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THE TRIBUNE'S FOREIGN NEWS FRENCH CHANGE OF HEART TOWARD ?. S. Criticism of Wilson's Policy in Mexico Gives Way to Praise. FRIENDLIER ATTITUDE DUE TO J. HEDEMAN Correspondent of "Le Matin" in Washington Disabuses Parisi? ans of Many Errors. ;fl\ ? at?:? to Tha Trtru'r.? | fgril ? .e recent drast!?? eritl jum b?- tha Km n-h pre??, especially the . ??g finar.??:*; orpan?. reflecting the lamei*. > spitaiists whose fin cars ha\e been turned by the situation In BJ-f-tco, is heing slowly and surely re plared b) ? ??ave of p??pular sympathy forth? 1*1 '?-i flrtatSS in what Is cons.d - " ? .-.ule conflict with ' hangs of heart toward the Vnited ? ? ??., tha exhaustive, c:?a: t. i impartial dispatches dally ' ?- Main. b) ItS ?"?respond t:' I rgton. Jules Hedeman. which hi?? :?st opened th? eyes of the Ft*: ? ? ?? ??' the true situation and i the many MranKe delusion? f clung to hy French ob? rar?' -. the policy a'iopted by I'resl ' | sfe idi'W of proof ef ?? ? - h assertion, it has been aecept fundaanesaal fad "i the situation thst : "traerte.sn Prosedeart was feaans? ? potroll .-n interests and that i ?? compelled sreonsr or later to ?? \ico. an is a sort of roving fuatafts? ? ? 7 Journalism of the memorable I re He is In close person.il - ? ? | l'i'.mai? and with -; French statesmen, and the th which he pets foith the Eton ?'ahmet has - Btiasoat the luted States. , ten HSbraid and ' l,e Tcmr?'. also "Las - leocgee < iemen e" Jean Jaurf?s's ' I?'Humanit?'' and the conservan?? I Its In fairness -.lude toward th? I n-.ted States. ? the alleged hos ..! toward the ? >ta ss i . . Ames lean sttl? ? l'ai!? aie ;. ?olutel*. untrue. With j : i ? ? men and shop ise that they show any unfriendliness toward ??--t cui-tomers b) quarrelling with and butter. In fact, the gen Uag here towaurd Amera-ais was never more cordial and friendly than now. Nsg only "La Matin" but "Le Joui ats" has done good, patriotic ??.???; ng away the cobwebs ?ror the Gallic biain and thereby ena bjnen to form a just opinion detailed letters from its New York representative. Pierre de Bacourt. ? . ner party last night, at resent Ambassador Herrlck, an r.\-Mr??ter to Argentina in th? -, Hitch Sherriil. William . .rinnt?- ?1? i.ieteuil and other??, every one was rill happen after the collapse of IbfL^trend of feeling being that the dictata^?VdOWBfal] :s likely to prove ., s real dlflicul M? xico. il i ?mains ttiml> . r astly friendly to the l.'nited render all afcsist moral and practical, that It can I exert to smooth the way lor the "A ashington administration. ANTOINE MAY RUN TURKISH THEATRE After His Failure at the Odeon Rumor Sends Him to Constantinople. R\ f'abie to The Tribuna l Ti.-.; Ma> :* Audi?4 Antoine, who, de? 4 genlUS for theatre organization, Us tallad, like his predecessors, to make .cess "f the Odeon. the eec ich national theatre, in, it ig un? >Ut to mif*rate to ?.'onstan? ? Hag to this rogtort, Antoine an in? nation Horn the Turkish t ibllsk a, "th?Vitre mod Constantlnople^ and Antoine has iti-.i; Meantime he 1>? Wnki . T-.? Odeon Will reopen its doors on : Its new- dm i toi -, I'aul Ga ?tult, aiP'iiiK-d li> thB Minister of l-'ine Arts. M VtViaaL in order to endeavor ? nother financial failure of ? | smeat has decided to rot" the Bubvmtloa fro? faXkht to t*Xi.o>x> >**r.y. an ? permission has b? en given tu ?CtOi to run pla>a at the theatie Of the year. A f?ature ?7?f the ntw od'-on repertory will be the a number of pieces by au? thor? of the nineteenth oontsuy, notably Aa*ri?r, s i ;,- and Victor Hugo. ItJOS juxt issued show that Om Ft? BISBnl during the year taxes on 1'ans theatie tickets ?:| Parisians spent neat ?*tH,(>. Bats for theatres, music ?alls, picture petlaoes and ???a?ilar places The increase Is alm??st ktt.a? ot: th? previous year. Picture pal ?**? are ?-? for almost the whole ?t this in<?rease. The receipts of the *&* ? ?tt?s amounted to $1, ?*?*?*. whereas the returns from the ?t?te ""?atr?s - || *>?,,,? *SSS,saj as compared vlth Ml FRITZ KREISLER HONORED Violinist Decorated with Cross of the Legion of Honor. . i Ma-saa ) p?-:*. Itsj I Th- \lolimst Fritz Kreit* '*"**?? been honored by the ?French gov- | ?^oier.t with the Cross of tit? legion of "?