The Omaha' Sunday Bee.
PART TWO
EDITORIAL
PAGES 1 TO It
VOL. XL NO. 10.
OAMHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1910.
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Political and Social News of the Old World Reported by Special Cable and Correspondence
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ALL EYES AllE ON
NEGRO REPUBLIC
Keen Interest in Attitude of the
United SUtei Toward
Liberia.
PROTECTION IS THE PREDICTION
England Hat No Ob Section to Inter
vention. MUST RAISE LOAN TO PAY DEBT
Unfortunate Finish to Many Under-
takings.
CREDIT OF REPUBLIC IS NIL
BMt Naval Display Header Critic
f the AdmfaUtratloa Speech,
less Co art in Dominion
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of Canada.
BT PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON". Au. 20. (Special to The Bee.)
Not only In London but In every foreign
office In Europe the course to be taken
by the United States In regard to the little
negro republic of Liberia la being watched
with the keenest Interest. It Is the Im
pression here that It It purposed In Wash
ington to establish some kind of protec
Hon over Liberia. England would not
seriously object to this, but It Is thought
here It la likely to cause complications
with Germany and to weaken the American
Monroe doctrine materially so far as
Europe Is concerned. The situation as It
Is understood here Is thus:
A dt-bt of SfiOO.OOO at 7 per cent was con
traded In 1871. but the interest has been
regulsj!y paid, and though only a com
paratively small sum Is needed to place
the finances in order the credit of Liberia
is nil. A loan will now be raised under
United States auspices to pay off this debt.
which Is mostly due to British subjects'.
and the United States, France and Ger
many will participate In floating It,
Britain apparently being excluded.
The career of the Ltberlan republlo of
late has been unfortunate. There have
been serious frontier difficulties both with
Britain and France, .and recently the Ll
berians approached Germany and en
deavored to obtain 'from her a promise of
support against Brltlan. Germany proposed
to the United States Joint German-American
action, but sustained a rebuff. Now the
United States have solved the difficulty by
themselves practically accepting all re
sponsibility fur the somewhat 'unruly
black republic. . "
It will be most Interesting to follow these
develoDments.
1'oart la Canada.
tseiore mng ueorge naa inni m w
reign It Is among the possibilities hat be
i and Queen Mary will hold court not only
In the United Kingdom and Ireland.-but in
Canada, Australia, India and South Africa
as well. ..:''
.. His majesty is Strongly Impressed with
the Idea that it would promote the Inter
ests of the empire if this were done and
' evidence Is not lacking to show that when
!he king has ,mdV up .his mind .to
hlng lie holds to it until it Is accomplished.
Witness for example the -Lords Veto con
ference which It Is generally admitted is
the direct work of the king. '
Fleet Heady to Fight.
The critics of the' administration Of the
British navy have for a time at least been
rendered speechless by the recent naval
maneuvers. The fleet' was on a war foot-.
In. It contained' every element and
quality necessary to enable It to achieve
without any delay the purpose for which It
has been provided. ' It was an Instantly
ready fleet. Every vessel, as Mr. McKenna
said a few days ago, has her complement
at full Strength. The magaslnes were full;
the coal bunkers and oil tanks were filled
. up, and the stores and provisions weie
M mplete on board each ship. The only
' boundary to the fleet's, area of operations
lies In Us fue) supply, .but as the colliers
to accompany the ships were ready the
limits of Ms scope are wide. There were
even floating repair ahlps attached to the
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largest defects. In a word, the fleet was
self-contained.
. Mobility Its Featare.
By far the most formidable gathering of
warships ever brought together, its at
tribute of mobility demands the closest at
tention. A few year ago it would have
been Impossible to bring together in home
waters a fleet constituted; aa this In
fctrength and speed and numbers and to be
assured that It was not only efficient In Its
several units, but Instantly ready for ef
fective service.
The Importance of this factor of mobility
cannot be overrated. But there was snother
quality which attaches to this fleet, and,
which should be mentioned. Not only
could every unit, if it separates from the
main body, continue to communicate with
the remainder of the ships, but every unit
could also be In continuous communication
with the sdmlralty. I remember what the
tnter-communlonlcatlon of the units of a
f'.cft wan, limited by distance at which
their highest sails could be seen on the
horison, and that was no Improvement
upon distant signalling in Nelson's time.
Now all this Is changed, and King George
may take his fleet to sea for days out of
sight of land with the knowledge that at
any moment he can speak to his mlulstors
tit home, and that the object of the naval
machine he is handling can be easily
changed In accordance with the demands
or ine ponucm situation as any initio
evolution hs may wish to order can be
' performed.
Constitution of the Force.
