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diff --git a/16030.txt b/16030.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52b724c --- /dev/null +++ b/16030.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1241 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is Going On +In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 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. 49, October 14, 1897 + A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls + +Author: Various + +Editor: Julia Truitt Bishop + +Release Date: June 9, 2005 [EBook #16030] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD *** + + + + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team.(www.pgdp.net) + + + + + + + +[Illustration: THE GREAT ROUND +WORLD +AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN IT.] + + VOL. 1 OCTOBER 14, 1897. NO. 49 + +=Copyright, 1897, by THE GREAT ROUND WORLD Publishing Company.= + + * * * * * + +There was a very disquieting rumor last week to the effect that England +had refused to take part in the Seal Conference. + +The reason given for her refusal was that she could not join in the +discussion if Russia and Japan were admitted to it. + +At the British Foreign Office, which is the department of the Government +that has the charge of such matters, the officials refused to say +positively whether Great Britain had declined to take part in the +conference, but they let it be understood that Canada was at the bottom +of the trouble. + +The Canadian Government was most unwilling to have Great Britain join in +the conference, and asked that the mother country should withdraw, and +leave the settlement of the matter to the colony that was most +interested in it. + +It was thought that Canada feared that Japan and Russia might look at +the sealing question from the same point of view that we do, and so +persuaded England to object to them, and thus draw out of the +conference. + +That England should say she would not join because of Russia and Japan, +was a great surprise to the officials in Washington. + +When Mr. Foster was in London last July, he told the British officials +that he had just returned from St. Petersburg, having obtained the +consent of the Czar to send a representative to the meeting. England +consenting to join the conference soon after this, it was thought that +the consent of the two other countries had influenced her to come to a +like decision. + +In the same month of July, our ambassador in England wrote to Lord +Salisbury, told him of the arrangements that had been made, and asked +whether Great Britain would surely be represented. + +The Prime Minister kept this note unanswered until September, and then +said he could not possibly take part in any discussion to which Japan +and Russia were also to be admitted. + +Every one wondered what this refusal could mean, and it caused a very +bad impression, as it came right after the publication by the Foreign +Office of a book in which the letters and despatches which had passed +between the two countries in the seal dispute had been printed. + +This book contained some very unfriendly remarks about the United +States. Among other things it was said that we ought not to be making +such a fuss about the kind of sealing that is now being carried on, +because in 1832 we practised the same methods ourselves in the South +Atlantic Ocean. + +This accusation is absolutely true, but Mr. Chamberlain, in his book, +did not add that bitter experience in the south had taught us our +lesson, and that it is because of the destruction we had worked to the +southern herd that we are so anxious to take better care of the +northern. + +So important does the protection of the seals seem to our Government, +that when the news came that England might not join in the conference if +Japan and Russia were represented there, it was decided to hold the +meeting, whether Great Britain joined or not. But, being anxious to keep +on the best of terms with our English cousins, the Government sent a +most pressing invitation to England, begging her to attend the +conference, and hear what the scientists had to say about the seal herd, +even if she would not take any part in the discussion. + +In view of this, England has consented to attend the meetings, but will +not say whether she will take any part in the proceedings. + +The English papers say they cannot see what interest the Russians and +Japanese have in the Bering Sea dispute. The United States is, however, +extremely anxious that these two countries should be at the meeting to +give their opinion about the proper manner and season in which to hunt +seals. + +It is intended that several scientists who have studied the habits of +the seals shall appear before the members of the conference, and give +their views about the condition of the herd. Professor D'Arcy Thompson +for England, and Professor David Starr Jordan for America, will be among +the number. + +Russian and Japanese experts are also to make statements on