<???. While eta>ing in l'aria this week r?'?ler ?'??'e * concert in aid of the old jV Hniions fund, and at fhe end of the ^?t the cross was presented to him ???* Dndenecretary of Stute for Fine **ti ncthe- musician, the composer Rfhard %1^!"' ???"? also j i.?t arrived In Paris to ?t?" *h4*n*""J?*' of the kuaaian ballet "? 0WrH. Including his "Laagend of Ot^ "?rauh? journeyed from Ger ?Ja?_j P*rl* bv motorcycle, and lmme ^^ undertook the direction of the re- ? Iff*?,, ' ^'th^M-"? Kousneuoft as PoU*, PRINCESS LICHNOWSKY. Wife of the German Ambassador to the Court of St James's. RUM TO SEEK ARCTIC EXPLORER Will Send Three Ships to Relief of Sedoff, Who Left Two Years Ago. PLAY BY TOLSTOY IN SCENARIO FOUND Chief Character Is Man Who Has Devoted Life to Wealth With? out Doing Good Works. St Petersburg. April 2S.? The govern? ment has decided to send the BlSBIIlBIB Hertha and Andromeda and the motor ship Tatiana to search for the, Arctic ex? plorer. Lieutenant Sedoff, who started for the North Pole two years ago, BUppoaadly attempting the use of polar bears as draft animal* The relief expeelition will be commanded aptsln lasUaaolt it trill Ural pro j ceed to the I'ankratteff Islands, on tha coast of Nova Zembla, and If Lieutenant SetlotT should not be Uiere the Hertha will take the stores from the Tatiana and I fifty Siberian dogs and go to lYS?S Josef Land, whOsthe Androasada endsea north ; ward along the coast of Nova Zembla to ?'ape Ca?anla, the Tatiana meanwhile re? turning to Archangel. In case of BSSQ, th? Hetha will winter at Kranz Josef? Land making expeditions by sled. , a hydro-aeroplane. If these efforts prove fruitless, a .store will be en-'ted sad the Hertha will return In the fall of 1M| to Archangel. An expedition Is also being sent to the Karlsche coast to search for Captains BruBelMf and RuPsanofT, who are also missing. Tolstoy Owned 10,000 Books. II, Bulgskoff, formerly secretary of i Count Tolstoy, who has been lecturing ,on the contents of the great writer's : library, says it numbered 18,888 \olumes ?n thirty-two languages. The Ruaalan section t"in|insed 3,d05 works; the _klg? iish, 3.41?; the French, 1,045, atid ti man, Mt Atuoni; the manuscripts found 1 ) M Hulgako?f afte-r Count Tolstoy's desth ?as the seeriatio of a play, entitled i'et?r Mylar. ' Th? chief character is a man who has devoted Ins life BOlel) t,, tha acquisition Of wealth. He has per? formed no good works. He falls seriously ill, and one night in a dream sees him? self being weighed In the scales on the ! Pay of Judgment. The scales are turned In his favor by an old beggar man, who lay? in them a lost which Peter Mytar threw at his head to get rid of hnn. Peter awakens and recovara He becomes as open handed as he, was close-listed before, a though his wife and others etid.-avor to persuada him that his lavish gsnerastt* ' rivy and jealousy among the anta Eventually he allows I to be sold into servitude. A friend dts oovers his wberesbouts snd thss i-?- "fliea away i disappears." Caspian Sea Sinking. The scientific world in Kussia has 'or Klin? time been OOOUplsd with the Binki?fl of the Caspian Sea. The surface of the Caspian, which lies twenty-se \ ?n yards beleiw 8CSSS l?vel, has since June, 1911, become continually lower. The shrinkag-? is now even beginning to be Inconvenient for navigation, as steamers In many ' , places cannot reach the landing stages. Technical InraatlgatllMBB have failed to find convincing explanation, though Pro fes.-eir BhOknUskl, commissioned by the government to Study the subject, has as? certained that the umount of water con? tributed by the rivers flowing into the Caspian, especially by the Volga, has considerably diminished. It Is therefore possible that the river water la n"t f- Ifl. cient to make good the loss caused by ' evaporation. PEDESTRIAN PAYS AFTER AUTO SMASH 75 Per Cent Responsible for Ac? cident Caused by Taxi Driver's Effort to Avoid Him. I i>> oaMa "j Tha Whtsas J Parla May a?a surtoua decision just rendered In the French courts estab Hshes that a pedt.sti las may be held re? sponsible Tor a motor accident caused by the action of a chauffeur in avoiding- him. M -?franc's automobile was damaged by a taxlcab owing to a Biidden movement of the taxi driver made In order to avoid? running over a foot