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unday Bee PART TWO EDITORIAL SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE PART TWO WANT AD SECTION PAGES ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XL NO. ?,). THE OMAHA SUNDAY 1JKK: MAHCH 1L 1911. SIXOLK COPY F1VH CKXTS. Political and Social News by Cable and Correspondence from the Old World he Omaha DIVORCE GROWS IN GREAT BRITAIN Sir John Macdonnell Reports the Mid dle Clues Lead in Seeking Separation. MOST APPLICANTS ARE WOMEN One-Third of Divorce Cases from the Working Class. OLD AGE PENSIONS GO BEGGING Many Workhouse Inmates Prefer to Stay Where They Are. NUMBER LEAVING IS VERY SMALL Curl Fltswllllaaa Gives an Extrava gant Christening Fete for Ills II rlr, o Will liar Mark Montr aad Estates. BT PAUL UMBETH. LONDON. March lL-(Speclal to The Km.) Sir John Macdonell's latest report on the law court contain a Ion analysis of the, divorce cases. Petitions In 1909 num bered 7s7, against S4 In lnna, but the decrees granted numbered 66 against 872. In almost one-half of the divorces fie marriage has lusted from ten to twenty years, and In about one-third between five and ten years. Petitioners for the most iiart belong to the middle classes. A small number are engaged In farming, min ing or domestic service. tHjt of 110 petitions eighty-one were bv wives. Hut among merchant skippers, mates and seamen, postal employes, civil servants, soldiers and naval seamen and police, the majority of the petitions were presented by husbands. Out of the thlrtv fiv petitions Involving actors, musicians and the like twenty-two were by wives. In 40 per cent of the unhappy marriages there was no child and In 25 per cent there was only one child of the union. Parents of six or more children were Involved in only one of every fifty divorce rases. The number of petitions from the work ing classes was 270 out of the total of 7S7, being slightly more than In 1908, and slightly fewer than In 1907. WurkkoaiM Attractive. The removal of the pauper disqualifica tion for old age pensions will not, appar ently, make much difference with many aged Inmates of workhouses, ftom many Irish Poor Law unions reports are being made of the number of Inmates who, ill though otherwise qualified for pensions. , prefer to remain In the workhouses rathur , than attempt to live 'outside on five shll- Ungs a week. At the Athy Board of Guard Ian It was stated that although seventy : two Inmates were eligible for the pensions i only seventeen 'were willing to leave the i xaoua in order to obtain their modest al lowance. At-XhS ciose .of 1910. thaxe-wor I tveexly 80,000 paupers In workhouses In Kng- tand gad "Wale eligible for old age ren figlon, an4 as yet not more than 5.000 of L (has have applied for their 'discharge At tha West , Derby Liverpool Board of Guardian It was Stated that 730 inmates at ' the workhouse eligible for pensions . would not leave the house. In the Man 1 Cheater union there are 437 persons In the workhonse qualified for pensions, and as yet not more than thirty-three have given notice of their Intention to leave. Th Prestwlch workhouse has 167 ellglblcs, of whom only forty-eight applied for dis charge and at Withlngton, out of about 300 qualified Inmates only thirty-six are leav ing. The reason for this reluctance to leave Is simple. To those who have friends or re lallves outside" willing to receive them the S shillings a week might appear sufficient But many of the aged Inmates have been In these Institutions a long time. They r practically friendless, many are feeble it bedridden and to such as these the work house seems m re attractive than the prospect of attempting In their old age to net up, house and live alone on a pittance Just large enough to keep them alive. Tw Millionaires Ue4. Probate of the will of Htr William Agn iw tha famous art dealer and connoisseur, has been granted in Manchester. The gross value of the personal and re il calals la sworn as ilS.OUO.OuO. The only charitable bequest Is a sum of 16,000 to tl-.e General Hospital and Dispensary for SP-k t'hlldren at Pendlebury. The will of Ird Wtntarstuke of Blagdon has been lodged for probate by the ex cutors, the estate being provisionally worn at &,000,00a Probably the greatest christening In mod ern history was held recently for Viscount Milton, the Infant son of Karl Kltswllllam lie was chrlatened la the private chapel of Wentworth Wood house, the most splen did mansion In England. The baby's wrap at the christening was the scarf which ' William the Conquerer took from his arm at the battle of Hastings In 1066, and handed to an ancestor of Karl Fltswllllam as a mark of appreciation for valor. Monster rejoicings of the earl's tenants took place In the park around the house where eight great tents were filled