News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 24, 1915

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— The colored people of America possess property valued at $700,000,000. One tenth of this sum is invested in churches.

— There is now a direct cable between Great Britain and Russia. It runs across the North Sea, up along the coast of Norway, around the North Cape, and into Alexandrovsk, in the White Sea. The cable was laid in eleven days, and is considered a remarkable piece of work. It will be used at present exclusively for government purposes, but after the war it will be of immense commercial value.

— The historic Liberty Bell will be sent to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in spite of the danger of its becoming injured by the removal. This action was taken by the Philadelphia Council on April 15, in response to numerous requests from all parts of the nation, among them one from President Wilson. The bell is not to be sent, however, until after July 4, as it is to be a feature of a celebration in Philadelphia on that date.

— Both Germany and England will throw open their prison camps for the inspection of the United States Commission of Investigation. The commission will make a thorough inspection of every prison camp in the two countries, and will be permitted to examine prisoners when their guards are not within hearing distance. They will hear all complaints and act as arbiters where grievances exist. It is expected that in their report to the warring nations they will recommend the adoption of uniform prison policies in the general treatment of prisoners.