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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, JULY 23, 1911
MEWS OF
CAPITALS
Moroccan Question
Now Overshadowing
European Politics
(By FREDERICK WERNER.)
Berltn, July 22.—Naturally the Mor
occan question is overshadowing ev-
er>’thing else in the feld of European
IjpUtlcs, not alone because it cropped
up very suddenly, but because of the
shock caused by the dispatch of a Ger
man warship to the Moroccan port of
Agadir.
The histor>’ of Moroccan troubles is
aa old as Morocco Itself, Senor Maura,
Bon of the late Spanish prime minister,
after several years’ close study of the
country, declared in a book published
in 1906 that the Moor would never be
conquered, and his prophecy has been
completely justified by events.
It was not till 1905 that Germany dis-
cevered that she had great interest in
Morocco, lust as she afterwards tried
to discover she hail great interests in
Persia.
Great Britain and France had patch-
e.(u up their differences in regard to the
Sudan and Egypt, and France was ?iv-
en a free hand in Morocco. The Kai
ser then made his api>earance in shin
Whales Visited
Cornwell Bay
London, July 22.—For the first time
on record a school of whales visited
Mount’s Bay, Cornwell. Sixty in num
ber, of the bottle-nosed variety the
w’hales entrapped themselves by com-
in in too far on the high tide, and
getting on the stretch of sands ad-
Most of them have adumbrated “rectlfl-. joining Penzance Harbor they became
cations” of colonial frontiers. They
have not, however, been ver\’ cordially
received.
In papers very amenable to Wil-
helmstrasse control it has been em
phatically stated that they could not
be regarded as equivalents for allowing
France a free hand in the Shereeflan
empire.
But Germany has not satisfied her
self with merely rejecting the baits
held out to her. She has also indica
ted in a very clear way at least one
object which she would be inclined to
consider as an adequate price for her
good will. And that is a harbor on
the west coast of Morocco. It is this
fact which lends the descent on Aga
dir its signiflcar.ce. In spite of all
protestations that the occupation of
that port is merely a temporary meas
ure to protect German commercial in
terests, and that it is in no way di
rected against either the integrity ofj
Morocco or the policy of France/it is I
stranded when the tide went out.
The school w'as priclpally made up
of cows and calves, and finding their
way to the open sea barred thel lash
ed the water with great fury, shurning
it into foam. Their lengths varied
from about 25 feet down to a few
feet. Several of the whales were shot
by men in a boat, but the majortly of
them were stranded high and dry
alive.
A regrettable scene then occurred.
An unrestrained, wicked butchery
of the whales by boys began. They
used their pocket-knives so freely that
the area covered by the mammals be
came a shambles. In some cases the
ends of the pectoral fins were cut off.
This unrestricted stabbing and cutting
which caused great bloodshed was
eventually checked by intervention of
the authorities. Those whales which
had been brutally cut were put out ot
their misery with service revolvers,
under the direction of the officer com-
.... ... difficult to resist the conclusion that j .
ing armor at Tangier and assured the i the mission of the Pranther is part of 1coast guard division,
Moors of his protection. !a carefully-laid scheme which has as i Lieutenant Chambers, \\ith high wa-
France climbed down, and the Alge
cires conference followed in 190P. By
its object the forcible appropriation of I ter, most of the whales got off to sea.
. _ one piece of compensation in case an-{T^he casualty lise totalled about twen-
the act of Algecieras the great powers j other equally satisfactory should notjty-flve.
of Europe, with the addition of thel’'^e forthcoming elsewhere. The crui-l A few of the living whales appar-
I'nlted States, delegated to France and! ser will doubtless lie idle in the road-'ently lost all sense of direction and
Spain the right of policing certain set- stead for some weeks, or it may be remained about the water on the fore-
tlements in Morocco. months, waiting for the subsidence of, shore sands so sanguidly that they
For the first time, in the following “disturbances threatening European were again left high and dry.
vear. In 1907. a French expedition had I interests," the existence of which inj
to exercise this right Some French-! all other parts of Morocco Germanyj
men had been murdered near Casa-ihas consistently denied from the II C/" Of
hllanca. and an avenging party was] set. Then, in or out of the natural or- ^
sent. Their advent was the signal for der of events, some trouble will occur
a general rebellion against the Sultan j on the short, the Panther will be join-
Abd-el-Azlz, who was eventually de-ied by other vessels, bluejackets or
pose?. j troops will be landed, a camp will be
His brother. Mulal-Hafid, was Install-1 formed, and there will be another
©d in his place, but the blood of the! pause. It Is hardly necessary to con-
prophet is apparently not suflftcienr tojtinue the process of inference further,
qualify a man to become a wise ruler,; One of Bismarck's guidijjg maxims was
The Matteihorn
Zermadt, Switzerland, July 22.—The
first ascent of the Matterhorn (14,780
feet) this season was made by Mr. F.