with the 7.01 guests Invited to the feast. The bey, who was the hero of the day Is the child of good fortune. He is the long awaited heir of many millions, the future owner of many great estates in England, Ireland and Canada, and some of the richest coalfields In Yorkshire. Agra Paupers set Ip la Hour. A man who is said to be tha last of England's old postboys, William Hennen left the Medway I'nlon workhouse, at th age of St, to marry Fanny Wadhams. aged St. The couple met at the workhouse, a by subscriptions snd gifts a comfort I liomii has Im en furnished for them. T church was crowded, thousands assembling In the street to catch a glimpse of the In teresting couple. The old people were loudly c he. red as they drove up In a motor tar. AUSTRALIA WANTS SETTLERS Three Mlllloa trrra to He Thrown Uara, aad Poor Settlers Mill Be Helped. SYDNEY. March U.-(gpecial to The Peel Mr. Vaughaa. the treasurer o' South Australia, speaking In Adelaide, announced that the government la about to '.hrow nrn 3.0t.00i irm of agricultural land, i hey fell the time had arrived when. Im migrants could be welcomed, ar.d i'ne gov ernment was pietarlng to make advances to settler with a limited amount of capital. SISJERS NURSED POPE PIUSGERMAN MAIDENS Pontiff Says Old-Fashioned Remedies Saved Him. WAS TREATED XS IN BOYHOOD Kaiser Wllhelm la Expected Soon la Heme ana W ill Visit Both King Victor and Head of Roman bureau BT CLEMENT J. BARRETT. ROME. March ll.-(Speclal to The Bee) The pope's recovery from his recent Ill ness which, however, was not serious Plus himself says was due to the careful nursing of his aged sisters, who treated him to old fashioned demedles such as the family used when he was a boy. His trouble seemed to be the grip. The government has taken In hand the restoration of Raphael's tomb In the Pan theon. It had been much neglected and then altered by way of restoration. The monument Is really an altar tomb, and when It Is again open to the public It will be seen In all Its pristine beauty. The remains of the artist are contained In a sarcophagus found at Ostla, and givvn for tha purpose by Pope Gregory XVI. The work will be out of the restorer's hands In April. Kuiser Expected Moo a. The Kaiser William of Germany Is ex pected here shortly. He will be the guest of King Victor Emanuel. He will also visit the pope. The last visit the em peror paid to this city was In 1903, and the memory of that event Is still before the minds of the Italians. He visited the Pontiff Leo on that occasion In Imperial style. King Peter of Servla has been received by King Victor Emanuel. The senate has discussed and rejected the fifth and final resolution contained In the retornt commission's report, and burled the whole scheme which Slgnor Arcoleo laid before It. Among the American bishops who re cently visited the pope were Bishop Dan iel Francis Keehan of Kali River, Mass.; Bishop Joseph Rice of Burlington, Vt., and Bishop Thomas Heaven of Springfield, Mass. Student Kills Actrraa. Paollna Glorgl, who enjoyed much celeb rity In certain circles on account of her beauty, made the acquaintance of a young student from Argentina named Carrera, and for a time the pair seemed to be very much In love. As a concert artist, Paollna went from one town to another wherever her engagements took her, and six months ago she proceeded to Genoa. Thither shu was followed by Carrera. The couple descended the steps leading to a grotto a few days ago. The maid bad not been waiting more than a few minutes when she heard the report of shots. Rushing down the steps the maid perceived her. jnistrea.-,.ticU4it;duo. Xba. ground with two large wounds In her breast. ; Carrera, holding Ills ruvolver, was standing over her. As soon as he saw the maid he fired three time in the direction of his heart and fell dead. The woman lived only an hour. Archbishop for Hindustan.. Archbishop Anselm Kennealey, the Irish Capuchin , monk who was recently created Archbishop of Simla, In Hindustan, has left this city for his new field of labor. He Is 4t years old, strong, and energetic and able as an administrator. Before leaving the archbishop had a prolonged in terview with the pope, who instructed him to what course he should pursue. Briton and German Fight Eeal Duel Teuton Was Best Swordsman Goaded the Englishman to Desperation. and KIDNEY, MarCh ll.-(Speclsl to The Bee.) Two Sydney wool buyers, one Eng lish and the other German, had a fierce political discussion as the outcome of which a duel was arranged. This took place In a park, the weapons being swords. The German had all the best of the fight. He was much the better swordsman, and a deep gash In the Englishman's arm run ning from elbow to armpit soon testified to Ills skill. In desperation the Englishman took his weapon In both hands and tried to cleave his opponent's skull In twain. This failed, but he succeeded in Inflicting a body wound. Both combatants lost a great deal of blood before the fight was stopped. Their lives, however, are not endangered and they were reconciled, but the Englishman declares that his opinion of Germany Is unaltered. Danish Clans Can Change Names Too Many Hansens, Petersens and So rensens Government Solves the Puzzle. COPENHAGEN, March H.