THE OREGON : SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING. . MARCH 5, 1911.
r Coronation ; Arouses '
-Asiatic Railroads Are
4j: pDcepeni Interest J .
AnjImportantlue;l
H. i 4
LBritishf War' Departmerit -Is
Peace Reigns 'Among Powers
'-While Preparations for Cor
onation and ' Jubilee Go
Rapidly Forward, ,:
Ottoman 6overnmen( May Fix ;
Conditions Relating to Asi-
. r atio Railroads; Would Pre
serve Street Cries.
Watching With Interest Ex
periments With Flying Ma-
TV.
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FOR AID IN WAR
FROM AEROPLANE
OUTLOOK BRIQHT.
OVER Alt EUROPE
SAYSABLEVMTER
Countess of Crate Prod Mtr"ri TURKEY MAY TAKE-r i -
; V-'' " . PLACE OF RUSSIA
Z-JI IH TRIPLE EHTEHTE
" " ' By Phillip Everett. " ,
IRr tlia Intprnitlonat Ntwa Serirlce.1
iJndon,ah--4The;experlnents
mads in America with aeroplanes under
conditions of actual warfare along the
Mexican border have created a strong
impression ; nere even among me oi-
nciais or tne war department, ' urns ia
undoubtedly -the t-aaaon whv It la Bald
' that In' the" very hear future a large
number, of aeroplanes will ba bought (or
the use of English army officers. -
v. The Brltlah war department waa until
flulte recently almost assured of the
useieesness of the aeroplanes ror mili
tary purposes and. like German military
authorities, pinned its faith almost en
tirely to the dirigible airship, but now
the authorities will devote their atten
tion to the formation of a corps of of-
fleers skilled in the use of the swifter
aeroplanes. . ';''':':; ;;' ;-';.r
ril-H' orer Wailac Talks. .
Ro er Wallace, president of the Royal
.Aero ciud, connrme tne report x naa
neard.: r-r -.
"'"The recent discussion on .th sub
ject he "said, "has been very useiui.
and I now there will ba a distinct
change in tile attitude of the war of
fice. The deveiopmehts In that direction
will be seen very soon, --'--- : '
""The Deoole who have taken the trou
ble to think the matter out realise the
necessity of our having aeroplanes In
England 1f our safety is to be con
sidered.; -A dozen army officers have al
ready obtained 'pilots' certificates from
the. Royal Aero club, and many others
are learning to fly. J?': 1.....
.' "There Is no longer any doubt about
the Increasing value of aeroplanes In
war. Claude Hamilton's flight from El
Paso across the besieged Mexican town
amply proves this, and still, -what he
did , might, have been done six months
ago, and six months is a long time now
that Improvements In heavier than air
machines are coming thick and fast
"But It is not in what has been done
but' In what Is going to be done, by the
aeroplane Lthat the chief interest lies,
there wjli bb great changes in the star
blHty of aeroplanes In a short time,
and then It will be a comparatively easy
matter to use aeroplanes under all con
ditions. . .
' "Observations can already be taken
from an aeroplane with great exact
ness," and when an aeroplane is at any
height it can scarcely be seen below.
When silencers are fitted to the exhaust
from th engines of aeroplanes they
will .not only b almost Invisible, but
theirs approach will not even ; be heard.
tfe? actfeaf -,?Msajrsr Canters. .
, ,"The advance of the aeroplane haa
beehi conclusively- proved by the; fa.-t
that the other day Bleriot carried eight
people. That show v-that a quantity of
explosives could be carried if the ne
cessity arose,
v "The money that Is being spent on
dirigibles at the present time is, In my
opinion, a waste. Dirigibles are. too un
wieldly and unmanageable under all eii
Cumutances, . The difficulties of keeping
a dirigible up in a wind are considerable,
and then again so many men are wanted
to hold it downwhen it, lands, that it
la. impossible , to move Sufficient- men
about.- . .. ; .
"Although much is being done in the
direction of perfecting the aeroplane,
our danger is that we have not got suf
ficient mert trained in their use. .The
Royal Aero elub has been going what
It 'could in 'this direction by passing
pilots from the army and navy, and
giving them certification,-but -of flclai
action must come sooner or later."
i " Prince of Wales In Umellg-nt.
i Naturally enough, a great deal of In
terest, centers around the Prince of
Wales this year, as he will be allowed
to emerge from obscurity to some ex
tent during the coronation ceremonies
and then; in July the investiture at
Carnarvon castle takes place. The
writers of paragraphs In the so called
society paperaLhavenvented null- a
nice little batch of anecdotes about him.
