New York Tribune (New York, NY) 1909-08-01 [p 7]TOWN OFFICIALS OF
TIAHUANACO, BOLIVIA. SCENE IN LA PAZ.
The adobe huts near the highway are decorated, some with white
flags, signifying "pisco for sale,"
and others with bunches of flowers on poles, to
show that the residents have enough and to spare of the less fiery
beverage called cblcha (here made from maize; though in Chill It is
made from grapes). And what sort of people are these natives? You
might ask the little "slave girl,"who sits on the floor of our
coach, her dolls in her lap— of her but the head and shoulders
swallowed up In
spot, which are Instantaneous impressions -so t<> speak— of
things actually observed by myself »nd noi of things reported to me
by others, it will be sai'i l.y oversealoua advocatea and
advertisers of the West coast, republics that Ihave erred In re-
garding as true slavery a form of apprenticeship,"
• Ich :>< quite a different matter. I shall, there- fore,
read to you a note dated In June, lDOti, whlcU relates to
apprenticeship, not to true slavery, ami proves that Iknew the
difference In a minute and years tipro.
In a shipload of 740 convicts recently taken to Devil's Island and
the other two islands compris- ing the group of lies dv Salut,
lyingorf tlv- of French Quiana, constituting the great French penal
settlement, was a man whose caae la strik- ingly similar to th*
Dreyfus case. Doomed to a lifetime of the sufferings which Dreyfus
endured for five years, this man. a Jew like Dreyfus, but an
officer of the French navy Instead of the army, was convicted, like
Dreyfus, of treasonable corre- spondence with Germany. The man,
C'harle9 B. I'llmo, a lieutenant la tha French navy, was ar- rested
In Toulon in the fall of 1907 charged with trying to sell secret
otnVial documents to German spies. These documents were said to
reveal the. channels to five great naval ports of France. A naval
cipher code was missing. In con6*>queuce of the leak French
navul tartlcs and code bookd wars revised. It is said that L'llmo
confessed his crime. Dreyfus, also, waa said to have confessed by
the
Xavnl Officer Convicted of Treason-
able Correspondence with Ger-
LLLMO SENT BY FRAME
like case or dki;vfus
COOK IN LA PAZ.
"The march la resumed until the noxt stage is reached, and then
another change of partners goea
into effect. Vy the time the party returns to the house there has
been usually a complete change of partners all around.
"This isn't any summer amusement. In fact, a tramp through the enow
with the thermometer
A New Form of Entertainment in
Canada. "Did you ever hear of a walking party?** asked
a young woman who bad just returned from a long stay in Canada.
"No. Idon't mean little walking trips across country in \u25a0which
a group of persons engage, but a form of evening's entertainment.
Those Canadian girls seem to be taking exercisa continually, and
any social affair Is all the more enjoyable acruss the border if it
Includes what seems :> some of us a lot of bard work.
"Invitations to a' walking party are sent out with
Just as much ceremony as if the affair was to be a dance or a
theatre party. It is essential fur a per- fect walking party that
there shall be an equal
number of young men and young women. Thosa Invited meet at the home
of lbs hostess at tbs usual time for an evening affair. The guests
are paired off and the route of the walk is announced. "It isn't
any walk around the block by any
means. Five BOOBS at the toast. One man acts as a master of
ceremonies, and as and his partner lead the procession from the
house. When the parade has moved a certain specified distance the
leader calls a halt and turns his partner over to the man of the
next leading coupie. Then each man moves up one, the leader taking
lbs girl at the foot of the line.
WALKING PASTIES.
death through deprivation of milk ar><l other nour- ishing
food, Dreyfus refused to die. His Jailers fell ill, left the Island
or died. Dre>fus stayed and lived, for be believed it his
destiny to prove him- self innocent before the world. lie was put
in Irons when disease had made him unable to walk. Owing to the
pressure of the irons, his ankles swelled and were lacerated. Soon
they were cov- ered, with suppurativc wounds penetrating to the
bone. Every morning ihe Irons, stained with bloody rust, wars
removed, and the wounds were dressed. 6O that they might begin to
h?al a ar.d every n^iht the irons were riveted on the raw flesh
anew.
For two months this cruel ordeal lasted. Unable to break his will
with physical tortures, the Jailers tried to poison Dreyfus*! mind.
They allowed him,
to sea only copies* of his wife's letters, and these contained
cruel interpolations. They next withheld all letters, and said,
"Your family has abandoned you." To that the half-erased martyr of
Devil's Island shrieked answer. "Monsters, you lie!" but some of
the lies rankled In the bosom 01 the un- fortunate man until he was
removed Is France from the hellish Isle dv Diable.