Thorman. oi Tadcaster, Yorks, accom-
and it is reallv a rebellion against I that the difficulty Is to get in the thin , , ., *,’ • n- ’
xtortions which has led end of the wedge. If once the world: guide, Alois Bmger
Hardie Admits
Faith In Queen
London, July 22.—In the midst of
his tedious abuse of the king and
the royal family, Mr. KKeir Hardie
allows himself to admit Implicit faith
In the queen.
“I confess,” he says, “to a weak
ness for that good lady. &ne is the
only royal person I have ever seen
w'ho looks like a healthy human be
ing! She is not of the wax doll or
professional type of beauty. But she is
a handsome woman, or what in Scot
land wo\ild be called a bonnie woman.
“I hear on every hand that she is
a “hard-featured’ ’woman. The state
ment Is a libel. Queen Mary’s feat
ures are those of a woman of capacity,
who In her time has had frequent
occasion to assert herself and has done
80, firmly and to some purpose.
“To see her with her children, as I
have, not to note her beauty laugh and
the perfect confidence existing be-
mother and sons, is the proof needed
of her womanliness. Remembering
the tragedy of her girlhood, it is not to
be Avondered at that she shown some
thing approaching contempt for the
gew-gaws of society and religious or
ders. The concordant has disappeared
so has the nuncio. The church is sep
arated from the state, and the latter
French Government
Is To Investigate
Continual Jabotage
(By GEORGE DURFRESNE.)
Paris, July 22.—There is no question
of the attempt being made to under
mine all established authority. All
oyer the country soldiers are receiving
circulars invoking them to acts of in
discipline. So serious is the informa
tion which M. Jean Cruppl, the minis
ter of justice, has received, that the
government has at last decided to oifen
an inquiry on this subject as well as
on the acts of sabotage committed al
most daily.
It is a singular thing that of all the
acts of sabotage committed on the rail
roads during the last few weeks the
authorities have not been able to ar
rest any of the criminals. This sys
tem of wrecking has reached such a
stage that unless serious steps are
taken many people will cease to use
^ ' railroads. The recent attempt
has laid hold of all the property and i to derail the Havre express
foundations. The religious orders have i what length these wreckers
been scattered and their goods “liqui
dated” a la Duez. Some twenty thous
and Christian schools have been shut
up. o the clerical spectre is dead
and buried, radical and radical-social
ist groups have no longer any com
mon ground for united action, and
“all the king’f, horses and all the
king’s men” will not put the bloc to
gether again.
The Due de Cuiche, who has been
identiiled with scientific pursuits all
his life, has now become a doctor
of science, thanks to his thesis on ser-
will go.
The sabogeurs are apparentlv ubi
quitous. For the fourth time within
the last three months 77 telegraph
wires have been cut near Brest. Ob
viously the criminals are men familiar
with the business. They are perfectly
organized, and receive their Instruc
tions from some centre body. In their
revenge on the railroad companies
they do not hesitate to sacrifice the
lives of people with whom they have
no quarrel.
In the attempt made to wreck the
express train, the railroad authorities
started in 1905 has cost '2,200 000 u
is a valuable asset to Paris, for the hrs
ly inadequate as for years the cltizam
pitals in the French capital are absurd
have been without the services of train
ed nurses. Now, however, Pan«iar“
are beginning to realise their nece'g.
sity, and in a few years perhaps i.C
hospital nurses will have become
thoroughly train as to be fitting assi«\.
ants to the French surgeons who have
the reputation of being finest in the
w’orld.
During the last 3-ear numbers of
French women have gone over to Lon
don to be trained in the English hospi-
tale. Unfortunately, however, for ths
general public these are snapped up by
private establishments as soon as ihev
return.
odjnamics. When the Duke began his are following up a clue which, it is
8cient:fic experiments he found that | hoped, will result in the arrest of the
Mulal-Hafid s extortions
to the present campaign.
