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Maryland Too

The election last Tuesday ofLouis G McComas as Senatorfrom Maryland to succeed MrGorman ended a contest whichwas in some respects similar to thatin Ohio

In Maryland as in Ohio the candidate of the Republican machinesupported by the Administrationand by the powerful plutocrat influcnce in the party has won InMaryland as in Ohio the successfulcandidate was opposed by an angryminority of the party which finallysuccumbed to the combined powerof King Caucus and Boss BoodleOn the formal balloting last Tuesday Senator Wirt in a bitterspeech said that the election ofMcComas was accomplished bybribery on the part of the corporations which he represents

In one respect however the resuit in Maryland is less discreditable than was the election of HannaJudge McComas is at least a manof intellectual training and oi experience in public life He hasserved four terms in the lowerhouse of Congress and since 1892has been Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of theJDistrict ofColumbia

His election is a direct result ofthe misguided and disastrous Democratic campaign of TheRepublicans now have both Senators from Maryland

Facts vs Flapdoodle

It is amusing to hear Congressmen gravely declaring as one didon Monday on the floor ol theHouse that the revenue fromcustoms will soon equal all the expenses ol the Government TThe

Secretary of the Treasury reportedJan 24 1898 the following

Kecolpta fromc Expoml Iturcs

This day 416976 505000This month 1116427 3o3oooThis fiscal year 7393144 238435311

Does even Mr Dingley expectthe revenue Irom customs to

equal onehalt the expensesot the Government

The expenditures for pensions-to Jan 24 have been 87821 319so that the revenue from customslacks 1388989 of even payingthem The Secretary particular

Itecolpta from forcustoms pensions

This 41697 500000This month 11106427This fiscal year 73931440 87821319

Such hoodwinking of the votershould be left to the Republicanparty organs

Tho DlncloT Deficit

Mr Dingley points with pride tothe Me daily receipts fromhis tariff are greater now than theywere last August and that theyare slowly crawling up toward anequality with the figures under theold law which the Dingley actsuperseded That is eminentlygratifying of course But doesMr Dingley ever recall the cir-cumstance that Congress wascalled in extra session last Marchto pass his bill as a measure of ur-gent necessity to relieve the dis-

tress of the Treasury At thattime the Wilson deficit wasbringing the country to ruin No-

body had asked for a high protec-tive tariff but we hid to have morerevenue We simply could notwait a minute The condition olthe Treasury was desperate andthere had to be some way of bring-ing in ample supplies ol coin in-

stantaneously The bill was passedaccordingly and Mr Dingley hasbeen explaining ever ifwe only give the new tarigQJfme it

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What would the condition of theTreasury have been at this time ifthe Wilson tarifi had been lelt un-

disturbed We ire inclined tothink that the deficit which isheaping up now from month tomonth would have disappeared

Cleveland and Hawaii

ExPresidentAlbany Times has set all discus-

sion at rest concerning his position-

on the annex tion of HawaiiWithout the slightest equivoca-tion he emphatically states thathe has always been opposed to theannexation of these islands andin explanation of his position ad-

vances some cardinal principlesof democracy The mission ofthis countrv is to build up what italready has To do that is a takunder which it is today strugglingand an enhancing 01 the bur-

den would be the height olfolly We already have moreterritory than we can convenientlyhandle We want no more Wewant no islands reeking with lep-

rosy populated with mixed peo-ples of the most undesirable char-acter and situated so far away fromus that an immense navy would be-

an absolu e nectSsity for its de-

fense The annexation of Hawaiiis nothing but a political job seek-ing to benefit a few at the expenseof the country at large If it meetsits just deserts the proposition toannex Hawaii will be laid asideuntil this country is in real needmore territory which will be

Tho GreAt Gncl Bnnillft

The bankers through whomalleged some of the Hanna pur-

chase checks passed flatly refuseto tell the investigating committeeof the Ohio Senate what they know

Why should they Would itnot be an impious attempt tothwart the providences of thatmysterious deity by whose benefi-cent aid Hanna was enabled successlully to close the deal forthe Senatbrsliip What is manthat he should raise his puny handagainst the great god Boodle whobas taken the Republican partyunder his protection