As a matter of fact, the prince is very,
very , much like' half a hundred other
boys, and has reached the awkward age,
which makes .him very much object to
wh at he haa been .heard to call 'these
old, out of date displays. '.:
if The prince will not have a separate
establishment for .some time , yet, and
the king is inclined to ordain that he
shall live as other students do while at
Oxford, The queen, on the other hand,
favors a private house outside, Natur
ally the young prince hopes that his
father's plan shall prevail.
Ah interesting debutante this season
will be the Countess Zla Torby, daugh
ter 01 the urana uuko Micnaei or kus
ula.. The Countess Zla has little of the
ilav about her, and Is thoroughly Eng
lsh In her tastes. , She, Is strikingly
handsome, and quite clever: and has al
ready numbers of admirers, as she has
il ready been seen about a good deal
i j-'w JBaffUsh Yean nafne. - -. . v
I The, people of JSngland must have
something to feel alarmed about. As
i result of the tacties of the Tory po
liticians, , life does - not sem - worth
while living without a real good scare
to set; nerves on end. Just now we are
very -much scared at the thought that
England, may be invaded not by the
regions of the kaiser, but by the bubonic
jlague of the east. All the sensational
lewsnapers are full of the most dread
ful stories of what is going on In China,
old with the most sickening details,
rhen to follow-up - these preliminary
Tories we are told how rats spread the
Olaa-ue. end. Incidentally, that thou
;tnds of Asiatic rats land In England
tvery day,, defying all alien laws.
iAs a' matter of fact the possibility
vf infection does exist and the authorl
es are staking every possible . precau-
toff known - to keep out .the enemy.
; S i:tJ, China Knelt reared. - '
; - China is being treated as an infected
iera.1 In the case of any vessel coming
tlrectly froni, a Chinese port; or which
ras caljed at. such, a port, everybody
m board is examined at Oravesend.
further, the names and addrerses are
akert of -all passengers and members of
he crew: leaving the- ship, and these
ire reported to: the medical officers of
,ha ilstrlctJ..wJiilck.tlieaa persona are
iroceedlng. In the event of a case of
mspected plague occurring the-London
'ounty - Council ' have made arrange,
nenia to isolate If necessary at a nio
nent's'' notice those who have been In
pntact with, the case. .. '
j, Arrangements have , also been made
r f
Ma4emoiselle Polaire, tho "wd?td'a
many other Frn:ri wotce-' ta
- She recently gave a talk 1 the
to determine"5, at the earliest moment,
by bacteriological examination or other
wise the exact nature 'of the suspected
sickness. jvj' '
In any definitely ascertained case. of
plague, the case would at once be dealt
with by the Metropolitan asylum board,
. Suspense la Politics.
These are the days of great political
suspense. That the libers! government
Is In earnest no one doubts, wnat tney
are going . to do, Jt opposea. is amso
known, but what the lords will do, not
even the lords themselves know. Today
. u ... .i.'anvlniii'tA iwfArm thpm-
selves as a schoolboy trembling In fear
of a spanking; tomorrow tney sum ana
refuse to do anything, .vvnainey proo
hiv will An li tn Hitn to the dictates
of Mr, Balfour, who is once more the
absolute master of h' followers tn tne
house of lords. Mr. uairour is an ex-
nart in iha urt nl- rtRlHvlnflr matters.
and will do so as loner as he possibly
can, but in the enfl. ir ne imnxs max
a reform bill In , the lord " will help
th ris-lit airainRt the veto bill In the
house of comnione, the bill will be pro
duced; If he does not, we snail proo
ably hear a great deal fnore about Its
advent, but we shall never see. much
of It , r '- dX h
Whichever : policy f the lords may
adopt la a, matter of indifference to
the ..government and the Liberal party.
From their point of view; both policies
have their advantages, and the govern
ment will be quite ready to go forward
with their attack, whether the lords
produce a reform bill, or not , .
