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British Physician Takes Issue
. With . Roosevelt; Declares
. Declining Birthrate Reflects
Common Sense of People.
. . . By Paul Lambeth.
(Publishers' Prens Leased Wire.)
i London, July 23. It would be Inter
" eating to hear a commentary by Colonel
Theodore " Roosevolt upon , the tenets
'which are being preached hy Dr. Alexan
der Rlgby, M. D.t who has been deliver
i log addresses throughout the provinces
urging married men and women to limit
their families to the lewest number of
. children, , . . . .
"None Is better than a few,, but the
fewer the better," Is the terse manner
in which Dr.- Rlgby drives home his ar-
1 gument.
Before the Preston town council the
physician - criticised Colonel Roosevelt
" very harshly (or urging big families. .
Ills speech was made' to the council
upon the presentation of a report. stat
ing tha.t the town's birth- rata -was the
,' lowest on. record. Thousands of supsr
1, fluous children. who were absolutely
- useless, 'were brought Into the world,
said Dr. Rlgby, and they were a-source
of nuisance and trouble to many people.
The increase Of population was main-
talnlng Itself and even Improving, and
. it was useless for the town councils to
endeavor to prevent a diminution in the
birth rate. .Formerly epidemics of chol
era and small pox and wars swept off
u the superfluous population, and now
there was not the same necessity for
Increasing the number of births.
? . ;t the birth rate stood at 38 per 1000,
f as in T18iit people would be poverty
stricken and the towns would be unable
, to cope, with the population. Regulating
the size of families was a conmon sense,
, economic principle, and the council ought
to congratulate Itself that people were
; getting more common sense.
Canada Is Progressing. ''
Earl Grey;' whose-term of office as
governor general of . Canada, expires in
i November, believes .that In Canada Eng
, land has the greatest of all Its posses
5 alons, but' unlike many Canadians with
whom I have talked recently, Earl Gray
; is of the Opinion that Canadians are ex-
eeedlngly enthusiastic imperialists. To
' hear some Canadians, who recently vls
v Hed England, give their views, one would
i Imagine that Canada was Just about
. ready to strike off the shackles of Great
Britain. : More especially is this true
i of t the residents of British Columbia,
who believe that British Columbia Is
destined to be a republic at no distant
date. 1 '
"To understand wjiat Canada Is and
what it may . become." v he said, "one
must go through it. You can only reaN
lie the possibilities there are. before the
country by visiting it Canada Is devel-
" opJng just as fast as tt can. Progress is
' confined to no special area. The marl
time provinces offer Just as good a field
for , Immigrants as the; northwest.; I
have hat) the opportunity of going all
, over the country, and I should say that
the prospects Were never better." -
The Increase In the population 4,000,
004 In six years and hy progress of
railway construction cani in for special
; comment, That Is not realized In Eng
1 land as Jt should be.,;, You should see an
Empire day parade In Toronto with 2000
school boys in red uniforms, and then
you would understand, the spirit of the
people.. . Canada is preparing . to . build
: her fleet. ; r .; ":" ,
Earl. Grey Is a firm believer In im
' perlal federation.' '"The day will' come
'when Canada will ba represented; In a
parliament of the empire," . he said,
- "though I am not going to enter Into
'constitutional questions. Canada is all'
I right, and she is going forward."'
. roUoamaa Disillusioned.
- Mrs. Garrud, . the Jlu Jltsu expert of
, '-. the suffragettes, who is teaching the dlf-
ficutt art of Japanese wrestling to the
women athletes of the Women's Freedonl
league, Issued a - general challenge to
,, London policemen to try issues With hetf
at the game of wrestling. A nnmber of
policemen ; responded. As Mrs. Garrud
j stands only a few Inches over "four feet,
4 and as some of her opponents stood over
5 six feet and. weighed over 200 pounds,
.' it It was feared that she might be hurt,
' but she only smiled at the fears of her
friends. ,
i One policeman said: i ' ! . ' ..'
