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We recently recorded the fact that on tion was established between the Pacifie The San Francisco papers of the 20th uit. and Atlantic coasts of the United States. devote a great amount of space to the achieve The following interesting extract is Britain, guardian of the seas,
from the San Francisco Chronicler Whose garant ships (may Heaven speed New York over the transcontinental tele. The first call that cane yesterday from
phone line to San Francisco was from Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, and it was for Thomas A. Watson IMPERIAL MINERAL WATER CO., who made the first instrument and who with Bell thirty nine year ago, held the first con- versation that over passed over telephone wire. Watson came out to San Francisco. from his Boston home especially to be present at this end of the line at the formal opening and talk with his old chief.
Defend the wide world's liberties
Dount not where our true feelings liej
against the common foe of Freedom;
Although it suits us to supply
We would not have you come a cropper,
That commion Foo with copper.
[The recent boom in the export of copper from Amerien to the noutral nations is vory The Peking Gazette, in the course of significant. If the enemy'a supplies of this leading article on the subject of Japan's article-an essential in the manufacture of dermands says In spite of the state-cartridges, ets-were cut off, the war would ment of the Times, which has been come to a speedy end. obviously misled, it is safe to state that september and October, 1914, show an The figures for the Powers named will never acquiesce in increase of nearly 400 per cent. over the the eleven demands demands which, if extorted from China, will practically Convert South Mulieria and Eastern Mongolia into Japaness provinces and Shantung into a Japanese Protectorate. It must be emphasised that serious as these demands undoubtedly are, they pale into insignificance besides those originally presented to China, the granting of which even at this moment is being pressed for by Japan. Bub it admits of no possiblo doubt that this country will stand firm to the end, realising, as it does, its pre-Dear Land of Hope, in which we trust, bent diplomatic strength Let us restate the position. The Japanese Minister pre- sented a series of twenty-one demands direct to the President; the demands are stated by some to be twenty-one in number and by others twenty, but at all events not less than a score, which, if granted, would instantly convert the whole of this country into a mere colony of Japan. This country knows that at least three of the Great Powers have shown and are at this moment showing. doop interest and grave anxiety respecting these demands and that Japan, in order to allay this natural uneasiness on the part of these Powers, has committed ker- self in writing to the statement that her demarche consista of no more than eleven demands. This country also knows that this extraordinary action of Japan has had the effect of strengthening the hands of the Government in dealing with the sinister situation created by Count Okuma a man known among his own people as
creature of ill-omen.
Beneath whose ample wings we snuggio, Safe from the Kaiser's culture-lust
And free to live and smile--and smuggles Devoted to the peaceful arts,
We keep our conduct strictly proper, Yes all the time you have our hearts
(And Germany our copper). Although the crown is theirs alone
Whe crush the tyrant's bold ambitions, Peace hath her profits, all her own, And you whe fight for Freedom's aims
Derived from contrablad munitions;
Will surely shrink to put a stopper Lpon our bagmen's righteous clans
And burst the boom in copper.
Once more we swear our hearts are true,
And, like the tar's connubial token, "It doesn't matter what we do
If we but keep that pledge unbroken, So while we pray for Prussia's fall,
And look to your stont arm to whop her, We mean to answer every call She makes on us for copper,
9. Sin lunch.
THE GERMAN GREETING :
Watson took up the receiver and listened, came over the wire from New York.
Ahoy! Altoy Watson, are you there?" "Yes, Dr. Bell," answeret Watson, I hear you perfectly. Do you hear me well }”
THEIR FIRST TEST IN 1875, "Yes," said Bell, "your voice is perfectly. distinct. It is as clear as if you were here 3,000 miles away. Do you remember, Watson, in New York, instead of being more than that evening thirty-nine years ago when we conversed through the telephone on a real Ime for the first time
"Indeed, I do," replied Watson, "That line was two miles long, running from Boston to Cambridge. You were overjoyed at the success of the experiment."
