arrived before the town, he sent word to the mayor that he was
+about to open fire with his dynamite-gun, and he requested that all the
+women, children, and non-fighting men should be sent out of the city.</p>
+
+<p>In accordance with the rules of civilized warfare, he sent a permit for
+these people to pass out of the town in safety.</p>
+
+<p>He waited several hours for a reply. None being sent, he ordered his
+gunners to send one shot over the city.</p>
+
+<p>This having been done, and still no answer coming from the Spanish
+commander, General Gomez sent a fresh messenger, asking the mayor, for the
+sake of humanity, to send the women and children out of the town as
+quickly as possible.</p>
+
+<p>To this the officer in command sent the reply that Gomez could begin to
+fire as quickly as he pleased, for not a soul in Arroyo Blanco should be
+allowed to leave the town; he intended to keep the women and children
+within the walls, to suffer whatever fate was in store for him.<a name="Page_452" id="Page_452"></a></p>
+
+<p>The women and children pleaded to be allowed to leave, but the Spanish
+officer was determined to keep them, and they were obliged to stay.</p>
+
+<p>On receiving this cruel answer, Gomez opened fire, using his dreadful
+dynamite-gun. For several days he laid siege to the town, without gaining
+any advantage.</p>
+
+<p>The Spaniards tried to get help from the main army by signalling with the
+heliograph. This is an instrument by which rays of light are thrown from a
+mirror, and flashed from one point to another. It is much used in war.</p>
+
+<p>The Cubans, however, prevented the heliograph from being used, and hoped
+that they had the Spaniards cut off from their friends.</p>
+
+<p>By some means the news of the siege reached the main army, and three
+thousand troops were sent to the relief of Arroyo Blanco.</p>
+
+<p>No sooner did Gomez see the first of the Spanish soldiers appearing over
+the hills, than he laid a plan to win a brilliant victory.</p>
+
+<p>Pretending to be alarmed at the arrival of the Spanish troops, he withdrew
+his men from the siege of the town, and appeared to be retreating.</p>
+
+<p>Delighted with their success, the Spanish pursued the Cubans, who led them
+into a valley between two hills.</p>
+
+<p>This was the trap into which Gomez had planned to lure his enemy.</p>
+
+<p>When the Spaniards had reached a place that seemed favorable to his
+wishes, Gomez gave the signal&mdash;Cubans poured down the hillsides, from
+behind every rock and bush, surrounded the Spaniards, and <a name="Page_453" id="Page_453"></a>completely
+defeated them, the Spaniards suffering a severe loss, many of them being
+killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.</p>
+
+<p>It is said that this victory has so alarmed Weyler that he has sent to
+Havana for more troops, and declares that he cannot stand against Gomez
+without more soldiers to help him.</p>
+
+<p>The people of Havana do not like this. Weyler has many more soldiers than
+Gomez, and the citizens do not want to be left at the mercy of the
+insurgent bands that are in the neighborhood of the city.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>A great deal of interest is being taken in the investigation, by the New
+York Legislature, into the subject of Trusts.</p>
+
+<p>A Trust is the combination of a number of persons who are interested in
+the manufacture of a certain article.</p>
+
+<p>These persons join together, and agree to pay certain prices for making
+the goods they deal in, and to ask a certain price for the article when
+they sell it again.</p>
+
+<p>They put all their money together, and become one company. Each member of
+the Trust has to bind himself to do what the members think best, and
+though there may be several hundred factories in one Trust, all obey the
+one set of rules, just as if they were but one body.</p>
+
+<p>In this way the Trust has a great deal of money at its command, and can
+buy the finest machinery to make its goods, and, because of the enormous
+quantities needed to supply all the members of the Trust, can obtain the
+material needed for the manufacture at the lowest possible price.<a name="Page_454" id="Page_454"></a></p>
+
+<p>Through the means a Trust has for producing goods, it can make and
+manufacture at a much smaller cost than a single manufacturer, and can
+control the amount of the output of the goods, so that too great a supply
+shall not be made at one time, and the markets be so flooded that the
+price falls and it no longer pays to make them.</p>
+
+<p>The idea of a number of persons clubbing together and helping each other
+with their money and brains, and working together to produce an article at
+the least possible cost, is of course a very excellent one.</p>
+
+<p>It would seem as though these methods would help to make the articles that
+we daily need much cheaper to us, and that the cost of living would be
+less.</p>
+
+<p>But unfortunately it is not always so.</p>
+
+<p>While Trusts could and should work for the benefit of the people, they are
+too often used as a means to harm them.</p>
+
+<p>When Trusts get so large that they include nearly all the manufacturers of
+a special article, they are not only able to produce the article at the
+least possible cost, but to say for how much it shall be sold.</p>
+
+<p>A Trust is formed that the manufacturers may make a better article at a
+lower cost&mdash;at least, that is what the Trusts say; but the danger is that
+they may obtain entire control of the market, create a monopoly, and
+having the public at their mercy, make the prices as high as they please.</p>
+
+<p>A monopoly is the sole power of dealing in any class of goods.</p>
+
+<p>If there were no Trusts controlling the market, no one manufacturer would
+dare to put his price too high, because another one would instantly <a name="Page_455" id="Page_455"></a>step
+in with lower prices, and take his trade away from him.</p>
+
+<p>This would create what is called competition, because the first
+manufacturer would not want to lose his trade, and would lower his prices
+below the second manufacturer. Others would join in, and would continue to
+cut prices, until the selling price of the article would be brought down
+to the lowest possible rate at which it can be put on the market.</p>
+
+<p>The public would get the benefit of this competition, and would find the
+cost of living less.</p>
+
+<p>This competition is the soul of business, because it obliges manufacturers
+to better the quality of their goods and machinery in order to sell at
+all; but Trusts do not care to do this, and therefore desire to put a stop
+to it entirely.</p>
+
+<p>Each Trust has its system of controlling the store-keepers who deal
+directly with the public, and it makes them agree to sell at such prices
+as it thinks best.</p>
+
+<p>In this way the prices are kept up, no matter how much they ought to have
+been lowered through cheap manufacture, or plentiful supply of the
+material needed to be manufactured.</p>
+
+<p>The money that is made by the cheaper conditions goes into the pockets of
+the members of the Trust, and they often become enormously rich, through
+the higher price which they thus force the people to pay.</p>
+
+<p>All the necessary articles of food in daily use are controlled by Trusts.</p>
+
+<p>There is a Sugar Trust, which dictates the exact number of cents a pound
+you must pay for your sugar. A Coffee Trust, which fixes the price of
+coffee. It <a name="Page_456" id="Page_456"></a>is the Coal Trust which keeps the price of coal so high in
+winter. There is a Gas Trust, a Salt Trust, a Wall-Paper Trust, and indeed
+a Trust for almost every necessary and useful article.</p>
+
+<p>You notice probably that the most of the Trusts are producers of articles
+that we are obliged to use.</p>
+
+<p>If the Coal Barons, as they are called, asked ten dollars a ton for coal,
+we would still be obliged to use it. We could not go without fires.</p>
+
+<p>If a Meat Trust said our meat was to cost a dollar a pound, we would still
+have to buy it. Our sugar is another article which we cannot do without,
+and for which we are obliged to pay whatever price the dealers choose to
+ask.</p>
+
+<p>Do you see now wherein Trusts are dangerous to us?</p>
+
+<p>The Democrats last fall declared that if their candidate was elected
+President of the United States, they would make laws whereby the
+Government should be able to control and regulate Trusts.</p>
+
+<p>The Legislature in Albany, wishing to prevent these combinations from
+gaining so much power that they become a menace to the public, has
+appointed a committee to investigate the workings of Trusts.</p>
+
+<p>State Senator Lexow was made Chairman of the committee. He is that Mr.
