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12 THE CHARLOTTE NKWS, FEBRUARY 5 159II NEWS OF FOREIGN CAPITALS English Ti oops In Great Numbers to he At The Coionation (By PHILLIP EVERETT.) mission is on a far larger scale, for i.- nrion. Im i' It not j it is her ambition to have presented nr. iiid M’ \\ insfon Chmcliill tojat the next conference a peace petition b-.nt Htiiiit i;.>is in tht> Kast Knd, the signed by one hundred million people. }, . Sl im' t.f :i ixniy ot troops will j a maiority of the adult iwpulation in Ii, on.' ,'i tiu' liis^tinsuishing feattires "1 ;i:r i->r !i; fioii as inilecii ai every i:j . •viMuition froin the time of K.iUiii.i !"•' t'onfe.ssor. .Many voices , aisfil ri protest against the prOm- i!.*nf. \\hich is auaiii to 'ie =;iven to il'i> mili ai ' btu in spite of these, the a m\ ’n ■1 i \ e ; 't- I r.i‘•ii.i |!r;' Vn r I! has now arrangeii to •,.»natir>n rout*' lined with tiu' liisJtinsuishing feattires I the forty-four counries to be repres- sented at the Hague. Mrs. Kckstein is very optimistic about her gneat task. “I have been most enthusiastically received every where.” ahe told me today. "My object Is to impress upon the inhabitants oi the world that at the next Hague con ference we must expect something -h Indian and (,'olonial | definite—something that will lead in r-!i nrp to l>o .■ticainiied in • a lofiioal way to international peace ai.ll o'l'ci I'pen spaces near , v. ithout involving danger to any na- 1..,(Mil.11 ^ion \A'e want disarmament to come ,n; 'raM.f of ihe corona- gradually. ;,-s \\ii; >1' a uala pfM form-! ‘ In the petition we ask that conven- - M;i lo.'i \ ■'i I'l’eatre. 'I'liis tion? be agreed upon, by virtue of . n 1 i}i« iall> in'oi porared %vhich all nations shall'mutually pledge Ml a»i\)itiante '.vith a ihemselves that any change concern- ■ , ..I-- ''v ;lu‘ late l^rince inp the autonomy and territorial integ- . . 1. wMl ii His .Mai.ir.xty • lity of any nation shall be brought • .-1 .»ii;U . ti The entire ' abDUt exchiKivtdy by treaties, these . i.i(.i>io:i will 1)0 !► veil-' treatif s to bo ronchided with the vo>- ■ liari-ie' iintary consent of all nations concern- ■ ► .-ic*'.!:!! A’lii-an Prime ed in any siven case. ,i- in l.otuion about urther we ask that all other inter- ii .ni(i atteivvariis national interests shall beb adpusted. 1! ui'-n- iie will -ta,' also by treaty as far as possible, and meeting ot' that tiitficulties which may arise from tbe.'-t* other interests, and which are r t’f South . ii()’ .settled by diplomatic negotiations. shall be referred to an international 1 oiirt of aibitiation pledged to respect lilt* auarantee pertaining to the nation- an antoiioniy and ‘this proposal is far ■ Knriner ask ihat all other inter- it> ■Mi'S Efhstein lias visited all the iiriiu ipal cities of Germauy spreading 111^* cidspel of peace, and is eniphaiic ionc»-i nirig the goodwill the German people entertain toward Great Britain. u. 'r - t’n lu .n tie roiona- opi esfHii d l,(>n'l ti. a’v lo.)kiii4 •; ' t *■ :s .-uai- ' 'vj: i.'s are ex- I >1*- :i:C usikU N*'V(?r liave ■ .i: V'lierioaiis . tlv ’v ntnibo-r vi:;. ■ ' knows Over e'giity >. \- TV.’ visit -' ' . .lav V. i h 'ht' ;is Mipy ..V poor ue rn jt *!« Kin.; .MamuM ot' F’ortugal is finding lif.^ ai •.M)ercoin" his new residence in idii-fashicned old Richmond, exceed ingly dull, ar'd is spending as much -e s. ;is Mipy -ijjip |.o:-:sibly can in I^ndon, ill.'! ci. ’ V..V poor o,-ii,^cr t)ac\ anil forth in his auto. Hut • ' • . •' V ' 'Ir.'.'':'•'> i^e canno: helit noticing that the |)ho- 1 ■ =ti.>ns ' ;iit;-pn- ;)if> f,f the town seem to have .. . . Tfif rnan nothing else to do lhan to k?ep tab on i '-■’1'. I ‘i; i.t T'-on' iiis inovenien’s a fact which annoys ei: '-‘i. him very much. — — 'I'o tell the truth, the old ladies ■ ' he be- (if Richmond are shofked to see how ^ •i'>u';or \ uiv (vti the'many nights’ - the nice young boy.’ as. vv \w i-T d^^aling; They called him when he first came’ ■ >. ’efr.;m. and : sppnds away f; om home. There is no ndir... -viMi the; doubt in their minds that he spends ■ i.. • oiits very wil- most of his time “with play-actresses w !ii him and such like" and “small wonder is I opera--it that hi« dear mother, who was born • • i 'i Th»' f.en'-ral in Kngland and got an English educa- ■ • ftort' tion. always looks so sad." It is safe - ■ Ml n’>‘^ion.' ;o 'ay that many an old spinster at ' . '1 I'f 1-ove:- i Richmond daily prays that the I^ord - "i '• jwil! (.lit into the heart of young Man- -.r.r f-tr I 20 That iuel to mend his dreadful “continental" • f ■ tnvr. I v. ays. : -O’.' tlint would! As he is now behaving he is decided- ■ Sr.ojv. there ly a disgrace to thp God-fearing com- n*. .r ■' d^'alin" v. irli | niunity of Richmond. f'} - p. tamilie? j n?’c* rooms, in misera-i Preparations for the Pageant of Lon- •nd nii-r-able slums, j don are going ahead, and neither mon- hf» is a cadrij^y nor pains are being spared to * -*xtA has lived into this century. His fath er was one of tlie keepers of the chateau, and Pierre Schomel was uorn there on August 25, 18()7. Pere says that he remembers the Empress Josephine very well, and also the Empress Marie liouise. Among the anecdotes which he re lates with pleasure i that Napo leon one day tapped him on the cheeks and took him up in his arms. When young he learned the tailoring trade, and finally became the regular costumier of a number of actors and actresses, at the Theatre Francais. He w'as, as it were, exclusively charged by Talma with making all his costumes, and he was familiar v/ith all the theatrical celebrities of the Second Empire. A few weeks ago Pere Schomel became indisposed, but he has now fully recovered, and still w'orks with the needle at the hos pice. Powers Acknowledge German Supeiioritij In Nation Politics )l telegram from Rome states that „ _ a new aeroplane has been built, 1 and the czar stirred up political ac- (BY FREDERICK WERNER.) Berlin, Feb. 4.—As the New Year grov,’a older it becomes evident that the powers of Europe are preparing to acknowledge without further pro test the indisputable fact, that the diplomatic skill of the kaiser and his advisers has succeeded in estab lishing the absolute supremacy of Germany in European politics. The Potsdam meeting between the kaiser which ariswer.s all requirements as regards equilibrium and stability, and will be perfectly safe in gusts of wind. The machine, it is said, cannot be either upset or precipitated to the ground. Even should the engine fail to do its work, landing would be in no way difhcult. tivity all over Europe and brought forth violent denunciation of Ger man treachery in France and Eng land, where Germany is always sus pected of evil intentions, but even in these two countries the most^ anx ious minds have calmed down’ and the international political outlook at present Is quite bright. The recent debates In the French chamber of deputies showed in the most striking manner how great has been the suspense in that country since the kaiser invited the czar to discuss the political situation with him at Potsdam, and many states men openly asserted, that from that moment the Franco-Russian alliance has ceased to exist. An official ex- J^YNE HILL. Mrs. David Jayne Hill, wife of the American ambassador' to Germany, who ic fa®t becoming a social factor in Berlin. At the time of Mr. Hill’s appointment, there was considerable opposition manifested, which it if said emanated frc.m the German court, due to the ‘ ambassador's plain method of living and his democratic ways. It was claimed that ^ he and his family would not fit in with the dignified social life of j the French court. Time, however, has dispelled this belief. Mr?. Hill now occupies a very prominent social position as compered with that of the wives of many i other American diplomats. Her re- ceptions at the new embassy are j rapidly becoming the principal social functl^s of the season. She is : assisted largely in her social duties by her daughter, who is very in ^ timate with the Kaiser’s daughter. o tiia* t r- .1 in her visits jniake its twenty-four scenes both beau- M iiit 1 'hf* is cornjK'lled j tiful and accurate. The Pageant is to ‘ n ria:»edif-s of hun-|be one of the principal features of the ■ I'-- n--^ hat would make j great festival of Empire to be held ' • ' fies^pair, |at Crystal Palac« from May to October, ha: a»-fiitirr'fl 400 acrp.® | \o less than fifteen thousand perform- f n; ^ oichf ler. cut up Into.ers are to take part, and a research ’'»t: r a»'h *'f^ttap:o I committee has been formed to see that (vrr !..,),*• that tiie ex|K*ri-jthe costumes and dresses are correct I ;o\(. i 5-icf rs^.’ jin ever/ detail. For the last eighteen , J I months a large staff of artists and de- ’•■(II’' iIh mosf interesting; signers have been occupied In making .■•Mhiin 'vho hris visited Kng-; copies from old paintings in the muse- 1 ny ypiii-: is .Mrs. Anna B. him and private collections of the w,.f) ;jt thf hist Hague con-j styles of the different periods; and of ‘•nted rt |i tition for jnler-jthe ten thousand costumes required five million for the Pageant over six thousa.nd are already finished, and the staff of over two htmdred is still working practical ly every night and day to complete the “iirn^'d by ur, ;r. writ Queen Alex- lioth expK'Hsod a desire to hrkstein, whose preaept j rest. k New Life Saver For Submarine London, teb. 4.