passenger. M Hores. I* lbs action for damages brought l.v M l.efraric the rourts held that both the ;,,?: ?river and m Horcs srsw rsaponslbls. but us the foot passenger's l.nprude.i.e was the primary cause of the accident ho, ordered Klores to pay three-quarters of the 1340 damages demanded, the taxhab company paying the other quarter The decision has caused much com? ment, as it leads to a direct question of RUSSIA'S ARMY STILL GROW^ Annual Contingent of Co scripts To Be Increased by 150,000. REGIMENTS PLACED FACING EASTWAR __ Thirty Out of Thirty-seven An Corps Stationed in Western Quarter of the Empire. fKrorn The Tribun? C'orre?pondent. ] s? Petsrsburg, April 21 Ruasis fe gratified that during th? last few ye her entire army has been roOlgSnlBSd. armed and reclothed, and also that a n navy Is In course of const rui-tIon. T Situation is particularly phasing to government of the Uttls White l-'ath now that the Gorman qn stmn is so neu The fact that another taojSOS a en is to Sdded to the army is proof enough Itself of the awe and trepidation in w li Germany Is held. A ?state of the utmost demorall7.ati prevailed after the disastrous war in t Far K?st, coupled with the revoluti? The army was in the worst shap?- pi tima However, about 1908. the govei ment, feellnK Itself St last secure, t Kan seriously to tackle the problem military and naval reorganisation. T liounia permitted the appropriation U'.^.OOO.OOO for trie army and Jl?.l?""'.'"' I the navy, with a non-recurring extent ture on both servtosfl of more than ?7i 000,000. The total expenditure on nation ICS thus amount, d in that year ;-.-.-. i.vi/ino. Budgets Growing, Too. Since then th?? two budgets have he 1 steadily growing, snd th.? aggregate f the present y< ir is *.-.?: <:>,,..,,, <.f -*-hl< nearly i*s?ABBB,etB is devoted to the arm I OOO.OM to th? navy, wiii'.? | -?? ? rated us non-recurring espsmHtui Comparing these figures with the t.,t I national expenditure of Russia, -we m that between IM sad MM the proporttc of military and naval expenditure h; r:?en from 2". 1 to :;, 7 p-r cent It Is I iv? II to bear U min I thai this ex] ? does not Include tha eonstru?Hlon i strategic rallwsys, which rbachsB ever ?rar a vry hinh figura Evi n so. the a? gr. L-ai" amouat si?nt h>- Ruasia In tr - of th? lai ? rears on her arm and navy Is no less than IMaAtM Until my th.? strength of tho Russia army on a reare f.,ofl'.i* amounted t K'\>0 men of all aims. Tn the fall c that year the last annual eontlncent wri not permitted to ?o home., and 4>A00O me were a?lded at one blow to the peac Btrotlgth of the army, making a total ?i more than IJ. '? n I be BWU that although no fewer than 1 :'??.'?; ti.'-n prosenl thi msalves annuaii for medl?*Q? military examination, onl ni out ?C?:.'"Xi are sctually enrolled A prossnt, therefore the active army 1 time of peace contains no fewer thai three anni-'al cor tingen!?-- If Itiissla, a has now been practically decided, shoul? add another ?JCO.OOO men to thn?e .- ? r- ?. : n r with the ?olors, it wp| mean the ralslni of the annual eontlngent ly soma IfaXSJ men. Concentrated in the West. The arm? has hitherto BOSS oiganir.?' in thlrt.v-f-.veti army carps, "f WfcMt thirty have been BtattOOSd in BUTOpcai Russia A Russian army corps consist! of two dlvis!o:..s. er" h division being mad? up of two brigades >?f two reniments, <u right battalions sash! in addition, tc eaih division is. attai bed one brigaele of artil? lery of six battlrtSO, and a certain num? ber of t'ofs.K-k?. BllglllSSlg Ote. It Is not quite clear yet whether th# n. w adtlltion to the army will be utilized for the creation of new army OSfpa or for the strengthening of existing one?. There is reason t?> BBS .me that at least four BOW army OS* ps will be cr?ai- I. of the usual Ogbtlag streii^ih of ?>.<m men tub. and the remainder will be used foi streiirithenlng the existing units. If so ?i? least three of the new army corrs -rill le stationed in Kuropean I: HM:.?, bringing up the total BUostgth of the Srmy In this mo;- '.t portion ?.f ir-.- renptre to tbn-tjr-thr? a i?ut more i - ? : than the n ?? marl Si strength Is the location of the > army. < ?n the last day of last year, out of the thirty > "rps stationed in an Russia, one was in Finland, three were in the i.'a-j cas us. wlii!? nine were In l'oland and Lithuania, that Is to ???ay. on the Prussian frontier, and five In th.