+Clarence Lexow, who was chairman of the committee which looked into the
+way the police were doing their duty a short while ago.</p>
+
+<p>Senator Lexow has come down to New York City with full power to call the
+officers of the Trusts before him, and make them tell him how they manage
+their business, how much money it costs them to produce <a name="Page_457" id="Page_457"></a>the articles they
+manufacture, and how much profit they make.</p>
+
+<p>When the inquiry is finished, the committee will report to the Legislature
+at Albany, which will then decide what action shall be taken.</p>
+
+<p>The Trust Investigating Committee has found out from the Sugar Trust, that
+the price of sugar has been lowered since the Trust was formed. But it has
+also been learned that sugar has not been allowed to fall in price as much
+as it ought to have, and that while sugar is cheaper than it used to be,
+it could be much cheaper yet, and still pay well for the making.</p>
+
+<p>With all the Trusts the story is the same. They have slightly cheapened
+the price of the goods they handle, and have then controlled the market
+and prevented any further reduction.</p>
+
+<p>Each Trust declares that it is a positive benefit to trade, and while it
+is true that they do employ a vast number of men, and make the best
+quality of goods at <i>apparently</i> the lowest possible price, it must not be
+forgotten that the public does not benefit as much as it ought by the low
+cost of production, and that all small manufacturers are driven out of the
+business by the enormous power of the Trust.</p>
+
+<p>A man who wishes to succeed to-day dare not try to compete with the Trust;
+he must join it or be boycotted by it; that is to say, if he attempts to
+undersell the Trust, all retail dealers will be forbidden to buy from him,
+and he will have no market for his goods.</p>
+
+<p>There has been a great outcry against this investigation, and the Trusts
+are very indignant. They declare that such investigations ruin trade, and
+make prices higher. To prove this argument, the Sugar Trust <a name="Page_458" id="Page_458"></a>has put the
+price of sugar up an eighth of a cent a pound, or about forty cents a
+barrel.</p>
+
+<p>This is, however, an argument that works both ways. If the Sugar Trust is
+so powerful that it can revenge itself for the investigation by putting
+the price of sugar up, it is then too powerful for the welfare of the
+people, and it shows clearly that it is high time that the government
+makes an attempt to restrict the power of the Trusts.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>Admiral Bunce and his fleet of warships have been engaged in some very
+interesting naval practice off Charleston.</p>
+
+<p>The especial object of the visit was to see if they could effectually
+blockade the port.</p>
+
+<p>In making their trip down the coast, the fleet ran into a heavy gale off
+Cape Hatteras, and Admiral Bunce was able to see how the vessels under his
+command behave in a storm.</p>
+
+<p>Arrived off Charleston, the Admiral arranged the fleet in a cordon across
+the mouth of Charleston harbor, and when night came, ordered the little
+cruiser <i>Vesuvius</i> to steam out to sea, and then try to steal back into
+port without being discovered by the big warships that were guarding the
+harbor.</p>
+
+<p>In other words, the <i>Vesuvius</i> was ordered to &quot;run the blockade.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>In times of war, an enemy will often blockade a port by stationing big
+ships in such positions that they may prevent any vessels from entering or
+leaving the port, just as the combined fleets of Europe are preventing the
+Greek fleet, under Prince George, from entering the harbor of Canea.<a name="Page_459" id="Page_459"></a></p>
+
+<p>In our late war the harbor of Charleston was actually blockaded, and
+vessels were regularly employed as blockade runners, many of them getting
+through without difficulty, and many having hair-breadth escapes.</p>
+
+<p>The steamers selected to run the blockade in war times were light, swift,
+and built so that they lay very low in the water. They were painted a dull
+gray color, so that they could not be seen at a distance; their funnels
+were made like telescopes, so that they could be shut up, and be little
+higher than the deck, when the moment for actually running the blockade
+arrived. They burned smokeless coal, and could blow their steam off under
+water, so that it was very hard to discover them, and on dark nights they
+could often slip by the watching vessels without being observed.</p>
+
+<p>Admiral Bunce thought that the search-light system which is in use on all
+our war-vessels would make it extremely difficult for a blockade runner to
+pass a modern blockade, and it was to test this that the game of blockade
+running was tried off Charleston.</p>
+
+<p>When all was in readiness for the game to begin, the <i>New York</i>, which was
+the flagship, sent up a rocket, warning the other vessels to be on the
+lookout for the blockade runner.</p>
+
+<p>The flagship of a fleet is always the one which has the admiral on board.
+The ships in a fleet are like a regiment of soldiers, and act under the
+orders of the admiral in command; and as the orders are always sent from
+ship to ship by means of flags or signals, the ship from which the orders
+are issued is called the flagship.</p>
+
+<p>All the search-lights were in play, and there was the <a name="Page_460" id="Page_460"></a>greatest excitement
+on board the various vessels as the little cruiser steamed out to sea to
+begin the game.</p>
+
+<p>Back and forth the search-light flashed along the whole line of the
+blockade. Here and there, in every direction, the waters were searched for
+a sign of the little <i>Vesuvius</i>, which was surely steaming toward them to
+try and run the blockade.</p>
+
+<p>No sign of the cruiser could be seen, and anxiety was felt lest she should
+have escaped all the searchers, when the signal came from the <i>Maine</i> that
+she had been discovered, and all the search-lights from the various
+vessels were turned toward the <i>Maine's</i> light, and there was the
+<i>Vesuvius</i>, defeated.</p>
+
+<p>She showed her lights, which till then had been concealed, and steamed
+back to sea again for another trial.</p>
+
+<p>This time she so nearly succeeded that there was consternation in the
+whole fleet; but still she was detected in time.</p>
+
+<p>Five times she made the attempt, but defeat succeeded defeat; and at last
+Admiral Bunce declared the game over for the night, and the <i>Vesuvius</i>
+returned to anchor, with the rest of the fleet.</p>
+
+<p>Admiral Bunce declared himself highly pleased at the success of his
+blockade.</p>
+
+<p>The next night the game was played again. This time the <i>Vesuvius</i> won
+easily, for it was a foggy night, and the search-lights were not able to
+pierce the fog.</p>
+
+<p>Admiral Bunce would not allow that this was a fair test, but as, in real
+war, blockade runners would be pretty sure to wait for a cloudy night, or
+for one that was dark or foggy, it would seem that the test was <a name="Page_461" id="Page_461"></a>fairer
+than that of the night before, which was clear and moonlit.</p>
+
+<p>Before the manoeuvres were over, the admiral ordered a practice with the
+big guns.</p>
+
+<p>From all accounts it was a very fine sight, and our navy proved itself a
+great credit to us.</p>
+
+<p>The guns were fired at targets, and the shooting seems to have been
+particularly fine, the targets being hit every time.</p>
+
+<hr style='width: 45%;' />
+
+<p>At last beyond any further question Major William McKinley has been
+elected President of the United States.</p>
+
+<p>The last formality was complied with when, on February 11th, at one
+o'clock, the Senate of the United States, headed by the Vice-President,
+filed into the House of Representatives to count the vote of the Electoral
+College, cast in the manner described in <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span>,
+No. 13.</p>
+
+<p>As the Senators entered the House of Representatives, all the Congressmen
+rose, and remained standing while their visitors filed in, two by two.</p>
+
+<p>The little procession was preceded by the officers of the Senate, who
+carried the ballot-boxes.</p>
+
+<p>The work of counting was then commenced by the tellers, and ere long it
+was officially announced that William McKinley was the choice of the
+people for President of the United States.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 32em;">G</span><span class='smcap'>enie H. Rosenfeld.</span><br />
+<a name="Page_462" id="Page_462"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>CRETE AND GREECE.</h2>
+
+
+
+<p>Well, well, well! So little Greece has really done it! While the Great
+Powers have been worrying each other, have been forming alliances and
+triple alliances, have been threatening Turkey and shaking their fists at
+each other, have been trembling in their boots and calling conferences,
+little Greece has fired upon one of Turkey's ships, and &quot;accepts full
+responsibility for all her acts.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>The first shots came from Crete, that long, beautiful island south of
+Greece, called in the time of Homer the &quot;Isle of One Hundred Cities.&quot; It
+has a most heroic history, remaining free long after Greece herself had
+become subject to Rome. Only in the year 68 B.C., after a long and
+determined effort upon the part of Rome, did Crete surrender.</p>
+
+<p>And her islanders have the same heroic blood in their veins to-day. The
+trouble now is that Turkish misrule, since she was made over to the Turks
+in 1840 by the Great Powers, has fanned the old desire for freedom into
+flame.</p>
+
+<p>The Greeks were most probably unwise in firing upon the Turkish transport
+<i>Fuad</i> as she was bearing munitions to the Turkish garrison at Canea; but
+we can hardly blame them.</p>
+
+<p>There comes a time when patience almost ceases to be a virtue. The Cretans
