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Political and Social Newsof the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence
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HIGH POSTS IN
BRITISH SERVICE
Governor General of Canada and the
Viceroy of India Are Soon
to Be Named.
PATRONAGE FOR MR. ASQUITH
Slate for Important Place it Not Yet
Fixed.
KING GEORGE IS NO FIGUREHEAD
New Ruler of England Gives Evi
dence of Firmness.
QUICK TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE
Keens III mar If Surprisingly free
from Political ' Ratanclements
of Every Kind Takes
1 Kindly to root Ball.
By PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) With the posts of governor-general
of Canada and viceroy of India both
shortly becoming vacant, Mr. Asqulth will
have a large amount of valuable patronage
at his disposal. It la not yet decided who
hall fill either of these appointments, but
It 1 generally understood that when any
change are made affecting the government
peerw. Earl Beauchamp will be prominently
concerned. Earl Beauchamp Is at the pres
ent , time lord steward of the household.
Jt la not thought that either India or Can
ada, will actually claim Lord Beauchamp,
but there Is a possibility that. If the pre-
mler's present choice of a successor to
Earl Grey In the Dominion declines the
office. Earl Beauchamp may be aelected
In his place. His loidshlp has, of course,
hro some experience of colonial governor
ship, having been for a time lieutenant
governor of New South Wales. It is under
stood that ho Inclines more to an admin
istrative career than a purely political one,
and he la but rarely heard In th House
of Lords.
Kins; Georare ax Lire One.
People who Imagine that King George V.
la going to be a mere figurehead make a
very great mistake. His majesty Is already
. showing a strong hand, has made' aome
unexpeoted changes In connection with his
. court and its recent customs, and has
hinted that there will be otner alterations.
( A high official has openly stated that the
king la not at present Inclined to take
! any very material Interest la horse racing,
'.- tout that he will attend the most Important
meetings later on. An Intimate of his maj-
( esty has declared that George V, finds more
..enjoyment In'a flrat-clnss foot ball majch
or athletic meeting than In a horse race.
King George "doer not" attend his friend
ship so genially as was the case with his
late majesty, and if, as a consequence, he
das fewer private friends upon -whom he
, might rely for advice, U .is said- that his
majesty Is quite satisfied' with a lifelong
friend and adviser, who happens to be a
well known London editor. King peorge,
"therefore, has one great advantage In as
cending the throne. He Is not the head of
a "set.'.' .
It la Impossible to point at any epeclal
or political group and describe them as
"King's men." The .new sovereign has kept
himself wonderfully free from entangle
ments of this kind, and British statesmen
are. very thankful that It is so. There
'v f always a great temptation for the heir
. to the throne to create a "Vet" of his own,
end to favor his friends (even sometimes
to the prejudice of the Interests of the
state)-when tie comes to wield the scepter
himself. King Gorge has carefully avoided
this error.
Women at Oxford.
A statute for regularising the position of
' women students In Oxford university was
promulgated in congregation on Tuesday
afternoon. The university was asked to
establish a new "delegacy for the super
vision of t.omen students," which. 1!U the
other delegacies, would consist of twenty
one members, to be in this case the vice
chancellor and proctors, nine members of
convocation and nine women. Of the latter
one la to bo the principal of the home
. students and the other eight are to be
elected by an' electoral board. On a dlvts
Ion, the preamble of the statute was car
ried by 150 votes to 2S.
Klna's Civil Mat.
" For six months after the late king's death
the financial arrangements that prevailed
In hla lifetime will continue. But long be
fore this period has expired the civil list
of King George will have been arranged
by Parliament. As a matter of fact, when
the House of Commons meets next week a
select committee to deal with the subject
will be appointed. The committee In Wl
which settled the late kind's civil list con
sisted of eight liberals and thirteen con
servatives, the government of the day, of
course, being in the majority. Although
.there were labor members in the House at
1 the time, they were not then an organized
party, and no direct representative of the
working classes was Included In the com
mittee. It may be taken for granted that
labor will be represented on the committee
to be sot up next month, and In all prob
ability Mr. G. N. Barnes, the chairman of
the party, will be Invited to serve. On his
accession. King Edward placed the rev
enues of the crown, his predecessors
hd done, unreservedly et the disposal of
the House of Commons, and the act of Wl
waa passed with the knowledge that those
revenuea belonged to the crown. After full
Inquiry, the elvll list was fixed as follows:
Their majesties' privy purse 110. 000
ftalariee of the roval household...... l-VW
Expenses of the rojaJ household It' 0 0
Works 3O0H
Royal bounty 13. iM")
, Unappropriated moneys 8.(tt)
Total.