'Why, you're only a little,, dot of a
'woman, ' j '';,'' -
, "Well, I'm hot exactly a giant," ad
mltted the uf f ragette,' AIf you're sure
you aren't frightened of getting hurt,
I think I'll throw you.". Again the big
.policeman smiled, Itwas' all so very
, foolish. His great red hands played Idly
about his At inch chest, and then In a
' moment of vanity he clenched his right
fiBt, so that the muscles of his forearm
stood out In heavy lumps, Mrs. Garrud
is i feet 10 inches in height, and she,
too, smiled. - - ,
"I'm glad you're not more than 200
pounds." aim murmured. ; The policeman
Immediately became generous. "Yes. there
are lots of fellows In the force heavier
;than I am," he "said. "In any case, I'm
too big for a little- woman like you.
Why, you couldn't, even hold me." "I'm
glad you're not more than 200 pounds."
repeated the gentle suffragette, "because
the heavier you are the more I'd hurt
you, and I simply hate to, you know' ;,
v- Then the struggle commenced. As a
-huge mastiff would bend down upon an
Insolent kitten the man swooped on the
.woman. - First hevtried a catch as catch
can body hold, but the suffragette elud
ed his, grasp.v Their hands met, and the
giant tried to pull her to him,-but that
was the very last thing she ntended to
-allow. Pulling away from im, she ran
'lightly backwards, with the policeman
: pressing heavily afterber. Desperately
he exerted all his strength striving to
push the woman off her balase and on
the mat." Then, suddenly, the thing hap
, pened. In a flash the woman fell, flat
on her. back,' with the massive policeman
. towering above her. Up shot one of her
feet to meet his diaphragm. ,Her little
arms strained, and as he pulled against
himself the man lost his balance, swirled
fp'Thit','Tieadl'urned""a'"8omeriiiirilt;''fn
midair, and fell heavily on the back of
his head. In less than 10 seconds the
suffragette had thrown the: policeman.
Five minutes later, when he once more
M-ondesrended to stand Upright, the puz-,-slcd
pojlceman again carefully regarded
Mrs. Garrud. Contemplatively he
,. ..scratched hia .head,. , "If thai liaa Imp.
penejL!lthe pavement Instead of tlitse
Cuici: Tl::cry
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MOIIARCI1S
Ferdinand, czar of the
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ROYAL VISIT OF BULGARIA'S -r
RULERS TO
By Marquis da Castellans.
Paris. July 23. Paris has long been
(. favorite resort' for kings, whether in
exile or merely as visitors, r They are.
however, rather . costly guests and, of
course, our. taxpayers have to foot the
tollla. The recent visit of the king and
queen of Bulgaria coat us about $25,000.
However, King' Ferdinand Is really a
reigning king and worth while. 1 Fur
thermore,, he i half a Frenchman, for
his mother, the- old Princess Clemen-,
tine, was a French princess:--,.'- ; j ''
The expected visit of the king and
queen of the Belgians will also cost us
a round sum.? The kaiser will enter
tain the new Belgian, monarch enroute
for Paris. King Albert and his queen
will '-visit Berlin. Great festivities will
attend the royal visit. We cannot allow
ourselves to ba outdone by Germany,
so our taxpayers may groan, but they
will have to pay. Kings are expensive
luxuries, say what you will, a
When the late King Edward died, fouf
government had to send our minister
of foreign affairs to represent us at a
cost of 15000. We have Just entertained
a Chinese mission and a similar deputa
tion .'from1 Morocco -cost? us as much
again, but as he gave us so much good
advice abqutt babies,, we must not com
plain; y . ; , .. r. i. .., -I. . j ;
J Even the Ex-Queen of Madagascar Is
a drain on the taxpayers.. On her last
visit to Paris the government presented
her -with a costly gown made at a fash
ionable' dressmaker's, in the Rue de ' la
Francis Joseph's - Empire Torn
. With Dissension ancj Racial
' Antagonism.-
' (PublUbers' Preu teaed Wire.l ' -lenna,
. July 23. In no country in
Kurope if In the world, ara there more
i-Vmerous or 'more" bitter race" antag
oniets than In -the empire over .which
the 'aged Francis Joseph presides.'-'
Azech, Magyar and German are al
ways ready to fly, at cach 'other's
lh-gats.' Tolo and Ruthenlan are at
daggers drawn,' Servian and Bosnian are
early to fight at the slightest pro vo
cation "or at no provocation at all, and
so it goes from, one end of the empire
to 1 the other. It 1s this which causes
grave doubt in the minds of European
statesmen ss; to whether or - not the
empire will survive the present emper
or many months. Francis Joseph , has
succeeded In holding the .balance , be
tween the half 'hundred or' more dif
ferent nationalities among his subjects
and thus held, his iempire together, j. It
lit more lhan doubtful If his successor
will be able to .do It.'. ., -:. ,-
An Instance of the violent race anti
pathy which prevails was furnished by
the recent, -students' riots at the Lem
ber -.university;"- .' -
Without the rector's permission S00
Ruthenlan students 'held a meeting of
protest In' the great-hall, and on leav
ing were met by a- body -of Polish
fctudents, : Blows followed abuse, , and
revolvers were freely : used, ' the . police
being -unable to separate the combat
ants. The 800 students 'were marched
under a military - escort back to their
rooms. ; ' ""' - '. -: -! T-'""' '
Several ' atreati' flahta-V' took ' vtilace.
