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NEW KING'S CHARACTER
A Forecast of the English Sov
ereign's Policies.
HIS POLITICAL ATTITUDE
Extremists Likely To Be Dis
appointed — Effect on Society
— Monarch's Labors.
[By Cable to The Tribune. J - ' ,
London. May 111.— Public interest is
abruptly shifted from the old to the new
reign. King George has displayed en
ergy and capacity in conducting the im
posing pageant and in welcoming his
royal guests and speeding them on, the
return to their own capitals. While he
lacks his fathers passion for the niceties
of etiquette, he can hardly fail to be
keenly interested., the new business of
reigning. Monarchs 'invariably find it a
fascinating occupation, especially when
It has the charm •of novelty. King
George h.;s already learned that it is an
arduous business, involving unremitting
patience and labor.
A multiplicity., of minor changes is
requisite when a reign opens. One de
cree in council follows another, liturgies
and collects are ; altered without ref
erence to historic rites, convocations
are amended, a prayer book is lic^ns«-d,
new oaths are required, the sovereigns
of the mint and the postage stamps of
the realm require -fresh ales and plates,
and many important details of public
business are altered. To these are added
the responsibility of laying the founda
tion for a new civil list— always the
same arduous undertaking— and the duty
of regulating the regency as a safeguard
against the sovereign's premature death.
These matters must be speedily broached
in council, but are not controversial.
The date of the veto resolutions is the
burning question in party politics. It
cannot he deferred except by the consent
of Mr Baffeur and Premier Asquith and
the abrogation of John Redmond's ab
solute veto on legislation -which he dis
likes. The militant Unionists are anx
ious to create the impressions that King
Edward was hounded out of life by
Radical partisanship, that King George
is an old-fashiom-d Tory and new
fangled imperial and tariff reformer,
and that loyalty will be the supreme
issue in the next canvass
These hotspurs would like to have it
so, but they are dragging the sovereign
Into the deepest waters of current ; li
tics when they talk iii this excited way.
The King has not been an offensive par
tisan while heir to the throne, and he
will naturally become impartial and
neutral 'as a constitutional sovereign.
His inexperience entitles him to plead
for Jay in relation to the vexatious
question of guarantees. A truce could
easily be arranged between Premier As
quith and Mr. Balfour as a favor to the
sovereign were it not for coronation
'year. The Unionists naturally object to
two years' lease of power for the Radi
cals.
King Edward had his own circle of
Intimate friends who were leaders in the
social life during his reign. King: George
is likely to;.accept them, especially as he
newer headed a rival coterie of hi*
own. The same smgrt set will continue
to influence society, although its idolized
leader has gone.
King George, after the petted of
raring 5s over, is likely to become a
patron of the turf, as his father was,
and also of yachting, for which he has
a marked taste. When the coronation
is over he will make the rounds: of the
great country houses and racecourses,
as his father was accustomed to do, and
the richest and mo3t ambitious people
in society will swarm about him wher
ever he goes. A style has been set for
conducting the business of reigning and
Mipplytas social atmosphere, and every
thing will go on as before. »
' COSTLY WREATHS FOR KING
Some of the Floral Pieces Cost
Nearly $900.
London. May 14.— The court florists are
fir'iirig ' it almost impossible to cope with
the demand for floral wreaths and crosses.
The gardens of Nice, Graess aad Cannes are
lidding .large quantities or the waxlike
lilooms required, but preference is shown
lor English Rowers.
as much as 150 guineas (nearly JC+OO) is
beinc paid for some of the wreaths to be
ji'iaoed on the prev>' of King Edward by
Bevsflga monarch? All of these have been
ordered from London firms through the va
rious embassies.
The Asa Khan, the wealthy head of the
!smaili Mahometans;, ami ore of the most
extinguished potentates in the East, save
orders for the most costly and beautiful
tribute that the floriM cou'd create. ■.:>
Is a hupe wreath rnatie by ■ Pie «dll ■. flor
ist, six feet in diamett-r a- d formed of a
'<-;•? rkpround «>f laurel with serried rows of
Kiislish ,rp§es, wh;te urmn lilies and Kr.ir
lish - f •'-• -valley. '
Over a thout-xnd lilies .are employed in
■t. nr.d at one end is a huge cluster of
rr.auv* Alexandra jqctantoglossuni orchids,
the -late * King's favorite flower. On tlm
wide purpl* ribbon attached are the words.
"A humble *!• ■ ■ of Joyai dt-votion, love*
ar.d jirofoundeKt sorrow from I l ■•: Khan."
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TH E fRIBU NE ' S FOREIGN NEWS
.The Landgrave. of Hesse, a cousin of
Queen ' Alexandra, has chosen for his offer
ing a huge! ehapie.t of oak and laurel
leaves, to one side of which is a large
mounted bouquet of orchids and lilies.
The floral column from the Inhabitants
of Maidenhead has been designed by Lady
Townshend. and bears a white" dove, em
blem of peace, alighting on its broken sum
mit. This tribute is being given by the
contributions of the poor, and Is to stand
in ! Westminster Hall, near the King's
coffin. ;'C ■ r :.*->- ■W-W
GOOD WILL TO GERMANY
Effect ol the Kaiser's Courtesy
Toward English Nation.
i !.>'■ CkMe to TIM TiaiHßS.]
