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TUR COI.ONBI.'S DKX1AL.
in Germany or Russia, when tho
Emperor or Czar wishes to communi?
cate with his loyal subjects, the "lh
aplrod" editorial in a sothi-oRictal
newspaper Is tin usual method cm
ployed. That was tin. way in which
Germany's War Lord publicly but in- ,
directly spanked the Crown Prince for
his little outbreak of jingoism. The
simple citizens of these United States
looked on and smiled at the self-con- :
ttcioumess that forbids .1 King to :
speak his mind openly and fully. But
tue simple cltU.cn laughed too soon,
not knowing thai our uncrowned Kins;
would speak tu his people by giving
his confidences to the Philadelphia
North American. We had not known
that the simple, plnln, stralghtfor- j
wardness of the older democracy was j
gone. We still supposed the days
were here when even a President could ,
r-peak to his fellow-citizens directly j
and unreservedly without need of any
circumventions or Inspired articles.
After all, what do these "confidences"
? mount to? Nothins?except that
'?Colonel Roosevelt will ,-,ot support j
any man for the nomination in 1912, |
neither Taft nor any one els?." That |
is positive and us clear and sl'.arp as a [
rlflo shot. That is how the Inspired
[article puts it. "Colonel Roosevelt"
will not support "Tuft." So wide !s |
Hie gulf between the "Colonel" und I
iintitle? citizen Taft. But the Col
uncl's confidences may be sea'rcheJ in
vain tor any definite statement as to
his own attitude towards the notnlnu
? ion In 1912. True the statement de?
clares that "Colonel Roosevelt was not
the remotest sense a candidate, and
that he declined and deplored all sug?
gestions os were being made to him."
So did Caesar thrice refuse the prof?
fered crown, but in the end he took
,1. Will "Colonel" Roosevelt take the I
uomlnclloii? That la the question. It j
t-unnot be answered by declarations )
that ilie Colonel "earnestly desires that
all such suggestions Should cease."
j'iie only complete answer Is the ono
lit Cleveland gave in 1904 when he
-.<.?? at r-_-st all talk about his candi?
dacy in .1 single letter. The public
iclievcd Mr. Cleveland. Why does Col
1 Roosevelt find it so hard to get
ills "statement accepted .11 its full
value in Us clear and unequivocal
meaning?" Probably because even an
"Inspired article" may lack the true
TIIL SOCTIIRRN CAND1UATK
['HOHLEM.
In view of the prominent mention ol
Congl v.gSfrian Oscar W. Underwood, of
Alabama, the Democratic House leader,
in connection with the Democratic
nomination for tho presidency, the
New i'ork Times sent a Stan' corre
biiondont to Mr. Underwood'- home city
in invcst.ij.''1*!.'.' 'Jili**'stahdihij and record
there and report thereon. The report
appears in lust Sunday's Issue of the
Tlmea, and gives tin- Alnbamlaii
clear and enviable record, and In the
tame issue ouc contemporary makes it
the basis of Us lending editorial.'
While Mr. Underwood is highly com?
plimented In tlie editorial, he Is only
in a ?ensc nil incident of our con?
temporary's discussion, the article be?
ing headed "A Southern Candidate,'1
and being addressed broadly to thai
issue uh differentiated from the per?
sonal conation?to the Issue of the
svaiiubllity ?f a Dcmocrikt'c candidate
from llie .South. It In an .irl, le Which
Democrats, both .North and .South, men,
indeed, both North and South, Irre?
spective of party MtinilatioiiH; should
read, ponder and digest, for It taki .s I
high, patriotic, national ground.
