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THE SUN, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 1912.
STRONG DEFENCES ON
'iirl.Mi r.nKcrios I'ronomu'cd
CiipMltli' f Uopplling
I (ii I in n Fleet.
YO LINK THK CHANNEL
liili.i.iit.in.s l.oiivins- Syria and
I'lilolini on A rcoiin I of
the War.
Romp May a -It is reported Hint tho
i,l;in (nvnp.it Ion or the island of As
r ipili i in the .llgean Se.i, which will lie,
the n.n.il base for futiirn ojicrations
.V,unt Turkey, wan suggested by tho
kmc. who when Prince or Naples ortcn
in (v.d on his yacht In the lower Mediler
;,in .n and visited the island, which struck
1 im is lwing an ideal place for a naval
,,i,n s a matter of fact tho actual
occupation of Astropalla was not noces.
siry. .i the Italian fleet in the .Kgean wan
.u'enmpanied liy several subsidiary ships
which lurnished the licet with supplies,
kicIi as fresh provisions and water.
Mio entile fleet assembled at night in
en "f tho natural porlH of Astropaliu
where the supply ships and colliers were
awaiting its arrival and after provisional
and coal had been taken on board naval j
. per.itlens were begun. The small Turk
ish garrison at Astropalia fled to the
lii!i, while tho inhabitants of the island
remained missive. Tho island was Used
a a naval Uiseeven heroro itsocctivition,
ami a detachment of bluejackets was
l.md'sl, not so much to take possession
of the place but In order to establish
signal stations.
JiM as in tho case of Astropalia, tho
Italian warships have heretoforo made use
nf the Hay of Mudros in the island of
l.cnmos. which is less than thirty miles
fieni the entrance to tho Dardanelles.
S'nctly speaking as most of tho Turkish
ifhud.s in th .Kgean are not fortitied
Italy can make use of them without the
necessity of occupying them, and this
tplains why. althoiiRh tho Italian fleet
n ay lo assembled in a Turkish harbor,
tlie report of its occupation is denied.
Th Italians, it is well understood here,
will find any attempt toexchango compll-1
inents with the fortifications commanding
the Dardanelles a pastime very different (
frrm that of shelling the obsolete defences
of Tripoli. It is trim that tho armament
nf the Dardanelles is not up to the standard
! tho shore -defences -let us siy .
Rorkutn. N'evertheless since Maliniotid
hefket P.isha Iwcame military dietutor
m Constantinople some very serviceable
mnJarn artillery has leen mounted in
the Kntterie..
It is understood that the outer- that is,
the Mediterranean batteries are quite
capable of replying to any lire that the
Italian fleet can bring against them,
while the inner batteries a long the narrow
channel, ex en if moderately served, are
quite sufficient to sink the largest battle
Vlp Ten year- ago. when Lord ( harles
l!oreford was asked In London if he
thnuuh' thai it would be possible for the
British fleet to force the Dardanelles he
replied in the afllrmative. but reckoned j
he con at .Vi percent of the ships making
he attempt, and in those days the de-.
f.inees were not what tliev are now
lVr th" last six months Torgut Shefket
Pasha has beep in command or the Darda
nelles zone. Ho Is nn officer of great
energy and military perspicacity. He has
mounted all the available naval guns that
wero not required for th" fleet, and has
adopted all the modern guns and range
Inding appliances that have been supplied
It Krupp since inns ( therefore
r'obnble that if the Italian fleet were to
((erupt the passage the admiral would
'ive t.i count upon the sacrifice of at least
two-thirds of Ills vessels The Darda
nelles and th" Bosporus nre really the
Vers to the Turkish Kmpire and nothing
has rfen neglect ed in recent days to make
therii impregnable
ltucinn fleet threatening the Mos
piru woulil find almost as grave a task
n the Italians at tho other extremity of
lb" Sea of Marmora. The Bosporus has
a length of nineteen miles and in places is
erlr;;) yards in width,
l's modern defences consist of forts
In' the most part constructed between
tbn'lagenf Huyukdere (on the Luropean
"iat and between Heikos (on the Asiatic
'! and the lllaek Sea. With the o.i
"! m ef one important fortress near
Hf' . which owing to its position near
h rml'.Un rliT iroifles a good target,
the forts are well hidden from a fleet
anrr .nrhmg from the Hlack Sea.