London, May 21.— Departures of royal
Ulioatl have been in progress through
out the day. The German Emperor,
who has been unremitting in his atten
tions, to Queen Alexandra. !ias remained
over Sunday and has been in close con
sultation .with King George. Something
like an entente with Germany will un
mistakahly bo the result of hi? visit and
his considerate conduct toward the mem
bers of the royal family. The relations
between Kn&land and Germany improved
from a similar cause after the funeral
of Queen Victoria, and there will be an
even better feeling now that Lord
Kitchener, :i. Picbon and Mr. Roosevelt
have been men marked oat by him for
■pedal attentions. Mr. Roosevelt has
gone to Wrest Park with his family for
a week-end vtelt with Ambassador ami
Mrs. RekL The entertaining there, as it
was At Dorchester House, will lie quiet
and Informal. Mr. Roosevelt needed rest
after his exhausting Continental tour
and his health is steadily improving.
There will be disappointment in Eng
land if his public appearances are con
fined to the Romanes lecture and the
Guildhall function. 'The Spectator" to
day, in the course of a highly apprecia
tive article, expresses the hope that an
opportunity will be found for a plain
spoken address from him. notwithstand
ing the conditions Of national mourning.
Justin McCarthy, who has written a
history of every English reign since
Queen Anne's, has undertaken, in spite
of Mb age and feebleness, to add another
volume to the series on our own times.
This will • arty the record from the Vic
torian era to the opening of the reign of
George V. A less literary but more im
portant political manifesto on the death
of Edward VII may be expected from
John Redmond In Ireland to-morrow.
Paris. May :■:.- a report of a conversa
tion which Emperor William had with ML
Pichon in Ix>ndon. reproduced here, states
that the Emperor was exceedingly cordial
to the FVench Foreign Minister and told
The lane- that the great powers, in the
nlty. should remain closely
united and form a pacific confederation.
KIMG CABLES HiS THANKS
I Daughters of the Empire Also
; Get Message from Queen Mother
Cable dispatches from King George and
: the Queen Mother, Alexandra, in response
jto messages of condolence from King
i Edward chapter. Imperial CYder of the
I Daughters of the Empire, of this city, w«?»e
read at the annual meeting of the chapter
i yesterday morning, at No. 19 East 26th
; street. It was a memorial meeting as well,
I and with, the large "assembly room of the
j Woman's Municipal League draped in
mourning and a portrait of the dead King
I resting Against the British national colors
I before their eyes the women paid tribute
j to the late ruler of' their native land.
j "Queen Alexandra Is greatly touched by
your message of sympathy," was the reply
. sent at the request of the Queen Mother,
! and "the Kins sincerely thanks you for
your klitdin came from King George.
\ ■At the request of Mrs. Langstaff a prayer
for the Queen Mother arid the royal family
was read by the Rev. Mr. Ruggles. of St.
, Paul's Church. Brooklyn; which closed with
the petition, "May the soul of our departed
King rest in eternal peace." Letters were
' road from Lord Kitchener, Mrs. E. B.
, Xordheimer, regent of the Imperial Chap
! ter. Canada; Mrs. James Bryoe and Lady
; Purdon Clarke.
, At the conclusion of her annual address
; lire. Langstafl said: "While I firmly be
, lleve each nation should be ready to de
j fend its name and the lives of its citizens
I in time of war, I also am convinced that
I women should work for the cause of peace.
jln this sire we can take no one by whose
ex;-.:..; - v.-c could profit so. much as that of
; King Edward."
The annual reception, which was to have
] been heid to-morrow, has been deferred on
1 a,ccount of King Edward's death.
ASSERTS HER INNOCENCE
•
Sister Candide, Under Arrest in
Paris, Denies Wrongdoing.
Avis, Ma/ - Bister Candide. the char
ity worker whose involved financial af
fairs led 1 the su clde of her associate,
■on Petit, secretary p.'nfial of tho
(Euvre Onnesson, a charitable foundation,
appeared before an examining magistrate
to-day ;^mi protested h*>r innocence of
- iojr.L'. She was, however, uri:ililf to
. n the complicated state of her ac
counts.
The books of the charitable Institutions
; which the woman managed showed receipts
\of about i3/*»,oOO and a total deficit of
1 <■•<-<". Many prominent personages gave
' contributions to Sister Candide for the
j support of the charities to whose Interests
i she has devoted many years. Siie was for?
' merly a Superior of the Order of St. Anne
i n"ns, hut the Church authorities say that
she uit the order some time a*, and .'-■■;n< % < >
: th«"ii has had do official connection with
[ the Church.
1 As a result' of the developments which
I j»'<i to tlu arrest of the woman. a judicial
i investigation of a!! the charitable Institu
' lions with which ;.-'; .-' was connected has
hcon ordered.
NEW-YOBS DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. MAY 22. 101 0.
A IDI/EVAL CEREMONY
Past and Present Contrasted at
Edward's Funeral.
THE POPULAR SYMPATHY
Historical Associations of West
minster Hall — One Great
Result of the Reign.
