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vents of the Day in Old fVorld Lands—Flashes From Submarine tVires Make Up an Interesting Page
f| Oki Familiar Facts to Disappear
and New Courtiers to Take
Their Places.
king I*> CONSERVATIVE
It ^Rie ‘Smart Set.’ as Formerly Kep
bv Mrs. Willie James,
Have No Show.
LOfCDON, June 11.
SacvitaM« th*t when one monarch
mother there should be many
thmgt* among: those familiar faces about
the court, but
it is rare that
these changes
are so numer
ous as will he
the case when
the court of
King floors*
and Queen
Mary comes to
be definitely
composed. It
1s not so much
among the
court official#
that
rRIMCt*® AI.KXANDKR changes will
or TBCK take place—
(boUsh these will be very numerous—but
t those whom one ha* been accus
tn the past to regard as the per
friends of the sovereign, and whoa*
■ one haa come to look for among
present at all court fttncllons ai
_as a matter of course.
Queen Mary being one of the cleverest
•ltd moat widely read royal ladles In
)tawpe. H la natural that her own special
friend* and the various members of her
putte should be serious-minded also. In
Jt may be surmised that the social
Meal will tend more and more toward
domestic
_city and charitable philanthropy.
Queen Mary'a three brothers, the duke of
•reek, prince Francis of Teck and Prince
Alexander of Terk. wit! have the style of
yoyal t*lgtine«s conferred upon them in
the place of the present title of serene
highness, by, which they have previously
n known.
Changes Looked Forward To.
i The new king and queen wilt probably
■elect from their friend* of many |cars
the new officials of the court. One of
Queen Mary a greatest friends la the
| duchess oT Devonshire, and she will
1. prohahlv succeed her aunt, the duchess of
Buccleuch. as mistress of the robes. Lady
Km Dugdale. an intimate friend of the
Queen, will pnr*bahlv be one of the women
ttf the bed chamber, a position shu has
held aince 1901
Mr Arthur Blgge. for many >ears prt- I
irate secretary to the king, as prince of '
Wales, will no doubt retain that position,
and the Hon. Derek Ksppel, who with hi*
wdfe has long been an Intimate friend of
Ike king and queen, will be almost sure
Wf sStecrten IPO' ...tporiant post in tile
»*w court.
g- - In place of financiers King George will
V more piwbahly surround himself with men j
' ©f action, and especially sailors Sir j
Charles Gust and the Hon.'Derek Kepiwil j
Will, of course, retain their official posi- I
ttons In the new king s household. If they j
are not promoted to posts of greater re- j
aponsthillty. and It is pleasunt to think |
(bat the traditional connection between j
the court and the Bereaford family will ]
. he maintained tp the new reign: Not only j
Win Lord Marcus Beresfnrd retain con
trol of the royal racing stud until such
time as King Oeorge has an opportunity
to consider hts future course of act inn in
this direr I ion. but 1 yOrd t'harlea Beres
ford Is likely to come into greater promi
nence at court. There has always been a
Very warm friendship between the present
'king end the veteran admiral, and this
Will assuredly not be lessened now that
hla majesty has come to the throne.
Banker in the Limelight.
Another who will now come "into the
nmeUght'* will be Lord Reveistbke, the
head of the famous financial firm of Bar
ing Brothers. He has for some years past
~ h*Hi one of the moot intimate of King
flioege'g friends, and at his majesty's
| request undertook, a few yeaVs ago, the
reorganisation of the financial adminis
tration of the duchy of Cornwall, with ;
tht result that Its revenues have beert al
most doubled.
The marquis and marchioness of Ripon.
too. are others that one may be expected
to meet frequently at court lit the future.
When he wan Karl de Grey the present
marquis was one of King George's closest
friends, and the two are constantly to bo
seen In company during the shooting sea
son.
