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THE OHAJtLOTTE in^ MAY 2t. I9lt 13 NEWS OF FOREIGN CAPITALS ffapoleon's Birth place May Soon Give Trouble To Fiench V 2i'—Corsica, the birth* 'v'ron Is apt to give : ir lung, if tlie French ^ iioi carcaul. Xo doubt, rs (>i that Island are (iioative and make ex- ■>. still, Corsica is not ny, hut a French de- the constitution, a ' r^nrhm:ip as much as - ;) Trcnchman. IJnfor- ubiic has always kept tho Island that glori- iii. produced Napoleon ’ uri’iR tho Empire the riitii were In favor. Un- u li*’ "they are enemies Hence, although' the •in'l there should be \ory n:an, woman, and ’ ;y.;. .ry exists and the inilns. M. Clamenceau • rsira to anyone who wr.3 his bluff, for the Rift without : an government lie means to check the . ;' ly there are too many n- ai crumbling-to-pieces i ii. if not dealt with In : about a tremendous !'t ■ • K- ■ !l ’ f r.’’ 0 rc"-. Bi-v a*; T I'ntiiots who are warn- rnment against continu- 1 anri-clerical policy none ; .iov n for his patriotism ;1 political views, M. A'rht)i:Jih he is a man of i\l iiolitical views, M. nrii.'U' just published in Hebdomadalre” claims 1..1S lost immeasurably anti-clerical policy. In- ,di ii; up the nation, her V been devoted to war- priests. And the re- , n every way. not mere- ■ iui'-acter and virility but ■ orial loss. It is notorious ■ . • expected as the re- i "'.e up the estates of the ieties dwindled to as > nda. thanks to Daez and a^‘istod him In bis "liqui- Ou: friends, the Futurists, who, !: ( f a new and virile 1- ' 1 ’ ,’i down every stktue, V--c - ij. urf', and in particular, ’ s a.i he buildings of Venice '!.e .goon, are .“manifesting” ^ .v.r. r F. T. Marinette, their :*s: s a fresh declaration ad- ^ tinie to dramatists. His r . 1 ;’e^ for the writing of . r*> 'i- ntempt for audiences i: for success.” All dramas r modern. Modern drama must (j r. r , preat Futurist dream, » ■. is explained by our hlgh- r;ri / r ;.irary, via: “Life with the air. minated by steam and elec- tif S’”. d ;*iiinate by st;^am and elec- tr.'I':. F'';iermore, “dramatic art must not rr'''f‘a:raphic i«yshology, but IS r'lAi.atiug synthesis of life in It* ant and typical develop- I urt?es upon authors of "in'ixdc syntheses” that they B 3' n,)f r vjiort to Ret rich, and de- te? ',)■ ) ifiea of getting rich as tit ssj..n which preys upon mod- loiriHti.sts. Fnally, Signor Mar- r.voiith: apainst^the monstrous “s ■' ■ f clapping and cheering in •hfj’re. We mean." he adds, "to ’Ev:; i an1 actors the Tolup- 'c rf bring hissed. This pe* n.a: c'fratlc joy he has himself, v; often tasted witli delight: ‘ I have the great satisfaction of knowing that my genius, frequently booed and hissed by the audiences of France and Italy, run run no risk of ever being buried beneath dull and heavy plaudits. “This personal touch appears to be the most really philosopical part of the Futurist rhllosophy. A novel educational scheme for making the masses of the people ac quainted with the literature of all countries is about to be carried ou in Brussels. A central library, consisting at the outset of 10,000 choice volumes, is to be created in Brussesl, and any inhabitants of any part of Belgium owning a savings bank book will be entitled to borrow from it and receive by mall and book for a period of two weeks on checking two cents off his saving bank book at the poetofflce, his money at the bank serving as a guarantee for payment for books not returned. As there are about 1,500 post-offices in Belguim, this will amount to the creation of a circula ting library with 1,600 branches, whose risks will be more than cov ered by the deposits in the savings banke. '^^CHESS OF MARLBOROUQH ly Marlborough, former- pir- u '/* •*’ the Engllth em- court Hr ostracized in EnoMtH '•on fro u of her Mpar«. wiirv/hr nf I America during the "'“toriety''which*“h Inevitable « Brin.u non-appearance ^oronaf function* during the ''‘•laid r ^«'‘«"’onlei will provoke "al tha* u society Jour •'^’own h I I® beautiful Dutchess, '^andfirK u America as Consuela ^er • prolonged visit '^ill an-, Newport, where she *ociety functions and '““'■■'’“"Xf*''. Oaring Americans who deplore the prev alance of official red tape in Washing ton may find some consolation in knowing that we are much worse off here in France. The government de partment in which the tape is most prominent is undoubtedly the navy, where M. Delcasse is trying his ut most to do away with it. The follow ing little incident will show that the minister was justified when he said the other day, that; red tape threatens the safety of the republic. Some time ago the navy yard at Toulon needed two ordinary saucepans for the gallery of a submarine. After making the need officially known, aft er using reams of paper