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HOUSE OF LOKDS
DOuMEM'OME
Haled for Generation!, Ornamental
Incubui ii Now the Butt of Eidicule.
WAS GIVEN FXAItrUL EASING
Eecent Campaign Accentuated Weak
Character of Nobles.
AN AGGREGATION OF BLOCKHEADS
Lloyd George Indulge in Scathing
Arraignment.
TAUNTS LORDS AS COIN CHASERS
r lkllat C hsnrellffr af tke F.irkrrr
I sea eloale. aa Illustrative af
Tarlraaaraa at Hereditary
1 kiabfr.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON, rac. 17. (Special to The Bw.)
The House of Lords may survive a few
years, but that It la doomed la the opinion
of thin kin people throughout the empire.
Until recently It was heted: now It Is the
butt of ridicule. iMirlng the recent cam
paign the Institution got a taking that It
ran not ions; endure. It la bard for Ameri
cana to appreciate what a body like the
House of lxrds really I.
Toe stupid, useless and antiquated lnat Mu
tton la made up aa follows: Three princes,
thirty dukes, thirty-seven marquesses. 23
aria, eighty-four viscounts, 418 barons.
Total TSS. not Including the bishops, or
whom twenty-six sit in the House of Doras.
Aside from the bishops, who are educated
men, the lords are, probably; the biggest
aggregation of blockheads ever assembled
under one roof. It is positively paJnful to
listen to them when engaged In debate.
It has been auggested by Tom Fielders, a
London wit, that prisoners who are sen
tenced to hard labor should be forced to
listen to the noble lords making speeches,
as a substitute for the hard labor end of
th sentence. About the brainiest of the
lot Is the premier peer, the duke of Nor
folk, whose creation dates from 1K3 the
fifteenth Century'. He is something of an
eld granny. There are lords who wear
bracelets and several carry ladles' um
brella. Think of such a body having ab
solute control over any country or even a
vole In any serious affair of Ufa! ,
A Brathln Crlrtclsns.
One of the moat effective attacks ever
made upon the lords was made recently by
Lloyd George. It Is worthy of reproduction
here. Comment had been made by a Tory
on the fact that Irish-Americans were send
noney to this country, to be used In elect
ing enemies of Tor) Ism to Parliament. Re
plying, Mr. George aaid: .
"Now with reference to the House of
Lords I will declare that no civilised people
would tolerate such a legislative body.
What I should like to know Is this since
when has the British aristocracy started
despising American dollars I see you
understand that.' Many a noble hours .tot
tering to Its fall has had its walls but
tressed by American dollars. I am informed
that there la a newspaper even In London,
a Tory newspaper, run by American dol
lars, "France has a senate; the United States
has a senate; the colonies have senates. But
they are all chosen directly or Indirectly
by the people. Let them take a trip to
Australia and persuade the Australians to
set upLa House of Lords on our plan,
t Laughter.) Let us go there with them
now. We will go to Australia with a noble
tariff reformer. And before we landed he
would say, 'Havs you a second chamber?"
They would say, 'Tea.' Then we would
say, "Would you mind telling us bom it Is
composed, and of what class of people?'
They would say. 'Just the olass of people
anywhere around here. It Is elected by all
the people, male and female, wi are of
age.' But our tariff reform friend would
say. '8urely you give more rotes t the
owners of property than to a mere man
who works for his Bring r They would
say, 'No Then our Tory friend wou)d
'. Is property secure? Why? Can a
man safely brin his capital la this coun
try r And ths Australian would say, "From
all I hear It should be much safer here
than In many quarters of London.' "
A .Mis Ready Made.
"The Australian would be very Impressed
and would say, 'Ah. what shall Australia
do to be saved? Give us an aristocracy.
