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diff --git a/15539.txt b/15539.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aff11d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/15539.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1468 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On +In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897, by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 27, May 13, 1897 + A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls + +Author: Various + +Release Date: April 4, 2005 [EBook #15539] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD AND *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team. 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NEW YORK CITY + +Copyright, 1897, by WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON. + + * * * * * + + AS A + =SPECIAL INDUCEMENT= + + for our subscribers to interest others in "The Great Round + World," we will give to each subscriber who sends us $2.50 to + pay for a year's subscription to a new name, a copy of + + =Rand, McNally & Co.= + =1897 Atlas of the World.= + + =160 pages of colored maps from new plates, size 11 1/2 x 14 + inches, printed on special paper with marginal index, and well + worth its regular price - - - - $2.50.= + + +Every one has some sort of an atlas, doubtless, but an old atlas is no +better than an old directory; countries do not move away, as do people, +but they do change and our knowledge of them increases, and this atlas, +made in 1897 from =new= plates, is perfect and up to date and covers every +point on + + =The Great Round World.= + +Those not subscribers should secure the subscription of a friend and remit +$5 to cover it and their own. A copy of the atlas will be sent to either +address. + + * * * * * + +GREAT ROUND WORLD, + +_3 and 5 West 18th Street, . . . . . . . .New York City._ + + * * * * * + +THE GREAT ROUND WORLD +NATURAL HISTORY +STORIES. + +A Series of True Stories + +BY +JULIA TRUITT BISHOP. + +Attractively Illustrated by Barnes. + + * * * * * + +These stories will be issued in parts. Price, 10 cents each. Subscription +price (12 numbers), $1.00. Part 1. issued as supplement to GREAT ROUND +WORLD NO. 20. + + * * * * * + + =Author's Preface.= + + The stories published in this little volume have been issued + from time to time in the Philadelphia _Times_, and it is at the + request of many readers that they now greet the world in more + enduring form. They have been written as occasion suggested, + during several years; and they commemorate to me many of the + friends I have known and loved in the animal world. "Shep" and + "Dr. Jim," "Abdallah" and "Brownie," "Little Dryad" and + "Peek-a-Boo." I have been fast friends with every one, and have + watched them with such loving interest that I knew all their + ways and could almost read their thoughts. I send them on to + other lovers of dumb animals, hoping that the stories of these + friends of mine will carry pleasure to young and old. + + * * * * * + + =WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON,= + =3 & 5 West 18th Street.= + + * * * * * + + +A Good Agent +Wanted +In Every Town +for +"The Great Round World" + + +[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND +WORLD +AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.] + + VOL. 1 MAY 13, 1897. NO. 27 + + + +The Grant parade is over, the monument given to and accepted by the City +of New York, and the great day has come and gone as such days will, +leaving behind it tired eyes and a confused memory of marching soldiers. + +The sections of the parade in which THE GREAT ROUND WORLD took most +interest were those in which the boys paraded, and especially the division +in which the cadets and boys from the military schools marched. + +This division was greeted with great enthusiasm all along the line, and +well it might be! The soldierly make-up of these lads was a sight to see, +and their discipline and marching were unsurpassed by any of the +troops--regulars or militia. + +The boys walked with a springing step, that showed no signs of fatigue, +even as they rounded the reviewing stand, and reached the goal of their +long march. + +Among the many well-drilled companies of boy soldiers, marched one of +artillery. + +[Illustration] + +This was perhaps the prettiest feature of the whole parade, for +everything was in miniature to match the size of the small artillerymen. + +The field-piece which this company boasted was a tiny affair, drawn by two +small ponies, and it had its two baby gunners to serve it. + +These gunners were very military babies. They sat bolt upright, their arms +crossed on their fat little chests in true soldier fashion, and no jolting +of the gun-carriage could make those little backs bend, nor those small +arms unfold. + +There was also a company of naval cadets. These lads marched finely, with +their cutlasses drawn, and held across their breasts. So steadily did they +grasp their weapons, that it was hard to believe that they were held in +place by nothing stronger than the will of these young heroes. + +In every company that marched past, the lads showed a