she ts were fired by the Ruthenlans Jut
at ihe moment .when the Polish slu
de'its had barrlcaded.tho rector's office
with forms ; or chairs : td prevent the
Ri'thenlans from entering. . The . latter
mats the police force would be one man
short t this moment." he said. 'That
fall would have cracked my skull."
- Mrs. Garrud threw-three ftter nol Ice
men, oastly.
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BY BjTTER FEUDS
OF BULGARIA
Bnlgars, and his iWlfe.
PARIS IS COSTLY
Paix.
Now that the king of Bulgaria is mak
ing his round of royal visit, we are
able to study him at short range. He
Is a brilliant man. not to say a very
great king. His ability he is said to.
Inherit from our own-Princess Clem
entine, -his royal mother. A score of
years ago Madame de Castellahe . and
myself dined, with Princess Clementine
at , the palace of - her brother, the Due
d'Aumale. It was at Chantllly, a re
sort well known to race loving Ameri
cans and sightseers. The Due d'Aumale
was a direct descendant of one of the
most brainy Of our kings, Henry IV.
When he had' quaffed the. ltquers, the
duke took Madame de Castellane by the
hand and led her over to his sister, the
Princess Clementine of Saxe Coburg. He
aald amidst much laughter: "I say
Clementine, show your, leg to Madame
de Castellane; it Is exactly like that of
L.ouls XIV." Now it is welj known that
King : Loula ' was ' celebrated for the
beauty of his limbs and this symmetry
Princess Clementine has bequeathed to
her son Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is
a splendidly formed man. :
So, In addition, to brains,! his mother
has given the king beauty. He has-already
made . himself an independent
monarch, and he Is" very likely, to be
come tzar of. the Balkans, lie- has a
great admiration for Americans - and
their respect of women smce they paid
over to his brigand subjects 180,000 for
the ransom of the venerable Miss Stone.
fired in the air, and dealt blows among
their foes with Iron bar. A Ruthenlan
theological student' named Adam Kocs
kow. was shot' through the head and
conveyed to the hospital, where he soon
aftTwards died .of. his' wound. Eight
other. Were baKlly Injured by ; shots
from revolvers ;vhileTten students suf
fered from the affects of blows from
clubs ; and sticks. - . , -
!, Dissatisfied; With Constitution. -I;
Fcsnla-Herzegovlna Is dissatisfied
With the constitution -: granted those
provinces. ' A ' resolution Jias been in
troduced in the Bosnian Diet declaring
that - the expectations of ' the people
have, not been realized, and urging ,the
emperor to grant further privileges ' ,
Austria is watching with keen inter
est the efforts of Bhevket Pasha to re
organize the Turkish, army. .The feel
ing la strong" here that Turkey is to be
reckoned' with to ft greater extent than
ever before in modern times in the
settlement of ; eastern European - ques
tior.K. ' The' present government of Tur
key, is preparing -to be-able to assert
itself when the time comes. , Modern
methods - of administration as far as
the army and navy are concerned are
bo.i'g introduced, and young officers
aiv being trained in the art of war , In
the most approved schools. It Is pre
dicted In well Informed circles that the
next : few years will j.. see . a- sadlcal
change . In the relations of Turkjff and
t'jes powars. . ,:wrfjj ...,'v!...'a'..s"-s. -
MOTHER AND GIRLS
' IN SUICIDE PACT
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p Lisbon, v July 23. An old woman and
her three daughters living In Lisbon, de
spite strenuous efforts to, earn ant hon
est living; were unable to , pay ; their
rent and so decided to commit suicide.