DEFERRED.
The Pessimist— We'll pay for all this fine weather later on.
The Optimist—Well, cheer up! That's the regular time lor pairing
for things, isn't it?— Puck.
Walked Into August Chamber and Occupied
Vacant Desk. The American people ones elected a tailor to
the»
Presidency, and doubt!es3 many manipulators of the shears and goose
have sat In tha seats of th« mtshty by election, but only one-,
according to reminiscences and anecdote, did; a tailor mako him-
self at home on the Coor of the United States Sen- ate when ha had
no constituency to represent.
The tailor was Hermann Morita Riedel. of Phila- delphia, who came
to Washington In April,1863, to attend the exciting scenes aoxtaai
the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson. a fellow?
craftsman. And this la the account of bow ho wit* n<?sse<l
theso proceedings M published la **Ths Washington Republican" of
that day: "A jrv>od looking Teutonic friend of ours a day
or two since mada an earnest appeal to our iiug- Kina for a tlckt-t
to the Senate to listen to what was jfcins forward a: the
impeachment trial. Musgina. as is hid wont. In th.j kindness of his
sou!, consented to furnish Teuton with the talis- manie pasteboard
which effects the open sesame to the Senate chamber, and also
assured our friend that he would accompany him to tha gallery ami
find him an eligible seat. Muggins and Teuton started to work their
way In, but Muggins was) detained outside of th« do^r for a few
moment* and our (;.>rm.in friend went on and passed th« vigilant
sentinels at th-> outer door and went cJl- rectly to ihe
entrance of the fenate chamber and wad admitted by the Kf-ntiemanly
ushers under the belief, probably, that he was a member of
t'ongre-s, and passed through th* vestibulo and took hia feat in
tho first vacant chair, and. ther« remained during: the entire
session in tbs confident belief that he was entitled to the
seat."
Th»» descendants of Hern;ann Jiiedel ar<» Ihrin? In Washington
now. The tailor, who was a "top- DOtcher" at his tradf\ according
to all account*, <:.'•! in '\u25a0.". having declined a pension
after sal- lant servica as a marine during the Civil War.—
Washington I"os:.
somewhere down near aero Is considered awfulV good sport. But be !t
Bummer or winter, th» par- ticipants in a walki.it; party return
ready to enjoy the supper which winds up the evening.
"One thing against thesa walking parties, to mr mind, is the
continual changing of partners.
- You
no sooner get Interested in your companion than you huve to turn
him over to another girl. Mayb* you draw a good partner at the
btart and a fewr minutea later get a stick. Of course. It Is emi-
nently tali to every girl and to every man, but some girls, you
know, delight in being unfair when there is a man In, tho case. As
an akl to flirtation these watt parties aren't worth one or those
bis; Canadian cents you sco sometimes, but a3 an exerciser they are
all to the good. And. after all. the exercise la what theaa
Canadians are looking—
Washington Post.
TAILOR TOOK SENATOR'S SEAT.
From that tlinf tlie policy <if Argentina was clearly Aeflne4.
S!.e saw that tne must frustrate by every menr.s In her jmwer
Chili's efforts to •tret :. her lore, thin line still further
toward the nonfc. inother wordi. Pr-ru's intense hatred of th«
cation •whi.-Ii hn'l conquered and brutally op-
preesed her must he used as a kind of Great "Wall tf China. Peru*
strength muet be built up. Of courts ArßFntina «nd Peru became firm
allies by
tfrcond-A S<»neral war. involving every country !r. that part of
the New World which lies below ;h« equator, is i:iprospect. If.
I'eru and Argentina.
lirr.zl! and Chili erroneously assume that the time [or the
partition of Bolivia has actually come.
Third—The announcement that the government «!:j people of Bolivia
have refused to accept the.... by the President of the
Argentine
I'.epubiic as arlitrator of a boundary dispute with JVry
etMXfkisoiiit- j-eopl*In our i^rt of the world «nd ab« Inlor
disgusted otiiers. Perhaps :. 1 1 .ng
i«s» narUiiiß or shockine could have directed at-
tention to a last-diR-h star.U InBolivia's extraordi-
i.*rjBSrSSjaia to preserve her existence as a nation.