The only criticism of theseis that they did not go fir

enough By their silence theyfairly shouted Hannas guilt fromthe housetops They should havedenied that there was anything totell That is the true and loyalway to serve the god of Hanna andMcKinley and Dem is and Wimberley That is the real way tolive up to the motto of the worshippers of that deity

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Hawaiian Leader to Flirlit Treaty

Major J 0 Carter the mostprominent of the Hawaiians whooppose annexation and the mostinfluential of exQueen Liliuokalanis adherents has arrived hereHe is a white man of Americanparentage although born on theislands

In discussing the expediency ofannexation Major Carter said Iam too go d an American to wantto see the United States annexHawaii and too good a Hawaiian-to want to see that country annexed-to the United States

Personally I like Mr Dole andthe members of his Cabinet are myfriends but Mr Dole in sayingthat the Havaiians are satisfiedwith the existing Governmentmakes a great mistake it he meansthe natives Moreover the desireof the whites for annexation is

Tho Earthquakes In France

The curses scattered by theFrench Government in the Dreyfuscase have come home to roost witha vengeance The lonely prisone-rs the Isle du Diable chained andsurrounded by guards has yetpower to shake the nation that refuses him justice The more theGovernment protests that the caseis closed and will never be rcopened the more menacingly itfinds its wrong confronting it atevery turn The recent scenes inthe Chamber of Deputies disclosean intensity of feeling that

the existence of the RepublicWhat will happen when the trial ofZola brings to light new scandalsworse perhaps than any yet

The French people havebeen dishonored before the worldand when their attention is turnedfrom race hatreds to that fact theresult may be serious

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epithet applied to the United Statesof America by the socalled WhiteRose or Jacobite League in England which counts quite a largenumber of members in the EasternStates Americawhich celebratesin churches on both sides of theAtlantis memorial services on theday of the execution of KingCharles I and professes to regardQueen Victoria as a usurper andPrincess T ouise of Bavaria as thelegitimate and lawful sovereign ofGreat Britain

The members of this societywhich in England includes LordAshburnham and other peers ofthe realm met a few days ago attheir club in London proceeded toTower Hill inspected the spotwhere the last ot the Stuart rebelswere executed and went into

over a bit ol the scaffoldwhich was shown to them Thenstanding on Tower Hill within theprecincts of the ancient strongholdol the mediaeval British monarchsthey solemnly resolved that as thepresent revolutionary liberalusurping Government in Spain hasallowed that ancient monarchy tobe insulted with impunity by themushroom republic known as theUnited States of America and Iasnot even had the courage to courtmartial General Weyler who hatnobly protested against the degradation we the members of theWhite Rose League are of theopinion that the restoration ofKing Charles VII the legitimistsovereign is urgently called for inorder that the traditional nationalhonor qf Spa r ed Thelegitimists h performedwhat they conceived to be theirduty to society retired to dinnerand drank to the perdition ol theUnited States

It is hardly necessary to say thatKing Charles VII the Pre

tender Don Carlos Indeed theaim of this extraordinary societyis to bring about the restoration ofall legitimist pretenders and claim-ants and they issue every year anextraordinary almanac in whichthe sovereigns of the various countries are given not as they reallyare but an they ought to b sin theopinion of the Jacobite LeagueThus Princess Louise of Bavaria isset down as Queen of EnglandDon Carlos as King of Spain andof France Don Miguel as King ofPortugal while the Duke of Cumberland figures as King of Hanover and as Duke of Brunswickjust as war of 1866 had nevertaken place-

It is one of the queerest booksthat one can imagine and whenone reflects that the utmostlength of the treason oi the members of the Jacobite League takesthe form of stamping their letterswith the postage stamps bearingthe effigy of Princess Louise ofBavaria who is styled the Queen-of Great Britain one is at a loss tounderstand the large number ofnotable names and prominent peo-ple who figure on the roster of theleague As the postal authorities-do not recognize the legitimiststamp the Jacobites are compelled-to add a stamp bearing the effigyof Queen Victoria They relievetheir feelings however by pasting-it on the envelope head downward

The fact has just been brought-to light that it was not the religious marriage but the ciyil marriage which took place shortly before Christmas between PrincessAlice daughter of Don Carlosand Prince Victor FrederickSchoenburg Waldenburg at Viareggio It seems that the relig-ious marriage had taken place sixmonths previously but that owingto the opposition of the father ofthe Prince to the match he couldnot complete the civil ceremonyuntil he had attained the age atwhich in Germany men are relieved ot all further necessity ofseeking parental consent to matri-mony

