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The Daily record and the Dresden daily : 27.10.1909
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Office: ItnfeSh.S.l. DresdenA. Telephone 175S. and THE DRESDEN DAILY. Office: Straie Str. 5.1. DresdenA. Telephone: 1755. in Germany. The First Daily F*aper in English published J\e 1,131 DRESDEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1909. 10 PFENNIGS. The Daiiy Record is deFoered * hand in Dresden. cod may * ordered a, any Post Office throughout the German Fm P ,re. ft is pubtished daiiy. enceyttng Mondays and days MM, legal holidays in Dresden. * Monthly Subscription Rates: Fo, Dresden, mark I.-; for the rest of Germany and Austria, mark 130. For other countries, marks 230. RED RUBBER. The twentieth century is essentially a century of exaggerations. We are moving in a sensational time ; big things are happening everywhere, and intelligent people who want to keep abreast of the worlds movements must be content to accept hasty and un confirmed reports in the press. Only the favoured few with inexhaustible means and leisure at their command are in a position to correctly judge the trend of things. The majority of us must specialise in amusement as in work. If we are interested in politics, the field before us is sufficiently wide to occupy all our spare time, while a sound knowledge of our own country’s past and present history neces sitates unremitting study. Naturally, this state of affairs is one under which abuses automatically spring into existence and thrive exceedingly. The world has no time to investigate these matters, and it is on this universal preoccupation that unscrupulous men con fidently count. At irregular periods the world is staggered by fresh revelations from the Congo Free State. Unfortunately, if there is one territory on this globe that is shrouded in impenetrable mystery, it is that immense tract of land exploited by King Leopold and his brother capitalists. One week we are shocked by a frightful story of the atrocities perpetrated on the Congo, and a week after comes a categorical denial of the story from the highest authorities. That abuses do exist there is, we be lieve, no doubt, but it is impossible to separate the mass of miscellaneous evidence and distinguish the false from the true. Some two weeks ago Lieutenant Dofpelhatis; an officer who had for two years been in the employ of the Societe Anonyme Beige, returned to Belgium and published broadcast his story of the inconceivable barbarity of the white man on the Congo. He managed, he said, to endure the sight of a native man llayed alive because he had failed to bring in the assigned tribute of rubber to the Belgian officials. But when he beheld a woman bound hand and foot upon a hill of red ants and devoured by the insects, he gave up his commission and re turned home. The company, alleging breach of con tract, refused to pay his salary or to reimburse him lor his expenses. The officer admits breaking his contract, but urges in defence that the company per sistently outrages the law of man and God. He is now bringing suit against .the company, and if the case comes before the court, Congo atrocities will be laid bare as they have never previously been. In his presentation of facts the officer says he is prepared to give an official record of what he saw, and it is declared that his revelations will stagger humanity. We suppose that the majority of our readers have perused Mr. E. D. Morel’s Red Rubber, a book which sent a thrill of horror throughout the civilised world. It was largely compiled from personal accounts of ex-Congo officials; missionaries, and casual travellers, and it is impossible to doubt that with so much smoke, there must be some considerable fire. Red Rubber drew a lengthy and exhaustive reply from authors subsidised by King Leopold and his colleagues, in the shape of a malevolent attack on the personal characters of men who had contributed their ex periences to the book. It was alleged that missionaries of all countries went to the Congo in the hope of lining their pockets, and if their expectations were realised they at once turned into uncompromising sup porters of the company. But if the money did not flow in as rapidly as anticipated, they vented their spleen on the Congo administration by spreading mendacious narratives. We have ourselves spoken with travellers returned from the Congo who, when asked in regard to the alleged cruel treatment of the natives, shrugged their shoulders and remained silent, only volunteering the information that the “black fellows are such awful beasts that the white man has to resort to extreme measures.” It is certain that the immense wealth of King Leopold’s company has much to do with the suppression of facts. The company has lobbyists in the world’s Parliaments; the news- AZ/YPfy Dr/fl IsG * ■ Sherry Cobler IA CC7 LSI ! U a Cocktail. etc Whisky & Soda, Cognac, as well ns Port. Slier rv etc. .. . in glasses! Champagne! Cor.-house: Waisenhaus Str. 14. CanifkUU/ Entiaiue on Prttgcr Stiasse. DRESDEN CHINA. : Own workmanship! ■■■ Clearance sale of entire stock at extraordinary reductions! Inspection invited by: Heufel & Co., Burgerwiese 12. Hotel New York nr. the Central Stn. DRESDEN Prager Strasse 47. Steam-heat. REALLY WELL HEATED HOUSE ===== Pension on moderate terms. Elevator running day and night. DRESDEN CHINA :: Own workmanship :: Lowest prices :. :: Retail Export Wholesale A. E. STEPHAN, 4, Reichs Strasse succ. to Helena Wolfsohn Nachf. Leopold Elb. papers under its more or less direct control are numbered by the hundred. If an antagonist cannot be bribed, his character is attacked to such an extent that the public hesitates to place reliance in his state ments. But if there is any truth in the old proverb, Congo maladministration must cease sooner or iater. Some day the world will set apart a few hours in which to thoroughly investigate the innumerable charges against King Leopold’s monopoly, and if one tithe of them are proved, the forces of civilisation will rise up and obliterate this hell on earth run for the benefit of a few soulless financiers. 