It must also be mentioned that in
lf*10 Germany rame to terms with
France, whose ‘special interest" in
Morocco she recognized, provided
France safeguarded equally the com
mercial interests of all nations. Spain
and France had also, in 1904. entered
into a secret argreemenr which is be
lieved to provide for the eventual par
tition of Morocco.
To understand the French action, it
Is necessary to bear In mind that she
is the nommal mistress of all territory
both to the east and to the south of
Morocco. Not only would an exten
sion of her dominions be a valuable
political asset—much of a white ele
phant as ii might be in practice—but it
would enable her to construct a rail
road from Algeria to the west coast of
Africa, via Timbuctoo.
By this means she could easily
bring into Europe, by way of the
France-British closed sea. the Medi
terranean, the black army with which
she intends to reinforce her own
troops in the mother-country, to make
up for the dwindling recruiting due to
the falling birth-rate.
In February this year a fresh na
tive revolt took place. The French in
structors who had been lent to the Sul-
U/i to train his troops were said to be
la'danger, as well as the European res
idents in Fez, the capital. France then
sent an expedition which entered Fez
on May 21.
Before the expedition reached the
Moorish capital it was declared that it
would only just enter the city and
take away uropeans to ecort them to
Lhfi coast.
f^^nch troops are still there,
qowever, and they have extended their
action to many other districts, bolster
ing up the Sultan’s failing authority,
“punishing” his enemies, and receiv
ing the submission of the rebellious
tribes
^ Seeing this Invasion, which they al-
•eged was not jutified, the Spaniards
would not be left behind in securing
their share, and they also landed
tyoops a» Ijareho (El .\raieh) on the
^est coast, and occupied the important
town of Alcazar.
The Algerciras act having thus be
come a mockery, Germanv joined in
choosing her time very carefuily.
The minister of foreign affairs not
Hking to be embarrassed during a del
icate international situation by social-
l«tlc Interpellations in the Reichstag
there was no laboratory for physical
mechanic^. He created one, making
special journeys to Zurich and Darm
stadt in order to study the model in
stallations of the German servants.
His laboratory is situated at Lovallois-
Perrot, and contains the most up-to-
date machines and instruments. Being
has got used to that—and It speedily j "^^e Matterhorn was first climbed
customs itself to anything—the rest. in 1865 by Mr. Whymer, four of whose
can be dri\en home without exciting• jQg^. ijves in the de-
particular protests or even attention.!
There is, however, one other aspect
of the Agadir incident which should
not be lost sight of. Germany is on JTVll
the eve of a general election, which HCLy 1/ Ul
looked forward to in government cir-|
rles with feelings of dread, if not. in
deed. of panic. A few days ago it
seemed highly probable that the social
ists. who have throughout strenuously
opposed the imperial policy of naval
and colonial expansion, and all the va
rious manifestations of “Weltpolitik,”
would return to the chamber with over
a hundred mandates, and thus be the
strongest party In it
they would have been able seriously j
to hamper the government in its plans,
would be wreckeders. If they are
caught they will be smartly deal with.
Meanwhile the anti-militiatist chief-M.
Gustave Herve—is the object of anoth
er charge. This man with a curious
metal twist is spending his time in
prison by writing for his paper. Guerre
Social, violent articles against the
MRS. A WALDO DEWEY,
interested in aeronautic research, the | army. Two of his last articles have
Duke set to work to study the resist- brought him within the law. It looks
The Guard Ship
St. Petersbprg, July 22.—Unenviable
notoriety is being achieved by the
Russian guardship Balkan, on the
Archangel coast. One of her midship-
men went ashore th ather day at
"in^such*strength ^ couple of sailors on a
shooting expedition and behaved like
a mandman. After being hospitably
and indeed a situation might easily i ^ local boatowner, he
have been created in which a contlnua-ivillage elder summoned before
tion of Germany’s recent developments' knocked him down with the
would have been impossible. History!his revolver when the elder
and experience have, however, taught M*^‘^*g^'antly rejected certain dishon-
German statesmen that the most ef-i^'^hle suggestions that he had made
fective antitode to socialism is a “na- to him. When the elder came to his
tional” rallying cry. especially if it is'senses and endeavored to escape, the
based on the traditional hostility of; midshipman fired at him with his re
volver, and shot dead a Laplander and
his five-year-old daughter.