—A new life-»aving [ helmet for the crew of submarines I has been adopted by the admiralty. It is believed that its use will pre serve the men’s lives in the event of a submarin being disabled beneath the waves, and will enable them to as cend to the surface of the water. The helmet is large enough to al low the head free movement within it. is E-lopd away to fit the shoulders, and is continued into a s Lort water- jproof Jacket. I Inside the jacket is a pocket con- I talning a combined purifier and oxy- jgen generator. Two small chambers are charged with a patented substance which, when in contact with the water vapour of the breathk gives off pure oxqgen gras and forms a caustic alka- IL The alkali takes up the carbonic acid gas of the respired air, and form» and alkaline carbenate. In this way the same air purified and re- oxygenated, is used over and over again. The Jacket, which is surrounded by a flexible chamber, can be Inflated on reaching th« surface, and in this way It forms a life belt. The apparatus can be put on in thirty seconds without assistance. The Ttench General Labor Fedeiation Is Now Doomed to Die Mr. Patrick Mac Swiney, the former papal chamberlain, whose hereditary marquisate and papal decorations were recently annulled by the pope, threatens, according to the "Vita,” to take proceedings against the Vati can for the refunding of over $5,000 when the title was conferred upon him. He will also claim damages, as the annulment was illegal and con- ™ trary 1o the laws of heraldry. I am (planation. how'ever, w^as given by the informed- that the Vatican will not Russian premier, M. Stolypin. to tlie refund the money, as it does not | Matin’s St. Petersburg correspondent, represent the price of the purchase (which had the desired effect of al- of the title, but was a spontaneous i laying the fears of the French pec- charitable contribution which is ir- Plc*. J’nd w'hen the French minister revocable. Besides, Mr. MacSwiney, j of foreign affairs, M. Pichon, was owing to his divorce and remarriage i asked in the chamber by the social- to a German Protestant lady, has I ist leader, M. Jaures, as to w'hat hap- practically ad,iured the Catholic faith,! pened at Potsdam, the minister was and has thus lost the right to the’ ‘ to reply that Nicholas and Wil- papal title and decorations, which are iielm had talked only about the Per- liable to annulment at the pope’s j sian question. pleasure. j M. Pichon’s reply was absolutely The vaiican belim-.^.s that Mr. Also-; in accordance with truth, for from Swiney is not likely to take legal ^he most reliable source I know that proceedings, since no court can try neither kaiser nor czar suggested or the case. accepted any proposal directly affect ing the present grouping of the Euro pean powers. Russia remains, as be; fore, the faithful ally of France, but the czar’s government reserves the right to look after Russia’s own in terests outside of Europe without _ j asking the permission of France, Berlin, Feb 4.--A raiUvay navy nam-i^.*^^ means first of all the Rus- ied Fisclier, employed on the line near m^^’-ster of foreign affairs is Manover, has conessed to having 1 . ^o avoid any conflict with i murdered Captain von Krosigk at Gum-1?®*^ bat happens j blnnen on January 21, 1901. Fisclier, t^ay is Plain enough: 'Who s^ys that his uneas-y conscience forced Russia and had driven him to make this avowal. prepai^d to first confessed to the foreman of the ! So“e*atLd 'Sfan’’'cUCe\.“ in e es^rsagtd »«>'='^;are immense; millions and millions 4- f J I German capital are tied up in “urder attracted un- enterprises, and Germany’s usual attention at the time owing to Ljj^^restB in the greatest of all Per- the s lange circumstances suiround-1 enterprises, tlie Bagdad railroad, mg It. Captain von Krosigk was drill-several times before caused Eu- ing his squadron m the bariack yaid diplomats many uneasy hours. through the heart There is not the slightest floubt and died immediately. Just outside that the kaiser has accomplished a the wall surrounding the barrack j diplomatic masterstroke at Potsdam, yard a carbine was found from which j even if he and the czar “only” dis- the shot had been fired through a cussed the Persian question, and French statesmen, w'ho wish Germa ny no good, are justly dissatisfied with the kaiser’s success, which emphasizes their own misfortunes, for French diplomacy has recently suffered many setbacks, and France Man Confesses Awful Murder^ QUEEN MARIA. PIA. . Queen Maria Pla, grandmother of the deposed King inanuel, whose poor health is causing ^coneiderable ap prehension. A burned child dreads the fire, but the moth and the flame still seem to get together. Consistency. Ted - I hear he’s giving a lecture on “How to Live oo Fifteen Cents a day.” ig he doing well with it? .N’ed F*1ne. 1 met him in a^restaii- . in reincarnanon rant after the lecture, and he was would probably object to being called taiing a |2 dinner.