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J. P. Morgan's Chances of Heaven Are Considered Good
yiany 3is hops Concur in Saying His
Wealth Will JVot Keep Him Outside '
the Tearly Gates.
■CTTsi* re J. Fierpont Morgan's chances
af ft^frf to heaven?
H this kinc cf finance went to the tri
eaß uJ convention of the Episcopal Church.
trSJch began its session aC nearly three
J^-'tif In Cincinnati, on October 5. -with
desire to obtain expert testimony or,
tMU point he has been rewarded.
gje credentials are first class, and there
.. no reason St. Peter should not permit
Sfcn to enter. That Is the consensus of
jgjajnn of noted dignitaries of the Church
c ■ the convention to "whom the question
vras put— net by Mr. Morgan, of course, but
jjy persons of worldly curiosity, who have
t^n accustomed to put sinners and mill
jtKMires IB one spiritual group.
The •TTncrowTjed Sovereign of the United
?t»tes." as some foolish persons call him.
•would ■never acknowledge that he needed
t?» rerp*ve from ay man assurance of hap
pliwwr IB the hereafter. So. blunt and
lIHTiI tint to say impertinent— reporters
ln^azi as inquiry, by which he received it
Ir^trectiy. -whether he -waded it or not.
•j-jies" quotations from St. Matthew were
jecaOad w *-•* mmds of the high church
jnr?, if*Jt was necessary to Jog their
en the point, by the coarse in
q:;:sito-s:
•Then sai<i Jesus unto his disciples;
Verflr I say anas you, that a rich man shall
Lordly enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Ar.d agajr: "I kjv unto you, it is easier
<f7f 7 a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter into the
Jkispimn of Ocd."
Then they were asked whether J. Pier
jirot Morgan had as good a chance of going
•-> heaven as his humblest and poorest
frftow.
■■
•ax«r and an apsaii*
-
■'I am not th« gatekeeper or heaven. I
■■I am opposed to wealth. i oppose
crooked aas I Formerly it was said that '
■ rifh man's worth depended on how he
«r«Tt h:s money. We now inquire as to !
»:cw a rich man gets hi? money. We judge ]
y-.m accordingly. I do not know much I
rJKUt ilorra3"= wealth. His wealth gives I
h::n no more influence in the Episcopal con- j
fietv 'Republic May JVota Free Slaves
ftmtimiM f«»m **r**v& n«re,
aeatia ere fli;» tn anapmia. The phyFiaan
<**. the- p.antati^T!. ask*>d ivhat causal
jE^9==i;a_ answered inptantly - Mean.**-
"oahapjtfaess.*'
Ccnsid* 5 raMV cior* than half th» slaves
&m ■ariihizi three years after their arriv
al. If they - -v» that j>eriod they are
likely ro live through several "renewals"
ri their c^niracts.
■tf course, according to th» contract the
• 'abc-rer" 1? entitled to his freedom at the
rad of Sv«? years. TThat happens hi usuaJ-
I- :h:?: Thr plar.ta.Uon manager waits un
til tscine fifrr slave? have finished ti^eir
r^Etract term. Th«n he sends for the
pivermncTrt szpta, draws up the slaves, hi
toe. before him. and announces that these
m*n wish tr» r»n*»w their contracta for
r^v* y»>arss Tnore. The asent - MBJ up th<»
fa7*>rs. and the slaves go bark to their
n«>-k. Somenmes ev»u the form of **re
c^'iraJ" If disT»«T.s^d xvith.
The importation of Fiaves ■ - the •- anna
nil grown ptfadiTy. For several years li
ha? been over -.000 a year. After the
■aananal rising nt '■-. a law -was passed
Mculrtsfr masrer? to withhold three-fifths
d the slaves' -orarres to form a repatriation
tZTLZ. wltli "wi^ch they might be carried
ba.-> to the bnaanl at Che end of the
Dm years' — The planters nea*e - -„,
teafled to establish puch a fur;d. No
f'Bv«s •w^re. -■ back according Tn Its
pTvisiPTis. and The natives received th»
Ihnl amocr - if their tvaxre*
A year &8o the Porturtie.se. government
Athens, Not Lisbon, Is the Real Storm Centre of Europe
If Vene^elo Is Made Tremier of Greece
Gxirkey Threatens to Declare
XOar at Once.