They chose a, spot near Eetoril, ; where
a great perpendicular rock stands high
above the ocean, forming a terrible
abyss called "Hell's Mouth.".
.The four women kissed .one another
good-bye and placed themselves in In
dian file ton the edge of the- precipice.
Making the sign 'of the cross, the moth
,er plunged first Then the two elder
daughters followed. The youngest,
however, seeing her mother and sisters
wildly struggling In the waves and
As She lifted her hands' In a
prayer' for courage ,she was seen by
fishermen. They rushed to the snot and
were In time to seize her by the skirt
and thus save her. ... f.
The poor girl, who is named Adellna,
Is Zi years .of ' age It in feared, that
she has heronin int-ane. The three girls
were all rnofl tcoMng.-tha' youngest be
lrif jndeed remarkably beautiful v
J Army Social Code Is
4 -Revealed by Scandal
QM9TS RULER
DISPLAYS TACT
King George Handles Matter of
Flying of Royal . Standard
Over; Queen Mother's Resi
dence With Rare Diplomacy.
, By Lady Mary Man waring.
MPubllherV pN LeiMd Wire.) '
London, July 23. If there had been
any doubt that King George has in
herited in a great" degree the tact which
was the dominant feature-In the char
acter ' of his father. J the' manner ' in
which he has put an end to the curious
and disagreeable situation caused by
the fact that Queen Alexandra insisted
on displaying the Royal standard "at
Buckingham palace would dispell it a
Flags, to his majesty's mind consti
tute an almost sacred mode of human
communication. They indicate not only
the history of the past, but they can be
so arranged as to signal present needs
and distresses, to convey orders, and
Indicate -dignities in fact, the science
of ( flags is intricate and far reaehlng
to a degree little guessed by ordinary
man. And it Is. a science King George,
as a professional Sailor and an enthu
siastic amateur herald, has most thor
oughly mastered. ' ' ; , a .-.-
It positively distressed him to ' see
the Royal Standard still 'flying over
his widowed mother's residence.' There
can be, but one sovereign of Great Brit
ain, and therefore there can, only be
one dwelling place distinguished by his
personal, flag. Just now the king's
court Is at Marlborough house. If Is
contrary to the whole signification of
flags that two standards should be dis
playedthe one at Marlborough house
and the other at Buckingham palace.
; It a a well worn axiom ,that the
gentler a woman's nature the - more
teralstent she ean be. Queen Alexandra
had given definite orders that the Royal
Standard should continue to fly over
the roof that sheltered her. In vain
her son represented that it was a mean
ingless symbol under the changed cir
cumstances. And when argument failed,
equally in vain did, he use hts Influ
ence, trying the boyish" coaxing ways
that are often so irresistible when
brought to bear upon a mother. ; Queen
Alexandra backed up. it is ,ald, by her
sister, the Empress Marie of Russia
was as adamant.
King George hit upon the only pos
sible way out of the impasse. He pro
vided the queen mother's flag , This
new standard Is his own design. It be
longs to the queen mother, and to none
but her. It indicates her Danish, birth,
her? alliance with twe sovereignty of
England, hep- widowhood, and her ma
jesty. It oannot be but that she will
be pleased and content with a possession
so unique and so illustrious.
: Snohess Zs Taotfnl, '
Her grace the Duchess of Marlbor
ough has a happy knack of speech. In
fact- many politicians, envy her the
faculty of saying the right thing, In
the right way at the right time. Re
cently her grace gave the students of
the' Bedford college for , women' an In
teresting picture of the American girl
graduate, when She presided ."over . a
meeting at Sunderland house in support
of the scheme for removing the college
from "Baker street to Regent's park. .
The " duchess spoke of ' the splendid
type of , college bred woman . which
America produced. - Men . had not found
that college bred girls made less de
voted wives and mothers. -
If women were tactful enough not al
ways to worst their husbands in argu
ment and to keep any superabundance
of knowledge up their sleeves, there
seemed to be little opposition on a
husband's part to his wife being well
educated.'- vj ..,, -
It was difficult to comprehend why
there should be such rooted objection
on the part of Englishmen to the higher
education of their wives. There -must
be some secret fear that, hard as they
found It to understand a woman now,
It- would be absolutely beyond their
ken were she highly educated.