, l II H .... II
Ta nrevent the drain on its DODula-
tion by, the emigration of 200,000 per-
nm vur. th Rnaninh rovernmnnt la
planning extensive railroad1 and high
way buuaing scnemes w give its work
ers employment ' '
Countess Zla Torby, daughter: of the
' Grand Duke. Michael of -Russia,
who wlll be one; of ' the charming
debutaies of. th ' pr cseni . tfeason
in .London. ; , v, .
Charming Debutante
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ugliest .woman, ' who, like a great
tto public eye has turned lecturer.
"emina theatre ott Classic Comedy.
Youth of 10 Years Found to
' .'.Be Leader of Gang of .
Boy Thieves.
IPubllthert' Prvis Leased Wir.)
Paris, March 4. It Is regrettably and
notoriously a fact that most of the mur
ders and dangerous assaults which are
chronicled in the columns devoted to
crime are committed by young people
whose ages vary from 15 to il.. Now
a small boy, no more than 10 years of
age, has. suddenly 'emerged from ' 6b
scurity as the ringleader of thieves.
This child has already been brought
last month before the police commla-
slonary of the neighboring township In
which he dwells on a charge of steal
ing, but In consideration Of his youth-
fulness he was released. A few days
later he organized a gang which prompt
ly, set to work with a will. Goods dls-
posed for sale -outside the shops In that
township , disappeared as If by magic,
and every hour of the day tradesmen
were seen hurrying to the police com
mtsary to report losses.
A couple Of lads were caught In the
act They confessed, admitting that
they had committed some of the thefts,
adding that their gang was under the
control of the boy oi 10, who was even
tually discovered, fast asleep, In a van
at" a ; railway station. - Brought once
more before the police commissary, the
lad gave vent to lamentations over the
capture of his gang at the moment when
it was about to distinguish itself by
a grand coup, 'in a very short time."
he cried, "we would have made our for
tunes, as X had discovered a way of ex
ploiting the markets. Well, I am caught,
and so much the worse for us all-'J
whom ramuy or Thieves. '
A family consisting of a woman and
her two sons has just been tried for a
long series of robberies here. One of
them, waa an employe on tire western
railway, and as the, trains in which
he was traveling were In motion he
took out of the vans and threw off at
chosen spots goods, which were picked
up by his brother. The latter carried
them to their mother, who sold tbem at
different markets. It ta calculated that
during the last three years' this trio
'succeeded In making $25,000 out ot
these thefts, .The railway man naa been
sentenced to five years' imprisonment
hi brother -two, anr their mother to
eight months.
Polloeman Perln was recently mur
dered by a man whom he was arrest
ing, and who himself committed suicide
on the spot at Champigny, The keeper
of at wineshop received a, false coin
from two customers. Suspecting that
they - were counterfeiters, he ent for
two policemen. . The supeoted men got
on their wheels and escaped. The po
licemen gave chase, and saw them en
ter a cafe, They entered, searched the
men and, -findings more-falsff"coln In
their possession, arrested them. One of
the men took out a revolver and, fired
at . Perln, killing him. : He then fired
a shot through his own head and fell
dead.' .v
AMATEUR THEATRICAL .
TRICK PROVES FATAL
(Ry tl.e Intornatioan! Netrt SeHce.
. ParisP March .4. The Chinese mall
which has Just arrived at Marseilles
contains the story of a curious stage
tragedy at Boochow. On the occasion
f .the birthday of member of the
Bouthern Presbyterian mission an ama
teur theatrtcaf performance was given,
In which one of the actors, M. Dzen,
wss! to kill Dn Tang. ; with a 'long
knife. Psen- wanted to play the nart
Vith'mwooflen" Ttnlfe'ut Vang" said
that this would be absura Insisted on
a real knife being used, and said that
he would wear a coat of mall tinder his
clothes. In the excitement ef dressing
for the performance Ur; , Yang' forgot
to put on his armor, and when lzen
stabbed him he fell dead on the staaa,
MffiECIILOREB
. r..-. r-.'. By Frederick Werner. . ' x
-Br-lhB Intmtlonl Nfwi-ftrvlre;
Berlin, March 4. Europe Is still en
joying all the blessings of a clear dip
lomatic sky. Peace: Is reigning' every
where between .the powers, the lamb is
slumbering (peacefully tiext to the nion.