How are we te get oue ?' I would say, 'The
easiest thing In the world. I will tell how
we got ours, I will give you our oldest,
moat ancient stock and consequently our
beet (laughter) because an aristocracy is
like cheese; the older It is, the higher It
becomes. (Greet laughter ) I will tell you
how we got our first and best quality.. A
few shiploads of French filibusters came
over from Normandy. They killed ail the
owners of property they could lay their
hands on. Having dens so. they let-led for
their own uses dth duties at 100 per
cent. Unfortunately, their descendants
hate been cutting each otner'a throats and
thers are very few of them left (Laugh-
ter.) Consequently they are very rare and
oostly. and I need hardly assure you that
such a common and vulgar doctrine as
the survival of the fittest does not apply
to them. (Laughter.) Now. that Is how we
sia:-ted. and we would Say to the
Australians. 'Have you anything like
thatr They would say, 'Well, stop a min
ute; i had a few bushrangers, but we
must Inform you they only stole oattie.'
(Laughter.) -Oh.' as would say. Tattle
wont do; It must be land, and that on
larte scalea' 'Well.' says ths Australian,
"it really does not matter; we hanged the
last of them a short time ago (cheers
before they had an opportunity of found
ing a family. Have you anything else.'
appropriated (a err a Property.
"Weil, let us givs you our second quality,
to this way: We had a religious reforma
tion in this country and we had certain
people who took advantage of It to appro
priate to their own uses land and build
tugs which had been consecrated to feed
the needy and to tend the sick. There was
great distress In ths country; tbs poor
never knew where to turn, and after years
of discontent and hunger and famine and
rebellion at last they set up a sj stem
whereby these poor people were provided
for out of the rates, and you and I are
ow paying rates in order te make up for
rtie revenue which has been appropriated
by those noble people who rejected our
tCvnUDwed en Page Two.)
IRISH POLICE MUST ARREST
Chief of Police of Dublin Issues an
Astonishing Order.
WOLFE TONE K05UMENT ASSURED
Aertion i. f ( nrlos la Mrrfl Wherei
Robert t.mraet waa Kirratf 4 j
Includes Block on Whlrk
Hesd ltelrj.
BT THOMAS KM MKT.
Dl'WJN. Dec. 17. igpecisl'ti. The Bee. i
There In very little crime in this city !
and consequently arrests an- few. The po-
lice chief fancies, however, that the con- i
stables are ncglectins; duty and sn order
has been issued tailing upon commander?
to file monthly a report. The order says:
"Constables on day duty who have not
summon or arrest" during the month
are to be reported and brought before me
st the latter end of the month also ser
geant in charge of such consiables as de
faulters." M'lfe Tone Memorial.
At the convention of the Wolfe Tone
and United irishmen Memorial committee
held here the annual report showed that
good work was done during the year. Rev.
Euge.no Sheehy, It was stated. Is about
commencing a lecture tour in aid of the
memorial fund in the United States which
Is expected to bear satisfactory fruit in
stimulating the Interest of the Irish-American
cttisens In the memorial to the great
est Irish-American citizens who were re
publicans. The sum of 100 was advanced to Father
Bheehy towards the expenses of the tour.
A sum of la lying In the Hibernla
Loan and Savings Hank of San Francisco
in the names of the trustees, but this can
not be taken into the balance sheet until
forwarded by the local committee in that
city. As It is earning larger interest in
Ban Francisco than it could in a security
of equal value at this side of the Atlantic
the committee there do not intend to use
It unt'.l needed.
Hteker Male Drsm Dealers.
Sir Thornley Stoker s sale has gone on
gaily all this weak. This sale has brought
nearly every British dealer of note to
Lublin, and between times they havs vis
ited many of the antique ahops and picked
up treasures. The chief treasure of the
sale of silver plate went to John Hoble
of Newcastle, England, who now possesses
some really unique specimens of Jacobean
silver.
One of the weirdest lota in the whole
collection of curios was put up the block
on which Robert Emmet's bead rested af
ter the decapitation. It only fetched a
small sum, which speaks well tor the taste
of ths twentieth century. Wbsn ons re
members It was ia thlg vary street (Ely
Place) that Emmet wooed and won Sarah
Cur ran. daughter of John Phil pott Cur
ran, It seems a curious fate that this grue
some relic should be sold so near.
freed From Jery servlee.
A fussy old Irish county Judge named
Craig, who spends his time fussing among
law books which are bluemoldy from age,
recently discovered a decision hundreds of
years old and he applied It in decisions
which deprived thousands of Irishmen
from serving aa jurors. The Jury list
has been reduced from 1.500 Jurors to 600.