EIVALS FOR LEADERSHIP. Inorder to understand the situation we must
first
rfs'lie that Argentina and Chili both aspire to I»»(Jerth!p la
Souih America, and are keen, in- tngu!r;g riv-ils. The latter, aui
insaaf nl In the war• :. Peru ar.d Boli\ia. (lhfl War of the
Pacific slrendy mentioned >. Increased her •«\u25a0••.;:; on the
north at the expanse of the allies. The provinces thvii transferred
were and are exceedingly valuable. *c fact, it is customary to cay
that even the enor- mous Indemnity paid by Prance to Germany was
taoderate lri eoinparlßrin with the indemnity «• acted by
victorious «'hili.
B. Man-Inn Wllfws.
\u25a0\u25a0 Ch* course of forty-live years Bolivia has rur- H BRti
m her relatively powerful neighbors more than aos-BSif of her
national Territory. For ex-
tKr'*.l'fr *"*ir*sratterfroßt was acquired by i.hill
en tbt conclusion cf the so-called V\'ar of tfas Pa- tiSc. Kow Tf
«S4 lier out off from the world, lm- prismwJ. rarrojndcd on all
side? by rival states,
itfcich »re only jTeveited by their jealous fear of f»ch other from
urjdnpr upon her attention the ad- viMfcllity of submitting t<i
dlPßi^nibfrmc'nt. Her *!tuaUon recalls tbMX of I'oland \n the
eishteenth and Btaeteestli ccj-.t^rics. and at first glance a •»»-
tffrt of history is likely to say that a \u25a0 shall soon tt
d!»cussinK tl.e partition of Bolivia, ewn as our iincMicrs to of
i< i. and with so much sympathy
C!?fUks»a th? partition of Poland.
But valt a moment. A different rosult, and a rr.uch bettt-r cir.c.
may l>e anticipated. Although
tWtj one must i-::iceile that Holivia cannot POBSl- bjy maintain a
larjre army for the defence <>f li-r thrur.k^n domain, since
the national revenues are >» than those of many a prosperous
.-int-ss house in Broadway, n new force is at work la that tkylsnd
cf South Anu'iica— working: in Renuino
American Cushion, r!"1 tlcalljr.un;>reitmioufly, but verj
psverfully in ttvor of j>eace, the general vc-i-
M » an: pr<«gr»-t-s. •
HoM'ii. reroote as it is, inaccessible as it seems. may t* caliKi
at this .-..•\u25a0 the most interesting- country of South America,
for three reasons:
Psm— ln the present crisis our own people may
»ay* the ii«ys'nipl; by completing, with due regard
lor ihe ris&ts cf all concerned, the work they have ujidtrtak'n
m connection with Bolivian railways
and mines.
South American Republics.
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iiaart Al/»4t«. FiasrUUr. "
'
\u25a0BOBBSj by the treaty of Pctropolis, agreed to sub- \ ir.it
their claims to Argentina for arbitration there *b*res.:!y not v
particle of doubt i:. regard to the D&come. Hut Bolivia failed
to realize this until too ass havjnc received in ISO 7 encouraging
re- porti, a«sura:ic*rs, promises from political leaders , In
Buenos Ayre*.
'••»\u25a0• Chill, '"•\u25a0; by that great wall of Pen), rufhed
the arrangements for the completion cf bChOl-BaUvia railway. The
construction of this reoucuin climbing railway connecting
Tacna-Arica* \u25a0'•'• the liolu'ian mlijes and towns, has an im-
I-ortar.t bast us; U| on • .- whole roautr, as we shall •cc.
Now let us fancy we are in La Paz, the moun- Uta built chief
<!ty of Bolivia, when the decision of the boundary dispute
becomes known. it is a *-.o.!y unfavorable decision, contrary to
the prom- !»e« or tf-surar.tes upon which the citizens Bur- noandlm
us had been relying; and the natives 'Tour out of five being
Indians or half-breeds) are Pttfcstrickea. Tr*y cry: -Acceptance of
such twrr.s by (J^r r.atlon would be the nation's suicide!"
