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Secret Activity of Japan .in Acquisition ' of Ships of War
Alarms English Government to the Point of Further Pre
paring Itself Ifor Conflict in Far Eastern Seas Interests
of British Empire Must Be
v- , :", By Phillip Everett ' C
' London, Dec. Jl. In order to b pre
pwed. tor ;y-mergeheyr; whieir may
arise in th far east the British ad
miralty have decided before;' the new
; year grows much older to tend a num
ber of submarine u boats to Chinese
waters. The first flotilla of three small
boats Of a UtUe oyer 100 tons are In
'.. fact ;; to start -for' the Pacific, . where
-v there are. at present no submarines "but
the unknown number of Japanese twata
and the United SUtes five submarines
$. in the Philippines at Cavlte. Officially
f Japan Is -known' -ft- possess .- IX sub'
1 marines, the first of which were ballt
In America and put together In Japan.
but it Is asserted that in reality Japan
I ' possesses many more of these battlp-
ship destroyers built secretly at home,
'1 and Russia is also said to have lent
I some across . the continent via. the
Trans-Sibertait rsHrosdi'V. 'a-:,: -v-v-
I - in view of the' warlike disposition of
; a certain part of ' the Japanese press,
which may result in a clash either with
I China or the United States, the British
; government is going, to increase her
naval forces In the Pacific wlth-all the
- modern vessels that may be spared at
home The first vessels to leave here
; will probably be the battleships Tri
ll umph and BwlfUure, which, will convoy
: the submarines. The present British
; naval forces east of Sues consist only
; ot three armored and three protected
; cruisers..:. . ' -
The torpedo flotilla Is composed
wholly of obsolete ships. There are
seven destroyers In commission there,
anu of these four were launched In
IMS and three Jn 189; all would have
been scrapped two or tnree year o
under the Uerman age limit for destroy-
ODronatloa Carpet Prom Sootland.
. To Scotland baa fallen the honor of
'. wiaklng the carpeU that fill cover the
floor of Westminster Abbey for the cor
onation next June, and the actual work
will be started In a f eW days. The floor
covering has from the earliest time been
a; specif io feature in the preparations
for the stately ceremony, and In the
Liber Regall prepared for. Richard II.
nicopy of which is in the safekeeping
of the deans of Westminster, Jhere Is
... definite order as to the "Ray cloth of
Bufreirtb- he- laid -"under- the kingv
feet as he ,Boeth.'V.and again In the
"little device" for the crowning" .of
.Henry VII, there is the Injunction that
-the king shall go upon Ray doth to
be layed by the Amoner, from his siege
Is the hftll to the pulpit" . :
. The new carpet will follow very
- closely upon the lines of that jordered
tor King Edward's drowning. Timt, .
may be recalled, was made at Worcester
by Messrs. Webb ft Bona, and mohair
was" employed for the iurface. This
presented certain technical difficulties
ltr weaving which Were moat success
fully overcome. Then, as again now.
the color chosen was a singularly rleli
sift blue. The design was symbolical,
end embodied the badge and motto or
the Order, of the Garter and the Tudor
rose, with the thistle, shamrock and lo
tus connected with festoons of bsy
leaves and ribbons. Those were effec
tively shown in a rather lighter shade
cf color, and the whole formed an ad
mirable background to the rongmn.
cence of the state robes, the ecclesias
tical vestments, the crimson of the peer
asses' dresses, and the diplomatic, naval
and military uniforms.
-' - Sousa Is Popular.'
Every seat has been sold for the f are-
well concerts which John Philip Bousa!
IS tO give lre tomorrow u ".v
dally during the remainder of the week.
Nobody, by the .wiy. thinks it will really
be a farewell tour, but that the popular
American leader and composeV will be
heard here many times more. He ana
his music are so popular through Eng
land, that we really cannot afford to
lose the pleasure of his visits
England and Prases la Pact.
