Review of reviews and world's work . MILITARY DRILL AT HASKELL INSTITUTE. THE ZONE-TARIFF SYSTEM OF HERR GABRIEL VON BAROSS. A COMMUNICATION FROM DR. KOROSl, OF BUDAPEST. THERE appeared in oiir New York morningpapers of May 10, among the minor androutine cablegiams sent from Europe by the Asso-ciated Press, the following simple announcement: Budapest, Hmigary, May 9.—HeiT Gabriel vonBaross, Minister of Commerce and Transportation, diedto-day. So far as we have observed, the death of MinisterBaross has, in this country, passed wholly without. THE LATE GABRIEL VON BAROSS,Hungarian Minister of Co
Review of reviews and world's work . MILITARY DRILL AT HASKELL INSTITUTE. THE ZONE-TARIFF SYSTEM OF HERR GABRIEL VON BAROSS. A COMMUNICATION FROM DR. KOROSl, OF BUDAPEST. THERE appeared in oiir New York morningpapers of May 10, among the minor androutine cablegiams sent from Europe by the Asso-ciated Press, the following simple announcement: Budapest, Hmigary, May 9.—HeiT Gabriel vonBaross, Minister of Commerce and Transportation, diedto-day. So far as we have observed, the death of MinisterBaross has, in this country, passed wholly without. THE LATE GABRIEL VON BAROSS,Hungarian Minister of Commerce and Railways. notice or comment. The world grows smaller everyday, and our knowledge of distant lands and theirguiding spirits becomes constantly more intimate ; butthere is still room for vast improvement in this re-gard. The language of Hungary tends perhaps tokeep that interesting country a terra incognita, but,after all, it is not necessary to learn the Magjartongue in order to appreciate the Magyar-land andits brilliant men. Gabriel von Baross was still inthe years of his early prime, but he had shown him-self a statesman of the highest order, and a master of transportation systems and methods without a peerin all the world for grasp and originality. The mostmonumental of his various reforms and innovationsis the Hungarian Zone-Tariff system put uito opera-tion by him nearly three years ago. On August 1, 1889, a radical reform in railwaypassenger rates was introduced by the HungarianGovernment—an innovation which has at
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