- southwest on th? Austrian frontier. The remaining twelve were distributed IS the interior of P.ussla at etragetic points, ?onneiteii b railways wltn in.? tWS latter from iris If three more arm? coip.? were now to be crratfd. it IB expected that one will be rtatloned at Vllna. with it? front tow? ard Prussia: another will be located at Odessa, with Its front toward Austria, and the third will be plaeed at Kieff. which has at prese.it three army corpa, tu BERLIN IS HOST TO YANKEE HOS' Hotel Men's Associati Well Entertained in German City. ?MISS ONEIL TO SING IN BERLIN OPEF American Kxodus Begins a Many Rett*rn*to Homes for S'immer. '- ? gsia ia -,,, Trttvjri, , BsrUn, Ma?- s The Hotel Men's Mut M. petit SBSOrtSUaa had a splendid ti It, Basils this week Their reception h surpassed an-tiling so far The mun Pal authorities received the visitors the Berlin Town Hall, an honor seid bestow-*! on any fer siga association. The r lists S of the festivities was great dinner by Lo**ena Adlon, mana. of the Adlon. Ambassador James i?erard prsBSJBd, sitting beside M '?er..!.; SpeechS8 were made by : Osrsrd and Edwsri Tlsrajr, president the BssoclaUoai On Thursday the afsort-itlon went I I ?res.I. ii. and will visit Muni-h, Vier and Paris lefore embarking f..r B logue "n the steamer New Amsterdam By ipsdsl request of Consul ?'.er.e '?affne.--. "Butterfty will le staged by i III s eh Royal Opera st the Homot He by th? proprietors. An American g Mariella ?'raft, will slug the title ro!? Josei StranS?J. ooadaetor of the N Tork Philharmonic Orchestra, Will renn at the Hotel Ksptanade. with Mr-- ftn Sky, a fortnight prior to their Bat U \l?it for a rest eure. Their villa is ?tarabergerses, on the shores of "[?ov? T?i-." the one in which mad King I.udv was drown?-d. Mr. Stiansky will make visit te. Prsg ie to see his parents. Tt I?elf?-ls, manager e.f the orchestra, w arrive.] |n Berlin with Mr. Ptra? ?k?-. 1 on Thursday f..r a tour e.f S.iuthern 1? manv, Switzerland and Italy. Ethel Virgin ON.-ll. th? latest you American singer to ?any off ?>n-? <?f t European aparatta prises, has secured engagement for her dramatic sopra , debut In the Lucerne Munlchal Op* House. Mr.?. C, A. Cox?, of fhleago. arrived Merlin f??r the summer with lier son f: ? vin S COXa, who la st.ni;. Ing for gra Opera In p- nin. Mis* Acnes Kerr of New York, w tak-s n leading p.itt In the social life the Merlin American ?olony, will sa'l : the United States to-day. American f cial functions now are practically o? for the season and the exodus of perm ? nent residents already has bepun M < Cerard now Is receiving regularly, ( Americans, th? first Thursday of ea month and entertained a hundred gue? Thursday afternoon. The Women's Berlin-American Chur formulated at a meeting a project llnkli the United States Institution with t American churchOB her and with SVS i state In the union sending students ??ermany to promote personal Interest the welfare and development of the Her) organizations. Associate members of tl Womtn'a UnkM of the Berlin church w represent the church In America, -i-ft leaving Berlin, making this work am,'" Students run! Its nee?ds more widely know I and winning new associate mehers whe r ? ? possible il <>. Havemeyer. of New Vnrk, arnv< at tha Ksplanade by motor car fro Dresden, Bnd Will go from Berlin *. l-'rarikfoit to ?'assel and ?'ologtie SmsrlfSna arriving from New York ar stopping at the Adlon Include J. Arc Mears, Mr and Mrs. John H. Wein. Mi Marie BIOS, Mr and Mrs. J. <1. W, Kai! i and J. H !.<??? Is ? At the Ksplanade, E. B Wells, Mr an Mrs. Robert RaiS, Mr.? E Pittman, H. .' C. Barbar, I.oomis H, Taylor and Mort i nier !.. S-hlff. ?1rs I. S L> la and IliSB Maigaret Hat Of New- \ ork. are spending a fe ela\s In Berlin before pl"i-eedi|lg to Lot i don. Ilsrahall Uinghorne, of th? l'nite Bti ?. i diplomatic ser? Ice at The HagUi Will pay 'i Bylng ??sit to his hrotliei Mater L.-inghoi ne. In Berlin, returnin early In the weak. NOVEL D.AIMCE IN PARIS SHOWN BY LOIE FULLEf Admirable Blending of Fire Light, Color, Costume, Plas? tic Pose and Music. | 11? ?-?.II? re. The rritair.e 1 Parts mgy s ?U| - I?ofs ?TteUsf ? ' at the Theatre elu ?'