CHILI SELFISH PLAN. •*"* tt»r.4i Chili. iej,dy In -•..-, with
her*-***' which Includes the offer of her powerful
•-Pport. It is to the following effect: Rebist: You and Iwill Land
together against
«*0 and Argentina. As for the Argentine troops, nW can hold your
own against them In the In-
\u2666nor, tha&Jcs to jour forests and mountains. if""" u
'
to attack youI»hall gladly send my t to bombard every Peruvian
coast town-osn Mollendo to CaJUo and beyond. Don't try°
t . me. j fcla \u0084jj] y Vto adieus to do It.
fur ir"*!1 nyn'y E!llC «"rltv '
No. you cannot doubt it;
2
U[. " "'ou c"-'ce"-'c"lli'-< to Peru my railway betweeneta« oast
niA your country will be worthies*. •W eour.try would in that event
become an
VtoSf* DOUatOr- °» U» Other hand, if you and I JiH togetr,^, the
railway aforesaid will be very
\u25a0
\u25a0
to both of us."
t»r!^' BoUvlM>l k"" u very well that Chili's un-
|Sli7* I:jotiV* i« land-hunger, and that Bolivian
t:^'t * m P«tJeular!y durable. But the un« »i:il Tr
XlJOtivt' tf Bolivian statesmen Is deeper
***y*et '
*'pan'!ißt tendency in the north -in
, They know that the government at
ef !u!v *°' althou«!i receiving B.jl.vgo ap« rcentatse
"ifieH*m ' uts trota v'u'- norta (the nitrate region)
*i;{„!, vv'J"?'tt scarody any bsasafts In return—***•\u25a0'ili
wll!<1' !<a lo threat* of revolution In W fcveect
' •Jt pl*il1' therefore? Bolivia] hopes
Krary tJng ' ''IJi'*" buJ'f*>rt to gain at leaht a less-
'fc<lu.* ( , inu«c; and it seams to her po»fcib!e to
l*»l *» to <; *i "*"
t&f£Btt!!tl* "n<l Tacaa-Artes communi- hs 'i
•\u25a0•ho*l*"'^
''^''^"dt'ice la order to entab- fur Bo'hi
* " eW repuWlc - That would mean
laii j,ro
Ij.Me r' cf *'«"lost prestige.
*r- *iUib ,'*** *° th I'osamWj of a general Sa tt*t
' -t-
' ' '<* most conservative opinions ""•\u25a0J*;t. Wt do not
increase the danger
of such a catastrophe— on the contrary, we dimin- ish it—by looking
steadily at the facts, the real tendencies. Fortunately, Brazil and
Argentina have i-o much more to gain by peace than by war!
Through years of peace, ItIs plain, the develop- ment of
Argentina'!) vast agricultural resources will give her the
leadership she covets. Argen- tina is so confident of her
superiority In this re- spect that one of her learned publicists
has writ- ten: "The Transandine Railway, which should unite Chili
with Argentina, will remain paralysed for many years at Las Cuevas,
on the Argentine Bide. The statesmen of Chill oppose its
realization, fearing, ns it appears, that this railway would
depopulate Chill by favoring the transfer of Chil- ian laborers to
Argentina, where they would ob- tain higher wages; and as the
population of Chill increases very little, either by vegetative
Increase or by immigration, in a very short time She would see it
diminished. Before long Chill will act in the Game way in the
South, by preventing the South Argentine Railway from crossing her
fron- tier by way of ],as I>a.ias, and the. world Will con-
template with astonishment so strange a proceed- ing."
Through years of peace and wise foreign policy. Brazil, It is
plain, can succeed in controlling all the eastern territory of the
Andean states, simply because she controls that great system of
•water- ways by which the products of those regions must pass to
reach the ocean. And Ithink that Braall, through years of peace,
can secure In the United States as much capital for the development
of transportation facilities as Argentina has obtained from Great
Britain.
Nevertheless If Bolivia, despairing of her own future, now finally
goes to pieces In the fashion that lias so long been expected; if
the weak politi- cal bonds uniting the Sucre district to I«a l'az
are snapped. Brazil and Argentina \u25a0will Infallibly be drawn
Into the scramble for the most valuable fragments. Paraguay, as Is
well known, regards
herself as the rightful owner Of wild lands in the Gran Chaco
region Which Bolivia also claims. There Is another element of
danger. And, finally,
Uruguay, \u25a0which only two years ago nearly suc- ceeded in
making notorious certain grievances against the Argentine Republic,
Will not remain
inactive if Brazil and Argentine fall out.
RESHAPING BY AMERICANS. One need Tint be an optimist In order to
have con-
fidence that th*> enlightened self-Interest of those two great
Plates. Brazil and Argentina, Is to be rfkoried among permanent
forces making for the peaceful solution of all International
disputes. A more important fact i: the present crisis, however, Is
that some of our own people— American civil en- gineerp.
capitalist?, miners, etc., whose enterpris- ing spirit has led them
so far afield, an.i who an'
actively engaged in the construction of Bolivian railways and the
exploitation of Bolivian mines- are binding together various parts
of the threatened republic and practically creating a useful role
for a new Bolivia, who*"* new boundaries will be so dif- ferent
from the old that all our maps will have to be redrawn. In that
sense the old Bolivia (I had almost written "Poland") ls=
doomed.