The outlook has never been brighter.
Even froni Greece, no-disturbing news
Is coming, and what" we hear about the
rising of the Arabs ? tn-'Temen against
Turkey, la evidently -vividly eolored by
news-thirsty correspondents. -f i
Italy, is preparing to celebrate her
Jubilee as- a nation and to receive as
her guests most of the crowned heads
of Europe during the summer in spite
of the protests of the Vatican, Which
are; however dally becoming weaker,
and the popewhay even decide to close
his eyes tO' the visits Of Emperor Fran
cis Joseph of Austria and Kaiser Wil
helra. whose pretence in Rome as rep
resentatives of countries most closely
politlclaily allied with Italy is partic-.
ularly wished for. ,
Vera-la VortngaL
In Portugal events are evolving mori
peacefully than for. mariy weeks. and
it appears that the youirg repunuo- nai
aafely passed -the" danger point.1 The
people are beginnlnp to realize that. th
government must have time; to earn
out the important reforms it has pledgee
itself to. ' - '
Most important of these is undonbt
ccjly the' separation of church and state.
and here the republican-government it
acting with praiseworthy wisdom. The
minister '" of foreign ." affairs, who has
drafted the government bill, has assured
the people -that all creeds will be al
lowed absolute freedom and will be per
mitted to maintain aperjal schools In
which religion will be taught subject
to very lenient restrictions by the au
thorities. The ministers promise to give
back to the proper owners all property
belonging to foreign corpojattons con
fiscated at the1 time of the revolution
or pay full Indemnity. 1 The state coun
cil is still considering the: election laws,
which are to contain the following main
principles: The full .right of -suffrage
is to be granted to every adult person
abe to read and write, and among the
illiterate to all heads of families and all
persons able to prove that they make
their own living, so that the right of
suffrage will be practically universal
Torment In Sigh Schools,
The ferment in the high schools
throughout the empire is waxing in
tense. The students make two demands.
First , the return of their comrades, of
whom some are Imprisoned, others ex
pelledi secondly, the annulment of the
decree forbiddlhg meetings wKhln uni
versity precincts., The rector, vice
rector and adjoint rector of Moscow
University have tendered their resig
nations. The university council have
requested the government to close the
establishment until, the autumn.
Some of the professors at Moscow
were obliged to deliver their -lectures'
under the protection of the police; oth
ers refused to do so, and left the uni
versity ; and . a few read the lectures
under the protection of the doorkeep
ers. In many cases the students stopped
the lectures altogether and dispersed
professors and listeners by filling the
apartments with stifling fumes. The
strikers sometimes entered the back
door of the lecture hall. In other cases
they smashed the front doors.
The students at the Women s Unlver-
clty. having decreed to strike, were
warned by the rector and professors
that persistence in their resolution
would entail the closure of the estab
lishment for three or four years. The
professors besought them to reverse
their decision, and for this purpose or
ganized a referendum, which resulted.
at a late hour last night, in an enor
mous majority for a strike. Presum
ably the Women's University will now
disappear for a considerable time.
Chnroh Trouble Over.
- The storm-that threatened to trouble
the relations between Protestantism and
Catholicism In Germany regarding the
Modernist oath Imposed by the pope
has blown over. It was chiefly due to
political Intrigue in this country, though
In part also to the pope's devotion to
tradition. The great aim of politicians
who are ''agl'n" the government" Is to
break down the conservative Centrist
majority. Which at present enables gov
ernment to be carried on, and conse
quently any pretext is good enough' for
an- attempt to alienate the Centrists.
The Modernist oath was an exoelleht
one, for It seriously Infringed- on the
imperial seouiar autnonty, ana tne
speech of the Prussian minister to the
Vatican, as reported, seemed to supply
the politicians with splendid fuel for
the flame. The report, , It now turns
out was not an exact one. The official
explanation Is that It referred to the
past, not to the present or future and
-the papal organs have explained away
the pope's letter to Cardinal Fischer,
which hinted that the German profess
ors would be' cowards if they did not
take the oath. For the moment, there
fore, religious Germany Is at peace
again.
. Create Jubilee Opera.