( rr». -mx IOTA, r-v tbe B^arsrorfl Corsps^y >jln a nation that has Eheern during its near
Although Portugal, with her revolution. U century of independence so little capacity
hrT cv^t&row O f' the - rmaaaaeH ! for orderly Belf-eoyerament and for ero
mmarc3iy and her establishment of a re- "nmic development-it la still without any
rvb! j r , n ITC j-f^a^ has v^n rnonopoliz- i connection by rail with the remainder of
irz paMir. attention duria* the last ten j Europe-received a radical cure by th*
car, rr C o. and no or,* <-aa venture to pre- 1 Turkish war of HS7. which the Greeks may
•Me. ?he f Jt-re cour« of events at Lisbon. I be said to hay- de^berately provoked, with
*r« It la O'eece that Ju* at present is the j the Idea that if they won they would gain
e^ oeoJre Europe or. rather. I| a big slice of Turkish territory, including:
•hmM bay the principal moan* of anxl-ty th« island nf Crete; while If they lost
- the snat rowers of the Old World. they would be Protected from any serious
Tor the bnbroclio in Portugal Involve? no ! consequences by the great powers. It was
■ll.Mlii ■■■" whatever] only affr th-y had been Ignominious*
tester t*~» i« at pre«ra* or in the future, routed, in a manner calculated to expose
&TPWT certain to "be restricted to the the Hellenic army to the derision of the
fen*, eomteteM of ex-King Manuel, world, that .I. put out her hand to
ft „,; . [„ practically impossible tay the march of the victorious Ottoman
«•> Baa tar tenting «n which the Gr«*ks troops on Athens, and compelled the Porte
mar becn-e irTvolved to th^ir own particu- to content Itself with th* extortion of a
• izr r cn ,Vr* f"-p , . "o^ 511 " Indemnity', under which the Greek
' : -: r»Ct BaS^VTurk-y. as r.ejl as Ru- treasury is still to this day staggering.
-aria, f^via an,l Montenegro, are all like- « Greece's independence on that occasion
»T tn b r a^^n ln , o t , ie mMpe. with prave ««« pi*serv«i from annih.laoon. it was en
r**rfbi!itw o< a rupture between England, j Orely due to the close ties of relationship
rr*^* ar . d Rusisa tm t h e one hand, and betw-en her reignin* house and the other
n-mair.y and %urtrla on the other, before sovereign — " of Europe, and likewise
;n« .; r~tore.l Japan too. might have to popular Fjmpathy abroad for King
'"■ take a h U 4 in the Quarrel as England's George, who had notoriously been forced
*liy. ard aJthoTi-h the Italian poverntr.ent into the war with Turkey against his will.
t~ Uund to AuTtria and Germany by the In fact, he would have abdicated at that
i~!r.« of »he Triple AMlan^ yet it is proba- time sooner than embark upon a conflict
••*'.-*t 'puiilir sentiment of the nation for which his military and naval forces
*»0M r.ot only prevmt King Victor Em- v.-ere in nowise prepared had it not been for
■WnmeJ from *9lalas forces with Au«tna. U« pressure brought to bear upon him by
tw would compel Urn to throw m his lot j the great powers to remain, convinced as
•Ith Great BrUala and Prance. I the >' ■""" that m, d artur " would be foi-
G«eos las always been a source ot j low** hy anarchy at Athens,
trouble to the great powers ever Mnc-e she The more thoughtful people In Grep C e.
"•s-t-5 opaa tte B*bt for h^r Independent Ubob«b there are not many of them, realized
-'.- '.:;,, n ninety years ago. liwurrec- how much the nation owed him hi thai
tin -. military pronunctiutientos an.i pn- I connect ion and urg-d him to take advan
3:-ra: enses without numl« have ...rv^J : taee of U.e situation, to suspend the consti
v, caw her to be regarded as An u.imitt- j tution. to prorogue the Roule. or legislature,
uated ,lU!, lU!S anc« .-r-ci^lv when she corn-land. eitt.nlWhiiy himself as a dictator, to
meaced Stmtos up troc'oi.* In the i.-iandluse his authority as aacfa to reorganize
ot Cm* aizn a view; to i!« annexation? the army, the navy and the civil ■*iiiiai
Crete, as every one knows. Cpnaa part and itraUon in a Cashioa that legislative intrigues
M a of Va<-. Ottonta JCtnpire. and Greeee'sland obstruction at Athens rendered impos
«m!y <-iaim to ti:e posfssion of the inland, I siLlo.