pride and steadiness +that made one think that this boy soldiering was going to be of the +greatest service to them later in life. + +Boys are not, as a rule, noted for their neatness, and there are hosts of +fine lads who find it hard to remember that clean hands and collars are +among the necessary things of life. + +Knowing this so well, it was all the more remarkable that, in all the long +line of parading cadets, there was not so much as a rebellious lock of +hair visible. + +Each boy's buttons were in a straight line with those of the next boy, +each shoulder-strap set at the same angle as its fellows, each gun was as +well polished as its neighbor, and the spick and span appearance the line +presented, after its long fatiguing march, spoke volumes in favor of +military training. + +The School-Boy Cadets were without doubt one of the best features of the +parade, and next to them in interest came the boys from the public +schools. + +These lads also marched splendidly, with fine bearing and excellent +discipline! And what a fine-looking set of boys they were! They had no +uniforms or guns to help their appearance, nothing but their own bright +faces to show them off, but every mother along the line must have felt +proud to see the kind of lads that her boys are growing up amongst. + +Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which +will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of +boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration. + +It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched. + + * * * * * + +It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the +Graeco-Turkish war. + +The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the +Powers in regard to Greece. + +The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of +the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the +diplomats of the various countries. + +The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt +that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does +not wish to see Turkey get the best of it. + +There is a great deal of European money in Turkey, and, shameful as it may +seem, it would appear that this money has played a very important part in +the action of the Powers, a part far above and beyond the fear they all +have, that if Turkey is beaten and the empire divided, some one country +may seize a larger slice of the plunder than another. + +Turkey, as we have said before, is bankrupt, and to be able to carry on +her government at all she has had to borrow enormous sums from the rich +men of Europe. + +These men fear that if Turkey is defeated they will lose the money they +have lent, and it is openly said that they have been the means of +hampering Greece, until Turkey has had time to gather enough forces +together to crush her. + +The people of Europe are indignant that the Powers are doing Turkey's work +for her in Crete, and making it possible for her to bring all her forces +together against the Greeks, instead of having to divide them as the +Greeks have. + +The unfriendliness of the Powers toward Greece is shown in a suggestion, +which it was said was the German Emperor's, to blockade the Greek fleet, +keep it in one of its own ports, and prevent it from assisting the army. + +This proposal was made after war had been declared. + +Germany was supported in this plan by Russia and Austria, and it is said +that the Emperors were so sure of being able to carry their plan through +that they told Turkey she might send all the arms she needed to the +seaports, as they would be perfectly safe from the Greeks. + +[Illustration: Evzone, Member of Constantine's Body Guard.] + +The rest of the Powers would not hear of this, which was something to +their credit. They spoke so very plainly about it that the three Emperors +gave it up. + +Greece is in a most unfortunate position, thanks to the interference of +the Powers, and unless something happens to turn the tide of war in her +favor, she will probably be utterly defeated by the Turks. + +The loss of Milouna Pass was a severe blow to Greece, but not half so bad +as the fall of Larissa, which from all accounts appears to have been a +very disastrous affair. + +The Greeks appear to have behaved in a very cowardly, rebellious way, and +the whole story is very discouraging. + +A battle was fought at Mati, and the Turks, who had swarmed through the +pass, were victorious, and the Greeks were forced to retreat. + +Unfortunately there was no good general to manage the movement, and +instead of falling back in an orderly manner, they seem to have hurried +away from the battle in a mob. + +A newspaper correspondent who was present says that the men straggled +along sullenly: the soldiers, mule-trains, carts, wagons, guns, and crying +villagers, women, and children in a panic-stricken crowd. + +A few officers tried to restore order and to make the soldiers re-form +their ranks; but their efforts were already hopeless, when a cry arose: + +"The Turks are upon us!" + +At this, the mob began to run for life, helter-skelter, pell-mell, +trampling each other under foot, the soldiers actually shooting any one +who