After stating that It thinks it need
lea's to affirm that it is not "concerned '
to advance the interest of any gentle?
man in this direction (the presidency)
tn preference to any Other," hut is
only '?concerned In laying before its
readers such information, carefully
gathered and Impartially presented,
will aid in the formation of sound!
public opinion and :i choice that will
be to the greatest ndvi ituKi ..f the
nation," the Times comes to the ele?
ment of public feeling, that is, sei -
tlona) feeling, real or Imaginary, .is
Involved In the problem. It admits
thut there is a feeling "rather than n
definite opinion.'' which flndit es pi '.
clou more often, according to its ob?
servation, in th.. South th.in In the
North, "and perhaps more often it: the
Democratic thun in lh< opposite
party," that a man's being a South?
erner would prove a source of weak?
ness to him, if named for the presi?
dency by the Democracy. This the
Times recognizes is, "of course, a
matter not easily decided with confi?
dence In advance, since there has been
no occasion for a distinct expression
of public sentiment regarding It."
Hut. continuing, the article notes
that half a century li-.ts elapsed since
& Houtherr? candidate for President
came before the nation, that a* good
deal longer period har. elapsed since
one was clectod, and that great events
? ^^-s^i^'-'/y^-:-':.'v'.i'.v
ha\*o Intorvenod and loft their Impress
on tho minds and hearts of men,, tho
depth and direction of which no ono
can surely estimate. Then, In prefac?
ing the contention that the senso of
nationality has grown progressively
ever since the close of the Civil War,
that It has beoSi steadily strengthened
by the coiKllt'ons of our national life,
and especially by the Intimate, exten?
sive and Increasing intercommunica?
tion within our borders, and that peo-"
pie have for forty years literally lived
together, nud always more and .more
closely, the Times makes this doelu- j
ration:
"Our own judgment Is that a cundi- |
dale from tho South?other things be
lug equal?would not be weaker and !
might even be tho stronger for that
fact. In a broad way, it may safely;
be said thut there Is 111 our people
now si sense of tried and proved and
established nationality winch might. I
und probably would, welcome nn op- I
portunlty for manifesting itself."
Our contemporary's further judg- ,
mcnt Is that, seeing It bus been a uuar- j
ter of a century since the "Southern j
question" has entered even nominally ;
Into it national contest, if It wore j
?raised now by any party and those '
who would be Intluunccd by 11 hud to i
stand up and bo counted they would 1
L<e ludicrously few." And oh the other j
hand, it is "confident that, wire the
issue made, a great many voters? :
ciiieliy among those who were most '
earnest In their loyalty in the Civil
War?would by a common Impulse of
generosity and of self-respect Incline
Lowurd the Southern candidate." Apart
from the mark of whether the Times' j
:ohfldcncc Is justified and Its cohelu- ;
sions are correct, and it Southern can- !
ildato would bo available. Its logic is j
sound, its sentiments merit the highest j
applause; and the spir't of its article '
throughout should inspire the whole j
nation.
OIU'OHTL.MTY IS VIRGINIA.
Many Inquiries are made from time
to time, by Northerner* and Western?
ers as to the opportunity for settlers
in the South, and more particularly in t
Virginia.
In a late issue Tho World's Work
published tho statement of a Northern?
er In Virginia, and this statement,
which we take from the Nashville Ton
nofFoan, answers the general Inquiry.
A. D. French, an Ohio cattle breeder,
was ordered by his physicians Into a
milder climate, because of threatened
lung trouble. So Mr. French s?UI his
:>hlo farm for |T0 the acre ten years
igo, and settled In Southern Virginia. ]
He bought a farm of "40 acres, for
tvhlch ho pnia fid the acre. A carload j
?f Angus cattlt srus shipped from his
DMo home to hie new farm In Vir?
ginia, and ho took np his work anew
3-s a cattle breeder.
His Ohio fflcnds told Mr. French
good-by with reluctance, believing that
tie" r.ad made a great mistake. Mr.
French knew better, however. Two
years ago ho refused $10,0'.?!) for , the
same farm which cost him h-ss than
$3.000. He has made far more here out
Of his blooded cattle than he ever did
In Ohio.
Furthermore, "he iias been' received J
with such cordiality by his .Southern !
neighbors that he was recently elected ?
a county commissioner and headed the i
llrst farmers! .Stale con volition held in j
Virginia.'
lit a late statement Mr. French gave
H as his ..pinion that a farmer "can
make more money jn the South with
less effort than In any other part of
the United States. Mis teams work
eleven month- in the y^.ir: they keep
In better ccndlllou than in the cold
Slates. Cattle can feed in the open
all through the year; they require less
attention, lost expenditure "f money,
less labor. in addition, tin soil re?
spond, magically to scientific methods.