** which at. Paul d.-tlarcd that all its popa- ' For the r»ar!iamentar>' life at the country.
lattoa yen Uacs. iss baatd on the fact that} at any rat" 'mtll a year ago, wee in the
* BKaety of the inhabitants are of Greek hand? of corrupt political machines, who
'risir. and hope by its conversion into a i alternated with one another in office la
Greek provteoe to drive out the rich Moa- ■ plunder the treasury and. of course, the
I'm lar,<j own'-rf. a!,J vt mf^vtrv possession I taxpayer: In tmct, George wan entreated
«f their estates . ii o adopt the same course as that of the
„St.~, r-arlos of Portugal when i,.
A? one moment the Gr^ks were imbued law Lx>m «ano» v „, paiiueml machines
«Mi a form of mania which they dcs- oueiM the two thieving pollUcJ^^J "
a,, which had for ! the Progre.vgistas and the Rrgen^rad ores.
:- aoknov.irdp^d aim nothing I. ss than the and invested Jo.c Z'T
re^tatlfahnient of the anc?ent Byzantine lof a dictator to P^rpe the service of the
fex ..I ;<„ metropoll, fro.v Athens to Ton- lUnk robhery th& '^n CdO m
i-'antinor-k-. uith the ..-otnuuind of the en- the economic ruin of "»s kuij,"«»«
iranr* to thr- Black Kca. , Kirn Geor - e . however, declined to yield
These ambiu» M schemes preposterous Uo thia advice. He bad sworn at the time of
Bj
vention than has John Doe.
"In fact, there are many men who, be
cause of their activity and intelligence,
have a greater Influence than Morgan.
Morgan never make* a speech in the con
vention. Occasionally he makes ■ motion
for adjournment.""
"Would you say Morgan ie not an espe
cially intelligent member?" was asked.
"As far as Church matters are concerned
he is not." answered Eishop Williams.
Bishop Spalding. of Utah, a socialist, said:
"Morgan is merely a product of our
times. He is « product of our economic
evolution. Capitalistic organization is nat
ural. Trusts are naiural. and from the
privately ownc-d trust there will evolve the
peoples trust. Morgan la one of the agents
of that evolution. I have no objection to
Morgan at all.
"As to his going to heaven. I am not the
judge, but I cannot see. why his life should
not be the rid cf life that wins that re
ward."
t:soti. of DuluUi - - Una an-
•J. Pierpont Morgan la entitled to his
reward, despite Ma wealth. He is ■ good
man. He is bigger than hi? pocketbook.
InFtoa/i of interesting himself in horse races
or balloon races or other such tomfoolery,
he devotes ail hi.« spare time to the Church.
"It probably will be hard for some rich
men to co to heaven. IS is also hard for
some poor men to get in— Judas, for in
stance."
Coadjutor Bishop Mackay-Smith, of Penn
sylvania, replied:
"I don't know enough about heaven. But
I admire Mr. Morgan. I believe hp is doing
a good work. He never uses the- influence
that his wealth gives him to interfere in
mattery of the Church. He is a good man."
bishop Talbot, of Bethlehem, said:
"I trust that Mr. Morgan will get his
reward. Rich men have, temptations, but I
believe that Morgan ha.? overcome them.
His wealth doos give him a certain amount
of influence In the Church, because it is
oombtxasb «HS a^MMlneaa. He is a Christian
gfntlrman."
Basnet ■ aw tha
q-jestlon hi •
t announced that it had stopped the expor
i tation of "contract laborers" from An
| gnla until January of this year, it did. in
! fact, ship back about two hundred men
whose time had expired- "Whether the
j first promise was kept, even in form, there
lis no reliable information To show. Portu
gal promised to free its slaves in USX
axain in ISSn. ard renewed the pretence in
isn.". and in spite of the scorn of the
| civilized world it did not do so.