+are human. They have waited long, though impatiently, and their very
+impatience has shown us how hard the waiting has been for men of such
+fiery character. They feel now that they would rather die in the struggle
+for freedom <a name="Page_463" id="Page_463"></a>than submit longer to the injustice of their Turkish rulers.</p>
+
+<p>I was in Athens when the coming of age of Crown Prince George, the brave,
+handsome young Greek of whom we hear so much, was celebrated.</p>
+
+<p>The streets, from the palace to the church where the ceremonies were to
+take place, were most beautiful with triumphal arches. Rich tapestries
+floated from the windows all along the way, and the flags of all
+nations&mdash;among them our own dear Stars and Stripes&mdash;swung merrily to the
+breeze.</p>
+
+<p>The city was full of soldiers. Among them were the Greek mountaineers in
+their picturesque costume of white linen, consisting of tunics with long,
+flowing sleeves, and kilted skirts so full and so starched that they stood
+out like the skirts of a circus rider.</p>
+
+<p>Their long, pointed shoes, which turned up at the toes like a toboggan,
+had large red rosettes on the very points. Their caps were gayly colored,
+and a long tassel fell from the crown to their shoulders.</p>
+
+<p>Not a very good fighting costume, you will probably think; but if you had
+looked into their keen eyes and determined faces, you would have forgotten
+the costume&mdash;especially if they had come to fight you.</p>
+
+<p>They are hardy fellows, and although their enemies outnumber them four to
+one, we may depend upon it that, if battle comes, there will be as brave
+and heroic fighting upon the side of the Greeks, as when their forefathers
+fought the Trojans in the days of long ago.</p>
+
+<p>But they will have need of all their courage, for the enemy is not only
+fierce, but cruel. The Turks are fatalists, who believe that whatever <i>is</i>
+to be <i>will</i> be, <a name="Page_464" id="Page_464"></a>and that if they are fated to die in battle, nothing can
+save them.</p>
+
+<p>If they die fighting bravely they believe that they are sure to go to
+Paradise.</p>
+
+<p>With this belief you can readily see how little they are likely to run
+away.</p>
+
+<p>Unless the Great Powers interfere, the conflict will be a terrible one.
+How much better it would be to settle the difficulty by arbitration, and
+prevent such a cruel war.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 32em;">I</span><span class='smcap'>zora C. Chandler</span><br />
+<a name="Page_465" id="Page_465"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.</h2>
+
+
+<p>Many new and interesting patents were shown at the Cycle Show at the Grand
+Central Palace, New York City.</p>
+
+<p>One of the most ingenious was a new tire. It is called the Hose-Pipe Tire,
+and seems to be a very sensible and useful kind.</p>
+
+<p>The feature of this tire is that it has a second tube laid flat inside the
+first one.</p>
+
+<p>This second tube is not inflated, but kept as an emergency tube.</p>
+
+<p>Should the outer one be punctured, the pipe inside can be inflated by
+means of a separate valve connected with it, and the rider can go on his
+way with little delay.</p>
+
+<p>Should the second tube also become punctured, it is so arranged that it
+can be taken out, mended, and replaced without much trouble.</p>
+
+<p>New saddles of all descriptions were shown. The Schlesinger Anatomical
+Saddle, with its spring cushion which does away with the jolts and shocks
+that the rider receives with an ordinary saddle, was voted the best shown.</p>
+
+<p>There is a new foot-pump from which great things are expected. It is small
+enough to be packed in the tool-bag, and strong enough for all purposes.</p>
+
+<p>Among other things, a bicycle cleaner made by the &AElig;tna Company, of Newark,
+N.J., was particularly recommended to prevent rust, and to polish the
+steel and enamel parts.</p>
+
+<p>The aluminum cyclometers made by the Trenton Watch Company <a name="Page_466" id="Page_466"></a>made a very
+handsome display. They will register from 1 to 10,000 miles.</p>
+
+<p>The League of American Wheelmen are preparing a set of road books which
+give the best roads and routes to various points of interest.</p>
+
+<p>The New York <i>Times</i> published in their supplement for February 7th four
+of these route maps.</p>
+
+<p>They are most excellent. The hills, the character of the roads, the
+railroad crossings, the trolley lines, are all marked with the greatest
+accuracy. Even the awkward corners where trolleys are to be met are
+marked, and the various rules and regulations of the villages which must
+be passed are also given.</p>
+
+<p>These four maps give trips to Mt. Vernon, to Bronx Park, and to New
+Rochelle, over roads and byways with which the present writer is
+thoroughly familiar, and the accuracy of these charts cannot be too highly
+commended.</p>
+
+<p>With such guides as these in hand, a wheelman can make delightful, safe,
+and speedy trips.</p>
+
+<p>Our young readers would do well to secure copies of <i>The Times</i>
+supplement, and obtain these excellent maps.</p>
+
+<p>The League of American Wheelmen has very generously decided to let the
+general public have the benefit of its road books, and they will put them
+on the market, we understand, as soon as they are published.</p>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 32em;">G.H.R.</span><br />
+<a name="Page_467" id="Page_467"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.</h2>
+
+
+<p>The Editor takes pleasure in acknowledging the pleasant letters received
+from Laura Van C. and Theodore S.</p>
+
+<p><span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> is always delighted to hear of any good
+books, and thanks Theodore for his recommendation of &quot;In Mythland&quot; and
+&quot;Hans Brinker.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>The Editor also wishes to thank Mr. Davis, of Bayonne, for his kind
+letter, and to tell him that if he will look at No. 3 of <span class='smcap'>The Great
+Round World</span>, page 46, he will find a fuller account of terminal buds,
+and the rings formed on trees.</p>
+
+<p>It was hoped that the readers of <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> would have
+remembered the previous article on the subject, and therefore the later
+one was not so explanatory.</p>
+
+<p>Mr. Davis has very kindly sent us an account of the kite represented in
+our No. 9. We take great pleasure in publishing his statement. He says:</p>
+
+<p>&quot;I will tell you about Mr. William A. Eddy's kite, or rather about Mr.
+Hargrave's, whose invention was the kite represented in your late issue.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Mr. Lawrence Hargrave, of Australia, began in 1892 some experiments in
+kite flying. His first attempt was with cylindrical surfaces. Not
+succeeding as well as he had expected, he changed his plans, and in 1893
+perfected the kite as represented in your issue. He sent photographs to
+the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where Mr. Eddy saw them. On
+his return to Bayonne, Mr. Eddy made several kites from <a name="Page_468" id="Page_468"></a>the photographic
+pattern, and flew them a few days afterward. These undoubtedly were the
+first Hargrave kites flown outside of Australia. This is a powerful kite,
+but it requires a very strong wind to raise it.</p>
+
+<p>&quot;Mr. Eddy's kites are of a nearly plane surface, slightly convex in front,
+and without tails. His experiments with them are revealing wonderful facts
+regarding atmospheric electricity.&quot;</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p><span class='smcap'>Dear Mr. Editor:</span></p>
+
+<p>    <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> is very interesting, I think,
+    when you commence it. I think as another little girl thinks,
+    that the inventions made nowadays are wonderful; indeed, if I
+    could I would like to talk to the people up in Mars, if there
+    are any to talk to. My teacher's name is Miss Davis, and she
+    reads <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> to us.</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 17.5em;">Yours truly,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25em;">L</span><span class='smcap'>aura Van C.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">T</span><span class='smcap'>roy, Ohio</span>, February 13, 1897.<br />
+<br /></p>
+
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p><span class='smcap'>Dear Mr. Editor:</span></p>
+
+<p>    I have a book by the name of &quot;In Mythland.&quot; I like it so much
+    that I thought I would write and tell you about it, so as other
+    children seven years old like me would know of it, and could
+    read it. Mother reads <span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> to me every
+    week, and I like it very much. Mother is reading me a book
+    called &quot;Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates.&quot; A story of life in
+    Holland. By Mary Mapes Dodge. My book has many pictures of
+    Holland in it.</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 16em;">Yours truly,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 22.5em;">T</span><span class='smcap'>heodore S.K.</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 2em;">3</span><span class='smcap'>21 West 82d Street</span>, February 15, 1897.<br />
+<a name="Page_469" id="Page_469"></a></p>
+
+
+
+<hr style="width: 65%;" />
+<h2>BOOK REVIEWS.</h2>
+
+
+<p>A new book has been sent us, entitled &quot;Three of Us.&quot; The title is
+explained by the cover, which gives the bright faces of three fine
+dogs&mdash;Barney, a bull-dog, Cossack, a wolf-hound, and Rex, a St. Bernard.</p>
+
+<p>The book has 327 pages, and tells the stories of the three dogs&mdash;the last
+one, Rex, telling his own &quot;autobow-wow-ography.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>It is written and also illustrated with many drawings by Izora C.