The county court Judge stated that he had
followed the advice contained In a letter
from the adviser of the crown, in 1877,
taking the view that occupation excluded
the persons Indicated, and he also sub
mitted that, by the acts of 1871 and 1873,
the very small peasant class were delib
erately excluded from being Jurors. The
King's Bench has reversed Craig.
P.neer Case la (oirt.
In the Dublin court of appeals, an ap
peal from C7 Inhabitants of Inlshmore was
heard against the action of the revising
barrister tn striking their names off the
list of voters. No taxes. It was stated,
had been paid on the Island for over two
yesrs, the county council of Galway being
unable to get any person to collect. The
claimants contended that as there was no
collector they should not be disqualified
for non-payment of their taxes, but the
court upheld the decision. If this decision
holds good It would be possible for the
authorities to prevent people from voting
by purposely neglecting to have taxes col
lected In a given year.
Dog That Can Talk
is Furnishing Thrills
for German Capital
Special Effort Made to Develop the
Animal's Astonishing" Talent it
Partly Successful
BERLIN. Dec 17. (Special to The Bee.)
Much Interest has been aroused by a
talking dog. For five years Don. who Is
ths property of a gamekeeper at the royal
bunting preserves, near Hamburg, has been
noted for his powers of speech. Hs be
gan to learn at the age of six months,
and now has a limited vocabulary.
When Don was standing by his master's
sids at dinner time one day, Herr Ebers
said, "Tou want something do your To
everyone's amusement Don replied, tn a
deep but clear tone. "Haben, haben."
(Want, want.) The gamekeeper at once
started to develop the dog's talent In
reply to. "What Is your name?" he learned
to say "Don." And to "What's the mst
ter?" he answers "hunger." Hs came to
say "Kuchen" (rakes), with reasonable
distinctness. When rakes ars In view hs
repeats, "Kuchen haben." And If his plea
Is unanswered hs adds "hunger!" with a
long drawn emphssla
Those who hear the dog talk for the
first time ars often half-frightened, so
unnatural does It seem. One day Don
wandered Into tbs kitchen of a working
woman who was siloing sausages. Hs ex
claimed. "Don-hunger-want!" The house
wife dashed from ths room in a fright,
leaving tbs sausages for Don.
KITCHENER TO GO HUNTING
British Field Marshal te sheet ea ike
Preserves Aleasr Areas ef
tke Kile.
CAIRO. Dee. 17. (Special to The Be
Lord Kitchener will be the guest of Gen
eral Sir John Maxwell while he is In
Cairo. Shortly after Christmas hs will
proceed te Khartoum, whence he will go
on some shooting expeditions up the White
and Blue Nile.
SOCi WJKTS MAY
KILE IN UEKMAXY
Government Has a Well Defined Fear
They Kay Prevail at Next
Election.
ARRESTS OF STRIKERS AID THEM
Kaiser Wilhelm Preaches on Virtue
of Temperance.
EXHORTS CADETS FOR THE NAVY I
Tariff on Meat Imported Into Ger
many Will Remain.
BETRAYED WOMAN GIVEN RELIEF
Police Presides! of Berlin Wares
Women Asrntnst Wearies !nner
oes Hatpins Direct Taxes
lilt Everybody.
HT M A ICO M CLARKE.
BERLIN. Dec. 17 -(Special to The Bee )
The government fears that the socialists
will come pretty near "carrying the em
pire" whenever a renersl election takes
piece. It Is. without knowing, playing Into
the hands of the socialists by its unusual
vigor in the cases of those who were ar
rested during the recent Moahit labor
troubles. Thirty-four men and women are
now swatting trial. The followers of Karl
Marx are making the most of these cases.
Wilhelm Prenrbes Trsiperssff.
The kaiser has been handinp out more
advice most excellent advice, by the way.
At the opening of the new naval school for
the education of marine officer the kaiser
delivered strong temperance sentiments. In
addressing the cadets he warned them in
solemn manner against the use of alcohol.
The conduct of war, he said, demands
atrong nerves, and for this reason alcohol
should be avoided. In the operations of
warfare that nation will be In the front
which lias been the least addicted to strong
drink.
