THE EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 21, 19 October 1907, Page 4

THE EMPIRE.

!;"";'* tq,hear tho hews. '/;■ Bridge,.and ; -; -.';' wishes' ypu'.,tp';<;6nye'yy.bis,,heartfelt symlf. j;i pathy, t'p'.th'eyrelatives flndefrieiids .of ..ail ;/ '- wholbs't their'liy.bsiin th'e.'-sad calamity. ■ !,j":'.ln'thb j above; telegrilpilic messago to Earl ~ Grey, 'the 'Goyoriib'r-Genprai'' o£;'Canada'jvHis ','Majestyi'bxpressosVhis;|gripf . a'K.'.'tji'e.'';.'t?rrjble, "disaster'!-'' Vbsultihg'-"frij; the'-, loss'.-.'qf'seyputjv' "eight 'liyes;_' v _which. : las '-'occurred. at'.;'the,~new' | cantileyer bpin'g constructed ; , r,,'.;Tlrp' disaster ocburtod .iwitii.-ovprwheimhig-; Vswiftness;,..,' ■■While.ca', train ;was, ' isouthorh..half ; 'iyithi;.ihotoria'l-i for k -'th'e : :'qe'ritfe %'nn;.intended toib'o the loii'gestin tho world,' :a'Jipr'g'avo'Wa"y ) '-'carfying f ßooftT'oftlie irijii"suporstrucfctir'o''"aiiU hine^two'', nvbii ! .'wi't}). Thb'[disaster pccurre I d*;]Us'.t' : 'as'.tlie : cnip)qyb.es. ; wore! prdpan|i{;;;j; i b._M as!":/x!ejif(j'iii. : tiiatr'thoF..cbl!apse.,iwas; '• ; strain Bpan;f' '•The ]oGpmptiypV'was;.'sb'bh: to-start-for thff'Snd- ' iife'it, approached.-..thp-! eiidj'.thq'fenginc-dri'rcr -fclfc'' the engiho 'jerjc^- ! '''H<ii:, ; shnfr'off %'teamJ, r -but''''Tlio,' .engino/cpntintied t'd ITlie^eiul''' 'pf thW 7 s"tW6ture' i dipedy'and &.-. mome'nt;!la't'ei;'. 'cdllapsbd; w '-*-' ; '' : -/J 1 ;;; „";.'..,;.';,'' ~'■'.;,,, ''■•';" The bodjes,of,, tlie].men, jygre.'sp -crushed;, and mangled':as..fchoicarcelyrrecpgnisablo. •;'The; liorrpf jdf viricrdascdvby.'tlio. fact (tliit/'a;.flivnibpi;- l of-c'.men ;,wbre Tjinricd-ill" ~;-,fcho tereckagp iicar.thei.shore'.'ivThbir-gro&rls ■ and,shrieks -Q'qiild be' plainlyMlieardJall^higfit l . ;vv'or 7 o , '\(raitiHg-ilt,'; •"tn6; water's; bdger'bntf: nothing'•coit]'tl i Be;„dc3'i,q ! ,; u "to''rescue them or relievo .their sufferings %i,.', tb'e.; sliglites"t;.'dcgr6'S;y S.omeycries . lizard ytP .da.yliglii,„.Ktit b^forp' r anytliing :'be\dobpJtlid' : Hi4e...iCSnc'^iiu, i ' ;oiip''pJ I ,the.svorkme]i,i'ivliO' ;'d"fi" tho' rr ' r traveller,- ( .!!;,-; extendiiig."»!l7sft." %'b'bye ;t,he' hjidgo,' cambidb'wn .withiit tfi-'tlie''• ■ | wster,-.';350ft.-;bol()w/;. Hbvsustaifibd'bn.ly'Siigtit A;. ; : Sb"well' • 'felt' theVbridgb ctutched/jat. a. . ■piece bf, iron for n Man' : ali'd>iron;- r we'i(t' fdfri'vn i j:uiiQerm'ostrhr'B%^tlij^ ( f^^^' oJ' r j§ew,pH l , B" 'f all, ( 'aricl 'tho ,V'!jjiiS])r/V;re||'asip£ a !hjs(i lipid'.Wljon*jiilder''watc!rV:swain fashorb. ' '«;',):>;•'' f ;yfMr.. Ulrip, Bartbei( sepreta.Ty.i-of., tho: : .'P.hmh ; .x • a"T l e> e3rapovi;>!MriT'Ba'rtho; : wlip-was mi!- ■ 'bf'tho.-.-fi.rst-l;'o).staTt th'd id'o'a'-pf 'b'tiildifi'g^th'b'' W.;sh'dw thyVp'tlisfto, h'is'fridnds.'fro'in Mbli"trbql> .Tfteysharl"' scarcely ' !ie& MWo. iha*Wasli!\ct&w, :*M Wlpvti&iif '■riy'Sr' thb whole' structuro'was;lying. ; ,in ruins,., ;Mi'!; Bprdpq, jthijf .Cpnser.ratiyp-leader, vras" an?, tisTtpftjust-.befdrerthe disaster. ,-iV.ri.r>' »,ii A 'jigici; iny|stjgatipn :of.-. ■ the' •disaster will be held by the Dominion-'.Govern'-' mont ..wit.hdut: | :dolay..';-'.iTho -'loss,'''' whicrM.iv'in amounf'.to.'fi't least '£'50.0;q00'fwiir;fa]r'6n"tlie : ' Ph(2nix,;-yßrid^b'.'''yGompau I y, '''Pbn'ns'ylvaiii'a,' (which ■■"riaciv4lip I »'cdiitrA'<St;\'f or. "'ilip 1 ' stijiigfst'tuc-' iture.f ;Exp"e'rt,'''oxamiiiatiqn';' : .'b'ridgoysKojra'.'blcar.jiidic^ ■ weakness. ;/ Thb"bu'ckliiig-;pf the ';grpat. !r ,steel. '.