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Show nr.Mtr iiroKdE Talks About Ills liereut Tonr In Australia. Ixindon, Aug.10. Henry (;eorge was j.Icnlckiiigyrsterday with English Eng-lish friends at El-ping Forest, telling them about his four months' tour lu Au-tralia. To a corregjundent he said: " Though my position ou the tanfT question brought bitter opposition oppo-sition irom the Australian protectionists, protec-tionists, I had a warm greeting, attentive audience-, the heartiest of good-byes. I left tho country convinced con-vinced tliat thu single tax Idea was firmly rooted there. It is liecomlng a is.w erful factor In practical ulltlcs, especially in Xew South Wales, where the line is being sharply drawn between the single tax principle prin-ciple on the one hand and protection protec-tion ou the other side. My visit to Australia has given me great ideas on the po-slble future of thecountry. In many respects it Is the most Interesting In-teresting country In the world to Americans. It Is the development develop-ment of another branch of the same people, under conditions diverse enough to HlTorl us instructive comparison. com-parison. There ate many things which Americans could profitably learn from them beside the Australian Austra-lian ballot, nnd therd are many things in which they might profit by our experience. BOTH OEOCRAMIICJILLV aud in chardctcrand ways of thought -America is nearer Australia than Great ISritaiu, yet between the American republic anJ the great deiuocraticnatioii which Is growing up in the southern seas there is nothing like the commercial inter-couise inter-couise which should Laturally exist About tho only practical Interest takenin the United Slates by these regions today is our attempts to raise the value of silver throughout the world, by, buying and burying tons of it every month. The abolition of Otir birlir-rnliM -! tia n.f aud close intercourse with Australia, making San Francisco and Xew York the great route of Australian Intercourse with Europe. If reciprocity recipro-city treaties are to be made, Australia Austra-lia is one of the first countries that should Iw considered. The United Statmcau no mora compete with Australia in raising wool than Lculalana cau compete with Maine in producing ice. and tho free admission ad-mission of Australia's wools to our markets would be a unlveral blessing bless-ing to our woolen manufacturers and consumers. A good deal less expensive and more profitable than sending a few warships to shownny flag la the antipodes would lv sending, send-ing, a proper commission lb thoroughly thor-oughly examine tir report on the raigmfieeni success of the slate owned railways of the Australian coJonie-u In toy whole long journey from Australia, through the greatest highway of tho vvorld's convnerce, 1 never once saw an American flag until I observed one on a gondola ?n the grand canal a: Venice, which an American tourist had subsidized to carry it. Taa New ArzenllRS Government. .Buenos Aybes, Aiuj. 10. The rejoicings over the fall of Celman ended with a number of mass meetings, meet-ings, at which speeches v ere made In honor of Senor Alem, president of the Union Clvica. The cabinet has authorized the minister of the Interior to open friendly negotiations forn relransfor of tho drainage and city waterworks water-works from the English company to tho government. Forecasts of tho financial policy of tho government govern-ment are untrustworthy. The finance minister is not yet furnished enough balance sheets to (how the financial position of the nation. It Tlltln't. Anisrr. New Yoric, Aug. 9. An attempt to swindle ilussell U. Harrison, son of the President, by means of the "green goods" game was made about six weeks ago, and resulted"! today in the an est of three men who gave tbclr names as .Charlto Morton, Joseph Bernard and James J. Daley. They were locked up in default of $JW lall each. Tlsese men have been sending circular to all parts of the country, and their nrnst un lirrun.lit fttmiitlit? n nlrttire sent to Russell Harrison.who pbced it In the hands uf Postoffice Inspector Inspec-tor Itallibone. The circular was aldressvd "it. B.Harrison, Helena, Mont." Poisoned Their CulTrr. Fmsucwi, Aug.9. MnuSchmtdt and daughter and four hoarders all were Liken suddenly lllfiom drinking drink-ing colfee In which poison was placed. Mr. Icvl, who keeps an opOsitlon second-hand store-, was seen craw llDg from a window in the Sehmldt house last nbht, and Is suspected of the poisoulng. The victims will probably recover. |