A cabinet order from the kaiser to the
cadets was read In which he, addressing
his "young comrades." reminded them that i
their calling demanded much sacrifice and
Incessant application. The naval officer
must be an educated man In the general
sense, as well as possess technical knowl
edge. The times demand men of iron, and
therefore character and personality are
first essentials
The kaiser counselled the young man to
cultivate moral and religious views, and
to remember that victory Is won by Intel
lectual powers, not by a people who guzzle
rum and Indulge In Idle things.
Relief for Betrayed Wosus.
Romance which was followed by tragedy
is recalled by the announcement that the
king of Saxony has granted Mroe. Mano
lescu permission to abandon her name and
assume that of Frau von Otuerschueta. This
most unfortunate woman Is a Countess
Wlldlnsr von Koenlgsbrueck by birth. Her
brother Is master of ceremonies at the
Saxon court and the members of her family
havs been prominent among the nobility
for centuries.
Manolescu was the notorious Roumanian
swindler who posed as a prince and a mil
lionaire and was really a burglar. At the
sumnit of his fraudulent career be met
Countess Angelica and made love to her.
Fascinated, she fell an easy victim. They
married and lived happily tiU Manolescu
was arrested while committing one of his
many burglaries. He Is now undergoing
penal servitude. The countess then found
out to whom shs had been married. Broken
hearted, she returned to her home at Dres
den and lived In strict retirement Her
name was, however, a constant burden and
an unpleasant reminder to her, for after
obtaining a divorce she continued to bear
it. Now the king has released her from
this painful link with the past
Tariff i Meat Remains.
Replying In the Reichstag to an Inquiry
relative to the Increase in the price of meat
Herr Delbruck, secretary of state for the
tatetior. said that the necessary restric
tions on the Importation of cattle and
meat could not be removed Just to meet
the requirements of ths borne market The
most effectual safeguard against a real
meat famine lay, hs said, In the protec
tion of Germany's ever-Increasing stock
raising Industry.
Dr. Ernst Haeckel, the famous natural
ist, has puLHcly seceded from the Lutheran
church. Dr. Haeckel stated that his rea
sons for doing so were the conviction thst
the separation of church and stats and
church and school were Imperatively de
manded by the needs of our civilization,
and, finally, owing to personal Indigna
tion over the attacks of the clerical press
In regard to the alleged fals.ftcetlon of
Illustrations of embry onic life In one of his
scientific publications.
Unhappy Wife M ordered.
Recently a terrible murder occurred out
side the Central divorce court here. A
respondent waited for his wife outside
the building and sought to hsve a word
with her. She turned her head and swept
by htm. leading her two children by the
hand. Ths husband then turned to her
father, who contemptuously refused the
desired Interview. "Then you shall speak
no more," shouted the husband, who drew
a revolver, and fired two shots at the
woman, killing her. The husband bent
down and kissed his murdered wife, and
then ran down the streets pursued by a
mob. When caught he was reloading the
pistol. Intending to commit suicide, but
was prevented.
Warslsf Asralast Hatpin.
The police president has given another
example of his care for the population
committed to his chargs by addressing an
official remonstrance to women on the
danger of wearing hatpins thst protrude
over tbe edge of the bat The president
points out that ths danger Is especially
great in street cars and steam cars, and
bs has received numerous complaints of
injuries caused by wearers of this formid
able millinery making an unexpected
movement of the head and piercing their
neighbor with a pin. He appeals to wemen
not to wear such pins, or at least to
mask ths points, so aa to render them
harmless, by means of a device sold for
that purpose.
Along with ths Increase In tbe number
of women workers, ths number of do
mestlc servants Is steadily decreasing In
this country. Notwithstanding ths in
crease of the population, in 1C there were
l.I24.U servants and la 1M7 only LSM.'b
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POPE FAYORS HARD WORK
Believes a Busy Life Preserves the
Power of Man. j
AGED BISHOPS A SHINING EXAMPLE!
Cordial Reception to Cardinal Arrh
Blikop of Cologne by Plas X
Gives Deatal of Dlntnrb
ls( Reports.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.
ROME. Dec. 17 (Special to The Bee.)