and pints of ink the order was given to a cer tain manufacturer to supply the two saucepans, which must fulfill a num ber of specified requirements. It was particularly emphasized that the bottoms of the booking vessels must be of the very finest quality and ex ceptionally strong. The factory made the saucepans and & special commis sion of technical experts was ordered to examine them, which it did most thoroughly, thereupon the pans were sent, with a long report, to the chem ical laboratory of the navy depart ment, which was to test the metal of the bottom of the pans. The chemists scraped the bottoms very carefully and the pans were rettirned to the commission with a favorable report. The commission then issued a new of ficial report to the effect that the saucepans would now have been emi nently fit for the gallery of the sub marine if the official chemists had not scraped ^ the bottoms so hard that both pans were now leaking, whereupon they were sold as old metal and the same proceedings start ed over again. In the meantime the crew of the submarine would be starv ing if the cook had not on his own responsibility bought two ordinary tin saucepans ftom a Toulon hardware dealer. M. Henri Detutsh de la Maurthe, tho famous musician who takes so great an ir\'rest in the science of aviation, and Mr. Henri Cain, the poet, have started on an interesting mission to Crete. The former is not content to encouraj?e aviation above by offering substantial prizes for he conceived the idea of writing a lyri cal code, which he has entitled, ‘•I Care,” on a poem of Mr. Henri Cain dedicated to the glory of the new science and Its heroes. This work will shortly be performed in public. Meanwhile the musician and the librettist thought they would like to visit the scene of the first “drama” of the air, in which the imprudent son of Dedale, after having burnt his wings, lost his life by falling inio Egean Sea, which cast up his body on the short of Doliche in Cre.te, where it was buried by Her- Cjules. The exploring expedition of the two collaborators is made with a view to establishing historical ac curacy as to this, the first tragedy of the air. The arrest of a youth who was caught breaking into a box of med als on th^ Qnai Conti at 2 o’clock in the morning, has had a surprising result. The youth was well dressed, and in his possession were found an electric lamp, two small jimmies and a bunch of keys. Pressed with questions, he made the startling declaration that he was the oldest son of General LeFebre, commanding the first division of colonial troops. The boy was a pupil at the Buffon College. His parents thought he had left home without Informing them. They were, how ever, greatly surprised when they knew that he was in the lock-up on a charge of attempted burgularly. Inquiries into his habits showed that for over a month he had made nocturnal expeditions unknown to his parents and the servants of the house. In his room was quite a library of detective stories. It is sup posed that these had turned his head and led him to imitate the exploits of fantastic burglars. ' - \ ' T'S, ' LITTLE CXAR ALEXIS This picture of little Czar Alezis Is interesting, not alone because of its charming pose, but because it was snapped by the child’s father, the Czar of all the Russlar^, at an outing this spring, near the Royal Palace, His Imperial Majesty the Czac, is an ardent amateur photographer, who de lights In exercising his art, not only upon the beautiful vistas that sur. round the palace, but upon members of the royal household, especially his children, of whom he is very fond. The Czarvitch Alexis will reach the age of seven on July 30th, and already preparations are under way for a monster celebration throughout the empire. Germdn Government Is Now in Tiouhle Of Its Chpn Making • •••••••••••• « * HIGH HEELS. • Heels first appeared on women’s • shoes in 1826, but it was the tariff • that made them higher.—Charles- • ton News and Courier. (By FREDERICK WERNER.) Berlin, May 20.—The German gov ernment is in serious trouble and even-that part of the press which has hitherto loyally supported its pol icy now admits that the trouble, in part at least, is of the government’s own making. The budget made by the chancel lor of the Empire upon the lines in dicated by “the blue-black block,” that is to say the coalition between the reactionary clergy and the ultra con servative large land owners, has proved a complete failure, the taxes having failed to realize anything like the amounts hoped for, and this in spits of the fact that the fis cal year of 1910 has been a very pros perous one for German commerce. The new taxeS^will never again stand a better chance, they brought all they possibly could bring. All taxes on whiskey,- beer, or