+Chandler, and published by Eaton &amp; Mains, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City.</p>
+
+<p>The other day a number of letters were shown us which had been written
+about this book by some bright little people of Hanover, N.H.</p>
+
+<p>The book was given to the school, and one of the teachers read it aloud to
+the scholars.</p>
+
+<p>This pleased them so much that they each wrote a letter to the lady who
+had made the gift. We publish one of these letters:</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>&quot;<span class='smcap'>My Dear Mrs. Richardson</span>:</p>
+
+<p>    &quot;It was very kind of you to give the book, &quot;Three of Us,&quot; to the
+    school.</p>
+
+<p>    &quot;I enjoyed Barney and Cossack very much. I was interested in Rex
+    also.</p>
+
+<p>    &quot;Barney was very interesting because he did so many brave deeds.</p>
+
+<p>    &quot;I liked Cossack because the little boy's kindness to the dog
+    saved the life of his own father.<a name="Page_470" id="Page_470"></a></p></div>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p>&quot;If I were to have a dog I think I would like Barney.</p>
+
+<p>    &quot;I thank you very much for the book.</p></div>
+
+<p>
+<span style="margin-left: 22em;">&quot;Yours sincerely,</span><br />
+<span style="margin-left: 25.5em;">&quot;</span><span class='smcap'>Emma M. Hall.&quot;</span><br />
+</p>
+
+
+<p><span class='smcap'>The Great Round World</span> prize has been won by Miss Harriet W.
+Mygatt, age eleven years, No. 32 Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N.Y., who will
+please send the name of the book she wants.</p>
+
+<p>Her selection of the important articles of commerce is very good, and the
+simple way in which they are marked on the map is also worthy of praise;
+for while perfectly distinct, the topographical features of the map have
+not been obscured. The map will be exhibited in the office of <span class='smcap'>The
+Great Round World</span>.<a name="Page_471" id="Page_471"></a></p>
+
+<hr style='width: 65%;' />
+
+
+<h2>School Books Wanted</h2>
+
+<p>The following school books will be taken in exchange for subscriptions for
+&quot;Great Round World&quot; at prices named.</p>
+
+<p>Send books by express prepaid. Send none which are much soiled or worn;
+pages must not be torn nor missing. Mark package&mdash;&quot;<span class='smcap'>Great Round
+World</span>, 3 and 5 West 18th Street, New York City, care William Beverley
+Harison.&quot;</p>
+
+<p>Put your name on package and send a list by mail with your subscription
+order.</p>
+
+<div class="blockquot"><p class='center'><b>We can use Standard School Books of all kinds, send List of any
+    you may wish to dispose of.</b></p></div>
+
+<p class='center'><b>READERS</b></p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Readers">
+<tr><td align='left'>Barnes'</td>
+<td align='left'>First,</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+
+<td align='left'>Second,</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td>
+
+<td align='left'>Third,</td>
+<td align='left'>40c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Appleton's</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>15c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Cyr's</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='left'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>New Franklin</td>
+
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>35c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>McGuffey's Revised</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>15c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Stickney's</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>15c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Swinton's</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot; </td>
+
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>40c.</td></tr>
+<tr><td align='left'>Information</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+
+<td align='left'>30c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+
+<td align='left'>30c.</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+<p class='center'><b>HISTORIES, UNITED STATES</b></p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="History Books Wanted">
+<tr><td align='left'>Barnes'</td>
+<td align='left'>Primary, 40c.</td>
+<td align='left'>Large 1890 or later,</td>
+
+<td align='left'>75c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Eggleston's</td>
+<td align='left'>First Book, 40c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>75c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Fiske's</td>
+<td align='center'></td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>75c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Johnston's</td>
+<td align='left'>Shorter, 40c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>75c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Montgomery's</td>
+
+<td align='left'>Beginner's, 30c.</td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>75c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Sheldon's</td>
+<td align='left'></td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>50c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Thomas'</td>
+<td align='left'></td>
+<td align='center'>&quot;</td>
+
+<td align='left'>50c.</td></tr>
+</table>
+</div>
+
+
+
+<p class='center'><b>ARITHMETICS</b><a name="Page_472" id="Page_472"></a></p>
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Arithmetics">
+<tr><td align='left'>Bailey's</td>
+<td align='right'>Mental,</td>
+
+<td align='left'>15c.</td>
+<td align='left'></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Brooks'</td>
+<td align='left'>New&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;</td>
+<td align='left'>15c.</td>
+<td align='left'>New Written,</td>
+<td align='left'>30c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Atwood's</td>
+
+<td align='right'>Part 1,</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+<td align='left'>Part 2,</td>
+<td align='left'>35c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Milne's</td>
+<td align='right'>Elements,</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td>
+<td align='left'>Standard,</td>
+
+<td align='left'>40c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Prince's</td>
+<td align='left'>No. 1 to 7,</td>
+<td align='left'>15c. each</td>
+<td align='left'></td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Sanford's</td>
+<td align='right'>Primary,</td>
+<td align='left'>20c.</td>
+
+<td align='left'>Common School,</td>
+<td align='left'>35c.</td></tr>
+
+<tr><td align='left'>Robinson's</td>
+<td align='right'>New</td>
+<td align='left'>10c.</td>
+<td align='left'>Rudiments,</td>
+<td align='left'>25c.</td></tr>
+</table></div>
+
+<p class="center"><b>GEOGRAPHIES&mdash;(These must have North and South Dakota)</b></p>
+
+
+<div class='center'>
+<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="Geographies">
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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On
+In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897, by Various
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+Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897
+       A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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+Author: Various
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+Release Date: March 16, 2005 [EBook #15386]
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+[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND WORLD And WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.]
+
+    VOL. 1   MARCH 11, 1897.   NO. 18
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+There is startling news from Crete.
+
+Greece has openly defied the warning of the Powers, and has declared her
+intention of assisting the little island, and freeing her from the Turkish
+rule.
+
+All Europe is ringing with the spirited reply sent by Greece to the demand
+that she should submit to the wishes of Europe, and give up her warlike
+intentions toward Turkey.
+
+This reply was short and to the point. It was simply this:
+
+"Greece accepts full responsibility for all her acts."
+
+Her first act after sending this brave message was to fire on a Turkish
+vessel, and thus openly to declare war upon the Turks.
+
+The Turkish vessel was carrying arms to the besieged garrison at Canea. As
+she moved from her anchorage in the harbor of Candia, she was hailed by a
+Greek warship, and ordered to return to her moorings.
+
+The Turkish vessel, the _Fuad_, paid no attention to the order, and was
+continuing on her way, when a shot from the Greek ship brought her to a
+stand. Having no guns of her own with which to defend herself, the _Fuad_
+decided that the sensible thing was to obey; so she put about, and
+returned to her moorings.
+
+The commander of the British fleet sent a formal protest to the Greeks
+against this action, and again ordered them to stop attacking the Turks.
+
+No attention was paid to this request.
+
+The Powers are, however, so afraid of war, that they are doing all that is
+possible to prevent Greece from taking any action that will make war
+inevitable.