I he h irdnnelles channel is thirty
three miles long and Hh breadth varies
frnrn 1 TiO yards to four or five miles,
l.n -I a nt all points well within range of
mrwjrrn guns.
T'.n torts on the Kurofcan ccisl nro on
the ing, nut row tongue of land known
'i the Peninsula or fiullipoli, A group or
ted",' lo tho northeast or Mailos lie
wni" or above the narrowest part of
He s'r , itn These fortH are capable of
'! 'erni; their lire illrcctly across the
I he forts In tho rear or Kllld Hahr
r'lir l the pinst strongly protected por
t or f i," straits, Hero the shore liter
'. -ies with reloubls, some hidden
ri'ione tin. nees which crown the hills,
' 'tier ,ne ilntted about right down
t Pi.
I "It r
w,,iei h edge. One of tho most
it t (,t these, known as Iho Tekkrt
os iu gieit strength partly lol
'" t which makes its flro morn
' 'i 1 uhich makes it a morn dim-
'ei lor iho guns of ships fmssing
ii.nne
1 ire ,d-o forts situated near the
t i mie lo tlie Dardanelles, which
i Med hv lli" Italian fleot on April
ttimh lorm a sort of advance
i
wei .
I ,-,
tii d t the main dofetices of tho straits.
- 1 "h" Asi.itio coast is concerned
" is . .. (1 hv moilern derences, for the
' 'i' constructed near tho water's
If l- 'ii the case of tho Kurofioau
i f theo forts uro sllilutod
i mows and the town of ('ha
' ire just U'low that town, while
" ii'-ar the inoutli of the channel,
II. make I he stl'i'itH a well nigh
tMal unileitakliu;, bill com
' ' uio heed is given lo tlmsUri
' ' unties thickly sown along
l"" 1 S'av.il autliorilles ulTecl lo
' i a good deal us a bugaboo,
' ' ni,inicr like Dewey, they
' n.o the chalice of by far the
U.rof liissliips escaping them
HEAD OF BRITISH
Frnm tttulntlnl Lnmlnn .Yrirj,
liird Mersey, who is conducting the
Hrltiih Invest lent Ion into the circum
stances attending tho loss of the White
Stur liner Titanic, was selected to preside,
over the conn of inquiry licoauso he was
considered tho man lest fitted for the
It is not believed, however, that the
Italian (lovernment has ever really con
templated the sacrillce of men and ships
necessary to this exploit, which in the
long run could have no material advan
tages. Tho fact is the demonstration
against the Dardanelles is far more
political than military. I lie purpose
was to fotce the Turks to liltH-kado their
own waterways, thus causing infinite'
annoyance to Hussia, making the war'
indeed intolerable to Kuropo and thus
coercing the Pov. ers into bringing pressure
to bear on the I'orto to come to terms. 1
The present Mate of Palestine and
Syria has one noticeable result. 'Ihou-1
Kinds of people are emigrating, especially
to North and South America I
Kvery Manner issing through the
Levant is besieged by emigrants wanting
passage.
Die majority are young men
who are escaping from military service,
but many are travelling with their wives
and even children. .. .
A certain number of uncstimable
Levantines make a very good tiling
out of these poor emigrants, buying their
tickets for them, charging them con
siderably in excess of the fare asked
by the company and cketing the hand
some difference themselves. At Mar-
seilles, too, if the emigrants purchase
clothes or other articles theo shark"
get too per cent piotit on whatever they
buy.