■•bas,o:qf,.,p|ic..bff;t]ie.arehbs;'aijd:,tho;dvorlpadiiig ;df ."Ath'p junsppplp^ ■ are f given as thctwoVcauses pf-;thb,''disiistcr7 ; ';''' •i-sThb .Qubbee,bridge is di)sigiied:,'.t'o;;bo''.6.nb''of I the'.wonders :: bf. , 'thb wbrld.. .'lts'.'channpl sp'b'h' '■between', t)ie''.two''"ni'aim piers -is',to' 'be 1800 ft.■,'', ,'th'o-; longest^'single"'''Bridge "span'-'' ever coh-: structcd, exceeding that pfj the .Forth Bridge .'.'by 00ftl'.'" Tliq I '.two;i'c'aiiti.leyer..-arips,pro., ia bo, .eabh!!s62sft'.,';ali^';.'thp , PPfr' tibh 675ft'.' It is to carry twb'r'ailway tracks, .-tw.o bicctric;-. ,cai':.. tracksu two -ioa.rriSige'r.ways, lind, itwo'-; footpaths.: XTlib ' entire y. lengths -'IS' :-D24oft;, and width.-OOft. ...Wh'ar'o 'tho bridge' vis'b.eiiig..b,uilt ; tho'.,St.;.'Lawrericd:fldvrß betweP'ri; 'bank's a'.-width ■rfaryijig'' :-af lowland'high-tides:-fi'bm''Tßoofi.'tpigOOpft,, iThe si.tajs sonic six ;miles'abqvb' ; t!ubbcc,.'ilib AtfQuclied''its(ilf;rt;h6'width .is .topj-great-.tp ■'span.'," A "'clear.' height.;'o'f;;lsoft. ! „'is, allowed .between thoV levJßl.,pf,,-.the.-,;bridgo ; <aiidL.tho: ihiglibst; tidc's/'vThe'ycrectio'n: is,h'eiiig- done' ;'a!most Entirely lyith; electric power: The cost LWii's bri'giiially..,fiGtiiiiat'e.d. at; £l',6oo,ooo,''thb' '!samo| as',tiib'.'Priginal''estiihatfi.fof", tiipjF.oi'tli'' yißrldge"::-i--'Tlie ;: ,'b'p|ids are'igitiiraiitced.' by;: the; ';Dommioii : i.Ui!s t l' ;.;•'■ ;■: ' SETTLERS FOR BRITL9H'COLUMBIA. ;' The Salvation- Arrify'-'has just'concluded'an •firr'angement with the Government of British 'Columbia for tho selection and settlement by. the Army of least one thousand persons iu 'that provincb next year." ; The'first party will "pi'bbably, leafo ,iii,,,Fe|ji;.uary,,,iiext.... Assisted 'p'assagc6Awil|,;.bb granted;to .apprpyod appli-. ■ hoped to special ;.rail : w'ay.,;i , acilitio's , .':'duriiig''tlie ? 'threb thousand' 'mild;jo;ili'irey;'across I 'the.Doiniiiioh;- The arrari'gbniDut:'iS'''a',sptfrpo, 'pbiisklerablb Satis-, factioir'tb tlui"'Anny, inasm'ucli' : as'it;ivill' on-' able ; thorn, in., thev.mii.ldlo .of tho. ..winter.,at homo',-.wiioh;;the always'.greatcst,:,to;sj!nd.7woi'koi's to. a BritislK wcjcbmo-is 'cevtaini" and whoroyon 'tho :, lowpr>Pacific; slopes; -at'any -rate, : tiipre'is'a;charmiiig ; 'clima'te 'all-.tlic'^c'ar' ; ;,rpuild^'; ; \ r '''Xi',:',!.' '.>'-'■' -''■ , " ■',„■ '-.:',, '■•v.v The steam';yach't Ei'ds'Waa'|lyiii'g : at : anclipr,' : 'haviiig ; recently put yititb' Sbiit h u ii (pt o ii ;';W jit or' aft br! eruisingf Mr'.'Hbustoi).,.Wlio;if a.iiiqii;., , ber.'.forVtlib'. West; ToSteth, of' L.iver<nobi,i Kad;'.'.beeu';,'ontb;'r,talhiiig I .'' : a.,.,'nui|i,ber;'iof r ,f.rieiids^if ,bp'iifd,. f ,bufw,l;hp, .'majority. ;pf these., with-■; Mr. Houston himself, loft, tho;-.yacht' i flupiiift- the latter part lot tho. evening'.•■■•..'There ; ;.woi'e;left,,oii.-bnard':'Lord''Byro'n, tliolcaptain;," .-taud, th'e;;inoilibors\pf ! ,tho'.*rew,'"'and prcliura-' ;tioiis' fdr^tho'night's'-i-pst were almost cbhi- , i'pleted''T\;honVt'h'b^flcl(t';wa^;i;m '.knight'sgarth'i^which;';ti(^cl.es,i^etwe^h .and, Sfethaiiip.tpn. '^.Thb^st'p'anier.