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AOL. XLVIII. NO. 14,74.
PORTLAND, OKEGOX, MONDAY, APRIL G, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BRITISH
PREMIER
RESIGNS OFFICE
squith Is Chosen as
His Successor.
MANY CHANGES IN CABINET
Battle on License Bill Delayed
as Result.
SORROW AMONG RADICALS
Voting I'nlilk-lHii Suddenly Kisos lo
Heifihl of Ambition Brilliant
larger of rtetlrlng Tremicr
Knds in Hopeless Sickness.
IONIWJN, April Cr-at Hritam to
tilpht is in a peculiar position, bcins with
out either Premier or Ministry. The long
pxpected rrsisnation of Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, the Frimr Minister, was
officially announced. Accordinsr to the
Court Circular, he resigned on the urgent
recommendation of his medical advisers.
ftnd. as the constitution provides no auto
matic successor, it resting with the King
to choose a new head of the government,
tnd as in accordance with the custom and
precedent, the whole Cabinet resigns with
tiie Premier, no strp to appoint a Ministry
ran lv taken until Herbert H. Asquith
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has
been summoned to Biarritz for the pur
pose, has sen the King.
The position of the country is quite un
precedented, there" being no previous ex
ample of a change occurring in the Pre
miership while the Sovereign was abroad.
Dn this account the course of procedure
to be followed is In some doubt.
Sir Henry's condition remains un
changed, according to the physicians
bulletin published today. The King, in
telegraphing his acceptance of the Pre
mier'a resignation, conveyed an expression
ff his regret and esteem, with best wishes
lor Sir Henry's recovery.
Ch-mrellor Amiuith, who ling teen Act
ing Preniier for some time past, will
leave for Biarritz probably tomorrow
tuornina. At a Cabinet meeting this
morning, specially called, he submitted
the Premier's resignation and the situ
ation was fully discussed.
Orlavs Baltic on liU-ense.
Monday. April 6, ha been fixed for Mr.
Asquith to move in the House of Com
mons the second reading of the licensing
bill, thr measure that im regarded as tiie
most dangerous of all the government
bills to the Ministers' tenure of office.
Vndcr the changed conditions this de
bate probably will he postponed until
after Easter and- adjournment moved to
fnable tiie Chancellor to proceed to
Tiarvitz to kiss the King's hand on his
appointment as Premier and submit his
jnopcsals for the reconstruction of the
C;iWnr t. It may he inferred that no more
contentious business will come before
the House until the new Ministers are
appointed.
Promotions in Cabinet.
Speculation In regard to this matter In
all political centers tonight regarded it
bs certain that David Lloyd George, presi
dent of the Board of Trade, will succeed
Mr. Asquith as Chancellor, and that Sir
Reward Grey will retain his portfolio as
J'oreign Secretary, but nothing can be
predicted with assurance. &
Among t lie predictions Is one that VIn
fton Spencer Churchill, Vntler Secretary
frr the Colonies, will take the place of
tlte EhiI of Elgin as Colonial Secretary,
and that Iirri Tweedmnuth. First Jxmt
of the Admiralty, will withdraw in order
to accept some other office. Mr. Asquith
tonight resolutely declined to be drawn
Into any statcnv.nt of the situation.
Will Xot Please KndfcaM.
Mr. Asqutth's accession to the Premier
ship will be well received by all sec
tion of his party, with the possible ex
ception of the extreme radicals and la
bor men. who are inclined to see in his
Imperialist views the end of some of their
aspirations for socialist reforms. Sim
ilar feclines are likely to prevail on the
Irish benches of the House, where he
is not rrsatded as a sure friend of home ;
rule in any degree.
With the general public Mr. Asquith is
lo "kefl upon as having the highest career
epn to talent, having at a comparatively
early no from an insignificant begfn
ninc attained the highest position In the
state. Nobody doubts his consummate
ability and administrative capacity. Dur
ing the recent work as deputy leader In
the Commons lie also has shown unex
pected warmth of disposition.
ol (od M ana err of Men.
Tiie only ouestion in men's minds is
whether he has the art of managing
int n. He is said to lark the personal
enthusiasm and charm of manner which
distinguished his famous predecessor, and
which is regarded as one of the first i
essentials in ?ecurhig followers.