In Palestine some of the Christian
villages are being depleted of their mail-
population As an instance, in llethle-
hem im ier cent of the young men have
emigrated, mostly to America, leaving .
the girls liehind with no one to marry
them
The Futurists, through the mouth of
M. Marinetti, have just published their
views on the contest. Their exptessions t
haveall the appropriate vigor They say 1
"We Futurists, who for two years,.
braving the hisses of, th Ooiity and the
Paralytic, have clorilliil the love of chance
and violence, militarism, patriotism,
war, the soi hygiene of the world, the
on" moral educator, are happy now to
live in this great Futurist hour of Italy,
while the unspeakable race of pacifists.
now buried in the deep cellars or their
ridiculous Hague Palace, suffer agonyt
Italy now appears to us only in the power
ful shape of a beautiful Dreadnought
so speiled with a squadron of torpedo
destroyers.
"Proud or reeling that at last the belli
cose fervor of the nation equals that
which has always beep ours, we invite
the Italian (lovernment, become Futur
ist, to immensiry all the national ambi
tions, to treat with contempt all the
stupid charges of p'raey and to ptoclalin
the birth of Pan-ltuliutiism. Futurist
poets, painters, sculptors and musicians
of Italy, until the war is over, abandon
verses, brushes, chisels and orchestras'
They have commenced, the red holidays
of genius!
"To-day we can admire nothing except
the formidable symphonies of shrapnel
and the mad sculpture. which our in
spired artillery carves with the shots
of the machine guns in the masses of the
enemy."
Of course M. Marinetti Is neither carv
ing nor being carved. He Is in Loudon,
but his utterances arouse great enthusi
asm here in circles wherein the war is still
popular.
TITANIC INQUIRY.
post. He became a .llldge of the High
Court in imi7, and in won-iti was president
of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty
Division. In Win he received his present
title llivnindi beini: created a llaion of
tlie United Kingdom. He has served as
a member of rarliument.
F
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0j( oi'OSS Asia llllll Kltl'Ope
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s:! I.odi).
Paris, May 3. -Plans for the uero
plano flight from Pekin to Paris which
the Matm has propoetl are reaching a
definite form.
Tho first point to settle was the season
of tlie year when the rain and wind would
least interfere with tho competitors
Meteorological reports from Hiissiu and
Siberia show that in September the rainy
season is over and the nverago rate of
the wind is not too great. Therefore
the start; may be mad" in September
next.
The route suggested by Prince Scipio'own bonds in-lead of borrowing ubioad?
Borgheso and Cannier, based on the j Wool I you do so when the current rate
experience gamed in the automobile J at home is '.M per cent on th" best of
race, will lie adopted It crosses the
(iobi desert to Lake Baikal The desert
is believed to offer the best rout" lo
Siberia, as its surface is excellent for
landing, it is traversal by frequent oaru-
rans, and a teigr,iph line with stations
every 13" miles will bo Useful as a guide
Competitors leaving Pekui about Sep.
tember I would pass Kalg.m and
1'rgi. and cro-s th" Baikal Like to
Irkutsk. To teach 'lomsk an immense
forest will have to h passed round
Thence the aviitors will go to Omsk and
Kazan.
When the I'ral mountains at" crossed
the old slave road will be followed 'o
Niirii Novgorod, ns the trans-Siberian
rouie is unpiaciicaiee owing io ihms
and forests lletwi-en Warsaw and
Moscow there are woods, valleys and
bills. Stopping places hi Ltiropo will
1 ho Vienna, 'I riesle, (ienoa, U'ignon lititl
Lyons
I A start will be mad" if five aviators,
i
refunded to each one who actually starts
from Pekin 'Ih" fees of non-starters
nitl til" 1 IUMI OIIII'V 1S. llli'll Will lit
I will be milled to the j-ii.ikhi oflered by the
Mnlin. 'I wo pilots can accompany each
machine, and one may abandon the race
without disqualifying the apparatus.
ITALY'S NAVAL
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VAST RICHES IN CHINA
YET TO BE DEVELOPED
Business Opportunities That
Await Americans in tlie
K.i st.
COST OK PLACING MOODS
.Miiilc of Living nnil Kxpunsos
of I'oreitruers in Chinese
Cities.
By WARNER M. VAN NORDEN.