Turning to the constitution of the force,
there tvere embraced the home. Atlantic
itnd Medlteranean fleets that if, nearly
all the effective veaaela not on foreign
stations. On the occasion of the maneuvers
more then 100 vesels were placed on a war
footing In a few hours and left harbor for
specified rendeivous. Those ships, with the
snips which are ahvariy supplied with full
crews, have gone through , three week'
strenuous wuik and arduous exeriton. and
only two out of the whole number, the
Grafton ard the Suites, have been reported
as having met with mishaps to the
machinery.
The force under Sir William May was
remarkable because, while It serves to
present In a concrete shape the development
( iiav.it material. It did not contain a
single ship which can be strictly describe!
as oU'oieta.
END IS NOT YE1 IN SIGHT
Complication Between Spain and the
Vatican.
CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL FIRM
Echo of the Visit of Former Preel-
drat Roosevelt la Fossa la
the Flans for the Halloa
arr.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROM 13, Aug. aO.-tSpeclal to The Tlee.)
The trouble between Spain and the Vatican
seems to have reached an impasse, and
Just how It Is to be settled unless rulers
of one or the other backs down It Is diffi
cult to' see.
Cardinal Merry Del Val, as I understand,
absolutely determined that the Vatican
will make no concessions whatever, and,
while there la a good deal of n'-ilet dis
satisfaction over the cause of affairs, which
is Increased by the. Indications .that'lhe
church soon may have a similar fight on
Its hands with Portugal, the cardinal's
secretary of st.ite dominates the Curia, ard,
hacked by the pope, will, unless appear
ances deceive, have his way.
Roosevlt's Idea of Navy.
As an echo of Ex-President Roosevelt's
recent tour of Europe, an Interesting story
Is -current here. It la to the effect that
after his talk with Colonel Roosevelt. King
Victor suggested to the German kaiser
that the powers would agree to a maximum
tonnage, speed, and armament for warships.
Within these limits each nation would build
as many vessels of any type as might be
considered necessary, but a fixed point
regarding the destructive, power of each
would be limited.
King Victor Emmanuel Is described as
saying: "I submitted the plan to him, who,
by his position, could give to my thought
all Its effective power." He added accord
ing to the story "I was not understood."
harper Hoaxes Police.
The captain of Koepeilch has been out
done by the epxlolt of an Italian, Kamacoa,
In a small town near Catanab. The Carabin
eers of the place were taking things easy
In their barracks, when the door opened
and a very Imposing man entered. He
were a frock coat and silk hat, and de
scribed himself as Crevaller Consoll. He
soon let it be seen that he was very
angry because no official deputation, had
been sent to the station to meet him. the
special commissioner sent by the Cantana
prefecture.
He ordered the carabineers to accompany
Mm In his tour of Inspection. , Traveling
through the neighboring farms and villages
he collected .taxes, seized suspected cattle,
and Imposed fines on the peasants who had
no documents showing where they had ob
tained their animals. Altogether he collected-several
-thousand lire:1 ,' ; r i 1
When the tour of Inspection came to an
end the chevalier ordered the carabineers
to wait for hin at .,a certain place, in
dicated. They waited a day, and. as he did
hot return, they 'Informed the mayor, who
In turn communicated with the prefecture
at Catana. which reported the affair to
the minister responsible at Rome. But-nobody
knew Chevalier Consoll. The Cara
bineers are now trying to flrfd him.. It
turns out that one of. the soldiers who
had accompanied the spurious chevalier
remained et his post for' forty-eight hours
without eating a bite.
Crowd and Police Clash.
The police and the crowd came In con
flict at Kn Pletro. with the result that
five civilians were killed and five others
wounded. The trouble began In a demon
stration made by a crowd of about WO
persons against an inquiry which was
being held by the commlssionary of police
Into the nomination of the chief of police
of the town.
The crowd began to throw stones at some
policemen, one of whom they wounded.
This man, wishing to frighten the demon
strators, fired four shots from his revolver
Into the air. The rioters, however, kept on
throwing stones, and began to use re
volvers. The polloe thereupon charged
with the Intention of driving back ttie
mob, but without effect.
The. demonstrators then surrounded the
municipal offices and threateue4 to com
mit farther acts of violence. Orders were
then given to fire Into the crowd.
BELGRADE AND TURKEY ARE
ON THE EVE OF A CLASH
Tarklah Method of Dlaarnilaar the
Macedoalaa Population Caase
of Dlstarbaac.
BELGRADE. Aug. 30. (Special to The
Bee.) It appears that Belgrade and Turkey
are. on the eve of serious complications,
thanks to the Turkish methods of disarm
ing the Macedonian population. Many
Christians have fled to Bulgaria and the
Bulgarian government lias made friendly
representations to Constantinople. The
joite left the Bulgarian note unanswered,
it Is said by the papers here, but possibly
doubting the loyalty of Bulgaria, ordered
the secret mobilisation the army corps.