For six months therefore theInfanta Alice and the Prince werein a very awkward predicamentthat is to say married in the eyesof the Church but not in the eyesof the law

How Boulaneor Wan looted

The present condition of affairsin Paris serves to recall the fact thatGen De Villaume who is now amember of the Kaisers householdbut who in 1889 was MilitaryAttache of the German Embassyat Paris finding one day that hisvalet was making surreptitiouslycopies of documents lying on hiswriting table wrote some fictitiousreports with lists of imaginaryGerman spies c and lelt themlying carelessly upon his writingtable

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The SpanlHh Compliment to Heed

The Heraldo of Madrid has be-

stowed upon Speaker Reed a com-pliment that will warm his heart

He is a Yankee says our Span-ish contemporary who deservesnot to be one It would be im-

possible to hit off more happily thedistinction acquired by theSpeaker and his associates in thenoble work of suppressing Ameri-can sympathy with Cuban libertyMr Reed is unfortunately an

fact that is probablyregretted with equal intensity byhimself and by the people of theUnited Statesreminds us that is not his faultHe cannot help being a Yankeebut he deserves not to be one HisAmericanism is due only to the ac-

cident of birth he has no moral re-

sponsibility for itWe wish it could be said with

equal justice that America had nomoral responsibility for Mr ReedUnfortunately as long as we main-tain a Congress that puts its con-science in his chargeiwe can hardlyclear ourselves of connection withhis proceedings Mr Reed may-be a Yankee who deserves not tobe one but the giventoo much ground himto be regarded as their representa-tive

Germany Had No Dealings withDreytiw

There never were relations ofany ICUM b iwetn German repre-sentatives or agents and Dreyiussolemnly declared Foreign Minis-ter von Bulow last Monday beforethe Reichstag Budget Committee

Thestory of the waste paperbasket incident at the German Em-bassy in Paris and cf the findingtherein of compromising documents affecting Dreyius was sheerinvention

The Dreyius affair has notin the slightest the pacific

relations between the German andthe French Governments

I know nothing of the visit ofDreyfu to the Rcjchsland Al-

sace and still less of the allegedspecial facilities given him by

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visitBaronvon Bulow prefaced his

declaration by saying that he couldonly speak with extreme cautionas otherwise his words might berepresented as an interference inFrench affairs and he thoughtthere was the more reason for enploying reserve since it may beexpected that light will be castupon the affair by the proceedingsinitiated in France herself

Hawaiis CaseMr Dole says that Hawaii will

try to remain an independent re-

public if the United States Senaterefuses to approve the annexationtreaty now pending

Very well Let Hawaii remainan independent republic That isits proper condition and in thatcondition it has the standingpledge of the United States to

that It is not fit tbe a State in this Union Wewmt a State fifths of whosepopulation consists of Kanakasrecently emerged from cannibal-ism Chinese and Japanese cooliesChinless Papuans and PolynesiansStill less do we want a State inwhich the American principle ofmanhood suffrage must be over-ridden in order to prevent it fromlapsing into savagery

Mr Dole would like to be aUnited States Senator but theUnited States cannot afford to pavthe price necessary to secure hisservices in that capacity

Let Hawaii remain anrepublic

FOR a long time Mark Hannain the parlance of the day

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OUR FOREIGN NEWS

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THE TRIAL or MAJOR ESTER HAZY

Times London January ia

Major Esterhazy has been unanimouslyacquitted and smother chose juree hasbeen added to the annals ot Frenchmilitary jurispudence What further re-sult can have been achieved by the re-

markable trial which came to an end lastnight i would be difficult forbred in the atmosphere of British Justiceto conceive Although the mob in thestreets of Paris have been cheering MajorEster hazy because the cot t martial hasnot pronounced him to be a traitor it ishardly to be supposed that the moresober and intelligent sections of Frenchopinion will recognize ground forexuberant rejoicing in this circumstance