London, Hay 14.
The musty past and the livtag, in
tensely human present are strangely
blended in royal functions, whether cor
onations or burials. Ancient precedents
are followed: there are picturesque
glints of, color in mediaeval costume;
the Heralds' College, of which the Duke
of Norfolk as the Earl Marshal is the
permanent chief, regulates details of
usage and etiquette, and the monarch
is burled with* scrupulous regard for
stately dignity and ceremonial tradition.
At the same time the modern idea of
the sovereign's rep»esentative character,
moral responsibility and duty of per
sonal service are emphasized as strongly
as the mediaeval notion of divine right.
The crown is brought into touch with
the masses: the sorrows of the royal fam
ily are shared by a sympathetic nation;
the legislative houses, which have been
on the verge of a conflict, are allowed to
meet the dead sovereign in solemn state,
and half a million loyal subjects pass
reverently through Westminster Hall to
offer their homage. The old forms and
traditions are revitalized with loyalty.
one of the few monarchs to whom had
been accorded the honor of lying in
state outside Westminster was Henry
VII. After his death 8t Richmond his
body was taken to the stately hall where
Edward the Confessor had drawn the
lnst breath and was kept there for three
days. It was transferred to the hall of
William Rufus, ancient Westminster
Hall, and under the protection of the
Yeomen of the Guard was exposed to
view for three days. Thence it was
borne in a chariot to Southwark and old
St. Paul's Cathedral, where it was car
ried to the high altar in a cloud of fh
cense. From St. Paul's it was taken to
Charing Cross and to Westminster Ab
bey, where after a short service it was
left with the Yeomen of the Guard, who
watched over it through the night.
Effigy of Dead Monarch.
<t.o of tlie quaintest features of the
oldtitne royal funeral was the wax effigy
of the dead monarch, tricke-d out with
crimson robe, golden crown and sceptre
and rings on fingers. This recumbent
fifrure was placed on top of the bier
and the crowds in Westminster paw the
dead rulers "in habits as they had lived."
Edward VI, Queen Mary and Queen
Elizabeth were portrayed in effigies fan
tastically costumed, and the custom pre
vailed as late as the reign of Queen
Anne. During the Hanoverian reigns
the jewelled effigy on the bier was dis
carded, but the practice of having the
new sovereign or a royal duke act as
chief mourner was retained until the
burial of Queen Victoria. The chief
mourner, in a mourning cloak, used in
pit for an hour at the head of the
coffin before interment and his train was
supported by peers of the realm. Burials
were generally at night, with weird
effects of torchlight and a multitude of
mourners in black cloaks with draped
banners.
The burial of George II is quaintly
described in the "Annual Register" for
17<iO. The first procession was by torch
light at night from Kensington Palace
to the prince's chamber, not far from
Westminster Hall. The coaches and
chariots were drawn by six horses and
were flanked by torch bearers in black
cloaks. The hearse was covered with
purpl velvet, and in front of it were
the eight cream colored horses, with
mourning trappings, which have been as
sociated with open air royal functions in
England since the times of the Georges.
Grenadiers made up the guard of honor,
and there were a few trumpeters and
many servants in livery with lighted
torches. The coffin after lying in state
overnight was taken to Westminster
Abbey in the morning* by a dozen Yeo
men of the Guard. Court officials, mem
bers of the Privy Council, nobles, prel
ates, heralds, pursuivants and klnga-at
arms headed another procession. The
road was lined with foot guards and
cavalry, and the spectators were driven
back a long way. The clergy and
choristers with wax tapers met the pro
cession at the north porch and the In
terment was completed in the vault of
Henry the Vll's chapel. The Claren
cieux Klng-at-Arrris carried the crown
on a purple velvet cushion, the great
functionaries of the court swung their
| white staves, and when the anthem was
sung the Garter King-at-Arms pro
claimed the dead monarch's style. His
was the last word in the burial of the
i King.
The History of Westminster Hall.
■
Westminster Hall was not the scene
of this hurried and undignified lying in
state. It had become associated with
coronation feasts and orgies and was
tainted with the memory of the trial
and condemnation of Charles I and the
proclamation of Cromwell as Lord Pro
tector. It had witnessed so many trag
edies of royalty, such as thevdeposition
ot Richard II and the entertainment of
the captive kings of Scotland and
France, that it was no longer consid
ered a suitable resting place for a mon
arch lamented by his people. It was not
until Gladstone was honored with a pub
lic burial that Westminster Hall was
again brought Into use for a ceremonial
lying in state. When the dead Mates
man met his last Parliament there men
ceased to think of it as a place of un
hallowed memories where monarchs had
been deposed or condemned to death,
where the seven bishops and Warren
Hastings had been tri««i, where .Crom
well's head was fastened to a pinnacle
of the tower and where William Wallace,
Sir Thomas store. Protector Somerset,
Guy Pawkes and scores of worthies and
conspirators had forfeited their live*
Itself a Parliament house, like the chap*
ter house of the Abbey, it seemed* the
ideal meeting place for Edward vn and
the warring legislative chambers.