English and French troops will dur
ing the year that begins tomoreow fight
their battles, in! part of Africa. shoul
dor to shoulder A treaty has .Just
been signed at Brassaville, on the fron
tier Of Bahr el unasaj, ana urn .s.,o..
posts tn southern Imddn are riow in
constant friendly comunlcation by wire
with the French posts at Ubanghl. The
officer In command of the French troops
viA.ri Mndat. could not wait for the
official approval of the French .gov
ernment as the rainy season threatened
and on his own responsibility he
marched from Mbelo to the English
post Kaflakingi in.18 days with a small
fores of 40 native soldiers, and wa
escorted back by an equal force of
British soldiers, o
-Tho cooperation of the troops will
1 of great help to the trading , bara
vans and will. It Is" hoped, put an end
to, the now flourishing slave trade,
' though, perhaps, not until after hard
fights with the f Arabian traders.
" - ; ' 'Pleas for Italy.
I have just Interviewed the famous
- Blgnor Martinettl. head of Futurism in
Italy" who is at "present here In London
andrwhS Intend? shortly to visit , his
countrymen In the United States
Signer Martinettl wants to . elear
away all classical traditions In painting,
literature and music and the religion
o old things, and old mm. which he
alleges is the ruin of Italy. -,'Tou
can hardly reallie,:
, "the tragedy of the young men of Italy
w in which their ambitions
-..v. - V
rIf :w man i iuiw..jh
surves because of the cult of the old
" masters.- If he has. any modern spirit
moving him to express himse f In mod
ern terms' as poet or musician, he is
kept down and trampled upon by the
old men who cherish the classical su
pcrstltipns by those worn-out an
tlaulsts again.. Old aps Is the one stan-
dard of respectability and talent
Tk 'Gs.hiriKts are rolng to alter an
i ti tn the vouns men.' Is our
with the rubbish?
past .Let . us look o the futurel Our
natlohaV destiny depends on the; propa
ganda. 4 As inevitably as the sun rises
and sets we shall have W "trugglo f or
our life against Austria,. . That contest
is absolutely bound to iffm-J . "
comes when-Venice is still sunk In the
. lethargy of Its 'd romanyyiBm m;
- i n..i an its classical tradl;
' - tlonewhen Florence is nothing but
Picture- gallery,' we are aoomeu.
i , wiin4 wirotrv of Doctrine.
: "tir Akvs.uriBt.iL make th call Of
nwdernlty. -We want to leap ahead and
; lead th-Way,evn ' to those who call
themselves modern. We are Futuris r
: not only In a political and .economic
way, but in every-branch of ar;. Art Is
' t present slumbering Itt old sunerstl
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TO SHI LIE .
ClllilESE WATERS
Protected.,
tlons. It Is hide bound in tradition-
net only in Italy, but In France, t
r-weti-into:i-Tilctur: gallery : the
other day, where there were 5000 'mod
ern paintings. -Mors than 3000 of them
were paintings of nude womem-WjHow
absurd. In our cold Climates ladles do
not go about naked. The , modern ar
tist should paint ladles In. modern tol
lettsa. He should go even forward and
paint the toilette of the future. .
'I would have our artists naJnt the
characteristic scenes of the new age of
Industry; the great factories, with their
smoke and , flams s and murky 1 atmos
phere; ue docks, with their crowded
shipping;, the .towns end street scenes
of modern life. T would have our poets
express the modern spirit, of restless
ness, of seething turmoil, of life In
crowds. v.;.''-..
v "The existence of Italy depends upon
the success of our creed, because, on
ths one hand,- as I have said, she is de
caying, and on the other she Is being
weakened by that most dangerous of all
philosophies, the gospel, of cowardice,
Tolstoylsm and' passive resistance are
so debilitating the working men -of Italy
that I believe that Jf It Is not checked
by the awakening spirit of Futurelsm,
the Italian people will be as helpless
sheep "before a horde of wolves, when
Austria, marches over the frontier."
Gruesome Discovery of Car
bonized Corpse by Laborers
Victim Believed to Have
Been Stranoled to Death.
(By tBe loUrnatlouI Urn ttartlee.