German musicians are much Inter
ested In the announcement from St
Petersburg that the czar has commis
sioned the" composer Ipolltoff-Ivanoff
and the- poet dramatist -, Kologri gowa,
both of Moscow, to create a "jubilee
opera" , lh commemoration of the forth
coming SOOth. anniversary of the foun
dation of the Roumanoff dynasty. The
work is to be an allegorical apothesls
of the. Russian reigning house, based
upon actual events., in the. lives .and
times of its representatives. The opera
will be staged with the lavlshness for
which the St. Petersburg. imperial op
era house m zamea, ana will be repre
sented on the first day of the Jubilee
ceremonies. Other Russian cities, not
ably Moscow, Warsaw, Riga and Odessa,"
will be permitted to produce the work
immediately after the premiere at St
Petersburg. , -
i The Russian government will hold an1
exhibition of sheep culture and a wool
growers' convention at Moscow In May
In an endeavor to res toresheep raising
to""!!" former importance ' in . the em
pire. C j ' 1 -i?' ; f: v 4, yi-;. f; '' V:: :
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. Irish inventors have devised embroid
ering machines, which successfully rival
the finest handwork of the women of
the Emerald Isle at much le. cost
Liouls Globe-pemoorat . - ...
The Countess of Crewe, formerly "Peggy" Primrose, and second daugh
ter of the "Earl of Jtoceborry, who recently presented her husband
' . with art . Infant bod. The child, If he Uvea, will not only Inherit the
title and wealth of bis father, but also the major portion of the
Roseberry millions. . .
CONDITIONS IN
FAR EAST LOOK
lOCRLIKEW
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Count von Aerenthal's Optim
ism Over Peaceful Condi
tions Discounted in Diplo
matic Circles.
By Emll Andrassy.
Vienna, March 4. Recent develop
ments would seem to Justify the doubt
expressed in diplomatic circles Of . the
optimism of Count von Aerenthal as to
the peaceful conditions In eastern Eu
rope, of which I made mention last
week. The Turkish government has dis
patched two battalions to Skutarl (Al
bania) to suppress the troubles which
have broken out on the Montenegrin
frontier. A strong band of Albanians
attacked the railway station at Kuma
nova and plundered three wagons which
contained rifles collected by the Kaza
of that place for dispatch to Uskub.
The Prlshtlna Albanians have again
purchased 4000 Mauser rifles from
Servia. Numerous bands have plun
dered entire villages and the Turkish
government appears to be powerless.
The next turn of events is awaited with
great anxiety.
This does not look much like peace.
In fact the whole of European Turkey
is tir-a ferment which is steadily spread
ing to the neighboring kingdoms and
if there is not an outbreak soon, which
may set all eastern Europe in a blaze
many close observers in Vienna will be
surprised.
More than this the extraordinary de
mands being made by the government
for military and naval purposes occa
sion serious concern in political and
flnanclaL.circles Leading newspapers
point out that the condition of thena
tional finances Is slready serious, and
that It is Impossible to see where the
money esn- be obtained for the vast
future expenditure outlined, Including
the construction of 13 more Dread
noughts. " "
Vnsuspeotiag Cow Seised.
An smaslng Incident occurred recent
ly outside Maranz, Austria. A cow
strayed, from the pasturage and came
within reach of the fort. The officer
in command suspected the presence of
an automatic photographic apparatus,
and had the beast seized and closely
examined, .but when he found nothing
to justify his suspicions he turned tie
animal loose again, under the observa
tion of two of his men, charged with
the duty of following the suspect home
o ascertain whether, her wner was in
Italian spy. 'j :" ; i',1;
f Beggar With Twenty Wives..
. Known throughout Austria and Rus
sian Poland as "the king of beggars,"
David Kochmel is said to have brought
the practice of imposing on the chari
table to a fine art This uncrowned
king is about to be tried on charges of
polygamy, ana curious revelations or
the beggars' under , world are expected.
This "Polish Bluebeard," as he Is called,
started his begging career at the age of
14, An Intelligent lad, he traveled from
town to town gathering precious hints
from, flourishing mendicants of 'various
categories. Gradually he evolved an un
usually admirable organisation, which,
It Is alleged, provea-very lucrative. In
several towns he Is said to have started
secret schools for beggars, clever chil
dren being, thoroughly trained In the
aeryB4lproUe"f tanpoelnr-vrr-the
charitable public, v Kochmel's downfall
resulted from hla polygamous disposi
tion." In his travels . he observed the
special success of young beggar women,
and It Is alleged that he marlred a con
siderable number of the wealthiest and
thus obtained their savings. - The police
allege that he $ ad a home In every
town. In the land, and state that they
nave already traced Q or his "wives.