barred their way. + +To make things still worse, the retreat had begun at nightfall, and it was +in the darkness of night that the cry, "The Turks are upon us!" was +raised. + +As a matter of fact, there were no Turks in sight, and nobody quite knows +how the scare was started. + +In their mad rush the people at last reached Larissa, leaving the road +they had travelled strewn with guns and baggage, and dead and dying +comrades. + +Arrived in Larissa, the soldiers threw themselves on the ground, taking no +heed of the trumpets calling them to rejoin their regiments. + +When morning came the officers collected their men, and formed them into +companies in marching order. + +Then the news crept out that Larissa was to be abandoned; and another +scene of confusion followed, the people fighting each other in their mad +endeavors to escape. + +Special trains moved out of the city for Volo; the people crowded the +platforms, and even climbed on the roofs of the cars in their eagerness to +get away. + +The Greek army retreated to Pharsala, without so much as striking a blow +for Larissa! + +So wild a rush was made when Larissa was abandoned, that the soldiers did +not even fold their tents or carry away their baggage. + +When the Turks arrived before Larissa, they occupied the very tents left +by the fugitive Greek army. + +You may imagine how angry Greece was at this! + +The people think that the Crown Prince is not a good soldier, and they are +reported to have demanded his recall. + +This indeed seems to be necessary, for even the Turks laughed at the want +of generalship shown in the retreat made by the Greeks. + +The Greeks are not cowards by any means, but without good officers to +lead them, the bravest men are of little use. + +King George seems fully to understand that his son cannot lead the troops, +and is willing to meet the wishes of the people. + +As far as known at the present moment, he has recalled the staff of +officers who advised the Crown Prince, and has sent in their place men who +are thought to be better soldiers. + +The loss of Larissa is declared to be solely due to the bad generalship of +the Crown Prince. + +The people of Athens were very much enraged when they heard the mistakes +that had been made by the army, and the foolish way that several of the +battles had been lost. + +They insisted that the trouble was due to the King's interference in +military matters; they declared that the men he had sent with Prince +Constantine to command the army were not soldiers, but merely favorites at +court. + +The Greek fleet and the troops in Epirus may yet do a good deal to offset +the mischief that has been done in Thessaly, but the fate of Greece seems +to depend upon the result of the next few days. + +It must not be forgotten that many armies that have met with defeat at +first, have gathered courage, and gained victories that have changed the +whole course of events. With the memories of Marathon, Thermopylae, and +Salamis in their hearts, the Greeks need never despair. + +We told you of these celebrated battles in No. 25--in the story of Ancient +Greece. Miss Yonge in her stories of Greek History has written a very +complete and interesting account of them also. + + * * * * * + +There has been quite a stir in the Senate, caused by the new Senator from +Illinois, Mr. Mason. + +This gentleman has introduced a resolution asking that the Senate provide +some rule for closing debate, and bringing to a vote questions before that +body. + +Although there is a rule in the House of Representatives by which +discussion of any question may be stopped, it has been the custom in the +Senate to allow unlimited discussion, and in some cases this right has +been used to "kill" certain measures. This was attempted a few years ago +when the bill to repeal the "Sherman law" was before the Senate and some +of the Senators think that it is now being employed to kill Mr. Morgan's +Cuban Bill and the Arbitration Treaty. + +To prevent this Mr. Mason wishes a rule of cloture (or closure, as it is +called in England) adopted. This is a French word, meaning, to bring to an +ending, or close. + +Such a rule was introduced in the English House of Commons by Mr. +Gladstone in 1882, when the debates on the Irish question threatened to be +endless, and the whole business of Parliament was stopped by a few members +exercising their right to speak as long as they chose. + +The rule of cloture operates in this way. When the debate has continued +for some time and any member believes that the majority have heard enough, +he introduces a motion that "The question be now put;" and if this is +passed, all debate is stopped, and the presiding officer must immediately +call for a vote on the question which has been under debate. + +What has been called "Senatorial courtesy" has heretofore prevented the +passage of a rule of cloture in the Senate, but Mr. Mason thinks that the +transaction of public business is of more importance than any exaggerated +courtesy among the Senators. + + * * * * * + +We spoke last week about the invasion of Hawaii by the Japanese. + +It seems that the immigrants, turned back from Honolulu, have