illumination, matches and checks have realized only a small percentage of what the chancellor had calculated on. The large deficit thus created Is not only fatal to the present reactipn- ary majority in the Reichstag, but it also shows that as a result of the government’s reckless policy the pur chasing p(*fwer of the German people has materiallv decreased. The people simply cann,1 bear any moria bur dens, the liniit w^as reached a year ago, and when new taxes were im posed in a n^ad effort on the part of the government to create a surplus In the treasury, to be used as a convincing election argument this year, the people, unable to refuse to pay the taxes, were forced to reduce their living expenses, which means that the whole nation as of cne ac cord bought less, limiting their pur chases to the absolute necessaries of life. The reactionary party now in powier is in a hole. They admit this among themselves and consequently they are making the most strenuous efforts to turn the attention of the voters away from the consequences of their selfish policy. This Is the only reason why they have persistently been try ing to make capital of every insig nificant diplomatic affair, as for in- staYtce during the time when France was deliberating''as to what action to make in Morroco. In reality they did not even dare hope that their bluff would be successful, for the German people have shown plainly enough that they do not want to be mixed up in Moroccan affairs, as long as PYance keeps within the spirit of the Alegricas treaty, and nobody ever believed that France intended to violate this at a time when its new cabinet J J d all it could do to maintain orders in the campagne dis tricts. Having failed here the German con servatives threatened the liberals with the “knife” at the coming elec tions as they have repeatedly done, for Instance, in Prussian local elec tions, with the disastrous result that ’they have given the socialists 22 new “Wahlmaenner," and created a strongly united liberal “block," which at the coming reichstag elec tions will do away eiltirely with the ptower of the hitherto almighty “blue-black block.” In Russian political interests are no longer centered aroung the prime minister, who is really dead pollti- cally. Now the all important ques tion is, will the man who must, suc ceed M. Sasanoff as minister of for eign affairs, be ca*pabl© of filling this exceedingly difficult position? Sasa- noff, who Js a comparatively un- know’n young man took up a most difficult task, after M. Isvolsky, his predecessor, had been pounded to death by the press, showed from the very start signs, not bf 'diplomatic genius, but of the strong, impulse of youth afterw'arda lofty aims which In wonderfully short time won the full confidence and even admiration of the Czar. But he was tripped up at the very outset of his career by the Potsdam interview, w'hicft, how ever, was an affair planned and'pre pared long before his tim^. He was to have shown his real metal by visits to London and Paris just aft er Easter, but sickness overcame him anl adthough his doctors hold out some hope of his recovery they do so only on two conditions: First, he must spend a considerable time in the south, and repair thither as soon as his physical condition will allow him.' Secondly, he must avoid the Inclement climate of St. Pet ersburg as much as possible ever after. That verdict denotes the premature close of a career that might have been brilliant. ' The question of his successor is more momentous, more fateful, than any other that has arisen since 'the Royal Interview. Although in foreign affairs the Czar is Russia, still, very much, depends upon the personality of him who will translate the Em peror’s Ideas and wishes into politi cal acts. And not only is there no body In evidence as a candidate yet, but the Russian Corps Diplomatique lacks a single Individual of whom it can be truly said that he Is at once qualified and willing to accept the Invidious post. Both Count Bencken- dorff and M. Iswolsky would decline on‘grounds w^hlch the Emperor would understand and respect. In the ranks of active diplomacy there is nobody who is both able and willing. In Paris certain uneasiness is felt on the subject, although neith er formally nor informally has any question been put, or allusion made, to the topic. In Vienna and Berlin keen interest is felt In doplomatlc regions and displayed in the journal istic domain. According to senator Chagas, the French ambassador of the Port uguese Republic to France, who has spoken with unusual frankness to newspaper correspondents in Paris, Portigal is now perfectly tranquil, the nation has settled down in ab- 'solute confidence to the provisional government and the army and navy are