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BRITISH DEADLOCK
f HOPES OF I'XIOX IN
THE CABINET.
0/r. 'Asquith Still in Control of
I r ari ,j-Tccrs lf*9 Take
Lend im lie form.
IBy rsible to T-.r- IMb -■; I 1
Ixmdon. Feb. 2G.-Coveri>rnent by dep-;
f j«tation is even more disintegrating than
r .jnovo.rn.mcnt by groups. The Prime \M in
'istcr is receiving much, instruction from
f'ltne recalcitrant* Radicals from" opposite
corners of the smoking roaTU at WjT**
; ; minster respecting ix.licy, tactics and
! c-atrpy in the campaign against the
Lords. The points cannot be new, since
; ♦■very section of liberalism i" Tf-pre
: rented n the Cabinet, which has dis
' ] cussed the subject . exhaustively at fre
< iquent meetings.
According to the best information ob
!- ta nabi^. there are do bitter feuds, but
['■{merely honest differences of opinion re- •
i';Fpectinf: thf most effective procedure
i; against the I-ords. The report that Sir
t'j Kilward Grey has threatened to resign
I.'} office is a canard, ami equally untrust
» wnrthy has be*n the rumor that a com-
Mnation has beep jTopned |o drive the j
Chancellor of the I^ehcquer oul'.of uit- '
jifirr. The hurried visit of the Prime j
lit Minister to Buckingham ..Palace gave |
{'rise to rumors that his resignation 'was
' impending, but these have been prompt
ly contradicted with the story that Wiii- '
f=T"n Churchill is holding out with D vld
H i-oyd-George against the : majority of.J
•the ministry. It is more probable that )
p Mr. Churchill is acting as peacemaker In
*jjthe Cabinet, siding with the majority.
'* nnd is sacking to bring the. disappointed ,
|i Chancellor Jo reason and 10 call off the
1 Indisereel Radical editors.
The Cabinet has been divided into two 1
!Hm Oabioel groups of temporary tac- j
croup? of temporary tac
♦ tirians and farsighted statesmen. One j
f has favored a simple, straightforward j
I policy i'or the limitation of the powers.!
of the House of Lords without a change !
in the ustitution of the hereditary j
• harnber. The other has looked bfyond j
the immediate necessity of linking to
ll rcthcr the srroups making up the eoali
| tion. and has recognized the necessity
I of framing a statesmanlfke reform bill.
f j comprehensive In scope, <.n arhicfa the
•«Tiinient can appeal <o the country .
st the n«xt election. The King's speech
contained idenci of the conflict of
opinion within the Cabinet. Resolutions
or the t">t of a bill itself may supply
proof of n compromise, which may or
may not be satisfactory to the «!is- ,
I«-ourased. a wnpromise, which may or
• . B9t bn Ba'tfaCactorv t^« the dfc
• '•urac'-'i. I «uHe denioraiized.
. U<>n.
• ahfle, btTorr- either resolutions or
[ r bill can be produced, there is Sir Henry
I'alziel's amendment to the Prime Mm- '■
ister's motion for giving precedence to j
povcrnm^n t business until Easter. He
I Ktid ti"- ••it"-r stalwart Radicals are
|| Threatening to vote against the niain j
motion if the Speaker rules the atnend- j
imnt out of order, and the |
and I^alxir members are \p.-. ted t«> .i<«in
in the revolt. Thr Unionists-jassert thai ;
'.ho government can Ik- sav<*<l from de
feat only by the patriotic action of th -
Oppositioi in iportinaj it f«r ihe pur-
Iposc of facilitating the financial legisla
tion which is urgently needed.
When the crisis comes it v 111 probably
turn out that a Cabinet agreement has
I i<lrrady been reached. :is I <-ablcd lasl
nighu and that a basis or fetal action
for the ooalitioa has been found tern
i rorarily on th< veto question, \ (i t Uie
situation cannot. b<- *dei rihed otherwise
than ns critical wtxti th« Prime Min
ister is rumored to i.c rMtag for ■■ fall
and th<- United Irish League has with
[j dj-s-wri the Irifh support from Mr. Bcnn
'• the by-election '2; East London.
While every ration of the coalition is
I Buffering from attack of nerves, even bo
?V hopeful a Radival as •■■■ -.'. Masslngham,
•v, editor of "T\ Nation." cannot sug
pn-t a .-•••- way oui oC the deadlock
than the a<i->?>tion of a referendum, which
would convince the Kiiiß of the neces
sity for guarantees ard also keep the
arovernment in office without x general
rlection. Th«»s«* counsels <uf •.-pair may
be dispelled by the united, if belated, ac
■ tion of th«- «'al>in«n and the resolute
• bearing of the Prinw Mil M|er, who has,
not <■..■■• •.••■: dictation frecn any group
and is still master of 'the. precarious situ
affoM. sin<-e he aJonc can straighten out
the lin»n<fs before „ the end .-of March.