+
+Russia, Great Britain, France, and Italy have all sent warships to Crete,
+with orders to enforce peace between Greece and Turkey.
+
+The combined fleets of these great nations have formed a cordon around the
+harbor of Canea, and have blockaded the port, to prevent the Greek
+squadron, under Prince George, from entering the harbor.
+
+A cordon is a line of men, ships, or forts, so stationed as to prevent
+people from going into, or coming out of the place.
+
+Having done this, the four great Powers proceeded to take possession of
+the island, and intend to try and hold it until some settlement is made
+between Greece and Turkey.
+
+One hundred men from each of the four fleets have been landed at Canea,
+and, with the consent of the Turkish authorities, have raised their flags
+over the fortress of the city, as a sign that Crete is under their
+protection.
+
+Greece, in the mean while, has sent word to the Powers that she intends to
+occupy Crete. She is sending troops there, and raising volunteers and
+filling out her reserve force, to be ready for war, if war comes.
+
+This defiance on the part of Greece is worrying the rest of the Powers.
+She is too small and insignificant to attempt to brave the wrath of Europe
+alone, and there is an uneasy feeling that some one of the great nations
+must be secretly backing her.
+
+As usual, when anything goes wrong in Europe, Russia is blamed. Russia has
+so long been the naughty girl of Dame Europa's school, that the moment
+mischief is in the air Russia is suspected.
+
+If she is in this new trouble, she will have hard work to escape
+punishment. She has been posing as the dear friend and protector of Turkey
+for the last few weeks, and has put stumbling-blocks in the way of the
+other Powers when they have attempted to force the Sultan of Turkey to do
+as they wished.
+
+If she has suddenly veered round, and is now encouraging Greece against
+Turkey, her conduct will be hard to explain.
+
+It will be interesting to watch what comes of this, for it seems that the
+Bismarck revelations, about which you can read in No. 4 of THE GREAT
+ROUND WORLD, have brought many strange things to light in European
+politics.
+
+You will remember that it was found that Germany had a secret
+understanding with Russia, which quite undid her open agreement with
+Austria and Italy--the Triple Alliance, as it was called.
+
+Now it appears that nearly all the European nations have been playing the
+same sly game.
+
+It would seem that most of them have secret, underhand agreements to play
+false to their best friends, whenever it suits their purpose.
+
+Every one is sure that Greece has some strong country at her back to make
+her so bold, and while all the diplomats are wondering which it can be, no
+one dares to ask any questions. There is so much treachery and deceit
+going on, that each ambassador is afraid that any inquiry on his part may
+lead to the discovery of things about his country that would better be
+kept in the dark.
+
+This daring attitude of Greece may involve the whole of Europe in a vast
+war, and it may be passed quietly over, and Greece be allowed to snatch
+her prize from under Turkey's nose, and walk away unharmed with it,
+because none of the other nations dare to call "police!" for fear of being
+arrested themselves.
+
+All sorts of rumors are flying around. One is that the Powers are not
+really angry with Greece, and that if the bold little country can take
+possession of Crete and hold it, the Powers will not let her be interfered
+with.
+
+It is also said that Turkey does not want Crete very badly, and will let
+Greece take it and keep it, if she will only promise not to interfere with
+Macedonia, which is another ancient Greek province, inhabited by
+Christians, and now under the control of Turkey. Macedonia is on the
+borders of modern Greece.
+
+Outwardly, the Powers are very fierce over the whole matter, and have
+warned Greece that if she does not withdraw her army from Crete in two
+days, they will make war upon her.
+
+Greece is, however, taking her own way very quietly and decidedly.
+
+While the four combined fleets of Europe are keeping Prince George at bay
+at Canea, fifteen hundred Greek soldiers under Colonel Vassos have been
+safely landed in Crete, at Platania about sixty miles from Canea.
+
+This battalion, which is made up of artillery, engineers, and infantry, is
+called the "Corps of Occupation," and Greece went wild with joy when the
+report of its safe arrival reached Athens.
+
+The commander of the corps, Colonel Vassos, is reported to have issued a
+proclamation to the Cretans, in which he says that the troubles in Crete
+have been deeply felt by their brother Greeks. The Cretans are but one
+nation with the Greeks, despite the fact that they are under a foreign
+rule, and Greece can no longer allow a people of her race and religion to
+be under the Turkish rule; she has therefore decided to occupy the island,
+and add it to the country ruled by the King of Greece.
+
+The proclamation goes on to say that Colonel Vassos, in the name of the
+King of Greece, promises to protect the lives, honor, and property of the
+inhabitants, and to bring peace and law to them.
+
+He then demanded of the Turks that they surrender, and give up the island.
+
+While this was going on, the combined Powers, through their ambassadors in
+Greece, demanded that the Greek warships be withdrawn from Crete under
+pain of Europe's displeasure.
+
+They promised that the Turkish reforms should be properly enforced in
+Crete, and that, in the conference which will follow as soon as the fear
+of war is passed, the Powers will consider the question of reuniting
+Greece and Crete.
+
+There is a rumor that the Powers will get home rule for Crete, and that
+the Emperor William of Germany is trying his best to bring this last
+scheme about.
+
+Matters are very far from settlement. Volunteers are rallying to the Greek
+flag in great numbers, and all Greece is echoing to the cries of excited
+patriotism.
+
+The Greeks have won their first victory in Crete. They attacked a fort
+called Fort Aghia, captured it, and took four hundred prisoners. One
+hundred of these were Turkish soldiers, the rest were Moslems, who had
+taken refuge in the fort.
+
+The details of this affair have not yet arrived, but it is supposed that
+the fort surrendered on the demand of Colonel Vassos.
+
+Greece is also reported to have landed four thousand more troops in Crete.
+
+Turkey is strengthening her forts along the Greek frontier, and has sent
+word to the Powers that they must restrain Greece, or she will be obliged
+to follow her own course.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+No progress has been made toward the passage of the Treaty with Great
+Britain.
+
+Their eyes once opened to the dangers that may underlie the fair words of
+the Treaty, the Senators are putting it under the microscope of
+discussion, and are anxious that it shall not leave their hands until it
+can be considered to be truly beneficial to the country.
+
+It is certain that it will not be brought to any conclusion during this
+session of Congress.
+
+Senator Sherman, who as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations has
+charge of the bill, says that he will present it at the extra session of
+the Senate, which will be called on March 5th by the new President.
+
+It is said that the Nicaragua Canal Bill has been the real means of
+preventing the Senate from arriving at any conclusion about the Treaty
+this session.
+
+Senator Morgan has been working very hard to convince the Senate of the
+importance of settling the Canal question before the Treaty is ratified,
+and has at last succeeded.
+
+He has been very clever about it. He announced to the Senate, some days
+ago, that in consequence of the amount of business that must be got
+through before the end of the session, he was willing to let his bill
+stand over till the extra session. He warned the Senate, at the same time,
+that when the extra session came, he should fight for his bill with all
+his strength, and do his best to have it made into a law.
+
+This looked as though the Senator had made way for the Treaty, and did not
+really care so much about his bill being passed before the Treaty was
+ratified.
+
+But that was not Mr. Morgan's idea at all.
+
+He withdrew his bill because he did not want to have it hurried through,
+and voted on carelessly, and perhaps lost. He withdrew it the more
+willingly because he had a nice little scheme in his head, which would
+easily prevent the Treaty being passed before the extra session, when he
+would again be on hand with his bill.
+
+His plan was this:
+
+He would unearth the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, confront the Senate with that,
+and as it deals very directly with matters that concern both arbitration
+and the canal, Senator Morgan was sure that it would give the Senate
+enough food for discussion to last it through this session of Congress,
+without touching the Treaty again.
+
+The Clayton-Bulwer treaty was made between Great Britain and the United
+States in 1850.
+
+One part of the treaty stipulates that neither Great Britain nor the
+United States shall ever control the Nicaragua Canal, nor build forts
+along it.
+
+When this treaty was made, Nicaragua had given the right to build the
+canal to an American company. This company did not belong to the
+government; it was a mere business undertaking by a business firm.