When the Balkan arrived at Archan
gel, quantities of fittings and techni
cal implements were stolen from her
disposed of in the town. It is
believed the gods were removed in
believed the goods w’ere removdd in
broa.’ daylight, with the connivance of
France. Germany was for so many
centuries the chief battlefield of Eu
rope that the dread of the invader be
came part of the intellectual consti-
tion of the people, and even its consci
ousness of its present strenth has done'and
little to elimnate this feeling. Con
sequently nothing so quickly makes
the nation forget its domestic dissen- _
sions and its grievances against the!some of the Balkan's complement
government as the sense of interna-
tional insecurity. For this reason a
little diplomatic lesson over Morocco
will undoubtedly be Very useful to Herr
Betham-Hollweg during the next six
months.
That there is any popular demand
in Germany for an agressive policy,
either in Morrocco or elsewhere, can
hardly be pretended. The great bulk
of the nation is undoubtedly sincerely
anxious for peace, and would not be at
all disturbed in its slumbers if France
were simply to put Morocco in her
pocket.
• * *
The opening of the Austrian council
of empire by Emperor Francis Joseph
in person shows that this most Indis
pensable of all European monarchs,
whose personality alone holds together
a most heterogenous empire, is once
more enjoying perfect health. In con
sequence theof every Eluropean states-
men ™|ght force him to show his 1 man has drawn a sigh of relief, for no
liftnd with more openness than jvould
iuit his game consequently waited un-
^ til the Reichstag was no longer in ses-
• lion. Then there were obvious rea-
*ons why sharp diplomatic issues
Khould not be raised till the British
coronation festivities were over and
the (Serman crown prince and crown
Iffincess had returned from London to
their own country, but as soon as they
were back he made his first move In a
game of International checkers which
ftUrred the whole diplomatic world at
fcj time when most statesmen were
Ujoking forward to a quiet summer va
cation.
The question naturally arises: What
does Germany want in Morocco? And
the most correct answer is probably
expressed in the one word: “Some
thing.” The German chancellor of em
pire if a disciple of Bismarck in so far
that his foreign policy has been true
to the doctrine of compensations. His
belief Is that Germany because
Of her Bize, strength and importance
among the nations Is justified in de
manding a share in the evolution of
the world as a whole and in claiming
Qsmpensatlng advant ages fo rany ter
ritorial or political aggrandizement on
the part of another great power. That
ia the latest phase of the (j^rman
’■Weltpolitik.” This doctrine was un
doubtedly known to the French de
partment of foreign affairs and may
i|ave stimulated the feeling which has
recently found a place in the minds
certain French statesman—a feeling
tjjat It might perhaps be better, after
-all. frankly to buy oflT the persistent
CJcerman opposition to the policy of
penetration “paclfigue and otherwise.
^,yarloua bribes have been suggested.
one fares to conjecture what may hap
pen when the emperior dies. It seems,
however, that this calamity is still for
off. The emperor was examined once
more by his private physician. Coun
cillor of court, Neuszer, and the facts
revealed by the examination were so
favorable that the physician declared
Francis Joseph to possess the heart
and constitution of a man of forty. The
emperor now intends to spend the re
mainder of the summer at Ischl, w'here
the president of the council of empire
will hand him a loyal address in re
sponse to the speech from the throne.
The heir presumptive, ArchduKe Fran
cis Ferdinand, seeing his prospects of
succession apparently as far off as ever
has considered it better to put himself
in cold storage, and will spend a long
time In northern Norway and Spitz-
bergen near the arctic circle. No one
in Austria will miss him for he is as
unpopular as ever,
• • *
In the Vatican the political advisers
of the Pope are uncertain whether the
participation of the Spanish king and
government in the recent Rucharistlc
congress is to be considered a sign
that Alphonse has returned to the'
bosom of the church or is merely a!
ance of air, and conducted his experi-
AS “SAPPHO” jnients in the foresty of Comte Grefful-
ho at Boris-Bourrian and on the prop
erty of the Due de Bramont at Valliere.
His laboratory has now' become a
centre of scientific activity and he
intends to place it at the disposal of
all scientists who can make use of it.
The Due de Giiiche does not devote
all his time to science. He is a keen
as If this martyr in the cause of anar
chy is in for a further term of impri
sonment. But what is the use of put
ting him in jail? Clearly imprison
ment does not prevent him from carry
ing on his miscieveous propaganda.
Berlin, July 22—Prepearations are
being made at Wiesbanen for the build,
ing of a news castle, which it is hoped
w'ill be erected by 1913 w'hen it will be
presented to the Kaiser on the comple.
tion of the‘'25th year of his reign.