absolutely loyal. The elections are now at hand, but no disturbances are expected and the monarchists will stand no show whatever. When the national assemUy is formed, it will begin by devoting its attention to the framing of the constitution and then the president of the republic will be elected. Whether there will or will not be a second chamber is a matter on which it is not now possible to express an opinion, but at any rate every thing will be done with a view to meeting the best-interests of the pea pie, as the republican regime will be \- thoroughly i^ctlcal, and will not b| influenced by theories^ of a purely utopian character. The great object has been, and will be, to remove abuses, to give every citizen a fair chance, to jburtail expenditure, which had been extravagant, and to secure liberty for all. la clerical circles In Rome the com ing suit against the fashionable priest. Pater Verdesi, who recently left the church, which will come be fore the court on Monday is lootfed forward to with oonaiderable excite ment First, because it is expected that the court proceedings will reveal interesting seorets of the Vatican and Second, because it is the first time the church has allowed a priest to take his grievances before a temporal court in Italy. Peter Verdesi,-who *8 the pet of Roman fashionable society, left the church after accusing the Jesuit Peter Bricareill, or having vio lated the secret of the confessional and the papers of ^ameh ave already published the formal complaint against him written by Peter Bric- arelll. Two alernatives are impossible: The court will either throw out the case because it will be impossible for it to clear up the matter, or Peter Bricarelli may be found guilty because, according to the teachings of the Jesuits evjiry priest must swear that he had heard nothing dur ing a confession, even if this causes him to commit perjury in the eyes of tho law. Father Verdesi declares, however, that he can show full proofs of the truth of his accusation. Nat*l. Economists Fear Scotland Is ■ Being Depopulated Expedition PI'as Very Successml London, May 20.—The British expedl- ditlon in the Northern territories of the Gold Coast, which was sent against the unruly tribes in the Tong Hills, has been successfully concluded. Ten years ago an expedition under the late Sir Donald Stewart failed to subdue these tribes, and since that time they have repeatedly declined to come into touch with the British government. All friendly methods having ended in failure, an expedition ^as despatch ed against them early in March. The country they inhabit, is close to the French border, and is difficult for mili tary operations, owing to the rocky nature of the ground. The British force, which was under the command of Captain Furnell, con sisted of two companies of the. Gold Coast Regiment, with six officers and four doctors. The actual fighting lasted for a week, and the operations were conducted by by two columns, commanded by Lieu tenants Barker and Elkan. The British casualties were slight, although the natives were armed with poisoned ar rows . After operations, when their villages and chief fetish places in the hills had been, destroyed, the natives surrendered. They are now rebuilding their compounds in a suitable district, which has been allotted to them. The acting chief commissioner of the northern territories, Maj. Festing, C. M. G., was present, and the politi cal officer of the expedition was Cap tain H. C. Wheeler, the commissioner of the province in w^hich lay the dis satisfied district. English Ideal For the Opeid Berlin, May 20.—Commenting on the agitation now proceeding in America for opera in English, Herr '\yilhelm Klatte, the eminent German musical critic, says that the English language Is an ideal one for songs and operas; that it possesses valuable characteris tics (for instance, direcness) for dra matic expression, and with its broad soft vowels has lyrical possibilities not equalled by the German language. He refers to the old EnglishrsongS and the poems of Shelley for proof of the latter, and for the former mere ly suggests that one need but hear a good actor read lines from Shake speare. Herr Klatte speaks enthusiastically about the poems of Walt Whitman, and mentions as a very excellent set ting of one of them the “Seadrlft” of Frederick Delius, which, he says, Is alone sufficient to show what an ideal language English is for musical set ting. He further says that German singers who do not pronounce English words properly are largely responsible for the prevp-iling impression that English is not at good language for music. Ihmness is a Divorce Cause Berlin, May 20.~That thinness can be a cause for divorce was proved in the case of a German magistrate w'ho sought to obtain separation from his wife, alleging that in order to be .