On the other hand the Turkish government1
has proclaimed martial law In the
vilavyet of Monastlr, beta.. of the ap
pearance of many bands which have
hampered the action of the porte disarming
the population.
Those Journals in Austria which wish the
Turkish government to take the part oT
the triple alliance, published statements to
the effect that Servla and Bulgaria had
made representations to tne powers in
order to secure autonomy for Macedonia
and old Servla, but the news Is without
any foundation whatsoever.
MOSQUITOES THICK AS SMOKE
Large
warms of the Insects
JIto
Rise to an Alarm of
Fire.
PARIS. Aug. 20. (Special to The Bee.)
What seemed to be a cloud of smoke rising i
fiom the cathedral tower at Belgrade was
found, when the fire brigade arrived, to be j
rh.a;.:.rdT.pVrinTrr. ,rc "i
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BANDITS
YOUNG GIRLS ARE
i
Waylay Travelers aad Hoh Them of
Yalaahlrs aad Moaey oa
tho War.
BELGRADE Aug. 10. (Special to The
Bee.) Mara Shurdelltch, aged IS. and
' ina Vlktorltch. aged 1. were convicted of
waylaying travelers on the road to Lesko-
bar. A quantity of booty waa found In
J the caves which the girls used.
IRISH RAILWAYS
ARE UNDER A RAN
Lack of Co-Operation for Benefit of
of the Country it
Charsred.
GENERAL MERGER IS PROPOSED
Suggestion it Made by Inspection
Committee.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP ISSUE
One Point on Which Commission Dis
&7rees. DISCUSSION OVER HOME RULE
Indications Seem to Polat to Satisfac
tory Adjustment of Long 'Mooted
Qaestloa Temperance Cam-
pa I Bra In Ireland.
' BY THOMAS EMMETT. ,
DUBLIN, Aug. . iSpeclsl to The Bee.)
Ireland has a most Interesting railroad
situation on its hands and Its settlement
will have far reaching effect.' The. "Irish
roads are ahoit and work Independently of
each other and complaint has been con
stant that they not only have not aided in
the development of the country, but have
been really a detriment A vice regal com
mission was appointed some four years ago
to consider the entire Irish railroad situa
tion and to make recommendations, it has
Just made its report. ' The commission "re
ports In favor of amalgamation of all the
Irish railways Into one concern for the. sake
both of the railways and of the country.
At this point the commissioners disagree.
Four recommend state purchase and three
that the amalgamation remain a private
undertaking, but under government super
vision. . ....
la Favor of State.
The four who recommended state pur
chase of the Irish companies are Sir
Charles Scotter, chairman of the London
and South-Western; Lord Plrrle, head of
Harland and Wolff, Belfast, and of ship?
ping undertakings; Colonel Hutcheson-Poe,
an Irish landlord; and Mr. Thomas Sex
ton, ex-member of Parliament. Their
proposal Is that the railways should be
managed by an elected authority, that the
Interest on the capital be guaranteed by
the state, and that any ultimate deficiency
be made good by a general rate struck by
the authority. .Mere amalgamation, - these
commissioners say,, would mean better
dividends and not better facllitlesi " They
mention Irish coal-fields which wait "de
velopment because ' the private railway
companie's'-U; 'not, bullJ.conn&cUng--lines. ,
They state that export , rates must be re
duced fof the development of Irish In
dustries, and the companies cannot be ex
pected to do It, The. purchase of all the
railways should be made by- the Issue of
state guaranteed., stock. - Besides there
should be, they say, an annual grant of at
least $1,250,000 which would help to promote
trade and mitigate 'poverty. They propose
a railway board of twenty, twelve elected
by the ratepayers, three In each province,
chosen by delegates elected by the local
authorities.
For Private Ownership.
The minority against state purchase are
Sir Herbert Jekyil of the Board of Trade;
Mr. J. A. F. Asplnall, general manager of
the Lancashire Sc. Yorkshire railway; and
Mr. W. M. Acworth. They say that the
existing companies do not make excessive
profits, and they recommend that they
should have power of amalgamating with
out going to Parliament and be Induced to
amalgamate by promise of better terms for
loans and concessions. Compulsory amalga
mation Is suggested after three years.
They believe that railways are more econ
omically managed privately than by state,
but recommend supervision to prevent the
danger of monopoly.
Irish Parliamentary Affairs.
The Impression Is growing that the con
ference over the lords' veto will result In
on agreement granting home rule to Ire
land. While the members maintain the
strictest silence aa to all matters pertain
ing to the conference I understand that
Irish leaders have been assured if an
agreement Is reached It will prove satis
factory to the Irish members of ' Parlia
ment. This is taken to mean but one thing,
an agreement as to home rule.