"Opportunities f?r greater tnan those
of Canada and the bleak Northwest
await thrifty farmers throughout
Dixieland," says the Tpnnesseiin. Now
Is the lime to come to. Virginia.
IHIMIM'HAC VS OA IX I.N OHIO.
The Ohio Democracy Is even stronger
now than it was 'a year ago, when It
elected ii-Democratic Governor by more
th:us 100,000 majority, with a Demo?
cratic House of Representatives, for
the first time In twenty-five years.
Lately Several important Ohio cities
went Democratic, .mil at the same
election delegates id the constitutional I
convention were held. These delegates!
were chosen from precisely the same I
districts as were the members' Of flic !
lower house of the Ohio Legislature j
In 10)0. The respective patty strqugth
in the House as elected last year was:
Democrats . Cd !
Republicans . is ;
Independents . 1
The party line-up In the new eon- |
stltutlonal convention elected In 1911 j
Democrats . 70
Itepublicuhs . ID
Independents . 4
Titus the Ohio Democrats are a little |
better off than they were lost year,
and I he: Inevitable Inference It; that j
they arc steadily gaining.
'I'i... real Democratic test in O/ilo will
? come Sa the constitutional convention
j which is soon to assemble, Ohio Is ono
of the vitally Important politic*.
Stales; it will a hard fought Acid
I In 1012. Realizing that upon their ef
I forts restii Uio success of the Democ?
racy in Ohio next year, tho Demo-;
erotic delegates, to the constitutional
convention will doubtless write a wise
ami constructive Constitution for the
people,
FOIIH8T CONSKHVATION l.l.tjtON.
j A striking object lesson In the mat
j ter of the uhwlRdoai of neglcollng
j forest conserve tie lind tree replant
I lug la presented In a recent r . ort ;t
the American Consul at Valencia
I Spain?an object lesson that oufrnt.
to come home to the people ot many
localities In Virginia, where iher? are
? Industries In which packing Iii wooden
: receptacles la a feature or necessity,
I The Vule.ncia fruit packer* require
to-dny wood lor 14,000,000 boxes an?
nually for their export trado alone.
Formerly the neighboring watersheds
supplied the necessary- lumber, but,
with tho growth of trade, tho box
industry grew, until now it has con?
sumed till the box material, mostly
pine, In sight.
Owing to the failure to conserve and
replant, there -is hurdly a stick of
available timber within 150 miles of
the packing centre, and wood 'or box- !
ing has to bo obtained from the fur- j
liter ends of the peninsula or from !
abroad. As tho result tho prollts of 1
both the fruit growers and the packers
are materially less thun what they |
would bo if the local forest lands had
not been denuded.
With the growth of similar Indus- i
tries in Virginia, why not In lime j
similar or approximately similar con- i
ditlous of local scarcity of wood, uu- J
less such lessons us the Valencia one J
are taken to heart? In the tobacco I
sections el the State alone boxing and
hogshcadlng constitute already a tre?
mendous and must serious drain upon I
tho forests und w.oodlanels, : nd the I
cost thereof Is steadily rising.
THE lUIESlDEIVTIAL, COl.D.
Mr. Taft is now suffering with his|
lirst cold In the White House, llo is;
a healthy man, us this exceptional lit-;
disposition Indicates, lie Illustrates!
tho truth that vary few Presidents
have beeu affected by Illness. The j
chief magistrates have usually rotlrcd
from ollice In good health. The job.
is fairly healthy.
The record must be searched all ihci
way back to Zachury Taylor to und a.
President who had a futul or even a!
serious Illness In olllcc. Taylor, who'
was rough und hardy in physique, lm-'
prudently drunk too much ice water
at the dedicution of the Washington
Monument, suddenly becatuo 111 and
died within five days. That was
1S50.