Paris, Dec. 21. Gruesome was the
discovery made by some laborers at
Thelx as i they were going to their work
the! other morning. In the road was
lying the partly carbonised corpse of
a young woman, with a matchbox and
a bottle which had contained petroleum
near It As the poor creature's watch
and purse had not been taken the police
at first thought that she had committed
suicide, -but an examination of the body
at the morgue showed that she bad
previously been strangled. There was
no difficulty in Identifying her, as. In a
pocketbook was- a scrap of paper with
her name, Anna Knoll, her age and
mention of the fact that she was born
la Bavaria and was a governess.
An officer in, whose family she had
been employed as. narserymaid, having
accidentally heard of the sad affair,
went to the prefecture of police and
stated that she had been looking after
his children from the month of June
until last Thursday, when she left to
take another place. His soldier servant
carried her trunk down to the street
door arid she jflrove off in as cab that
had brought the captain's sister to the
house; which is situated In the Rue de
Vaugirard. As the young woman could
not speak French, she handed a paper
with the address to which she wished
to be conveyed to the driver, who read
It aloud before he started. , The offi
cer's wife says that she was sorry to
lose the nurserymaid, and had done all
that she could to dissuade her from
leaving. Efforts are now being made
to find the cabman, as the nurserymaid
was never seen at the address which
he had given on starting, and he may
be able to explain how she came to
change her mind. Pending the result
of the investigation which has been in
stitute. It Is, thought that the unfor
tunate woman must have been mur
dered in Paris and her corpse conveyed
during the night to the spot where It
waS found and there burnt The affair
is all the more mysterious as she had
no acquaintances here and was extreme
ly steady.
IN ROYAL CIRCLES
Mrs. John B. Drexei, wno win be one
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.of the' many wealthy American &
dies to spend the .coronation sea
eon in Lojiddn. - ' '
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NLW 44 LADY
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Countess Szechenyi, formerly Gladys Vanderbilt, wtose charitable acts
among the poor of her adopted country have won for her the title
of "Lady Bountiful. Although, tshe enterUlns with frequency
and in the style befitting her position, the former - American girl
spends most ot her time among the poverty-Btricken. She believe
it the duty of the wealthy people to alleviate the suffering and des
titution of children, and for this reason she has become vice presi
dent of the National Society of the Protection of Children. The
general public knows little ;about the cttuntesB' benevolent activi
ties, only knowing her as a fashionable woman at the opera, be
' decked with diamonds. , The count and countess are taking the
greatest interest In - the . constr uction of their new mansion an,d go
to Budapest frequently to inspect operations. ".
MONACO AWAITS CONSTITUTION
. PROMISED BY PRINCE ALBERT
1 By George Dufresne.
Paris, Dec Jl. The rumors that a
republic has been proclaimed at Mo
naco are without foundation. The sit
uation Is unchanged and the people at
Monaco are waiting for the promulga
tion of the constitution, which has been
promised them by the prince. The con
stitution is being drawn up by a com
mission. Among the 19.000 Inhabitants of the
principality only about 1600 are sub
jects of Prince Albert. These appar
ently will furnish about 650 electors.
Of the remaining 17,500 about 7000 are
French, and more than . S00O Italians.
These figures. of course, do not In
clude visitors.
The value of real estate in Monaco,
apart frorn the domain of the prince, Is
estimated at mo,oou,ooo, tw.o-tmras -or
which Is possessed by Frenchmen, but
if the value ot the Casino be taken into
account, then French Interests In the
country may be said to total ISO, 000,000.
Apropos of Monte Carlo, the steady
downpour of rain during the last three
weeks has driven practically every
American Visitor away, leaving only
English tourists, who are far less pop
ular, because' of their economic ways,
but an .American Invasion may be ex
pected With the opening of the opera
season, and from the program, which
has just been published, the 1911 sea
son will be In no way behind that of its
predecessors. It will commence on Jan
uary 24 with, "Mefistofelo," In whlfh
Challaplne has made such a remarkable
success. This will be followed by "Leo
Contes d'Hoffmann." "1m Tosca." and
"Da Vie de JBoheme." In the following
months the performances of other new
and well known operas will be duly an
nounced. .
Prise for Xlfo Caving Device.