The gun carriage ha* taken the place
of the hearse and the processional route
is now guarded by twenty-five thousand
soldiers. The quaint Yeomen of the
Guajd, who once walked behind the cof
fin and lowered it into the* vnu't, are
now in the background, and a lcade
of monarch?, princes and special arahaa
sadors is the most conspicuous feature ,
[of a royal funeral. Yet many quaint
costumes and picturesque figures remain.
The gorgeous heralds, whose titles date
from the reigns of the third and fourth
Edwards and Henry VIII. are still seen
with their tabards, although they have
no messages to convey, no challenges to
ißsue, no terms of surrender to dictate.
With them are the traditional attend
ants, one bearing the red cross of St.
George, another the blue mantle of the
ancient French court, a thU-d the char
acteristic badge of Wales and the fourth
the famous emblem of Henry VII. More
imposing than heralds or pursuivants
ar* the three Uings-at-arms. Norroy
and Clar^ncieux representing North and
South and the Garter King tho oldest
order of knighthood, albeit .the office
was not created until 150 years after
there were Knights of the Garter. The
Garter King's voice is still hearfl at
state funerals with solemn effect when
the burial office is ended and the last
nirge dies away. The titles of the hon
ored dead are rehearsed in penetrating
voice and the mercies of long life, health
and happiness are invoked for the suc
cessor.
Last Royal Word to People.
Yet weird and fantastic as is the
mediaeval glamour, it is on the human j
side that the appeal is most impressive.
The dead monarch, borne along the pro
cessional way which he had so often ;
traversed to meet his Parliaments, has ,
come for the last time. Not so far as j
the Victoria tower, but at the ancient )
hall of William Rufus. where Ills honored
friend Gladstone lay in peace a decade
cr more ago. he has halted, and if there ,
be another King's speech it will be the
single word "Peace:" For the sake of
the sorrowing, inexperienced successor
a cessation of partisan warfare, and for
the welfare of the empire the truce of
God ' until a statesmanlike scheme of
constitutional reform can be worked out
in a conciliatory spirit. That is the j
speech which the Lords and Commons
gathering around the body of the dead j
King will hear; and when the lying in |
state is over and half a million of sub
jects have paid their, homage the bands
will play their dirges and the gun car- j
riage, with its royal escort, will slowly j
pass out of sight, but never out of re
membrance. Edward VII touchfd the
world on every side while he lived, yet
he has never seemed so intensely human
as in the hour of death, in the presence
of his last Parliament and among his
own people. I. N. F.
TAKING AMERICAN BONDS
The Big Four and St. Paul Issues
in Paris.
P'.v Cab\f to The Tiihun*.}
Paris. May 21.— A strong recovery
after the sharp fall and stagnation fol
lowing King Edward's death continues
to be the main feature of the Bourse.
The tone of the market is excellent, and
the monetary situation is improving
everywhere. The attention of investors
18 principally occupied with the large
home industrial establishments.
Toe placing of $10,000,000 worth of
Big Four 4 per cent bonds early next
week is assured by Morgan, Ilarjes &
Co., and an announcement to that ef
fect will probably appear on Monday in
the "Journal Officiel." Moreover, the
bond issue of Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, about which negotiations are still
pending, has reached a stage where only
a few minor details remain under dis
cussion.
PRAISE FOR TOSCANINI
Metropolitan Company in "Aida"
at the Chatelet.
[By Cable to The Trlt.yne]
Paris, May 21.— The opening perform
once at the Chatelet of the New York
Metropolitan Opera Company Is a brill
iant fashionable success. "Aida" having
been selected for the first appearance of
the Metropolitan company suggests com
parisons, because Verdi's grand spec
tacular opera, which is a strange mixture
of musical banalities and magnificent
beauties, is also being given at the Paris
Opera. What impresses Parisians far
and above anything else in the Metro
politan performance is the masterful
leadership of Toscanini, who is ujiqms
tionably superior to any musical con
ductor of France, either at the Opera
Comlque or at the great concerts. Paris
is also impressed by the excellence of
the chorus, which obeys with absolute
precision the slightest movement of Tos
canini's baton. Both Caruso and Mme.
Destlnn carried all before them.
With the above mentioned exceptions,
however, the presentation of "Aida" at
the Grand Opera here is considered on
the whole finer than that which is given
by the Metropolitan company at the
Chatelet. where, by the way. the prices
of places are more than double the cost
of tickets at the Paris Opera Hou.«e. The
stage setting at the Chatelet ls certainly
inferior to what is shown at the Paris
Opera, and the ballet of the Metropolitan
cannot compare with the ballet of the
former. Mme. Homer's fine mezzo
soprano voice was keenly appreciated in
its lower notes, but is considered by
Parisian critics to be shrill and clamor
ous in its higher ranges.
Great praise is deservedly lavished
on Gabriel Astnic for his admirable ar
rangements made for the Metropolitan
company. During dress rehearsal Gabriel
d'Annunzio. who sat next to Edmond
Rostand, said that he felt proud of the
achievements of his compatriots, and
especially so of Toscaninl. Maurice Don
nay said that he had never seen such
admirable unity between the conductor
and the band and .horns,- and was en
thusiastic about Toacanini's leadership.
Among those who are the most fervent
supporters of the Metropolitan com
pany's performances are M. and Mme.