Whether the promise of ISM, which was
only tn suppress the slave trade, not sla
very itself, for a term of weeks, was kept
-.- good faith or not, the fact remains that
more, than 100.000 — according to most esti
! mates several hundreds of thousands — of
j men an<l women ar» actually held to-day
j on the plantations of Angola and the cocoa
I Islands os terms which as certainly con
stitute slavery as the terms on which
Americans helss men and women of Afri
can blood on their plantations sixty years
ago. The new republic has the besf; of
i opportunities to prove Its disposition and
| Its power in this maxter.
AMERICAN YEAR AT LUCERNE.
Lucerne, Ort. 8. — Steamsntp and trans
porr-ation men and those whose business
It. is to take care- of the tourists are all
Ht.«i that this has been a r break
lng season for American tourists, ant! that
j never before have so many visitors from
j the United States be«»n seen in rope. The
J r«*port of the official information bureau
! for the month of August snows hat sum
foreipTi \~!Plrors r^gristeretj at tfie hotels
and pensions of Lucerne, md of this num
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1* 1010.
MR. MORGAN'S BEDROOM AT DALVAY.
.tem\nd\«Q the beholder of the old hymn which asks: "Shall I be carried to the skies on downy beds of ease, wfrlle others
fought to gain the prize and sailed through bloody sea«?" The modem answer is: Why not.
"Mr. Morgan's wealth influences no one
in the Church, because you can't appeal to
the clergy through the pocketbook. I think
Mr. Morgan is a very good man. wealth or
no wealth. "Wealth, if properly employed,
is not tin evil."
An expression from Mr. Morgan himself
was beyond the pale of possibilities. He
announced when he went to the opening
meeting of the convention that he ■Would
nor discuss anything.
"I am in the convention merely as on«
ber 10.159 were from the United States and
Canada. Germany led with 20,368, America
taking second place; then came Great Brit
ain, with 7.%n. closely followed by France
with 6,993, the remainder being divided
among all other nationalities.
Tnls invasion of Switzerland by Ameri
cans has led to a number of changes, and
many of the hotelkpepers regularly come
to America after the season for the pur
pone of studying th« American require
ments.
ON SHORE OF HAMPTON ROADS.
Fortress Monroe. Va., Oct. While New
Yorkers ere getting out their winter furs
and shaking the moth balls from the folds,
visitors to this resort are basking in the
rays of a tropical sun, while hundreds of
yellow butterflies flutter in and out among
the roses, which ar» in bloom here. J. p.
Fender Smith, of New York. registered at
the Chamberlln this week. The first dance
on board the. warships stationed at th©
navy yard in Norfolk was given on board
the U. S. S. South Carolina on "Wednesday,
about one hundred guests attending.
A MISSING JOY.
After years of saving they had at last
: acquired a home of their own.
"Of course." said her husband, with a
sigh, "it's nice, to have our own little home,
but" —
"But what. dear?" queried his wife, a?
he paused.
"I miss our monthly scraps with the. land
lord about the repiJrs which he never would
< make and •which we never supposed he
; would."— Boston Post.
THE TEUTONIZING OF TURKEY.
German Kaiser — Good Bird!
bJa election to the throne of Greece to obey
ti • constitution and to rale hi aeoordance
artth its provisions, and he intended to keep
ills pledge. Things BJOM en from had toj
awrae, until aashteen months ago h nuniber
of officers of the army orcaxdaad a pro- j
nunciamento and seized supr"m»- pou
tabllshing In office a cabinet of their own :
composition.
Their intentions, at th- outset at any rate,
were good. Their object was to accomplish
what the King, out of respect for his
plighted word, had declined to do— namely,
BO reform tli* entire administration and
political system of the country, abolishing
abuses and corruption. Unfortunately, they
permitted personal jealousies all senti
ment* of revenge for real or Imagined
slights to bian their Judgment; and among
ether pi^es of high handed despotism in
which they indulged was to Core* the cabi
net to exact of the King the removal of his
sons from their commands in the army and
In the navy. Indeed. th« King was required
to insist that the Crown Prince and Prince.
George should leave the country tar a tim»
LOUIS SHERRY.
New York's noted caterer, who manages
Mr. Morgan's menage at Oatvay.
interested in the. Church, and attend to
enjoy Its functions,- he explained. Wall
Street was a forgotten bit of geography to
him. conversationally, but as a matter of
fa/v the head of J. P. Morgan & Co. moved
his interests ix> that thoroughfare to fin
cinnati for tho convention.