.tiTO.frs
Klnir'e Private lueoine.
His majesty also enjoyed the revenues
of tho duchy of Lancaster, which In 19M
amounted to I61.000, while provision was
also made for an annuity of ITO.ou) to her
majesty. Queen Alexandra, on her widow
hood. Being now by law made free to own
property and investments as private Indi
viduals apart from a sovereign capacity,
English monarchs are now among the rich
est of their own subjects, but it la not be
cause of any latitude in the civil list. Theie
is little saved yearly out of that. Formerly,
when the civil list was agreed upon, It was
w""''?,jr the king find queen to go In per
f. jVrltameM for the former to signify
Sue Assent to the compact.
ALEXANDRA TO DANISH HOME
Will Leave England and Take Up
New Residence.
SPRING FLOODS ARE DISASTROUS
Old Hall"' of Morway la Kalahted
In lloi.or of Ilia l.ona; Service
on ' Board Dalab.
Yraaele.
BY ERIC GRL'NDMARK.
COPENHAGEN, Juno 11. (Special Dis
patch to The Bee.) There Is high author
ity for saying that Queen Alexandra of
England will make her permanent resi
dence In Denmark after a short time. Her
majesty always has been very fond of her
childhood home and Is one of the most
popular of trie royalties with the Danlxh
people. She has, I am told, said to friends
since the death of King Edward, that It
was her desire after affairs had settled
down In England to Bpend most of her
time, at her Danish home.
Floods )o Dnmasre.
The floods In Norway, Sweden and I.ap
lurd have been more destructive this
spring than for many years. The warm
wmther has melted the mountain snows
to a dcgTee which have made the streams
raging torrents, destroying a gteat deal of
property, and It is feared there has been
considerable loss of life.
Klnsi Has n Cham.
The king of Sweden and his pretty daunh-
ter-ln-law, who was Princess Margaret of
Connaught, have ben described with great
truth as "perfect chums," and arc almost
Inseparable when they nre both at Stock
holm. Every morning the two walk for at
leest an hour In the beautiful gardens of
the Royal palace, and his majesty has
been heard to declere that he often con
sults her upon state matters. With the
queen of Sweden in Indifferent health, It
has devolved upon the crown princess to
do a larger amount of entertaining than
would otherwise have ben the case, and
her father-in-law declares that she is the
best hostess In Europe. Certainly she pre
sides over large gatherings with rare tact
and distinction.
' llewnrd for Old Salt.
After crossing the North sea 181:2 times
and sailing 1,034,748 miles during his forty
years' service with the Wilson line. Cap
tain George Pepper has Just completed his
last voyage between Chiistlanla to Hull.
He has been appointed by the king of Nor
way a knight of the first class of the
Royal Order of St. Olav. The decoration
Is In the form of a cross surmounted by a
crown, the center on each side bearing the
arms of Norway and the motto, "Faith
ful and True." Captain Pepper, who is 08,
Is a native of Hull, and has been in com
mand for thirty-four years.
Some Ancient Coins.
Tho antiquarian treasures .recently un
earthed in Gothland have arrived in Stock
holm. . They consist of . 1,904 whole coins
and eighty-five Imperfect coins, a fragment
of the border of a clasp, a portion of a
buckle, and some plain pieces of silver.
Tho most recent of the coins date back
to the middle of the eleventh century. The
oldest are ' twenty-eight Arabian coins,
which appear to have been used for orna
ments. Among others, are 1,115 German
coins and 720 Anglo-Saxon pieces, bearing
the effigies of King Ethelred and of King
Canute.
Danish Athletes Jubilate.