■ and since <-very section of Urn Commons
Take Off the Fai
Where IS Shows
Must women tuffer rnucbi humiliation be
cause «f great quttntities of . mj iMoated
thai, nj matter how they dress, -every bod y
i«es that they are abnormal. Tiiis is t:,*r
day of the slender figure, and "fat wcme:i
am simj'iy not tolerated either jn business
or social affair.-. Women may not" know
it. fcut mcv wh< n they Mat a fat woman
aawi Them oi 4 the street .nke all manner
of t>>-nipathetlc ■rks abouj bee . They
iltf not tii«aii to lA unkind or to teem un
marily. but :t is natural for a man to dis
like lat 0:1 a woman. •' I '.'t £at bbhtwii tii*
toost ihcr** i* where it inui-t l><>. removed
aisd us qui'-kly as possible. The hot weather
dresses teem to If made' l«jr the at wo
man's misery and the sU-ndf-r/woman's de-
Jsght. They ea.jwf-<; all the charms ot
woman *.nd !icr ugliness as v.e!l. Excreted
ai;d di<t will not remove fat. This has
l*H>n proved. The famous .Marmola jir--
Kcrif£ton whicn iias met with such phe
liOmetiui success and 2ias }=o many of our
MKiietv women a.s its Epoosora, in now be
ing st'J'J :!■> tabiet form to RM|et»lbe demand
of ii'« public for this style of . lunent
Tito*, uuie tablets gfo fclfl your Bystexn
iubt like 1-joA. 1 hey ttop t3*t istomath a<nl
■ -■■... trom produ< ins fat
osd reduce thft fat upon the body «it ttit»
■ •-.' r--i'r --i'- :2 to IS ounces a day. r«ey
ire" harmJeKfc and can !»*• carried m your
norfie a::d taken even *»t» r you navo >n
duisrod Jn a hearty nwal away from home.
1 iiev ar* i-old it "all rii'i- stores at ...
i^nu - citf-e. or if you prefer you may
write t^« Marnjola Company. 1,012 Kitin^r
ft _ Dc ■ Micb.
THE T R IB UNE'^_ FOREIG N NEW S
hi anxious to avoid a premature app»*l
to the country.
The leaa influential peers, are in greater
■ danger from Lords Rosebery and Curzon
than they are from the distracted Radi
caJ party. Lord Ro.vehery will take an
early opportunity of proposing the re
fcrm of the upper chamber from within,
and Lord Curzon has been working out a
practical. scheme for converting it into
a' smaller and more efficient' body ot
lailallll peers. Practical politicians on
the Onillliliialll 1 side agree f that ,tne
party must have a definite scheme for
the reform of the upper house before the
next general election, since a body of
' hereditary legislators, pure and simple,
cannot be defended in the industrial
North and Scotland, or anywhere out
i side of feudal England.
ASQUITH IX DANGER.
Extremists Displeased b?l De
cision on Veto Question.-. v
IB<- The Associated I'ress.] .
London." Feb. ;26--It; 26--It is authoritatively
Itased that the Prime Minister conveyed
to his majesiy to-day, and. afterward, to.
hia colleagues, his belief in the impossi
bility of proceedins with the proposals for
me reconstruction of the House of Lords
and in the .necessity of concentrating all
forces on the veto question.
iWliiiifli several members of the Cabinet
strongly favor reconstruction. it is not be
lieved ihat a. split would result, but the at
titude Of the extreme Radicals and Nation
alists is disquieting. It vas thought that
the motion of EKr (aanes Dalziel, a Radi
cal, lllwmainlail any government resolu
tions aiming at reform, would be ruled out,
but Sir James has submittedthe motion to
the Speaker and obtained the certainty of
its discussion sfter sligni alterations have
been made, r ■.'-•.'■« / :> ' '■' * ■*. ■
There are persistent rumors from Dublin
that the government will be defeated. Wui
iam .O'Brien in h published article aayS
that John Redmond, loader of the Nation
alists, is disgusted to .find that Mr. O'Rncn
views on the budget were right, and! has
now decided to seize an earlier opportunity
than that which t!ie budget affords of end
in? the goverament's existence.
Thf-rc is a possibility that the Cabinet on
Monday may be fcaterl by a. combination
of the Kationallata and ■ section of the
Radicals. The idea of the government re
taining office by the help of the Conserva
tives is repugnant to all sections among the
Liberals. The. organ of the moderate Lib
erals. "The Westminster Gazette." appeal
ing for fair pla>. say.-:. "It would be bet
ter for the government lo go than to live
miserably and discreditably, as it has been
living up to the present. It is assumed
that the Conservatives will support the
government at this Etage, with a view to
securing- appropriations, but the latest In
dications are that the rank and tile cannot
resist the temptation of defeating and dis
crediting the government at an early op
portni
To-da Cabinet council was unusually
long. The ministers required three hours
Jn which to reach a decision on the plans
to be presented in the House of Commons
on I'iay. when they will be Obliged to
come into close grips with the questions
of finance and the veto pow< r of the Lords.
■ riimsTi Asquith and most of the ; other
members of the Cabinet left here this, after
noon to spend the week end in the coun
try, where they will be out of reach of the
"rebels,*! whos» harrying in the last wcok
has madf life burdensome for thenVi
The Labor party, after much interview
ins: of candidates, decided to-night not to
oppose Joseph \ [ben Peasci who» promo
tion 1.. the ministry made neoessary his re
election in Rothcrham. The decision of tbe
Laborites was due to the ■ refqsaJ ■ of the
miners to provide ;i candidate.
CZAR IN ST. PETERSBURG.
His Open Carriage Stopped by a Man
with a Petition.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 3S - Emperor Nicho
las'left Tsarbkce-Sclo Palace to-day ami
drove into St. Pctcrsbur?. where he called
Opon King: Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Th€
Emperor, as usual, occupied an open car
riage and was V itbOttt an escort.
While passing through the Nevski Pros
pect the carriage was halted by the pres
ence of a man clothed as a peasant, who
'■••'• In its path and held a petition abovcr
his head. The footman madr h detour to
avoid the. man. who' was subsequently
taken to the polio tatfon.
CARFY ARMS ALMOST AT WILL.
Berlin Has No Ordinance Forbidding
Dangerous Custom.