The Court which was to calm thesentacion excited by the accusation hassat lor two days On the first day it sat-in public and received a qunailty ofevidence most of which judged byEnglish standards appears to have beenirrelevant On the second it sat withclosed doors heard a great deal ofevidence and came to a decision Tothe grounds of that decision we havenot even a clue The officers who havetried Major Esterhazy secret find thathe was not the the bordereauTo that extent no further they con-firm the judgment of the officers whotried Captain Dreyfus in secret and whoound that he was the author of thebordereau

Standard London Jan 12

It is not for foreign critics to ofieranvto the authorship of the

the first court martial heldto bewntten by and the seconddeclares not to have been written byEsterhaay But they are In a positionto observe the process by which theconclusion has been reached Thought-ful Frenchmen not resent the remarkthat the result of the study is a feelingof blanlc astonishment that methods soutterly inconsistent with civilizedpotions jurisprudence should be possible in a nation which justly pridesItself uoon the refinement of its intellec-tual culture We offer no opinion-as to the guilt or innocence ol eitherCaptain Dreyfus or Major Esterhazyand we can conceive that the delicate

the charge in each case suggested the notion of inquiry in cameraBu could any harm resulting from pubGclt b compared with Unit which hasaccrued from the attempt to revive thebarbarities ol star chamber practiceTo spare the susceptibilities of someunnamed foreign State an atmospherehas been in which disgracefulintrigues Intriguesofficers of the French army flourish andthe foulest imputations have becomequite common weapons ol controversy

Daily News London Jan 12Major Esterbazys acquittal has come

out of the darkness ot a secret sittingas of Captain Dreyfuscame out ol it are different re-sponses of an oracle accountable to none

that isall Itisa fitting conto a of inquiries in which

all is first to last Thevery charge against the major is a mys-tery He has been pronounced notguilty of having made arrangementswith a foreign Power directed againstthe security of France It Is extremelydifficult to see he could consistenlyhavebeen required to answer any chargeof the sort It involves that very reopen-ing of the Dreyfus case to which theGovernment declared it would be no

The one imperative dutvvising the evidence on which Drejfushas be n condemnedneglected He continues in captivityin circumstances which must make every

he suffers a paig for the morepart of the conscience of the

world There is nothlnr tooe done butmark the date of a trial which will everbe precious to the historian of contentporary France

Daily Graphic London Jan 12

The curtain has been rung down onthe second Dreyfus farce It was irttended as MCIemenceausaid toas a decorative rehabilitation olEsterhazv and so tar ns the verdict isconcerned it has attained its objectTo pretend that it has in any waytouched the main question of the Dreyus would of course be absurd It

is probable that the verdict is oneand that Esterhazy is the author ofthe bordereau but equally clearthat if this gentleman is entitled to anacquittal Captain Dreyius was evenmore entitled to the same IndulgenceIn both the experts have beendivided on question of the author-ship of the bordereau f and n both casesit has been sought to strengthen the casefor toe prosecution by raking up Irrelevant stories of the impecuniosity andimmorality of the prisoner If theEsterhazy Incident has not realized theIdea of M Mathieu Dreyfus th t it wouldabsolutely disprove the charge againsthis brother t has at any rate vastlystrengthened the case in favor of thatunfortunate officer

Daili Chronule London January iaWhat Is a sincere admirer of the

French natioa to say of the Esterhazytrial Perhaps he had better say

To find this creature who hasloaded the French army with abuseand who if is really a sourceol pure feeling and right action in meneverything that a patriot should

greeted with shouts ol Long livethe armyl Is enough to make onewonder whether the modern world hasany belief even in the ideals U professesJudged by his own words Esterhazy wasa traitor wh reas outside the supposedact of treachery there is nothing to

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Pall Mall Gazette London Jan 12

France is absolutely under the rule ofthe clubs with mpdfications as shewas in the Revolutionary age She haspersuaded herself hat they have redeemed the credit of the nation and thearmy but her true condition should

it Is a mightlv small mercy thatit he Republic can survive the Esterhazy court martial it can survive any-thing

St Jamess Gazelle London Fan iaAt first our natural inclination is to

see matter for contempt only in thejubilation ol Paris over the accqulltal ofMajor Esterhazy There Is somethingshocking in the spectacle ol a peoplerejoicing be ape this man of damagedcharacter has been declared Innocent ofa particular act of treason after trhat toour mind is a mere farce of a trial