!? stall t is a brllllantl? successful achlevem-nt In art, expressinf the feelings of music, by the aid of th? thvthmical motion of young girl dam-en it. harmony not only with the music hui with a ?umpositlon of colored lights tha' wrap the darners by rapid '-nlT trans formations prododng rattraly novel ef? fects. It Is a blending of fire. light, color, COStUBM, PlSStk P"St and BBOSlC. Amons tha I'roductlotis the most applauded ar? ilrle-r's "Peer0) tit," Princess de PoUgSSC'l "Arabian Nichts." conducted by herself; - 'i'hildren'a t orner," Osbrtsl Paiir?'s "FSStorsl." and "Le beau d'Arti ! ? e " by Yvor ?Straw insky, In which th? semi-nude purity of the dancers Is bathed in polorsd tegs of light The Are whirls of the Catherine wheels, ? the ro'-kets and the spirals are dominated by the music of Mr. Colonn-'s orcbSBtTS and cause impressions at once novel and fascinating. ? a . ? SUMMER FARCE IN PARIS "J'Ose Pas" at the Palais Royal Brimful of Boisterous Fun. : bj cat ? -.. Tha Tr? um | Paris. May B -- "Jh.?; Pas" ('TflB Ana.d to Da 'i">. a three eei fair-, by - Heir, produced this ?eek at the Palal* Boyal, ?s a wildly improbable *o c;al skit, biimful of boisterous fun and brink action At the same time it is a ferocious satire on French judges, law .?,d criminal ptoceeluie It was enthu&lastieally applauded by a bi-llllant gathering of tirst-nlghitra. being played with kit irksMs energy and raci? nes? by the perennially young Mile, (aa slve, Ml'e. Uenouardt and l_gallo ?',- r BBSla, of 'he st k OOBSgSay of the Palais P.o>ai Tbc.S on tue eicessiie tim? idity 6*f a nuii' t, tiottninating in ? -r before three .iud_e?*. L'tioxpt-ctedl? t'e ! chief BBSgtStrStS'a eMS iwho Is ?ISO a barrister? defends the timid *V****** ?no. to avoid compromi*ini,' hsr. allow? him self to be arrested and tried as a burs'?"' -j Pss" is a capital summer season German Actor, 17 Years Old, Prepared in U. S. for Star Roles Josef Schildkraut, Engaged by Max Reinhardt for 'The Prodigal Son." irmm Th? Tribune <'->rra?pon?l?nt.] Berlin. April 30. - From a raw beginner in a New York school of acting to a star a? tor at Professor Max Reinhardt? fam?)us Kamincrsplel Theatre In Berlin in & period of two ?cats I? the rather ex? traordin?r-.- achievement of Josef Scnild kraut, the seventeen-year-old son of Ger? man?, s greatest character airtor, Uodolf Schildkraut. About two and a half years ago the Schildkraut? left Berllj, for Am?rica, where the ehler was under en? gagement to appear In his various ?-ell known roles. Al that time young Josef could not sp'jak on?j word of Knglish He Jo?*t no time, however. In starting to learn. Tne week following h's arrival in New York found him attending a public S'hool as a primary department pupil, sitting among lad* just half hi? age. He also began ImnuMiately taking private lessors In Kngllrh. In ?irder to acquire a speaking knowledge of th* languag-r as rapidly s?, possible. In about three months his pronunciation was, so good and his aTabSW? l?dge of the language so perfect ?hat. without any hesitation, he was accepted a? a pup.I at the Sargent S?-ho"i or Dramatic Art Not man'' months lst?r he s?cur?d his BTti professional engagement In 'Po nr-'r-li-r Walk,'- an?l later appeared In Vi ?? fork and elsewhere In America .il various playa The tacen! si of the ehler S<-hil?lkratit at Reinhardts Kammeropiei ?n Berlin, while a theatrical event of importance Itself, ems for Schild? kraul mereh a return to the scene Of his fnrtn-r triumph?. With yo rng Josef. however, hi? ?lehnt in Berlin ?-t, Is a certain ? (tent, a turning point in his career, sipi-e up t?> this time he had never placed a role in his native language. BpBaking with The Tribune correspond? ent recently, young Bcbtldsrraat mimitted that he had returned to Germany from America with a rather heavy heart, and With a feeling that, to a certain extent, he would have to begin all over again snd in a language other than that In which he had been accustomed to play. "Naturally. I wa? proud of the fact that, in Bitte sf rny youth and compara? tively brief experience on the stage, Pro fevsor Reinhardt gave me the leading role In 'Der Verlorne ?Ohn' (The Prodi? gal Pon'l for my first sppsanUWB in Ger maay But I have SJnertcs to thank for that Good as the dramatic training Is that one gets In Germany, I am hone?t BIM gh tS say that there were innumer? able things which I learned during my Stay In America which are not taught J'JSI-'I-' 8CHILDKRAPT over here, or, at all events, les* thor oughly. "When I first came Is Professor Rein? hardt, just aft<r our return to Berlin a few mouths ago, I was not at all certain that ho weiuld ?ike ni? work nt all. i recited one or two things for him, and at his s..