the subject; +but a report from Canada says that the Canadian representative intends +to ask that these gentlemen shall not be allowed to speak, as she does +not think they are sufficiently well acquainted with the life and habits +of the seals to be able to offer an expert opinion. + +Up to the moment of receiving Great Britain's refusal to treat with us, +every one supposed that it was only necessary to explain to England the +damage that was being done to the herd, for her to join us in making +arrangements to protect them. + +Now every one is feeling uncertain what the result of the conference +will be. + +We told you the cause of this difference of opinion between the two +countries was the careless and wasteful way in which the hunters have +killed the seals. + +Instead of waiting till the animals have reached their feeding-grounds, +they have killed many in the open sea; this is called pelagic sealing, +and is against the law. In addition to this they have killed them in an +unlawful way at their feeding-grounds. Instead of separating and killing +the young bachelor seals, who are tiresome fellows, and hang round the +colonies annoying and fighting the father seals who are trying to bring +up their families, the sealers have entered the colonies or rookeries +themselves, and slaughtered the mothers, leaving hundreds and thousands +of motherless puppies behind to die for want of proper care (see p. +736). + +Because of this the seal herd has been decreasing so rapidly that fear +has arisen that it will disappear if the seals are not properly cared +for. + +The object of the conference is to decide whether the seal herd is +really decreasing, and if so, to make strict laws to protect the mother +seals and their poor helpless little puppies. + +A British war-ship, the _Wild Swan_, which is stationed in the Bering +Sea to protect the sealing interests of Great Britain, has just arrived +at Victoria, British Columbia. + +The officers state that the seal herd is undoubtedly very much smaller +this year; so small indeed that there is the gravest reason to fear that +the seals are really dying out. + +The Englishmen lay the blame of the smallness of the herd on the +shoulders of Professor Jordan, and declare that it is due to the +branding of the seals. + +They insist that the seals who were branded last year were so badly +frightened that they will not venture into the same waters again. +Instead of coming to the Pribylov Islands, the officers say that they +have made their way to some other islands north of Japan, and that the +Japanese are reaping the benefit of Professor Jordan's experiment. + +The British officers also say that the electric apparatus which Dr. +Jordan took with him this year has proved to be a failure, and that the +branding has had to be done with hot irons as usual. Trouble with the +apparatus caused considerable delay, and according to the story told by +the officers of the _Wild Swan_, only a few pups have been branded. + +This news makes the conference all the more necessary. If there are no +means of marking the female seals without frightening the herd away from +their feeding-grounds, the different countries interested in the sealing +trade should lose no time in coming to an understanding, that the herd +may be preserved. + +The Japanese and Russian representatives are already on their way here, +but the meeting cannot be held until the beginning of November, as Sir +Julian Pauncefote, who will attend the conference on behalf of England, +cannot arrive here before that time. + +We shall, in all probability, gain much interesting information about +seals and seal life from this convention. + + * * * * * + +Several fresh meetings have been held in Athens to protest against the +treaty of peace with Turkey. It is said that the people are becoming +more violent, and are calling upon the King of Greece to continue the +war. + +At one of the meetings the other day, angry things were said about the +King and the Crown Prince, the people blaming them for the unfortunate +results of the war. + +The cabinet ministers and the more thoughtful people in Greece are, +however, of opinion that the best thing to be done is to bear, as best +they may, the burdens which it puts on the country. + +The Russian Minister in Athens has laid the treaty officially before the +Greek minister of foreign affairs, and now all the necessary formalities +have been gone through, and it only remains for the Greek parliament to +accept or refuse the terms offered. + +The Russian minister sent a note with the treaty, saying that the Sultan +considered the Powers had done all that they could to restore peace, and +he now waited for Greece to send her ministers to Constantinople to +arrange the final document which will bind the two countries. The +Russian minister also stated that the Powers offered to assist at the +meetings, in case any fresh difficulties should arise. + +You must not imagine from this that there are to be two treaties of +peace. There