Of China's natural resources tlie half
has never been (old. Ono is constantly J
ama.ed when travelling through the
interior at the great wealth which is
J lying untouched on tho rvifui3 of th"
ground,
Tli" policy of th Ani'ricvi (tavorn
nicitt in tlie I'-ist bus h"en most enlightened
and is deeply appreciated by the Chile's"
especially. lively ono stands am ized th it
Ih" American business men have not t ik"ii
advantage of their splendid opportunities.
Our h itikr have b-conu Interested in
the building of China's railways, it is true,
but I lieie are trolleys and telephones and
water works to lie Imllt in every province.
And the greatest opening of nil is hu
almost unlimited niirket for mechanical
Utensils of all kinds, such as sewing mi-chine-,
fanning tools, scales, laundry
machinery and printing press?.
"Rut tho Chinese are so poor. howe:iu
I hey afford to buy sewing machines''"
you say.
They are not so poor as they are some
limes represented to b?. Of course in
congested sections of the country, in great
cities and where floods and p-s's destroy
the crops, there is tre'tuently distressing
poverty and hunger and death. Hut tho
great masses of tho people are comfort
able, happv. wid" awake farmers, who
have ample for the wants of their families
! and who have good credit with their
( relatives and tlie local hanker.
Then coni"s the snrill landlord, who
way own hair a dozen tiny fann. each of
, which contrihute-i to his yeirly inuoni)
i sufficient so that he dos no work himself
1 and lavs hv a tidy sum each year. Next
we have tlie merchant class, which for
thrift and saving can only h compared
with the shopkeepers of I'rano.
Compr.ulores form a sp ci"s of hunkers,
who finance as a rule one firm only.
Nearly all foreign houses, even tip grett
steamship and hanking linn-1, employ
them. One tiny judge of their pro'its
and re-oiir-es when we rem mb." that
one failed l,it ye ir in Sh ingh ii for 5j.hu J.-
ten (gold). Iligli ollici i s a-plertv were
able to purchase their )-ittons under the
old regimat $"iV1tofl."'l,i))each.
Thep. are a score or bankers who hiil
rrom Shansi. domg business all over
empire, who are easily worth SP.mi.oini.o m
ear-h. One or them recently paid his
lawyers over SI.'Mi.O'f) for defending
him in a single I . i s -1 1 i t And finally
we hear that Li Hung Chang's estate
was worth lim.ino.iKH
Why do not the Chinese take their
securilv, and von could not trust your
on ii (iovernineiit that wante 1 the money?
Convince any one of lu.o i i.o-it Chinese
that a se.ving machine or a thresher or
any other device will save him a few
dollar a week over his present methods
anil you may b" sine he will be able to
produce tlie price within ten minutes.
What are the o.xpcn-o of placing goods
in China? This is a que-tiou which will
confiont many American bu-ine-s houes
during III" next few years. There are
plenty of adventitious spints who would
enjoy a trip to th" Orient an I itiiivb" a
couple of yeais of dissipation in the China
poits, with all expenses paid, but efliixjent
men ar" not anxious lo null up and go
, so tar tioiu Home te-s. l-or tills reason
salaries me from ,V) pr cent lo tin per
ent. higher than at Irene. Kurusjun
clerks may be hid at a lower rate and
th-y are oxtronelv clever bookkeepers
(lood managers are worth their weight
p, KOd. eqiocially those who can speak
;1 IM . .'IK....... .....1 1 ..mo II...
'""' ' iiiii"-'- iiiiii , ii-, nuifM in" i ipiiii
, try air! the manners and customs of the
Chinese.
All foreign hotels hiv run on llr Vnori
can plan, tueils and service include i in
tli" price of th" rooms. Th" chirgt-.
vary fro'ii to 5"i a day. For lho-e who
OPERATIONS
prefer their own upartments oulsido, a
special rate for board alone is made at
$31 a mouth. (All prices quoted In this
articlo arts oouwrtcl into American
dollars). Ap:irlnicnts for bachelors rent
for J25 to J5') a month, and a "boy" tuny
be hired at from $7 to Sill u mouth.
Should tho manager of 11 largo firm,
having his family with him, desire a
house he must pay $l!o to S'.'O'i a month.