(.From a Tribune Oociea) .<=r- ]
Berlin. Feb. IS.- In America 11 is generally
assumed that the law against the un
authorized carrying oi amu is tnon pen
orally more severely enforced In Ger
many, that land of order, than it is in the
United States, but the assumption is
quite a fallacious one, for just the con
trary is the' case. The German 'code has
no provision forbidding the custom, and
leaves the matter entirely to police or
dinances In Individual cities They can
forbH it or not, just as they Bee fit. :
In Berlin a>,\ ono can carry a pistol,
knife, slungshot or any other weapon with
out Infringing any jaw or ordinance, nor
requiring a license from [be police for
permission to do bo Nothing happens to
any one. In consequence, who is found with
arms on his person. The result is that
every member of the criminal classes,
tougl - and fera and undesirable citizens
general . so armed and use weapons upon
the 'slightest provocation. ;.*
When ' sirlwii a high police official why
j.uch a state of affaire existed .• replied
that for the present it was not contem
plated forbidding the ■ carrying of arms,
because responsible persons agh( not
to be hindered acquiring or car ly a'
weapon for .■•-...",- . •
A shrug of the ildera was the only
anstver to the question whom the Berlin
police regarded as -'responsible and peace-
I ul cititA
LIBERIA WANTS A WARSHIP.
•TasbinKton. Feb. 86.— arar vessel is
v.-rtnt'.-d on the coast of ' . ■ ria. A message
received Jit the ritat'- Department from,
George W. EUis, chargft d'affaires of the
American Legation at Monrovia, say« that
tho repuMl is in dire need, both financially
and iK>litically. He ' boughl an American
\ ir vessr-l mieht relieve the situation.
ENGLISH INCOME TAX.
I/ondon. Feb. IS.— Tho returns from the
Treasury show that even now, within ats
weeks or so of the end of the iinancia.l
year, only £10,875,000 has been received ii.
property and Income tax. The Bgure is
only Jibout half the amount that bad been
r-'ij\! : at this tiiii last year, when ' at
the corresponding date the amount was
£3>.7MMWO-
The eoornKMM discrepancy Is, of course,
due in great measure to the fact that
people are not paying incojne tax until
it is definitely detn&nded, tad v the ljud
get ia not yet law iio pressure is being put
upon them tv pay it. -".--
rnus, whereas the Chancellor if the Ex
ch«-quer at first mated that propei ty
and • Income tax would produce this year
£3.470 "< moy<-. than last year, and siibse
qu«.*nily • mated tiia.t it would produ c
0,170,000 more, it iia.- produced up to bow,
although we are within s!>. weeks of the
*.u<i '■: the year, C9,5K»,000 less than last
year.- ■■•.-».;- •"• . . v ....•-v.Jrf f*\\<i?
■ r ra"ki«K last ■ art i oll*etfen th>*'.sti
njated increase CZZ.o'i ■ ppffbt to have
been cull^cted; so that the. arrears amount
Uj OiOßii.OOft.
XEAV-YOHK DAILY THIBI NE. S( NDAY. FEBRIfARY 27. 11)10.
BULGARIA ANGRY
FRONTIER CLASHES.
Alarming Features in the
Balkan Situation.
[By '"abi- to Th«? Tribunp.!
Paris. Feb. 26.— The situation In the
Balkans is distinctly warlike, but in
official circles hew the conviction pre
vails that an honest desire to restrain
patriotic explosions exists both at Sofia
and Constantinople, and that this feel-
Ing, backed up by the determination at
St. Petersburg. Berlin and Vienna to
maintain peace, will prevail in spite of
the alarming state of affairs along the
Turko-Bulgarian frontier, where the
Bulgarians and Turks are blazing away
at each other as if war had already be
gun.
European diplomacy. With laudable
pacific intentions, minimizes the really
explosive aspect of matters due to the
fury of the people of Southern Bulgaria,
who are now thoroughly aroused by
what they consider the drastic and cruel
measures adopted by the Turkish offi
cials in Macedonia.
Impartial and competent military men
here are unanimous in the opinion that
the Bulgarian army is in a. splendid
condition of efficiency, being not only
fully equipped, supplied and prepared,
but also eager for a fight with the Turks.
THE SEISE MAY RISE.
Storm Cause* Much Discom
fort in Paris.
Tv. caMe to TT»e Tribune. :
Paris. Feb. 26L — A steady, drenching
rain, with violent grusts of a southwest
erly k;i!c. the streets of Paris a desolate,
dripping aspect, occasionally enlivened
by hats, newspapers and, wrecked um
brellas blowing about or rolling in the
gutters, and women desperately strug
gling with rebellious skirts and other
wearing apparel.
Should the rainfall continue, a further
rise of thirty-five centimetres of the
Seine is expected, but the authorities
are fully prepared, and no fears are felt
in regard t>> h recurrence of the floods.
Meanwhile, great inconvenience is
caused by delays and interruptions In
the telegraph and telephone services.
CARDINALS ACTS SCORED.
Archbishop of Rheims Criticised in the
Judgment Against Him.
Rheimp. France. Feb. 26.— The text of. the
judgment rendered by the civil tribunal
against Cardinal LudoVig Lucon. Arch
bishop of Rheims, who was condemned to
pay $100 damages to the Public School
Teachers' Association for having signed an
episcopal letter forbidding the use by Cath
olic students of certain public school text
books, was published to-day.