will of course be but one; however, lest you should be +confused as to how it is that the Powers, having arranged a treaty which +was signed by Turkey, are now conveying a message to Greece asking her +to send her ministers to arrange another treaty, it is best to explain +the matter to you. + +The business of the Powers was to find out on what terms the Sultan was +willing to make peace with Greece. They had no right to promise that +Greece would accept the terms Turkey offered; they could only use their +influence to have the terms as easy as possible. + +The terms of peace being agreed upon between the Sultan and the Powers, +they signed their names to the document, to show that they meant to keep +their promises. + +The signing of this paper does not necessarily mean that the final +treaty of peace is to be exactly like it, but merely that the Sultan is +willing to agree that the frontier shall be laid out as has been agreed +upon with the Powers, the Greeks to pay not less than a certain sum, and +Thessaly to be evacuated (the Turkish troops withdrawn from it) not +later than a certain date. + +On this basis Turkey and Greece will meet, and draw up the final treaty, +which both sovereigns will sign, and which will bind them to carry out +all it provides. + +The Boule, the Greek parliament, will have met in a few days, and will +have to decide whether the terms offered by Turkey shall be accepted or +not. + +It is reported that the Greek Government will resign. None of the +ministers wish to remain in power, and be held responsible for accepting +the treaty. + +It is supposed that the Boule will vote to accept the peace offer, and +that the excitement among the people will gradually die out. It would of +course be madness for King George to try and continue the war, because +he has neither soldiers, generals, nor the necessary money. + +The Turkish people are as jubilant and happy as the Greeks are angry and +depressed. + +It is openly said that the Sultan has been so successful about the peace +negotiations that there is very little doubt that he will be able to +arrange the matter of Crete in a manner that will be pleasing to all his +subjects. + +This may be only idle talk, or it may be, as we told you last week, that +the Sultan does not intend to keep his word about Crete. It looks as if +the island, for which Greece sacrificed herself, will not get home rule +after all, but will be forced back into the old state of slavery from +which King George tried to rescue her. + + * * * * * + +From India we hear the good news that the British forces have captured +the camp and village which formed the headquarters of the Haddah Mullah, +and that the Mullah had to flee before the approach of the English. + +Some people think that this defeat of the Mullah will have the effect of +bringing the insurrection to a close, but it is as well not to put too +much faith in this idea. We had a report a few days ago that the +rebellion was over, and the very next week the British met with a severe +repulse. + +It is certain that the capture of the Mullah's camp has had a good +effect on the natives. + +The British were so confident that good results would follow it, that +they ordered a two-days' armistice; that is to say, they stopped +fighting the rebels for two days, to give them an opportunity to submit. + +The Mohmands did take advantage of the chance offered them, and the +British think they are entirely subdued. The Afridis and Orakzais are, +however, as rebellious as ever. + +These tribes refused to submit to the British, and instead sent +messengers to the Ameer of Afghanistan, asking him to help them. + +They have spread a report among the hill tribes that the Ameer has asked +hostages from them, and will help them if the hostages are given. + +A hostage is a person given and held under the laws of war, as a pledge. + +For instance, if this report is true about the Ameer, it means that he +has asked that they shall give into his hands certain important leaders +of tribes, whose lives and liberty are very precious to the Afridis. +These people to be held by him until the war is over, as a guarantee +that he will receive his compensation for helping them to fight the +British. + +[Illustration: NATIVE SOLDIERS IN INDIA.] + +Hostages are always persons of high rank, and persons whose lives are +so precious that their people will not allow them to be sacrificed. + +The giving of hostages is therefore considered the most binding form of +agreement between savage peoples. + +In this instance, however, the story that the Ameer demanded hostages +does not appear to be true. + +A later despatch says that the messengers sent by the Afridis and +Orakzais were turned back at Jelalabad, and ordered to leave the +country. + +The principal request they had to make of the Ameer was that he would +give them ammunition; bullets, gunpowder, and cartridges. + +The fact that the Ameer sent them back without granting them an audience +has convinced the British that he is