Cooks leceive from Sin to $15, table boys
from $7 to $Hi and coolies from $1 to id.
It is impossible to airango with less than
four servants, as the Chinese love to spe
cialize. No women, urn employed ns
household servants. The nurses, called
"amuhs," receive from SI to So a month.
In the Interior wages aro not more
than half us much as tit tho ports, but
everywhere tho siituo system of "squeeze"
prevails. All the. supplies must lo or
dered through Iho cook, who receive
in per cent, of tho purchase price from
i in tiwif iit i t ti iirttit ltti niiunM i nil i
.... . i
your "boy receives the same percentage
from the tailor, bootmaker, Ac.
'I ho prices for supplies vary according
do one's station in lil'u. Meuts and vege
tables cost the head bookkeeper so much
more tlnn this cleric, and tho manager
must pay in prop rtlon. Agiin, fre
quently during time of business de
pression or in cases or reduction or salary
the facts aro ascertained by the servants
and cominimic.ited to (lie market men,
whereupon one liuds his bills materially
reduced.
Some of the bachelors Ihrl it easier to
board with their cooks. They pay so
much a week, witli an understanding
lis to tlie style of .meals which shall be
maintained, one proviso being that no
dish shall be served tlie second time and
that there shall be no hashes or mixed
dishes. Often in such cases two or moro
ooks work together. Tor instance,
the muster of one establishment eats
only half a cuicken tn-day, the oth"r
half appearing on his neighbor's table
tlie next day, A-c.
I have not mentioned travelling ex
penses. Tne iiiilways and foreign owned
steamers charge slightly more than in
Anmrica for the same accommodation.
The native oonvov.inc".s. however, are
extremely cheap. It is in fact far cheaper
to travel In the interior than to remain
at tlie ports.
Native boats, witli three men, command
75 cents a day. Ca-ry coolies charge
from keTen to 'fifteen cents each. Ill
fJio north, where they have roads, earls
cost from .Mi to 7.'i cents a day. Wheel
barrows in Shantung may b" hired lor
1'i cents, and chairs, borne y four coolies,
from .VI to tl'J cents a tlav.
All China swarms with game. 1 have
never seen such l.wge flocks of gew-e and
black dick and such an abundance of
pheasants Deer and roebuck are plenti-
fill in many of the provinces, pot to speak
of tigers and wolves rreqiiontly a brac
of ptie.is.mt may be purchased for :t
i cents, a wild pigeon for 1 cent, a wild)
goose for -U cents jpid a duck for h .
, cents.
Of other supplies the following prices '
.were quoted in Hankow last fall; Heef
' steak. I cents a pound. All cuts are the
Hie llr-t comer has Hi" first
,.)loico' Veal. 7 cents a pound. Mutton,
scents Ox liver, t cents Spring chickens,
cents. I'owl. 7 cents. Kggs, e cents
'""' , ' nvn i.ougm mem in tne in-
'tishare sold aiaYmntsa pound.
potatoes are I cent a pound Onions, a
cents; cauliflower. I'.' cimiIs each: cab-
liage, I cents; string beans, Irentsii pound;
cel-ry. 3 cents u hunch, anil parsnips,
2 cents a bunch. Bananas cost cents
for ten American apples are II cents
each! Lemons are I cents each and prunes
I cents a pound
Kverytliing which has to be imported
is nigh" priced, tin good-, clothing, Ac
Taking everything into coisid"ration
I should estimate mat living at the ports
of China cots about two. thirds as much
las in u small city of America and thtee
ouurters as much as on th" Continent
In tlie Interior one may live for two-thirds
us much as u,t th" poi ts
PROFITS AT MONTE CARLO.
lilt lllenils Still nl III
loitiiln'C llrlter
IVr Cent.,
Pulil.
Paiiis, May I Th" annual statement
issued to the stockholders ill the company
that runs Mont" Carlo shows that the
receipts for Itllt wete (Hnu.onu ill excess
of those of nun, but no increase in divi- aro characteristic of her. In the photo
(lends was possible.as Iho.'l.ooo employees '
have received all inciease of J1 each
a month Dividends are at the rate of
tit per cent, a j ear They were tlie same
last year and IW per cent the year before.