The pope, who is a hard' worker himself,
thinks hard work is a blessing. Talking
on the subject with an American prelate
he said: ,
"Hard work never kills a man, though at
times It may give him some hard knocks.
It Is surprising to find so many old men
on the missions, who stow younger each
5'r by keeping at their noble task. For
Instance, there Is a bishop. Mgr. Caxet,
who, despite his M years. Is able to do
active duty. Bishop Cazet celebrated his
silver Jubilee of consecration on October
11. During the last year. In the course of
his missionary tours, be confirmed 5,7(
persons and the number would have been
larger If more priests were on hand to
gather the harvest. I understand he
makes his joumeya on foot. 1 hope to
see him ere either of us passes away."
More Cardinals eedrd.
As the college of cardinals now contains
only fifty-one members, nineteen short of
the full quota, it is possible that the pope
may appoint a few new members. Twenty-
seven cardinals sre over 70 years old,
seven being 80 years old.
Germs a Cardlaal Warmly Received.
The cordial reception given by Plus X
to the cardinal of Cologne has proved
welcome to all parties In view of the fool
ish reports set abroad as to the investiga
tion having been made In the archdiocese
of Csrdlnsl Fischer for alleged modern
ism. The report has been already denied, i
for there was never the slightest founda
tion for It Cardinal rischer, at the con
clusion of a long and pleasant conversa
tion, tendered the pope a generous offer
Ins of the clergy snd people of his diocese!
The pops thanked the cardinal, ths clergy
and the faithful people for their kindness.
English Convents Presented.
Among the recent visitors here were the
Rev. Messrs. Hinde and Cocks, formerly
vicars of Anglican churches at Brighton.
England, who were presented In private
audience to the pope by Monsignor Prior,
auditor of the rota, who has Just returned
U this city.
Great Scholar Dead.
Professor Anfc-elo Mosso, a senator and
noted scholar, died here recently. Hie
writings on physiological problems are of
importance. He waa the Inventor of many
Ingenious Instruments, among them one
for measuring the movements of blood
vessels under the Influence of excltment
and another by which the fatlpue curves
of the human muscular system can be
measured.
Mafia letlus Dead.
The mayor of A versa, who was stabbed
by a member of the maf.a as he was en
tering the town hall, has died of his
wounda He was much beloved. A great
indignation meeting to protest against tbe
frequency of such crimes has been held.
Price Appoloslsrs.
Many stories are current concerning the
little boy prince w ho is heir to the ltal an
throne. A few days ao, while playing
with his sisters, ha fell and hurt himself
when Jumping off a boat after being for
bidden by his mother to do so. A serv
ant arrived with a basket of orangea The
little prince's orange was given to ths
son of one of the keepers. The prinoe
snatched the orange and threw it into the
sea. He was immediately sent home, and
told that bs would have to beg the young
lad's pardon or go without candy for a
week. For two days be went without
candy. Then, to his mother's surprise,
without saying a word, he quietly sought
out the keeper's son and apologized for his
vicious conduct.
Ussauils Is Bnsr.
Signer Gabriels d'Annunxlo ia It Is said,
here completing a "sacred drama" on ths
subject of St. Sebastian. He has chosen
Ida Rubinstein, a ballet dancer, to play
tbe part of tbe saint.
Fatal Woaad sy Ilatple.
As a young woman waa alighting from a
tramcar In a public square, recently,
she fell on her head and a large hatpin
shs was wearing was forced into her skull.
She was picked up dead.
Weighed iu the Balance
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Subjects of Monaco
Demand Resignations
of French Officials
Latter Protest They Have Heaviest
Commercial Interests and Pay
Most of the Taxes.
MONACO, Dec. 17. (Ppecial to The Bee.)
Havirvg secured a constitution the Mont,
gasques are demanding the resignation of
all the French officials In Monaco, the sup
pression of the French benevolent fund
committee and the dissolution of the Cham
ber of Commerce, founded by Prince Al
bert, In which Frenchmen predominate.
To this the Frenchmen have replied by a
vigorous protest, pointing out that three
fourths of the landed and commercial In
terests and nearly the whole of the finan
cial Interests of the principality are In
French handa Thus, although there are
S.0U0 Italians In Monaco, as against 8,uuu
Frenchmen, tbe latter contributed S96.H00 of
the total $100,000 yielded last year by the
poll tax levied on foreigners.