Mr. Asqnith's wife was once dnscribei
by Gladstone as one of the cleverest
young women he had ever met. She is
an admirable political hostess and will be
invaluable to her husband in -his new
position.
KINO HAS ASQUTH
Select Xpw Premier on Receiving
Bannerman'si I tesig nation.
BiAJUUXil Ayril i A aoecial courier
Arrived here today with the letter of re?
f gnat ton from Sir f enry Campbel!-Ban-nerman,
the British Prime Minister. U
was announced later that King Edward
has accepted the Premier's resignation
and has summoned Herbert H. Asyuith.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to come at
once to Biarritz.
It is tiie understand my here that the
Premiership will be offered by the King
to Mr. Asquith.
CAI5EEK OF UETIHIXG PREMIE tl
caJtliy. Anient Ubernl arid 31a u
of Wonder rui Tact.
Sir Henry Cr.rnpbell-Bannerman. the re
tiring Premier, came from the shop
ke; pins rlass. once referred to supercil
iously by Napoleon I. but which furnished
the sinews of war in muscle and cash
to aid in the downfall of the French
Emperor. He was born in Glasgow, Scot
land. September 7, 3fvJ6. Hi.s father was
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the late Sir James Campbell, of Stra
cathro, Forfarshire, Scotland.
At the heginniug of the 19th century
James and William Campbell, brothers.
started a little linen draper's shop in
the east end of Glaspow. Both prospered
speedily and the father of the future
Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ire
land1 became a political power in the
Scotch city. Five years after the birth
of -(Henry, his father was Ird Provost
of Glasgow. When King Edward was
born in 1K41, Ixrd Provost Campbell was
knighted. Sir James, however, still kept
piling up money as a drj'goods merchant
and he gave his two sons a university
education. The eldest son. James Alex
ander, went to Glasgow University, and
became a strong Tory like his father.
Henry went to the same university and
alo to Cambridge, returning a convinced
Liberal, in after years both boys be
canie members of the House of Commons
and1 voted against each other on almost
every motion.
Sir Henry's mother was the daughter
of Henry Banncrman. the great Man
chester merchant, and1 thus in the veins
of the Premier flowed Scotch and Eng
lish blood. When a wealthy uncle died
he left Sir Henry a large fortune on con
dition that he assume his name, and
thus the Premier became Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman.
He was knighted in
Favorite of Gladstone.
Sir Henry soon made his mark in poli
tics. He married Charlotte, daughter of
the late General Sir Charles Bruce, and
thereby strengthened his standing. He
h;id no financial worries and threw him
self into liberal polities until he became
a great favorite with Gladstone, who was
also an admirer of his Tory father. Sir
James. He entered Parliament as the
Representative of Stirling in 1S6S atfd was
returned for this borough at every elec
tion. Hp took office in Mr. Gladsto' first
administration, three years after he en
tered Parliament. He made himself so
valuable in various directions that he
held ofihe in every Liberal government
since that time.- He was- Financial Sec
retary to the War Office from 1ST1 to
1874 and from JSSO to 1882. He was Sec
retary to the Admiralty from ISM to
1SS4. and was Secretary of State for War
in and from 1892 . to 1S95.
In the last two positions his work was
considered so excellent that a keen ob
server wrote of him: "He is one of the
few ministers who know the difference
between a cavalry regiment and a pro
tected cruiser." He introduced a new
and complete scheme of army reform,
hich led to the retirement of the jJiiKe
of Cambridge as commander-in-chief.
In fact, among his intimate friends Sir
Henry was known as "the man who de
nosed the Duke." It was said of him in
1S!2:. "Mr.' Oampbell-Banncrman haa only
one fault. He is lethargic. A few crackers
ignited under his coat tail would do him
good. If he. could only be induced to be
come a vegetarian and to read only one
French novel a month. Tie might depose
the Duke of Cambridge and become fa
mous In history as the man who created
the British army."
Man W'lio Deposed tiie Duke.
Within two years Sir Henry bad
brought about the resignation of the
Duke w it bout creating any commotion.
War ministers of both parties had shrunk
from interfering with Queen Victoria's
cousin. To Sir Henry the task of getting
the Duke out nlmply meant that it had
to bo done. It was a magnificent triumph
of tact and earned for Sir Henry the
gratitude and esteem of every man in
the army.