^wav.biiilt. only" r years;;'.agp.' .;rt;,Th'p'',};acht,',was : ;'sqiik i . ,Within.',a;'.very.,fqw niipuips,; while the Kiiigbtari ■ '-garth ■reccived.pxtciisive,.damagO'to hei-'hoWsi ' .AsAista'nee; !:'fortu ; hately,-i-'/;.i('as.. 'lmliiudiatcly iorriitoming. i:v: yy-l -.'yy; •,.'■ ■''■",- : #,:The ohiof'ptigiilber'of the ErOs says-that ; a ! ffaiH' ; "dc"curreil iij'a iiibinoiit. : " 1 was in' •bod; aii'd'-aslcpp,"';^ tbero: wa'|"jn' ;H.9im,d''9f -.rpsliiug in.;,.,grf;aV; •co'rifusipn,; aud.'shdutsTthat',- our'.yacht..had.. ' /bean. isi](i^lied>int'o; : }>y r in. ,liig' : stcameii,V.liicli r ;TV'as,v i :.quito; .h.ii'sepiv, nialqiig {;i15..1-approach,!!tb.;;the, •'..docks. — I-dashod The'-yacht; had bcen'-so seriously injured that she began to sink at once, and there was no possible

ehance.of saving tho property on board. Mr. Houston '-'had'-been on board during tho day, but 'hnd'-'lefti by train. Lord, Byron; his guest," had! remained on tho yacht, and had gonq tb be'd'.'-'and, I'believe, was fast asleep. : 'He awbWim'mcdiatoly, and rushed on deck. Ho losl'oybrytliing lie had with him, and, I 'am'told, he'nad many valuables. ' : ' S| " The steamer caught us right abreast of 'tho funnel, and tho crash was tremendous. , 'The! yacllt.Wheeled over, (and . in. five-.or six ; It was a miraculous escape.for ; ,tlib in; all thirty-two. So ...vib'lentj'was 'ilie' collision that 6iie"*sailbr was ,th);o.W,Ui put of his bunk. Lord Byron acted . \yitlt .gjeat coolness, and saw to it • that no Hyps' wero lost.'' ; ,V r ; :':.3'''Chinese outrages. ;;.;_,Thore" lias" been a rccrudcsconco of Chinese attributed in somo 'quart6rs,"tb„£he unrest caused by repatriation. -. A-.Qhi'haiiia'n.,' who'is surmised to have been the 'spoilt ,pf a marauding band, entered a house t ,near,tho Comet. Mine,' occupied by a , man called. Anderson and his family. ■ With •a- jumper he fractured Anderson's head, bit his' wife in the face, smashing several of her ; tooth, and then attacked his little sou, giving-jhim a, blow on his head. ,Tho father ,'antl i the llittlo boy aro in a very grave condition. 'r-.;;,i ; ~Anothbr'outrage was perpctratod by Chinese at.thp'BerfonrMinc, similar to ;tho one at the ■ ■Comet-Minora; householder being battered to death:, Tive'arrests have'been made; ' IN:NATAL.' '.;' : serious political position in Nataiis gtfidu'ally leading to a.crisis. There is -an .ppen''•revolt between Parliament, which ' refuses',"arid.the majority of tho-white population, who demand, ail equal redistribution of 'parliamentary seats. The contention of the latter is that the rural constituencies aro grossly over-reprcseritel, while the urban centres, containing two-thirds of the total electorate, have, in somo cases, only onetenth of their full political power. - Huge meetings of protest,have been held in Durban, backed by, meetings in; othor centres of'pqpulatipn,.' and.resolutions calling upon the Government to bring in a Redistribution Bill on the basis of the one man, one votoj 'omj'. viijuo,- and instructing their' members ;tb;'Qb^struct'tho business of' Parliament uiitil thosb-demands are cpiiccded, have'been passed.'unanimously.' .Votes of "iio pbnfiIpur nipnibors "of Parliament,.have ■also bfiejijcarried. ;.Mr. Maydon ; (Minister for •is,;,tp be'called upon'to resign his seat; i i-Tho position is, all tho more,acute in view i'of tholalleged'mismanagement of. the internal : affairs;;'pf"thepolqny by tho present' Farmers' in view ; also of .Parliament's the burdeii.of taxation on tho towns.' ; ,Wlip.ther Parliament, which- is being ■ petitioned- ; iu the matter, will givo way re,niairisi.extrcmely doubtful. • If tbo reformers aro, unableito obtain thp redress they -seek, it isyprobablC'that an appeal will bo'made to ,:tho Imperial'-.-Parliament to ' issue . revised Letters' Patent; ;Tbo feeling is .that Natal is •entitled' 1 ' constitution dri similarly'.'democratic lines to those granted to the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. The agitation '. is' being: conducted on Constitutional lines, , '.but. .theysituation, is becoming increasingly ; i' ■ ■ i,. : •■■■ ■ - : -. ■^'?T llB "' ::^ aslli ' lgton ''' eoi ' rea Pb» 'of the . .:^.ew, vYprkvTribune '' • 'statbs '•'■'' that ' before agreeing;;temporarily, to.-postpone ■tho now . Newfoundland modus vivendi, Mr. Whitelaw ,Rei.d, 'Afherll'an Ambassador to Groat Britain, ; secured the assent of Encdand to tho con- , •.tmuanoe m operation of the present modus iTOyeiMb.pbndiiig the decision of The Haguo :'tr ; ibunalv.'unless a totally 'new agreement bo • 'arrived'^t' meanwhile: Honce the.permission ,J? 'fishing fleet, to proceed to ..the. fishirig.grounds. Tho American authori',SS yX&'SonMwt of tho. equity of tho ■claims ;bf ,tho United States, as based on the ■ ■ ifoaty' p,y ?lß,,' that., iliey regard it as < inconAmerican , interests should .'fiß%&sl?H of arbitration ti:ibunals 7L fpr;;icompromis'os. ; The official viow , ■taken .ln.vWashinKton showj that it is clearly , hoped vthate tho Gloucester fishing'fleet' miy, , -iih'dem;hb»Hag'uo decision,.' b t -- beid inimiino froflij 'N'PWfdlindland's Inwsrjuiifct'nlliiig'her' ; bwii iflshprhicn, tlius" , 'erisurinE''prdftt'al]!o'"i ■ S? St;^} ' tho'-'Ameripan'-'uslimg industry. •W\ i N 1 < r^i'- lorl J.'' '- Ev 'b"hi'g.Post'"';p'oints out . thatithe'.go-ealled 'American fisherman," in ■■ r,!«'ra l »!J.he,rrifig instead of catching, tliem, enjoys sih'gular commercial a'dvan,:tage TOi-no.t having to pay duty. ■ ■,'.. •' v*d hi-ii 'i^.;-;.; : ._ \, ,-~ -y •', -~,,... - , a-'-A Stir.ging'.rpbulvo to the Little Englanders ' •is»eontained 1 a pamphlet by Syod Sirdar 'Ah Khahpan Indian gentleman', which"has "just beeii!'-published'in Bombay. It'is' en- . titled ';<Thp'-;Unrest in .India,"' and '.is "an. . ■ n l i ßbal,'fb'r , ;'the continued- loyalty to " Great . •Bri.tain''of the.ilhdian people. ''■ ..'; ' " "'' . -,, l -'4lf''9l<);iihrost'iii India could, be .regarded ' as; : the;;putcpmb;; of a.' wholosoinb desire, on, the ipajtf, of "the: people .forl.speodie'r advahce"for improved educational' facilities,,...for; ; "a higher and,more liberal •!.tyn.e;oi\..ciiyilisatiori-than they, at present -enjoy, ~fpiy. an even closer' tio; between the' .'now: i: world 'of ' the-;-/West,■'••;;-'and. -the dld'j'wforld of tho East than that which now . exists, and. for an extension of thoso bonefits ; 'which the "contact'confers, it would command unstinted approval. Unfortunately ,'for- India, hp'we.v.er, the/ boycott aims at;'none .'of ■ these things.,!' The avowed object