One who recently returned from a tour through several countries "of Europe gave vent to the view that in the Scandinavian lands the workman had made the greatest advance towards his ambition of becoming a lord of creation. We have yead that a bricklayer in Sweden makes a larger salary than a colonel in the army, while domestics in Denmark toil only slightly and spin somewhat—less, yet their employers have to see to it that they live after the manner of Solomon in all his glory. But nemesis now seems to be awaiting all these people from the direction of Germany. The workmen of Denmark have gone so far on the path of freedom (from work) that Danish employers are now finding that when they want articles manufactured, it is more profitable to send the raw material to Germany and have, the work done there. Danish books are now being published in Germany, the small tailors have given up: business because the sewing: can be done so much cheaper by Germans, and unless the workers call a halt' to their demands, the cigar and cigarette makers have stated that they too will be forced to turn Germany. Apparently the Germans aye one of the few races in Europe who have not forgotten how to work, and they may once more claim the merit of waking up the rest of the continent. They did it once before in matters military, and became unpopular thereby, but we fancy they might not be quite so unpopular if they were able to wake up another class of people to the necessity of salvation through honest labour, Mr. C. P. Yin, managing direefor of the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo—Railways, has, after receiving the approval of the Ministry of Communications, granted the railway employees substantial increases. This is the result of a recent petition by them.
_._A-vernacular paper reports that since the fall of Yochow, General Chang Chin-yao has been suffering from nervous breakdown. In a telegram to the Government the other day, he informed the authorities that the state of his health is such that it requires immediate medical attention. His proposed trip to the Capital to answer the charges brought against him has consequently been postponed.—We seer to have heard a similar story many times before. li
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