Of a population of a,0uu souls, S,X of
whom are Frenchmen, there are only 617
electors In Monaco, and of these ninety
five belong to the old Monegasque party.
The remainder are naturalized Italians.
Prince Albert is. In communication with the
French foreign niinlstry, and a delegation
of Monegasques and French Jurists are en
gaged in drawing up the new constitution.
What Frenchmen are chiefly anxious about
is that their Interests shall be properly
safeguarded at Monte Carlo, in a word,
that those who pay the piper should occa
sionally be allowed to call the tune.
Swiss School Girl
Becomes a Wife
Cantonal Authorities Now Confronted
by a Question that Has
Them Guessing.
ZURICH. Dec. 17. (Special to The Bee.)
The Zurich municipal authorities will
shortly be called upon to decide a curious
case. An Italian schoolgirl, aged 13 years,
whose parents reside at Zurich, returned
from a short visit to Italy and, stating she
was married, refused to return to school.
In this canton children are obliged to at
tend school until the age of 15.
On making Inquiries the Zurich authori
ties found that the little Italian girl had
teen legally married In her own country
to a respectable young working man of her
own class, who Intends to come to Switzer
land when he has saved some money and
make his girl-wife a home. Can s mar
ried "woman" be compelled to attend
school? is tbe question that the authorities
will have to settls.
WARM WELCOME TO C0NNAUGHT
Matsbele Warriors Tarn Oat la War
Rennets to Greet British
Dafce.
CAPE TOWN", Dec. 17 6pecial to The
Bee ) "The Great White Chief." as ths
MaUtbele describe the duke of Connaught.
had a great reception on his arrival at
In luwayo Rhodesia
Th Matabele, several thousand strong,
lined one of the avenues from the station
in a stooping posture, chanting and
dapping their hands. They wore war
feathers in their headdress and skins.
The route was also ornamented with
triumphal arches and profusely decorated.
The pavilion from which the duke delivered
his speech was so arranged at the foot of
the Rhodes statue that ths silent figure
of the founder of the country seemed to
be looking approvingly on the ceremony.
SOLDIERS LOSE GUNS IN STORM
Swiss Artillerymen Mast D Without
Field Pierre I ntll After tke
Spring" Taaw.
GENEVA. Pec. 17 -(Spedal to The Bee )
Artillery and troops from Fort Bavatan,
near St. Maurice, w hile maneuvering at an
altitude cf nearly k.WO feet. ' were over
whelmed by a snowstorm and obliged to
abandon four guns. The men hastily de
scended to the huts at Rlondal. where they
stayed, snowbound, for two days. On
returning to ths hills, they failed to find
the guns under the deep snow and aban
doned the search. There the guns will
remain until the Erst melting of tbe snows
in the spring.
PLAN FOR GREAT RAILROAD
Muscovite Engineers and Financiers
the Originators.
SUBMITTED TO GREAT BRITAIN
If FraiFf, Germany or Persia Iel re
to Partfrlpate la Bolldln New
Road They Can Have Small
Block of Slock.
BT GEORGE FRASER.
ST.- PETERSBURG, Dec 17. (Special to
The Bee.) It soon will be possible to go
by rail from Europe to Calcutta If the
proposition made by the Russian engineers
and the financiers to link up the Russian
and Indian railways Is accepted by the
Russian and British governments, which
now seems assured.
The Russian promoters of the scheme
have been announced. They are: M.
Homiakoff, ex-president of the Duma", M.
Timirlaseff, chairman of the Russian Bank
of External Commerce and a member of
the upper house; M. Itarck, managing di
rector of the Volga-Kama bank; M. Bech
kovskl. chairman of the Vladlkazkas Rail
way company; M. M. Bunge and Palash
kovskl, railway and harbor cot tractors;
M. Rafalovitch, a nephew of the Russian
financial agent In Paris; M. Guchkoff,
senior partner of Botkln, the largest tea
and sugar bouse in Russia, and mayor
of Moscow; and M. Zvegintseff, member of
the Duma.