There Is now nearly SfiO.OOO in the Irish
parliamentary fund as against $18,000 a
year ago.
Temperance Work.
Speaking at Newcastle,' County Down,
Rev. P. J. Patterson msde a statement as
to the plans which have been adopted In
connection with the temperance campaign,
wlilch is known as "Catoh-my-Pal"' move
ment. It Is Intended, tatd Mr. Patterson,
in about eighteen months to hoiri
perance meeting In Belfast, when repre
sentatives would be gathered from every
part of the British domain, from the United
States, China and Japan and from oiher'
foreign countries, with a view of taking
effective measures for the removal of the
drink curse and other baleful narcotics.
MANY ARE MOVING TO CANADA
Hrmarkably Largs Westward F.xodaa
Takinar Placo from the Brit
ish Ilea.
LONDON. Aug. .-(Speclsl to The Boe.)
There has been an Immense Increase In
emigration from the British Isles during
the last six months, as compared with the
first halves of 1W41 and 1. The 'hulk of
the Increase has been of English.
! Scotch and Wslsh emigrants to Can-
i nd whereaa in the first half of last
year increase In emigration was chiefly
to ,ne United Statea.
preserve natural beauty
City Coaarll of Vienna Prohibits the
i Flowers oa Pah.
llo streets.
VIENNA. Aug. SO. (Special to the Bee V)
! To prevent the devastation of the beautl-
tul valleys among the mountains near
Vienna, the city council has forbidden ths
sale In the street of the rsrer wild flowers,
such ss the wood anemone, wild cyclamen,
all klnda of gentian, narciasus. Iris, orchids,
j lilies and heart's tongue fern.
GEORGE NOT GIVEN TO POMP
England's New Rnler is Inclined to
Be Plain.
DOESN'T CARE FOR BIO DISPLAY
Vast thenars Have Taken Place Is
the Methods of Travel Since
the Days of the Pompons
Kins? Henry.
BY LADT MAHY MAN WARING.
LONDON, Aug. 20. (Special to The Bee.)
Few things allow the difference in time
more than the manner In which royalty
travels now and then. When King George
and Queen Mary travel from one part ol
their kingdom to another there Is lss dis
play than would have attended the Jour
ney of a petty noble a few centuries ago.
When "Bluff King Hal" went from
Wlittehull to Hampton Court he was at
tended by battalions of pages, legions of
grooms, lords and courtiers, besides the
sergeants of the bakehouse and of the but
tery, the sergeants of the trumpeters and
of the chariots, the servitors of the stables,
henchmen of the pastry and henchmen of
the tents, chaplains, physicians, ushers, as
tronomers, cup bearers, carvers, secretaries,
singing boys, and many, many other "offi
cers" besides all these.
Etiquette la . Henry's Iay.
Fifty cooks and twice fifty scullions at
tended for the feeding of this huge army.
The wages and liveries In the last year of
Henry's life cost the nation S2S3.500 In hard
cash. In that year this very magnificent
sovereign . found walking difficult, so he
borrowed the Idea of a sedla gcstatorla
from the pope. Six sturdy nobles bore
their master shoulder high. At his maj
esty's approach every knee, was bent, and
those who particularly sought favor "grov
elled" as the royal gaie fell on them
When the serving men were laying out the
royal dinner table they made a deep obeis
ance every time they passed their master's
empty chair. Even the queen and th?
Princess's Mary and Elisabeth knelt when
ever they presumed to address their king.
This tremendous etiquette was continued
during the reign of the fragile Edward VI.
But Mary I, the next occupant of the
throne, had the good sense to ' do away
with much of the slavish tyranny. She
poor soul, has drank too deeply of the
bitter waters Of adversity to wish to be
forever surrounded by sudh an atmosphere
of Jealousy, spying, tale beating and sus
picion. "Less folk, less trouble," was her
sage remark. Probably our present sov
ereigns think as she did.
Withal this It Is doubtful If the sovereign
was ever held In as high esteem-as he Is
today.
- New Peers, Jien Estates.'
Sir Weetman Pearson, as tvell known al
most In Americans In England, has takan
the title of Irfwd-Cowdrsy, from ;the lovely
slats fie purchased f'ecentt'frohi'Tj6ra
Egmont. The property comprises over 13,000
acres, and the new peer has also Paddock
hurst, a fine place not far from Cowdray,
that belonged to Mr. Whitehead of torpedo
fame. Cowdray originally belonged to the
Bohums, one of whom fought at Crecy,
and their "heiress carried It to the Owens,
who were relation to the Tudors, and much
favored at court. The next owner was Sir
William Fltawilllam, afterwards Earl of
Southampton, Who no doubt built much f-f
the magnificent mansion which is now such
a glorious and stately ruin. Cowdray
passed from Lord Southampton to his half
brother. Sir Anthony Browne, and it re
mained In tho possession of his descendants,
the Viscounts Montagu or Montacute, for
nearly three centuries.