of tho'ex.troiiiists. is-,to .abolish British, rule and,.to', drive!th,b.;English out of tho country. -~'' '■-, ' ■:. ,"It is.notyjio'wever, in India alone that In- ■ dia'sj enemies, are found. In the British Parliament-, the extremist has already found ; -his ; ':partisans, among thoso of the quarrel-' ; sdnie-and'disalfected known-by the apt titlo 'of, '-Little'-Englanders.' Indians' . '.would 'be l, "an. ! : "apt title,,too, for their Indian ' 9bmpeors,;;and : the'two parties are,'woll adapted fbr.";'cbhiradeship.'• ; ; -..-.."'Lord said'that if India were ever lost to 'Great,, Britain it would be. on the door ofv-tho .'Hpiise of Commons.- This''.statement • ;was,mad4.!apput threeifi'iiartors of a.century ago* aiid-incantimo India, is not lost, but has ■'grown'.'into; a colossal' empire/ though'it"'isiiiiich t'd..:bo deplored that .the British Gov-. ■prnmeht:is-being so malignantly and tonac- • lotisly assailed in tho House of Commons "by' Englishmen who hold the proud distinction of being....meii]bers of that body." ■ Messrs.'Henry.S ; King and Co., East India banker's,-, have received copies of an appeal for loyalty to the .Indian people signed by moro , than 100.'Indian- noblemen and gentlemen, which has been extensively circulated ' in India; i - ;:-; ; INDIAN rLOYALTY. .:.The-:foljb'ming _ appeal, widely signed ; by tho noblemen and gontlenien ; of,Bengali).lias been issued to their fellowcountrymen };«'.' ; ........ ■i It has'jbbon a.matter of deep concern to us r fi?. 'i'lbbsemJJi the- growing . discontent : . of the ' country, which has lately manifested i/itself iu cortain quarters in violent ; spe&b'es and. newspaper articles. ,Wo desiro , .i.t-' onco-'tb disr.ociato ourselves from these ;, demonstrations, which only tend to alienate ' 'tho> Goveruniout and the peoplo from each ■'otber.-i!'." .-;,! ■ "'.'We ' venture to: assert, that the bulk of thp country aro. loyal and law- ' 'abiding'."•, We .now, appeal to. our countrymen, 'fjindiis.'aiid :Mahoiiiinednns, for, a display of , ,thp' ; practical'good ; sense which somo of our cVitiesßdeny to us.. ■. \\o appeal.. to them to, , .discountenance any wild, and , mischievous propaganda-,": which ..tonds to ■ encourage, din- ' aH'ection';to.';Brifish-rule, or to create feelings :o'f ajiimosity, between different classos and ■■ cbiinmlnities'.iii India; for it is this tendency ' Which .Inl'ilishes. the. occasion, and tbo excuse ■for' thoirop'ressivo measures .which have-re- ■' "dbiitly l.becn.-'resirtcd. to. Nor. must wo for-' tgc.t: tbatj-'W'hateyer may be its shortcomings, . ,it',', [ js:.tOfi-Bi;itish rtilo iliiit ;wo oivoour pro- ;. security, of : I'.io, , and property, i the-spi'ead.; of education,'and tho progress -which dndia is now making according to" modern icivilised idoals. ~..••• : v-'Tliis, ;-is. ..emphatically tho worst possible time! tof.pncourago unworthy scntiinc«i«s of ' 'raiVcouitand ill-feeling.., No trim patriot will hesitate to.,range himself,' with us,, on tho ' sid?; of law,'; and. ordor at the present junctiire, so as, oiL'tho oho-hand, to rostoro tho good , : wilf'.alnd harmony which formerly prevailed .•lamnng-.Jlll glasses and coinmunities iu India, and, on the other hand, to leave the authorities no ground for bringing coercion to bear upon any group of British subjects.