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GERMAN INTERESTS IN SIAM.

second-band stermars of the English lines formerly carrying most of the trade of Sinu; set about forcing the commercial bouses to combine to exclude all other skipping. Bat in this the Gormsá

company was defeated, for the rice-millors not only refused to combine, bul replied by themselves cleartering many weasela, the remit of this step being that the Gorman lines, which when British carried 75 per cont. of the export tralo, now gél no more than 60 par

rent.

True, of the muur Europeans now engaged in the service of the King of Siam Germans are is small minority, boing employed only in the railway and postal branches of the Ministry of Public Works, but this does not mean the extension of any special favour or privilago to

rather than

than supther, but simply that the Siamoss Government has learnt by experi- une from which foreign nationality it is likely to sues the most orient servants.

A Siamese correspondent of a Lonilen paper writes:

It was only to be expected that the reoeut sucress of German diplomacy in inducing the Pazars to intervene in the deliberations of England and Francs regarding Morocco, thereby checking the legitimate aspirations of the latter Power in that direction, would arouss iu Pan-Germanic bosoms a desire to repeat the pleasing operation should opportunity for steing HU ucenr in other parts of the world. That the editor of the weakly review, Der Deutsche, and therefore, a section of the German pc surably public, should. however, consider the recent between England and France agreement

a suitable protozoan Power as affording a regarding Siena

IR quite astonishing for another Conforanen" to thou familiar with Siamese affairs.

The chief object of the Algeciras Conference was to provide an officient Government, at least for such parts as are frequented by Europeans of a country full of fanatics and having practically

no responsibly Govurament of its own, at the same fine ussuring the preservation of atomy and the maintenance of the "Open und it is not to be believed that the Governments of the Powers are still so badly informed as to be ready to agens, even at the instance of Germany, that any such sajt exists to-day in Sian.

Der Deutsche, however, in a root article, which incidentally dem astrates the complate; ness of its ignorance of averything. Sama, express a belief that the sitution in Stam is comparable with that in Morne, and urges the l'an German Party to agilata imm diately for strong German action in Siam, to the and tho 1.bat Augle-French attempts to menopolise the trade of, al generally to dietate to that entry he frustrated.

It has already to said that the figures of the Garm trail with Siam given by Der Deutsche It is stated that 58 por cont. of are inserurale, imparts and til per cont, of exports come from and go to torraany, Great Britain socounting for 1 parant, imperts.nl lii por esat, exporta. As a matter of fset, this last statistios of the Chestoms Dapartment show that of the total Siamese trats at present about 70 per cent. is with the British Bapire qui not 1 per cent, with, Gormang.

The dosire on the part of Per Deutsche to see its county filling an important file in the politics of the world and at the same time dumzing France and England for very possibly be from its own point of view a landable on hul it is not likely to have its desire fulfilled

rrow proposer, with thy mise en scèún which since. it is not rane ivalde that either its own argument or the blind and reckless aspirations of the Pan-German Party will persuade the German Government to commit the folly of proposing international intervention in "the affairs of Sisu ne at present conducted by the wiw ruler of that country.

DANGERS OF ICE.

The article in question maintains that there indisputable proofs that other Powers, partienturly France, ure entoavouring to doxa the *Open Door in Siam, and that German interests and trade there are so large that Germany cannot regel sach udearence with Audi Torance. The indisputable profa** however, not fortheaming while the figures which

are art out to show the great extent of | PARALYSIS IS FROZEN THIRST-QUENCHEUS, German trade are entirely and at absurdly rour, at the artis was considol worthy of remark by the Berlin Carregament of the Standard, and thing has found its way into this English Ps, where (information cerning Siame lain being at such może tretrata in England than in Germany) it has giran riss to sonowiat apprehensive comment.

The general ides now prevalent in Europe concorbing the actual condition of Siam a Torka, a good example of the extraordinary difficulty | with which the mind of man dvorces itself, in the absence of rule rempolling shock from Book after beak impressions enes concsival.