Greatly shocked by the disaster to
the Pluvl08e, a French lady has present
A ik. mlnlalM, A mn.ln. with (9A AAA
. Tn";,;;;; mm, fhU
all French people and French subjects
are eligible. The. prize is to be award
ed, to the Inventor of such an apparatus
asllL ffliaJUehlcrewBof .submarines
to. extricate themselves, and to reach
tne sunace.
Would Make Paris Maport.
Anxiety about' the floods, 'embarrass
ment with the traffic, and the dread
that one of . these days Paris may ac
tually be threatened with Ibe shortage
of provisions, have had the. effect- of
bringing the question of Its conversion
into a seaport, to borrow the familiar
expression, once , more to . the - fore.
"Paris port de mer" was the theme of
a good . deal: of animated and rather' en
thusiastic discussion in the eighties.
The idea of bringing Paris into easy
communication, with . the channel had
originally,' fascinated - Vafuban, and -In
recent times It was Bouquet de la Orye,
s very distinguished engineer, who took
the question up In aft extremely earnest
fashion. 7 in 1882 ha explained his plan
for the construction of a canal without
locks from Polssy to Rouen, and when
It was criticised as being tod extrava-
gent he- set galn e worai-end aw r
years- later another' scWhe which he
had drawn up was submitted to the
then, mlnlstef . of public works 'by Ad
mlral Thomasset, chairman of the
"Paris Port de Mer" society. The sec
BOUNTIFUL"
Y'jS X I X.A
end plan was based on the almost ex
clusive utilization of the Seine, the sole
exceptions being the construction of lit
tle canals at Sartrouvllle and Olssel, In
order to avoid Interference with the
railroad lines at those points. As the
winding course of the Seine was thus
to be fallowed almost entirely, the
deepening of the river was necessary.
Its average depth between Paris and
Rouen Is not more than 10 feet, and
Bouquet de la Grya proposed that this
should be brought to about 20 feet, so
as to enable the ships of 2000 tons,
which can get up the Seine as far as
Rouen, to make their way to Paris.
Such were the two plans drawn up by
the enterprising engineer In the eigh
ties, but he was enthusiastic over his
"Paris Port de Mer" project in the sub
sequent years, nearly a twelvemonth
ago, when he passed away at the ad
vanced age of 82. without seeing the
realisation of the dream of his life.
Cause Xs Advocated.
v The Matin, Is now taking the mwtter
up, and It has Just published a note
worthy article, In which It is argued
that. If the Seine was only deepened as
far as Rouen, Paris would not only be
secure against Inundations, but would
even become "the greatest port In
western Europe." This may or may
not be a rash , prediction, so far, at
least as the development of such a port"
Is concerned. But there really does not
seem to be any serious objection to the
utilisation of the Seine for such a pur
pose. Perhaps the only trouble might
be a reversal of the conditions with
which Paris Is even now confronted, as
the time might- come when. Instead of
there being a considerable excess of
water, there would be too little during
the summer season, for' example,
Art Saves Kats.
The story of how art saved two rata
from science is told today. The ro-
dents had been caught for the, labor
stories of the, Pasteur Institute, and
were Intended for certain experiments
In. the name of science.. But Just asf
they were going to be scalped M. Vic
tor- Peta,4lBJrimalpainter,i arrived
on the scene. He Is-at present at work'
on some small bas-reliefs on the fables
of La Fontaine, and. he wanted a town
rat and a field rat as models. The
two rats he saw appeared to be excel
lent specimens, and he requested that
they might be handed over to him.
His reaaest - was granted. The , por
traits of these two rats willflgure in
ths Salons ;
TWO MEALS PER DAY 11
IS BOON T0; HEALTH
(Bt tto TntenMrtoBat Kewa RfW)
London, pec. l.In , a lecture be
fore theTsycho-Therapeutlo society. Dr.