The decision declares every complaint of
the teaclrera to have been justified, and
says that in some Isolated communes where
religious Intolerance approaches fanaticism
th< episcopal lettei moused*? such hate
against the public school teachers as to
cause them to be subject** 1 ta real brutali
ties. The court cites an fnstatice irbere an
attempt was made to starve a- woman
teacher; and another case wh*'re garbage
v.*.- thrown Into the well from which tho
school obtained its water supply.
The judgment asserts that the letter failed
of the sympathy of many priests and .if
t--ome bishops, and quoted the words of the
Bishop of Nice, who declared publicly that
he could not join in an incitement to civil
strife. On the contrary, he ur«ed Catholi<
parents, as Christians, to privc their support
to tho teachers. In conclusion, the judg
ment explains that the wide? publicity given
to the litigation lias afforded the teach'-r^
the moral satisfadtioii demanded, and that,
a* Cardinal Luoon's hieli character free I
him from the Imputation that his action
had been inspired by base motives, ma
terial damages of Jl(m> only were assessed,
the defendant .being condemned furthei t"
pay the costs. .
GIFT FOR PROFESSOR WHEELER.
President of California University
Honored as He Leaves Berlin.
Berlin, B"< fc>. 36. President W r heeler of tn<~
University of California to-day delivered
l.i.- farewell lectune as Roosevelt professor
;it the Uhiversitj of Berlin. \t its con
clusion the students presented Professor
Wheeler with a silver cup, a reproduction
iif one In th€ famous collection .it the mu
seum at Hildesheim.
Privy Councillor Schmidt, <<f tl! f > Ministry
.■: Bducation, was present, representing the
government, and made a brief address, in
which he expressed th« great satisfaction
felt «t the .university and among the £<<■>-
ernmeni officials over the work which the
American educator bas d<-n<.' here. Heir
Sclmii'lt also announced the proposed or
ganization of a society the object of which
will be to promote the study of American
subjects. The society \siil be known as the
Wheeler Soci< t;
iTtsident Wheeler will leave on March 1
for Oxford, England, thence proceeding
ard.
PROC4RESSIVE PORTO RICANS.
Association to the Congressional Com
mittee.
San Juan, P. X . Feb. is. The Porto Rico
Association, representing tno largest com
mercial Interests <>f the island, decided to
day to rend .i cable message to the Con
gressional Committee on Insular Affairs
at Washington asking for the amendment
of t he (ihns.f.id bill, bo tliiif persona or
nriiis can hold stock in* different corpora
tions, which by the measure is prohibited.
Governor Colton Eavors tiie amendment.
The association lias engaged a New York
man to come to Porto Rico and act as an
advertiser and promoter of the Island's
products.
A TPJCK OF MULAI HAFIG.
Report That Sultan Has Again Refused
France's Demand.
Tangi'-r. Feb. 2'».- it Is reported from Fez
that afulal Hang regards aa a forgery the
letter which the Moroccan envoy recently
(,!•• m nud to ML Pichon. the French Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, ratifying the accord,
. obligates Morocco to pay 112,000,000
as Indemnity and damages arising out of
the Casablanca affair.
RUMANIA'S FOREIGN LOAN.
Borrows $9,000,000 for Railway Con
struction.
Washington, Feb. iC— Rumania has placed
a foreign loan <<f about 19,000,000 to b<» used
In railway construction and bnpiwvements,
according to a dispatch received at the
State Department to-da: It contains nu
information regarding vneri the loan whs
placed..
A BOOM IN RUBBER
ALL SHARES RISING.
Great R"*h of Investors in
English Capital
| By Cable to Tho Tribune. 1
London. Feb. 2G.~Outside of politics
the absorbing question of interest to men
In the City is the boot* in rubber
shares There has been nothing like it
since the Kaffir circus, flftsen years ago.
Scores of rubber companies have teen
formed in the last ten years in the Brit
ish and the Dutch East Indies. Ceylon.
Sumatra. North Borneo, the Straits Set
tlements, the Malay States, the Victoria
Xyanza region. Liberia and tropical
America, and now all shares have risen
r.nd prospectuses of new corporations
arc issued with all the emotional enthu
siasm of the high noon of the Kaffir ex
citement. The statistics of receipts, re
exports and the home consumption of
crude rubber reveal the enormous in
crease in its commercial use.
The streets are not yet pi ved -with
rubber blocks, as enthusiasts forming
new companies tn the City say will soon
be done, but the growth of the motor
trade has largely increased the demand
for raw material, more of it going into
tires than into boots and shoes or water
proofing or hose.
Yet the demand, while greatly en
larged, scarcely justifies the inflated
prices now ruling for company shares,
good, bad or indifferent, in the specula
tive rush for new issues. Th* premium
on the- £1 shares of some of the best
companies has risen from 1 1 to 50 shil
ling? within a few weeks, and the mul
tiplication of rubber issues is out of
proportion to the relations of de
mand and supply. There seems to be no
limit to th<^ elasticity of rubber shares.
Investors, large and small, are after
them, and the speculation is helped along
by the fact that from £10,00(^000 to
£12,000,000 in incomo taxes is not yet
collected.
PARIS STOCKS DILL.
A Gloomy Outlook — Large
Orders for Iron and Steel.
I Rv r-iihlo to The Tribune. 1
Paris. Feb. 26. — Dujness and stagna
tion prevail on tho Paris Bourse, not
withstanding the reassuring factors sup
plied by the,friendly meeting of the Em
peror of Russia and the King of Bul
garia and th^ success of Baron yon
Aehrenthal'a visits to Berlin and Munich.
Foreign government bonds are very
weak ami the silk trade shows no signs
of improvement. Both producers and
holders feel, inclined to part with their
stocks below the market prices. The
wheat and wine growers are gloomy ow
ing t" th^ continued rain and wind
storms, which Jirr- most unfavorable at
this season.