Archduke Frederick Imperial visitor.
The Archduke Frederick of Austria Is
on a vtBit to the - king and qneen of
Spain at Madrid. He Is the uncle of
King Alfonso, and the , richest member
of tho Imperial family, as he Inherited
the Immense estates of the Archduke
Albert whose personal property passed
to his daughter, .the puchess Philip of
Wurtemberg. When the Archduke Al
bert died his fortune was estimated at
over 600,000,000 francs. The Archduke
Frederick will Spend a week in Paris
when on his way back to Vienna. It is
rather expected that he will be the rep
resentative of the Emperor Francis
Joseph at the coronation of King George
Instead of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
The Archduke Frederick paid a visit to
London some years ago as the repre
sentative of the emperor who waa him
self unable to return In person King
Edward's visit to Vienna, ,
PRINCE HENRY WILL
TAKE LONG FLIGHT
(By the International News service.!
Berlin, March 4. According to the
Frankfurter Zeitung, Prince Henry,
who is an enthusiastic aviator, will take
part in a reliability flight which has
been arranged over the upper Rhenish
plain for the end of May.
It is certain that he will fly some
of the stages and may fly round the
whole course, which begin at Baden
Baden and ends at Frankfort ' The cir
cuit is not direct hut wilt touch Wies
baden, Darmstadt Offenbach and
Hamburg.
Kaiser in Glasses
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Th.e first picture of Kaiser IWllholm
of. Germany- In glasses. The Ger
- man emperor - made, his first ap
'; pearance in public wearing glass
es . when he delivered an address
before the German Agricultural
-! congrcaa - on his "personal expert-TOfrKhnhe'T)roblQmori'ceTa-,
. matlon.' When ho stood , up . to
read tho address thero was h lit
tle gasp as he was seen to draw a
' pair of eyeglnBsos from b la pocket
ahd fedjust, them to tho imperial
nose. ' ,;
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.By. Georga Dufreane.
Paris,
March 4. Negotiations with
Turkey relative to Asiatic railroads will
depend very much on the conditions 1
which ' khe Ottoman government may ::
wish to Impose .on France; The cabi- , '
nets of London and Paris have, It ap
pears, promised to keep each an cour- .
ant In the proceedings that In a month t j
or two msy develop into a triple en- -tent,
irt which Turkey will take the
place Of Russia. ' " " 1
; The Temps has . upbraided M.- PI- j
chon for having -departed from his at- .
tltude in December, 1(09, when he said -that
the "Important affairs of Bagdad
could not be' regulated without t the
equitable cooperation" ' of Britain, ,
France and Russia "with Germany." On. "
January 16, 1911, the minister declared
that the same affair was of no inter- ,"
est to France. -Contradictions pt tjile
sort have done much, to shake conti- '
dence In the foreign minister. It re
mains now to repair the mischief as
far as possible.
, Torksy-' Is Alarmed, r.f.vr.
- The triple entente has been tried In
the balance and found wanting Tur-
key is alarmed at th encreachments
of Germany and at last seeks the sup
port of the two powers she has hither
to treated with . some levity.. ;. j ; ;
The Echo dei Paris states that two
or three weeks Will be required to bal
ance Turkish desiderata with., French in
terest and then serious negotiations will
begin. .The Impression in Paris is that '
the British, government will act. pari- ,
passu with France, so that, the ulti
mate accord may Identify the Interests
of the three powers. Obviously, the so
called desiderata of Turkey tend to
"raising the wind."
Djavld Bey, the Turkish finance rain- '
later, is the ardent advocate of the new
triple entente, and Djavld never acts
without a "consideration." ,
. T eople Bee Great light
Th publication of the private cor
respondence . of the late M. "Waldeck
Rousseau, the. celebrated Trench states-
man, who founded the republican bloc
at a time when the regime was men
aced by reactionary conspiracy, has shed
light on at least one obscure point No
one' quite knew who "discovered" :M.