Danish athletes are still celebrating their
recent victory over a British foot ball
team In a game played here. It Is the firs.
time on record that a visiting tem n
English foot balltsta has been beaten or.
the continent. As a result, it is probable
a Danish team will go to England fur a
series of games next season,
DEATH OF CONVICT
RECALLS A BUTCHERY
Brlerre Murdered Hla Five I.lttle
Children in a. Blanner Most
Brutal.
PARIS, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) The announcement of thedeath
at the French penal settlement In Guiana
of the convict Brlerre recalls 'one of the
most terrible butcheries in criminal his
tory, and also what in the opinion of
many people waa a grave Judicial error.
Brlerre haa been In Guiana ten years
and it was announced only a few weeks
ago that he was to be pardoned. The
crime for which he was sentenced to
death the sentence was afterwards com
mutedwas that of murderipg his five
little chtldren, the eldest of whom was 16
years. '
The tragedy occurred In April, 1901, at
Corances, a village near Chartres. Brlerre
spent the evening at the cafe, leaving
his 16-year-old daughter, Clara, in charge
of her brother and three little sisters. In
the early morning Brlerre was found out
side his house, groaning and complaining
of injuries which be said has been In
flicted on him by two Individuals who at
tacked him as ha was about to enter the
house, lnvide the house the five children
were found dead, horribly murdered by
means of a knife and a ploughshare.
Brlerre'a version waa not believed, and
he was arrested on the charge of murder
ing the children, the alleged motive being
that he wanted to rid himself of them In
order to marry again. There was a, sixth
child, Gcrmalne, who happened to be in
Paris when the rest of the family were
wiped out. During his Imprisonment
Brlerre never ceased to write to Germalne
protesting hla innocence, and she fought
harder than anyone for a revision of the
trial.
TRIBESMEN ATTACK TROOPS
Startllns; News of PlRhtlns; Comes
to Tangier from tne
Front.
TANGIER. June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) Grave news is being received
here from Fes concerning the fighting be
tween the mehalla of the sultan and the
Hyalna tribe. The government troops are
being attacked dally by the tribesmen, who
have been Joined by the Tsoui, Barnos and
Kiata tribes.
The representatives of the powers her
take a pessimistic view of the situation
INSULTS ARMY.GETS SIX YEARS
Captain General Anprovea Sentenre
Imposed I'pon n School Teacher
at Grnnellera. "
BARCELONA. June 11. (Special Dispatch
to The Bee.) The captain general has ap
proved of the sentence of six . yearr I in
prtsonment imposed on the teacher of a lay
school at Granellera, who waa sentenced
by court-martial for Insulting the army.
SOCIALISTS IN
THE CHAMBER
New
Party Now Has Block of
Seventy-Five Active Mem
bers. OLD STATESMEN ARE WORRIED
Republicans May Lope Balance of
Power in Politics.
PARTY SPLIT IS IMMINENT
France Adopts Stringent Rules Gov
erning Aerial Travelers.
TRAGEDY IN A LOVE AFFAIR
Two Bodies, Tied ' Toerether, Are
Praaaed from River, and
, Shocking; Story of Sulfide
Pert la Revealed. '
BY PAUL VILLIER3.
PARIS, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) French politicians are worried
over the Increased strength of the social
ists In the new chamber. They now have
a block of seventy-five members and with
a prospective split among the republicans
over the presidency they may, be found
holding the balance of power as the Irish
members hold It In the British parliament.
It is too much to hope that they will use
this power In case they secure it with the
same moderation the Irish are doing In
London.
The fact remains, though, If the repub
lican vote should be spilt seriously at the
next Versailles congress these seventy-five
socialists can make their bargain. That
it may bn split seems probable, the can
didatures of Senator Dubost and M.
Brland being In sight. The former Is
strong In the Senate, and has been Its
president since the election of M. Falllerea
to the highest post In the republic. It is
to be hoped that M. Briand will not revert
to the opportunism of two years ago to
catch the votes of the different Conser
vative groups, namely thirty "Liberals,"
forty-flvo "Progressists," nineteen "Re
publicans," without any more definite
label, and sixty-six "Blues," known still
as. "Republicans de Gauche," It is to be
observed that at the elections the Clericals
and the Royalists generally followed the
examplo of their grandfathers In the early
spring of 1848 of sticking on false noses,
and, as they themselves then said, of
"Howling with the wolves." It la also to
be hoped that the government will return
to the , Waldeck-Rousseau policy In Its
main lines, and to that of Combes, In
holding out the olive branch to' the unified
Socialists. This would give the 261 Radlcal
BocUllnts .a. .force of 300. The church as a
power In politics visibly wanes. Trof.