< »n the other hand, French industries
are in a flourishing condition, especially
tho ir. >n and stool establishments, which
an now supplied with orders that should
k<ep them busy for the next three years.
An Increase in tho demand for rubber is
also noted.
TSCHAIKOVSKYS TRIAL OPEN.
Officials Issuing Tickets of Admission
to Small Courtroom.
S1 Petersburg, Feb. X.— The bHipf that
the trial r>( Nicholas Vasilievich Tsohai
kovsky ainl Kkatprina Constantinovna
Breshko-Breshkovskaya would bo opon ia
confirmed. Tho court officials are issuing
admission tickets, as the courtroom Is
small.
Madame Breshkovskaya's lawyer. Prince
Kristoff, says that liis client will not be
present. The defence, while not denying
revolutionary activity on her part, will
merely point out alleged errors in th«* In
dictment when she is <.-a!led to plead.
Prince Eristoff's presence will be a mere
formality, as the chief desire of his i-'iont
is 1m avoid anything that mis'it prejudice
Tschaikorsky's case.
The prince will ev< n abstain from making
a si.o.-.-h in court ir this is thought adviF
abio. Eristoff to-day said that his client
is in tho ix^st of health and cheerful, thougn
f.-'cins; the certainty of a luner oxilo. He
added that she bad boon greatly comforted
by the assurances of sympathy from
America.
Madame Breshkovskaya is a prominent
member of Hie Social-Revolutionary party
in which circle she is known by tho friendly
title of -'Grandmother.' She was arrested
on October 8, IHO7. at Simbirsk.
Nicholas V. Tschaikovsky, the well
known emigrant and member of the Social-
Revolutionary party, was arrested on No
vember 11 of flit same year at the Finnish
railway station in St. Petersburg as he was
about to take » train for Finland. Both he
and Madame Breshkovskaya were travel
ling under assumed names at tho time of
thoir arrests, ar.d are charged with revo
lutionary activity.
AMERICANS IN MEXICO FREED.
Engineer and Conductor Convicted in
Wreck Case Released.
Guadalajara, Feb. 2H. -David R. Kandel
man and Charles J. Brock, conductor and
engineer, convicted of responsibility for a
wreck on the Mexican Central Railway,
near Encarnacion do Diaz, in September,
1807, were released yesterday from the
state penitentiary on parole. They had
completed half of their sentence of two
years and eight months.
Randeunan and Brock were In charge of
a northbound freight train that was in
collision with a southbound El Paso and
Mexico City passenger train. The Amer
icans, it twas charged, overlooked their
orders. More than forty lives wore lost.
LIFE OF RADIUM.
London. Feb. 18.— Sir William Ramsay
was the principal guest at the Authors'
Club recently, when the subject of radio
activity was discussed.
Bow long WOttW radium last, Sir Will. am
asked, if it were always changing Into gas?
"My answer is, forever. We can tell how
long it win take radium to half change
into the emanation, and the time we have
just measured in our laboratory Is 1.7.V)
years, so that if any one feds Inclined to
invest In radium he will retain half nis
capital for 1.780 years."
The emanation of radium wont on
changing i" 1 " other things. There waa
Radium A. which livd for a quarter of an
hour and then changed Into Radium B,
which in its turn lived three-quartara of
an hour.- Radium C lived for halt an hour,
and in the cuurse'of two or three hours all
iboM tinee ■übstanoM bud be.-n produced
ami hud <ii.<appeai id. Then catn« a fairly
ioug lived substance, Radium U, which was
half cone in forty years.
LONDON'S THEATRES.
'The Climax" Well Received
— Meredith 'a "Sen timen tali.st.s. "
[liy '"able t;j The Tribunr. ]
London, Feb. 26. — Charles Frohman
dosed to-night a record week of the
atrical management by producing a
fourth play In six days. This was "The
Climax," by Edward Ixnke, imported
from America, with Marie Doro in the
principal part. A large audience at the
Comedy Theatre received it with • v«Ty
aign Of cordiality. The play worn mer
rily, and Marie Doro was repeatedly re
called.
Mr. Frolinian's activities next will he
restricted to a single new programme at
Use Repertory Theatre, but it will con
tain three numbers. Two are sinjle act
plays with four characters, J. M. Bar
ries "Old Friends" and •The Twelve
Pound Loaf." with Lena Ashwell in
each, and Sydney Valentine and Ed
mund Gwenn in strong part?. The third
play, "The Sentimentalists," lias great
literary interest, since it is an unfinished
comedy by George Meredith. Theif- will
be morning and evening scenes in a
garden, and experienced players, Dennis
Eadle and Fay Davis among them, will
masquerade under strange names, such
as Homewarp, Astrtea. Dame Dresden.
Professor Spiral and Lady Oldlace.
The third performance of "Elektra."
Avith Mr. B^echam's orchestra and two
American sopranos as the chief attrac
tions, has drawn another crowded house
at Covent Garden to-night.
AN EMERSOX LETTER.
To Be Sold in London — j
Chinese Drawings Bought.
[By Cable to The Tribune.]
London. Feb. 26.— An important auto
graph letter of Ralph Waldo Emerson to
Thomas Carlyle will be auctioned off
next week. It was written at. Concord,
and referred sympathetically to the de
struction of the manuscript ■ of "The
French Revolution" through the care
lessness of a friend who had been read
ing it.
The British Museum has purchased a
remarkable collection of Chinese draw
ings, ranging in time from the year 700
to the opening- of the nineteenth cen
tury. Tt. was made by Mrs. Wegener
during a t<Mi years' residence in China.