Queen Mary eoeives Gift..,-.
Sir Richard Solomon, high commis
sioner of the 'Union , of South .Africa,
has presented to Queen Mary at Marl
borough house six diamonds mounted as
ornaments and cut out of. the well
known Cullman stone, which was dis
covered early in 1906. in the Premier
diamond mine near Pretoria. - The gift
came from the , government and people
of Bouth ; Africa in commemoration of
;the union, - ' v.A-:'
- The two- largest of these diamonds,
which are .considered by experts to be
of matchless quality, one weighing 92
and the other 62 karats, have been
mounted as a pendant: three, averaging
about 10 karats each, have been mounted
at i small pendant, and the sixth dia
mond aa a ring.
On. November 9. 1907, Sir Richard
Solomon,- as agent general ...for-ths
Transvaal, presented the original Cul
Hnan" diamond," weighing about . 3000
karats more than three times the size
of the largest diamond previously dis
coveredto his- late majesty as an ex
pression of the feeling of loyalty and
attachment of the. people of the Trans-
The Albert medal of the Royal Society
of Arts for the current year, the highest
honor in the gift of the society, , hss
been awarded to Mme. Curie for the dis
covery of radium. - .
With exception of Queen Victoria,
Mme. Curie Is the only woman to whom
the medal has been awarded."
xeppel TaiaUy mas TronWs.
That modern scourage. appendicitis,
has been-busy with the Keppel family,
of which the Earl of Albemarle is the
head, since the- funeral of King -Edward
five ' weeks ' ago. Indeed, it is
not little singular that, out of-six
people in a rati way, carriage returning
to .. town after that, sad event, three
have had to be operated upon, for ap
pendicitis,, viz. Miss Mellta Keppel,
daughter of Admiral Sir Colin and Lady
Keppel, the Honorable Qeorge Keppel,
and his brother-in-law, Sir Archibald
Edmonstone, ; Mrs. Keppel's brother.
Domestic trouble has. Indeed, descended
thick and fast upon this popular, lady
lately, , for. In addition to the shocks
she haa sustained by? the grave and
mieeexKiva illness of two of her nearest
felaflvcsTir-iatraJwsty-death-war
of course, a terrible blow,; aa she; had
long been honored wun nis lnnnimo
friendship and regard. It is not per
haps generally known that, of all his
friends. Mrs. George Keppel was In ad
dition to Sir Ernest Cassel. the only one
privileged to see King Edward upon the
last day of his lite. Knowing himself
beyond human aid. 'he expressed hts de
"e to say "good-bye" to one who had
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GERMANY NOW ACCUSTOMED TO
FREQUENT
. (By the tntnmiitlnnil Nwi Service.)
By, Frederick Werner.
Berlin, July 23. To say that Germans
are surprised at the political events of
the laBt two months does not begin, to
express their feelings. Formerly the
resignation not only .of a chancellor of
the emplre, but of any; member of .the
cabinet was a most unusual event, while
the country now seems bent on wresting
away from; France the laurels, as the
Classic land ' of -quick cabinet changes.
Five cabinet ministers have, fallen
from , their , perches within as ' many
weeks, and ? the . country . Is agaxe and
crying, who nextf.- '',
The whole political - tornado 1 . of
course, the result- of (the -dilemma in
which the poor German Relchskansler,
Dr. Von Bethmann . Holweg. finds himself.-
' ' .:;..-.'; -j .v'.-' ,"
Even his most ardent admirers admit
that his administration,' which has Just
celebrated its . first birthday,, has 'been
one long. row of mistakes and 'failures,
that it seems miraculous that he Is still
at the head of tho government, but per
sonally he, la bent on prolonging, his re
gime with the grim tenacity of a bull
dog." : ; "
- All tha ministers, whose resignations
were so curtly asked for, were removed
to make the ;cablnet more thomegeneous,
not because its Jeader; f eela weak and
undecided. ...'. . ... . ,. ,..,,,-,...
Zs Kolweg- Vest. , (.;.;'.,'
- In spite of this,' however,' the general
opinion in political circles is that Von
Bethmann Holweg' s official life thread
is soon to feel' the sharp scissors. He
may last until after the great elections
of next year, but if these, as everything
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; By, the Internatleeal 7Ctii Service.) v
, A .i. r By George Dufresne.