Thalamis has been sent into the chamber
by Versailles. You may remember what
riots "the king's stalwarts" got up In the
Latin quarter because he had In-his chair
at the Sorbonne Attempted to explain away
the miraculous side bf Joan oCArc's mis-
slon.
Roles for "Soarera."
Stringent rules are being enforced by the
French military authorities in consequence
of the number of strangers attracted to
Chalons camp by the aviation school
once several of the aviation pupils
i there is now a "flying colony" of 600 Deonla
flew out beyond the aerodrome pver the
batteries and firing butts. The military
commander of Chalons has now Issued
orders that no aeroplane is to soar out of
the flying ground, and flights are now
only permitted for an hour before sunrise
and after 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
Trna-lo Tnl of Love.
Astonished at finding the corpse of a
man floating on the surface of the Seine,
two Paris boatmen tried to pull slt to the
shore with their hooks, and were still
more astonished to discover the corpse
of a woman, tightly fastened to it with a
rope. They dragged the two bodies up the
bank with some difficulty, and informed
the police. An Inquiry disclosed the fact
that both had probably committed suicide.
The man was 27 years old and was until
recently a shop assistant with a very good
salary and the prospect of promotion. He
had beet! engaged to a girl some two
years ago. but before the marriage took
place he fell In love with another girl. He
tried to break off his engagement to marry
the second one, but his people, it Is said
objected, and Insisted on his keeping his
engagement with the first. He yielded to
their wlFhes. but at the end of two months
he left his wife and went to live with the
other girl. At the same time, he gave up
his employment, and It was not known for
some months what had become of him
It Is supposed, unable to find another
situation, he and the girl, for whose soke
he bad left his wife In complete destitu
tlon, agreed to die together.
Stableman la Touah Lack.
An unfortunate experience has lust be
fallen a French stableman named Brode
quln. Seven years ago, when cleaning a
carriage, he found a brooch with a white
stone insot. which he took to be an Imita
tion diamond. He married, and a year
later became the father of a girl. The
brooch was used to hold up the baby's
bib, and on her 6th birthday Brodequtn
took the child to a Jeweler to buy some
earrings. The child was wearing the
brooch, and the Jeweler, recognising the
white stone as a diamond, offered JU0 for
It. Brodequln refused the offer and took
the brooch to another Jeweler, who handed
him over to the police. Experts find the
brooch to be worth 7o0 and Brodequln Is
to be prosecuted for theft, because ha did
not take his find to a police station seven
years ago.
FINE YACHT IS BURNED
Oneness of S'aaera, In Fit of Eecen
trlrlty. Orders the Dr.
straetfon.
MADRID, June 11. Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) By order of tho duchess of
Kajera. the magnificent yacht of th late
duke, a grandee of Sps'n, waa burnt andJ
sunk at Cadis. The duke, who waa one of
the wealthiest men In Mpaln, died only a
few weeks ago. His widow was unwilling
that anyone els should enjoy the duke's
possesions, and the yacht was destroyed
In the sight of an astonished crowd. The
duchess, on th death of one of her dogs,
had It burled In a erCfln which cost 1,000.
"Beg pardon,
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
GEORGE IS FOR ERIN ISLE
Hew Ruler of England Especially
Friendlv to Ireland.
ROYAL RESIDENCE IN DUBLIN
Veteran of the 'I7 Movement Re
turns to Ballyinacondn After
Many Tears of A b-
BY THOMAS EMMETT.
DUBLIN, June 15. (Special DlHpatch to
The Bee.) Friendly as was the late King
Edward to Ireland, King George, It Is'
understood, is not only to visit us, with
Queen Mary, early next year, but is con
templating a royal residence in Ireland and
spending some time each year In Dublin.
I, of course, do not knjw how much truth
there la In this report of a royal residence,
but in official circles it is received with
considerable credence.
It is further stated that King George Is
strongly in favor of granting home rule to
Ireland.