^gestion ?Il?l one or t?vo other things, the result of which was thai I was engaged for five years, the only stipulation being that I am trot to ap? pear any where on the Qennan stnse ex? cept under Belnhardt's direction." Young Schildkraut expressed himself enthusiastically about American players and stage productions. Mrs Eisk> . Ja DrSSf, John Barrymore, Otis Skinner ?whom he declared he had seen eighte- n times In "Kismet") and David v. were each warmly and sincer?is- praise 1 In turn. On the other hand he thought that the finest ach?vement of the American theatrical wizard, Belaaco, WSS surpassed b> Belnhanlt's marvellous pio du? ti"ti of "A Midsummer Night s i u earn." GERMAN YOUTHS PRONE TO SUICIDE Take Serious View of Failing to Pass School or College Examinations. Berlin, April M -The recent examina? tions at the Cern?an school? were again, is each year, accompanied by numerous instances of bo>i killing themselves, either through fear that they would not pas* or because of mortification at fail? ure. On a single day three suicides of student?, all less than eighteen years old, were repente,), nul the b?>dy of one who had drowned himself some d.vs earlier was recovered. These instances Wars In greater Berlin alone One of the boya threw himself !n front of a train be. ause ha had not been pro? moted to a higher class. A suicide by drowning wus that of a ses ent-en-yeai old boy who was shortly to tiv the ex? amination entitling him to discharge his military duties with one yearn service. According to his teachers, there tras no doubt that he would hase pas.-el, as he WM unusually capable and intelligent. The fixed bureaucratic scheme of life for the average ?ierman. while not et , plaining such suicides, throws some light ' "ti the youths actions. Eailure to Im graduated from school Is a very serious thing. To become a "beamter"--that Is, ' S public oftlilal Is the goal of a great percentage of young Ceimuns. for tha official enjoya many prl? ?leges not grant? ed to the non-offlclal QeraaSB? He ha? a cartels tenure, a retlilng pension and other material advantages, nid enjoys espacial protection under the law of In? sults, it h?dng a much graver ? rime to insult an oftlilal than a private citizen. But for those who ha?e falle 1 In their school work there Is no chance to be? come BtBta officials. Even In private life ti?" find it almost impossible to secuie responsible r<s:tion3 with mereantil?, trat?, aial they are, of course, debarred from entering the learned prof? ssiorui. It is not altogether strange ?bat the (Ver? tir?n youth Is I .?posed to take a grave \!ew of his failure. It Is not <-nly student? in trie *? hools who kill themselves before or after ex : amlnstlona A man of twenty-two, who , had been studying legal prt>cedure, reached the |,.,nt where he was to take hla ex? amination fur advancement to ?'ourt clerk He repeatedly told his fi'-rls that h ? sois he should not pass the exam? ination. The night before the examina? tion he threw himself from the window of hla thl?-d jtory room and was ettiabad t" death. SPANISH GENERAL FIGHTS JOURNALIST Madrid Editor Wounded in the Head in Sabre Duel- King Alfonso Irritated. , H?- ''al i? !" Th* Ml ? Madrid. Mas 9 A -?. r- duel w hi h took place this week between (iene.al Birguete and t?efior Alexander Ber, editor of a Madrid newspaper, will probably be brought up at next Monday's tutting of the Cortes, as King Alfonso Is said to be disturbed end irritated by the incident. The general recently wrote an article casting aspersions on the son of Sef.or Maura, the former Premier The editor, In behalf of ?oing Maura, crltlels- ! lha general In a. MWSPSPSI urn >. BSytrag the officer hud no busin???; IS 8888)08 with s while on a. Use I'n I :.