There is *ome probability that the mar
I quia of Ripon will be offered a position of
*ome eminence at the court of King
George; while already Jhfere Is a general
Impression that the marchioness will be
come one of the w omen of the bedchamber
to Queen Mary. Neither*the king nor the
queen has any very great liking for
“smart*’ society, such as was to be seen
at court during the late reign, of which
the leading lady representatives may be
said to have b»'en Mrs "Willie*’ James
and Mrs. George K appal. Indeed, bis
•ssjfsty prefers people >f r*»tb'>r * more
serious type about him. so that* this set
will for the future not be nearly‘so much
; in evidence as has been the case during:
the past few years. On the other hand,
there is a probability that what has been
described as "the intellectual set.” led by
Mrs. Asquith and Lady Lytton, will
.come into favor.
Old Faces to Go.
There are many well-known fa* es about
the court whom his majesty woqi<i fain;
retain, but who,.for one causa or another.,
will now prefer to return to. private life.
Among theme will be Ix*rd Knollya and
i^ir IHghton Probyn, who have been aptly
describe'* as "the right and left hand of
King Edward." l*»fd Knollya makes
frank confession that he does not feel
capable of serving any other master—
i even the son of his old one -and the court
j will know 1tlm no mpre after the next few
j w eeks
i Sir Light on Probyn. on the other hand,
! will join the household of the queen
j mother In some capacity or another, and
'will be her constant and devoted attend
jant for the future. There are other
prominent figures of King Edward s court
I who will, for different reasons, no longer
be much In the public eye.
MADE TAKE PARI
III FATHER’S DEATH
terrible Ordeal Forced on Alban
|jr . |an!s by Brutal Turkish
Officer.
With th» squad
June 11—Ahc* Handley, a
dtled suicide by hanging at
to Death by Thunder.
«* tMt.WW >itMd at a
ft yesterday that hopbia
HtohMnJUhira after
fcfURDER AND SUICIDE
BERLIN. June II.
An tahimnan tragedy le reported to have
ftakea place In Albania In connection with
the shooting of a rebel.
Acoordlng to u meaaage from Constant I
poMtahed in the Morgen post, an
of good family -who had joined
Its was captured and was or- <
to be ahot.
Among the firing party from t skub was
the eon of (.he condemned roan, lie de- !
mended to be released from the duty, ten !
Ike Turkish commander forced him to re- j
But when the order to Ore was given
-the non aimed high !n the air. and Ms fa
ther fell, shot by the remainder of the !
Bring party. .
the commander thereupon ordered the :
arrest of the non, and he was marched)
to the military prison, where he
The officer In command was subsequent*
ty transferred to another garrison.
of Parle He tec tire Police Haa
* Good Day s ‘Sport.’
I^ARlfi. June 1L—Three poachers were
-the capture* made by M Hamard,
"1 of the Peris detective force,
v when lie, “drew" the Kola de
,_s with hie three police doge,
Welt-and Oagwtte.
K » good day's sport, bringing
altogether seventeen suspicious
eleven Of Whom were rt««iii*d
■even of these were uon
BOGUS PLAY BLIND
FOR REAL GAMBLING
Rehearsals of Act II Were Sim
ply Games in Which- Money
Was Ix>st and Won.
ENDED BY POLICE RAID
PARIS, June H.
Too much realism In the rehearsals of
a scene to a new play, -Banco,” caused
a police raid at a small theater hero
yesterday.
Thr play had been advertised for some
time, but the rehearsals drugged op slow
ly and every evening seemed to he devoted
I to Act II. The scene of this act was laid
In a gambling saloon, and M. I>upcnnois,
ia police commissary, who happened to call
! in at the theater was struck by this fact. I
| A question to the manager brought the
I reply:
"It Is most Important that the facial
I play of all the actors In this scene should
be exact. They are all supposed to bel
keen gamblers. We must get the by-play1
; aa real as possible."
At the end of another fortnight, how
ever, the facia] play did not seenrto have
Improved much, as Act XI was still re
hearsed at great length each evening.
Discreet Inquiry showed that the re
hearsals were a blind, that the play
-Banco” had never been written, and
that all the "actons” were hardened gam
I biers.
