Current Events and Developments
By Editor
Despatches from Rome state that the pope intends to name two more American cardinals at the consistory in the month of November. News of this character helps to keep in mind how rapidly the power and influence of the Papacy is increasing in this country. And we should remember that the prophetic Word points out the fact that it is from this country that the pope will regain his power to rule the world. It is interesting to watch the developments that so clearly point in that direction. Col. L. M. Maus, of the medical corps of the United States army, in an address before the convention of the Association of Military Surgeons in Baltimore on October 2 stated that repeated investigation had revealed the truth that there is not a single benefit to be derived from the use of alcohol. He said the use of alcoholic stimulants has no place in either the army or the navy either as a medicine or as a beverage, and recommended that their use be debarred by law. An instrument called the “barocyclometer” has been invented that is said to be so delicate in its action that it will detect a hurricane five hundred miles away. It is stated that these instruments are being installed by the Navy Department with the hope that through their aid the vessels at sea will be able to steer clear of destructive storms. The despatches make it quite clear that a treaty of peace has been signed between Italy and Turkey. Turkey hastened to agree on terms of peace so as to be left free to handle the situation in the Balkans. A hunger strike throughout Great Britain is proposed by the leader of the suffragist movement there unless parliament shall give satisfactory attention to their demands. Sixty thousand tons of California canned and dried fruits are being shipped to Europe this year, a large part of it going to Germany.