More Stormy Meetings.
Stormy scenes characterised the holding
of rival meetings of the All-for-Ireland
league and U. L. L. supporters" at DrOmore,
a hamlet six miles from Bantry. Mr. Qtl-
liooly, M. . P., with a string contingent,
drove from Bantry and a number oi sup
porters of Mr. Daniel O'Leary also put In
an appearance. Both sides harangued the
crowd at the same time, which made things
rather lively, and soon free fights took
place. Sticks and fists were freely used.
Many persons received nasty injuries. The
U. L. L. sectlui appeared to be In the
minority and some of their most promi
nent men received rough treatment. Several
received wounds of a more or less serious
nature. The greatest disorder and confu
sion prevailed throughout. Both sides are
most active Just now in anticipation of
a general election at an early date. It is
supposed that legal proceedings will follow
as the result of the affray.
Veternn of '07.
A distinguished .veteran of the '67 move
ment In Ireland has Just returned to his
old home in - East Cork, after a prolonged
absence of forty-three years, five of which
were spent In prison and the remaining
thirty-eight in exile in the land of the Stars
and Stripes. This is Mr. Thomas Culli
nane, who at the age of 72 years has Just
arrive at Bully ir.acuda, ten miles from
Mldleton, his native spot, which he had not
seen since March, 1867, and where he was
.well remembered for the leading and con
spicuous part he had taken in the Fenian
rising in company with Captain McClure
and Peter ON ell Crowley on the night of
the rising, March ii, 1&7, at the Coast
Guard station at Knockadoon.
Many Years In Prison.
Some time afterwards Culllnane was ar
rested by Castlemartyr police and was
tried in the month of May,' 1867, before a
special commission, sitting at Cork, In
co'npany with several other Fenians, end
was amongst those who were sentenced
"to be hanged, drawn and quartered." This
sentence was afterwards commuted to
penal servitude for life, and Culllnane spent
terms of imprisonment In Mountjuy, Kll
mainham and Dartmoor. Subsequently he
was serlt out as a convict to Australia with
the late John Boyle O'Reilly and several
other Fenians. In the year 1872 he received
his freedom on the condition that he should
not again returu to Ireland, and so he
went Into exile in the United States, from
whence he has Just now returned home,
vigorous, hale and hearty for his years,
to live for the remainder of his days with
his sister, who still survives In the old
house at Uallyniaeoda, and her two sons.
Decline in Drunkenness.
The official figures dealing, with the
prosecution for drunkenness In this country
are now available and show a satisfactory
decline' on the whole. The total prosecu
tions for drunkenness In 1909 were 6S.749, as
against 71,267 in 1908,- a decline of 6.518, or
nearly 8 per cent. The largest decreases
were In Dublin (3,477 as against 4.111).
Limerick (1,015, against 1.532). Belfast (3,904,
against 4.S2S) and Derry (1,293, against
1,702). Cork shows a slight Increase (2,043,
against 1.W0). and Waterford also shows an
Increase (903, against 845). The heaviest per
centage of decline is at Limerick (32.67 per
cent). :
NEW SOUTH WALES
IS GROWING RAPIDLY
Crnaus Eatlmitte Indicates a Phe
nomenal a -eaae of Popalatloa
Ma a jmeseekera Cuuia.
SYDNEY, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
Th Be.) According to the official esti
mate, the population o New South Wales
at the end of March was 1.6U.830, show
ing an Increase for the quarter of 10,336, the
highest for many years. The year's in
crease was 41.000. Assisted ImmlgianU from
the United Kli,1oin during the quarter
numbered 1,559.
Theodore, but you're treading
Second Son is to
Take the Rank of
Defective Brother
Prince Jaime is Expected to Become
Heir to Spanish Throne Al
fonso is Afflicted.
MADRID, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) Despite Uie official pronounce
ment that the eldest Hon of the king, the
little prince of the Austurlas, Is "quite an
Intelligent child," and that reports of his
HI health Is greatly exaggerated, the Im
pression is growing that the second son,
Prince Jaime, w 111 eventually be named
heir to the throne In place of his defective
elder brother.