Jean de Reszke, M. and Mme. Jean
Kichepin. and M. Clemenceau. who ap
plauded loudly; Premier Brland. who
was discreetly seated in a baignoire dur
ing the rehearsal. Comte Robert de
ftfontesqufcra, and the Duchesse d'l'zes
and the Marquis and Marquise de (Janay.
CHINA THANKS AMERICA \
Washington. May 21.— The State Depart
ment has received through the Chines* Min
ister here the thanks of trie Chines.- gov
ernment for tite. courtesies extended to
Prince Tsui Tao on his recent visit to this
country. i
BUYERS OFF FOR EUROPE.
Prod Maasbach and Morris Kahn, buyers
for the store of nioomlngdale Brothers, at
Third avenue and {Bth street, nailed for
Hamburg yesterday on the Hamburg-
American liner Kaieerln Auguste Victoria
on ■ business trip through Kuropo. Mr
Musnh;irh In a buyer of /ancy goods, art
needlework and dress trimming Mr. Kahn
attends to the buying yf. gloves, hosiery
and underwear. I
PAINTINGS BY SARGENT
Six Notable Works Shown at
Exhibition in London.
BEERBOHM'S CARICATURES
Unpleasant Pictures by Some
English Artists-Many Charm
ing Water Colors.
[By rable to The Tribune]
Londop. May 21.— J. S. Sargent per
severes stubbornly in his refusal to re
sume portrait painting.. He >as » lx
works on exhibition at the new Engll»l
Art Club, opening to-day. Two a^e
water color drawings remarkable for
their brilliancy. One Is a flashing
glimpse of boats and revellers on the
Giudecca; another, entitled "Flannels,"
is a rapidly improvised sketch of a
luncheon party after a restful outing,
and the others are examples of the art
of a great painter when he plays with
paints. One is an Alpine glimpse of a
moraine* with the . beauty of desolation
in its cold tones, and another is an im
pressionist blen.l of dark greens in an
olive grove, ttith patches of vivid light.
The third, revealing the portals of Santa
Maria della Salute, with a subtle play
of liKht on its marble surfaces, has been
purchased for the Johannesburg gallery,
and the fourth and most characteristic
is a Whistlerish . Florentine . nocturne,
with columns and a statue, in half light
and night outside with stars. Sargent's
friend, W. (i. yon Glehn, shows the in
fluence of the Fame powerful brushw«»rk
in his Venetian sketches. "The Salute"
and "The Piazzetta."
The exhibition is remarkable for a
sudden outbreak of the cult of the ugly.
William Orpen leads Xhe way in a most
unpleasant and angular painting of a
naked woman sprawling on a bed. Wil
son Steer follows his style more decor
ously in a portrait of an awkwardly
posed girl in a muslin dress on a cheap
s.fa. toying with a hat with Wue rib
bon?. Mrs. ('live Bell has drawn a
shivering, disconsolate nude on a cheer
less, frosty morr.ing, and George Lam
bert, in a frantic effort to "out-Manet"
Manet,* displays cleverness in flesh
painting after a morbid choice of sub-
These are vagaries of taste in a varied
and almost brilliant exhibition, with a
long array of charming water colors and
many cleverly painted portraits and
landscapes. Mr. Orpen's Irish open air
pictures have much vivacity, and his
strongly modelled face of a brother
artist, A. W. Rich, is an admirable rev
elation of character. W. W. Russell's
portrait studies have both power and
charm, and William Shackleton, Mark
Fisher and David Muirhead have high
standards of technique, without allow
ing it to get out of hand as sheer
virtuosity.
Max Beerbohm, the Art Club's irre
sponsible comedian, has ten caricatures
in the most grotesque and audacious
French style. Among his victims are
Frank Harris, introducing Shakespeare;
Lord Desborough as a supercilious
athlete, R. B. Cunninghame Graham
critically reviewed b^ navvies, William
Nicholson painting a flower in a thimble,
Henry Chaplin with more than ample
girth, and Edmond Rostand with his re
cent stage creations; and George Gros
smith with the Gaiety chorus. Henry
James, Hall Came. J. S. Sargent. Maurice
Hewlett, Sir Sdward Poynter.the Marquis
de Soveral, Rudyard Kipling and the
Duke of Norfolk appear in an astonish
ing medley. Perhaps the most humorous
of these caricatures represents the push
ful Winston .Churchill administering
political balm in Gilead to his shrink
ing relative, the Duke of Marlborough,
outside Blenheim, with the consolatory
remark. "There is nothing in the budget
to make it harder for the poor .hard
working man to keep a small home in
decent comfort."
The third Fair Women Show at the
International Society will be opened by
the Lady Mayoress next week, and there
will be deferred exhibitions of drawings
by William Rothenstein. Herbert Mar
shall and others. The American painter.
August Drexler Turner, has been ex
hibiting work of fine quality, with cheer
ful French landscapes, bright sheep pict
ures and sketches of children at play
conspicuous among them.
BOTHA HEADS CABINET
Ex-Boer General to Form Min
istry for African Union.