-(SpeciaI to The Bee.) The Danish government recently found It necessary to grant heads of families the privilege of changing thotr names If they feel so disposed without in curring any legal costs. This la an im portant piece of legislation, for the popula tion of Denmark Is divided Into three great clans the Hansens, tha Petersens and the Kurensens. In one town of 23,000 Inhab itants over four-fifths bore one or the otner of these names. Many of these have taken advantage of the new law and assumed more distinctive names. MORE RAILWAYS FOR SWEDEN Gottrtnral Decides to Balld ew l.laea to Aid la Develop ment of luialr), STOCKHOLM. March 11 (Special to The Bee.) Sweden has decided that additional railroad facilities are necessary for the development of the country. The govern ment therefoie has decided uHn the prep aration of plans for tha constructto:) of lines of railway such as will give an Inland line running north and south In Sweden, from Gollivara In the north of Krlatineh hamin on Ike Kener. UTTER THREATS Berlin Suffragette Springs Original Argument for a Change in the Law. WILL SEEK CANADIAN HUSBANDS First Propose to Become Subjects of Great Britain. HIGH COST OF LIVING IS CITED This Factor Blamed for Failure of Men to Wed. COLOSSAL SURPLUS OF FRAULETNS Smart Young Women Kent to Prlaon for Three Years for Working on the Credulity of Seekers fter Rtrltfmeat. BY MALCOLM CLARKE. BERLIN. Ma'Ch 11 (Special to The Bee.) A novelty In the wav of suffragette threats Is that contained In a letter to the Taseblatt. the Writer threatening thst Oeirran elrls will comnple with their Knit llsh cousins for Canadian husbands, owing to Pruss'a's obsolete franchise svstem. The writer, who appears to be a suf frnstettrv with kern Insight Into the politi cal affair of the nation, says: "T oe by th new spapers that Canada Is looking for 5.000 brides, and that there are 5.(00 eligible bachelors there without suit able feminine acquaintances. Give us the fullest possible Information about condl tlons In Canada, because we Intend goini? thr;e to find husbands. We do not see why English women should snatch the best catches from undr the vtry norrs of us German girls. "Since the German government pays no attention whatever to the colossal surplus of German girls, and as the high price of meat Is making it increasingly difficult for respectable clrls to get married, the girls of our circle have unanimously de elded to become British subjects, aid to (m'giate to Canada in order that the as pirations of the Canadian bachelors may he gratified. The Prussian government will then realise that through Its obsolete franchise system the young women to whom the vote Is refused have been driven Into the arms of England." Worked the Gullllltlr. Due of the most extraordinary stories that has ever come before n court of law was told in a remarkable blackmail case which has Just ended In a fashionable young woman, Kmma Helm, being sen tenced to three years imprisonment. The prisoner made a living by charlatanry, ac companied by a certain amount of skill In hypnotism and palmistry, with the aid of which she pandered to the cravings for sensation and excitement of a number of the Idle rich, flip rented a handsome tint, ftli'it'stinl -wtwtmtwry. rrre room of which wai decorated furrlshpd and drape! en tirely In red, -and It was here that the seances took plate, at which Emma enter tained her fashionable clientele. The trial arose out of an action for ex torting money brought by a former serv ant girl named Kruger. and it was this witness who gave the evidence which led to Emma's conviction. Fortune for Philanthropy. The sum of $123,000 was recently left by an octogenarian woman named Llzler. who has died, and the bulk of it goes to the Catholic church. The remainder la for a railwaymen's home and a blind asylum. Deceased, the widow of a railway station master, hud been blind since her thlrty- I " Ighth birthday. She saved most of the I money herself. Hitting the Kruppa. Herr Hue, who represents an Essen con stituency, attacked the firm of Krupp. He. admitted that the firm's expenditure on "sociul" Institutions win Urge, but raid the profits were enormous. He calculated that the Krupp family alone had cleared I1. 