Combes. It now appears that Waldeck- .
Rousseau chose htm as his successor.
He lived to regret It and his last speech ,
In the senate waa a lament on the. sub-,
Ject M. Combes was an ardent ad
vocate of rigid and unscrupulous Ja
coblnlsm, and the country gave a sigh ,
of relief when his reign came to an end.
Since his day we have had M. Clemen
ceau and M. Brland. With the latter
the bloc ceased to exist, but he has had
to pay the penalty All his difficulties
have proceeded from the snares laid for
htm by the disbanded Comblsts. Hence
something like, a sensation has been
caused by the news that M. Combes has
decided to accept M. Brian s policy, and -that
there la to be a general reconcilia- ;
tlon. - -- ' '.:.-'
M. Combes Is too tenacious to give
way to anything. If the report be true,
it means that M. Brland has -gone over"
to M. Combes and that soon there will
be another antl-clerlcal campaign in the
chamber..
Canning . Street JTolses. , ; J,'. 'J.f
Armed with a recording gramophone, -M.
Ponge, a school master, spends his
leisure hours lying In wait for street
cries In populous quarters. 'He Is pre- ,
paring a museum of speeclv-whlch ! he -will
leave behind for the Instruction ,
of future ages. When he bears a- Pa- -rlslan
equivalent of "lHllkr or the rauf
flnman, he pounces , on him, and urges
him to sing or ring bells into hla re
ceiver. - He hss already collected the .
cries of the birdseed man, the vegeta
ble woman, the fishwife, the basket
maker, the ol' clo'es manthe window
pane mender, the 7 flower men selling "t"
mlaosa, and the shrill tenor who
"pieces together again marble, alabas
ter and porcelain:" 4
Two criers resisted all the collect
or's blandishments or threats. The wife 1
of the chain mender who gathers, cus
tom for her husband," and who, Was
afraid that the gramophone was one
of Bertillon's new . anthropometric re
cording inventions, and the haughty ;
and funereal Hercules, who walk along -groaning
"Tonneaux, Tonneaux!" as If . ,
his heart were breaking, and robs you
han,anllv llMW TUB Hll him i an -
femptywlne caskr-HrTasse4; en-chant-
'lng "Tonneaux,". and refused to take the -1
slightest notice of the schoolmaster's
i request for a record, . , , . k . -t. -
Tlrhtlaf Baa Wetareev -
French caricaturists are . alarmed at
the thought that the senate is about to
pass a bill against Indecent plotures.
Foraln, Wlllette, " Leandre ano otner
members of the bureau of the Bocleta
des Artistes, Humorlstes,, have pointed -out
to the senatorial commission that '
the proposed restrictions tended to stop
the development of French art; and
they suggest a jury of umpires selected -from
caricaturists, to be consulted be
fore prosecutions are begun. - ' .;
"We consider ourselves," said : Wll
lette to Senator Berenger, "not only as -artists
following the tradition of a cen
tury of gallantry and elpgance, but a -
French artists continuing me wora or (
their ancestors Interrupted by the for- -'
elgn renaissance." : 1 :.V ? : :
All this is very well, but the fact re
mains that some check has to be put
on the public obsoenlty, which grows
worse and worse every day. -It i Is
flaunted before the eyes of children and
young girls, In a way that must strike
their-attention. --'- -
- Cxar aivea Ovatiov. . . ' ' ' , '
.The ' Russian -correspondent , of the
Journal des Debate has depicted a scene
of enthusiasm at the Theatre Michael.
St. Petersburg; on the appearance of
the ciar and the csarlna In the Imperial
box. ..The piece, Mussorgsky's "Boris
Goflunof," 'waa Interrupted, sod ; the
whole audience rose and sang the na
tional hymti,;and then Indulged in In
terminable cheering. Nicholas It wns
sUVbrtHorKrtrtduc'heoraf 'suc-tran' extra- 7
ordinary outburst,- and the -correspondent
says his majesty had dlfflmilry in
simpresslflff ht emotion..;"
For Bearly.'rtx"ylars the Ritsetan
arch-' has'sJuftslwd from tnrr.r
Thi ' revolutionary. VIhh : -i r
have passed.; Th-r It i
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