sincere in declaring himself +friendly to that nation. + +The mullahs, or priests, have been persuading the people that the Ameer +would help them as soon as the revolution was firmly established. It is +these same mullahs who are responsible for the suspicions the English +had of the Ameer. + +It is said that the tribesmen are just beginning to understand that the +Ameer does not mean to help them, and that they have only themselves to +look to, to support their rebellion against England. + + * * * * * + +There is a report from Cuba that the Spaniards have reconquered the town +of Las Tunas. This, however, seems hard to believe. Only last week +reliable information was sent to us, that, owing to the impossibility of +sparing enough men to guard the town, the Cubans had decided to destroy +it, and had accordingly burnt it to the ground. + +The Carlists are daily assuming a more threatening attitude. + +In the hope of quieting the people, who have become fearful lest a civil +war should break out, the Government spread a report that Don Carlos had +given up his claim to the throne of Spain, and that there was no fear +that he would cause any trouble. + +Don Carlos, however, caused a letter to be published throughout Spain, +in which he denied the story, and said he was only waiting until the +proper time arrived to come forward. He added that one hundred thousand +volunteers were ready to take up arms for him at his call. + +Side by side with this unwelcome announcement comes the news that there +is fresh trouble in the Spanish Cabinet. + +Senor Reverter, the Spanish minister of finance, that is to say, the +minister who has charge of the money affairs of Spain, has been +excommunicated by the Church of Rome. + +This minister has had a very hard battle to fight against the poverty of +his country, and her pressing need for money. + +In his anxiety to help her he committed the unwarrantable act of seizing +money belonging to one of the churches, and using it for the Government. + +The Church protested against this robbery, but the minister declared +that the Government must have the money she needed, and, in spite of the +indignation of the churchmen, proceeded to take it. + +Finding that they could get no help from the Government, the members of +the church appealed to the Bishop who had charge of the district in +which the plundered church was situated. + +The anger of this bishop knew no bounds. He would not allow the Church +to be so shamefully robbed, and sent an angry demand to the minister +that he refund the money instantly. + +Senor Reverter declined to do so, saying that the country had need of +it, and upon his refusal the Bishop, without more ado, excommunicated +him. + +Excommunication is a terrible punishment to inflict on any one. It means +that the sinner cannot enjoy any of the privileges of the Church, and +that he is forbidden all its comforts and blessings. Further than that, +it almost amounts to boycotting (see p. 998), for all churchmen who do +business with an excommunicated man, or serve him, are put under the ban +of the Church, and become outcasts with him. So that at one blow a man +loses friends and servants, and even has difficulty in getting food and +clothing. + +It is said that the Pope was extremely angry with the bishop for having +taken such a serious step without first consulting him. + +This power of the Church is very rarely exercised, and while a bishop +has the right to inflict this punishment on a member of his flock, he is +not supposed to do so without first consulting with the Pope, especially +when important personages are involved. + +His Holiness was therefore most exasperated to find that the bishop of +Majorca had ventured on such a step without his permission. He has, +however, no ground for refusing to uphold the bishop, so the sentence +will have to stand, but it is rumored that he intends to show his +displeasure by removing the bishop to another diocese where the work +will be harder, and the income not so large. + +Napoleon Bonaparte was excommunicated by Pope Pius VII. in 1809, but +since that time the punishment has hardly ever been inflicted, and it is +thought that at the present time, when Spain is in so much trouble, the +bishop should have sought some less severe measure to bring the minister +to terms. + +It is of course a terrible thing for Spain that one of her highest +ministers should be so punished and disgraced. + +It was hoped that Senor Reverter would resign his office, and so save +the Government any further trouble. This, however, he refuses to do, and +the members of his department are in sympathy with his defiance of the +Church. + +It is said that friends are trying to persuade the bishop to forgive the +minister, and withdraw the sentence, if he consents to resign at the end +of the year. + +The bishop is not willing to do anything of the kind. He thinks that if +the Government is allowed to plunder one church without punishment, all +the wealth belonging to the Church will