+
+The company did not build the canal; the work required too much money, and
+the affair fell through.
+
+At the present time it is the American Government that proposes to build
+the canal, and if the Government is to put in the enormous sums of money
+that will be needed, it is only right that the Government shall control
+it. Nicaragua is not wealthy enough to build the canal herself, and if we
+do not undertake it, some other country will, and it will certainly expect
+the control of the canal in return for the money invested.
+
+Senator Morgan asked the Senate to consider the matter of the
+Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and decide whether or no we are still bound by it,
+before the Arbitration Treaty be signed. He insists that if the Senate
+decides that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is still binding, England must
+agree to release us from it before we can discuss another treaty, as it is
+too absurd to suppose that we will put our money into the canal and have
+no right to control it.
+
+In the time that must be taken up in the consideration of this very
+important point. Senator Morgan will have time to get his bill properly
+considered, and with the new light that he has thrown on canal affairs
+through the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, he is more likely to get his bill
+passed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+There is news of a great victory for the Cubans, which is called one of
+the most brilliant successes of the war.
+
+It was won by General Gomez.
+
+He set out to lay siege to the town of Arroyo Blanco.
+
+When he arrived before the town, he sent word to the mayor that he was
+about to open fire with his dynamite-gun, and he requested that all the
+women, children, and non-fighting men should be sent out of the city.
+
+In accordance with the rules of civilized warfare, he sent a permit for
+these people to pass out of the town in safety.
+
+He waited several hours for a reply. None being sent, he ordered his
+gunners to send one shot over the city.
+
+This having been done, and still no answer coming from the Spanish
+commander, General Gomez sent a fresh messenger, asking the mayor, for the
+sake of humanity, to send the women and children out of the town as
+quickly as possible.
+
+To this the officer in command sent the reply that Gomez could begin to
+fire as quickly as he pleased, for not a soul in Arroyo Blanco should be
+allowed to leave the town; he intended to keep the women and children
+within the walls, to suffer whatever fate was in store for him.
+
+The women and children pleaded to be allowed to leave, but the Spanish
+officer was determined to keep them, and they were obliged to stay.
+
+On receiving this cruel answer, Gomez opened fire, using his dreadful
+dynamite-gun. For several days he laid siege to the town, without gaining
+any advantage.
+
+The Spaniards tried to get help from the main army by signalling with the
+heliograph. This is an instrument by which rays of light are thrown from a
+mirror, and flashed from one point to another. It is much used in war.
+
+The Cubans, however, prevented the heliograph from being used, and hoped
+that they had the Spaniards cut off from their friends.
+
+By some means the news of the siege reached the main army, and three
+thousand troops were sent to the relief of Arroyo Blanco.
+
+No sooner did Gomez see the first of the Spanish soldiers appearing over
+the hills, than he laid a plan to win a brilliant victory.
+
+Pretending to be alarmed at the arrival of the Spanish troops, he withdrew
+his men from the siege of the town, and appeared to be retreating.
+
+Delighted with their success, the Spanish pursued the Cubans, who led them
+into a valley between two hills.
+
+This was the trap into which Gomez had planned to lure his enemy.
+
+When the Spaniards had reached a place that seemed favorable to his
+wishes, Gomez gave the signal--Cubans poured down the hillsides, from
+behind every rock and bush, surrounded the Spaniards, and completely
+defeated them, the Spaniards suffering a severe loss, many of them being
+killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.
+
+It is said that this victory has so alarmed Weyler that he has sent to
+Havana for more troops, and declares that he cannot stand against Gomez
+without more soldiers to help him.
+
+The people of Havana do not like this. Weyler has many more soldiers than
+Gomez, and the citizens do not want to be left at the mercy of the
+insurgent bands that are in the neighborhood of the city.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A great deal of interest is being taken in the investigation, by the New
+York Legislature, into the subject of Trusts.
+
+A Trust is the combination of a number of persons who are interested in
+the manufacture of a certain article.
+
+These persons join together, and agree to pay certain prices for making
+the goods they deal in, and to ask a certain price for the article when
+they sell it again.
+
+They put all their money together, and become one company. Each member of
+the Trust has to bind himself to do what the members think best, and
+though there may be several hundred factories in one Trust, all obey the
+one set of rules, just as if they were but one body.
+
+In this way the Trust has a great deal of money at its command, and can
+buy the finest machinery to make its goods, and, because of the enormous
+quantities needed to supply all the members of the Trust, can obtain the
+material needed for the manufacture at the lowest possible price.
+
+Through the means a Trust has for producing goods, it can make and
+manufacture at a much smaller cost than a single manufacturer, and can
+control the amount of the output of the goods, so that too great a supply
+shall not be made at one time, and the markets be so flooded that the
+price falls and it no longer pays to make them.
+
+The idea of a number of persons clubbing together and helping each other
+with their money and brains, and working together to produce an article at
+the least possible cost, is of course a very excellent one.
+
+It would seem as though these methods would help to make the articles that
+we daily need much cheaper to us, and that the cost of living would be
+less.
+
+But unfortunately it is not always so.
+
+While Trusts could and should work for the benefit of the people, they are
+too often used as a means to harm them.
+
+When Trusts get so large that they include nearly all the manufacturers of
+a special article, they are not only able to produce the article at the
+least possible cost, but to say for how much it shall be sold.
+
+A Trust is formed that the manufacturers may make a better article at a
+lower cost--at least, that is what the Trusts say; but the danger is that
+they may obtain entire control of the market, create a monopoly, and
+having the public at their mercy, make the prices as high as they please.
+
+A monopoly is the sole power of dealing in any class of goods.
+
+If there were no Trusts controlling the market, no one manufacturer would
+dare to put his price too high, because another one would instantly step
+in with lower prices, and take his trade away from him.
+
+This would create what is called competition, because the first
+manufacturer would not want to lose his trade, and would lower his prices
+below the second manufacturer. Others would join in, and would continue to
+cut prices, until the selling price of the article would be brought down
+to the lowest possible rate at which it can be put on the market.
+
+The public would get the benefit of this competition, and would find the
+cost of living less.
+
+This competition is the soul of business, because it obliges manufacturers
+to better the quality of their goods and machinery in order to sell at
+all; but Trusts do not care to do this, and therefore desire to put a stop
+to it entirely.
+
+Each Trust has its system of controlling the store-keepers who deal
+directly with the public, and it makes them agree to sell at such prices
+as it thinks best.
+
+In this way the prices are kept up, no matter how much they ought to have
+been lowered through cheap manufacture, or plentiful supply of the
+material needed to be manufactured.
+
+The money that is made by the cheaper conditions goes into the pockets of
+the members of the Trust, and they often become enormously rich, through
+the higher price which they thus force the people to pay.
+
+All the necessary articles of food in daily use are controlled by Trusts.
+
+There is a Sugar Trust, which dictates the exact number of cents a pound
+you must pay for your sugar. A Coffee Trust, which fixes the price of
+coffee. It is the Coal Trust which keeps the price of coal so high in
+winter. There is a Gas Trust, a Salt Trust, a Wall-Paper Trust, and indeed
+a Trust for almost every necessary and useful article.
+
+You notice probably that the most of the Trusts are producers of articles
+that we are obliged to use.
+
+If the Coal Barons, as they are called, asked ten dollars a ton for coal,
+we would still be obliged to use it. We could not go without fires.
+
+If a Meat Trust said our meat was to cost a dollar a pound, we would still
+have to buy it. Our sugar is another article which we cannot do without,
+and for which we are obliged to pay whatever price the dealers choose to
+ask.
+
+Do you see now wherein Trusts are dangerous to us?
+
+The Democrats last fall declared that if their candidate was elected
+President of the United States, they would make laws whereby the
+Government should be able to control and regulate Trusts.
+
+The Legislature in Albany, wishing to prevent these combinations from
+gaining so much power that they become a menace to the public, has
+appointed a committee to investigate the workings of Trusts.
+
+State Senator Lexow was made Chairman of the committee. He is that Mr.
+Clarence Lexow, who was chairman of the committee which looked into the
+way the police were doing their duty a short while ago.