A cold Is a very aemocrallc ailment,'
and lor that reason everybody under?
stands how tho President feels. Of
course, the people would like to know
v hut remedy he Is using and whether
he has broken over and taken a bit
of usnucbuugh and honey; but. no
matter, everybody wishes him well. j
A DIVISION OF OPINION.
The Sioux City Tribune thinks that
"if John Randolph of Roanoke. bril?
liant, erratic and half-insane apostle
of States' rights, sleeping now in a!
Virginia cemetery, knew what hap- ;
poned at the National Good Roads Con- :
grees In historic Richmond Wednesday
he would rlso In his gruveclolhes to
utter in shrill falsetto his solemn pro- j
tost, Press dispatches say that tho
resolution favoring Federal aid for
good roads passed by an overwhelming
majority, and that 'the Southern yell'
led the affirmative chorus." I
An old dogma, thinks the Tribune,!
liied with such an uctloa?"thus per-j
Isltet an outworn theory of antiquated
statecraft." it is pointed out by our,
contemporary that In the early days ot,
the nation internal improvements con- j
stiluted a burning national issue. Tho
Southern school, led by Randolph and
CaJhoun, elt-nled the authority of the :
Federal government to muku uppropri
Rtlons for such purposes. This schoul .
prevailed largely, and Madison, Monroe
and Jackson, all less attached to State'
sovereignty than Culhoun and Run- '
dolph, vetoed bills for internal Improve?
ments. Even Jefferson denied the con- i
BlltutlonaUty of such measures. 13c-!
tplte the South's truditlonal posltloh on ?
Internal Improvement!, the Tribune'
thinks that the South has come to the .
point where It considers auch a national '.
policy wise und practical, saying that;
"the descendants, of the men who do- i
pounced him (John Qulncy Adams), tri j
the brighter and clearer light of the
present, have dbparted from tho pro-1
Vlnclal teachings of Randolph and Cal
houn and have accepted the doctrine of
the younger Adams."
We are not so sure that the South
r.f to-day has departed from the faith
Ol the fathers. Certainly the action ot
the Good Roads Congress or of its
Southern contingent cannot be accept?
ed as evidence that there is general
support In the Soulh of Federal aitll
for highway.-.. There Is Still a wldui
and unhealed division us to the policy]
(?r Federal aid for roads. On this
point the Good Roads Congress was by
n<j mean.-: harmonious.
The Dallas News, in our opinion, pre?
sents the true uttitude of the Road*
Congress when It says editorially:
"The National Good Roads Congress?
seems almost to have split into two fac?
tions over the proposition to petition
Congress for an annual appropriation
for a 'comprehensive plan of highway ,
Improvement-' This resolution was;
adopted it, committee by a vote of 7 to
?ri, and members of the American High?
way Improvement Association threat?
ened to end their ufhllatlon with the
National Good Roads Congress If this
hftort to engage the national govern?
ment in roudtnaking Is pcralated In.
j Whatever chance there may have been
and It was u poor one?that Congress
would appropriate Federal funds for
road building in the Htates must be
pretty well destroyed by this lack of
harmony. The resolution Is deprived
of the prestige that It must huvc' il
there Is to be any hope that It will
exert an Influence on Congress."
The. News, which is second to no
newspaper In expressing the sentiment
of the people of tho largest Southern
Stale, thinks that the Improbability of
any action by Congress toward Federal
aid ought to be "gratifying" to those
who are Impatient for the disappear?
ance of bad roads. Once tho govern
: merit undertakes the. work, our con?
temporary believes, the states and the
several communities in them, while cla
i rnorlng vociferously for their sharo of
j the money available, will themselves
quit building good roads. "The energy
now npetil In making road* will then
be i-pent In lobbying before commlt
teuu of digress." Congress cannot,
.v.ith any of Its present resources, spend
Jat much on good roads ru Is now being
spent, unit tho result would bo that Im?
proved highway mlletigu would grow
ut a smaller rato than It does now.