The new Bolivia will be comparatively secure ana tranquil. All
civilized nations stand ready to main- tain order along routes of
commerce and travel. The turbulent states are those composed of
com- munities which are Isolated through lack of good toads,
railways and other means of communication.
What can be foretold about the political rear- rangement of those
remote districts out of which will be formed a new Bolivia, a new
state. Includ- ing the meat Important part of the old
Bolivia?
Thiß highland region seemed only a few years ago to be most
Inaccessible. But Chili plans to carry lVer Arica railway up Into
the sierrs I nd thence down the eastern slopes to make connection
with navigable river*, and so to furnish transporta- tion to both
oceans. The Peruvian corporation and
the government of Bolivia t*r*- successfully putting through
similar plans for the. extension of the MoUendo, Areq,uipa. Puno
Railway (the South Per- uvian road, with a branch to Cuzco). Now,
if we think 10 a Onisb along rim lines of the..;., railways
we realize that we in dealing with .\u25a0 glon whose connection
with the hubstintial rests of the
world at large must become Intimate, whose bonds of allegiance to
to -ii govcragnent* th« i of Chili und Peru, for instance— win
rather Inevitably be loi't-enM, as were the political bonds which
once I'nlted i .hi.a to Colombi i. instead of an inac- cessible
region with a repellent past, we may
tl.erelore. i>e regarding whit is destined to become a
dinngoged •• !.ufhf.irr unimportant, though
1 ably never to be one of the very great thor- o.ighfar' b of
commerce.
EVERY BOLIVIAN PATRIOTIC. The new state will surely be Bolivia
still—not
Tltlcaca or Aries or Cuzco; for a nation that has fought ho
obstinate)) to maintain Itself despite In-
numerable misfortunes crowded into half a century
of experience gains one thing which offsets its losses, namely, an
Indestructible sen of national- ity. That Is Bolivia's Important
possession, which certainly has Increased at, her other possessions
have diminished; and patriotism Is. it seems to me, the very best
characteristic of these mountaineers. lhave seen la this Us Pas
v.nd Lake Tltlcaca ro-
aioa assay strange or pitiful or revolting things.
For example, there is slavery—one of "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Institu-
tions that will not disappear completely until long
after a secure modern republic shall have arisen,
and until our good people realise that the Imitation of Christ
to-day for us means the Imitation of
Him who worked in the Interest of \u25a0tuners, Of In- ferior
beings. And so we should do what m can i., help ihe moat
necessitous people in Latin
America. i have been in the came region many strange
types nt character, many natives who are far more titui'i'! than
their own not very- well bred dogs or
horses. A distresslngl) long list 1 have assembled of unfortunate
classes, unfortunate Individuals.
But Ihave never seen In Bolivia iiman without a ii .;.tr>.
Tim foregoing statement in regard to the ex- istence of slavery in
South America will OSStSjAsiy be disputed. 1 have, therefore,
searched aihuiig
j unpublished notes fur the records 1 made on the
the hollow between the dashboard Rnd thn front seat, You become
conscious now and again that there la a Bead, In a coarse manta. In
the line of vision when you look at the dusty backs and lon* cars
of the animals hitched to our comfortless vehicle; and Iseriously
mean that the little creature seated on the floor of the coach at
the driver's knee, or between his knees, could enlighten us In
regard to the relations between the Indian and white races. A
German fellow traveller Is \u25a0peaking about what he calls "the
slave trade" In South America, saying that $10 Is the usual price
paid for a young girl, the purchasers being in many cases citizens
of such large towns as Are- qulpa. La P.ic, etc. The Indian
mothers, he adds, are glad to have offspring, because each child
may
hi? sold. A native lawyer whom I consulted at Slcuani contented
himself with replying that the constitution of his country
prohibits slavery. I consider the truth to be a. follows: Practices
re- sembling the "peculiar Institution" which Ihave observed on
this particular trip are not features of true slavery, but rather
of the old-fashioned ap- prenticeship, Including the payment of an
English pound or two to the parents when they bind out their fhild
for a long period of service. And yet. both In Peru and Bolivia,
any one may see that
Indian domestic servants are treated with such consideration as
people generally extend to their own property (when such property
costs little and can be replaced without serious difficulty),
whereas the other domestic animals too commonly are treated aa
though they had been merely hired. Thp Indians themselves, and only
they, can ten
us ether they are slaves or freemen whether thy» prosperous white
people are slave owners or merely employers. But if we talk with
these bar* vesters In purple scarlet and blue garments we
(\u25a0hall soon And that we must begin by explaining that there is
a state of freedom and that freedom is a desirable condition. As
they get a glimmering of our meaning they may rejoin: "An Indian
who has plenty of ehicha to drink, and is drinking It,is
'\u25a0••\u25a0• An Indian who had chlcha, but has drunk It all, is
anybody's slave." They will tell you that a child who enters a
family In La r.iz as a servant without wages may go home sometime—
the dis- tance is not too great and the master consents!