<*ape Town, Tape t'olony, May 21—Gen
eral Louis Botha. Premier of the Trans
vaal, has been summoned to form the first
I'nion Ministry Cabinet of United South
Africa, of which Viscount Gladstone ls the
first Governor General.
I'nitPd South Africa was formed recently
by the federation of the British colonies
of Cane of Good Hope. Natal, the Trans
vaal and the Orange RJver State.
The four original colonies ha\e become
provinces of the union, and each province
will have its own council, consisting of
as many member! as the province ls en
titled to send to the union Parli;imer.t.
The latter will consist of a Senate and a
House of Assembly, and will be the gen
eral legislative body t ;ipe Town will be
the seat of the legislature and Pretoria
the seat of the executive government. The
union was formed with the consent of the
Individual parliaments.
SPANISH HEIR STILLBORN
Queen Victoria Delivered of ■
/ Son Yesterday Morning.
' Madrid, May 21. — Qut-en Victoria was de
livered of a son, stillborn, at 4 o'clock this
morning. The unhappy outcome Is attrib
uted to. a pn-mature accouchement, which,
however, Was otherwise natut'a'V The body
will bo tiurltvl without ceremony in the
royal, paothton of the Escarial Monastery.
When told of her loss the mother wept
bitterly. The last four weeks hare b«-en
most trying for her majesty. Early in the
present month th.- approach of the confine
ment was notejl by th. royal physician.-*,
and twice during the days that followed the
bAclala or the court were summoned under
the Impression that the birth was Imminent.
While- this state of doubt'existed King Al
fonso* was obliged to gtv to London for the
royal obsequies-
According to CUStOIU, rremler Canalejas
y Mend*! bore the body to a room adjoin
ing the Queen's chamber ft>r the official In
spection by th.- members of the royal family
and court functionaries, who had been wait
ing there.
'Bhe present Is the first Instance of a still
birth in the Spanish royal family, although
a child of Queen Isabella II lived only long
enough to receive the lustral water.
Queen Victoria is the mother of two boys
.and a girl, who are living.
ECUADOR ACCEPTS TERMS
Peru Also Agrees to Secretary
Knox's Offer.
ALFONSO'S ODD ACTION
Refuses to Announce D^
in Order to Allow Nations to
Settle Dispute.
Washington. Msy 21.— The success of
Secretary Knox's plan of mediation in
the boundary dispute between Peru and
Ecuador is assured. The Ecuadoran
Minister called at the State Department
to-day and informed Secretary Knox
that his government accepted with
thanks the offer of mediation by the
United States. Brazil- and Argentina in
the settlement of the matters in dispute
between his country and Peru.
Peru has already indicated* her pur
pose to accept the proposal. and*nothing
now in a diplomatic way remains to be
done prior to the withdrawal of the
armies of the two countries from the
border line.
A most unusual, and it is believed un
precedented, condition has arisen, how
ever, by the action just announced of
the King of Spain, to whom the ques
tions in dispute were referred for arbi
tration. A telegram received at the
State Department this afternoon said
that the Ecuadorian government had in
formed »the United States Legation at
Quito that the Spanish Foreign Office
had by note advised that government.
as well as that of Peru, through their
respective rr pr^sentatrves ii. Madrid.
that King Aifonso would withhold pro
nouncing a decision on the boundary
question in order to give the two coun
tries corv ernf-il a free hand to obtain a
direct settlement of their difference*
This decision of the King of Spain
makes mediation on the part of the
United States. Brazil and Argentina im
perative, as under the Joint note from
these three governments it was stated
that in case no award was made or in
case serious difficulties should subse
quently arise the three governments
would undertake a satisfactory solution
by mediation.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 21: — presi
dent Alfaro. who has been reviewing the
troops near the Peruvian frontier, left
here to-day for Quito. General Flavio
Alfaro has been appointed military com
mander of Guayaquil.
The press of the republic approves the
efforts which are being made to settle
the differences arising from the frontier
dispute between Peru and Ecuador. The
government is carrying on the negotia
tions with strict secrecy.
WILL EXPEL THOUSANDS
Russian Edict Against the Jews
Extended to Many Cities.
St. Petersburg. May 21.-Whlle the ex
pulsion of .Tews declare! to be Hvirg ille
gally without the pale has not yet actually
begun, thousands of them will be compelled
to leave the various cities where they ure
residing within a month.
To the edict banishing 980 families from
Kiev has been added an order expelling:
the Jpws from Kursk. Tula. Tarn 1 off.
Kharkr.ff. Ekater'noslaff and several other
citi*><». The number of families which are
to be expelled from these latter places
ranges from five to a hundred.
Numbers of those who are ordered ex
pelled have telegraphed M. Friedman, the
Jewish member of the Douma. to secure a
Huspension of the order, or. at any rate? a
lonper delay in the order of expulsion, that
they may arrange their affairs. M. Fried
man transmitted the request to Premier
Stolypin. who told him that he couli not
Interfere, as the Jaw was clear. He •#■
vised M. Friedman, however, to appeal to
the Senate in individual cases where doubt
existed as to the legality of the expulsion
and in particularly distressing cases.