■ The magistrate rang the curtain down
j for the last time last night by raiding the
! theater. *
POISONED SACRAMENTAL WINI
| Two Choir Roys Charged With Com
| mitting Moat Unusual Crime
! BBRLUtf. June I1.-Tw« ,-nolr boy, b
a reformatory at Rosenfcld. near Munich
have t>e*n sentenced by the Chl'dren
court to several years- Imprisonment?®
poisoning sacramental wine.
Tha elder buy stole some hydnuftlsri,
acid, and the younger who was ^,un
Uvs priest at mass poured the poison Jnt
the wine.
The gaselle. it appeard. was fou„d tt
Into tha wine.
Tha first person who lasted tha win!
fortunately noticed that something wai
wrong, and s strong emetic was admin
hg a doctor u> tha *ut*yi,TgMiinn
A
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VUiAHD 'j N*w
, K/AUr **6 Qi
r«»s»
&uc*ess or Df*own/fii
GERMANY ADHERES 10
MAILED-FIST POLICY
j Pacific Utterances Attributed to
the Kaiser Qualified by
theT’ress.
' -
i IGNORE MERE SENTIMENT
—
BERLIN. June It.
I It Is made clear, partly by means of n
j highly official communication In the
! Norrt Deutche Allgemelne Zeltung and
! partly by semi-official aril inspired utter
lances In several other newspapeis In close
touch with Wllhelmstrassc. that the
kaiser, when he met M, I’ichon in Lon- ]
don, did not discuss any particular pollti- i
cal questions with the French minister of I
j foreign affairs, but confined himself to j
! generalities of an amiable, conciliatory j
nature.
It Is true that the emperor expressed
confidence In the maintenance of peace. I
and declared he would personally do 1
everything In his power to preserve peace, \
hut It Is utterly untrue that he pro- j
pounded schemes of any kipd for a league
of European powers as indicated by the j
Paris Matin.
"On the contrary." says the Tacgllche j
Rundschau, "the kaiser Is fully aware |
that such Ideas arc purely utopian, and !
It never occurred to him to propose any- !
thing of the kind."
All these emphatic dental* will prob
ably damp the enthusiasm of pacificists
who hav« already proclaimed a nrw oru
of International goodwill as the < on se
quence „f the emperor's visit to tsmdon
and his friendly conversations with King
George, British statesmen and M Plchon. !
and they would do well to study ihc
utterances of the German press on the
reports of the kaiser’s talks in London
With very few exceptions, the whole
Patriotic press of Germany betrayed j
marked uneasiness over the reports of!
the kafser’a successive meetings and con
versations with eminent personages in
| London, and over the exceedingly frlend
, ly ton# of.the British newspapers In com
menting on the emperor’s presence at the
funeral. Many Influential organs convey
! ed discreet hut unmistakable warnings to
I the emperor not to be misled by British
professions of friendship, which probably
veiled some sinister designs of British
policy.
German public opinion as revealed by
the press comment* of the last few day*
is strongly opposed lo sentimental assur
ances of friendship between Great Britain
and Prance on the one hand and Ger
niahy on the other hand This does not
mean that German public opinion is wholly
hostile to Britain and France, but only
very skeptical and suspicions of the In
tentions of the (wo i**wer» bound to
j gether by the entente cordlale.
| SERPENTS PABT OF MENU
! Remarkable Ihnner Given by Pari*
•Society of Super-Gourmet*.’
PARIS. June 11—A ragout of boa-«on
strlcters and python*. set off by a fillet
of African gaselle. figured on the menu
of a remarkable banquet given In Pari*
yesterday by the •'Society of Super-Gour
met*," which makes a speciality of Intro
ducing rare and strange dishes Into the
national bill of far*.
Side by side wltp the succulent ser
pent* figured *n omelet of ostrich egg*.
Algerian turtle, roasted porcupine* .apd
rook pasties. The sweets were heart* of
date palm and cactus leaves, followed by
a prosaic rhubarb pudding.