I Commenting upon the position ot
this puper In opposition to the renewal
of tho Davis shoo contract, the I.yneh
burg Advunco says:
It Is to bo hoped that there will bo
no hvsltutlon on tho part of the As?
sembly In placing the convicts at
work on the rouds. Not only has tho
j good rouds sentiment now taken tho
j form of actual road-nuikiiig on the
I part of the counties, but the shoe con?
tract Is questionable in itself and of
questionable expediency. The State con?
victs should bo employed In .State Im?
provements. There Is no more noodod
ah Improvement than highway build?
ing.
So far nobody has risen to deny the
wisdom and policy ot converting tho
convicts Into road-makers.
One of Richmond's greatest needs Is
a free public library.
Sentimentalem and Crime
-Mr. Bcalttc desired to thank tho
many friends for kind letters and ex- |
pressions of Interest, und the public |
tor whatever sympathy was felt or |
exp ressed.
Tills IS the message given out by
the minister who uftendeu the Rich?
mond wile-murderer, along with Heat
tie's written eontesslttn oi his crime.
And it)...a whom hud these "kind let?
ters," these "expressions ot Interest,"
this "sympathy," been bestowedV Not
merely upon a murderer: not upon u
man who, In a gust of passion, or per?
haps dclloeralely but under extreme
provocation, hud taken the lifo of an?
other human being; not even upon a
man who, having committed a crime,
had grimly taken thu chances of pun?
ishment. Tho murder had been care?
fully planned, In cold blood; the vic?
tim had been lured away to a lonoly
spot and deliberately killed; and tho
slayer hud promptly returned to the
home of her mother, from which he
had Just taken her, with a clrcum
stuntlul lie about her having; been shot
by a highwayman. And yet, to the
very lust, the newspapers which have
been spreading the details of this case
before tjie public have beon telling of
nil sorts of "sympathy" and "Interest"
In this brutal and cowardly murderer,
o'nc of the forma It has taken being
that of consideration of his tender
years, lie was a mere "boy" of twenty
tlvo, and doubtless would have grown
Into a line man after a while. If he
bad not happened to think It would
be a nice thins; to murder his wife be?
fore ho got through sowing his wild
oats.
Tho mushy sentimentality of which
this case has furnished a somewhat ex?
treme Illustration Is a more serious
element In our national life than most
people realize.
We don't bother. Indeed, nbout the poor
devils who arc being convicted and
sentenced every day, without anything
In their cases to give them notoriety,
but no sooner does a case llprure con?
spicuously In the newspapers than it
Is turned over In every conceivable
way on Its sentimental side, and the
monstrousncss of the crime lost sl?hl
of in the "human interest'' of tho
criminal. The wrecker of banks is a
stanch comrade and a dead K?me sport;
the wire-mUrderer Is not half had when
you pet to know him: tho debaucher
01' city Councils and blackmailer of
outcast women and nil-round corrup
tlonlst la really n sterling fellow, who
did what he did simply as the agent
of forces which he found lying around
loose in tin- community. And In re?
inforcement of all these particular
forms of the plea for charity comes '
that universal plea In the shape of an
argumentum ad homlncm: "Can yon be
sure you would have done nnv better
If von had been In his place?"
The most serious coiisenuonce of in?
dulgence In this shallow sentimentality
Is not to be found In Its Immediate ,
effects upon notion In specific eases I
What |s most to be deplored Is the
weakening, which it must inevitably
brlnrr about, of profound Instincts that I
hove their root In ages of human
oxporienci?of real and effective senti?
ments In regard to crime, the anti?
thesis of these mushroom sentimentali?
ties. More than in police nnd Juries
and judges, society tinds Its protection
Iroin crime in the Instinctive associa?
tion of it with feelings of abhor?
rence and with the stigma of universal '
disgrace. To be e thief Is to be not 1
only punished but despised and shun- .
nod; to be a tnurdorer is not only to'
subjec t one's eelt to tho danger of !
death, hut to be detested and cast
out by all men. Children no sooner \
lenrn the meanings of the words than
they acquire along with ' them those |
sentiments of abhorrence which, fnr I
more than any calculation of chances, 1
make the very thought of tho commls- I
Slon of these crimes Impossible to the]
vast majority of mankind. To trifle '
with this Inherited defense:?not merely
of society against evildoers, but, what
is even more Important, of Individuals
against temptation to evil?Is no light
matter. And yet precisely this Is what
the whole tribe of sentimental dabblers
In the side Issues ot" crime arc con?
stantly doing.?New York Evening
Post.