; Paris. 'July 23. That the population
of France is decreasing, Is not the only
worry -of French sUtesmen. ; They also
deplore, the physical deterioration of the
young men of France of today, . and
there is a 'general cry now for a com
pulsory course of physical training for
all Frehe children.. ,,- ,,r.M ". ,a t
As 4s quite common In France, where
Journallsm.ls more alive amt,up-todate
than In any other country in the world,
with the possible ..exception of ....America,
tt is a patriotic Journalist, the well
known, author, - M. Victor .Marguerite,
who has. started -the movement which
is to give to France a vigorous; and alert
new generation' to uphold the glorious
tradition of their country. r- ,iw
A series of excellently written . artu
cles .by M. . Marguerite in "La Journal"
have aroused the .enthusiastic support
of .thousands of eminent physicians . all
over France, who agree with the writer
that physical training, with the results
ing love of healthy, manly sport Is to
be the salvation of Fiance., ' . ; ,
,' "How great is the need of physical
training Is shown by the fact that 56,
000. Frenchmen are every yekr declared
to be totally unfit for military service.
been among the most 'brilliant members
of his court. t I -. ;'.''''.
; The king is to be asked to order that
the public Investiture of the new, Prince
of Wales shall take .place in the prln
Clpallty; and, already two -towns are
putting forward their claims to be the
seat of .the ceremony Cardiff and Car
narvon, v: Though' the sformer '-is ' the
most important and considerable place
In Wales, Carnarvon has superior claims
based on,hlstory, for it waa within the
walls of that town the Segontlum of
the Romans that there was bdrp, In
1281, Edward' of Carnarvon, the first
prince. ' . .. . ,
feudal Ceremony torrlve. -i
The Duke of 'Marlborough' can'prob
ably. lay, claim to more distinguished
titles than any other peer of the realm.
To enumerate a few of- them he 'ls
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill,
Duke of Marlborough Baron Spencer
Karr-er-Sun ffemtid.'Baron-'tSi u fch'iff
Marquis of: Blandford, Prlnc. of the
Holy Roman Empire,, -and Prince of
Mlndelhelm in Buabla. - 1 ,
A curious little ceremony takes place
every year in connection with the Duke
of Marlborough's historic home Blen
heim castle. A little white flag with, a
gold embroidered fletir do lys is pre
sented by thA duke cuch ve'ur at Wlml
sor castla- tj) . ....
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CABINET CHANGES
seems to predict, result in a Socialistic
landslide Von Bethmann Holweg's chan
cellorship will - terminate abruptly and
inglorlously, I hear, Indeed, that the new
Prussian minister of agriculture, Herr
von Schorlemer-Lleser, has been raised
to cabinet rank for the specific purpose
of being "groomed' as successor to Beth
mann Holweg.' ' '
Apart from their indication of -Beth
mann Holweg's '-troubles the cabinet
Upheavals are significant of the
determination in ''higher quarters'
to make . a clean sweep of the rem
nants of Prince Buelow's adminis
tration. Of the 18 or 20 imperial and
Prussian ministers who comprised the
prince's lieutenants all but four Ad
miral von Tirpttas, secretary of the
navy; Herr Sydow, Prussian minister of
commerce;' Herr von Breitenbach, Prus
sian and minister of public works; and
Dr. Kratke, postmaster, general have
followed . their chieftain Into oblivion.
There are Insistent ' minors that Von
Tirpits and Sydow are already at the
edge of the precipice.
iThe ' former chancellor. Prince von
Buelow, is now enjoying the , seaside
breezes at Norderney. He would be
more than human If he did not survey
the .utter chaos of the political situa
tion with something bordering on self
satisfaction.: No successor - has ever
made a more complete muddle f affairs
than Dr. ; Von Bethmann Holweg, and
many Germans would welcome the re
turn of Prince Buelow's1 suave hand to
the Wiluelmstrasse ' throttle, it is no
torlously the unexpected that happens
In, Teutonic politics, and another Bue
low chancellorship Is one of the mi
racles that may be In store for us.
(Br the thtcnudonnl New gervtre.)
London, July 23. Sir Thojnas Llptor
hss promised to - be. a- guest, of Mr.