It i* reported that in Kkaterinoslaff
Province there are five families which have
been residing: there since ISS2. and whh-h.
when they asserted that they were ieaaiiy
entitled to remain, were informed that they
would be sent out under guard, like ordi
nary "prisoners, unless they left imnu-'di
ately.
There have been no forcible expulsions
reported from Kiev, and no peneral meas
ures for the expulsion of Jews fp»m Mos
cow "are. contemplated, so far as is ascer
talnable.
. Berlin. May 21.— The Hebrew Aid Society
has received from Kiev, Russia, and made
public the following dispatch:
"The expulsion of Jewish families is being
carried out in the cruellest manner. Re
spectable Jewish citizens are corralled
wrthin police cordons and then led in
groups to police headquarters. Even in
th« most favorable cases a maximum of
two days is allowed for leaving -the city.
"A part of the number of those expelled
are transported in batches* by the police
to an adjacent district for further trans
portation. .Many families which have not
been molested heretofore received or
ders to quit the city within twenty-four
hours. A feeling of desperation prevails
among the Hebrew population."
Another dispatch -received by the society
from Moscow read»:
•Many expulsions of Jews are occurring
here. Even children two years old are be
ing expelled in cases where the fathers are
commercial travellers without permanent
homes, although the , mothers are not mo
lested." ' • i..
MISS REID'S EODY ARRIVES HERE.
The body of Miss Bstelle Reid, the Amer
ican painter who was found dead on
the beach near Naples on April _'.:. ar
rived here yesterday on the North German
Lloyd liner Barbarossa. Shortly after the
body was found the Princess Rospfgllost,
a cousin of Miss RoM, had ■ thorough in
vestigation made of her death. Various
theories were presented, but nothing defin
ite was proved. Miss Reid was a Stater of
Mrs Bertha Reirl Wells, of this city, who
took charge of the body yesterday.
Overfatness Condemned
Fat. or even fattigh. women readers who
want to be In the mode this yenr must un
derstand that the demand li for in.- not
curves, and govern themselves accordingly.
That means OFT with the fat. It has be^
come a duty. Many are trying exercise or
dieting; but It Is certain they will rtnd
these methods too stow and unreliable.
The cheapest and safest way to set. ln form
for the Uirectolre mode v by means of
Marmola Prescription Tabteits. Any drug
gist (or the Marmola Co.. 1012 Farmer Bldg..
Detroit. Mich.) will give you a large-sized
case ■( these elegant little fat reducers
containing a good, generous supply, tor
sevtmty-nve cents, and even this auaptity
should lie enough to make a decided Im
pression on your excess fat Many have
lost a* -much as a pound a day.-'
These Marmola Prescription Tablets may
be, used with impunity and lik«wt** perfect
confidence, for, being made strictly in ac
cordance with the famous Marimba - Pre
scriptlon. they »re. of courne. quite harm
leas. They are rather beneficial than
otherwise, in fact, never disturbing the
stomach cr causing a wrinkling of the ftoah.
ALLAWAY'S REVIEW
Among the week's business 4s*sw •
ments easy money Is the distinctl^t^?*
ure. Not only on call but on tfent, ***
en* are ab!e to borrow fun<!a fci'k?"
volume at recessions. " * ??
Yet. except at the very close 0 * •%
week, the stock market has hung fcL"" 1
stolid — nothing doing. . . * '
Of public participation speculate,,
there Is not the fatnt»»t sign. Xnh !;
of transactions Is at the iOwes* ebb
corded in recent years. £v»n r- 3 » "
slonal transactions dwindle to th» *^"
rrlnishln*g point. It Is, of course, tmmml
to produce quirk apurf3 nr quick dm*'
by hasty bids or offerings, but #/*
actually mean nothing:. Th«>r» »■ no ij*
tlative of influence or, either the bm !**
or the selling side. Neither buß^*
bear shows any sign of vitality.
A -disquieting feature Is the protrattM I
weakness of the bond market Vjrw
time money around 4 per cent i": ]» --,
encouraging that good bonds pa7la ?t
rate are not salable much if ny »»»-*
— at which price they yield gat p,*
cent. It is hard to find plausible •mj I
nation of 'his bond market BUrjay c «*
Many fanciful theories are advanced, br*
none Is satisfactory or conclusive. ■j^
fact stands out that capital 13 thy i
bond Investment. And this Is '•- TITHi| tt
contrast with the prevailing quetaCon
for dividend paying stocks, isa 37 of
which can - be bought at prices pitting
them abo\-e the bond value level. fvja
is — unprecedented.