—Puck. has-beens. -1 . Frank had been sent to the hard ware store for a thermometer. “Did your mother s»y what size?” asked the clerk. “Oh,'* answered Frank, “gimme the biggest one you’ve got. It’s to warm my bed room with.”—buccess Maga zine. Those who believe In reincarnation (BY GEORGE DUFRESNE.) Paris, Feb. 4.—A victim of its own misldeeds the General i^bor Federa tion of France is doomed. There is no more democratic country in the world than France, no country where the contrast between the rich and poor is so small, no country where public sympathy is so readily extend ed to the oppressed, and so when the w'orkingmeu of France decided to organize their forces to improve the wages and conditions of labor, not a single voice w’as raised in protest. The General I^abor Federation was born at a fortunate moment and all good fairies brought gifts to its cra dle, but it has cruelly disappointed the expectations of the public. Con scious of its imiyense power, it has time and again defied the laws of the country crushed all opposition among its own more sensible members, de- tsroyed public property and made its own well-wi.shers stiffer to further its own unreasonable and selfish ends. When it paralyzed the country’s means of communication, when it stopped a railroad and postal service and caused France to lose untold millions, the French people’s patience with its former i>et came to an end, and when the government announced that it meant to crush the federation, not a voice was raised in its de fense. Now, just as the government is about to bring suit against it. the General P’cderation of Labor, has re ceived a crushing blow—its talented legal li.ght, Maltre Bonzon, one of the' nidst distinguished lawyers of anti- milltarists, strikers, etc.. has public ly announced his intention of sever ing his connection with the federa tion. “There is a tendency,” he saj's, “to confound the lawyer with his client, and I find that, as defender of the greater part of the members of the federation against whom ju dicial proceedings are taken, there is a" tendency to confound the case with the federation itself, or rather, w'Kh the individuals who control it. This Is not to say that Maitre Bon zon had suddenly discovered that he has no sympathy with the aims of the majority of the French work ing classes. On the contrary he is careful to explain tliat it is onlj' the purely revolutionary tactics with no definite aim against which he rebels. “Five years of social struggle,” he says, “have convinced me of the dangers and weaknesses of revolu tionary anarchism, but on the con trary of the force for good in rev olutionary syndicalism. I believe that France can be transformed, and only syndicalism is capable of rendering society more just, but it must'not thwart its ow'n ends and make the whole justice loving, democratic French public its enemy, and thts is what the leaders of the General La bor Federation have done.” peephole. The dragoon to whom the * carbine belonged could not have been the propretrator, because at the time Of the murder, he was at drill. Three non-missioned officers, named Martin, Hickel, and Domnig, were arrested on _ ^ suspicion, and after a court-martial j has not yet forgotten the failure of Martin was acquitted. Against this acquittal the military prosecutor appealed, and the military court of appeal reversed the verdict and sentenced Marten to death. Mar ten appealed to the Supreme Military Court of the Empire, which suspended the death sentence, and orderd a nw trial. Marten being finally i^cquit- ted.'The other two, Hlckel and Dom nig, were also acquitted. After making bis formal confession today. Fischer withdrew it, declaring that he uttered it w'hen intoxicated. He w'as certain ly serving in the dragon regiment stationed at Gumbinnen at the time of the murder, but it ii not clear whether his confeBSion is genuine or not. I have heard an amusing explana tion of the Monaco “revolt,” which has led to a constiuttion being drawn up. TheMonegasques have no particu lar desire for a parliament—they are happy folk w’ho have no taxes and no snow—but they want jobs in the Casino. The native-born popula tion is extremely small and extreme