King's Own Distillery.
King George Is the master of many In
dustries, but. it is not greatly known that
he Is the owner of a distillery where he
distills some of the finest whisky that ever
drew praise from a connoisseur. This cur
ious possession of the crown Is situated on
the Balmoral estate, near Abergeldle cas
tle, and is known as 'Lochnager. The
whisky manufactured Is, as may be Im
agined, of the highest possible quality,
and it finds Its way to all the royal tables
via the cellars of Buckingham palace,
where It arrives in bulk and where It is
matured in large maturing vats, so that it
really does not mske Its "professional de
but" until It Is from fifteen to twenty years
old.
The distillery was at first an ordinary
commercial undertaking, doing a fair
amount of trade, and producing a whisky
of sound repute, but, when the property
passed Into the possession of the crown. In
the reign of Queen Victoria, the products
of the distillery were reserved exclusively
for the use of the royal family and their
respective households.
Cannot Drink It.
Although the king manufactures his own
whitky, he actually drtnkb very little of it,
for the acute Indigestion from which he
occasionally suffers has placed It under a
taboo. But the "Lcchnagar Scotch" is often
drunk by the duke of Connaught; and It
was practically the only stimulant taken by
Queen Victoria for many years before her
death.
If the king only chose to put his whisky
upon the market, and chose a capable ad
vertising manager to set forth the advan
tages of the royal brand, It would not be
necesrary to upset the House of Commons
with proposals for Increased civil grants,
for it is a foregone conclusion that he
would annex almost the entire whisky
trade of the kingdom.
Prince Annoyed by Goaalp.
There are two things that Prince Arthur
of Connaught does not wish to hear about.
These are his reported impending sppoint
mcnt to be a duke In his ow n right, and his
marriage. He has no desire whatever
either to relinquish his present title or to
enter the married state. The papers will
have It, however, that both these events
will take place very shortly, and they are
even thoughtful enough to Indicate who
his bride Is likely to be. I'nfortunately
they cannot agree as to the identity of this
lady; and. Indeed, more than one paper
has Indicated a debutante with whom, so
far. our young soldier prince has never
enjoyed a moment's conversation.
At present Prince Arthur is busily en
gaged In training his troop of the Scots
Greys on Salisbury plain, and will give In
dividual and undivided attention to his
military duties for some time to come.
Personally, however, he Is likely to be
seen occupying a stsff appointment at the
War office. When his marriage is sug
gested to him, he merely laughs, and waves
the whole thing away with a motion of his
hand.
POLICE METHODS
ARE MADE PUBLIC
Rochette Case, Now Gone Into His
tory, Brings Many Facts
to Lijht.
FRENCH SYSTEM MOST THOROUGH
Secret Work is Deemed Necessary to
Success. ;
HAS LONG EXISTED, ALWAYS WILL
Not Difficult to Obtain the Desired
Information.
UNCONSCIOUS HELPERS ARE MANY
Esperanto Must Now He .Included In
' the Modern Aviator's Cnrrlcn
lam I.anaaaac Becoming;
Popular.
BY PAI L V1LLIERS.
PARIS, Aug. .-(8peolal to The Bee.)
The Ilocht'tte case with Its scandals and
hints of grave scandals has passed Into his
tory. i
The" trial brought out some Interesting
facts about the French secret police and Its
methods which have been followed up by
some of the papers, particularly the In
transigent. The French system has been
long regurded as the most perfect in the
world, and some of the Interviews printed
in the Intransigent are worth reading.
There is an interview, with the "Dlrecteur
de Reeherches" at the prefecture of police,
of which the following Is the gist. Ac
cording to the report of their conversation,
the official frankly stated:
res, there are secret agents. This Is
evident, and quite natural. As M. Leplne
said yesterday,' we are obliged to keep an
eye on everything that threatens the public
security. How do you think-that we could
parry the blows which menace It if we
were not warned? And you may suppose
that It is not the promoters of disorder who
come to acquaint us with their designs.
We must obtain Intelligence of what Is
passing in certain, quarters. Besides, all
governments, wnaiever tney may be. or
may have . been, have had their secret
agents."
"And it is you who are entrusted with
mis service?1
Yes, It Is I who am In communication
with them, and who hold all these strings.
This Is my province; and there It Is. What
more would you have me to tell you?"