It is Intended that there shall be from
ten to fifteen Russian founders and an
equal number of British founders. In addi
tion to the nine names given, it is expected
that there will be one representative of the
cotton industry, one of the tallow and skin
Industry, and at least one of the agricul
ture. The agreement signed by the Russian
group provides, among other things, that
the company shall be International; that
its chief office shall be In some western
city (London and Brussels have both been
proposed); the direction cf the line must
follow the shortest route from Calais to
Calcutta, using existing lines and going
through Persia; the English and Russian
Interests mast be equal; the participation
of French, German. Persian and other
groups will be welcomed, but the amount
of their participation must be decided
later by mutual agreement; the founders'
shades to receive no dividend until after
the ordinary shareholders have received
per cent.
1 las.clnr Will Be Easy.
M. Zevrintseff says the capital required
for the undertaking Is much lefts than
has been stated. Ths length of the line
to be built to connect the existing Russlaa
and Indian lines Is only 1.600 miles, and a
rough survey, which has been made, leads
to the conclusion that for the sum of HO,
OUO.000 the line could be completed. Adding
to this the necessary rate of interest for
the Invested capital for four years (the
period of construction) would necessitate
the expenditure of another 1 .000,000. This
This would mean a total expenditure of
lioo.ttoo sm. which Uie Rubslan group think
quite sufficient for the enterprise.
As to the possible success of ths entei
prise from the purely financial standpoint,
it is hoped that, given the possibility of
taking passengers and mails from London
to Bombay in eight days, and six hojrs
at the very modnrete estimated speed of
twenty-eitsht miles per hour, or with a
speed of thirty-three miles in exactly
seven days, and with a daily service, ti e
transit traffic would be developed from its
very first days, espt dally if it is remem
bered that tlje English traffic for the pur
pose of saving four and .a half days, main
tains a special eervlce from Calais to Brin
disi. A through ticket from London to
Bombay for pae,sers by the propose!
system would cost about liSUO for a Journey
of seven days, as against .t00 for a Journey
of double that period by the London-Brin-dlel
route.
Not a t Isleaary Plan.
In conclusion M Zevgintseff said: "This
Is no mere schema of the air. It has been
shown thst there are no political objec
tions. Those concerned with the scheme
in Russia have not proceeded until they
have been assured that they would have
no hindrance from the Imperial gov
ernment there. With regard to the next
step, it may be stated that, both from a
political and financial standpoint, every
thing necfceeary has been done In Rue. a.
So far as the political aspect of the project
Is concerned, we hope that no political ob
lection is likely to be raised la Lundon,
MAM5ICUK1ELN
LIXEFOIIACADEMV
Famous Widow of the Discoverer of
Radium Likely, to Break All
Traditiona.
MAY SIT IN HUSBAND'S SEAT
Case Taken a Indicating Progress of
FTench Worn en.
FEMALE TEACHERS OF MILITARISM
Cecil Sorel, Actress, Has Mysterious
Proposal of Marriage.
KNOWN AS "WOMAN FRXMIER"
Remnr that PHsre Aapnleoa llepe-a
to Become Holer of Frawoe Is
Treated vlth HUh lls
daln In Pnrls.
FT PAUL VILLI EES.
PARIS, Dec. 17 (SpeclBl to The Bee.)
France has mnny remarkable women, all
self-made. Madame Curie slaiiJs at the
head. She has been cn:i't!y continuing net
work since her hi'sbhtid s death. There Is
a question of elettins her member of the
Academy of Sciences, "an unpi cdoccnted ac
tion, for heretofore when a woman v.s
mentioned the male members had sn elo
quent smile, which meant "never." In
deed, a law of the academy has to be re
pealed if Madame Curie is elected.
AmsKat declared the other day that
Napoleon's ides of women oukM to piersil.
The .reat emperor said, "a woman's mis
sion Is to be a rood housekeeper, spend her
time In having children, and rearing them."
It seems a curious incident, but Madame
Curie. If elected, will occupy the chair of
her dead husband. She participated as
much as be In the discovery of radiilm. In
fact, since she is alone she has made new
discoveries which proves that her brain
is equal to any man's in that academy.
Woman's rights are making progress in
France. General Palsteln has chosen
Madame Lapardelle as military teachci.