J. 8. Hooker said tws meals a day and
an occasional I fast, would - bring health
ana lung turn
In the two meals 'a day 1lan. he
said." "lies a Sreat nrerentlv nf ra.
luCTbeaoeox. apdmlJ
diseases under the form . of dvsDensla.
gout and liver 'affections. Ths best time
for these two meals will depend to some
extent on circumstances, but I believe If
it were possible for us to take our first
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FORFEITS
otRoTld
Census Returns Show German
Capital to Have .ost Rank
to Chicago: Population of
.Metropolis Alone 2,040,141
: By Frederick Werner. v
Berlin,,, Dec '.Jl. "Greater Berlin"
claims a population of 8,690,995 souls.
Tne figures are yex to do rormauy con
firmed, but they are believed to be ap
proximately correct There has been
an increase, of 598,604 inhabitants since
the last quinquennial Census in Decern
her. 1905, or a fraction over 19 per cent
''Greater Berlin," In Its commendable
anxiety not to lag too far behind Low
don, Paris and New York, has reached
out and taken to its capacious bosom
no less than. 6? Outlying cities, towns
and villages lying wtthin a radius of 15
miles of the center of the capital. Some
of them are bo remote and deeply Im
bedded between intervening stretches of
forests and farms that the average
"Grossoerllner" has never heard of
them, and could only find them witn
the aid of a guide map.
The metropolis Itself numbers only
2.040.143 Inhabitants, and forfeits the
rank of the fourth city In the world
to Chicago. Berlin's growth 'since 1905
registers only a trifle , of 24,000, but the
great contiguous suburbs of Charlottes.
burg, WUmarsdorff, Schoncberg, Rix
dorf, Treptpw, Tempelhof . and Frtede
neu have Increased enormously, some of
them as much as 100 per cent.
Peace Pervades Europe.
The old year would have passed sway
quietly leaving no serious problems 'be
hind anywhere, but for the unsettled
political affairs In Austria. No Inter
national complications are threatening
the always delicate PJpropean peace, and
the slumbering political forces of the
masses are calm, even In Greece. In
Germany It Is known, that the calm is'
only the one which precedes a hurri
cane, but the election Is too far off
here to cast any alarming shadows upon
the holidays. The crisis in Austria,
however, together with new rumors of
Emperor Francis Joseph's falling health
and Blackened grip upon the affairs Of
his kaleidoscopic empire, are a source
of considerable anxiety, Which has dis
turbed the Christmas jot of our states
men. - The news of tne last few days
ounds little more than encouraging.
Rumors are afloat, that Francis Is not
unwilling to supply. the money, needed
to carry out the great canal scheme
through Gal tela, connecting the Danube,
Oder and Vistula, which the Austrian
Poles demand and the inability to cope,
with which was the cabinet's principal
reason for resigning. If the govern
ment be willing to negotiate for a spe
cial canal loan in France, and this Is
sanctioned, the cabinet may be recon
structed and continue in power.
Even if this happens. It is said that,
the minister of foreign affairs, Count
Aehrenthal, will definitely leave the po
litical arena at Jhe end of the Auatro
Hungariah delegations in Budapest
February next
Belgium Balsas Question.
I have it from good authority that
the Belgian foreign office Is in a friend
ly tone requesting Information from ths
Dutch foreign office as to ths projected
Flushing fortifications. The object is
not to question Holland's right to pro
tect its river board against foreign at
tack but to ascertain .the Dutch gov
ernment's Intentions as to the use they
mean to make of the Flushing forts on
the approach of any foreign fleet aim
ing, not at an aggressive movement
against the Netherlands, but at reaching
the lower Scheldt to protect . Belgjum
against ths attack at Antwerp,
The Belgian contention Is that the
Scheldt Is an International river which
Holland Is debarred from closing In
such a case, not only by the principles
ot international law, but also by . the
terms of the treaty of 1889. guarantee
in Belgium's neutrality and enforcing
upon Great Britain and the four other
powers interested the duty of maintain
ing this state 0? affairs. Unless the
Dutch government agrees to this con
tention, and tlves a solemn pledge to
allow free passage to forces entering
the Scheldt for the defense of Belgium,
the latter will probably propose to re
fer the matter to lhe arbitration court
of The Hacue. meanwhile fortifying
ueebrugge to enable Great Britain to
land forces there instead or ai Ant
werp, in case of a German invasion of
Belgium during a Franco-uerman war.