made up +their minds to go to California; and it is said that they are trying to +reach San Francisco by way of British Columbia. + +It is doubtful if they will be any more welcome here than they were in +Hawaii, and it is probable that means will be found to prevent them from +landing, if they come in large numbers. + +We did this with the Chinese, and there is little doubt that we will do +the same with the Japanese, if they begin to trouble us. + +There is at this moment a little trouble about the Chinese, and that you +may understand it fully, we will go over the whole matter. + +In the early days of emigration to California, those days when the +wonderful discoveries of gold were attracting adventurous spirits, the +Chinese were among the first to go there. + +At first they were welcomed and kindly treated, but after a while it was +found that Chinamen would work for less wages than white men, and +therefore obtained employment when the white men were left in idleness. +From this the pioneers came to distrust John Chinaman, and then to dislike +him. + +In 1877 there was a serious anti-Chinese riot in California, and five +Chinamen were killed by the mob. + +The rioting and the feeling against the Chinese became so serious that +California at last asked Congress to interfere. + +The result of this trouble was that a Chinese Embassy was established here +for the protection of the Chinamen, and our Government took steps to +prevent their coming into this country in such numbers. + +In 1882 the question came up again, and a bill was passed by Congress, +forbidding Chinamen to enter this country for twenty years. + +President Arthur vetoed this bill, on the ground that it did not agree +with our treaty with China. A new bill was then passed, stopping +immigration for ten years, and this Mr. Arthur signed. + +By this bill it became a crime, for which people could be imprisoned, to +bring a Chinaman into the country. + +In 1892, when the ten years covered by the bill had passed, a fresh bill +called "The Chinese Exclusion Bill" was put through Congress, and made a +law. + +By this bill, the landing of any Chinese person was strictly forbidden, +and all Chinamen living in the country were forced to take out a +certificate, licensing them to remain. Any Chinaman found without such a +certificate was to be imprisoned, and sent back to his own country. + +The Chinese were much annoyed at this. They protested, but the United +States Government remained firm. In the years that had passed since 1882, +the people had had time to find out that the Chinese did not make good +citizens. + +One cause of complaint against them, is that they have brought with them +their horrible habit of smoking opium, introduced it among our citizens, +and in that way alone have done us more harm than they can ever repair. + +Besides this, the fact that they would work for less money than our own +workmen was very harmful to our citizens. + +Employers will always get their work done for as little as possible, and +if the Chinamen had been allowed to swarm into this country, and work for +the pittance they ask, the result would have been that our own workmen +would have been obliged to take the same miserable wages or starve. + +The Chinamen like this country, and are willing to work for anything they +can get, because they are so much better off here than at home. + +It is their anxiety to get over to this free land that is causing the +present difficulty. + +To make the Tennessee Exposition a great success, Congress resolved to +make it possible for China to send over an exhibit of her wonderful art +works. + +A resolution was therefore passed, that the Chinese Exclusion Law shall +not be held to prevent the landing of Chinamen who are going to exhibit at +the Exposition, or whose labor is necessary to prepare the exhibit. + +The bill, happily, adds that Chinamen coming to this country on Exposition +business must have a special permission from the Secretary of the Treasury +before they will be allowed to land, and that they can only stay in the +country one year after the close of the Exposition. If found in the +country after that time, they will be arrested, and then sent back to +China. + +This was too fine a chance for the Chinese to miss. They started for this +country by the hundred, all declaring that they had special business at +the Fair. + +Word was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury that over 2,000 Chinamen +had started for these shores to get the exhibit in order. This seemed so +serious, that the Government began to look into the matter. + +Several weeks ago 179 of these undesirable immigrants came into the United +States, and another batch of one hundred and fourteen are waiting to +enter. + +As you may suppose, such an invasion as this had to be stopped, and +stopped quickly. + +The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Attorney-General, and asked him +whether, under the new resolution, any and every Chinaman had to be +admitted to this country, or whether he had power to limit the number. + +Mr. McKenna, the Attorney-General, gave it as his opinion that the +Secretary