soon be seized and taken +possession of by the crown. + +This unfortunate affair has brought fresh trouble on poor Queen +Christina. + +The Government, which has been in a very uncertain condition since the +death of Canovas, has been unable to oppose the excommunication of Senor +Reverter. + +General Azcarraga, the Prime Minister, has offered his resignation to +the Queen, and asked her to form a fresh Cabinet. He says he is no +longer able to control the affairs of state. + +This is the worst thing that could have happened at this moment. The +only man who seems fit to lead the Government is Senor Sagasta, but, as +we have told you before, he has very liberal views about Cuba. + +[Illustration: QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SPAIN] + +If he comes into office there is little doubt but that he will recall +General Weyler, and offer home rule to the island, if he does not accept +our offer of arranging terms whereby Cuba can purchase the island for +herself. + +While this policy is very pleasing to the friends of Cuba, the majority +of the Spaniards are unwilling to give up the island unless it is taken +from them by force. + +Don Carlos knows this, and so has declared himself in favor of keeping +General Weyler where he is, and pressing the war still more severely +till the rebels are forced to give in. + +The chances are that if Senor Sagasta comes to power there will be a +Carlist rising, and the young King Alphonse will lose his throne. + +On the other hand, there seems to be no leader, strong enough to guide +the country, who believes in carrying out Canovas' policy, and as far as +the poor harassed Queen can see, the speedy subduing of Cuba is the only +policy that will please the people and keep her boy on the throne. + +A number of Spanish war-ships have been sent to Cuban waters. It is said +that they are there to help moor the floating dock in some place of +safety until it can be brought into Havana Bay. + +The dock, however, has not yet arrived in Cuba, and it is whispered that +the real object of the visit of these ships is to be in readiness in +case war is declared between the United States and Spain. + +The Spaniards are very angry with us just now, and the Madrid papers +publish statements which assert that there is no possibility of avoiding +the war. + +They think that we sympathize with the Cubans, and would be so glad to +see Cuba free that we are helping the insurgents to defy them. + +They will not believe that General Woodford's mission to Spain is +peaceful and kindly meant. In spite of the statement made by the Duke +of Tetuan about the friendliness of the meeting, the Madrid papers +insist that the United States sent an ultimatum to Spain, which means +that she sent a message, that either the war must be immediately brought +to a close, or we would fight her. + +There are rumors that Austria will join with Spain, in case such a war +should break out. The Queen Regent was an Austrian princess before she +became Queen of Spain, and therefore the Spaniards think that Austria +would be certain to help them. + +There is little foundation for all this wild talk. We do not want a war +with Spain, nor, for the matter of that, with any other nation. We would +prefer to live in peace with all men. We cannot, however, see the +struggle in Cuba without suffering grief and pain, and trying to do what +we can to bring it to an end. + +Both President McKinley and President Cleveland were most careful to +keep on good terms with Spain, and the mission of General Woodford has +been undertaken with the desire of being helpful to both Cuba and Spain. + +All our friendship for one party or the other cannot blind us to the +fact that Spain is losing ground in Cuba. + +Despite our care, and the watchfulness of the gunboats stationed along +the coast, expeditions are constantly leaving our shores and taking +supplies to the rebels from their friends over here. The cause seems +stronger than ever, and it seems merely a waste of men and money to +prolong the struggle. + +Our President, understanding this, and seeing how Spain is harassed in +other ways with the Carlists, and the Government, and the war in the +Philippine Islands, thinks this is a good time to try and make peace. + +It is quite sure that General Woodford has said nothing to anger Spain, +but it has not been thought advisable to publish the note which he +presented, and so it is not possible to tell you just what he did say. + +It is supposed, however, that the note contained an offer to make peace +between the combatants on the ground of the purchase of Cuba by the +Cubans, the United States to guarantee the payment of the sum of money +agreed upon. + +General Woodford has cabled to the State Department asking permission to +publish the contents of the note he gave the Duke of Tetuan. + +The President is considering the matter, and will probably call a +Cabinet council to discuss it before anything is decided. + +In the mean time, the Spanish are in such an excited