On the same day June 21. 1S95 that
the resignation of the Duke of Cambridge
was announced, the Roselwiry administra
tion fell and Sir Henry's office as cabinet
minister ceased for ten years. It was on
a question of Sir Henry's salary that an
adverse vote was given in the House of
Commons. An attempt was made to re
duce it in tiie army reform bill before
the House. Lord Rosebery and his col
leagues believed that the word of a min
ister should be accepted without reserve.
Sir Henry did not need the money. Tie
was reputed to have an income of t-5'V-no
a year. The salary was to be $25,000
a year.. His colleagues, however, stuck
to the principle involved, and went to
defeat through the lack of seven votes.
The ministry resigned and at the next
general election the conservatives were in
the saddle.
Tackled) Hard .lob In Ireland.
It was In Mr. Gladstones second ad
ministration that Sir Henry was ap
pointed chief secretary for Ireland a
position of the most arduous kind and
which usually caused the retirement of
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MLLYING FORGES
TO RENEW BUTTLE
Evoiy Vote Wanted on
Liability Bill. ,
FILIBUSTER WILL CONTINUE
Can Democrats Force Repub
licans to Act?
STRUGGLE TO GET CREDIT
Eaeli Wants Glory of Carrying Out
I5oosevclt Programme Xo
Free-Wood-Pulp Bill Will
Tass at This Session.
WASHINGTON. April 5. (Special.)
Notices have gone nut from the party
whips of both the Republican and Demo
cratic sides in the House to have all
members on hand tomorrow to vote upon
the employers' liability bill. 'This an
nouncement that action Is to be taken
upon the measure most urgently recom
mended by President Roosevelt In his re
cent message to Congress injects a new
interest into the legislative situation that
has developed within the last week.
In the notiols sent to Democratic mem
bers it is set forth to be the party pro
gramme to vote affirmatively on the final
roll-call. "
Can Democrats Force Action
What general purpose will be served
by the filibuster started last week by. the
Democratic minority? Will It force the
Republican majority to do all of the
things promised and expected by the
country, but regarding which fears of
failure to perform have been created, or
will it have an opposite effect and react
upon its originators through their having
to shoulder the responsibility of impeding
legislation absolutely needed?
These are questions that have arisen
In the broWthlng spell between the re
markable and highly spectacular partisan
warfare waged for three days and the
beginning of another legislative week
that may be marked by still more sensa
tional developments.
Desperate Game of Politics.
This time the filibuster has nothing to
do with pending legislation, but in large
measure with matters that have not eyen
received consideration from committees.
It Is not a protest against something the
majority proposes to do, but a demand
that certain things be taken up and put
to a vote before the regular appropriation
measures shall be allowed to go forward
unobstructed.
The Democrats are playing a desperate
game of politics and are fully justified
in their own estimation under the press
ing circumstances. If they win the far
greater .point beyond that of mere pro
test which they have in mind, however.
It will be a wonder. The chances are
against them. The majority leaders are
resourceful in expedients, masters of
strategy. In the long rn the Democrats
will have to go to the people with the
question as to whether they deserve the
credit. The astute Republicans are bent
on preventing them from getting the
credit. That's the whole situation in a
nutshell. It's a game of fierce, relentless,
practical politics all around.
Free wood pulp and print paper is
THE TYPE OF CITIZEN WHO "COULDN'T GIVE
TRIAL;" AND WHY.
FORECAST pF THE WEEK.
Politics will fill a measure of the
public eye during the week. h no
lers than lx slates and 34 districts
political conventions will meet to
choose delegate to the National con
ventions of the Republican and Dem
ocratic parties; two states will hold
primaries and three candidates for
Presidential nomination Secretary
Taft. Governor Hughes and William
J. Bry a n a re programmed for ac
tive speech-making tour In various
. atates.
In Congress the Democratic fili
buster promises still further to en
liven matters In the House, while the
Senate will give its time to appro
priation measure.
something the Republican leaders do not
propose to provide for at this session un
der any circumstances as matters now
tand. This central item in the Demo
cratic programme of forcing action may
afford the minority campaign ammunition
ater Congress adjourns.
