Show X NEWS NES WS El EDITORIALS MUNICH The MUNICh rho The sixteenth International Peace Congress Congress Con Con- gress Is to 0 meet In this ancient city September 11 0 9 1907 It is ten years rears since there has s been a session of the lie congress congress con con- gress ress In Germany the lie eighth congress having been held at Hamburg In 1897 Coming Coining in the same year Car with the lie Hague Hasue conference tho first real parliament of or man In history Which will probably chose Its Us session just before the opening of the Munich congress this congress should bo be a meeting of or the hl highest interest and moment for or tIme the peace workers throughout the lie world The United States will bo be strongly represented LOS 4 A ANGELES Los Los Angeles capitalists arc pushing a railroad down own into Central Am America through the north Mexican state of or Chiapas and Oaxaca This will open that section bordering the lie Pacific ocean to with Cull Call fornia The Tho road known Imo as the Pair American begins at San near lie tho southern border of Oaxaca and extends through the rich mineral minerai and timber lumber belt of oC Chiapas down to just beyond the tIme Guatemalan border In time extension will be bo made down the thc entire Pacific coast line flue of Central America AmelIca which will place California within a few days das of that extensive strip of countr country The road is now finished within a short dis- dis ls- ls Lance lanco of oC the Guatemalan border burlier line linG MONTREAL MONTREAL five IO Fit five Fifty five thousand emigrants from the United Kingdom passed through Montreal last year car en roule for or the Canadian Can Northwest t. t A o Ims P pr proportion Ion rural labor lubor- laborIn laboring the the thc flower nowel of oC of thc these c emigrants constitute he be broken cn this year rear In big ing class Those figures s ma may miia cai at Tie Hague writes LONDON LONDON-A A correspondent War at aa Us its horrors hut but the price 0 l peace or pence or at nil nH ili sometimes hardly ie less s conferences is Is bents o of peace conferences terrible I Tho rii good people of oC The Hague Haue arc are evidently the thc delegates ates anti and bent on reaping n a golden harvest cst from their suites and the tue other oIlier persons whom business has haq culled to lO The rhe lie Hague in connection with willi the lie present conference WASHINGTON United Stales States Consul Young g at Harput Har liar put Turkey has har decided lo tu hold an au exposition of or American American Ameri Amen can cotton goods at the tho consulate durin during the last two weeks s In iii Jul July Samples will be bo displayed In a n special room In the consulate set seL aside for that purpose Prices will be computed In the tIme currency of the lie country countr the thc staff of the time consulate will be on hand to give s1 such information as ma may be needed light refreshments refi will m be he served to visitors and In fact or e everything po possible sl lc will be bc done to lo I secure a a. general interest upon the part of the importers of or such goods LONDON LONDON Japanese Japanese competition In pottery manufacture manu manu- facture Is emphasized In iii a recent report h by the time tariff commissioner of Great Britain on the con condition of or the pottery trade here which has remained stationary for fOl or ninny many years ears while the tho exports from Germany France and Austria have greatly increased Great Greal stress Is laid laW III in the l c evidence e as at to lo lie Iho consequences of or increasing Japanese competition In view rew of the abnormally low wago basis prevailing in that lint country countr In some sonic cases Japanese potters work worl for fOl eight cents a da day Japan now sends half her pottery potter exports to the United States and amid there have ha been substantial increases In Imi Its exports to Canada and PEKING PEKING PEKING-C. 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C KIne Chinese trade c commissioner is on a visit to the federated Malay states stales for Cor the purpose of or investigating commerce and antI mainly with wilh the object I of Inducing Inducing- Chinese and others othel's interested In tho the opening up of oC China to proceed there and lease some of the Ute large I tracts of country which are arc known to be rich In gold silver sliver copper tin iii and anti other metals Also there arc are extensive coal fields wh ch would pay well for cost of development Mr r. r Kinsman proposes while on his Journey through h Burma India Inella and Europe to attract tho ho attention of capitalists in this direction and draw at- at to the fact that concessions of or immense area and great value will be c readily granted by government on most favorable terms WASHINGTON WAShINGTON-Secretary WAShINGTON Secretary Metcalf has issued nn an order older asking all officers to submit sUg suggestions which whelm in their judgment tend to promote tho lie efficiency of or thc he naval na service ser He says that all aU suggestions should be bc concerning things or methods and not a criticism of pel persons ons The suggestions ma may have to do with fleet organizations manoeuvres res target practice and general operations and with the t type pe and number of vessels that should be bc asked of congress Some officers Interpret tho the order to mean nican that the tho secretary Is determined that all officers cers shall cease their criticism and work worl harmonIously harmoniously together also that lint he is gradually working to toward a a. system for Cor weeding out the deadwood so as to LO make malc promotions more moro rapid GALVESTON operation Co operation Co-operation between Western railroads railroads rail rall- roads and amid tho the federal government is expected to lo solve the problem of or immigration congestion Ir Im Eastern stales states Under a a. plan being put into operation It Is believed the lie tide of or immigration can be turned from the tho Atlantic itic to the tho lie Gulf ports direct and this hits Is being attempted because because be- be cause all efforts to induce immigration from the Atlantic states overland have only been partially successful Since a direct vice service front from rom Europe was established by the lie North German Lloyd in 1904 more than immigrants have hae been landed at Galveston rhe e have ave been quickly and easily distributed to good homes and profitable steady employment Hundreds of them now own their own farms This is taken as an indication of what can probably be done domie to a greater extent and serves server to encourage lie Iho a advocates of the new plan mentioned to lo urge unc Its Us trial Other lines have ha not established service er front from Europe to the Gulf because the amount of returned freight available was not enough to lo make It profitable and also owing to the tho lie limited harborage at Galveston |