Commercial Post for Bernburg'.
A renort is current here that Heir
von Dernburg, the ex-colonial secretary
who has Just returned from the far
east, has accepted, or IS about to ac
cept a seat on the board of directors
if the 'General Electric company, the
largest firm In the vpria, wltn a view
of becoming Its president, wnen ine
nrtaipnt occuDant Herr Eraii Rathenau,
who Is over 70 years of age, retires. It
is also stated that lierr vonDernburg's
program as controller of this gigantic
concern would include the gradual sub
stitution of electricity for steam as the
motive power on all the German state
railways. .. .. . .,
HfT von Dernburg nimseii ana su
nth.tr nnrsoim connected wuo me
projected arrangement maintain a com
plete reserve, but the story Is regarded
as authentlo ln well Informed financial
and Industrial circles.
Bismarck's Memoirs Suppressed.
It Is authoritatively announced that
the third volume of Bismarck's Mem
oirs, stored since his death In the
WirmrYir-tbr Bank ef -England, will not
be published during the lifetime of .the
present kaiser. i ney conuuu, ui wun
the iron Chancellor's own version of his
roil from nower and the events which
riMMwdBrf lind followed the historic
"dropping of the pilot" - '.
mo! about 11 or 12 o'clock, and bur
second at 6 or T In . the evening, we
should 'all be the better for it l my
self-have ' not had a . cold fqr years.
snd am actually reeling younger vainer
than older as the days' go , by": V The
fasting cure is essentially a cleansing
process, and is especially goo lor sucn
cases as gout rneuiuum. ujrutKiia,
intfii-nal troubles and grow lbs. dUbete,
obesity, paralysis, blood diseases of all
kinds, and skin affections.. But cer
tain conditions are advised. Tbess are
rlat of mind: no business, healthy sur
roundings. which plenty, og fresh air
open ai
afttfttrtlrstweJcrat
all events
for vnorft patients, a good
deal of
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Prince Royal, Bister of King George
and wife of the Duke Of Fife.
(By the Ioternatioe! Newt Serrlce.)
London, Deo. 31. The Princess Royal
with her husband, the Duke of Fife, and
her two daughters, the Princesses Vic
toria and Maud, have left London for
Bgypt and they will not return to Eng
land until May.' Just before she left
King George offered bis sister the use
of Frogmoro lodge as a country resi
dence until the young Prince of Wales
Is old enough to have a separate estao
lluhment of his -own. but thn Princess
Royal declined the offer n Ith great
flrmnena. She Is BtUl in a very nervous
state of health and dislikes publicity
more thoroughly every year Now and
again the unfortunate princess Is selxod
with ungovernable fits of temper, which
prove a great trial not Only to her
husband, who has of late become much
attached to King, George and Queen
Mary, but also to her daughters. As
for the' servants, the princess finds It
very difficult to keep the same set for
more than a month at a time, and bom
at her Brighton and London residences
there are constant upheavals and ' a
changing procession of butlers, footmen.
chauffeurs and maids.
The young princesses are growing
g 8
IrVL . kJ. "n Y!!y . i'day a-cadet was expelled. -Poor FrlU
"'IJSIK fi?Ji!i,ha4 nothing to do Vith the Incident
schemes are already being prepared for
them by their uncles and aunts. Both
girls have told their friends that noth
ing would Induce them to marry for
eigners, and there Is no particular rea
son why either of them should not fol
low their mothers example and marry
a British nobltman.
DUKE OF NORFOLK
OF
' By Clement J. Barrett.
(PublUhert Prew Leased Wire.) .
Rome, Dec. 31. The papal order of
the Golden Spur, which the Pope has
Just conferred on the Duke of Norfolk,
was originally given on the anniversary
of the pope's election to papal employes.