state that the +Government of Spain fears for the safety of our minister. A special +guard was therefore ordered to accompany him from San Sebastian to +Madrid. + +On his arrival at Madrid, the guard, which had travelled with him on the +train, again took him in charge, and conducted him safely to the +American legation. + +It is to be hoped that this angry feeling will soon subside, and that +the Spaniards may allow the United States to show that her only wish in +the matter of Cuba is to do what is just and right for all parties +concerned. + +The resignation of the Spanish ministry will of course delay the answer +to our letter, as it would be wrong for the Government to press for an +answer while affairs are so unsettled in Spain. + + * * * * * + +Austria has been having her share of excitement during the past week. + +On the opening of the parliament in Vienna, a disgraceful scene was made +by the members of the lower house. + +The session was to be opened by the Premier, Count Badeni. When he +entered the hall he was greeted with howls and hisses, and cries of +derision. + +For certain reasons, which we will explain later, the Premier is at +present very unpopular with the parliament, and so the members greeted +him in this shameful manner, and finally one of the members, becoming +more excited than the others, advanced toward the Premier, and began +calling him names. + +The result has been a duel between the member, Dr. Wolff, and the +Premier, and the occurrence has raised a storm throughout the country, +for that a Prime Minister should fight a duel with another member of the +Government is an unheard-of thing. + +Austria is a very difficult nation to govern, and the position of +premier is by no means a bed of roses. + +The reason of the difficulty is that Austria is composed of so many +different states which have very little in common with each other. + +In all, there are three great divisions: the Austrians proper, who are +Germans in their leaning and language; the Hungarians, or Magyars, who +are a haughty, fierce people, speaking their own tongue, proud of their +traditions, and who look down on the more modern Austrians as upstarts. +Besides these there are the Bohemians or Czechs (cheks), who speak still +another language, and are a wild and quickly irritated people, +obstinate, and as a rule slow-witted. + +It is but natural that one or other of these people should be constantly +offended at the course of the Government, and see in every new law an +attempt to rob them of their rights and privileges. + +The great trouble at present is the variety of the languages spoken. An +attempt has been made by the Government to enforce the speaking of +German throughout Austria. A law was passed making German the language +in which all official business must be carried on; but to make it +perfectly fair for the Hungarians and Bohemians as well as for the +Austrians, the law provided that all officers of the Government who were +stationed in districts where Czech or Magyar was spoken must be able to +speak these tongues as well as German. + +This law is intensely unpopular. + +The Austrians want one language throughout the country, and are +indignant at having to learn the Czech and Magyar, which are both +frightfully difficult; some people laughingly declare that Czech is as +hard to learn as Chinese. The Bohemians and Hungarians, on the other +hand, do not wish their languages to die out, and they think that it +would be only right to allow them to use their own tongue for official +business throughout Bohemia and Hungary. + +They have become so violently opposed to the law, that they have been +making a great effort to revive their language, and have established a +literature of their own, and are having the Czech language taught in +the schools. In Prague and many of the cities of Bohemia, no other +language is spoken. + +Now Count Badeni, who has the difficult task of handling all these fiery +people, has got into disgrace all around. + +The Austrians are angry with him because in a certain place, and for a +certain occasion, he allowed the Bohemians to use their own language for +official business. The Bohemians are angry with him for having forbidden +a certain public meeting; and others are again incensed against the +Prime Minister for having offended them in various, apparently +unimportant ways. + +It was on account of his unpopularity and the various quarrels with him +that he was so badly treated by the members of the parliament, and was +finally so exasperated that he determined to fight a duel. + +In Austria it is a criminal offence to fight a duel, and all the persons +engaged in an affair of the kind can be imprisoned for from one to five +years. + +The Prime Minister, however, felt that he had been so terribly insulted +that nothing but a duel could satisfy his sense of honor. + +He therefore telegraphed to the Emperor, asking his permission to fight. + +Duelling used to be a very common practice in Europe, and was