Richard Croker at Glehcalrn, ; the
"Bobs' " beautiful place near Dublin for
the great horse show, which takes place
near the end of August., A very big
house party wlll assemble for this
fashionable event at Gienealrn and as
usual, Mrs, 8tella Bowman. Mr. Croker's
niece will act ; the part of hostess, v ,
, Sir Thomas ;Llpton. with the excep
tion. f ,the joccaslon of his appearance
at the LJpton company meeting, has
been little in the public eye of late,
but he Is expected to "shine" at the
Cowes regatta, where he will be seen
In ,. the company, of Princess Henry of
Battenberg, who has long been his
friend, and, of .her daughter, Jhe Queen
of Spain, who will pay-a long rlsit to
the, Isle of -Wight with her three chil
dren. Sir Thomas is always the life
and soul of a house party und no one
is likely to be .dull at Gienealrn, for
Mr- Croker'S; niece, Mrs.-Bowman.- Is a
really fine , singer, besides being a
charming hostess. Her services are so
earerly sought for in Dublin that she
is roften booked months ahead Jrt the
cause of charity.'; The people responsi
ble ,for a big charity concert which is
coming off in September at Dublin ac
tually secured her-before making any
arrangements or mentioning a rate. -
Mr. Croker and Ms niece will remain
at Gienealrn until October when they
go ta Palm Beach for An., winter.- ' Mr.
Croker's horses wU run' at the Phoenix
park races5 in Augusv and this season
he has' some exceptionally good young
horsea in training. Mr; and -Mrs. Rich
ard : Choker - Jr.. will remain at Glen
cairn until fall. - (.
DIVERS WILL SEEK .V
t ; -iAR MAD A TRE AS U RE
; ;', - ( Bt the International Krwt RerTlcs.) - '
London, July 23. Somewhere In Daw
Jones' locker; In, ; ihe neighborhood of
Tobermory, .on . tne Scotch west coast,
lies .a - Spanish treasure ship. wrecked
there ;at the time of the great Armada.
Much money has. already been spent
J" :P,t9 !0SatM smSsiLtrcaa.-
Urev Illiout results, but now. a serious
effort Is- to be: made. Lieutenant-Colonel
Mackenzie Foss Is heading a Lon
don, syndicate, well supplied with.mon
evi which will get busy on the proposed
site of the treasure chip, -which the col
onel thinks he has located -within 'an
area of too square feet. Tobermory In
on the land of the I),"ke .of Ary!', r,.m
whom iM-rmihtion lias t;-(-n iiiM.iin,-.!
to exploit the wr k.
SIR THOMAS LIPTON
AS CROKER'S GUEST
- I 1 1
GIH! m
5
Startling Revelations Attend
ing WeVstein , Affair Show
Despotic Conduct Which Of
ficers Strive to Effect. V'
rntte rra Iived Wire'.li
Berlin, July 23. Not In many years
has there been a scandal Involving the
reputation of the officers of the kaiser's
army so unpleasant to the German mill- 1
tary authorities as- the one attendlns"
the trial, now interrupted, of Frau
Weber, formerly Frau von Schoenbeck,
on . a charge of exciting her admirer.
Captain von Goeben, to murder her late
husband, Major von Schoenbeck, in the
latter s home - in Allehsteln, the East
Prussian garrison town where both were
stationed.
It has been .unpleasant In various' i
ways. , In. the first place it was a pe
culiarly discreditable scandal. The tes- !
tlmony has been such as t make it
look as if the affair were quite Common
in official army circles as If. in fact,
the .Allensteln ;. case is ; typical of a i
great many others all over the country,
which have ' merely not yet come to
ngnu Ana nnauy, it haa been of such
a nature that the military-authorities
have been powerless te keep the facts
concealed. If only officers .had been
involved, it Is a pretty safe conclusion
that there would not have been any
publicity at alt for the pressure of his
fellows' opinion Is generally quite sufft-
dent -to drive the commissioned wearer
Of the Imperial uniform to suicide in
preference to permitting himself to'ba
dragged into a situation discreditable
to, the service he represents.; . ,,
lover Becomes Suicide.