2) Trade Mark. Establ.1843 Relchs Strasse 2 Telephone 2456 ♦ ♦ ♦ Itflmberser Piatz l Telephone 8864 PRINCE ITO ASSASSINATED. TOKIO, 1 uesdav.—Prince Hirobumi Ito, Resident General in Korea, has been murdered at Charbin by a Korean. The murdered nobleman was one of Japan’s lead ing statesmen, and throughout the greater part of his life was closely connected with the foreign ad ministration of the Nipponese Empire. He was 71 years of age and had four times been Premier of the Japanese Cabinet, finally resigning in 1901. He had also served as Governor of Hiogo and Vice- Minister of Finance. In 1803 he spent a year in London, and subsequently made several extensive trips to Europe. His appointment to the Residentship of Korea was hailed on all hands as a wise and diplo matic move. Under previous dictators the unhappy Kingdom had suffered extremely. Rebellions were of everyday occurrence, but were ruthlessly crushed out by Japan’s iron heel. Prince Ito from the first had advocated milder measures, and his represen tations finally met with a tardy acceptance. It is certain that this assassination will revive the svstem of repression in Korea and be fruitful in calamities for the country. The murdered prince was a kind and courteous gentleman, and earned golden opinions from the many European statesmen with whom lie had private or political dealings. TOKIO, Tuesday.—The report of Prince Ito's as sassination, which just arrived here, has created an enormous sensation. Telegrams from Charbin state that Prince Ito was shot dead or stabbed on the platform of the railway station at Charbin as lie was conversing with M. Kokovtkov, the Russian Mi nister of Finance. There is at pres-nt no information as to the identity of the assassin, except that he is a Korean, and it is not known "'whether he was cap tured. By appointment to the Saxon Court. CHARBIN, Tuesday.—The assassination of Prince Ito took place this morning at 9 o’clock. He had just left his railway carnage and, in company with the Russian Minister of Finance and several Russian officers, was in specting the guard of honour, preparatory to conversing with the group of foreign Consuls who had assembled to greet him. Suddenly several shots were fired in rapid succession. Struck by three bullets the Prince fell to the ground. M. Kavakami, the Japanese Consul-General, was also hit and badly wounded, but not dangerously. The director of the South Manchurian Railway, M. Tanako, was slightly wounded in the foot. The assassin was taken into custody. CHARBIN, Tuesday.—The murder of Prince Ito was obviously the result of a carefully prepared conspiracy. At the station of Tsaitsagou yesterday three suspicious Koreans were arrested by the Russian police, and found to be armed with loaded revolvers. The assassination was impossible to prevent, as the railway officials, on the express wish of the Japanese Consul-General, had per mitted the free entry into the station of all Japanese, and the murderer himself has a distinctly Japanese appearance. Everybody who accompanied the Prince was exposed to the same danger. M. Kokovtzov, the Russian Minister of Finance, was standing much nearer Prince Ito than the Japanese Consul, who was wounded. NEWS OF THE WORLD. LONDON, Tuesday.—In answer to a question in the House of Commons last night, referring to his correspondence with Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, * the ‘ Prime Minister stated’ that the correspondence in question could not be regarded as complete be fore he had an opportunity of replying to the Ad miral’s last communication, which had only reached him on the previous day, Sunday. MODENA, Tuesday.—The Tsar of Russia, travel ling in strict incognito, reached here last evening at 7.5 o’clock, and departed twenty minutes later. While waiting here the Imperial train was boarded by M. Pichon, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, who travelled with the Tsar as far as Chambery and was invited to dinner with his Majesty. Another guest at the Imperial table was M. Isvolski, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Tsar was in the best of spirits, and laughed and joked with his guests. At the conclusion of the meal MM. Pichon and Isvolski had a 35 minutes’ conversation in the course of which, it is affirmed, they briefly discussed practically every political question of moment, and exchanged private assurances which constituted an amplification of the cordial sentiments contained in the Royal toasts at Racconigi. As the train pulled into Chambery, the Tsar was seen to take an ex ceptionally cordial farewell of M. Pichon. LONDON, Tuesday.—The House of Lords has now passed in third reading the Irish Land Bill, after amending it considerably. It is stated in political circles today that the Chief Secretary for Ireland will advise the House of Commons to reject en bloc the Lords’ amendments when the Bill comes before them again. ATHENS, Tuesday.—In well-informed circles it is reported that the Ligue Militaire, which instigated the recent military erneute, will be dissolved at the conclusion of the Chamber’s present session. It is not yet known definitely whether the King will retain the throne, but there are rumours of a pending ab dication and that his Majesty will retire to private life in Scandinavia. NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Otto Mueller, who was accused of murdering Mrs. Anna Luther, of Weida, whose body was found on Long Island some time ago, has now confessed to the crime. He shot the woman dead with a revolver and then skilfully hid the body, he said. The police are now searching for oilier women whom Mueller is believed to have married and then murdered for their money. Paul Marksch DRESDEN DYER AND CHEMICAL CLEANER Stretilener Stnissel 5 Telephone 2456 * ♦ * First class establishment. Branches in all parts of the town. mttldiDu strasse 15 Telephone 3878
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