Joseph Prnnell has presented thirty
etchings of London subjects to the
Guildhall Gallery.
Mr. Koospvelt will not find it easy to
remain in London strictly as a private
citizen. The Guildhall authorities have
already decided to offer him a public
reception and repeat the splendid tribute
which was paid to General Grant as an
honorary freeman, gold casket and all
IN AID OF WORKMEN.
Industrial Insurance on . In
crease in German//.
(From a Tribune Correspondent. |
Berlin, Feb. 16.— T0 the many form? of
industrial insurances now in successful
operatic n throughout Germany, several
Prussian nmnicijmlitie.; purpose adding an
insurance for the unemployed. The plan
most likely to be followed will bo upon the
lines laid down in Cologne and Ghent.
The principles underlying the system in
Ghent are mainly these: The insurance of
the unemployed li.> primarily with the
workingmen's associations. To the amount
paid to a beneficiary by these organiza
tions, the municipalities add 50 per rent of
it when it is shown that the man's non
employment is due to no fault of his own,
such as a strike or a lockout. The city's
contribution, however, is not to exceed a
mark daily. Question* arising as to the
reasons of non-employment, whether by
fault of the employer or employe, pre to be
decided by a jury, consisting of employers
and men, with a reutral presiding otilcer
havine the deciding vote. This jury, or
commission, also acts as an agent between
the unemployed and the city's employment
agency, besides deciding the amount of
financial aid, travelling exi>enses and simi
lar questions.
The question of tho adding of municipal
financial aid to the sums raid out by the
workingrnen's associations to their mem
bers first _ arose in Ghent almost ten years
ago. A special f und : was raised for the
purpose of aiding workJngnien out of em
ployment. The worktngmen's associations,
or unions, as we woulc. call them in. Ameri
ca, who desire to participate, in the bene
fits of this fund ir.ust inform the trustees.
A condition precedent is a clear differentia
tion between aid for strikers and those
without legitimate employment. As to the
amount and manner of distribution, the
unions must have definite printed rules and
regulations.
Aid Is only extended in cases of involun
tary, complete or partial non-employment
and in cases where men are out of em
ployment in consequence of the destruction
by tire of factory buildings, and so on. For
no longer a period than sixty consecutive
days is aid given in any one year. The
amount to be given varies with conditions,
and aid ran only be extended to a man who
has dwell in the city for a month, at
least.
In order to enable workingmen who are
not organized nor members of any union
to be beneficiaries, v. communal savings
fund was created and the. participants in
tlils fund were aided to the same extent as
were the aided members of any union. The
unorganized workingman was compelled to
procure a savings bankbook (pass book). If
ho became without employment and drew
upon bis savings he would receive financial
assistance, but only after he had been a
member of the savings fund for at least
three months, and could only draw upon
.savings which had been deposited at least
three months prior to losing bis position.
The system in Cologne rejoices in a rather
lens-winded title. It calls itself the "Fund
against non-employment in winter, of the
City of Cologne." This fund is raised by
contributions from patrons; the insured,
the City ot Cologne, societies, as.socia.uons,
employers and so on. Any one can become
a patron by a single contribution ol ;:n0
marks (almost $75).
Any male pert-on over eighteen years oi
ige not depending for his living on any
one else, can become one of the insured.
Person! unable to adduce proof of regular
employment and "odd jib"i b" men are not
admitted to membership.
The weekly dues amount to gj pfennigs
for unskilled and 4' pfennigs for skilled
workmen. A member ca:i besin drawing
upon the fund within three days after loss
of employment, and after it has been shown
that hia non-employmont Is involuntary.
Aid, however, will not le given for longer
than eight consecutive weeks.
The daily . tlpesd am >uata to -J marki for
the first twenty days of non-employment
ami for the remainder ol the time i mark
a day. Sundays and holidays are not in
cluded
The town of SchfineberV, which is one of
the independent municipalities of tho
••greater city of Berlin, " has just eie,t t -,i a
commission, which i.i to examine Into and
report upon tho merits or tbo two systems
fclluited to abu\V
DALAI LAMA'S HOPES
ON WAY TO PEKISG.
Menus to La// Grievances Be
\ fore Chinese Throne.
Darjeeling. British India. Feb. X.-The
circumstances surrounding the flight from
T,i,asa. the capital of Tibet, of tIM now de
posed Dalai Lama, the nominal head of me
Tibetan government, are as follow-:
The Dalai T.ama. following U«- wUie
wandering?, arrived at j Lhasa, in December
with authority from Peking , to take ovt-r
the government from, the provisional gov
ernors who .were. appointed following the
inva>iou of -the Holy City in 1904. by Colonel
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband. at the
head of a British column, when Great
Britain secured from Tibet certain conces
sions in the matter of trarte and m tne
foreign relations of the country.
The Dalai *Lama was installed at the
palace arM mona.-tery ol Potala amid popu
lar demonstrations. The ruler, who was
again given.- civil -..power, along with his
office as the head of the Lama-Ist hierarchy,
pardoned all the Tibetans who had given
aid to Colonel Younghusband. and all went
well for the first month. j
Then the Dalai Lama protested to the
Chinese Amban. in charge of the miHtary
affairs, because of the excesses of the
Chinese troops on the Sze-Chuen frontier,
where they were sacking the monasteries
and killing UM monks. This protest served
to stir up the whole question of the status
of Tibet. ' '- : i' : ':
The Amban declared that ir v.aa a
Chinese province, and said that he would
deal . with the rebels on the frontier as it
pleased him to do. Other questions of au
thority arose, •'•*»>: .1 finally the Amban
ordered Into Lhasa 2.oip Chinese troops
who were encamped at the outskirts of the
capital. ■■•".•
A few companies composed of the Dalai
Lama's followers were hastily enrolled un
der the name of "golden soldiers." The>
opposed the Chinese troops, but. being in
differently armed, were ■ shot down with
much bloodshed. Meantime, the Dalai
Lama, three of his ministers and sixty
retainers fled through a gate at the rear
Of the palace inclosure and were fired upon
as they escaped Phe city.