What you please; as much as you like.
rr i . .
inBiam;e, you . nave .some in everv
class. These visitors must sometimes be
very interesting.
The official was. not edified, by this. Ha
uwuanmra -nraignamrTnar nt cevfld hot go
into details and reveal their means of de
fense, and when he w-aa urged 'to say a
ittue he cut the interview short by re
marking that he really could not betray
proiessionai secrecy.
Will Always Kxlat
Recourse was then had to M. Jaume. lata
chief inspector, of the criminal rtotn.,.
department, who. as soon as the subject
was Droacneo, cried
"The secret police has always existed.
ana always. win exist The authorities
have always 'had to surround themselves
witn agents of all sorts, who dally Inform
them of everything that may be plotted
against the government. And this will go
on until the end of the world. Indignant
speecnes may proclaim to the chamber the
aDontion of the secret police, but It will
continue to exist. There ate so many ways
oi recruiting secret agents. The Jealous.
mo envious, we people who have lost
caste, or are starring, and the foreign ad
venturers, constitute the best of the ele
ments at the disposal of the Drefaetura
because they are so many indirect agents
who have not to be sought out, and volun
tarily come.rorward to sell for a trifling
aum, even sometimes ror a dejeuner, all
the Information that they have about an
affair, which interests the criminal detec
tive department,
"Then, again, it la so easy to come across
unconscious helpers. Friends and ac
quaintances whom one often meets are only
too glad to come out with their tips. Most
of these agents are unknown to the pre
fecture. They give their Information to go-
ueiweene, ana so they escaoe ausnlnlon
This Is why I do not Imagine that people
should think seriously of conspiring against
.... ciniiic, ji i were to get up a plot
with 200 persons, I should be only too much
afraid that 199 of my accomplices might
ueiung 10 me ponce. i
Illustration of Methods.
The paper relates an anecdote which mav
nm, nuve any foundation, but
which, at any rate, throws an interesting
side light on this subject. The story Is
that one day a grand seigneur, devoid of
republican proclivities, was given a fete
when the prefect of police of that time
asued several cards "of invitation for hli
agents, alleging political necessity as the
reason for this application.
The gentleman was very Indignant, so by
the way of compromise, the prefect who
had called In person, asked If he might be
allowed to see the list of guests. The
lists were shown to him. He looked It
over and returned It to the host, saying
with a gracious smile: "Well, let me sup
pose that I never applied for anything.
It Is all for the best." The obvious infer
ence is that the prefect found in the list
the names of a good many people who
were sure to give him on the following
day a full account of everything that had
been said and done at ,that particular
fete.
Aviators and Esperanto.
To be an up to date aviator now one
must know Esperanto. At Mourmelon !e
Grund, the classic aviation ground, noth
ing but Esperanto is spoken by the Ini
tiated among themselves. M. Henri Fsr-
i man Is the best universal linguist In the
I flying community. M. Efflmoff. M. Van
'den Born, and ' Madame Franck. are all
proficient schol irs. and sprak Zahmenhoff'a
tongue as freely as they fly.
The languas seems to be productive
of excellent companionship. M. Farman
has hoisted the Esperanto flag over his
shed, snd In the evening, after dinner,
when the day'a work la over, he gathers
his disciples around him and teaches them
Esperanto. They are. It Is true, of all
nationalities, and the best way to com
municate with them la by means of a
language which can be learned easily by
all.
HIS ElCHTIEfll NATAL DAT
Emperor of Austria Easily With
stands the Fete.
GREAT ADO OVER AGED RULER
Teasloa Betweea Austria aad Rus
sia Is gradually Leasealagr and
Ilaraaony Is Now "aid to
Be la Sight.
BY EM1L ANDRABSY.
VIENNA. Aug. J0.-(8peclal to The Bee.)
Th emperor has stood ths fatigue of the
ceremonies of his SOth birthday wonder
fully well. He was born August IS, 1830,
snd acceded to the throne In IMs. Only two
of tho present reigning monarchs had been
born when the emperor ascended tne
throne. He was the recipient of many con
gratulations both from home and abroad
and was In better spirits than he had been
for some time. This Is perhaps due to the
fact that there la less unrest In the em
pire than has been the case for many
years.
nettrr Feeling; for Russia.
The fact that the great army maneuvers
which were to be held in Ob Ik-la. near
the Russian frontier. Is taken to mean a
lessening of the tension between Austria
and Russia, which has oxclted much atten
tion.
Some days sgo rumors were spread that
in the cavalry garrisons In Uallcia glanders
had appeared among the horses, and men
are also liable to be attacked by this com
plaint. As the disease was especially vio
lent In two of the cavalry regiments, the
first plan proposed was to withdraw these
from the maneuvers and replace them by
others. '
A change of province was also discussed
by the generals, under the presidency of
the commander-in-chief, . the Archduke
Francis Ferdinand. The emperor has de
cided that the Qallcian maneuvers shall be
entirely abandoned this year.