considered +the only means of avenging an insult. It was, however, carried to such +an extent, that men would call one another out, as it was termed, for +the most trifling offence. So many good and brave men were killed in +this unreasonable manner, that one country after another began to make +laws forbidding the practice. These laws have only been in force for a +very few years, and in cases where men are terribly provoked, they still +turn to duelling as a means of settling their disputes. + +The Emperor of Austria, when he learnt of the shameful things that had +been said to the Count, felt that, were he in the Premier's place, +nothing but a duel could satisfy his honor, and so he gave his +permission, and the duel took place. + +Count Badeni was shot in the arm, and severely wounded; Dr. Wolff +escaped unhurt. + +Immediately the duel had taken place the Premier's enemies seized upon +it as a means of disgracing him. + +They raised a tumult about it, and declared that a man who would break +the law by fighting a duel was not fit to manage the affairs of +Government, and begged that the Count be dismissed from office, and +arrested. + +The Premier was, however, well aware of the serious nature of the act he +contemplated, and that duelling was not a becoming occupation for a +Prime Minister, so, when he asked the Emperor's permission to fight, he +also sent in his resignation as Prime Minister. + +The Emperor of Austria appears to be a very fair-minded man. Having +given his permission for the duel, he was not going to desert the Count. + +He refused to accept the Count's resignation, and, as a reply to the +enemies of his Prime Minister, issued a decree forbidding the courts +from prosecuting the Count for breaking the law. + +Such a decree would not do for us in America, where the law is the +highest power in the state, and even the President is bound to obey it; +but in Austria, where such a thing was possible, it was certainly very +considerate of the Emperor to stand so bravely by his minister. + +Duelling is also against the laws of the Church, and the Count might +have got into fresh trouble with his bishop if kind friends had not +helped him in this direction also. + +His case was represented to the Pope, who also recognized that he had +been terribly tried and provoked, and graciously pardoned him. + +Despite the efforts of his enemies, he has been able to make peace with +both his emperor and his bishop, and though he will not have a pleasant +time of it with such a parliament against him, he ought to be able to +overcome his difficulties with two such powerful friends behind him. + + * * * * * + +There was a delightful celebration the other afternoon in New York at +East River and Twenty-fourth Street. + +It was the occasion of the opening of a new Recreation Pier, and the +children were out in force to take possession of their newly acquired +property. + +When the present dock commissioners came into office they found an old +law on the books of the city which had never been put in force. + +It provided that the dock commissioners could build an upper deck to any +of the piers which jutted out into the river, and arrange it for the use +of the people as a recreation pier, a place where the children could +walk and run and romp and play, and the mothers could take the babies +for a breath of fresh air on the summer nights, when their work was +done. + +Finding the law on the books, these kindly men determined to carry it +out, and so they built the pier at the foot of Third Street; and, when +that was finished, began work on the one at East Twenty-fourth Street, +which was opened the other day. + +[Illustration: RECREATION PIER] + +There are to be five of these piers in all--two on the west side, and +three on the east. + +The pier was opened by the Mayor, amid much merry music and general good +feeling. + +At the head of the pier a wooden band-stand had been erected. This was +gaily decked with flags, and filled with chairs for the city fathers, +who were to come and make speeches and give the pier to the people. + +Seats had been set aside for the children, and the little ones flocked +to them in hundreds, seeming to feel that this pier was for their +especial benefit. They crowded every entrance, eagerly waiting for the +moment when the city should give the new building to the people. + +Presently the Mayor, Colonel O'Brien, and several others walked down the +pier. Colonel O'Brien is the chief of the dock commissioners who have +worked so faithfully to give the people this pleasure. + +As the Mayor came down the aisle the little ones cheered and cheered, +and the big people joined them, and waved their handkerchiefs, and it +was quite an exciting moment. + +Then the party mounted the decorated stand, and in a few pleasant words +the Mayor presented the gift of the city to the people. + +He was followed by several other speakers, among them Mr. John Proctor +Clarke, who said some very nice things to the children. + +He began by leaving