Voice of the People
A I'leit for Good Roads.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
.Sir.?Tho. 1'nlted States is foremost
In the liberties of mankind, foremost
In the rights of mankind, and foremost
in industrial enterprises of every de- |
scrlptlon. Her railroads are the won-j
der of the civilized world. Her mining
and manufactures far surpass any- I
tiling known In history. Her schools
and colleges are forging ahead with
leaps and hounds which are attracting
the attention of all.
The great wonder Is how has this
been accomplished with our roads,
which are fiy behind those of othct
countries.
It would take a great mind to figure
out what we could have dono lind wo
first built our highways. Old Caesar
himself would probably have beon for?
ce! ten had he not built noine very good
roads. The Applan Way will live In
history; but enough of this.
We have been trying to build roads
with hot air for the past century and
Abe Martin
If you do your own cookln* your
husband won't kiss tho cook. Tnwnoy
Apple's sister poses In n art school an
makes a hare llvln'. -
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS.
?_By John T. McCutcheon.
tOopyrurbt: Ulli Bjr Jobs T. SrtoCntciieon.]
are, still In the mud. Wayn und means |
la tin: question now.
Undo Sum |g daily using 1,000,000
miles of our roads In carrying thu
mails, doing this wltltout doing any
work on the roads. This lc not fulr
or right. He haa given millions to
pensions, billions to army and navy,
und rivers and harbors have not been
overlooked. He has furnished our
cities with beautiful buildings, but has
done prnctlcally nothing for the far?
mer in tho sparsely settled districts.
Tho farmer Is hauling his produce
to market at a cost of 23 cents per
ton per mile for the average haul,
when It should be done for from 6 to
S cents.
Uncle Sam ia willing to help us lr
wo go about It in n business way. We
need not expect help unless wo make
a bold effort. Wc should demand of
our representatives In Congress and
the Senate to demand of the govern?
ment suitable help. We should de?
mand of our representatives In Rich?
mond nt the coming Legislature to
vote first, and all tho time, for State
aid for the building of roade. We
should agitate at ?Vret-y crossroad thta
burning question until we have crcat- I
ed enough public sentiment and patrio?
tism to furnish part of tho money to
build the roads.
Now for ways and means. Require
tho county wanting good roads to
raise one-third of the money to build
them. Demand from tho State one
Ihird, and domand from the national
government one-third.
Our government Is still controlled
by politicians, and they aro controlled
by public sentiment. Senator Martin
said In Richmond a few days ago thai
any representative of tho people who
says he does not c-aro for public aontl
merit lies. So all we have to do Is to
ugltate and help, and we shall get the
needed assistance.
Now that the money has been ar?
ranged for, let the people see to It
that it Is Judiciously spent and that
no grafts are tolerated.
Counties and sections that will no!
do their part In thlB good work, as
outlined in this feeble effort, should
remain In the mud. They and their
posterity forever remain In the mud
and In the background of progress and
development.
We have been praying and asking
for good roads. We shall get them
when we pay for them. It Is not rlghl
to leave this work for coming genera?
tions to do. We should do It now.
Respectfully,
Ashby. C. R. SANDERSON.
Wishes Richmond ntstory.
To the Editor of Tho Times-Dispatch
Sir,?As a reader of your valuable
paper and a lover of the "historical/
1 think that there Is a great deal of
valuublc historical matter pertaining
to Richmond that is being lost to
oblivion. As a Virginian I, of course,
tako an Interest In my native city.
Why don't some of the publishers of
Richmond bring out somo of the hooka
on Richmond? I don't think that they
would lose anything. Thors is Charles
M. Wallace, Sr.'s series of articles thai
ran In Tho Times-Dispatch In 190?. en- I
titled "Richmond In Bygono Days.'