- se?era! at on'* sent his second* to Seftor Ber. and the duel took place In a suburb of the capital- After s short but ?avaga ?.onfll??? tue Journalist received a wound in U.e bead nearly eevea lachea QUEEN ENTERTAINS DR. ANNA H. SHAW American Suffragists and Others of International Council at Palace in Rome. Rome, ?fay !?-At fvday's meeting of the quinquennial sessions of the Interna? tional Council of Women nil the reports presented were approved hv the delegates. .Miss 8ac!ie America, of Chicago, an? nounced that a telegram liad been s?-nt to the women of Mexico asking them to work with their American sisters for peace. The Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, of New York, delivered an address, In win? h she showed the gain? m?iie by Woman suf? frage during the last five yrars. I >r. Shaw enumerated the successes obtained by women throughout the world, beginning with Kngland in lfO.?. when WSmos be? came eligible for all munldPSl positions, and ending by citing the Ameriian states which up to the present have granted fall suffrage to worn? n The ? remark that ' ? .ffrag? moves fast-- snd over s larger apa tha earth than say oti,?--r subject In the same p.tlod of time" was greatly ap plSUdSd by the delegate.?. The Queen of Italy this afternoon re? ceived the members of the executive ?-om rplttee Of the International Council of Women. They were headed by the lountees of Aberdeen and included Mi? May Wright .-".-wall. Of Eliot, Me., and Dr. Anna Shaw. Her majesty greeted the women with er. a cordiality. She spoke to BfaCh of them an?l gSKUSeod >?:!h thor? ough understanding many sub? tl '.ally those concerning hempltala educa? 'run and the bringing up of Children |q ii? \arious countries she afterward In? v.ted the women to tea at the Qulrlnal. STERILIZED FOOD BEST French Doctor Proves Microbes Not Necessary to Life. r? Paris, May ?. We ?-.m n?? without ml? ? oboe, according to I t Michel Colemdy, of th? Pastswr Institute. Pans. Dr. >'" lendy related refore the Kren' h A ademy if Ideoces this week s number of aa* periments on guinea piK? Which he con tenda disprove the popular thoor) that a mai! WOUld die if f?*d only on s'erlllzed food. Dl ?'elend ? fed his guinea pigs f-o.ni birth on food completely microbe free and living In steril.zed class boxes. Into wbJeh he ailow-.-d to Biter only stet : At the end of the test period the ?? were ?oi^lderably more healthy than an? other set living a common or garden ml? crohial existence. The sterilized guinea r-f" r. ports Dr. t'olendy. augmented in weight during tue period of observation from 20 to ?i per cent, while the others laCTOSSSd only from S to 24 per cent. o AMERICANS IN DRESDEN ? . ?den. April II hsaaaaj the man?* an? now at the Hot.-! Belle?, ue. . ar- Mr- ? 'alnerilie Shan:. ? Mr anl His, John Klnney. Miss Dorothy Smith, Mrs. Kmily (.".mton and Miss Margery Clinton. Mr. and Mrs Albert Swift, Mr and Mr*. William llmann. Mrs. Mesmore Kendall. Miss Elizabeth Thei berg, Miss Florence Braco,, Mr ai;d Mi? WIlllS IBB. Mrs. Harriett DSWSOSJ, Mrs ?.? . .. . :? road Julius Dreyfus. John DavtS BBd Mr.? Aim? Walker, all of IfM York, and ttbt*asa V""n-, of nUadel-ehts Thl? week's arrivals ln?lu?ie <"arl ?on He-yge-ndorft kfi sad lira Von Wsgenea, Miss Van Wagenen. Mr ?.nd Mrs Sidney Goldstein. John Hegermann, Mrs Albert Gilbert. Mr. and Mr? Robert Reld. Mrs. Straum and family, all of New York, and Gcorga Ptobbin?. Phinipp? Rabber and ITALY TO SURPRISE ALL AT EXPOSITION Plans for Panama Fair Exhibit Outlined by Ex Mayor of Rome. SEEK TO SHOW LEAD IN MANY PRODUCTS Official Visit Soon Will Be Made to San Francisco to View Allotted Site. [By CaM? t? Th? Tribun?.] " Rome. May 9?Ex-Mayor Nathan, the Italian commissioner for the Panama Ex? position, gave The Tribune to-day an out? line of the plana for his coming vlalt to America and the Italian exhlblta to be shown at San Francisco. A? everything Is er ranged now Ne ttveen the governments for the Italian participation In the exposition T am *' liberty to talk. On May 1? I wil?. leave Italy and will arrive in New York on May .'4 "I will irr.medla'e.'y go to Washington and pay my respects to President Wilson and Mr. Bryan. Remaining In WashIng ton but a dav or two I will hurry to S-_i Francisco and take over officially the area allotted to Italy Then I shall