+
+Senator Lexow has come down to New York City with full power to call the
+officers of the Trusts before him, and make them tell him how they manage
+their business, how much money it costs them to produce the articles they
+manufacture, and how much profit they make.
+
+When the inquiry is finished, the committee will report to the Legislature
+at Albany, which will then decide what action shall be taken.
+
+The Trust Investigating Committee has found out from the Sugar Trust, that
+the price of sugar has been lowered since the Trust was formed. But it has
+also been learned that sugar has not been allowed to fall in price as much
+as it ought to have, and that while sugar is cheaper than it used to be,
+it could be much cheaper yet, and still pay well for the making.
+
+With all the Trusts the story is the same. They have slightly cheapened
+the price of the goods they handle, and have then controlled the market
+and prevented any further reduction.
+
+Each Trust declares that it is a positive benefit to trade, and while it
+is true that they do employ a vast number of men, and make the best
+quality of goods at _apparently_ the lowest possible price, it must not be
+forgotten that the public does not benefit as much as it ought by the low
+cost of production, and that all small manufacturers are driven out of the
+business by the enormous power of the Trust.
+
+A man who wishes to succeed to-day dare not try to compete with the Trust;
+he must join it or be boycotted by it; that is to say, if he attempts to
+undersell the Trust, all retail dealers will be forbidden to buy from him,
+and he will have no market for his goods.
+
+There has been a great outcry against this investigation, and the Trusts
+are very indignant. They declare that such investigations ruin trade, and
+make prices higher. To prove this argument, the Sugar Trust has put the
+price of sugar up an eighth of a cent a pound, or about forty cents a
+barrel.
+
+This is, however, an argument that works both ways. If the Sugar Trust is
+so powerful that it can revenge itself for the investigation by putting
+the price of sugar up, it is then too powerful for the welfare of the
+people, and it shows clearly that it is high time that the government
+makes an attempt to restrict the power of the Trusts.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Admiral Bunce and his fleet of warships have been engaged in some very
+interesting naval practice off Charleston.
+
+The especial object of the visit was to see if they could effectually
+blockade the port.
+
+In making their trip down the coast, the fleet ran into a heavy gale off
+Cape Hatteras, and Admiral Bunce was able to see how the vessels under his
+command behave in a storm.
+
+Arrived off Charleston, the Admiral arranged the fleet in a cordon across
+the mouth of Charleston harbor, and when night came, ordered the little
+cruiser _Vesuvius_ to steam out to sea, and then try to steal back into
+port without being discovered by the big warships that were guarding the
+harbor.
+
+In other words, the _Vesuvius_ was ordered to "run the blockade."
+
+In times of war, an enemy will often blockade a port by stationing big
+ships in such positions that they may prevent any vessels from entering or
+leaving the port, just as the combined fleets of Europe are preventing the
+Greek fleet, under Prince George, from entering the harbor of Canea.
+
+In our late war the harbor of Charleston was actually blockaded, and
+vessels were regularly employed as blockade runners, many of them getting
+through without difficulty, and many having hair-breadth escapes.
+
+The steamers selected to run the blockade in war times were light, swift,
+and built so that they lay very low in the water. They were painted a dull
+gray color, so that they could not be seen at a distance; their funnels
+were made like telescopes, so that they could be shut up, and be little
+higher than the deck, when the moment for actually running the blockade
+arrived. They burned smokeless coal, and could blow their steam off under
+water, so that it was very hard to discover them, and on dark nights they
+could often slip by the watching vessels without being observed.
+
+Admiral Bunce thought that the search-light system which is in use on all
+our war-vessels would make it extremely difficult for a blockade runner to
+pass a modern blockade, and it was to test this that the game of blockade
+running was tried off Charleston.
+
+When all was in readiness for the game to begin, the _New York_, which was
+the flagship, sent up a rocket, warning the other vessels to be on the
+lookout for the blockade runner.
+
+The flagship of a fleet is always the one which has the admiral on board.
+The ships in a fleet are like a regiment of soldiers, and act under the
+orders of the admiral in command; and as the orders are always sent from
+ship to ship by means of flags or signals, the ship from which the orders
+are issued is called the flagship.
+
+All the search-lights were in play, and there was the greatest excitement
+on board the various vessels as the little cruiser steamed out to sea to
+begin the game.
+
+Back and forth the search-light flashed along the whole line of the
+blockade. Here and there, in every direction, the waters were searched for
+a sign of the little _Vesuvius_, which was surely steaming toward them to
+try and run the blockade.
+
+No sign of the cruiser could be seen, and anxiety was felt lest she should
+have escaped all the searchers, when the signal came from the _Maine_ that
+she had been discovered, and all the search-lights from the various
+vessels were turned toward the _Maine's_ light, and there was the
+_Vesuvius_, defeated.
+
+She showed her lights, which till then had been concealed, and steamed
+back to sea again for another trial.
+
+This time she so nearly succeeded that there was consternation in the
+whole fleet; but still she was detected in time.
+
+Five times she made the attempt, but defeat succeeded defeat; and at last
+Admiral Bunce declared the game over for the night, and the _Vesuvius_
+returned to anchor, with the rest of the fleet.
+
+Admiral Bunce declared himself highly pleased at the success of his
+blockade.
+
+The next night the game was played again. This time the _Vesuvius_ won
+easily, for it was a foggy night, and the search-lights were not able to
+pierce the fog.
+
+Admiral Bunce would not allow that this was a fair test, but as, in real
+war, blockade runners would be pretty sure to wait for a cloudy night, or
+for one that was dark or foggy, it would seem that the test was fairer
+than that of the night before, which was clear and moonlit.
+
+Before the manoeuvres were over, the admiral ordered a practice with the
+big guns.
+
+From all accounts it was a very fine sight, and our navy proved itself a
+great credit to us.
+
+The guns were fired at targets, and the shooting seems to have been
+particularly fine, the targets being hit every time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+At last beyond any further question Major William McKinley has been
+elected President of the United States.
+
+The last formality was complied with when, on February 11th, at one
+o'clock, the Senate of the United States, headed by the Vice-President,
+filed into the House of Representatives to count the vote of the Electoral
+College, cast in the manner described in THE GREAT ROUND WORLD,
+No. 13.
+
+As the Senators entered the House of Representatives, all the Congressmen
+rose, and remained standing while their visitors filed in, two by two.
+
+The little procession was preceded by the officers of the Senate, who
+carried the ballot-boxes.
+
+The work of counting was then commenced by the tellers, and ere long it
+was officially announced that William McKinley was the choice of the
+people for President of the United States.
+
+                                         GENIE H. ROSENFELD.
+
+
+
+
+CRETE AND GREECE.
+
+
+
+Well, well, well! So little Greece has really done it! While the Great
+Powers have been worrying each other, have been forming alliances and
+triple alliances, have been threatening Turkey and shaking their fists at
+each other, have been trembling in their boots and calling conferences,
+little Greece has fired upon one of Turkey's ships, and "accepts full
+responsibility for all her acts."
+
+The first shots came from Crete, that long, beautiful island south of
+Greece, called in the time of Homer the "Isle of One Hundred Cities." It
+has a most heroic history, remaining free long after Greece herself had
+become subject to Rome. Only in the year 68 B.C., after a long and
+determined effort upon the part of Rome, did Crete surrender.
+
+And her islanders have the same heroic blood in their veins to-day. The
+trouble now is that Turkish misrule, since she was made over to the Turks
+in 1840 by the Great Powers, has fanned the old desire for freedom into
+flame.
+
+The Greeks were most probably unwise in firing upon the Turkish transport
+_Fuad_ as she was bearing munitions to the Turkish garrison at Canea; but
+we can hardly blame them.
+
+There comes a time when patience almost ceases to be a virtue. The Cretans
+are human. They have waited long, though impatiently, and their very
+impatience has shown us how hard the waiting has been for men of such
+fiery character. They feel now that they would rather die in the struggle
+for freedom than submit longer to the injustice of their Turkish rulers.
+
+I was in Athens when the coming of age of Crown Prince George, the brave,
+handsome young Greek of whom we hear so much, was celebrated.