Palvay. the most beautiful home, In th»
Ohio city, had been put in readiness -for his
stay It was thought by those commis
sioned to do the work that no detail bad
00-n overlooked.
The maker of trust magnate? inspected
th" arrangements and asked:
"Has a telesrraph wire to New York been
Installed?"
Careless r " i:"rs confessed that none
had been thought of. Ai order was given.
— Punch
and reside abroad.
Again King George, who is a man of large
private fortune and no longer fn th»! best
of health, wished to abdicate, resenting bit
terly the affront placed upon him by the
military dictators. And again he yielded to
the urgent entreaties of the great powers
that he would remain, English, French and
Russian men-of-war lying almost perma
nently in the harbor of Plrteus in order to
Insure lit" safety and that of those of his
family who remained by his side.
The Military League, devoid of any con
structive power, failed to accomplish any
one of the many reforms which it had
pledged itself to bring about, and in course
of time became an object of such popular
ration and M divided by internecine
Jealousies and selfish personal ambitions
thai it eaaae to grief.
When It a»w ItaeJf doomed It, Ito
had the, BBnaa to reaaaa thai auuten
not remain aii they were, or revert to what
they had been, and ac« •ordingly entHre-1 into
U agreeincni with tlie inuicipal political
leaden of the country to convene a na-
and in an hour a telegraph company had a
crew of men at -work. Miles of wire were
strung up in Clifton, a suburb of Cincin
nati, in which DaJvay la situated. Direct
connection was established between Mr.
Morgan's private room in the mansion and
the house of J. P. Morgan & Co. In New
York. The pulse of the financial world was
not to be beyond hi reach for the three
weeks he had pet aside for the Church.
His interest in a hundred hie corporations
was not to be wholly relinquished for con
Along the Tacific Slope
Futile Search for Los Angeles j
Dynamiters.
[R • Teleerapli to The Tribune.]
Pan Francisco. Oct. 15.— Scores of detert
ive.<s a re still arching for clews to the dy
nam'te outrage that roct twenty-one lives
in Loa Angelea The lar^e reward hi a
strong Ftlmulu?. but about all that has
been discovered is* that the plot was
hatckrd in the Mission district or this city,
with more than a suspicion that prominent
San Francisco labor leaders, who have
taken a keen interest in the flsrht in Lea
Angeles, knew of the proposed crime. Many
'' suspected persons have been arrested, bat
no one has been captured against whom
the police have any real evidence. Thus
far the dynamiters appear to have made a
clean escape. . •
"Abe" Ruef. the former boss, baa been
making a hard fight this week to escape
return to the county Jail. He obtained his
release because of the dangerous illness of
his father and sister and his own ill health,
bur the forces that convicted him of bribery
have been active in attempting to recom
mit him to jail pending his appeal to the
T'nited States Supreme Court. Meanwhile
his companion in er-Tft. ex-Mayor Schmitz.
may be seen occasionally at the theatre or
other entertainment. His appeal is also
pending, but no one =f>cni? eagpr that be
should g-o to jail until it is decided.
William Kunze. a young German, who
tional. or constituent, assembly for the re
vision of a number of non- fundamental
clauses of the constitution, with the object
of rendering It mor«> workable. This plan
was agreed to by (he legislature, and the
national aaeemhiy has b?en opened by th<*
Kins and la row in mew inn
Whether or not the Aaaembly will be
permitted to aceompMah its ■'.york depend.
on the Turks. For If Greece bl once more
a source of profound concern to all the
great powers of Europe It is this time
through no fault of her own The Young
Turk party, which ;-.;ls been in ofnv.» since
the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid. con
fronted by growing dissatisfaction in ail
part? of the empire, especially among the
Moslem element, has determined to adont
the policy to which Bismarck had inioiiiaa
ur-on. in IS7O. he bound all the dissident
VENEZELO.
Greek statesman, whose elevation to the
mimtry might precipitate war with
Turkey.
states of the North German Confederation
Into one solid and united empire by con
fronting th.m with a foreign f<** and by
embarking them on a war with France.
Of all nations that the Forte could select
for an adversary. •;-.-.•.•»• n certainly the
one that could offer the leapt resistance
and that would afford the easiest victory.