of the Treasury has full power to say how many shall be allowed +to enter the country. + +The Secretary, Mr. Lyman Gage, then inquired of the Exposition company how +many Chinamen were really necessary to do the work for the Fair. Word was +sent back that only two hundred were required. + +On receipt of this, the Secretary of the Treasury determined to put a stop +to the matter at once, and forbade the issuing of permits to more than the +necessary two hundred. + +There will be great disgust among the Chinese; the first batch of 179 got +through safely, but only 21 of the second lot will be admitted, and the +rest of them will have to go back to the Flowery Kingdom, sadder but wiser +men. + + * * * * * + +News has come that the town of Guthrie in the new Territory of Oklahoma +has been destroyed by a flood. + +The Cottonwood River, which flows through the town, had been so high for +some days that it was feared it might overflow and do some damage, and the +citizens had been watching it, and taking every precaution against a +flood. Men had been stationed on the bridges ready to give the alarm if +the river rose so high that there was danger. + +On April 27th the danger appeared to be past, the river fell a few feet, +and though the watchers were still kept at their posts, no one supposed +that a flood would really come. + +At six o'clock in the morning of April 28th, the men on the bridges heard +a terrible roaring up the river valley. Convinced that a flood was coming, +they gave the alarm, ringing the fire-bells, and warning the people to +flee for their lives. + +So unexpected was the alarm, that the people did not seem to understand +what the danger was. Tornadoes are frequent in that western country, and +some hearing the roar of the flood and thinking that the danger that +threatened them was the wind, rushed to the caves which they had made for +shelter from tornadoes, and these poor people were soon drowned by the +flood. + +Others stopped to save what they could, and they, too, were caught by the +water. + +Very soon after the alarm was given, a great wave of water came sweeping +down the valley. + +It is described as having been thirty feet high and one mile broad. + +It swept everything before it, toppling over the houses like cardboard +boxes. The terrified people climbed into trees, and clutched at anything +within reach, to save themselves. + +The rush of the water lasted till ten o'clock, then it ceased, and finally +began to subside. + +The sudden flood was due to a cloud-burst, which is a great fall of rain +coming down without warning over a very small area of land, the contents +of the whole cloud being discharged at once. + +This mass of water rushing into the already swollen river made it burst +its banks, and sweep over the surrounding country. + +It is said that about one hundred persons have been drowned, and two +thousand rendered homeless. + + * * * * * + +There is hopeful news for us of the floods in the Mississippi Valley. + +The river is falling slightly in some districts, and it is hoped that the +floods will have entirely gone down in the next ten days. + +The distress is terrible, however. In some places the river is sixteen +miles wide, and it will take a long time for such a quantity of water to +drain off. + +Below New Orleans, for a distance of fifty miles, it is said that the +country is entirely under water. + +A serious break occurred in the levee at Keokuk, Iowa, but with this +exception no levees have given way. It is hoped that the worst is over. + + * * * * * + +News comes from Cuba that the Spanish have met with two serious reverses. + +At Guamo, in Santiago de Cuba, the Cubans, under General Calixto Garcia, +routed a body of Spaniards 2,000 strong. + +The Cubans had mined the roads with dynamite, which they exploded as the +main body of the Spaniards passed over. + +During the confusion and fright that followed, the insurgents fell upon +the troops, killing many, and finally putting the whole force to flight. + +The second engagement was in the Province of Havana, where the Cubans +played another of their old tricks, and led the Spaniards into a trap they +had prepared for them. + +The Spaniards met a small force of Cubans, which retreated before them. +They followed hotly, until suddenly the fleeing insurgents turned and +attacked them, and before the Spaniards had time to make out what this +meant, they were also attacked vigorously from the rear, and found they +had been again entrapped by the enemy. + +The fight lasted five hours, and then the Spaniards were obliged to +retreat. + +We spoke, a few weeks ago, of the port of Banes which the insurgents had +secured in Santiago de Cuba. It is said that four cruisers and several +gunboats have been ordered there to retake it from the Cubans. + +Many people have criticised General Gomez for not gathering his forces +together to fight one big battle which shall decide the war. + +The General has written a letter explaining his reasons for fighting the +war in the way he is doing. + +He says that the Spanish force is so much larger and better armed than his +own, that he could not hope to win a pitched