^able to wear a hobble skirt she had adopted means to reduce her weight by about thirty pounds. To effect this, he stated, his wife had practically ruined her health and spoiled her temper, as she flouted all remonstrances of her hus band, consequently, he claimed her ac tions were good ground tor divorce The court held th4» view and the mag istrate was successful in his suit. First .Citizen Officer Made Berlin, May 20.—The first officer, not of noble birth, ever appointed to a re^ment of cavalry guards in Ger many has been attached to the regi mental staff of the Currassier Guards kt Potsdam, in the person of Lieuten ant Rausch. Hitherto the cavalry guards regiments have been regard ed as the exclusive sphere of the ,n6- bility, and the appointment of an untit led .pfftcer to the Currassiers is viewed as a miniature revolution in military life. I By PHILLIP EVERETT. London, May 20.—National econo mists here ar^^eatly worried at the indisputable fact that Scotland is be coming depopulated at an alarming rate, a fact which has been made more evident than ever by the census just taken. There is not the slightest doubt as to the reasons which cause tens of thousands of home-loving industrious Scots to leave the country of their birth to go to other countries where they find the opportunities that are de nied them at hpme, and several Scotch members of parliament were very out spoken on the subject when I ap proached them in the lobby the other day. Mr. P. A. Molteno, who Is the rep resentative of Dumfriesshire in the house of commons said: “The decline in the population of Scotland is no surprise to me; I have been calling public attention to it for years past. There are no small farms to be had; there is no ladder by means of which a man can rise Indeed, in some districts It Is impossible to even get a house. “Can you wonder, then, that when a Canadi^h emigration agent comes along and tells these people about a land • where they can get a freehold farms oh easy terms, they go? In my country—Dumfries—we have some of the finest men in the kingdom, and they are being driven away from their homes, because they cannot get a bit of land to till. “There is no countiy in Europe where the land laws are so detrimental to the public good as they are in Scotland. Twelve persons own 3,400,- 000 acres, which Is equal to the whole cultivated area of Belgium. Seventy men own over 9,000,000 acres, which Is equal to the cultivated area of Den mark. European economists point to Scotland as the most modern illus tration to the ills that a tJad land sys tem will inflict upon a people.” Mr. A. C. Morton M. P. for Souther- landshire spoke very much in the same vein. He said: “In the country which I represent, we have 380,000 acres which the Croft ers’ commission reported in 1895 to be fitted for cultivation. The sanae commission reported \that, In the six crofting counties—Inverness, Ross and Cromsrty, Southland, Argyllshire, Caithness, and Orney and Shetland— tnere were 1,750 acres which misht be cultivated. “But nothing has been done, and the result has been that all the young people have had to clear out. Tiiis is shown bj' the returns of old age pen sions paid. The percentage of persons over 70 Is higher In Southerlandshlre than In any other part of Britain. I have no hesitation in saying that .")0,- 000 more people could live there In comfort. “True, the days are gone when you might trace the track of emigration in the charred thatch of ruins crofts, but a close investigation will reveal something almost asT)ad. In house af ter house you w^lll find the old age pensioner or the solitary couple, hut no stalwart sons or daughters. Ask where the young people are gone, and you will be told, with a shake of the head, that John and Mllly and half a dozen more of their children could see no prospect of securing farms of their own In Scotland and have been lured away by the emigration poster which dangles before their eyes the promise of 160 acres in Canada.” In spite of Mr. Keor Hardle’s de nunciation of all Welshmen, who are preparing to take part In the Investi ture of the Prince of Wales, remind ing them that the first Prince of Wales was the oldest soji of the conquer or of their country, everybody in Wales from Lloyd George to the humb lest workingman at Carnarvon is looking forward to the event with with great expectations probably not so jnuch because very much Import ance is attributed to the ceremony it self, as because of the prosperity which it is hoped will follow in its wake. The mediaeval ceremony promises to bring to Wales a greater number of w'ealthy American visitors than ever before and Welshmen feel sure that most of these will be so charmed