The Dalai Lama does not Intend to appeal
to the Indian government, his motive in
coming to India, instead of proceeding to
Western Tibet, where he would be per
fectly safe, being because this way offers
the shortest route to Peking, where he can
personally lay his grievances before BM
Chinese throne. The Tibetans generally
resent the treatment of the Dalai Lama,
and as they have other grudges against
the Chinese, the Chinese officials at iso
lated posts are in great dan er of being
massacred.
BRITISH APPEAL TO CHINA.
Request for a Statement Regarding
China's Policy in Tibet.
Poking. Feb. 2«.— W. G. Max Mull-r.
British Charge d 1d 1 Affaires, has made fnendl>
representations to the Chinese Foreign
Board on the subject of Great Britain-s con
cern over the situation in Tibet, and with
reference to the preservation of peace and
order in the border states has aahwl China
to state formally her policy and tntentior.3.
It is believed that the Dalai Lama, who
was deposed as head of the Tibetan gov
ernment by the Chinese government after
he had fled from the capital, has found
refuge in Bhutan, an independent state cf
Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas. Official
telegrams received here report that the de
graded ruler is en route to Russian terri
tory.
DR. WISE ON REFORM.
Rabbi Telis London's Jews What New
Movement Means.
London. Feb. 26.-Dr. Stephen P. Wise,
rabbi of the Free Synagogue. New York
City, delivered an address this afternoon
at Portman Rooms, in Baker street, on the
subject "V.Tiat Ts Liberal Judaism?" Dr.
"vVise said, in part:
"We ar.> told from time to time that we
most not forever accent the adjectives,
that ours Is not to be orthodox Judaism,
nor liberal Judaism, nor reform Judaism,
nor Conservative Judaism, but Judaism.
Pc It noted that it is we who are «>ver em
phasizing that we are Jews, that ours is
Judaism. Liberal or reform is not a ten!
of divisive-ness, nor even of distlnetiveness,
but rather, let us hope, of distinction.
••Ours hi not liberal something or reform
something, nor are we liberal somebodies,
but we are liberal Jews, and ours is liberal
Judaism. Liberal Judaism is not a way
out of Judaism, but a method of a return
to Judaism. Liberal Judaism is Judaism
militant, not moribund: vitally self-deter
mining, not apathetically drifting; greatly
daring, not feebly fearful.
"Let men be reasonable and ask them
selves, is it disloyalty, is it indifference,
is it Icoaodaaaa that moves Mr. Monteriore
and his splendid associates, and similar
groups in America, to take up the banner
of Reform. Judaism? It is false that ours,
as has lately been said in an American
Jewish journal, is an irreducible minimum
of Judaism. It is an irreducible minimum
ef the things not worth while in Judaism.
Jt ia the maximum of that in and of Juda
ism which is worth while.
"We are Liberals because we would con
serve. It is our very conservatism, our
zeal to conserve all that is best in the re
ligion and life of Israel, that moves us to
take the position which is ours."
LAW SPOILS SCHEDULES.
New Canadian Regulations Demoralize
Railroads.
Montreal. Feb. '16.- According to state
ments made to-day by prominent railroad
Officials, the operation of the so-called I*ir.
.aster Act of Parliament, regulating the
speed at which trains shull pass level cross
inus. which became effective February 1.
has completely demoralized traffic.
It to stated that no train in the last
twenty-sis days has heen able to make
schedule *&■•. Kißiit thousand crossings
on the Canadian Pacific and five thousand
on the Grand Trunk alone are involved.
Official! and travellers assert that aalesa
the law is revoked railway traffic must
undergo complete revision.
ECUADOR-PERU RELATIONS.
Boundary Dispute May Be Settled Di
rectly by Two Countries.
Guayaquil; Ecuador. Feb.' 26. — A private
dtSIMktA to the government announces that
Peru offers to take up the matte.* of the
boundary dispute direct with Beoador, and
also to make' certain concessions to this
►country.
Hea\ rains li.ive MMMSd great AMMMJi to
the oc.-.a and cereal crops. A j..i: t of the
Quito Ruilroad'hHS liH-n washed out.
ANTI-DYNAST!C RIOTS IN CHINA.
' Arnoy, China. .Feb. '.'<>. — There has been .4
recrudescence 01 the anti-dynastlc .ißita
ttoa at IMng-ho-Flsien. in Southern Fokien,
and one thousand government troops occu
py the district. The Insurgents have with
<i aWH to the hills. ; Skirmishes have oc
curred with the troops, but few casualties
»rt> reported.
ALLAWAY'S REVIEW
At the close .of the week the stock
market suddenly becomes soft-many
conspJcuous stocks showing weakness
This is sequel la general strength shown
throughout the e,.:l.er part of the week—
and for the final declines there is nr>
more satisfactory explanation than tIMM
was for forerunning strength.