The mental limitations of the natives might he expressed
mathematically somewhat m.- follows: The aborigines, having
undeveloped brains, cannot think. The halfbreed persons, Including
In this class many who are called white, can, of course, only half
think cannot think to the end— and so quite naturally their
painting and architecture are no( more than one-half thought out.
Vet block- heads who ho vainly try to think, or to express naif
formed thoughts In Keshua and Aymara, are not really misplaced and
without significance in some ungueased providential scheme. They
should prove to be excellent workmen for two duys in each week If
properly handled. Physically this is not a race of was Ings The
Indians go about patiently with bare [.•\u25a0 over frozen ground;
patiently carry on their backs heavier loads than European work-
men hi.- often Willing to lift.
GREENHORNS CAUTIOUS. "Iem ufraid to go with you. Da you
understand
managing » boat?' ••No," replied the youth, "but Inotice that
the
fellow* who know all about it are the ones that gat drowned."—
Philadelphia Ledger.
COUNTRY HOUSE BOLIVIA.BOAT ON LAKE TITICACA.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 1. 1900. ELECTION DAY. LA
PAZ.
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real traitors, who made him*a scapegoat for their \u25a0
acts. There was a secret trial at Toulon, a.-- in the j Dreyfus
affair. The prosecutor of L'llmo, however, ! was a Jewish officer.
Ullmo was said to be much dissipated and an opium eater. Dreyfus's
charac- ! ter was also attacked. The scene of Ullmo's deg- j
radation at Toulon, when the buttons were torn ; from his uniform
and his sword was broken In two ! and he was exhibited with tears
in his eyes before \ Jeering thousands, parallels the public
disgrace of I Captain Dreyfus.
Despite the similarity of the two cases (JUmo may be abundantly
guiltyof the crime of which he was convicted and may amply deserve
almost any punishment, except, perhaps, entombment In the
terrestrial hell of Devil's Island. It baa been naive- ly stated
that the climate Of the lies dv Salut is
healthy. The burning tropical heat of nearby re- gions cannot be
borne by Europeans, provided with comforts, for more tiian two
years at \u25a0 time with- out physical deterioration. Except for a
few palms the islands are practically deserts. Disease la far from
unknown among the wretched exiles, crowd- ed together and
sweltering under the killingrays of the sun. Madness and suicide
are the lot of , many convicts. Within recent weeks it has been •
reported that a few prisoners have managed to escape from the place
of torment by getting small boats and reaching the coast of British
Guiana, there to affright respectable folk with Insistent de- mands
for food and water. It Is hardly credible that th« wardens of the
Islands, which the Devil Is said to envy as an extension to his
dominion, will let any escaped convict enjoy liberty for long; To
embark on a sea of molten brass, to endure the sufferings of
shipwrecked men, to glimpse freedom and then be returned to the
plutonlc Islands— such a fate might well appeal to the minds of the
Tor- quemadaa who agonised Dreyfus.
\u25a0Dreyfus on Devil's Island had the alternative of mfioiatita:
in a little eel] or of being sunstrueh in a tiny courtyard. When he
could not endure the cell he ventured Into the courtyard. Then the
rays of the sun felled him to earth as If he hid Beau Struck with a
club. IllsJailers would grab him by head and heels, it Is charged,
carry htm inside and fling his Insensible body on the cell cot.
With each sunstroke they thought his life was finished. The more
merciful Jailers wanted to leave him in the bun, so that he would
die speedily. After sun- stroke came malignant tropical fever, to
combat which required almost deadly doses of quinine. A* temporary
maniac, with boiling blood and burning brain, then a warned
•kwletou, »io»iy starving- to
BAKER'S MAN IN LA PAZ.