Ct be London January 12

The sensational scene at the close otyesterdays judicial courtthrown open for the public to hear thefinding ol the court martial the officersstardinc in double line and raising theirhats to the prisoner whose honor hadbeen triumphantly vindicated thecheering mob was little lessdramatic than the humiliation of poorDreyfus and scarcely more satisfactoryto patriotic Frenchmen For behindall this popular applause there stilllurks and will continue to lurk thebelief that a grave miscarriage ol justicehas been perpetrated and that for thesake ol some person or persons in highplace the hapless Dreyfus is expiatinga crime he never committed

TUB BANISHMENT OF WARDENTS FROM TIlE NlLK fcXPBDITION

Daily London Jan 10

We have a protest to make todaywhich if strong indignant i nd plain-spoken will be made in the public In-

terest first and foremost None the lessit is also an insult and an outrage uponthe English Press at large of whLh weare about to complain There has beencommunicated to the conductors of thisjournal and we believe to other editorah ofices as well a telegram fromthe military authorities at Cairo addressed to Renters secretary Thetelegram was couched as follows

Authorities state that in view ol greatDifficulty ol transport Kitchener will notbe able to allow special correspondents-for time beyond rail head wheretheir of little benefit to theirnewspapers Authorities thereorepropose for time being no special cor-respondent will be allowed except oneReutersagent who must not be militaryofficer but before definitely decidingauthorities would be glad if Routersoffice communicate with leading newspapers Such was the insulting andridlculousdecreetelecrapludin provisional form to all andamong those who are concerned withthe duty ol organizing a supply of In-

telligence to guide and inform publicopinion in regard to the important andinteresting warlike movements nowcommencing in and near the SoudanIt is needless to point out how arrogantinequitable and utterly out ot fashionsuch a military ukase must be con-sidered We deire to keepthe deplorable affront now offered bythe War office and the Military Stall inEgypt to the tnglish Newspaper Pressabove the level ol considera

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palpable an anachronism so insolent aso ungrateful and un n

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CHINESE QUESTION

Correspondent

The plan of strengthening Englandsinfluence in China by the roundaboutway 01 financial transactions is beingzealously discussed in London EnglandIs to help her Chinese friend by alean of sixteen millions sterling TheChinese customs revenue however isalready almost entirely pledged for thepayment of the interest of the formerloans and the English are too good menof business to run the risk of having tou ait for the repayment ofso large a sumtill he Greek Kalends and it Is therefore indispensable to find another

for the new loan The pledgingol an internal Chinese source of revenuethe land tax for instance was thouchtof but this would be valuable only itEngland got the raising of the tax underher Is the right to

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i hina There are many difficultieshowever in the way of this not to men

the Pekins aversion to such a conby a European Power Moreover-

it is necessary in China to take not onlythe Pekm Government but Iso theself willed Viceroys of the provinces intoaccount for the latter cannot simply beordered from Pekin fhe internalorganization of the Celestial Empireespecially the want of andof unilorm central power renders theexecution of such agreements extremelydifficult On the other hand howeverpeople who know the country well areconvinced that considering the presentcondition ol the Chinese administrationnil Government concessions as regardsthe building of railways the working olmines c are not worth thethey are written on unless the

can be placed in European handsand the passive resistance of the localauthorities thereby broken U is hardto say whether these difficulties can beovercome but it is obvious that thePower which succeeded In overcomingthem would gain a start which no territonal acquisition would enableto recover

National Zeituttz Berlin

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smoothing away of the antagonisms-and an approximation ol the two racesare In question Fora good while greathistorical events happened only in theWest but now alter many stronger orweaker attempts the Ea t too is sud-denly beginning to have a history againIt seems that the ancient cradle of thehuman race is again for a long period tobe the real theatre of the world

The rumor that England is willing toadvance to China the sixteen millionpounds herself seems false for theStandard declares that a solution secur-ing England great advantages withoutexcessive risk to the Exchequer isprobable Tne British Governmentwhich thus long struggled against theloan seems now to hive been won overfor It in some lorm or another