battle. + +It is his opinion that the only way to fight the Spaniards with success is +constantly to worry them with small bodies of men, and waste the Spanish +money in keeping up the army until finally they cannot continue the war +any longer. + +He feels sure of success in the end. + + * * * * * + +General Miles, of the United States army, has made a trip to Sandy Hook, +to look at a new method of defence that has just been designed for our +coast-line. + +This consists of a concrete wall twenty feet thick, against which is a +huge embankment of sand. + +This invention is intended to protect our forts from the terrible shot +fired by the modern guns. As we told you the other day, these guns fire +heavy shot which will pierce through such strong walls that the old +methods of defence are of little use. + +Under these circumstances, in considering the kind of coast defence we +would make, it became necessary to find something that would resist these +powerful guns. + +It was thought that an embankment of sand, placed in front of the walls of +the fort, would lessen the force of the shot, and render it almost +harmless before it could reach the wall, so a small fort was built as an +experiment. + +The result proved to be exactly what the designer had supposed it would +be. + +Three guns of different power were tried on the bank, and fired at short +range. + +It was found that the sand-bank was an ideal defence. + +The heavy shots ploughed into the bank, and, meeting the great resistance +of the sand, were turned out of their course, and forced upward to the top +of the sand-pile, without having reached the concrete wall at all. + +The test was considered very satisfactory, especially as such +fortifications can be very easily made all along the coast, and at a very +small expense. + + * * * * * + +Permission has been granted by the President for General Miles, the +commanding general of our army, to go to Greece and study the war there, +and on his way back to visit all the other European nations and observe +their armies. He will make a report to the War Department on his return. + +He expected to sail on May 6th. + + * * * * * + +There has been a change in the Ministers who govern Greece. The angry +people demanded the change after the retreat from Larissa. + +M. Delyannis resigned his position as Prime Minister, and M. Ralli, the +leader of the Opposition, was chosen in his place. + +M. Ralli declared that he was able to save his country, and that he would +do so. His brave words encouraged the despondent Athenians, and he became +the hero of the hour. + +He stated that all the trouble had arisen because the army needed thorough +reorganizing, and that as soon as he had taken the oath of office, he +would go to the army, strive to give the soldiers fresh courage, and make +the changes that he considered necessary. + +M. Ralli has long been a very important man in Greek politics. His party +has been opposed to that of the King, and he has never hesitated to speak +his mind when he thought things were not being properly conducted by the +King's party. + +Seven years ago he called attention to the condition of the army, which he +said needed many changes if it were to be useful in time of war. + +His words passed unheeded at that time. Now that he is in power, it is to +be hoped that his work of reorganizing will not come too late to do any +good. + +M. Delyannis, the former Premier, was not willing to resign his position +when the King asked him to do so, but when he found that the people were +in such a state of excitement that a change was necessary, he gave up his +charge. + +He has behaved very nobly since then. + +It was feared that he might be unfriendly to M. Ralli, and do all he could +to hamper the new government, but, instead, he sent word to the new Prime +Minister that though they belong to different political parties, they are +one in their desire to help their beloved country, and that he will +therefore do everything in his power to assist. + +[Illustration: KING GEORGE OF GREECE.] + +The new Ministry came into office on Thursday, April 29th, and on Sunday, +May 2d, two of the members were at Pharsala, reviewing the troops, and +finding out just what the needs of the army were. + +While these events were going on in Athens, many things were happening at +the seat of war. + +After the Turks had secured Larissa, they advanced upon the town of Volo, +a seaport on the Gulf of Volo (see THE GREAT ROUND WORLD war map). + +This city the Turks captured without much resistance, the soldiers giving +up their arms. + +The loss of Volo was another great blow to Greece, because it was the port +to which all the troops, war material, and food for the Thessalian army +were sent. + +The military roads in Greece are very few, and as the waterways are so +many and so good, most of the transporting is done by water. Now that they +can no longer use the port of Volo, the Greeks will find it much more +difficult to feed and care for their army. + +While the Greeks were still bemoaning their losses, news was brought of +their army's great victory at Velestino. + +This town lies at the junction of