In ill" balance sheet of the company
the assets include the concession for
gambling until IIIKI. valued at tl.'-'oo.noo, 1
j and the prolongation of this privilege
to in is, valued ut t-i,!i'.ii, anil buildings
wortli about fl.wn.tKio
One result of tin recent agitation among
the employees is seen in the pension fund,
which is t.Hio,lvi,as compared with Jio.nm
last year. 'I lie shares are quoted at
fp 1 . 1 1
IN THE EGEAN
-i,t- .s vjjrn'-;;.v
ORIENT IN LONDON.
(lueer Isllnrs nml (liieer Cnnlrnsfa
n( the Went ttiitln nark.
Ijh.niio.v, May 1. There were strati go
contnusts or Wost and Kust down at the
Strangers' Homo for Asiatics In'ho Wost
India Dock ono day recently.
On the steps of the building, than which
there Is none in London less Oriental,
half a score Lascars In foas and blue over-i
alls ubpvo the dirty gayoty of their cot-
tons were basking in the nun, whilo In
their usual lounging room Sir Walter
Laurence, Lord Ampthlll and other friends
of Kast Indians wen; addressing a very
prim Western meeting.
It was tho annual meeting of tho homo,
tho only largo official homo for Asiatics
In Ktiglund. It is placed in tho midst
of tho wild, floating population of F-iHt
n.ni lP J? lnd h.ilf their vagrant
iiviw ni iiki inn nn kh. tiiificiKiin inn
if-
homo there is n twisty street full of Chi-1
nose.
While the speaking was going on a
crew of U'lscurs waiting for a ship was
happy out In tho girden playing cards.
Apirl from the Lascars were a few Sikhs
anda Ccylonese,
Ml sorts of destlluto Orientals have
found their way to tills haven -the simple with (.eorge . are well uwure or the cire
countryman who catiio over to see the . lie takw not to identify Iilinseir with ll
King and tell him about tho piece of tics in any way. uml this was one of the
land ho and his follow villagers wanted '- Iwwons that tho late King Instilled
lo buy. a prophet who lelived himself I ll'to him when he became heir apparent,
to have drawn water rrom all tho wells ' Instructions were given to Lord Stanford
of truth and was anxious to givo lorth , I""". t" MnK privute secretary, to dm
the same to all who would listen. They i wivcr the authors of what tho King re
go back to their own peoplo and tell B"'' "? absolute outruRC.
gratcrully or tho great dak bungalow
in tho West India road, whore n man may
QUEEN OF SPAIN
Tlioto by Urrlerwool A t'micrwooj, N. Y.
It is perhaps as a mother that Queen
Victoria of Spain lias mad" tho decest ,
impression on her adopted people, and
pictures showing her dti her children
" -
eat and sleep and lxi s.ife from the ways
of evil men.
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GIFTS TO PEACE PALACE.
neeornll.ms foiilrllnilrd b the
Inns l I lie
?5?PiiSsjs- -yflrfc0CsM ir rfflHrfflHr
hi Jij j sJTr '9IBHiiflB"y'HK VV .'""ssw
I'dlllce nt The llaitnr. jtod st.ae. is reviving interest in its at
m ... i i, iiniu.'tr'll'ion' "Id timers have cited the
AMsi KntuM,
ii.i, ..".j .. .... ..... ........
or Peace at Tho Hague Holland itseir 1 " , ' ' ,'" V A ic i . , i 7
. , , , . ... , i i ,i,n . "Streets or the Work ," once famous but
has piovided the grounds anil in uddi- , .... . -i. .
, i , ii.. ,,, .,,., i now forgott(n, in testimony to the state-
t ion seven pa n ed tablets for the iimlii J '
' . ,. ,, ,., ,, i ness of its leading thoroughraro. Suh
staircase and lour pa nt ngs for tlie,, ,, , ... ? , . ..