The Duke of Norfolk, was originally
given an order and Is the only man In
England who holds the order just as
he Is the only English holder of the
fourteenth century Order of Christ the
oldest of the papal decorations. In 1841-J
It was associated-with the new order of
St Sylvester order. .Knights holding
both orders have two small gold spurs
suspended from the two bottom corners
of the Maltese cross of the Sylvester
order. In the early letters of appoint
ments the knights received the high
sounding title of "Counts Palatine and
Kateran Court." The duke who Is a
very devout Catholic Is the premier
duke of England and marshal. His
family name Is Howard. Although. he
Is absolute master of Ceremonies at
royal functions he Is famous ss the
worst dressed man in England. He is
one of the men whom rank.- wealth and
power have not spoiled., If marks of
honor such as decoratlohs counted for
anything they could not be awarded to
a worthier map. .
Classio legend Substantiated.
Camilla, Amason, Queen of the Vols-
clans.thas ben purged of the suspicion
that she was merely a poetic figment of
Virgil's Imagination by the' 'discovery
at Belmonte of the sepulcherS of the
two women warriors. The discovery was
reported briefly, but now further de
tails are available of the women who
fought and .died eight centuries before
the time of Christ The district which
is being excavated Is rich in relics of
old Etruria, and the existence of Ami
sons there is proved by the fact that
two women whose remains have been
discovered were burled In their panoply
of war beneath their chariots in exac
tly the same way as th fighting men
whose skeletons nave been uneartnea.
Tha first Amason tomb which the. pro
fessor opened was 15 feet longwt feet
wide, and 10- feet deep, T.
' Palmistry and other science akin to
It are sweeping Europe In a vast revi
val. Writing Withimmense apreclation
and sympathy the ether, day.; an obser
ver of the work of the, flying mon re
ferred to "La jeunesse v qui salt
mourlr." In Strang opposition to such
-recognition of the j advance! of
science are Uble-turningCsiastlng; tf
horoscopes, talking tablets,;, study Of
handwriting, for. character, and for In
dications of future events, belief In th
powef bf theEVll eya,th-ecm8tanf -use
of mascots, aid outer devices reminis
cent of the days of black magic
Throughout Europe the cathono church
made an endeavor to cast 'aside these
GETS PAPAL ORDER
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Practice of Ragging Cadets Isi
Winked At -by- Officials inV
Charge of Academies; Re-
suits Frequently Fatal;
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. By Malcolm Clarke. , V! ' "
(PnMlrtets' Prw Leesed lra to
Berlin, J)ec JL Nowhere j; Is thai ,
practice of ragging : more prevalent!
than In ' the German army and navy '
cadet circles. Bagging Is Just what ,
. i-a . . xxrmmt Tnlnt ni th A.iman-'
oils NSval academy.':; The military au
thorities shut their' eyea harder then
most other official bodies to the pract ,
tics. If sirytWngSr.lhey-eBeourage It (
as the means of discovering the young' i
officer recruit's stamina ia times of
peace,- The theory Is. of course, wron,' '
as experience has often demonstrated,1
for many a young man who will oheerJ-f
fully face the risks of I battlefield
under the Influence of patriotic ideals ,
ahrtnfc from the nnmeantnr brutal
ities of his fellow cadets. The pranks .
tolerated are of low,; vulgar, brutal s
order, such as only men belonging , to .
the "nobility" could think of carry
out. ' " ;.,:."''';': ,,
Of all the forms of basing, the most
brutal perhaps Is the "gauntlet" of fire. '
The freshman upon whom that punish-" ,
ment is visited Is keot in a dark room.
Ilh the next?toon his tormentors twist-
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newspapers imp muuwi
which st a signal they ugnc , wnen ,
the torches are burning they form ;
themselves In two lines-, another signal' (
Is sounded, the door of the dark room'
is thrown open and the freshman Is
ordered to ride between the lines, while .
he Is mercilessly lashed with flaming
brands.
However quickly he may '.run ; the
gauntlet, fcy the time he has reached .
ttie end his hair, eyebrows and eye
lashes have been singed, to the skin,
his eyelids are seared and swollen, his-
Iips OllSierea, mm unuarm ruincu.
of the Burgeons In attendance covers' -np
the sores with bandages and sends 1
the singed plebe to the Infirmary. The' ;
official report mentions the explosion'
of an alcohol lamp or some 'other so-
cldent of like nature. . j-.