In official circles It la emphasised that
this change of plan has been occasioned
merely by the epidemic of glanders. The
view, however, can sesreely be avoided
that the abandonment of the maneuvers on
the Russian frontier may also have been
brought about by political considerations.
More of Johonu Orth.
Dr. Telscher, trustee of the missing Arch
duke Johann, alias Juhann Orth, has a
tremendously difficult task In Inquiring Into
the dally Increasing number- of romantic
stories by persons who more or less posi
tively declare they saw Orth alive after
the departure of the Santa Margareta from
La Plata on July It, 18DQ.
The statement of the Frenchman Re
naux seems the most important.- He de
clkres that as an employe of the .harbor
works at Xa Plata he was instructed to
examine the cargoes of cement from Eng
land, and consequently was often on board
the Santa. 'Margareta. He noticed that
there were really two' commanders; one
was called captain and tho other tkn Juan
Orth by the fcrefc. :
'i. Renaux ' made the tatter's acquaintance
and was told by him that owing to dif
ferences with the captain and several at
tempts, on his life during the voyage he
was forced to leave the ship and Settle as
a farmer in the Argentine.
Renaux once accompanied Orth to - look
over his farm, which was surrounded by
primeval forest, and he Is sure that Orth
bought this for another farm.
Orth Changres His Nam.
Renaux met Orth again in August and
December of 1890 at Rio Quarto and Beunoa
Ayres, respectively, when Orth asked him
to forget his name and simply call hlra
Don Juan. Renaux thinks that Orth Is
living as a farmer In the Argentine, but
may again have changed his name.
A Trieste merchant named. Demanius de
clares that he spoke to Orth, who then
called himself Cabaellero, in Beunos
Ayres in 1894. j
The Belgian explorer, Lccolnte, thinks a
hunter named Fredrlch Otten, an accom
plished gentleman, . with a large library,
who he met living In a tent In Patagonia,
may be Identical with Orth, Whom he
greatly resembled.
According to another report, Orth, under
the name of Barton Otto, visited Paris
last winter, where he conferred with sev
eral lawyers, to whom he revealed his Iden
tity and returned via London to America.
Dr. Degre also writes that Prof. Slsto at
the Beunos Ayres university told him that
Orth is still living and In periods receives
sums of money from Austria, i
DIAMONDS WORTH MILLIONS
ARE SMUGGLED TO SAFETY
Womea Traveling: from I.aderlts
to
Capetown Hide Gems la
Their Clothlaar.
BERLIN, Aug. SO. (Special to The Bee.)'
The papers announce that the Colonial of
fice has received Information that two
million marks worth of diamonds have
been smuggled In one haul out of the colony,
involving the loss of 700.000 marks to the
Colonial treasury. A detective employed
In the affair has ascertained that the owners
of the diamonds entrusted them to cer
tain women, who travelled from Laderits
Bay to Capetown with the diamonds hid
den In their clothes. .The women were ar
rested at Capetown, but the diamonds were
no longer in their possession. It Is be
lieved thst the were shipped on board
the German liner bound for Europe through
the connivance of the stewards. The liner
left Capetown shortly before the arrest of
the women. On Its arrival In the German
port the ship will be searched for diamonds.
All diamond exported frpm Southwest
Africa have to pay gn export duty of 83
per cent ad valorem.. '
FOR PR0TECt)iQN0F BIRDS
French I raaroe 1 Deeply Concerned
Over the Present Wild
glaa.hterlaat. ,
PARIS. Aug. . (Special to The Bee.)
i The French Iagua' for the Protection of
Birds I greatly eonoerned about the vsat
slaughter of birds caused by the fashion
for "chantecller" hats. The league as
serts thst 900,000.000 birds are killed yearly
for the adornment of women. Last you
a single London merchant Is asserted to
hsve i sold S2.O0O humming-birds. Oddly
enough, the Society for the Protection of
Animals this year presented Its annual
"grand prix" to M. Rostand, th author
of "Chantecler."
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TO LINK THRONES
BY WEDDING TIES
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I
Royal Matchmakers Would Give the.
Kaiser's Daughter to Young
Prince of Wales.
MEETS WITH POWERS' APPROVAL
I
Princess is a Few Years Older Than
the Prince. '
DISCREPANCY IN AGE NO BARRIES,
t
Brisk Demand for Workmen ThrougV
out Prussia.