The fall of a Ministry, when It is fol
lowed by another of the same complex-
very greatly imports w’hat Francewant
sportsman, and a very acceptable ar- S®od and strong government. That
is not attained by forming a cabinet
composed of men responsible in a con
siderable measure for the national
London, July 22.—Never in English
history has such gorgeous magnifi
cence as that displayed in a series of
costume balls, that followed the coro
nation, been seen in Great Britain’s'
capital. Affair after affair has followed
in rapid succession,—each more costly
than the last and each more heavily
attended by women of fashion, whose
handsome masques gave evidence of
their social rivalry.
Many and startling were the costum
es worn by the guests, but it is to the
American that jopular criticism gives
the most applause for dresses thatjl* ®
were not only wonderful and costly, i
but beautiful and historically accurate. STREET IIM polipp miiRT I ^^nei-
Among the many who thus d.stin-1 ^ALL SJR^ET IN POLICE COURT | Gorran. As for the Foreign Depart-
guished themselves "by their raiment * , * ^ ^ Street, or doubt M Crunoi was not an
- ' at least a liberal representation of it, I u
visited the Tombs police court to > deal person to fill the shoes of Riche-
testify regarding a fist fight in which 1 hut he did his best, and was really
three brokers, are alleged to have ^he way of becoming an excellent
been principals. William and John J.
Costigan, brothers, late of Califor
nia. were charged with having as
saulted Joseph M. Harley, a neigh
boring broker, and Harley’s father-in-
law, A.
tist. He show’s his pictures at the
national society. He is also an enthus
iastic golfer, and generally manages to I
v.'in matches that he loses. It is his in- [ deadlock of the last ten \ears. For
tention to follow the example of the ' example, Mr. Messering, a Radical-So-
Duc de Broglie, a doctor of science! fanatic, as Minister of War, is
and publish scientific calculated to stimulate the
enthusiasm of French officers, who
! were beginning to think that a better
time was in store for them wath Gener-
are: Mrs. A. Waldo Dewey, wife of a least a liberal representation of it,
cousin of Admiral Dewey, who appear
ed as Sappho and challenged Mrs.
Waldorf Astor, dressed as a ballet
girl, and Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, who
created a sensation costumed as June,
for popular honors.—News Item.
Horsemanship j
Saved Accident
Foreign Minister apart from the good
work he hasdone during the past three
months in using the broom at the Quai
d’Orsay. But M. de Selves seems to
have been given the post of M. Cruppi
X Bem"amln"^Th-'‘^alTeye"d simply on the principle of promovea-
fight occurred in New strejt. back j the ^
of the stock exchange, July 10. f"® Vatican when the bishop of a mo-
pressed his plea for a J?
investigation, and the
' but put on shelif. M. Caillaux w^as
London, July 22.—Superb horseman
ship by the Maharajah Sindhia of
Cwalior averted a serious accident re
cently at a gymkhana at Hurlingham.
He was tent-pegger when owing to his
turban slipping he lost control of his
horse.
It dashed for a fence forty yards
away as if to leap the barrier behind
which men and women were sitting
eight deep. Realizing the peril to their
lives, the Maharajah, nimbly dismount
ed, though the horse was at full gal
lop, and throwing all his weight on to
the bridle brought the animal up on
its haunches within a yard and a half
of the danger.
Great cheering and clapping of hands
followed. Later Lord Haddington in
presenting to his Highness a gold cup
as captain of the Indian team compli
mented the Maharajah on his superb
horsemanship.
The Maharajah, w^ho Is thirty-five
years of age, ;s an extra A. D. C. to
the king. He served as major-general
at the relief of Peking. 1901.
Harley
grand jury
brothers were held in $500 bail.
Alpine Garden
Is the Highest
Viennt, July 22.—Credited as being
the highest garden in the world, the
Alpine Garden of Botany which was
laid out by the late Canon Chanoux
formerly the rector of the Hospice of
Little St. Bernard, is situated at an
elevation of 2,200 meters, or 7,150 feet.
Here are to be seen blooming almost
species of mountain flowers, not
clever political manoeuvre on the part
of Canalejas. There is nevertheless
great joy that Cardinal Merry del VaVs
Fabian policy of hesitation seems to
have produced at least one great re
sult that of impressing the youthful
ruler of Spain, and the chief of his
government with the still enormous
power of the Catholic church. Wheth
er Alphonso is plajHng a part or not,
he is apparently happy at being able to
return to the Vatican.