We are now talking over 3,000 miles,” said Bell, "as easily as we talked over two miles thirty-nine years ago."
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have certainly done wonderful things with your invention since that first outdoor test. We must not forget that the circuit we are talking over is really 6,800 miles long, as, of course, the earth cannot be used for the return now as we used it then.'
17.
THE FIRST TRANSMITTER
At this point Dr. Bell switched on to the FRENCH LESSONS
G. MOUSSION,
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the reported Japanese threat to deliver an ultimatum to this country s translated into action, the nation will expect the Authorities to communicate on the subject officially with Great Britain, Russia, America and France the Powers who have been made parties by Japan
line an exact copy of the original telephone herself to the negotiations which the GOD PUNISH ENGLAND!” mado by Watson in 1875, and, using it as the latter has now signified her intention of
transmitter, continued his conversation with resuming with China on the basis of the The amazing outburst of hatred against Watson as casily as before. The original original demands presented by His Excel England in Germany is responsible for instrument does not now exist, but parts of leney Dr. Hioki to the President a new form of greeting which has it were incorporated in the replica Dr. Bell Indeed, wo urge upon the Government displaced the conventional formulas of and yesterday. An additional touch of most strongly the necessity of at once salutation and farewell: "God punish sentimenit came from the fact that a taking these Powers into its confidence, England (Gott strafe England!) is portion of the original wire over which Bell if not indeed trusting the destiny of the the form of address, to which the reply and Watson first spoke was in the circuit CONCERNING ANOTHER ENAMEL country at this moment to them. How-is: May God punish her!" (Gott from New York to San Francisco. ever much Great Britain and Russia may tuoges strafen ). This extraordinary" When the crowd in the room applauded be absorbed in the titanie struggle of formula, which is now being used all over the conversation Dr. Bell told Watson that nativas raging on the costinent of Germany, is celebrated in a set of verse he heard the cheers perfectly. Then Theo 'Europe, there can be no doubt that neither by Herr Hochstetter in a recent number dorn Vail at Jekyll Island and on the line of these countries will calinly stand by of the well-known Gorman weekly Lustige and the three men, the inventor and his and see Japun perpetrate what in the | Blätter. ; In its way this poem is as assistant, and the head of the moderni con- languago of American journalism would remarkable as Herr Ernst Lissauer's pany which has mado occan-to ocean speeck be described as an act of international famous" Hymn of Hato.”—Daily Mail.. possible, congratulated each other. brigandage," unprecedented in the entire This is the German greeting record of civilised international interWhen men their fellows ucet, course
what time since
medieval The merchants in the market-place, standards of political relationa ceased to The beggars in the street. be lawful. As regards America, it is impossible to believe that President Wilson, who is known and respected for God punish England, brother →→ his rigid and austore standard of State Yen 1 Punish her; O Lord!” morality and political honesty to which With raucous voice, brass-throated; he fully acts up, will remain silent and Our German shells shall bear unmoved by the spectacle of a great This curae that is our greeting national wrong that will shoul to the To the "cousin" in his lair. world for redress. It is absolutely neceeThis be our German battle-cry, ing, Pedder Streol, to No, TIA, CAINE ROAD. WOOD WORK, BRICK WORK, Bary for the Government and people of The motto on our sword
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A pledge of bitter enmity Thus rune the winged word a
Japan to realise this, ore it is too late, "God punish England, brother!—.. and reflect upon the probable cons. Yea Punish her, O Lord!" quences of a course of action which is By shell from sea, by bomb from air, certain to antagonise the whole civilised. Our greeting shall be sped, world. And let us force the fact upon Making each English homestead the earnest attention of Japan of the A mansion of the dond. imperative necessity, in her own self- And even Grey will tremble interest, of abandoning once and for all As falls each iron word: time the idea that she
can bring into Punish her, Lord!"