8he Is organizing classes In the army for
the soldiers w ho do not know how to read
and write. Mme. Lapardelle is the author
of a popular book for the teaching of
adults. She is to have a school In the
Invalldes.
An Actress "Woman Premier.
Who is the "member of the English no
bility" from whom the famous French
actress. Madam Cecil Sorel, has re
ceived a proposal of marriage? This
remarkable woman has tbe reputa
tion of being able to make and
unmake ministers with wave of her
dainty hand. The council of ministers, it
la said has at times met in her s utnftuous
salon, and there the word of the "woman
premier" is law. Her fame as an actress,
is subsidiary to her distinction as the most
extravagant "wearer of clothes" In the
world. Hers is tbe most-sought-after per
son by the great costutners for the exhibi
tion of their latest creations. Her arrival
at any of the great race meetings has in
It something of a royal procession.
Kapoleon's Ambition Hopeless.
Prince Napoleon, who recently married
Princess Clementne, and who has done
some boasting about his republicanism, haa
recently been hinting at the possibility of
another French monarchy, with himself
as monarch. It Is believed that his wife,
who Is regarded as an ambitious woman
of the pinhead type of femininity, has put
the Idea Into his besd. France is prac
tically a monarchy now, lack.ng only a
king or sn emperor to complete the busi
ness. But Prince Napoleon has as much
chance of becoming king as the sultan of
bulu has of attaining the presidency of tbe
United States. There has been but one
Napoleon, Napoleon the Great. Since be
pessed away, there have been a few mis
fits who have been trying to make a
noise under the shadow of a great nama.
Prince Napoleon is exiled from France
and that is why he was married In Italy.
Poor Princess Clothllde, daughter of Vic
tor Emmanuel, lives In absolute reltrement,
spending her life praying for the sins of
her family. Tbe marriage between th
sa'ntly Clothllde, who waa only s.xteen.
with Jerome Bonaparte, mother and father
of tbe bridegroom, waa a political one,
arranged by Victor Emmanuel and Na
poleon III. Clothilda always lived a most
retired life, and after the death of Jerome
she went to Monoallert to live In privacy
In small rooms that remind one of the
cells of cloistered nuns. In this castle,
which belongs to ths crown, and In which
Prince Victor and Princess Clementine
were married, there are many mansions.
Uarlirr Ties Severed by Money.
When the engagement was announced
people said: "How is this possible, for the
prince had other ties." Fortunately for
Clementine, they were ties that mony
couiii sever. Of the three children of
Jerome abd Clothilde, Prince Victor, Prin
cess d'Aosia and Louis Napoleon ths
1'iencu prtlur tbe last Prince Victor has
never shown much energy or bravery.
Prince Louis has Joined U.e Russian army.
I and if he had been the oldest, that Is, the
successor In the Napoleon dynasty, the
republicans might tolerate him. But Vic
tor, never!
Kik iiiirni4 makes Victor cousin of
the king of Lngland, the czar of Russia,
the king of Bulgaria, the king of Norway,
the king of be'.glum, the king of SpiUn, the
crown prince of Roumanla, the crown prin
cess of Greece and Sweden and the grand
tluke t,f Hesse. All those family reiatluua
hall from the llinuesa Clementine'a father.
King Leopold, and tbe Duks of Saxe-Co-burg
and Golha. Now, from the grand
mother's side of ths princess, who was the
daughter of the French king, Louis Phil
ippe, the prince becomes the cousin of the
duke of Orleans and to all the princes and
princesses of ths royal house of France.
By this alliance he also becomes tl.e cou.nn
of ILapoburg and lliltelibuch. From his
mother's side, the Prince Clothllde, hs
already Is the cousin of the king of Italy,
King Manuel of Portugal, and allied to
a great number of royal families througb
Crtherine of Wur! einburg, the wife of the
King Jers.. grandmother of the prince.
He is thus related to sbout every royal
family whom his Illustrious sneeMtor, Na
poleon 1. humiliated and defeated.
Urassatlst Alssuet Centenarian.
Ferdinand Dugue. who wrote many plays
produced between 1K.'& and 1a75. and Mine.
Dugue celebrated the seventieth anni
versary of their wedding day last week.