Kaelniiche Zeilung

We will nn repeat the hackneyed asser-tion that the British have been changingmore and more for eighty years past into-a commercial nation lacking couragefor tar reaching warlike enterprises Onthe contrary we are still convinced thatat least the individual Englishman isquite equal to the most arduous politicaltasks as far as energy and resolutionare concerned But jut as a mediaeval

was better able to stand a siegemodern tenement house so Eng

land with her complicated politicalInstitutions and the deep cogged wheel-work of her worldwide empire can onlywith very great difficulty expose herself-to the dangers of a modern war Weneed only remember that whenever warbreaks out a few swift hostile cruiserswould suffice to render the importations-of into the ocean girt Islandkingdom difficult and would raise prices-to a height beyond the reach of theworking classes and inflict incalculabledamage on the mother country England will therefore never wish to ex-pose herself to the perils of war unlessvital British interests are directly threat-ened

e Journal des Detats Paris

England Is sending troops to Egyptthat will raise her force there to tenthousand men drawn from Malta Gib-raltar England and India while she hasnot sent a single ship to reinforce hersuqadron on the China station Whatconclusion does that lead tu At thevery time when all eyes are turned tothe Far East Great Britain is preparing-to commence in the Soudan an Expedi-tion which from the preparations inprogress is far more serious than nmerely defensive expedition It is a realexpedition ol onqtiest preparingthe objective of which is Khartoum andpossibly the whole valley of the UpperNile Ana that at a time when herpolitical and commercial interests InChina are likely to be menaced It mustbe admitted that if at this particularjunction Great Britain launches mtosiclian adventure as the Soudan she mustfeel fully reassured us to what is aboutto take place in China And if she bethus reassured it must be either becauseshe has received assurances from Ger-many or Ise because she has givencarte blanche to Germany at Kiao Chauin exchange for the friendly neutralityof Germany in Egvpt and the Soudan-or lastly because Great Britain haswith a determined object concluded analliance with Japan And if it analliance in the ordinary sense of theword it is a least an understanding anaccord founded on a recognized identityof political or commercial InterestsSuch being the case it becomes aof the highest importance toclosely the movements of the Britishtroops in the boudnn and indeed in aless degree throughout Africa for itmust be inferred from the facts that areoccurring that the Far East question isadjourned for the time being so far as apartition of China isconcerned and that the only question Isthe Chinese loan which means securinga mortgage on China

ABOUT GERMAS NAVV

Army and Gazette

The MUit r IVochenblatl extractssome interesting particulars from theRangJisle of the German navy recentlypublished which indicates the variouschanges in commands the creation ofthe new cuising division under PrinceHenry and the ships on foreign stationsIt appears that the roval personages

suite ol the navy are the King ofSweden and Norway the Eiiperor olRussia King ot the Belgians theDuke Coburg and Gothathe Duke of the Abruzzi and the Dukeof Genoa and tne Grand Dukes AlexisAlexandrovilch and Cyril Vladimirvitch Rear Admirals a la suite

BaronvonSeckendorfTlist ol the navy numbers 747 officersThere are hut two Admirals Von Knorrand Roister and three Vice AdmiralsKarcher Von Diederichsthe last in command in China To compltte the flag list there are Rear Admirals Odekop Hoffman Baron Von Senden Bibran Barandon BendtmannTirpitz N ival Secretary Prince Henryof Prussia Von Arnim and Buchse1The Captains number fortyseven thecommanders eighty two ot whom six-

teen seniors rank with LieutenantColonels in the armyj 171 senior and254 junior Lieutenants and 179 subLieutenants Five pensioned officers are-a la suile of the orp of officers

NOTES FROM RIVIERA-

A number of royal personages areseeking health or pleasure on theRiviera The Empress of Austria hassettled for the present at the RoyalHotel at San Remo her yacht the Miramar being meanwhile in VillelrancheHarbor The Crown Princessmania is at Nice with her husband andthe other afternoon received a deputa-tion of the fishwives of Nice clad inold picturesque costumes of their guild