Alfonso, who was born in May, 1907, Is
therefore S years old, an age at which a
child should be able to talk intelligently,
especially when nurses and ' governesses
have been trying assiduously to bring out
his powers. The second child. Prince
Jaime, a-ho is 2 year bid,. Is already able
to speak, which la a striking proof of the
deficiency of his brother..
The prince of the Austurlas is a fairly
well grown child, but has a very heavy,
dufl, lifeless face, with an expression that
Is peculiar to children who have a con
genital defect of hearing. This expression
arlves from the fact that sounds and lm-
preHslons from the outside world are not
reaching their brains and exciting a nor
mal play of the facial- muscles. ' If there
ever was a child who stood In danger of
suffering from the sins of the fathers it is
certainly this little prince.
Centuries and centuries of madness and
corruption He behind him. Superhuman
power and monstrous sins have played
their part in wrecking the minds of his
ancestors. You might go back for 1,000
years and you will find that every gen
eratlon of his ancestors contained some
monster of vice or cruelty, like Pedro, the
cruel, of Castile. ,'
History has thrown a certain glamour of
romance about Charles V, perhaps because
many wonderful centers of art and culture
existed in his dominions. Modern research,
however, has shown that he was really
a brutal and stupid sensualist. Probably
no greater glutton ever lived. He fre
quently devoured a hundred pickled her
rings for his supper, washed down by two
gallons or more of beer. Charles was suc
ceeded in his Spanish dominions by his
son Philip II, who became notorious as
the gloomiest and most bloodthirsty bigot
that ever ruled. In his youth he nearly
lost his . life for falling in love with his
own stepmother. He exterminated one
third of the heroic population of the Neth
erlands in a mad effort to force them to
aocept his beliefs. After this the . Spunlsi)
monarchs frequently showed traces of Im
becility. .
PROTESTS AGAINST WOMEN
AS "BOSS'i OVER MEN
Discontent Pre lulls an Account of
Mrs. Clayton's Appoiatutent as '
, Committee Chairman.
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LONDON, June ll.-(Specla! Dispatch to
The Bee.)-Mrs. Clayton, wife of the bishop
of Leicester, has been 'appointed chairman
of the boarding-out committee of the Peterr
borough guardians, and, although the board
by a small majority have confirmed the
appointment, there Is a widespread feeling
of resentment, nut against Mrs. Clayton
personally,- but betuse a woman has been
selected to preside over u committee mainly
composed of men. There are four women
members of the board and they are Indig
nant at the crltle'sms made by Mr. Dean,
J. P., who said he would resign every
public office he held rather than submit
to a woman ruling a mixed committee. It
was not right, he said, that a woman should
occupy the seat that ought to be occupied
by a man. "We do not mind submitting to
petticoat authority . at home." lie added,
"but here we shall do as we like."
TRAGEDY IN A HOSPITAL
Slaaor Gnldo I'oiuplll Commits Sui
cide Over the Ursa Body
of Hla Wife.
ROME, June U. (Special Dispatch to
Th Bee.) A tragic event took place re
cently In the private hospital at Home of
Dr. Pestatossa. Slgnora Pompili, whose
poetical works had won for her a fore
most place In contemporary Italian litera
ture, had died during the night following
an operat'on. Her husband, Signor Guldo
Pomplll, a prominent politician, on learning
of her death at the hospital, drew out a
revolver, shot himself and fell dead over
his wife's body. Signor Pomplll had three
times been under secretary of state for
foreign affairs, and was on of the Italian
delegates at th last Hagu Peace con
ference, (
on my tail!"
TROUBLE BESETS FINLAND
RusBianization of Country is Cause
of Discontent.
FORCE TO BE USED IF NEEDED
New Finish lllll Aaalnat Which Pro-
teat Is Vrsred l a Far Reach
ing Measure Other
Phases.
BY GEORGE FRASKR.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 11. (Special
Dispatch to The Bee.) That there is serious
trouble ahead in Finland as a result of the
passage of the new Finnish bill Is not
doubted here, but the Russlanliatlon of
Finland will be carried forward regardless
of protest and with whatever force Is
necessary. So a repetition of the aUodtles
of the Bobrlkoff administration with an
era of futile but bloody uprisings, and prob
ably - ' reckless assassinations may be
looked for. '
How very far reaching th measure Is
will be seen from -the list of subjects
enumerated in the bill as. being under the
Jurisdiction of the Russian Parliament. The
latter wlU. Jae authorised to fix tne parn
clpation of Finland In the expenditure of
the empire and to Impose taxes for this
purpose, thus depriving the Finnish people
of one" of ' the "primary rights' of a con
stitutionally governed country, the right of
taxing Itself.