Why not call it "A Continuation of Morr
decal's 'Richmond In Bygone Days' "1
I understand that Charles M. Wal?
lace, Jr., was going to bring this out
In book form, and other writings of
tits father, but I haven't 8een anything
about It lately. It would meet with a
ready sale if he had it published. And
then there la that series of arttclos
by Evan R. Chcsterman, entitled "Duels
and Duellists of Bygone Virginia
Days." They could.be workon up Into
a very Interesting book. Last, but not
least. Is that series of articles, ontttlcd
"Historic Homos of Richmond," that
appear In the Richmond News's Illus
tratod Saturday Magazine. Now the
publisher could bring them out this
wnv Say he wanted to publish 100
cop"les. He could advertise for 100
subscribers at, say, 13 each, or even
more. Ho could got enough to pay
him for the oxponse, and have some
profit beside. I would, for one. like to
see these three published In book form.
"A LOVER OF THE HISTORICAL."
I La Marquise deFontenoy |
SULTAN AL.I - BIN - HAMOUD'S
abdication of the thron.? or
Zanzibar, in favor of his eldest
son, now a child of about live,
has not been altogether or a voluntary
character. In fact. It has been virtual?
ly forced upon him by the British gov?
ernment, at the Instance of King
Georgo. and had he not resigned hla
scoptre, It would undoubtedly bave
b06ti taken from him.
The ex-?ultsn furnisher, a somewhat
unfortunate example of the endeavor
to force a purely European education,
and un entirely English one ut that,
upon an Oriental, or rather, I?nhould
auy, upon an African. For he la u I
mixture of Arab and negro, with the i
latter largely predominating, lie re- I
elved bis education at Harrow, the
great English college of that name In
tho outskirts of London, succeeded to
the throne while still there, and was
sent to Oxford during his minority,
the tank of regency being Intrusted
to an English foreign office man of
tho name of Alexander Stuart, who
was at ono time consul at Zanzibar,
and afterwards prime minister to tho
ex-Sultan's father and predecessor on
tho throno.
The late Sultan was a very grave
man, of great dignity, tall, dark, and
Imposing looking, who made an excel?
lent Impression when he tlrst visited
England In stato, on the Invitation of
Queen Victoria, near a quarter of a
century ago. His presence In London
gave rise to an odd faux pas by the
English high dignitaries Intrusted
with the duty or providing for his
entertainment. A Btate performance
was given at tho Covent Garden opora
In his honor, and of all lyric dramas
available for the purpose, tho one
selected ror the occasion wns "L'Afrl
calne." Thanks to the Impaaslveness
of tho Sultan, It was Impossible to
ascertain from hla demeanor whether
he felt Insulted or amusod by the per?
formance on the stage. But King Ed
wnrd?then Prlnco of Wales?was In?
tensely Indignant, and gave free ex?
pression to hla anger at the luck of
tact which had dictated tho selection
of the piece.
Hla eon And successor, the ex-Sul?
tan, who haa Just abdicated. Is a mnn
of utterly different character, who hue
excited tho resentment of tho Engltah
court and government by his persis?
tence In spending at least six or eight
months ot every year In Europe, with?
out the slightest regard ror his duties
op Bovereign. Moreover, his extrava?
gances, both of behavior and or purse,
especially in England, where tho num?
ber of his music hall adventures
would fill a volume, have been a source
of boundless annoyance to Edward
VII. and to King George. In ract, his
behavior in London wan ao utterly dis?
reputable that It ended by his being
barred from court.
Finding himself In England at the
time of the death of Edward VII., ho
expressed his Intention of attending
the obsequies, and ask od for a place
among the reigning sovereigns. Not
only was this refused to him, but he
was even given to undorstand, In no
uncertain fashion, that his presence
was not desired at the funeral, with
the result that ho loft England on the
dny before that set for the official ob
, sequles, causing an announcement to
he printed In the London papers to
the effect that his health was In such
a condition that hla physicians had
ordered his Immediate depurturo for
Bad-Nauholm. In Germany, and to
avoid the excitement Inevitable to his
attendance at the funeral of his dead
suzerain.