Moreover. If the new Turk party could
manage to regain by force of arms some,
of the- provinces formerly subject to the
Sublime Porte and that bud been lost
Elaborate Tro^Visions Made for Hi Com
fort While Attending the Episcopal
Church Contention in Cincinnati.
sideranon of the r-llgio^in iji«ue before
gathering of Episcopalians
And the installation of that wire ajaua
but a hint of the elaborateness with which
Dalvay was prepared for his comfort. TYm
great house wa3 the home, of Alexander
McDonald, of the- Standard Oil Company,
who died recently, leaving thirty or forty
millions- Before his death he bad made
arr» ngements to havw Mr. Morgan, his Per
sonal and business friend, occupy tt at the,
rr , n v»ntion- With his death it passed Into
possession of his granddaughters, the two
Stallo sisters; but they are in Europe, and
it was their wish that the arraJigement by
which Mr. Morgan was to be, a temporary
tenant should be carried out.
Days before Mr. Morgan arrived to take
the latchkey servants were putting tb«
house in readiness for him. Louts Sherry.
New York's noted caterer, was engaged to
convert It into a private hotel for Mr. M*>r
pari. and under his direction the corps of
housekeepers worked. A score of them
were needed to attend to eTery detail, and
their work was supplemented by that of
high-priced artists, who Improved th*» dec
orations. It Is no matter of a moment to
decorate a house to suit Mr. Margssfa
taste. Sherry, three years ago, at Rich
mond, Vt.. had much difficulty !n fitting
one for the great man's occupancy during
the Episcopal convention there. The only
house that could be procured required dec
orating throughout, and fresro artists were
employed to re-cover every wall; new rugs
w«»re laid, new furniture was bought, an
addition to the house was built, ami two
complete bathrooms were Installed.
At Dalvay the task was not so serious
Still. Sherry found it necessary to provide
a complete equipment of lineiis. silver ner
vicf.. kitchen utensils and tablewar- Sp*^
cial stationery properly monogrammwi with
"J. P M." and inscribed "Dalva
made for th*» occasion.
Sherry surveyed the completed household
and thought he had met every require
ment, but experience with his multi-mill
ionaire employer jolted him and he de
tected an oversight. No provision had been
made for music. He communicated with
the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and
by stealing Millet'? famous palnfir.z. "The
Shepherd and His Flock." from Oold^n Oar~ |
Park Mu«»utn. was sentenced this week to
two years in state prison. Knnze. when
the police found the painting: In Mi room,
i declared he had become so (wiamourwl <■>* j
I it that he felt he mTist have It In Ms pos
j session as a stimulus to art work. Several
i charitable women aided him and he was
! released on probation. T.asr week he fell
from grace by th» larceny of carpenter'?*
tools. His friends urged that genius often
lacked the common virtues, but the Judge
I held that art and honesty were not inconi
i patible. m
Mr?. Pmith Hotting Mel-; formerly of
j New York and Newport, who recently ob-
I rained a divorce at Reno. »v.. has r»
| turned from a vacation in the Orient. It
is reported here that she will marry Ray
; Baker, a prominent young Reno attorney
, and capitalist, but she refuses to discuss
her matrimonial plans.
The demand for new and well finished
apartment houses was shown when a five
story concrete building In Leavenworth
; street, near natter street, was leased this
week at the high rental of S3 a month a
; room.
Eleven motor cars entered the endurance
run early this week from San Francisco
to Lake Tahoe and return, and nine of
' them made the trip within the specified
time. The only cars that failed were ■
I gasolene car and a steamer, both of which
If Greece yields This Toirtt yoxing Utir^s
Will Find Some Other Vretejef.
Says Ejc- Attache.
j through the weakness of former Sultans,
it would have a claim on the good will of
; all the Moslem population of the empire
1 which would sro far to consolidate its tot
tering rule.
For thus far the Young Turks have dis
appointed everybody, both at home and
' abroad. They have abolished many old
abuses, but have created in their place as
many new ones: while for the tyranny of
the Hamidian regime they have substituted
a despotism quite as cruel of their own.
i Indeed. if is on! by I war without that
■ they can save themselves from a revolu
tion within the borders of the empire. Ac
i cordingly, they have aaasSad a policy of
the most intolerable provocation toward
the. Greek?.