with the great natural beauties, that they will repeat their visit and in clude it in their annual round of ex cursions, and thus give the Impulse to a great invasion of wealthy tour ists, leaving behind them a trail of golden dollars. The government is doing everything to make the ceremony of the investi ture an Imposing one, and the plan ned naval review will almost be as impressive as the coronation review at Spithead. It is intended that the whole of the dreadnaught battleships and cruisers in the home fieet shall anchor in Car narvon Bay, and that torpedo boat de stroyers and possibly submarines shall -take up positions in the river Selgnt, which runs under the shadow of the gray castle walls. These vessels will act as escort to the royal yacht, on which the King and Queen will stay at Hollyhead on the night before the investltiuFe of their son. At a low estimate 150,000 visitors are expected t'o take ,.art in the cele brations. Nine thousand people will be accqinmodated with seats on grand stands which are now being erected within the ruins of the old castle and at least 80,000 people will be able to see th^ presentation of the Prince from Queen Eleanor’s Gateway. Many additional thousands will watch the roy^l procession through more than two miles^of rode between Griffith’s Cro’ssing, where the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales will land from the Royal yacht, to the market square, on which the main porti9ns of the Castle about. A Sunderland vicar has been told- by his choir not to Join so vigorously In the singing as they claim it is de-- trimental to the service. The vicar refuses to discuss the matter, which will be raised at a congregational meeting later. The choir like the vicar personally, but they cannot stand his singing. One day the choirmaster said to him plaintively. “You are quite spoil ing the boys, sir.” “In what way,” asked the astounded vicar. “You sing too loud,” said the cho-lr- master, “keep it down, sir! keep it down?” The vicar struggled manfully for a few weeks. But one day he forgot, and let himself go, and the choirmaster nearly wept. It seems that the vicar is constantly forgetting himself, so the choir have been forced to send to him an ultima tum. The efforts of the Admiralty to es tablish a reserve of 300 trained fish ermen at Grimsby to man a--fieet of nine-sweeping traw^lers for special ' war service have been a failure. May 22nd had been fixed as the date for inaugurating the training, the two cruisers had been ordered to ac company the six government trawlers to Grimsby for the training ijeriod,, but up to the present there are only eleven men enrolled for service, a 4, twelfth''being rejected on medical ex amination for defective eye-sight. The— volunteers are not sufficient in num- f her to form one complete crew. 1 In the first instance Grimsby offi- h cials receive about 100 applications from fisherman to servo, but since the publication of details of service they have shown no disposition to join, chiefiy on grounds that their patriot ism is to be secured at too great a personal cost without sufficiant com pensation for such admitted risky work as sweeping the seas for subma- rine mines. The annual training, they claim, would cause them to .lose their' work, possibly for many weeks, owing if to the great number of unemployed fishermen ready to take their places, while they would receive less pay than when fishing. The skippers have absolutely de- ! cllned to be associated with the scheme, owing to the age limit fixed. The opinion in Grimsby is that it is . the interest of the skippers were secur ed the success of the scheme would be assured. How dull It is to pause, to make an end. To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use— As tho’ to breathe were life! *' —Tennyson. m PRINCESS LOUISE Princess Louise, daughter of the late - King Leopold of Belgium, head of^ that ,exploitatK>n of the Congo Free State, that cost millions of lives ani^>' brought untold wealth to his cofrera^':^. who Is now suing his estate for oveP;^v ten million dollars Invested by th»i late soverign for her in the medep«t full each fund which was claimed by^ r* Belgium as part of the hidden proflta' from the Ill-fated Congo, and turned Intp the country’s treasury. This le«'-,> gal action, which is not taking place ' before-the Brussels Civil Tribunal,? " Is exciting wide European Interest > both because of the former proml^ nence of the Princess Ln Europan court circles, and the practical de»>>, titution which the action of the BeK glum government has brought upon 1 her. So complicated are the ques^^ tions Involved that it is expected the termination of the suit will notf-' come before fail.
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