ly unreliable. Positions of trust in the principality are given to Ital ians, French and Germans rather than to the natives. The army of one hundred, with five officers, including a colonel, two captains and two lieu tenants, is mainly French; the fire men, who have police duties inside the Casino, are also foreign. So are the police proper, for the most part, though amongst the four hundred croupiers are some Monegasques. It is to be observed that the con stitution is dated from Paris, where thep rince is fond of residing when he is not ocean voyaging. The Ca sino, of course, runs everything in Monaco and pays a personnel of five thousand. The constitution does not please, but the alternative is French dominance, apparently. If this tiny territory w^as eventually sold to France, one wonders whether the roulette w-ould be sanctioned. It is said to attract eight to tenthousand visitors a day, and represents daily in gross receipts $120,000. The hospice for the aged at Ivry continues to have Pere Schomel, the centenarian, as one of its inmates. Pere Schomel has been much talked about of late, and as he'is now near ly 104. years of age, his memory goes bac kto things that hiap^ned a cen tury ago. His dairy from now on might be entitled “Things that I Saw 100 Years Ago.” He also has the distinction of being the only iier- son born on ^he grounds of the then Imperial Chateau of Versailles, who Mana Pia Seriously HI Rome, Feb. 4.—The health of Queen Maria Pia, who is residing at the Royal Palace, Naples, Is causing some apprehension. The queen has been ailing since her arrival in Italy, shortly after the revolution in Portugal. After spending arranging the Turkish loan in France, and Germany’s successful bid for this important piece of business. After thev iolent speech of M. Jaures in the chamber, in w'hich he said that even if France had been defeated by Germany forty years ago, there was no reason why it should now be satisfied to pay the political, part of a conquered nation, the lead ing public men of France have calm ed down, happy in the knowledge that the Franco-Russian alliance still exists, though silently deploring the fact that Europe’s political centre of gravity now seems permanently fix ed at Wilhelmsstrasse. stpon- ■-ii a no hope of any. Not a ^ord shr ■ election reform, and the rr -; ^ our direct taxation is again „ " ed. Germany has never s* . p ‘ period of reaction during i.j sixty years.” When the minister »f fnu.v, Lentze, recently said ihat tV ces of Prussia are sound, - doubtedly right, but this i^ ' ot'“a fact which is due to the Kovo, „i. e- The tireless energy of tiie Ocniiai people is too great to be fsos'ir' even by tlie most roacrioiia'-, ernment. The German peo]>'.-> arr'. ways toiling on, always croarir'i, q, ^ values, t^xes on whicb How ;v,t. Prussian treasury, but rhr pi ment makes a great niiFt:;ive it imagines that the people vi!! rnn-r ue to submit patiently ro a:: ■ i-!] of abuses. Every day makes U . er, that a day of reckouinc ir .um' ing in Germany, when rhe rnrerr- ment will have reason to r#>gr*M li 'j- it refused to listen to even r!,p -no- reasonable demands of the di-ump for after that day it wil] lir. ' Grman people that dictate srd ri. clericals and the “Junkers" who n' submit. According to intelligence rpoeivf.] from the Kirghiz Steppes, from Odessa, and from Manchuria, tiio plague is spreading rapidly owing to the helplessness of the authnrifi(=3 to arrest its advance. In Manchuria the deadly malady is carried fron place to place by the inhp.bitrra: w-ho are seized with panic on its oi break, and seek refuge in towns w'hich had been immune, hiu uhirii are forthwith infected by the reM- gees. Moreover, the Chinese refuse to obsen-e the prev^ntativp measures prescribed by the Riis=ian medical authorities, and, the two nn- tionalities being at daggers’ end=. co-operation is impossible. The re sult is that the plague is advarnlns steadily tov.ards Europe. In Odessa there were a oouplp of months’ lull in the plague, and the present outbreak is ascribed by pii\. sicians to the plague-stricken rats, which find much more easy access to the houses than in western Eu rope. An experienced Russian doctor appeals to the authorities to destrov the rats on a large scale, and naf?