We have a variety of neu s develop
ments during the week af size rnoush
la exert Influence upon the course ot
market prices: and the professional ele
ment on the Stock Exchange has made
n uch ado over every development that
has had It* it nny indication of disturb
ance. In chief, however— it ma: b* said,
indeed, in virtually Hw| inatar MCt
adverse InHuenc*" as shows against th#
market is traceable to exaggeration upon
the part of Stock Exchange *pecu!nt;ve
interests: for measured by any standard
of actual loss or actual risk th r ' is
nothing disclosed that can IM fairly con
strued as disconcerting in any important
degree.
rt may b* that current market reces
sion* have the result of influencing im
portant financiers and their followers to
show market antagonism, to be inclined
to take gruesome views, to sell rathT
than buy. to «nd agreeableness in a
market upset. But theorizing like this
is only theorizing; Mr Armour. Mr.
Swift and the Messr?. Morn-- are not
children hurrying into hysteria: any
stock market procedure they undertak
will not be of sudden, spiteful, spit-fiery
nort: they are men of affairs «>f lonz
and large experience — there i< nothing
hysterical about them. Y**t it please*
professional Wall Street la make market
bets that security quotations are goinc
to be depressed by reason of liquidation
following bearish onslaught from th»
Beef Trust quarter— though what chiefly
may result from this is a very substan
tial extension in a short interest already
waterlogged.
Present market conditions reflect the
uncertainties generated since the first »>f
the year by a series of unforseeable un
toward happenings (chief f>mong which
the Paris floods) and by adverse senti
ment excited by apprehension of l^g -=-
lation at Washington and Albany inimi
cal to corporate interests. Wall Street
has harped upon this latter feature la
utterly unwarranted extent — and if th
utterances heard from day to day wer«
■worthy of credence there would be dan
ger signals of alarming character. But
it is certain that all such talk is in the
main argumentative effort of an aggres
sive bear party to fortif" its position.
Actually, it Is not conceivable that na
tional or state legislators are committed
to a crusade of confiscation.
Meantime, the course of the security
market shows swerving from the real
equilibrium of quotations and values.
So matter how good a security may b .
no matter how valid may be the asset
and earning power behind it. It Is at- .
tacked with innuendo and hint 3 In com
plete disregard of facts— a conspicuous
illustration being afforded by Steel com
mon. Subjected to this campaign of abu?*
and misrepresentation, timid stockhold
ers have been frightened into liquida
tion. Beyond doubt, much real liquida- ,
tion has been brought about, nor is ther«»
cessation of this at the present rroment.
But compared to the body of stockhold
ers liquidation of this character is insig
nificant; the great mass of shareowners
clinging to their possessions with tenac
—confident of the actual existence of
r national prosperity which can and will
overwhelm temporary disturbances.
Stock after stock can be analyzed —
both in the railroad and Industrial list.'
— disclosing- earning power— dividend
paying power— far in excess of the
parity of ruling quotations. Such a con
dition cannot be lasting. Asset ami
earning power — and value — must in the
nature of things find ultimate reflection
in security market quotation.". Thia la
an axiom ot financial economics which
is incontrovertible.
Apart from all th*» hurly-burly swajr
gerings of the bear coterie— distinct from
the daily happenings of a narrow ■—
movement affected by the operations «i
professional speculators — stand out the
treat dominant facts ajMdl cannot be
ignored by conscientious students of con
ditions. Agricultural wealth — constantly
increasing wealth— is a demonstrated
certainty. And that large section of our
nation which produces the fruirs of the
earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity -
in confirmation of which it is but neces
sary to examine the current quotations
of the grain and cotton markets Agri
cultural prosperity compels industrial
and commercial good times— effect mu!>t
follow cause. So, to trie impartial ob
server, it becomes evident that whatever
may be the immediate course of Wall
Street fluctuation equilibrium between
value and quotation is an Inevitable fut
ure certainty. All of this has nothing: to
d:> with those daily operations on tlv»
floor of the Stock Exchange which rep
resent momentary whims and Impulses'
Of professional traders — but It has every
thing to do with final results. If Steel
common la earning 15 per cent, dividends
and paying but 4 per cent. — which is th«
fact— it ir sure that the price of the
stock must sooner or later register fact*.
It can be raided time and again. by
"short" enthusiasts, but it cannot be kept
down for any great length of time— nor
can its possessors be rushed into liquida
tion while the stock Is at a price yielding
a full B per cent, revenue. This ! y way
of illustration. Many other stocks eoul-l
be quoted in emphasis of the argument
presented.
It is not improbable that during the
coming week-and. indeed, throughout
the coming month— there will be stren
uous effort to force lower quotations—
with even apparent co-operation upon
the part of dominating financial interest?.
They who are of greatest consequence
in Wail Street, measuring strength and
activity, may show themselves disposed
to help quotations downward — their own
holdings not at risk.
But there are indications clear enough
that they who are most influential in the
H^.rriman quarter have reached the point
where they are ready to co-operate f>>r
market improvement. What may be *
surprise to many observers is the fact
that recent activity and strength are
traceable to Harriman sources.
Standard Oil disposition, always ener
getically discussed — and generally dls-r
,-ussed foolishly — may be at this juncture
given exceptional consideration — tremen
dous liquidation for Standard Oil ac
count during the past two month?. Or»
■ scale there are now traceable Stand
ar.l OH purchases in both the railway
and the industrial list. ASBNaJi the run
ways Southwrn Pacific and Southern
Railway, among the industrials Ana
conda especially, are included, in these
current accumulations. PefoM long. too.
it may be foond that the Malt Trust ha
round responsible financial underwriting
in the Standard OH quarter.
Easy money guarantees >m:nS mar *
ket recovery. 11. ALLAWAI*