Ho did not venture to make any ap
nroach to King Goorge, until the lat
ter's coronation, when he again In?
timated his desiro to attend, and
was once more Informed that ho would
receive no invitation, and that It was
neither tho King's nor Queen Mary's
??l?h to receive him, officially or pri?
vately.
The Sultan of Zanzibar Is -by no
means the first ot England's vassal
rulers who have olther boon Torced
to abdicate, or who have been deposed
for misconduct and maladministra?
tion, notable instances being tho form
r Maharajah of Cashmere, tho form
ur Oaekwar of Daroda, the King ol
Delhi, etc. 1t Is a fate that hao long
oaen regarded aa being- held In atoro
y England for the present Khedive
of Egypt.
The new Sultan of Zanzibar, whoso
mothur, a cousin of tho ux-Hullan. ami
a princess of the reigning dynaaty.
waa but toirteen yeara of ago at hla
birth. In a wide-awake boy of five; and
1 understand that It Is the lotonllon
of tho British government to retrain
from repeating the education experi?
ment wnlch resulted so unfortunately
In the ca*o of his father, and to have
him brought up In Zanzibar, among hie
own people?It Is true, by English tu?
tors and governors.
'Ihu regency la to be vested In trrn
hunds of the primo minister, F. It.
Barton, who, like all the other mem
ijera of tho Cabinet, la an English?
man. Tho ex-Sultan Is now In Switz?
erland, and will. In future, malte hie
home. It la said. In Parle, to which
gay capital ho will doubtless trona
port tho extraordinary collection ol
clockB of every conceivable character,
u collection whloh la one of bis pet
nobblca. Indeed, there have beon ae
many as a hundred of them In a single
room of his paluco at Zanzibar.
Baron Davis Lconlno, who haa Jus?
died In auch an extraordinary fashion
at Genoa, being uwupt into the sea by
& hugo wave aud drowned, whilo seat'
id on a high rock with a well-known
Italian actress watohlng the breakora
dashing on to the ahoro, was the di?
vorced husband of BaroncEs Louise
Rothschild, daughter of the late Bar?
on James Rothschild of Paris, und
sister of that Uaron Henri Rothschild
who has achieved so much fame us a.
physician for maladies of children, and
who has founded and endowed innum?
erable hospitals and homos In France
for crippled and ailing youngsters.
Uaroness Louise Rothschild did not get
rid of her husband until he had
squandered tho greater part of her
fortune. The Rothschild family have
oeon rather unfortunate with the
Leonlnos. For Emmanuel, brother of
the Huron David Leonlno who has Just
been swallowed up in such a strange
fashion by tho sea at Clonoa, distin?
guished himself by tho heurtlcssncee
which ho showed when hla young wife,
third daughter of Baron Gustave
Rothschild of Paris, was fatally In?
jured while hunting with the hounds
of Albert Monier, of ohocolate fame,
neur Senlis. In some unexplained
fashion, s-ho was thrown from nor
horse against a tree, at tho foot of
which she was found, by Albert
Monier himself, with her skull fractur?
ed. She was carried back to his
chateau. She might have beon saved
by prompt surgical attention. But so
long a time elapsod before the arrival
of tho specialists from Parts that Eho
was beyond all human help when thoy
reached the chateau, the intervening
hours having been spent by her hus?
band, not by her bedside, but carous?
ing and drinking downstairs, until his
callousness aroused the undisguised
Indignation of even the most cynical
and worldly of Albert Mentor's other
guosts.
The Hon. Helen Montagu, daughter
of Ijord Montagu of Benuliou, who
about a yeer ngo joined the stage a*
a member of tho Gaiety Theatro Com?
pany, does not seem to have made
much of a professional success, al?
though she is a remnrkably pretty
girl. For she has recently beon sued
In tho Westminster county court, in
London, for the non-payment of a bill
for some dresses, and was- sentenced
by the hard-hearted Judge to pay off
the bill at tho rato of twenty dollars
a month, with the alternative of seven
days' Imprisonment for each failure to
moke nnyment on the appointed date.
(Copyright, 1811, by the Brontwood
Company.)
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