There is a ganerai tendency to fly to ive It is a tendency, however, during a best vace, which shoni its repressed stornly.

Paralysis Parks in the oun of frosan caffee, and the tinkle of a lump of ice in a tumbler of champagas-cup or hock and seltzer has sounded

hden kuoli

of many a good digestion. Apart from the danger of ice oblined from impure sources mushrining thousands of micro organisais, Pas ing itselfivinjurious to the tooth, the mouth, and the digestion.

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*Phe sudden ghill,“ szil Dr. Jasinh Oidfield

an press representative contracts and A too free cracks the enamel of the tooth. indulgence in ice may cause chronic congestion of the aradh and throat, but the most serions injury i umioubtedly caused to the digestiva orgas

na Sun has appeared within recent years; very now and then the foremost newsings fasually English; pretaçe articles emeling Cho Government or approving the policy of the fittle Kingdom, while the investigation, which precoded the floating of the Siames Lean a It is quite likely that on a hot day the man couple of years ago made plain the fact that who ruips down Asality of ice liquid is to naneully the country is thoroughly so running the risk of intrusi paralysis, just as set the general public continuos comfortably in a man has been known to drop daad afler its ancient impression of a queer benighted and drinking rat brandy. In both cases the extrome productive of white elephants, manstrous twins, caused shock, the one resalting in paralysis and and other freaks, where n race of ousdavad the other in failure of the heart's salinn. savages grouur beneath the hood of a crus Lyrandi King. The public, therefore, sees nothing ludierons in the suggestion that the definios of Sism should has taken in hund and determined by the representatives of a civilisation always reude in je up the white man's hurden

Che

«moluments are sufficely attractive.

"A most absurd theory chtains," said Dr. Oldfeld, "that thirst can only be quenched by extreme cold when the thermometer is high.

This is absolutely wrong. The correct and mod instantaneous way of quenching thirst is to drink a cup of hot walk to or but for th sensation of heat will pass all over the buily, followed by a refreshing reaction of coolness." In reality, however. Siam, wilk bor enlight- "It makes me feel absolutely territion to sas ad Mouncek at the head of affairs with her ebilde sucking lumps of ice." and another present good Government use! rapidly growing physician, who emphasised the risks of impurity,

****** commercial importance. prasents a picture of Muay of the dia young children sufer civilised prosperity totally at variaues with the from in hot wasther have been contracted in above iden: She has, moreover, a a definite th

WAY Thire is also the danger of brain trouble. formign policy, careful and persevering al- herence to which has raised her during the Every one who eats ica has felt a sharp pain last ten wears from sitaration of extreme nine from the top of the ous to the roof of dauger to her national existones to a position the skull. This frequnatly develops in young children into meningitis or inflammation of the of complete security, an that she is now

brain. more a subject for the deliberations and con- tentions of a Conference than are other

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ing their own affairs,

One of the main features of the foreign policy A continuous of Sism has been, and is

lasersanen of the "Open Door" painel ple for throughout the many dungers which

Lime from

to time bevat her sha have

modern always within

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has

aut to all formiguers absolutely equal commer- cint privileges, such slight duties and fradu invariably restrictions as she has enforced having i bean willingly agreed to by the Power.

The statement of Der Deuterår regarding the

in Siam may, renade to the "Open Doar therefore, he dismissed as nonsense, mere espreit ally since the Powers are nowaday aware that any attempt on the part of any one of them to cles it would be promptly shocked by the Siantes Government itself, spears in the support of the rest of the world. Before leasing. the subject it may, however, be remarked that

only operations which have the

uring recent times ho attempted in this direction the ware of purely Garman origin. Thus, German-directed Railway Department for some years managed to esate the desire of the Government to purchase railway material hy open tender, and planod all itsorders in Germsay, but at last, antwithstan'l. ing remonst cance from

the very highest. quarters in Berlin, the Siames Government. compollee? the Department to conform to its wishes, with the result that the greater part of this trace passed at once into Belgia nut English hauds, Agan, tho Nord Dea'schor Lloyd, having parehased at heavy prices the!

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