God punish England; brother- requisition, in her diplomatic dealings with this nation, the same crude methods This is the German greeting, that characterised her relations with our When men their fellows meet, people when an effete and corrupt The merchants in the market-place, régime held the septre of power in. The beggars in the street, Chins. She must realise that a new page A pledge of bitter enmity has been opened in the history of this old Thus runs the winged word: land across which a nobler chronicle is | “God punish England, brother!— destined to be inscribed.
You ! „Punish her, O Lord!!!
Translated by Ĝ. VALENTINE WILLIAMS.
THE WATER POLICE OF
KWANGTUNG PROVINCE.
The Ministry of Interior recently sub- the mitted the following petition to President requesting that Tsai Chung- heng be appointed Chief of the Water. Police of Kwangtung Province, and that he be exempted from audience, etc.:-
In a despatch of Li Kuo-yun, Governor of Kwangtung, it is stated that in the 8th month of the 2nd Year of Min Kuo, Tsai Chung-brug was appointed: Acting Chief of the Water Polics Just about the time that the rébellion was suppressed, seditious influences were still at work and the mind of the people was not settled. The said Acting Chief sent out detectives to arrest many rebels, and captured a pirate stearn vessel. Thus order was restored in the local places. In the 10th mouth of last year, when the rebels tried to raise a rebellion in Kwangchow, and perpetrated three successive bomb out- ragos, the said Acting Chief succeeded in effecting the arrest of the principal platters, who were afterwards executed. In token of his conspicuous services, the President conferred on him the 1st Class Melal and the 3rd Class Chia-ho Decora- tion, He is, therefore, admirably fitted for the post of Chief of the Water Police of that province, his past record is hereby sent to the Ministry to be forwarded to. the President, etc.
Kwangtung is a maritime province, and. is a network of water courses, on which both Chinese and foreign steamers con- stantly ply. The rebels have from time to time attempted to cause trouble. If peaco and order are to be permanently main tained in the Canton Delta, it is essential that a competent man should be appointed to assume charge of the Water Police. If it is decided that Tsai Chung-heng be appointed, it is further requested that he be exempted from coming up to Feking; for audience, as much time will be un- necessarily wasted in the journey to the
asted in th cavital.
The President's Reply-Tai Chung heng has been appointed to this most by a Presidential Mandate, and he, is hereby Lexempted from audience.
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When Dr. Bell first spoke over the tele- phone to Watson he was a poverty stricken teacher of 28 now he is 68 Watson was then 22. Ho is now 62.
HOW THE INVENTION CAME ADOUT.
In 1875, while Bell was working on a acherae for barnionic telegraphy, he heard by chance in one of his machines the twang of a metallic reed which Watson had snapped in the instrument at the other end of the wire. The telephone came to hip like a dnsh. Using the plan of the human ear as model, be worked out the. first telophone instrument which Watson constructed.
It was a long, hard struggle to win accep tance for his invention. Dom Pedro of
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Brazil turried the seals. Fell had succeeded in getting his telephone exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, and hail obtained 'n promise that the judges would examine it on a certain day.
That day was hot, the judges were tired. They came into the room, but were on the point of leaving contemptuously without giving the instrument a trial when Dom samples: Pedro de Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil, ne- companied by the Empress and a bevy of courtiers, walked into the room by chance and spied Bell.
THE EMPEROR BETTLED IT.
Dopi Pedro-had not Bell once before in the class-room and had been interested by the young scientist, He asked to try the new invention. Taking up the receiver while Bell went to the transmitter at the Ne knew what was about to happen, other end of the wire, the Emperor listened, when the Emperor, with a dramatic gesture, raised his head from the receiver and ex- claimed, with a look of utter amazement.
My God, it talks!"
The judges could not neglect, a man whom the Emperor of Brazil was interested in. With them were Sir Willian Thomson, after- wards Lord Kelvin, and Jospeh Henry, then the masters of electrical science. They, to listened, and Sir William said:
“It does speak. It is the most wonderful thing I have seen in Amerien."
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