After all, it isn't the Democratic min
ority so much as the "big stick" that will
Inspire the Republicans to 'do some
thing." The White House Is watching
the situation In Congress with supreme
interest, but with great equanimity. It
Isn't burrowing trouble, nor crossing any
bridges until they are reached.
DR. DAY EXCORIATES RICH
SELL DAl'GIITEIIS TO COUNTS
AND "NO ACCOUNTS."
Mosl ISic-h Men am! Their Sons Are
Fools Market for Klch Girls
Among Hugged Royalty.
NEW YORK, April 5. Dr. James R.
Day, chancellor of Syracuse University,
addressed a .meeting of the Harlem
branch of tiie Young: Men's Christian
Association today. He spoke of a
bright industrial future that will fol
low the present depression. Dr. Day
said:
"I hope-you young men, and old men,
too, all have work. If you have not,
you will have soon. This Nation is
too big: to be ruined, too big to stop
long. The business of the country is
not Koing" to stagnate or wither. It
is going on.
"Men get rich and then get fat and
get dyspepsia and die. The Lord takes
care of that. Most of them are fools,
but they die and leave their millions
to sons and daughters Instead of to
Syracuse University.
"And most of the sons are fools, too.
They spe.nd the money for automobiles
and yachts and great establishments
and tye and bye you get it all back.
'The daughters distribute wealth,
too. They give some of it to those
counts and no accounts the papers are
full of. Most of It goes abroad, but
it comes back again. Many of the
daughters sell themselves and give a
bonus. AVe have a market here in this
country for rich girls just as much
a market as they have in Constantino
ple. This market goes all to the
ragged and tattered royalty that no
body has any use for abroad.
"It Is a spectacle for men and angels
and you cannot be personal about such
things, but you know what I mean;
and you can put it down that most of
those 'sales are not turning out very
well, .and that's a good thing."
WOMAN KILLS BURGLAR
Willi Bullet Ends Struggle Between
Father and Negro.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. April 5. Mrs.
Edward Jones, a prominent white woman
of this city, shot and killed a negro
burglar at her home here tonight. The
burglar was engaged in a hand-to-hand
struggle with her aged father, Barney
Rhody, and was attempting to pull him
out through a window, where it Is said a
negro confederate stood.
T
LISBON RIOTERS
Death Follows Election
in Portugal.
MONARCHISTS IN MAJORITY
Mob Fights Until Troops Fire
Several Volleys.
LARGE REPUBLICAN GAINS
Monarchists Itetain Control by
Whole-sale Frauds, but .Repub
licans Have Twenty Seats
and Will Make Open Fight.
LISBON, April 5. The elections here
today, which were conducted peaceably
with the exception of minor disorders
in some of the disaffected districts,
were followed, tonight by serious riot
ing, which was only put down by most
vigorous action on the part of the po
lice and troops.
The rioting broke out in different
parts of tile city, as though by a pre
concerted plan. Troops which had been
patrolling and others that had been
held in reserve were immediately or
dered Into action, and they repeatedly
charged the mobs that in places filled
the streets, but without effect. The
rioters used clubs, stones and what
ever other weapon was at hand, and
finally the troops were obliged to fire
upon them, killing and wounding a
number.
City Quiets Down Again,
The determined action upon the part
of the authorities seemed to have the
desired effect, and shortly the mobs
were well dispersed. - At a late hour
most of the Republican voters had
gone to their homes, but bands of
youths continued to demonstrate be
fore the churches. They confined their
disorders to shouting, however, and a
recurrence of serious disturbances dur
ing the remainder of the night did not
seem possible.
With the exception of minor disor
ders at Anjos and Alcantara, the elec
tions passed off quietly through the
country, so far as the present dis
patches indicate. Slight disturbances
occurred during the day In certain sec
tions, owing to the number of electors
who suspected that unfair methods
were being adopted. There was much
hooting at and deriding of the police,
but the latter did not hesitate to scat
ter the crowds with a strong arm.
Heavy Vote; Slow Count.
t
Up to midnight, counting had not
commenced in many of the districts.
Strong police guards were assigned to
watch the returns through the night.
No untoward' incident is reported from
Oporto.