There is little chang* in business CC3 .
dltlona. Crop prospects are good Bcr.
ness maintains a sturdy developing
The, country at large is pursuing 1:3 <*^y
with absolute indifference to what t»jj
Street, thinks or does. From one point
of view this is encouraging enough, but
It is not Inspiring marker* is<» There !j
no Wall Street comfort in the fact «m
the public ignores the security market
What weighs upon the security mart*
—or at least upon its speculative sick
with Increasing depress!** effect is tSj
continuing revelation of the financial ?.t.
cessltles of our railroads. Company *ft w
company floats, or attempts to float, crsr
bond or cote issues whirl asjrtfus
hundreds of millions •:' dollar* Ti»
question naturally arises how this w£»
influence the quotations for existing se
curities. It matters not whether Xci
loans are placed at home or abroal
(though it may be noted that they caa
not just now be placed at hone), the ob
ligations so created become prior lieci
as regards stock capitalization. This is
a disquieting element. The eacost is
■that the railroads out of their present
earnings cannot continue to pay exists*
dividends, increased wages and lncr»as«d
cost of equipment. How to raise tra£3
rates to a point where the deficit point
can be met certainly is a seriou3 prob
lem. Realizing this the railroad com
panies choose the easier method— pwsss
the primrose path of borrowing. To si
such performance, whether !:idtTidual or
corporate, the day of reckoning jsar*
come. Debt piled upon debt is not ti?
foundation of prosperity. Pheaonwl
good luck can extricate the Individual
the corporation from a situation so cr!-»
ated. but it is unwise tc predicate cpern
tlons for the future upon rainbows.
The fact stands out that our eorpm*
tions, both railroad and industrial. «n
passing through a trying period of re
adjustment to political and social .zzi
economic conditions of which the <M*
come cannot yet be computed.
Prominent in the news of the ™*£
the Increase of the dividend fr«m ♦ »sl
cent, to 5 per cent, on ' Chesflß#»*S SM
Ohio stock— increase long sizes tow
cast in this review. Edwin Ea*fejJ
makes good— keeps his pledss-p«r=ia
shareholders in his properties to fßttSs*
fair share of earned prof.ts. But *•
public seems to care nothing soob? K.
Chesapeake and Ohio languidly moves 19
a point or so Just in sympathy «tta th»
rest of the weekend market. ObJ«wrs
will recall that no enthusiasm folio***
the recent advances in the dividend nits
of New York Central and P*^
Rapid Transit Chesapeake an* »
follows these precedents. W«r3 t»»
propitious such dividend action •■■■
stimulate speculative enthusiasm "a
very fact 'that nothing of the kW *
curs is testimony to public fP*°£~™
public distrust. No other «p!ana^3j3
possible. Wall Street bargains s»
begging.
Little that can be regarded asaut-er..
comes from the other side as to the fic
tion of American securities la Earops.
We have daily promises— daily p«stpw»
ment. Accomplish:- of some cm *
quence are nearly ready for aa«ntt»
ment. but it seems to be certain t>st*»
tributed forecasts have been esa— JT
' tions. There is no reason wiy g
American railway bonds should «h<^
a ready market si France or at Lf»j£
and Berlin— certainly no reasoa «
there should be hesitant purchase r
them. in view of offered wnressß>t»»
eluding special barrKing coir.m'^^
special taxation, special " harr * hi!^
can include a variety of certain gg
Bear speculators denominate xit ' 3^V >
bond program as a pawn brokeras* S*
formanc*-. Bear s| J ar * f^.
diced. Bull operators see in *• rl *~^
tions what close approaches the *"^
of the millennium. Bull op * r *^*L S9
prejudiced. The truth is that the•«-
business of marketing 5130.000.en0 s*^
rities in Europe Is rather a <--° mino *T IJ .
undertaking — all commissions «*• rf
ered. Euror* If practically W»- »
Amerfcan Mocks, has been soW J^
long time. To r^buy en a mtxcß *
scale than current ; r^-amatio**^ -.
will be no very gr^t teat. T>?e £». ■> ,
buyer will find value, equal ** "^^
that anywhere else in ■■■' world W
vided. and value at a ratio *^*^y
below what Is the average for > tr#'
secure investments anywhere. *
vat« this relatively '' <li; ' Mfl^ *s»
European investment intt> i« *** «f
factor is extravagant ti> !n * r^
foolishness. . hft » e D** 8
Yet llsten.-rn in \tall * 1 tasw*"
ohllged to submit to r««ciia.K 1..9 ; s«**
past indicating thut In N<?» .' * or act u»»
Exchange opinions there ha?
been organized a European £°!L^*a
tlon in b,-half of Am«'ru-an fina* ■
anybody shoul grow lu«f.l>_ en«
and hurry and scurry *«» *gj?«»s
because i»f Ibis European ™™»fo 1*
conceivable; why anyboJ> *£ 0 « *•
stocks because then- is 8
European tran.*actlon« is . »ef
understanding. Incidentally. ; "-„ »J*
hers ot the Stock Exchange stigj . t»*
concerned one way or th* ' ' rt |»#l ?
public's passhrenes* U ■fStrou*"**
th.- daily dullness record ensaw; ;
Wall Street.
Final Stock Exchange transact^*
the week are generally *■"**;♦ s!J*
vanees are scored. But wtej "IJL s»
niflcance la that there li no an *»
which II commission house 9 Jkl j 09*
Street participate— while it l * „^5
recor«l that th- bi»r.d rtrros "' J^ 4*}
Exchange are all heavily '"''J 1 stß«*s
issue- for which there is not a*'^^rf
to be foun«l a normal marii ;,,_«* t<&*
the bon.i market Improves— Lit" I*'1 *'
quality— manipulation to put S^^S
ttr« stocks Is not going. to t>* PJ ta «»»
This still ■*•*■■ to be a "\ NV 'At«
rather than loud up. «• * XUL ~