600,000 in the last three years, and de clared that the Industry had squeezed the whole district out like a lemon. According to the report of the Essen house Inspec tion, 40 per cent of the dwelling con sisted of two rooms, In many cases with one bed for four or five persons. Wllhrlm'a Trip Innocent. . It is aulhoratlvely stated that the em perors coming trip to Corfu is Intended to be nothing but a holiday and that there is no question of an official visit to Italy. The emperor will touch both Austrian and Italian soli, but there will be no special greeting In Austria, and according to exist ing plans, no meeting with the king of Italy. All political 'combinations" are said to be baseless. Emperor as Kariurr, Many members of the distinguished com pany which filled the spacious hall of the Prussian Herrenhaua for a setting of the German Agricultural council had come expressly to see the emperor. Pew ex pected to hear him, but the gathering had the Interesting experience of being pres ent while their sovereign added yet one more Item to the list of diverse roles In which he has appeared before the public. On this occasion he was a practical agrl culturlst. describing In graphic terms, spiced with humorous remarks, the success ful reclamation of waste land, made at his own Initiative on his farm, at Cadlnen. Morniona DlaHkrd. While In England nothing has been done so far to stop the work of Mormon mission aries, strenuous measures were taken In Germany last year. There had been a com munity of Latter-day Saints in this city for years, but It had not been going well, and when Mr. McKay, the head of the Mormon church In Central Europe, came with twenty apostles to brace things they were promptly expelled" from the country as "oblectlonal aliens." The Naval Caiue Again. A debate has taken place on the navy In the Reichstag. Herr SVhrader, a radical, called attention to the misrepresentations with which scare-mongers In Great Britain have fanned the flames of anti-German feeling. All along It has been Britain, and not Germany, which has forced the pace In hhlp building. REMINDERS OF ROYAL FLIGHT Republic of Portugal to Kreu the Boats la Which King's Family r.M-ased. UsBON. March II. iSpei lal to The Bee. Two fishing lKats. In which the Poitu gutbe royal family reached the yai ht In which they eiM-ai-ed lo Gibraltar last (.tober, have been offered by the owner to the republican government, and will bv placed In a museum at Lisbon. iOPP0SE PAY F0R PARLIAMENT District Councils Begin to Approve Stand of Nationalists. WANT ELECTION EXPENSE GIVEN Dablla Street Dor, Arrested for Trad lag Wlthont a License, Is Found to Be Heir to Large For. tone la t'swnada. BY THOMAS EMMET. DUBLIN. March 11. tSpeclsl to The Bee.) There is a gradually growing opposi tion to the scheme to pay members of Parliament. The trade council adopted a resolution reiterating the demand made by all the Irish Trade congress and all other labor bodies in favor of the payment of election expenses, and emphatically pro testing against the suggestion that Ireland should be excluded from the provisions of the bill about to be Introduced to give effect to those democratic reforms. The Granard Rural District council unan imously passed resolutions expressing ap proval of the Irish Party In refusing to take payment for their services, which the resolutions declared showed that they could not be bought by British gold. Flection Hrlberr Admitted. A sensational development in the North Ixuth petition was the admission of Ser geant Morlnrlty of bribery at the recent election and his statement that it would be futile, in view of the evidence of James Dolan, to proceed further with the de fense. A man named Toner was sent to Jail for three months for Intimidating a voter who had been subpoenaed to give evidence. Wants Wife from Poorhouae. The novel request to be allowed to se lect a wife from among the female Inmates of the workhouse was made by an old age pensioner named Thomas Smith to the guardians at Glenamaddy, Mayo. "I have full and plenty," he pleaded, "but still there Is something wanted In my cottage a companion to make Ufa sweet and agreeable." He assured the guardians that he would give a wife a good home, but she must be respectable, and if she wan eligible for the old age pension, she would be all the better, (laughter.). The chairman suggested that the master of the workhouse who was a good match maker, should take Smith through the In stitution and help him make a suitable selection. Smith was asked If he had his eye on any special woman. He replied In the negative, adding that he came with an open mind. "If I don't get what suits me," he said. "I'll take out an old man for a companion.. Iv course, Ol'd prefer a good slnslble woman, who wasn't young and giddy in' if she had a bit W money ol" wouldn't object, but she needn't have money If she has good since." Street Boy Becomes