Illttht of Rusulaa Subjeeta.
It will be empowered to determine the
rights of Russian subjects in Finland, i
provision clearly aiming at the introduo
tlon of Russian officialdom in conflict with
one of the fundamental principles of the
Finnish constitution that the country shall
be governed with the assistance of native
authorities only. It will be able to "const!
tute, in the Interests of the empire, ex
ceptlons to the Finnish criminal law of
procedure" and thus to Interfere with the
administration of Justice. It will be en
tit'ed to legislate on popular education, on
the right of holding public meetings and of
forming associations, of the press, on th
Importation of foreign ' literature, on the
customH relations between the two coun
tries, on trade marks and copyrights, on
the monetary system, on means of com
munication, on navigation and on the rights
of aliens in Finland. It Is difficult to un
demand what questions will be left for the
Finnish Diet to deal with. Moreover, th
bill contains a saving clause to the effect
that amendments to the bill shall be mad
by the Russian legislature alone.
Chance for Flans.
The only provision which glvH Finnish
views a chance of consideration in these
vast fields of legislation consists in this,
that legislative proposals, before being
ultimately decided by the Duma or Council
of Empire, are to be communicated to the
Finnish Senate for its opinion, and that the
Finnish people are to ,be represented In
the Council of Empire by one member and
in the Duma by four members.
It is evident that these few Finnish mem
bers could not do much, and as for the
Finish Senate, It must be remembered that
it is a body nominated by the czar.
The Finnish Diet haa unanimously de
clared that its provisions cannot be re
Karded as valid in Finland. Consequently,
whenever an attempt is made to execut
a law enacted under the procedure out
lined in the bill there will be resistance
Finnish Judges, administrative officials and
Individuals who may be affected by such
a law will declare that they cannot coin
ply with It, since it has been illegally en
acted and is in conflict with the constl
tut loo which, they have sworn to uphold
And then the history of the Bobrlkoff era
will repeat Itself. Judges and officials will
be summarily deposed, private persons Im
prisoned, exiled or deported to remote parts
of Russia.
- Other Phases of Problem.
There are other consequences of th
measure which will seriously affect foreign
countries, such as custom and navigation
The present bill paves the way for the ex
tension to Finland of the prohibitive Ru
slan tariffs, so unsuited to the economl
conditions of the grand (iuchy, where many
industries depend on foreign imports.
With regard to navigation, the pJot and
lighthouse service, the fixing of harbor
dues, and so on, will be made dependent
oil1 Russian legislation. An Imperial com
mission is now silting to report on this
measure, and It has been suggested that
the Finnish pilot service should b trans
muted Into a Russian department. The
Finnish pilots have been greatly alarmed
by this prospect, and they have declared
that they will resign If th measure Is car
ried through. And 'substitutes will not
easily b found. If th pilot service Is to
be Russlanlsed the risks attending naviga
tion will be so great as to mak any un
derwriter hesitate to cover them.
FAMOUS GERMAN
STEP ISNO MORE
Kaiser Decides Time-Honored Army
Movement is of No Real
Use.
INVESTIGATING NAVAL AFFAIRS
Explosion on a Torpedo Boat is Cause
of Inquiry.
"SOMETHING WRONG," HE SAYS
Notable Rupture Between Count
Zeppelin and Kaiser.
