Show S A GREEDY TRICK For ways that arc dark the heathen Chinee wi now have to give first place to the stolid German The story of Germanys method of gaining a coaling station In the Red sea tells of about as much slimness and nerve as anything the recording angel will have Q the debit page Last September the German cruiser Marie had the extreme illfortune to run aground off the Island of Farzan To lighten her coal was landed and then the Germans refused to take the coal aboard again In spite of the protests from the local Turkish authorities the Captain of the Marie Insisted on putting up n sign I announcing that the coal belonged to William second to none Then the wires between Berlin and Constanti S nople were kept busy and finally the Sujlan cabled to order everything possible pos-sible done to oblige the Germans and that a coal depot to hold 10000 tons was to be erected by the Turkish authorities au-thorities for the Germans on the island of Koomah six miles from Far zan Springfield Republican |