a railroad which connects Larissa, Volo, +and Pharsala. It is marked on your map. + +Here the Greeks made a stand, and, after a fight which lasted for two +days, were victorious. + +This success has put fresh heart into the nation; especially as the fall +of Larissa and the news that the army in Epirus had fallen back on Arta, +and given up the hope of taking Janina when it was almost in its grasp, +had sadly disheartened the Greeks. + +M. Ralli has decided not to listen to any suggestions about making terms +with Turkey and bringing the war to a close. Instead, he has called on all +Greeks capable of bearing arms to join the army and fight for their +country. + +This policy does not quite please the Powers. + +Turkey is becoming a little too strong for them. They fear that if she +once takes her place as a powerful and warlike nation, she will no longer +allow Europe to tell her what to do. + +For several days after the first disaster to the Greek army, the Powers +expected that Greece would apply to them for help, so they declared that +they would certainly give her no assistance unless she withdrew her army +from Crete. + +Greece, however, did not ask for help. + +The Powers then turned their attention to Turkey. But Turkey had tasted +the sweets of victory, and bluntly replied that she did not want any +interference. + +Finally, the only way for the Powers to get their fingers in the pie +seemed for them to call a conference to look after the interests of both +parties. + +This plan was suggested by England, but Emperor William of Germany upset +it very quickly by declaring that Greece must withdraw her troops from +Crete before any steps are taken, and this Greece will not do. + +The general opinion is that all hope for Greece is now over. It is thought +that she cannot possibly beat Turkey, and that in the end the Powers will +be obliged to interfere to prevent the Turks from overrunning and +destroying Greece. + +The Greeks themselves do not seem to consider their cause hopeless, and +are preparing to continue the struggle. + +The army in Thessaly is now under the command of General Smolenski, from +whom much is expected, for he is a fine soldier. + +The army in Epirus is once more advancing on Janina. + +The fleet has so far done little, and people are much disappointed in +consequence. + +The Admiral in charge has also been changed, and it is to be hoped that +the new commanders of both army and navy may do good service for their +country. + + GENIE H. ROSENFELD + + + + + +Invention and Discovery. + + +Every boy who is fond of carpentering will be delighted with the little +invention illustrated below. + +All boys who are not thoroughly expert joiners know the great difficulties +that lie in the way of making partitions neat and workmanlike in +appearance. + +With this little invention it will be possible to give a neatness and a +firmness to corners that few amateurs have been able to attain. + +[Illustration] + +This patent is a small metal clasp which is laid over the joint and +pressed firmly on every side of it. + +It is easily applied, and should be used by all carpenters. + + * * * * * + +This attachment for bicycles seems to be a very useful and sensible one. + +It is intended for use on newspaper routes, and is made with a wire +attachment over the front wheel in which the papers can be carried. + +Newspaper dealers have to arrange the delivery of the daily papers into +routes, much in the same way that the postmen do the letters they carry, +and a great many boys are employed to carry these papers about. + +It takes a long time to walk over the route, and it would save the +newspaper dealers a great deal of time if they could find a better means +of delivering their papers, than the employment of so many small boys. + +[Illustration] + +With the newspaper rack for bicycles the dealer himself will be able to do +more than half the work, and save himself money, as well as the anxiety +lest his boys are not doing their work properly. + + G.H.R. + + + + +Letters From Our Young Friends. + + + DEAR EDITOR: + + I am glad that the Spaniards have other wars to attend to, so + that they will let Cuba alone, and so that Cuba can have a + government of its own and have the island of Cuba. I hope that + if the Spaniards do not stop fighting Cuba that troops of the + United States will go and fight the Spaniards out in a hurry. + + My sister takes your GREAT ROUND WORLD, and I have been reading + it, and enjoy it very much. + + I wish that you would tell us how the flying machine is getting + along. Yours truly, + + EDITH S. + ONEONTA, N.Y., April 17th, 1897. + + +MY DEAR EDITH: + +Up to the time of answering your very welcome letter we have no fresh news +of the flying machine. As soon as we hear anything that we are sure is +true we will tell you. EDITOR + + + DEAR EDITOR: + + I wish you would get a pattern of the kite. My teacher reads + your paper, and I am very interested in the newspaper. We have + it in school. I was seven years old on Sunday. Please put this + letter in the newspaper. It is the first one I have ever + written. 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