Initiated by the government, a boycott
has been organized throughout Turkey
against Greek commerce. The Greek clergy
and the Greek merchants at Constanti
nople and in other Turkish cities and towns
i have been deprived of privileges and pre
'■ rogatives which they have enjoyed for hun
! dreds of years, and that were not even
j taken from them at the time of the Greek
j war of Independence, near a century ago.
Huge bodies of Turkish troops are being
massed on the frontier, where, bands of
Turkish irregulars are making constant
raids into Greek territory for purposes or
rapine, plunder and destruction.
King George's envoy at Constantinople
has been subjected to so much contumely
! by the members of the Turkish government
! as to render diplomatic Intercourse a mat
ter of virtual impossibility. And, as a
climax to all this. Turkey now threatens
that In the event of Venezelo, who haa been
elected to the Assembly by a number of
i constituencies in Greece and who la un
doubtedly the one. strong man In the king
dom, its only statesman and the master of
the situation, being intrusted with the
premiership, or even with a ministerial
portfolio, it will regard his nomination «-■«
a casus belli.
For although Venezelo is a Greek by
birth and origin, belonging to one of the
oldest families of Athens, yet he has until
! quite recently made his home in Crete,
where he distinguished himself as the most
vigorous adversary of everything Turkish
ami a- the champion of the annexation of
i the Island to Greece. The Porte claims htm
!as a rebellious subject of Its own. Greece,
| on the other hand. Insists that he is a son
I of her soil, and there the matter rests.
On Vrnezelo's appointment to office by
popular acclaim in Greece— he is a man
who hi regarded by the great powers as the
! only man in the country peaataaad of the
J Ideas of constructive statesmanship neces
sary to cope with the legislative and ad
ministrative chaos in Greece— Turkey will
declare war. If Greece yields. Turkey will
the detail was arranged. An orstanist to
play the costly pipe organ that is a fixrare
of the, McDonald house, a 'cellist and *
violinist were, engaged and directed to re
main in constant attendance.
On a special car on which he transported
a few choice plant 3 and other Incidentals
Pherry carried many of the delicacies neces
sary for the elaborate feasts to mark Mr.
Morgan's visit. But foodstuffs are a com
paratively small item of IBS financier life,
according to the caterer. He estimated
that the housekeeping expenses of Dnl
vay should not amount to more than fl3>
a day. because of Mr. Morgan's simple;
tastes.
"Wealthy people are far more simple; tn.
their tastes than they ire generally be
lieved to be;."* he explained. "Mr. Monfan.
for Instance, cares only for the. simplest
and plainest of food. It Isn't the food, bat
'he accessories that make dinners expen
sive. A good dinner anywhere can b«
procured for $20. That includes necessary
wines. But the lowest price- at which one
can property decorate a table as Mr. Mor
gan's is ordinarily decorated when we have)
a few quests Is JK> a plate.**
Sherry sent his h^ail waiter and French
chpf to Dalvay to see to it that Mr. Mor
gan should dine well.
• Mr. Morgan arrived in Cincinnati on a,
special train that cost him O.2tt>. Tore*
automobiles had been s»nt ahead of him.
< Two of these were for the use of tbe> sec
1 retaries and valet who accompany him on.
trips and the> third was the personal con
\ veyance he uses when at home. But its
soft cushions wera as adamant compared
with the bed. that had boas placed at h«»
' disposal . at Dalvay. It is a Louis XV
I creation with a canopy of rose pink dam
; ask. The bed hi in a rose pink room which
I Sherry ha« said hi as f!n» a bedroom *»
the financier has ever b<*«*n ab'« to obtain.
i The- room is hung with as pink tapestry
; and includes in Ita costly oration* tinea
gilt cabinets, each filled with anttiu" Jew
city and rare bric-a-brac. It is the state)
guest room of Dalvay, and many notable
i guest- of its late owner have f«ieot there.
In this mann-r Mr. Morgan lives wftil«
j attending the conventions of the Church
I which is hi 3 choice.
EIUIKP. p. FRIE3.