DUCHESS DE TALLEYRAND
Paris, July 22.—The socially elite of
Paris are greatly concerned over a re
port that the delicate condition of
the Duchess de Talleyrand, formerly
Anna Gould, will prohibit her appear
ance at the usual midsummer social
season at the European watering
places.
Reports from the Chateau de Marias,
the ancestral home of the Tallewrands,
state that the expected attendance of
the stork has fallen with unusual se
verity upon the beautiful Duchess,
and that she may not regain her form
er robust health for some time. The
Duchess already has three children by
her divorced husband, Count Boni de
J Ca&tellane, a kinsman of the Duke of
Talleyrandi and one by the'Duke.
all
only those common in the Alpa
Pyrenees, Carpathians, the Caucasus,
nda the Balkans, but even from after
and the Balkans, but even fi’om afar
of Himalaya. The Canon convolved
the idea in 1888, but it w’as not until
1902 that his project became effective.
^ the latter year the commune of
Thuile gave him the land.
m
f quiteright in removing M. de Selves
from Prefecture of the Seine, but why
he should raise him to one of the most
j difficult posts in the government pas
ses all comprehension,
j The fact is, the great interests of the
! country are subordinated to private
political interests everytimes there is
a ministerial crisis. At the very mom
ent that the delicate question of the
I discharged railroad strikers has to be
settled, M. Augagneaur, a Solialist of
militant character, is put in the Minis
try of Public works, M. Caillaux might
just as well have selected the Chair
man of the Strike Committee. But
M. Augaghear was the friend of M.
Camille Pelletan, and M. Caillaux was
anxious to mollify the chief agent of M.
Combes in the Chamber of Deputies.
The new Premier till now has been
identified with financial statesmanship,
in which he succeeded in arousing the
wrath of French capitalists and French
fandowners. The late M. Maurice Rou-
vier did not approve of Caillaux, and
the latter’s Income Tax Bill is still 1
sleeping in one of the Senate’s pigeon
holes. The only indication of a change
of front on the part of the new Cabinet
is in the announcement that it intends
he govern firmly. It is a mirage M.
Caillaux is counting on the restoration
of the famous bloc. But the combin
ation that succeeded under M. Waldeck
Rousseau and M. Combes has no
chance now. W'hy? Because the
raison d’etre of the bloc was the war
against the Church and the ’usually
reaches an acute stage about August
•sapjsqns qojqm aaqraa:)dag jo
Paris, July 22—A Paris dealer in
precious stones, M. Lagnel is the ^•lc•
tim of an audacious theft perpetrated
by means of the time-honoured con
fidence trick. A few weeks ago. M,
Lagnel made the acquaintance of a
young man who called himself Sogner.
He w'as anxious to act as agent for M.
Lagrnel, and declared that he would ba
able to introduce Wealthy clients.
A few days ago Sognier introduced to
M. Lagnel a “wealthy friend” of his,
whom he called M. Chevalier, of Cler
mont Ferrand, who desired to buy a
pearl necklace for his wife.
Yesterday the two men called at M.
Lagnel’s office in the Rue du Temple,
and M. Chevalier selected a necklace
valued at $28,000. \Mien about to pay
he discovered that he had left hia
purse at his hotel. In order to be sura
that the necklace would not be ex
changed for another, while he was ab
sent in search of the money, Chevalier
asked if it could be placed in a sealed
envelope. This w'as done, and Cheva
lier and his friend disappeared.
As they failed to return the jeweler
made inquiries but could find, no trace
of them. He then opened the sealed
envelope, and found It cantained itni-
tatlon pearls worth but a few francs.
The thieves had cleverly substituted
a second package for the one contain
ing the necklace.
Maitro Laboii
Eminent Lawyer
ENGLISH INDIA RAILWAY.
MRS. JOHN SAYRE MARTIN
Paris, July \ 22.—The prevalence of
divorce in the American colony in
Paris was made the subject of a lec
ture by a prominent Parisian divine
yesterday. His castigation of Ameri
cans, which was both severe and un
pleasant, was brought about, it is
believed, by the recent engagement
j announcement of Stirling Postley and
Mrs. John Sayre Martin, of New York
I within a few hours of the reception of
T ftn/inr. 7 1 oo T , divirce decree.