Captain von Goeben did, Jn fact, kill
himself before he could.be brought to
trial. .He was not. of course, explicitly
told to do so. He merely knew that
his associates would make his life un
bearable should the details of the inci
dent In which he had participated be
come public property, through any in
strumentality of his. But Frau Weber
was a woman:. No such pressure could
be brought to bear upon her. , It was
necessary, too, for her' to be tried "in a .;
civil court , where it jwas tmposalMe to
veil the proceedings in the secrecy
which would have been assured before
a military tribunal. That the- woman
did actually try to kill herself was a
mere accident,'; So far as the military,
authorities were, concerned. That they
wished her death Is more than likely.
But , that - they did" anything toward
compassing it ' is wholly -outnldo the
bounds of possibility, and indeed, it was
not until the most shocking facts of
the case had already been brought out
In open court that the. attempt was
made. .
The case has been given such witle
publicity that it is only necessary fo
recall that Captain von Goeben entered
Major von- Schoenbeck's home at night
and at Christmas time, after spending
the evening In the latter's company and
when the major, attracted by the noise,
appeared on -the scene, that the captain
shot him dead. , .r-;.: i---' ,
Husband Was Unconoemed.
What tso ' trial disclosed was that
Major "von Schoenbeck had known for a
long time the conditions ' existing be
tween his wife and the captain, but that
he had taken no notice of them because,
had he divorced her; It would have been
Impossible for' him to have continued
to live on her" fortune as he had been
doing previously. Just why the captain
killed him Is perhaps not altogether
clear, though It is a reasonable assump
tion that the deed was prompted by
anger at the husband's indifference to
a condition as a result of which, had
he acted, the way would have been
clear for. a marriage between his wife
and Tier wooer. -.
But the thing which makes the case
so disagreeable to the military class is
that German arm officers, as a group,
lay claim to a position of social and
moral preeminence - similar to that
claimed by knights in the middle ages,
hey profess to be, In fact, .sort of
superior beings who live and more in a
sphere far higher than that known to
the ordinary citisen.
. This' feeling is encouraged by ' the
kaiser's military . administration. The
army Is the basis of the power of the
kaiser and of the entire German ruling
classes, and it is : deemed necessary,
therefore, that the army officers should
be; trained to consider ... themselves as
men of the first class in comparison
with the second, third, fourth and fifth
class, citizens of all other-profession,
. The military , uniform Is supposed to
endow Its wearer with superior virtues,
in short, to' mark him as a man of a
more refined code of honor ' than that
of any civilian.. This notion of a spa
tial .'military code of .honor, is deeply .
rooted in the entire German people, who,
despite . their ' marvelous Successes in
trade, industry and science, will stub
bornly cling to many superstitions it
the darker ages u.
Hence, when some episode like that
of Major von Schoenbeck's murder bv -. 1
his fellow officer shows the mllirery
caste to be no better and. 'perhaps -. t
as good as any civilian order, a v tl
blow is struck at a sentiment upon tli
maintenance of which th upholders (
the . present in " Germany depend for
tactic very -existence.
'" ,-...; Honor Demands Bloodshed.
' The 1 essential point in the officer's
code is that every Insult 'hall he wiped
out In ' blood. If a civilian. s in u It
as wounds an officer's. . feelings in t!t
street, , the latter is- not only, JnsilfH.I
but is requtred" t draw.-' Ms sword' n i l
chastlRc the offender! evert .to, .the I t
of death. ...
. In plain, 'jsveryday-life, this mr-ti, ,
that -it a-surly , workman, who hi t-i
bear-a, cmshin burden ;of t'xa(i(in i i
support the army, eatfhes i ;!it f a-i
officer and voices his disapproval f
the system .'which' he"-reprva.'ir,-; il ,
Officer will be dismissed frorn the i's-tv
until hi inaUatly RlaHhes tha wurkn.iii
with his sword. .
j There have been many .'hi in wi t
officers have killed or wournle.l i u i-i ...
ih this way, and never onc h,!,.i-
been punished for such an act, ti
liuiuatrj-to)Ctlift.',-u!.ax.i4U. .
With til SMlrit Of JiHliU lnni til .(n; ,
inevitably liave-N'en'ronvi-ie.j i .
dfr. niannlaughtsr r tn f-oui cf ,
gravated saauit.
Tleie have a;s
offitcra h;rvc rr'''''
greHiin wj!.'..)) it.
tillll. Bj'.l ti il I .Hi..
i.l .''f v- :' '
much oiira
BYUiSLYSCANDAL