+
+The streets, from the palace to the church where the ceremonies were to
+take place, were most beautiful with triumphal arches. Rich tapestries
+floated from the windows all along the way, and the flags of all
+nations--among them our own dear Stars and Stripes--swung merrily to the
+breeze.
+
+The city was full of soldiers. Among them were the Greek mountaineers in
+their picturesque costume of white linen, consisting of tunics with long,
+flowing sleeves, and kilted skirts so full and so starched that they stood
+out like the skirts of a circus rider.
+
+Their long, pointed shoes, which turned up at the toes like a toboggan,
+had large red rosettes on the very points. Their caps were gayly colored,
+and a long tassel fell from the crown to their shoulders.
+
+Not a very good fighting costume, you will probably think; but if you had
+looked into their keen eyes and determined faces, you would have forgotten
+the costume--especially if they had come to fight you.
+
+They are hardy fellows, and although their enemies outnumber them four to
+one, we may depend upon it that, if battle comes, there will be as brave
+and heroic fighting upon the side of the Greeks, as when their forefathers
+fought the Trojans in the days of long ago.
+
+But they will have need of all their courage, for the enemy is not only
+fierce, but cruel. The Turks are fatalists, who believe that whatever _is_
+to be _will_ be, and that if they are fated to die in battle, nothing can
+save them.
+
+If they die fighting bravely they believe that they are sure to go to
+Paradise.
+
+With this belief you can readily see how little they are likely to run
+away.
+
+Unless the Great Powers interfere, the conflict will be a terrible one.
+How much better it would be to settle the difficulty by arbitration, and
+prevent such a cruel war.
+
+                                               IZORA C. CHANDLER
+
+
+
+
+INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.
+
+
+Many new and interesting patents were shown at the Cycle Show at the Grand
+Central Palace, New York City.
+
+One of the most ingenious was a new tire. It is called the Hose-Pipe Tire,
+and seems to be a very sensible and useful kind.
+
+The feature of this tire is that it has a second tube laid flat inside the
+first one.
+
+This second tube is not inflated, but kept as an emergency tube.
+
+Should the outer one be punctured, the pipe inside can be inflated by
+means of a separate valve connected with it, and the rider can go on his
+way with little delay.
+
+Should the second tube also become punctured, it is so arranged that it
+can be taken out, mended, and replaced without much trouble.
+
+New saddles of all descriptions were shown. The Schlesinger Anatomical
+Saddle, with its spring cushion which does away with the jolts and shocks
+that the rider receives with an ordinary saddle, was voted the best shown.
+
+There is a new foot-pump from which great things are expected. It is small
+enough to be packed in the tool-bag, and strong enough for all purposes.
+
+Among other things, a bicycle cleaner made by the AEtna Company, of Newark,
+N.J., was particularly recommended to prevent rust, and to polish the
+steel and enamel parts.
+
+The aluminum cyclometers made by the Trenton Watch Company made a very
+handsome display. They will register from 1 to 10,000 miles.
+
+The League of American Wheelmen are preparing a set of road books which
+give the best roads and routes to various points of interest.
+
+The New York _Times_ published in their supplement for February 7th four
+of these route maps.
+
+They are most excellent. The hills, the character of the roads, the
+railroad crossings, the trolley lines, are all marked with the greatest
+accuracy. Even the awkward corners where trolleys are to be met are
+marked, and the various rules and regulations of the villages which must
+be passed are also given.
+
+These four maps give trips to Mt. Vernon, to Bronx Park, and to New
+Rochelle, over roads and byways with which the present writer is
+thoroughly familiar, and the accuracy of these charts cannot be too highly
+commended.
+
+With such guides as these in hand, a wheelman can make delightful, safe,
+and speedy trips.
+
+Our young readers would do well to secure copies of _The Times_
+supplement, and obtain these excellent maps.
+
+The League of American Wheelmen has very generously decided to let the
+general public have the benefit of its road books, and they will put them
+on the market, we understand, as soon as they are published.
+
+    G.H.R.
+
+
+
+
+LETTERS FROM OUR YOUNG FRIENDS.
+
+
+The Editor takes pleasure in acknowledging the pleasant letters received
+from Laura Van C. and Theodore S.
+
+THE GREAT ROUND WORLD is always delighted to hear of any good
+books, and thanks Theodore for his recommendation of "In Mythland" and
+"Hans Brinker."
+
+The Editor also wishes to thank Mr. Davis, of Bayonne, for his kind
+letter, and to tell him that if he will look at No. 3 of THE GREAT
+ROUND WORLD, page 46, he will find a fuller account of terminal buds,
+and the rings formed on trees.
+
+It was hoped that the readers of THE GREAT ROUND WORLD would have
+remembered the previous article on the subject, and therefore the later
+one was not so explanatory.
+
+Mr. Davis has very kindly sent us an account of the kite represented in
+our No. 9. We take great pleasure in publishing his statement. He says:
+
+"I will tell you about Mr. William A. Eddy's kite, or rather about Mr.
+Hargrave's, whose invention was the kite represented in your late issue.
+
+"Mr. Lawrence Hargrave, of Australia, began in 1892 some experiments in
+kite flying. His first attempt was with cylindrical surfaces. Not
+succeeding as well as he had expected, he changed his plans, and in 1893
+perfected the kite as represented in your issue. He sent photographs to
+the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where Mr. Eddy saw them. On
+his return to Bayonne, Mr. Eddy made several kites from the photographic
+pattern, and flew them a few days afterward. These undoubtedly were the
+first Hargrave kites flown outside of Australia. This is a powerful kite,
+but it requires a very strong wind to raise it.
+
+"Mr. Eddy's kites are of a nearly plane surface, slightly convex in front,
+and without tails. His experiments with them are revealing wonderful facts
+regarding atmospheric electricity."
+
+
+    DEAR MR. EDITOR:
+
+    THE GREAT ROUND WORLD is very interesting, I think,
+    when you commence it. I think as another little girl thinks,
+    that the inventions made nowadays are wonderful; indeed, if I
+    could I would like to talk to the people up in Mars, if there
+    are any to talk to. My teacher's name is Miss Davis, and she
+    reads THE GREAT ROUND WORLD to us.
+
+                                   Yours truly,
+                                                  LAURA VAN C.
+    TROY, OHIO, February 13, 1897.
+
+
+    DEAR MR. EDITOR:
+
+    I have a book by the name of "In Mythland." I like it so much
+    that I thought I would write and tell you about it, so as other
+    children seven years old like me would know of it, and could
+    read it. Mother reads THE GREAT ROUND WORLD to me every
+    week, and I like it very much. Mother is reading me a book
+    called "Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates." A story of life in
+    Holland. By Mary Mapes Dodge. My book has many pictures of
+    Holland in it.
+
+                                Yours truly,
+                                             THEODORE S.K.
+    321 WEST 82d STREET, February 15, 1897.
+
+
+
+
+BOOK REVIEWS.
+
+
+A new book has been sent us, entitled "Three of Us." The title is
+explained by the cover, which gives the bright faces of three fine
+dogs--Barney, a bull-dog, Cossack, a wolf-hound, and Rex, a St. Bernard.
+
+The book has 327 pages, and tells the stories of the three dogs--the last
+one, Rex, telling his own "autobow-wow-ography."
+
+It is written and also illustrated with many drawings by Izora C.
+Chandler, and published by Eaton & Mains, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
+
+The other day a number of letters were shown us which had been written
+about this book by some bright little people of Hanover, N.H.
+
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+the scholars.
+
+This pleased them so much that they each wrote a letter to the lady who
+had made the gift. We publish one of these letters:
+
+    "My Dear Mrs. Richardson:
+
+    "It was very kind of you to give the book, "Three of Us," to the
+    school.
+
+    "I enjoyed Barney and Cossack very much. I was interested in Rex
+    also.
+
+    "Barney was very interesting because he did so many brave deeds.
+
+    "I liked Cossack because the little boy's kindness to the dog
+    saved the life of his own father.
+
+    "If I were to have a dog I think I would like Barney.
+
+    "I thank you very much for the book.
+
+                                             "Yours sincerely,
+                                                 "EMMA M. HALL."
+
+
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