Rich. During a recent hearing In the children's court In which a lad of 14 years was sum moned for trading In the street without a license. It was - stated that, the boy's grandfather died In Canada, bequeathing to his son, the" father of the youthful of fender. JIOO.OCO. When "the news of th be quest reach him. however, the lad's father was on his death-bed, and the boy became heir to the money. As he was a minor his affairs were taken charge of by the Court of Chancery pending his reaching his majority. The boy was miserably clad and bore trace of neg lect. Instead of renewing his license, the court suggested that the lad should be sent to an Industrial home or school, or. falling that, that steps should be taken for obtaining some of the fund for his up-brlnglng. A collection was taken up in court for the boy. Count Taaffe Dead. The death of Count John Taaffe, County Louth, a count of the ' Austrlam empire, and formerly an officer of the Imperial guard, recalls the fascination service under a foreign power, particularly Austria, has had for Irishmen of good family. Count Taaffe, unlike most of his countrymen after earning distinction abroad, returned home. Taaffe, who died at a very ad vanced age, had a common ancestor with Viscount Taaffe, who though an Irish peer, is a member of the nobility of Austria, where his family have been domiciled for 'generations. The Taaffes have been land owners In Louth since the sixteenth cen tury. Petty Jealousies of Bourbon Royalties Crop Out in Egypt Prince of Vindictive Temper Has an Austrian Archduke Ordered Out of a Hotel. CAIRO. March 11. (Special to The Bee.) An amusing story is being related In Anglo-Egyptian circles In reference to the large number of foreign royalties now visiting Cairo. It Is well known that al though the blood ties between members of the Spanish, Bavarian and Austrian reign lng houses are close, the personal relations re not quite so friendly. Thus for weeks rooms at one of the best hotels had been booked for a baron and family, who were really Important members of the reigning Austrian house. They arrived In due course. Almost the first person the baron met on the steps of the hotel was a royal prince who Is at deadly loggerheads with the Austrian, and he at once consulted the hotel register, saw the name of the "baron" entered amongst the newest arrivals, smiled a diabolical smile and informed the manager that If the baron was not Immediately cleared out of the hotel royal patronage would be with drawn. The baron and his family were Imme diately asked to go to another hotel, but left at once for Europe, and not till they were out of Egypt did the manager learn that the baron was an Austrian archduke traveling Incognito. KING OF MONTENEGRO IS DANGEROUSLY ILL Old Monarch gaffers front Attacks of Now Bleed that Hrslat Treatment. CETiiXJE. March 11 -(Special to The Heel The health of King Nicholas of ! Montenegro Is causing aerious misgiving." -I The king had se.rral violent attacks of noae-hleedlng and all uttempts at remedy I were unavailing-. He la 7u yeura old. All the members of the roal tjuV"uvar been summoned to Cettlnje. BRIANDIIEART1LY DISLIKED BY ALL Task Attempted by Former Premier of France Was Impossible of Accomplishment. ELEMENTS COULD NOT BE FUSED Socialists, Infidels and Clericals All Hated Briand. DOG VISITING CARDS THE LATEST Fond Lovers of Canine Pets Disgust Decent People. ACADEMY FOR WOMEN PROPOSED Rejection of Mme. Carle by the Academy Insplrea Movement to Start One Wants Pension for Dyspepsia. BY PAI'L V1LLIERS. . PARIS. March 11 (Speclnl to The Bec.)- The retirement of Premier Briand has been expected. Ills friends have frequently said he ha. been trying the Impossible task of reconciling Irreconcilable elements. The socialists, of whom he was one. regarded him as a renegade to their "cause." 1 he Infidel class looked upon him as too lenient with the Catholic church, while the chur-n regarded him as the archprlest of In fidelity and a despot. Employers and corporations denounced him as a dema gogue too friendly to labor organizations and worklngmcn regarded him as "a cap italistic tool." Traveling Theater Proposed. We are going to have a new theater; an Intlnerant theater which will travel around the country like a circus, and It will conic Into existence this coming Bummer. The company will travel and performances will be given. This theater Is to, keep the provinces in touch with the plays wnich up to the present have been performed here. It will have a stage as large as many City theater stages. There will lo twenty-five cars to transport the outfit. There will be a homogenerous troupe which will give plays as they always have done In France, without a star. Gemler, who Is at the head of the enterprise, intends to in clude operatic