APPRENTICE BUREAU IS AT WORK
Mate. Baba Vasllka Cornea Forward
Claiming' to Be the Oldest Woman,
la the World aad Is Still
Well Preserved.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE. "
BERLIN, Aug. H. (Special to The Bee )
A ready the royal match makers are at
work arranging a marriage between the
young Princess Victoria Lulse, only daugh
ter of the kaiser, and young Prince Edward
of Wales. Tho German princess Is a year
or two younger than his royal highness of
Wales, but there Is not enough difference to
make this a serious objection,. She Is a,
charming young girl with those traits of
character which would appeal to the Eng
lish strongly developed and as princesses
go Is decidedly pretty.
Of course the inclination of the young
people will cut very little If any figure in
the match.
Dream of the Rmperor.
The political aspect Is said to appeal
strongly to the kaiser, who has already
fixed his mind that the marriage of these,
two young people would be aa desirable
a thing as could be witnessed and Is de
termined to bring It about if possible.
. There Is Imagination to it. and states
manship of a high ' sort. His daughter
would be the kaiser's supreme pledge of
peace and good will to the British peo
ple. That a princess of his own house
should revive, the ties of close , affection
that existed between Prussia and Great
Britain In the early sixties of the last
centuy, when the princess royal of Brl.
tain married his father, the Crown Prlnoa
Frederick, would be an effective mean of
discouraging the German war spirit. '
Of course it will be several years before;
such a. marriage would be possible. Ttia
princess Is not quite 18 yet and the English,
prince is Just a little beyond. 16,
'Workmen In Demand.
According to a report of the Prussia
Lbor Bureau there Is no out-of-work prob
lem In Prussia. On the contrary it is im
possible to supply the demand for work
men. . . ,
. In .IBM the . men registered for employ
ment at the various labor bureaus waa
687,924, the number . of men asked for by
employers was . 1.102,771 and the bureau
found places for 640,498, This Is certainly
a pretty good showing.
An Interesting feature of the labor situa
tion In Germany is the apprenticeship bit
reau In connection with' the StrasbuFg La
bor Exchange. The chief points to ba
noted in the system are:
First In every municipal 1 school the
teachers ' have the duty assigned to them
of having tho boys under their supervision
until they attain their majority. .
What tho Boy Does.
Second The school teachers are provided
with cards, which Is given to each boy.
who is about to leave school, to bo
filled up In his own handwriting, stating
his choice of trade; whether his parents
can lodge and keep, pay a premium, or
prefer his being apprenticed away from
Strssburg, and the name- of master, If
any, to whom he would prefer to be ap
prenticed. Third The teacher fills In his notes en
the boy's progress at school, his conduct,
etc.
Fourth The director of the exchange, the
officer of health, and the parents visit tho
school. The boy is examined, and his
physical condition entered on the card by
the medical officer.
Fifth The master to whom the boy la
about to be apprenticed Is also subject to
Inquiry; for that purpose the opinion of
the association of handcraftamen Is sought.
Sixth For boys whose parents ara unaMo,
through stress of circumstances, to allow
them to be apprenticed to a trade with a,
small wage, a special fund Is provided,
to which the provincial government make
grant.
Prorrew Is Satisfactory.
The progress made In this department of
the labor exchange Is very satisfactory. It
is not to be measured by the number of
boys actually apprenticed through the in
tervention of the exchange alone.
Parents seek the advice of the exchange
as to the particular trades and roasters to
whom they are about to apprentice their
boys.
On the other hand, masters seek Informa
tion respecting particular boys, who are
seeking to be apprenticed to them. Again,
the medical certificate la of much value In
preventing boys being apprenticed to trades
for which they are physically unsulted.
Aaolher Oldest Womaa.
The claim of Frau Dutklewlts of Posen.
born on February SI, 1785, to be the oldest
woman In the world Is now contested by
Mme. Bsba Vasllka. She was born In
May, 1784, In the little Bulgarian village of
Bavelako, where she has lived ever sine
The record of her birth Is preserved In a
neighboring monastery of the Orthodox
Greek fslth. She is the daughter of a
peasant, and has worked huself as a peas
ant up till a comparatively recent date.
For more than lou years she regularly
worked in the fields, according to the cus
tom of the country, where women ere em
loyed in all sorts of manual labor. The
eienta of her life up to the time when she
attained the age of bO are far mora dis
tinctly Impressed on her mind than the
happenings of the last forty-six years. Her
son, Tudor, following the family tiadltlun,
has also worked In the fields as a peasant
nearly all his life, but he has also taken
part In various wars and rebellions In ths
Balkan peninsula. He la not quite SO
fresh and vigorous as his mother, although,
he Is still capable of doing a good day'a
work, and enjoying such small luxuries of
1 1 f mm A r.1 inj ftha limn art1alta 4,nnW
by the Bulgarian populace.