. , 1 in a "Hells or Shandon vein reviewed all
assemoi) loom. , streets lie had promenaded from
I he door of bronze and iron comes from I . .. '
JF -
ii i ...1:1 -- i i ir, r...l,,,T ( (Pftl I I iii-iiis-(. hi i inuuiiiii w.
1 Kill's iiiiiuilll in irpu I
s
I'tieriii.uiy a monutnental entry gate for
."I a i ... a . ii.,....i.. ...... ..in,. p.
the park. Italy marbl". Switzerland a
marvelloiis clocK, tuid i uraey a
curot.
Norway mid Swedui supply the
'granite, Denmark' a fountain for tlie
i courtyard, the United Slates a monument
i ror the terrace. From China come four
costly vases. Japan's oontributio n is
some wonderfully worked wall hangings.
Russia, the Argentine, Chile, Austria and
Hungary are also represented.
It Snjiaosted Tlint He U's n
Opponent of Irish
Home Rule.
ATTRACTIONS OK DUBLIN
Ambassador Hold's Tribute to
tlie Memory of tlie Kate
.histiu McCarthy.
London, May 2. King (Jeorgo ex-
pressed groat indignation whn he aw a
picture postcard, which hus been circu
lated hero recently, showing him between
Ikiiiur Law and Sir L'dward Canton and
representing him by inference us a sup
porter of C'lster's protest aguuist home
rule. "
Those who are brought into contact
r,u':u
time ago against his numo being brought
AND HER CHILD,
graph reproduced here she is seen with
her youngest baby, the Infanta Maria
Cri-lina. She is sitting on a terrace just
outside hersitting room in the royal palace
at Madrid.
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into tho homo rule question, and an
'understanding was arrived at between
j the occupants of the front benches of the
, lioiisej of Parliament that he should be
i utterly lelt out or Ihe controversy
The prospect that- Dublin may become
once again a capital citv. even on a lim-
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ville street. Dublin, as it stretches from
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It is a street of vast width, lined with
line business houses and public buildings,
und in its centre the great column dedi
cated to Nelson's memory rises. On the
other si(le or the river, Westmoreland
street, with the old Parliament Buildings
and'Trinily College ut its extremity, pro
longs tho vista.
".ctimlly,".Huys Uie.U'hMl,'rr(('ifHe
"Dublin is one of the finest, oilios in the
empire, and its public buildings are sec
ond to none. Two very different men
have united in its praise, (loldwin Smith
said that Pho'tiix Park was the most beau
tiful of all the parks ho had seen, and Gre
ville, even more enthusiastic wrote: 'I
am greatly struck by the fineness, of the
town of Dublin and of its public buildings
especially; Dublin is for its size a finer city
than Loudon, and I think they U'at us
hollow In Iheir public buildings., .We have
no such square us Merrlou Square, nor such
a street us s'ackvllle street.'"
Scarcely more 1 him fifty people attended
the funeral of Justin McCarthy at Hamp
stead. They were almost all members of
Ihe Irish Parliamentary party. There
were no Lilsral members present except
T. W, Hussell and William Jones. Mr.
Healy and William O'llrien were not
there, Tie simple burial service was soon
finished. Then .one .after another the
Irish leaders, John Itcdinond, Mr. Dillon
and half a dozen others, stepped forward
to the graveside to bid farewell to their
old comrade and sometime chief,
Among the wreaths was a large harp of
white lilies and orchids from the Irish Par
liamentary, party. A inagniflcenti'wreath
bore on its card; "The American Ambawa
dor," not. lie it noted, "Mr,Whlto.lawRetd.
go that it was presumably an official
tribute on behalf of the American nation.
Thr Ktnturk; f'ardlaili.
FTetn tlf rtairnrllle Clnnon,
nrdldrcto. Uimwn technically Kentucky
onllmil. were never Whom ii to lie mi plentiful it
this prim, unit It Ii nn unusual Ihltig lo er fs(t
f ien in nf leen al nne time. Iei rtofote Ihe r hva
j been wen only In iilr. a male and a female .. TH
1 .i ly made up his mind to get
. ' ning distance of Couatunll-
Rill l DVaUUIUI WIIU "I wm a
toltg ti mm brewsUb Um
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