performances. Acquired Dyaprpala Official?. A councillor of the prefecture, a stale of filial, has applied for his pension on the ground that he is suffering from chronic dyspepsia as a result of fulfilling his duties In attending state banquets. The cabinet, unwilling to associate Itself with what would be a grave slur on chefs, nil rejected the dyspeptic official's demand. Dlagnatlnw Innovation. The latest and most disgusting fashion society tad Is the dog visiting card. "Poms" and pugs which go visiting ith their inlatreeses in fashionable circles .mve tholr own tiny pasteboards tucked away In little pockets. Such dogs have two sets of cards, which ftre left on other dogs at the houses where they call with their mis tresses. One card gives the dog's name, while the other tecords Its pet name Joined, to the family name of Its owner. Academy for Women. It Is believed that the rejection of Madam Curie by the Krench academy will result In the formation of an academy .'or women. Several academicians. Including a famous playwright, have Intimated their willingness to support the scheme. Rescue Telephones In Alps. Jean Lavelle, a tourist, who has Just re turned, relates that some time ago he aet out to cross the St. Bernard pass by him self and got caught In the fog. He sat on a rock and waited for one of the dogs to come, but In vain, and when the fog cleamed away he managed to reach the hospice. "There I was," he said, "for lx hours, and not one came near me." "But why," exclaimed one of the monks, "why did you not ring up us by telephone?" The astonished tourist learned then that the whole pass Is provided with shelters at short distances from each other, all In direct telephonic communication with the hospice. When the bell rings, the monk sends off a dog loaded with bread and other comforts. The dog on duty Is told what number has rung, and he goes straight to that shelter. This system saves the dogs their old duty of patrolling the pass on the chance of finding a stray traveler, which, as the pass Is under snow for about eight months of the year, entailed hard and often fruitless labor. Patron Saint for Aviators. Notre Dame du. Platin has been chosen to be the patron saint of the aviator. Mount Odelln, an ancient member of the municipal council, has had a small church constructed In tho quarter of Platin, near the shore, where the bureau is, which has been dedicated to the mother of God, and the aviators have been placed under her protection. An artistic medal has been cast with her Image on one side and the picture of the little church on the other. Many aviators are already wearing the medal. The bishop of La Rochelle author ized a service to take place in the new sanctuary, and also the blessing of tha medals. Surgeon Operates oa Himself. Dr. Alexander fYalcon, a young Rouman ian surgeon, has been studying a new anaesthetic, which leaves the patient lucid, but suppresses all sensibility. Fralcon had hernia, and an operation became neces sary. He determined to try hi new an aesthetic and to test Its efficacy by operat ing on himself. The anaesthetic was ad ministered and the doctor sat down at the operating table, and, after calmly perform ing the operation, stitched up the wound and went to bed. The operation took an hour to perform. He is now on the way to recovery. POLICE NAB CABINET OFFICER Minister of Works In Portugal Is Found la a Restaurant After Legal Hoara. LISBON, March 11. (Special to The Bee.) recent regulation made by the Portu guese government ordered that all cafes and re.-tauranta should be closed by 2 o'clock In the morning, and the Lisbon police, learning that certain establishments hud tianrersed, made a raid recently and arrested all the guests of places which ihoulil have been closed At one restauran-. the grots Included the minuter of public works and several of his friends. The were obliged to go to the police station, but were released after paying a fine. The sulnlster was Ignorant of the new rule. DICTATORSHIP IN TURKEY Military Authorities Said to Be Now Ready to Uncover. ARMY IS SUPREME IN THE LAND Political Leaders of Anstrln Worried Over Possibility of a Merlons Break la Existing Cordial Relation. BY EMIL ANDRASSY. VIENNA. March U.