the benches where the guests were seated, and +walking across the stand until he was as near to the children as +possible, for he said that what he had to say was intended for them, and +not for the grown-ups, and so he wanted them to hear him clearly. + +"The Mayor," he said, "has given this pier to you; but do not think he +has given it as a charity. He has given it to me as well as to you, he +has given it to all the people who are here to-day, and all the people +in the city of New York, not as a charity to us, but because now that +the city has finished it, it belongs to us by right as citizens of this +town. + +"The city has given us the use of this pier, and promises to keep it +swept and clean, and in good repair for us, but it is ours; we own it, +it belongs to us as citizens. + +"Now what do we do with the things that belong to us? Do we throw them +away, or destroy them? We take care of them so that they may last, don't +we? + +"Yes. Well, that's all I have to say to you about this pier. It is +yours. Take care of it." + +The new pier is one of the largest of the five that are to surround the +city. It is roofed over, so that those who wish to enjoy it are +sheltered from the sun. + +It is seven hundred and twenty feet long, and fifty feet wide. Plenty +large enough for crowds of people to use it in comfort. + +The pier juts farther out into the river than any of the neighboring +docks, and at its end there is a fine view up and down the river. + +Mayor Strong made a suggestion during the ceremonies that met with great +favor. + +He said that he thought it would be a very nice thing to put glass sides +into the pier, and heat it. He thought it would make a grand hall for +the people of the district to use for meetings in winter, as well as +promenading in summer. + +These five recreation piers are likely to prove a great blessing to the +city. The people who know most about such things have learned that to +keep boys and girls good they must be made happy. One of the easiest +ways to make them happy is to give them plenty of places where they can +romp and play in the fresh air and sunshine. + + G.H. ROSENFELD. + + + + +INVENTION AND DISCOVERY. + + +STORM FRONT FOR VEHICLES.--For those who live in the country and do much +driving in the winter, this storm front is a capital scheme. + +It is made on the same plan as the glass front of the new hansom cabs +which have been introduced into this country within the last few years. + +The front is made in one solid piece. There are two little glass windows +in it, to enable the occupants of the buggy to see out. When it is not +in use it is pulled up over the heads of the riders, and when the storm +comes on a cord lets it down in front of them. + +It is so adjusted that the driver can handle the reins under it, and +while it might not be safe to drive a skittish horse with it down, still +for the ordinary use in the country it will be a great comfort. + +COMBINED PURSE, PARCEL-CARRIER, AND BUCKLE.--This is an ingenious +device. Arranged in the form of a buckle for a waist-belt, it answers +the several purposes of purse, parcel-carrier, and buckle. + +[Illustration] + +The picture you see represents the back of the buckle; the front being +in the form of a pretty butterfly. + +From the lower side of the clasp a strong hook is suspended. This hook +is a patent hook, opening to catch the strings of parcels, and snapping +tightly together again. + +A little snap on the under side of one of the wings opens, and the body +of the butterfly turns back and reveals a neat little purse, large +enough for car fare or railroad tickets. + +The buckle is principally intended for the use of bicyclists who need to +utilize every scrap of space, but for ordinary wear it is neat and +attractive as well as useful. G.H.R. + + + + +FIRST PRIZE CONTEST. + + +It has been difficult to separate carefully the best two lists from +among the two hundred and odd received in the FIRST PRIZE COMPETITION. +However, a very careful canvass of them has been made, and it has been +found that as many as ten were complete lists. Naturally, those who sent +in first receive the prizes, and we are pleased to announce that the +first prize goes to Miss Marguerite Metivier, Greenwood Ave., Waltham, +Mass., and the second prize to Walter L. Solomon, 344 West 145th Street. +If they will write us their choice of the prizes, we will send them +immediately. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Great Round World and What Is +Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897, by Various + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GREAT ROUND WORLD *** + +***** This file should be named 16030.txt or 16030.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/1/6/0/3/16030/ + +Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Emmy and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team.(www.pgdp.net) + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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