ar? range for building. "Plans for the buildings have been drawn by Mar ello Placentint. a Roma ? Srchltset He Is th- Inest o' his craft In Bom., and perhaps Italy, and is one of t??.? ?sorkir-.g on a great Steine of Victor Emmanuel H. The Italian exhibits committee have been r.veiwhelmed with applications from manufacturers and many Italian Indus? trial exhibits will be scattered throughout the exhibition In various industrial pa? vilions for the official exhibit it 11 not pro? posed to emphasize any other products where we are not tha world's leader* The machinery exhibit is noteworthy, for tha Italian electric machinery Is famou? throughout the world and our engines ar? exported to all corners of the globe. "We produce a certain amount of wire and other produce that might all claea a_ provisions. Dur ?otton mariu'acturea ala-? are rery sxtsastv% and so far the whole output ?>f our cotton factories ate export? ed to London, but we hope through the Panama Exposition to get a share of the American trade. W? also ha?e hemp, svhlch I think Is worth while aeeing. aiiTl hope to show something In the line of In? dustrial art. "In fine arts there are two exhibition* now In progress la Home, from Which we think a veiy good selection ?-an be mad-, but we will not send a single, old master to San Francisco. Contemporary art only will b? our offering, and we think we should be able to hold our own in that field " Mr Nathan expects to return to Rome within six weeks. Later tn the year he. will transfer his headuuarters to San Francisco?and supervisa the organization and disposition of exhlblta coming from Home TWO ARMY AIRMEN KILLED German Lieutenants in Landing Smash at Stettin. Stettin. OermBay, May I -Lieutenants ?Fsbas and Kurt*', of the ?rerrnan a*-m?. were killed to-day while attempting to make a landing here with their aeroplan While on a flight from Schwerin to I' ^? Tha BCOldeat apparently svas brought about by the pilot turning the machin? too abruptly EUROPE TO HAVE POLICE ALLIANCE Recent Jewel Thefts Show That International Co-operation Is More than Ever Essential. (By Cabla IS Th? Tribun* ] Tans May f? -The extreme cunning of the modern thief Is shown In many recent important jewel and other robberlea, BOCably Is the case of a pearl necklace stolen on the mi" from Paris to London :-. ?er.t!?. The BurOPaSfl police are at last .Housed to a realisation of the fa? ? that a real system of iatemetieaal ce-eseratiea a) lot - itsbUshsd 88 fora aay successful tight can ba waged a-'.?n.st the highly organized band* of In tsrnational thieves which are now ?nrest. mg the European -apil?is With this e-id in view the pole e ?l-legatea of the va? rious lluropean countries met recently in Mensos anel appointed a commission to sit In Paris which will elaborate a* a first step to a uniform method of classifying ?nls of fingerprints and other meas? ures "f criminal idem,'lra'.ioii to be used in all > ouatrtaa Thus S) a simph BaehS?SB of re.'ords a description of all tne crim?nala of one country will te la tne hawis of the poUoa of all the others The ? omriilsslon will also fix upon an International police lan? guage so that descriptions of criminals b B system of byrogllphlca will be rssisbts by tha BsMca of other countries. ?? ? - ZOO IN PANIC OVER JAW Crocodile Comes to Grief Biting on Stone. fHv Cab?? to Tb* Tribun?; B-rliii, May 9 -Walling and gnashing Sf test** was heard in the Frankfort _??;. the other day. when the moat pre? lou? Qaasjstts ?rocodile broke tta taws on tha rooks in tha pool. Vetertaartaas triad their best is assag the brok. n jaw. but f??und H impotblble MaJ"i Mar. a militai y Sector, remo? ed th? bone and replaced the fractured jaw by one made ?*f aluminum. Queen Finds Fashions Repulsive Vienna, April 2?-?tjueen Carmen Sylva has eetit to a local newipaper Iver ideas of the prevailing fashiona sa follows T find ?very fashion repulsive, pr* ?-neis becauie it !s known bv e\er? r-<vi *?*>..man Is a mo*t mysterious crestur?. She ought always to remain m? ater-.ou?. hot t)ody < oncealed and her heart i los I flhe ought to open for her children only the treesurse of maternal tenderness In the street shs should be ss bumble as possible. At home she should be neb! ? snd full of dignity, so that her childrea