-tSpcclal to The Bee.) The establishment of a military dic tatorship In the Ottoman empire Is not only predicted by those familiar with con ditions In the country, but Is claimed to be rlrily a question of a short time. Some even predict that It may be established In a very short time. U Is contended by those who advocate such a dictatorship that It would greatly clarify the outlook In the country In many respects. The real position In Turkey Is that the army Is supreme, and the only question Is whether Its supremacy shall stand revealed to the world or continue to be masked by the committee regime. A military dictatorship would be prefer able to a large per cent of political leaders. bs they claim that the army, while really supreme at present. Is only hiding behind the present regime, and therefore Its policy Is hypocritical, while with a dictatorship It would be only professing what is now practiced. Danger of Break Ahead. Whether there Is really danger of an Immediate break between Austria and Ger many or between Turkey and Austria or not. the question is now agitating political leaders In Austria, and while the agitation Is In Id to certain newspapers. It cannot be denied that Austria will not be found wholly unprepared should a disturbance arise. Austria's foreign policy was to a certain extent set forth In a speech by Prince Esterhaxy at Buda-Pesth In an ad dress before the House of Delegate. The Hungarian delegation adopted the foreign affairs budget and passed a vote of con fidence In Count von Aehernthal's policy During the discussion of the budget Trince Esterhaxy called attention to the fact that certain newspapers In the coun tries forming the triple entente were ap parently engaged In trying to sow discord between Austria and Germany and be. tween Turkey and Austria. "If," he said "the Dally Telegraph permitted itself en gaged In some fun and spoke .of the pre tended alliance between Bulgaria and Aus tria-Hungary, this was probably with the object of Irritating Turkey. The reason why the minister had been allent on the subject of the Adriatic railway was to be found in the fact that this affair had un dergone no change." With reference to the criticisms leveled at the minister' conservative policy, the speaker pointed to the formulating of the Balkan policy. by the minister for foreign affairs, who desired to maintain the statu quo In the Balkans In every respect, sought no adventures and threatened no one' safety. The demands of the military ad ministration were not the result of foreign policy. Tliev wera- aimed soleljf at the defense of the monarchy. It was obvious that the foreign minister could not pursue a sound policy If he knew that he had no force behind him. , Laws Hard on Jews. Jews In Austria-Hungary have been much disturbed over the new license laws that have greatly Inconvenienced them In their trade, from which they derive their only Income. A deputation of 5.000 Gnltclan Jewish ven dors of spirit arrived In Vienna recently to petition the government against the new license laws which threaten some 30. 090 Jew with ruin. The deputation de manded that all vendors of ' spirits In Gallcia had been In the trade for ten year should receive a life-long license. The government authorities heard the pe tition, but so far no action for the relief which Is asked has been taken. Spokes men of the deputation claimed that license taxes were already high and the new In crease would work a hardship that they could not afford to meet. Paris Criminals Use Guns Freely Police Attempting Arrests Compelled to Face Desperate Resistance Almost Daily. ' PARIS, March ll.-(Speclal to The Bee.) The use of the revolver by criminals Is becoming dangerously common. A mis creant who was recently sentenced to twenty years' servitude fired five shots at the police who were attempting to ar rest him, and badly wounded one of them. In the evening a cyclist-policeman was shot at as he was going off duty. He pursued and captured his assailant. 81nce 1871 forty Parisian policemen have been killed in the performance of their duty, four during the last year. EMPEROR OF JAPAN GIVES UP LIBERALLY Accompanied Uenrrous Donation by a Word of Advice to Change Methods. TOKYO. March ll.-(8peclal to The Bee ) The emperor has Issued a rescript dwelling on the Importance of adapting the government's policy to' the changed economic conditions. His majesty has given a donation of l.SuO.OOO yen (1750,000) for the relief of the poor who are not able to obtain adequate medical treatment. TOURISTS IN SWISS HOTELS t'easna Shows Tbouaands Reside la Public lloatrlrlea All Scar Round. GENEVA, March 11. (Special to The Bee.) The census taken In Switzerland shows that of the languages spoken In the republic, German htads the list with 2.6W.149 persona speaking It; French comes next, with TW.ijO. Italian, with 301.3-3, and Homanche. with 29.91.'