>f--ad an 'inu^tTfit run of bad lurk. Th* —— .
who wnt on th» run der?ar«» It a great
scenic trip. aw= th** road s;o»3 alon^ th* tin*
of the old Centra! Pacific Railroad, and the
views from Truckee over the summit and
i down into the Sacramento Valley ar»
j amor | the g'anlest In the world.
; x«*v«>r before baa there be*n so much ao
j tlvtty in tfte oil Heida or Canfornta. m tn©
t new Kern Rfver fl«*'d th* stippl7 of
i casinsr to nil borin? demnnrt3 js inadequate,
i and the development of thts new dISUML
will be retarded on this account. Un«
new w«»ll— th» f .ak<» Shor«». tn M i^>st Hlil>
rection of th" district— is p'impir.c "•» bar
rels of fine rrrjfit? oil dally.
"
Th» c»lery crop on the de't* lir.rts treat
!of Stockton now heir.:? harvested is e*ti
! mated at thr»» hundred carloads. Only
j within two years has celery been grown on
! a large scale on the islands of Seat Jeesjata
! Valley. Thl* land i~ rich black pear, of «n
knrtrn depth and apparently inescauatlbi
! fertility. It is o n such lands that colonies
• from Europe are b*>tng settle*!. Ten acr»3
are sufficient to m.-iinrain a lar;e family.
The embezzlement of s^>.nro hy Wilson K.
i ETvans. assistant payinsr teller of tne> Farra
j ers and Mercnants" National Bank, of l»a
Angeles, amazed h!3 '-•rd?. aa the youn^
| man was of s:oo<i habit 3. He nTiiaaiiiij
' lost nearly the erttr» rim fn stock sarr>
[ bßns. as he took COX) only the day before
|he Bad to Mexico. The bank officials bat!
j decided to raise his salary because of tta
merely invoke some father pretext far ■>
conflict, for the present trov-rnment at
Stamboul is bent, through motives of self
preservation, upon an immediate war with
the Greeks.
Alone the latter has a* ananaa whatew<»r
against the German-trained, splendidly
armed, and perfectly disciplined troops of
the Sultan. Th*> Greek army and navy
of to-day are in a still mow lanwntaM*
condition than ar The time of their last
trial of strength with the Turks. Thar* hi
no organization, no discipline— officers ♦>
not salute one another, or soldiers tbetr
commanders, in the streets of Athena
ordnance and small arms ar«» antiquated.
while the ommisariat and supply depart
ment exist merely upon paper.
Both Greece and Turkey know full w«»n
that Germany and Austria will decline to
Intervene In behalf of the former. Indeed.
it is Germany that has furnished th« arms.
the. munitions, the men-of-war. «vwi even
the training, that are to be used against
Onega. But at Athens Bocae hopes ar«
entertained that Bulgaria, which baa lons
been spoiling for a tight with Turkey, will
create a diversion upon the Ottoman bor
drr v probably invading Macedonia with her
magnificent army. Bulgaria would proi>
ab!y carry with her in that case both Ser
via and Montenegro.
Rumania, according to the latest author
itative advices from Europe, to bountl by
some kind of a secret convention into an of
fensive and defensive alliance with Turkrr
—a convention recently concluded thrcush
the agency of Austria and Germany. That
would bring Rumania into the oaM
against Bulgaria: and Rumania has for
many y^ar* hi-^n an acknowledged party to>
the Triplf Alliance, which would thus be
drawn into the conflagration. That Great
Britain. Prince anil Russia can afford to
remain ln<llfferrnt to this eruption of that
universally <!r»*a'!ed volcano, known for a
hundred yara a* the blastern Vjuestion. 13
not for one moment to he b*-ltev<»i!, and tht>
next two or three weeks will determine
whether or not a European conflagration,
without parallel since the Napoleonic wars
at the beginning of the nlneteenrh century,
will break out. affecting the great colonial
dependencies ■•■ the powers concerned in
the Atlantic. In the Pacinc. la Asia. In
Africa, and In North and South America:
a conflict from the embers of which, after
all is* over, the United States, if it holds
aloof, may pick the chestnut?.
EX- ATTACHE.
WISE ROSALIND!
...
Reginald— Darling. I s»e by the papers
that a food expert says that it ti possible
for a family to live m Si a week. Do you
think it ponslble?
Rusalind— No. dearest, but I'll be a elai «r
to you!— Cleveland Leader.
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