- guard the children from theii a'- tacks. An extraordinary order of the day has been issued on the subject by the military sanitary insijecior in the Caucasus, w^ho calls upon wizards or sorcerers, some few’ of v\hom must, he holds, by at present in ihe army, to come forward and cast a spell upon the disease-brinpint; ro dents. The military inspector wrire.': “The hypnotic influence of ratisic, as employed by wizards and witchf;>, should not be pooh-hoohed. Absolute quiet must prevail in the place w'here the experiment is to be tried. The rat-catcher must sit down in the middle of the court yard and play on a little pipe Bounding: high notes. The tunes selected should he monotonous. The wizard shoitld “-o regulate big breathing that he can- continue playing for hours. At last he rises to his feet and moves, fol- low'ed by an endless procession of rats direct to the lethal pit or a funeral pile, where death awaits the spellbound rodents. It is very possi ble that among the soldiers of the Caucasian military district there are such wizards.” Wit Not Appreciated. Stubbs was feeling his w;;y to fh^ kitchen stove in the dark, when he fell over the coal scuttle. “Oh, John,” called M-3. S ubb:-, sw’eetly, “I know what you need. You should get what they hav3 on battle ships.” “What’s that?” growled Siui^bs, £3 he rubbed his shins. “Why, a range finder.” And what btubbs said about The worst thing about the .Rilvcr lin ing theory is that you have to turn cloud inside out to find it. The part of President Taft’s mes sage to the United States congress, which calls for the permanent forti- o ^ UUCCJl JXlQIICL JrlCL Panama canal at first man’s wit was “plenty. created quite a stir in the German press, many papers expressing a I doubt as to whether America had any right to fortify the canal, as this part of the treaty between the United States and the Republic ot Panama of November, 1903, had nev er been intenationally ratified, but common sense has prevailed here and it is generally admitted that when no protest has been raised dur- a month with the king and queen at these years, it Is rather late their ca&tle at San Rossore, she was [ ^ f canal will recommended to go to Naples, where fortified, and if Germany had paid , her eroon mnnpv fnr itc it w'as hoped that she would benefit by ^he mild climate. Her health, however, has not Im proved, and she is now practically kept to her bedroom. The doctors declined to assume the responsibility of allowing her to un dertake the journey to England, where she has been repeatedly invited by her grandson. King Manuel. Recently the queen’s condition be came worse, and the Soverigns-, as well as Queen Barkherita, went to Naples to visit her, , The Duke of Oporto, who only in tended to spend the New Year holi day in Naples, has decided to remain by his mother’s bed side. King Man uel has not yet visited his grandmoth er, owing to the difficulties over the Italo Vatican etiquette, for It he vis its the king In Rome he will not be received by the Pope, while he can not visit the Pope and omit to visit the king, who, -besides being a near relative of his grandmother’s would be his host. King Manuel may go to Naples in strict incognito if the queen’s illness becomes alarming; meanwhile news of her health is tele graphed to him daily. This art becomes, a .menace, * Si% sits up late to paint Outlandish views of Venice, Of Venic3 us it aint. —Pittsburg Poat. her good money for its construction, she would undoubtedly now do just w-^hat President Taft recommends. Looking at the affair in this light, the German press is satisfied to say nothing more about it. Satisfied though the German peo ple are with the present foreign poli cy of the empire, which has made Germany the leading power of Eu rope, they are anything but con tent with the domestic politics ot the Bethmann-Holiweg regime W’^hich are exceedingly reactionary. The gov ernment is tied to, what in Germany is called, “the black-blue block” which is literally beating the masses ot the people black and blue, imposing upon them nearly half a billion marks in new direct taxes and rob bing them of every prospect of a reform of the unjust Prussian elec tion laws. The demands of the cler ical party are also becoming mo» e and more unbearable and lahe cries of the people for free import of meat and cattle are never heeded by the government, though meat has become a luxury which only the well to do can afford. “Who can expect any reforms from Bethmann-Holwegg,” said a promi nent member of the Reichstag to me yesterday, “it is enough to read the Prussian speech from the throne, which was read in the royal palace long ago, to see that there is m MRS WALDORF A5T0R. who /ith her Mrs. Waldorf Aster, husband has just returned ■ don, after several weeks rss Moritz, Switzerland, where were recuperating from gnd of the recent election. Mr. as his father, William Aster, ^ expatriated American. - elected to the house of
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