The ballot boxes, according to the
traditional custom, were installed in
churches, and the voting, owing to the
agitation throughout the country and
the active campaign of the Republi
cans, probably was the heaviest In Por
tugal's history.' The large vote cast
and the great, number of candidates,
made the count slow and. because of
bad communications in the provinces.
It isjuniikely that the full returns will
be in before Tuesday.
Nevertheless, a large Monarchist
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coalition majority, composed of the
two old "rotative" parties, the Nationalist-Clerical
and the Tranquist groups.
Is assured. Ninety-nine out of 146
Deputies 10 be chosen, already reported
elected, are Monarchists. In a general
way, the elections turned out as
planned by the parties in control.
The Republicans, who had but two
seats in the dissolved Parliament, in
creased their representation to possibly
20. In Lisbon, they swept the populous
sections of the city, but gerrymanders
including the outside districts offset in
a measure this advantage. .
The opposition leaders are raising the
cry of fraud. They claim that, while
government pressure seemingly was
relaxed, the old electoral machinery
was in full operation, because of the
fear on the part of the government of
a great Republican movement, and that
therefore the elections do not repre
sent In any way the sentiment of the
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Herbert A. Asquith, Piicrcfjftor o
Britfeh Premiership.
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country. As the suffrage Is limited to
those who can read and write, or who
pay certain direct taxes, the Republi
cans contend that it was an easy mat
ter for the authorities to manipulate
the register list against the Republi
can partisans among- the masses, 80
per cent of whom are Illiterate.
Open War on Monarchy.
Nevertheless, leaders like Machado,
Almeida and Cunha say the seats they
won give them sufficient strength to
wage open war against the old regime
as soon as Parliament reassembles.
The Monarchists apparently are sat
isfied wltrr the result of the" fcleCtlon.
saying that the extravagant clafrna of
the Republicans arp utterly disproved.
EXPLAINS RUSSIAN POLICY
BARON' RO$EX SPEAKS OF MAX
CHCRIAX SITUATION.
Says Chinese Sovereignly Is Not
Jeopardized by Russia's Ad
ministration of Sew Towns.
WASHINGTON. April 5. Speaking to
day with a representative of the Ameri
can Press who asked him for an ex
plicit statement regarding Russia's at
titude in Manchuria, in fiew of the latest
developments at Harbin, Baron Rosen, the
Russian Ambassador, declared that much
that was being printed in that connection
was . misleading, in a general explana
tion covering jsome of the essential fea
tures of the situation the Ambassador
said: -
"I -have noted with regret certain com
ments relating thereto in some of the
daily papers, which comments I think are
manifestly based on Incomplete informa
tion or on a misconception of actual con
ditions existing in that- remote part of
the world. In the first place the question
of Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria is in
no way involved in the steps taken by the
railroad authorities toward the organisa
tion of a municipal administration in the
Russian settlements at Harbin and
Chailar. These settlements have sprung
up within recent years around the cen
tral stations, machine shops and other
establishments of the railroad company at
these points on the. strips of land border
ing on the tracks which had been leased
to the company In 1S95 for a term of
years by the Chinese government, the
lease containing a special proviso con
ceding to the company the absolute and
exclusive right of administration on the
lands leased. Such a stipulation is In
Itself by no means abnormal, considering
that under existing treaties foreigners in
China and foreign settlements in the so
called open ports enjoy the privilege of
extra terltorialty and are therefore not
subject to Chinese jurisdiction or adminis
tration. Nor could this stipulation free
ly conceded by the Chinese government
be considered as constituting an infringe
ment on Chinese sovereignty in Man
churia. "In short, nothing could be further re
moved from the spirit of Russia's policy
in the Far East than any desire whatso
ever of questioning, let alone of impair
ing, the sovereign rights of China in Man
churia, her sole aim being the maintain
ance of the status quo as well as of her
rights under existing treaties and the
cultivation of the most friendly relations
with China, no lees than with Japan."
SUICIDE ON THE VOYAGE
Liner Hamburg Arrives In Tort
Short of Coal.
HALIFAX. N. S., April 5. The Hamburg-American
liner Pretoria. Captain
Scott, from Hamburg March 15, and
Bologne. March 10. bound for New
Tork, arrived here today short of coal.