PERSIAN SITUATION IS ACUTE
President of Ministerial Council
Submits Ills Resla-natlon and
a Crisis la at
Hnnd.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, June ll.-(Speclal Dispatch to
The Ree.) One of the most cherished in
stitutions of the German army, the fa
mous "goose step," has been sent to the
limbo of things that were. This ceremonial
step which has amused, not to say amaieA
every American visitor to Germany whu
has seen a German . Infantry regiment
march past a receiving officer was In-
roduced by King Frederick William and
has been a distinguishing mark of German
marching soldiers ever since. Now the
kaiser has decided that the goose step la
neither ' useful nor ornamental and foot
stamping and knee action are prohibited
by the new regulation which forbids the
German soldier "to raise the foot which
Is being carried to the front higher than
Is necessary to .take a. correct pace, or to
place It on the ground with unnecessary
force." It Is sa to say that many a
veteran of the WStlseVs army will violate
thlB regulation Involuntarily for a long
time to come. ,
Inquiry Into Those Conditions.
As a result of the explosion on torpedo
boat S. 33 near Heligoland in which five
men were killed and two seriously injured.
the kaiser has the naval authorities to
make a rigid and searching examination
Into German naval conditions.
This Is thi seventh serious accident In
the German navy since the first of the
year and the kaiser has become convinced
that something is radically wrong In the
navy personnel. He Is determined to find
out Just what it is and apply the remedy.
It Is probable at the same time the ques
tion as to what Is the matter with Ger
many's-naval gunnery will be-investigated. .
It is no secret that the kaiser Is seriously
annoyed by the fact that the reports
show hla gunners away behind those sf
Great Britain and the United State both
as to accuracy and rapidity of gun fire.
He realizes that In building up the Ger-
?mn navy efficiency of personnel counts ,
or as much as the ships themselves and'
that it is a matter of prime importance to
find out Just where the trouble' Is.' It Is '
probable that Prince Henry of Prussia will
be given charge of the Investigation.
Zeppelin at Onta With Kaiser.
A sensation has been caused by the r.s-
sertlon of Count Zeppelin, speaking at a
supper recently, that he feared the em
peror had come under the Influence of the
current at work against him and hla air
ship system In the ministry of war. The
relations between him and the War minis
try were, he said, of an unenduringly cold
character.
Persian Question Acute.
The Lokalanzeiger published a dispatch
from St. Petersburg, stating that the Persian-
question Is becoming more acute,
adding that Count Metternlch, the German
amassador In London, has entered a pro
test against concessions accorded In the
spheres of Anglo-Russian Influence in
Persia, and has further declared that ex
clusions similar to those effected by such
concessions are opposed to International,
usages.
. At the ministry of foreign affairs In St.
Petersburg, on the other hand, the view la
held that under existing agreements each
commercial man, to whatever nationality
he belongs, can pursue his business alms
In Persia on the same lines as Anglo-.
Russian merchants or manufacturers, but
that any new Geuman establishment hav
ing a political character will meet with
the energetic resistance of Great Britain
and Russia.
Bank Demands Report.
The Teheran correspondent of the Mage
blatt state that the representative of the
Deutsche bank has been recalled by tele
graph to Berlin in order that he may
present a report to the government on the
situation in Persia. The president of the)
Persian Council of . Ministers has handed
In his resignation, and Is now endeavoring
to provoke a ministerial crisis such as
will result in the bringing Into power of a
Rurropblle ministry.
It can be said that Germany does not
propose to be left out, in the settlement
of any questions which may arise in Per
sia and has, I understand, served suf
ficient of unofficial notice on both Russia
and England to that effect.
ENGLISH ARMY BAN
ON CIGARETTE SMOKING
Order laclades Both Officers aad
Privates, aad Is Iwerplas la
Ita Rcatrlctloaa.
LONDON, June 11. (Special Dispatch to
The Bee.) "The smoking of cigarettes hy
all ranks throughout the command Is pro
hibited at all times when under arms or
on fatigue duty."
This order has been issued by Lieutenant
General Sir H. G. Smlth-Dorrlon, commander-in-chief
at Aldorshot, and It means the
prohibition of cigarette smoking when on
duty of any kind, by both officers and men.
"The order la evidently aimed at the
youngsters among both officers and men,"
was the' comment of a senior officer.
"There has been a feeling In th service
for a long time past that the growing
habit of clgare'te smoking should be
stopped. There are several orders In the
king's regulations concerning smoking. No
soldier in uniform may smoke In the streets
when on duty, fatigue or otherwise, and,
again, no soldier in uniform, whether on
duty or not. Is allowed to smoke in th
streets befor th hours of o'clock In tie
winter months and T In th summer."