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It Is singular that the very centre ofEastern Church should be locatedTurkey This curious fact is likelyhave direct bearings on the future

history of Europe little expected bypeople in general Were the Sultan Insome moment of reckless arrogance orungovernable fanaticism to lay violenthands on Athos the whole of the Rus-sian Empire would be excited beyondcontrol The monastic establishmentsscattered through the wild and lovelyrange of marble hills known collectivelyas Mount Athos form the most singularsystem of conventual life now existingin Europe Jutting out from the southof Macedonia is a jagged peninsula veryfamiliar and famous in ancient classicdays under the name of ChalcldiceThree extraordinary and verb elongatedpromontories run out to set toform theface of this peninsula whichthe yEgean The whole tract is bounded-on he east by the Gulf of Salonlcaon thewest by thatol Contest Between thesearm of the sea stretch out in paallel-linrs tar about the of fortymiles these three most lovelypromontories known in ancient timesas Acte Sithoma and Pallene nowrespectively denominatedgos and Cassandra Of these themost is Athos The Athonitewas long aro tendered famous byXerxes for across it the great Persianking cut his canal very near the baseof the three promontories con-formation of Athos may be roughlyjudged from the act that it is at its basea mile and a half across while its averagebreadth Is about four milesand its lengthis forty Athos is a delicious mountainparadise The old monks in all agesand in all lands displayed a perfect genius for the selection of delightful loca-tions and as such romantic scenic asso-ciations are apt to be combined with thenecessary conditions of seclusion inremote and secure fastnesses they wereenaoled to consult both pleasure andsafety in their choice Who that hasenjoyed a visit to Madonna di Campighoin Tyrol can have failed to feel deeplyimpressed with the magnificence andthe comparative inaccessibility of thatold hermitage in the Italian Alps TheGrimsel Hospice ismenThe

tain nearly 7000 feet in helghk hiswonderful hill of white marble tillsprecipitously into the sea Doton fromits northern sides runs the chain ol hillscovered with xurlous vegetationamongst who slopes the monks dwellin their many retr ts dotted for milesabout the peninsu The lovely forestsare maintained in a condition of peren-nial verdure when all lands around arewithering under the blazing sun ol thesouthern summer The waters withperpetual night mists endow Athos witha heritage of precious moisture Athosis the most perfect specimen remainingon earth of a genuine religious republicFor more than a thousand years thiswonderful community has exited itsorigin lost in antique legendary recordsThe Emperor Constantine himself secures the credit according to some olthese of having founded the first olthese ht rmltages How very venerablethe whole system is may be Inferredfrom the certain fact that one of thesehouses was restored 900 yearsThose who chose the romanticderstood their business as well avmrfrstantine did his in selecting the GoldenHorn for the location o his metropolisor as Peter the Great comprehended theconditions favorable to his scheme fora new capital when he built on VasiliIsland in the bosom ol the Neva thehut which is still the sacred spot to which swe repair when we want to stand in thevery heart ol St Petersburg All theterrible vicissitudes and ruinous criseswhich have destroyed successive insti-tutions in southeastern Europe havebeen survived by the monks of Athos-It is simply marvellous that the devas-tation which rolled over the whole of therest ol the Byzantine Empire left thispredouc spot unscathed Can it bewondered at that the millions of theEastern Church regard this immunityas nothing less than miraculous and thatthis secluded collection of venerablesanctuaries is regarded as being almostan hallowed as Jerusalem itself Thebeauty of Athos is such that It is a sacred

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fairyland a mountain and garden nest-ling in the enchanting Southern sea

BIDLBS AND SXVBATINO The rcligious societies are always boasting of thecartloads of Bibles they send out It teagood work no doubt but f we are tocredit the statements made by Mr DSharpe the secretary of the EnglishBookbinders Trade Union all this gloryhas been obtained by sweating CheapBibles are largely produced by underpaid labor in Scotland For the bindingof Bibles in London men are paid notless than thirtytwo shillings per weekwhereas in Scotland where the work isalmost entirely by women theirweekly wages range from four shillings-to ten shillings The substitution offemale labor for mens work in factoriesand workshops is no advantage towomen generally for though it maysuit the women who displace men it isno advantage to the wives daughterssisters and mothers of the displacedworkmen Most people will we aresure agree with Mr Sharpe that if thereis one btanch of industry In which

principles should prevail and fromwhich sweating should be entirely absent it is that which has to do with themanufacture and production ol BiblesIn bringing them out it is surely a par-ticularly odious sin to treat with disdainthe maxim that the laborer is worthy ofhis hire which they solemnly set forthfor the observance of employers

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