Hons Play Often ratal.
More ' than once cadets have been t
crippled .for life and there are two
canes on record where death was the
direct result bf horseplay. ,' X
A young felow brought up en a large
estate in a little civilised section of
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schools. From the first day his lanky
frame, red hands and awkward -gait
designated him as a target for: the ,
school's banter. He was constantly re
proved for Imaginary offenses against
a code of honor. , He was made to shine
shoes, to polish brass buttons. One ,
He was nevertheless commanded to ap
pear before a"court of honor." Th,ere
he was bullied into confessing tat he
was responsible for his classmate's dis
missal. ..v...''."-.'-,'.;-"., .:"...,'':'
The Jury rendered a verdict of guilty
on all counts. The penalty was to be
death by decapitation.. Frits wrote un
der dictation a letter to his family ex
plaining that his death was voluntary.
Masked men then entered the room :
carrying a block and a sharp, glittering
ax. Frits, blindfolded, stripped to the
waist, let the executioner place his head
on the block. He heard a noise such
ss a man would nak lifting and swing- '
lng a heavy ax. A sharp, singing senT
aation on his neck and with a cry of
terror he seemed to fall Into a bot
tomless pit The executioner, still hold
ing the wet towel with which he had
lashed Frits' neck, picked him up and
tried to revive him, while the crowd "
was howling with glee. Frtts's pale '
and motionless countenance, however,
silenced the young savages, for the
cadet was dead. Thus perished a youtn
whom Germany might need badly tn a
trying hour. Who knows but that a
Von Moltke, a Bismarck or another
Frederick the Great was blotted by a
brainless gang of young noblemen, "of
ficers and gentlemen,' J
''Cemetery Tragedy.
A dare-devil cadet was asked whether
on All Souls' night he would Jump the
wall of a cemetery and,: crossing-the
awesome garden of death, come out at
a gate the boys designated. ' Ha took
the challenge. That- night the . boys
stole out of th dormitory.-, escorted
their herolo friend to a place : where
the graveyard wall could be easily
scaled, watched him for a while wind-
lng his way past the tombs and fin
ally ran to the other end of th ceme
tery where he was to meet them. Hours
elapsed; he never appeared and th boys :
left some of them laughing at their
friend's cowardice which had -probably
prompted htm to flee back , to- the
school. 'The pext morning ; Dare-devtl
Jack failed to answer roll call . The
leader of the group made a clean breast
of if to the commanding officer A
search was iostituted. : The boy l was ,
found dead In the graveyard, his face
horribly convulsed, as though he had
witnessed, some, terrifying sight.;:., lie
bore a curious lltle wound en his neck,
a wound from which "hardly a drop of
blood had . oxed and which looked a
though fleshless fingers had throttled
him. . . : ' '.v.-,- rJ
The explanation, was more materialis
tic than that. A place of wire used a
a prop for creepers had become loosened .
and hung over th iatlv followed by th
young man; Its hook shaped end had
clotched him underj the chhi, leaving ;
the little; marks Ilk those of a skele
ton hand. The ' boyi his mind filled
with weird goblin ; tales, a ready vic
tim for any. spooky phenomenon, had
died from arrested heart action when
that invtslhle'hand had suddenly stopped
him and gripped his throat.
No steps have ever been taken by
the army, authorities to combat , the
abuses. '-4,"-v 'x-.M'b'V'.? ''i-.-i-i.-i. . ".
practices, yet German women,, regular
ly consult soothsayers. - t
While a .number of persons wrt
watching by the bier of a woman who
had recently expired at Montellnone, thi
floor suddenly gave way, precipitating
all th mourners Into the cellar below.
Considerable difficulty was extierlorn 1
In extracting from the debris tho who
had been burled, and it wns found ti t
twos had ben killed. - while one was
fatally and thirteen others very eftrioiw
ly Injured. , ..
sXunleh-haS'gmuseiinT-tn wM'i tv
development, of Ulumlnailon fru-n t-.?
pin splinter of centuries sff t- t i
most modern electrical dfvl-. i 1 1
studied
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