The steamer met a succession of un
usually heavy gales, during which the
seas swept her decks, but no serious
damage was done.
On the first day out from Hamburg,
a young German girl ran from the sec
ond cabin to the dec k, climbing the rail,
and in full view of the passengers,
jumped Into the sea. The liner was
stopped and a boat lowered, but the
effort to save the girl was unsuccessful.
FLEET'S
COMING
ASSURES PEACE
Evans Says Voyage Was
Well Timed.
READY TO DEFEND THE COAST
Interests in Pacific Greater
Than in Atlantic.
COMMERCIAL WAR IVEAR
Will Be Fought With Brains and
Dollars, Not t.nns. Says Evans.
Efficlenry or the fleet In
creased as It Progressed.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 5. Admiral
Robley D. Kvans. In an interview print
ed In the Chronicle today, said:
"The greater interest of the Vnited
Blates today is in the Pacific. The
coming ot the fleet to this, coast has
not only demonstrated to the world
that we have 16 battleships which can
be brought together for a long cruise
at a moment's notice, but it has called
the attention of the people of our own
country to the fact that we have a Pa
cific Coast as well as an Atlantic Coast
and that It will be defended just as
much as every inch of land around
New Tork. and that our Interests In
the Pacific are today greater than In
the Atlantic.'
Voyage Has Assured Peace.
"This Is the short road to the coun
tries of the Far East, where the great
est .commercial development Is to be.
With development will come war, but
it vill be a commercial war, fought
with brains and dollars and not with
10-inch guns. It will be generalcd by
such men as Harriman, and the part
of the Navy is only to be always ready.
We do not plan nor fight commercial
battles.
"The coming of the fleet was most
opportunely timed by the President and
its arrival In the Pacific has resulted In
the present assurance of peace. Not
that I ever believed that there was any
actual danger of war. The people of
both countries realised too well what
a dreadful calamity such a war would
have been.
More Efficient Eaeh Day.
"If the Navy should ever he called
upon to fight In the settlement of our
interests in the Pacific, it would have
to stop with Its guns the commercial
development for which the leaders of
industry are battling with brains and
dollars. .
"We accomplished much in the cause
of peace in the Pacific when we demon
strated that the efficiency of the fleet
increased with each day of the cruise.
When the fleet sailed through the
Straits of Slagcllaii Into the Pacific, the
ships were in better condition and bet
ter prepared for action than they were
tin; day we sailed. That was proved by
the target practice at Magdalena Bay
and the records of that practice, which
are most satisfactory, will show it."
LA CRIER SAW WAR POSSIBLE
Suppressed Speech on British-Japanese
Eight With Cnlted States.
BOSTON, April 5. t Special.) There
have just been received in this city
copies of the so-called "suppressed"
speech of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid
Ijaurler, delivered in the Canadian
Parliament nn January 2?, 130S. in
which he pointed out the possibility
of war between Great Britain and Ja
pan on one side and the United States
on the other.
At the time of the delivery of the
speech every possible effort to keep it
secret is said to have been made and
to such good effect that hardlyn Ink
ling of it was given to tiie public. The
part of the speech which contained
these startling statements is as fol
iow's: "If the. Interests ot Great Britain
were to be jeopardized in tiie North
ern Pacific ocean, we might see, un
fortunately, war break out, the fleet
of Japan and the fleet ot England rid
ing the waves together for a common
purpose and against a common enemy.
It is possible that under that treaty
we may see the fleet ot Japan weigh
ing anchor in the harbor of Vancouver
for the protection of these British in
terests, to which Canada attaches such
vital importance."
EVAXS IS STEAD I LT IMPIXOVIXti
Takes Two Hours' Drive and Enjoys
Bath in Hot Mud.
PASO ROBLKS HOT SPRINGS, Cal.,
April s. Rear-Admiral Robley p.
Evans was strong enough today to
take a two hours' carriage ride through
the hiiis surrounding the springs. This
morning the Admiral was given his
first "mud bath" in the Kurhaus since
his arrival litre. This was followed by
massage treatment for an hour. As
he looked at the hot, black, oozy mass
In which he was being packed and the
sulphurous steam rising from it, he re
marked Jocularly:
"This is nearer hell than I ever was
before." He not only enjoyed the novel
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