^he house of Mrs. Martin was Miss Jeanne Buck-
commons yesterday Lord Ronaldshay
asked if a project for the construction
ley, a niece of Buckley Bling, a politi
cal boss of San Francisco. She made
Per^sia^had i acquaintance of Stirling Postley
S office ««bmitted to the For-j ,ast year while nursing her father.
Persia had been submitted to the For- i last
"'gn office last
Sir p ^ here at the Hotel Celtic.
tive The govemtnpn^ affirma-1 Postley, forseeing his own divirce,
pose such a railwav if Thev w?i°e s£''
isfied that British I sat-, the result that he won her heart and
were' adequately protecfe^ I and the announcement of their
not in a position trgWe anv^»«Tmirriage was made as soon as
lars about the schema Particu-1 the martial troubles of both had been
eleared away.
Paris, July ^2—The newspapers re
cord a feat of endurance on the part of
one Thoppe, described as a native of
Bohemia, w'ho played the piano for
thirty hours and 15 minutes without
stopping.
It seems that this Is not the first
such performance on a piano, for Mr.
Waterbury is credited with having
strummed the keys for 2S-1-2 hours
without a break. The report states
that Thorpe was fed and given stimu
lants during the entertainment. It is
not mentioned, however, whether or
not the audience brought their beds
with them or simply took their enjoy
ment by installments.
Paris, July 22—One of the biggest
hospitals in the world, the Pltic in
Paris which has been opened, is al
ready receiving Its first patients and
it is expected that before the lapse of
two months all of the 9S8 beds will be
filled.
Consisting of thirty-two buildings,
which are in self-contained grounds
covering 8:1.000 square yards. The
new Pitie, the building of which was
Maitre Labori is not only one of
the most eminent barristers at the
Paris Bar; he is also, one of the
most popular. He has just been electei?
batonniorm or president of the Bar
Society, by the largest number of votes
yet cast for a candidate. I well re
member the emotion caused in Reii>
nes the morning he was shot, and
the hue and cry there ^as through tha
woods in search of the man who had
thus attempted to end the days of the
defender of Rreyfus. Even the pres*
ence of his wife, a charming member
of the Anglo-Saxon colony in Pari%
did not nave Labori from this cow
ardly attack. There were stormy days
for himr' in every sense during tiia
great trial, and public opinion was
so set against him that he lost much
of his practice. But today it has more
than attained its old proportions. His
career in parliament was of quite
short duration, and he retired in dis
gust at the impossibility—as it seemed
to him—of effecting serious reform.
The advocate of Dreyfus has always
held staunchly to the view of his
clients complete innocence, but it i3
said that he has another opinion of
his gratitude.
The international congress in juven
ile criminality, just held in Paris, had
under consideration a report showing
how' young delinquents may be dealt
with by a tribunal ad hoc. Each case
will be tried by a single magistrate,
the presence of a public prosecutor
not being indispensible. The ordinary
advocate, may be replaced by the mem
ber of a benevolent society. The judge
d’instruction w-ill prepare the case
b ya careful inquiry into the delin
quent’s family life, surroundings, and
antecedents, a medical examination
'w'ill be made by a specialist in chU-
dren’s character, psychology and ail
ments. If normal, the case goes before
the tribunal; if abnoraml, the delin
quent is placed in a special establish
ment. In court, the child is placed near
the magistrate, so that the latter may
address him w'ithout being overheard.
The newspapers are forbidden to re
port the proceedings or give illustra
tions under penalty of heavy fines. The
magistrate in passing “sentence
gives his decision as a father of a
family or a doctor would. The, child
may be restored to his family or sent
to a special correctional establishment,
appeals may be made before special
higher jurisdiction. The magistrate
retains the right to modify his decis
ion subsequently according to the con*
duct of the delinquent. He may inflict
fine and'imprisonment on parents who
by neglect or otherwise are responsi
ble for the bad conduct of their chil
dren. This scheme met with the full
approval of the congress and was
voted unanimously.
SUICIDES DESPITE PURSUIT.
Altoona, Pa., July 22.—Having pre
viously threatened to commite sui
cide, Mrs. William H. Coleman, aged
29, came out of the hous-e while
her husband was w^ashing his hands
and ran down the yard, with a bottle
of carobolic acid.
He ran after her and snatched the
bottle from her hands, but she had
swallowed thee ontents and died an
hour later. She w’as given to spelia
of despondency.