. All four languages are "official," and may be employed by deputies In the Swiss Parliament. On the western frontier Eiench la grad ually ousting Cermun, while Itallun l- gaining over German In parts of the Can ton of Vaalls. especially at Brieg. There are 5).irJS strangers In the land, of whom at leant 23.0U0. aa far as can bj Judged, live In hotels the greater part of the year. SCANDAL BREWS IN CZ A ITS DOMAIN Some of the Highest in the Land Are to Be Connected with Raw Kind of Grafting. OFFICIAL CIRCLE HONEYCOMBED Seizure of American Firm's Papers by Stolypin. GOOD EVIDENCE THUS SECURED Premier Likely to Hold it as Club Over Enemies. WANTS TO RUSH HIS REFORMS Asserted- the F.vldenee Secured In .th Searches by the Police Prorea that the Russian Grafter Ontdo Chinese. BY GEORGE FRASEM. ST. PETERSRl'RG, March 11 (Special to The Bee.) The recent seizure of the papers of a great American manufacturing concern with branches In Russia may re sult In such a scandal as will shake Rus sian society to the center. Since Premier Stolypin began his anti graft campaign he has stirred tip a power ful opposition which has very seriously threatened his position. Russia official dom Is honeycombed with graft. E-ven China, where the selling of official favor has been developed Into a profession. Is not far ahead of Russia. It has long been notorious that even members of the Im perial family have "been out after their , bit," as a Tammany man would put it. No concern doing business with the gov ernment could escape the grafters. M. Stolypin Is a fighter and he found that In order to keep his own head he had to have absolute proof against high placed grafters and he must go to work In the usual Russian mnnner to get It. He not only seized the papers of the American concern, but the houses of a number of high officials have also been searched, with the result that the prime minister has secured Incontrovertible evidence of the crookedness of some of the highest In the land. If he decide to tise It there will be an exposure of official rottenness such as ha never been seen In Europe. It may ba there will be no public exposure If opposi tion to the plans for administration re forms which M. Stolypin has In view Is not pressed. Rebellious Monk. The Monk Ilellodorus, one of th worst demagogues of the Union of the Russian People, refused to obey the order of tha holy synod transferring him from Tsarlt sln, where his conduct ha long been a public scandal, and locked himself up with his fanatical followers In the church, tak ing 'a solemn row that he will die of starvation. The synod ha sent a bishop to bring him to reason. Ilellodorus a year ago secured the czar's special protection under the plea that ha was Imbued with the most Intense loyalty and patriotism. He thereupon Incited th passions of the mob against tho local au thorities, scurrllously abusing the gov ernor, who was forced to resign. Ilellodorus later abjured his oath to fast on behalf of himself and his followers on the ground that the telegrams sent by th conservative associations to the czar be seeching his majesty to allow Hellodorua to remain at Tsarltsln were never for warded. Stndent Strike Still On. The strike of students which was called a a protest against the exHe of over 800 students for their recent demonstrations still continues. Conflicts with the police have taken place, Prof. Markoff has been summarily dismissed and many others are resigning. The colleges for girls are al most empty. I'nder the government' late decree all disturbers will be expelled and exiled. Including the 400 students expelled from Tomsk university, the total number of expulsions will be brought up to nearly 1,200. Norway Lets Down . the Bars for Women to Hold Office Women of Haakon's Kingdom Al lowed to Aspire to Official Place with Him. BY EMIL GRI'NDM ARK. COPENHAGEN, March ll.-(Kpeclal to The Bee.) Norway has evidently found Its advanced experiment In woman' suffrage satisfactory and ha taken another long tep In the way of placing women on' complete political equality with man. I'nder a resolution adopted by King Haakon's cabinet all public offices have been thrown open to women with the exception of places in the cabinet, the au my snd navy, the diplomatic service and th church. The Norwegian women, since the fran chise was granted to them, have taken an active and Intelligent Interest In political affairs. They have been a positive fore for good and If this new experiment works well It Is not Improbable that the offl es from which they are now barred, except perhaps the army, navy and church, will be opened to them. Plague Spreads to European Russia Four Fatal Cases Reported from Astrachan and Official Circles Are Excited. BUCHAREST, March 11 (Special to The Bee.) According lo a telegraphic com munication received from the Roumanian society at Constantinople, the Manchurlan plague has already spread to European Russia. During the last few days four fatal caars have been reported in the gov ernment of AMrachan. The news has pro duced a great sensutlon In official circles. It la feared that Uie epidemic will he con veyed Into Rniinianla through their com Dierc'Al relations. The Roumanian govern ment has therefore decided to proclaim a most rigorous quarantine. 7