The gaaelle, It appear*, was found to
he more tender than lamb, but thigh of
tortoise Is declared not to be as good as
the drumsticks of chicken, and tb# cotn
rainy decided that In future the turtle
shall stick to Ws soup. The python
sn immediate succea* with the m
ladles present, for, a* one fair
dared.
Ilf|l*l
m Am: Dntnr/c&pzi
FRIENDS OF TIM' NEW KINO
tie'•!«*' V- <-f y.":. or! afml t»is i oyal' CT n»ort r
Rie expwteil to m»o onlir^fy r.**vv courtier.*
fdentJwith ih#*ir i*mkm AM Kins IvIvhiM s
favorite# are likel> to he ilroppeti. -tnd lr. their
atfad will ap:»"Hr rl'.«•* friends which the
present sovereign \ i as prince of Wales.
BROTHERS OF SULTAN
CHAINED IN PRISON
i
i Morocco's Ruler Takes Vigorous
i Steps to Supply His Cof
fers With Money.
; THEIR HOUSES LOOTED
\UGTERS. Juno 11.
N>Wj has J jo been received that alt
1ho Berber 11 jI,• ave proclaimed Mulal
j Keblr an sultan M . a[ lCeblr Is the broth
er of Mulal Halil, the present aultan.
lie entered H .wn or Taza amid great
rejoicing.
ThP Inhabitants >andsd over to him the
artillery, the hor-. s and everything be
longing t > the g • iiimant. The tribes
who followed l: j llamsra. the murdered
pretender. sip eg.tig Mulal Kebir to
lead them against Mulal HafiWI. The gov
ernment here Is am >tly alarmed.
Malai Halid, bad' In need of money,
demanded his brother, the Kali
K1 liadj Ben \ basha of Fez, last
week. The kai.i is the richest man In this
part of the country
•lie declared to :>y sultan that he could
not oblige him wn . the sum named, arid
consequent!-. . i- w as, eomtngf out of a
mosque after ■ i t; prayers yesterday,
he was arr. a ted and thrown Into the
common gaol.
At the sain.- Mulal Haltd took
steps to arresi two other brothers—the
basha of M -<iu ■ ■ ' and tfie commander
of a regiment of ireopw at Hiayna. The
three brothers are in prison-chained
by the neeks to pillars and "with fetters
<m their feel. •
Meanwhile Hu iiian’s government ts
busy looting tin h .uses. There has been
great cruelly T: . women of the harems
were turned into the streets, AH their
eloibca and lew . : , u. is taken Inin -them
and they w. r. only left with blankets.
The young, r s av. were taken to the Im
perial palare and the older ones are be
ing sold.
Very little nnacy. however, has been
found, and workmen are now busy dig
ging In pla. es where It Is thought likely
the treasure may be hidden.’
SURPRISE FOR A PICKPOCKET
B*t!culc He Steals Contains a Pair
of Handcuff*.
PARIS, June 11.—A pickpocket had an
unpleasant surprise yesterday when ha
opened a reticule which ho had snatched
from a woman.
lie pulled out n pair of handcuffs, and
•t the name time a heavy hand was laid
on his collar and he was arrested.
The reticule was the property of the
wife of a detective. Hhe had been acting
as a decoy for her husband.
10,000 Women in a Procession.
LONIXlN\ June n. — Ten thousand
Jwomen autfragist* will march from the
.mbankmem on the evening of Saturday,
unTi m Albert Hall, where a
meeung wUl be held to dtmt*nt rotee for
tour/res.i
r i/A 0/JCrl»iii
ABDUL HAMID’S SPIES !
WERE SIMPLY LEGIONi
Archives of Corruption ami In
trigue Yield 360 Cases of Re
port to Former Sultan.
SHAME OF OFFICIALS
CONSTANTINOPLE. June 11.
It will be remembered that when the
I Young Turks captured Ylidiz last year,
| besides jewels and treasurer they entered
) into the possession of the whole eollec
! 'ion of secret reports and delations which
j had accumulated there during over a
t quarter of a century, thanks to the'ac
I tivtty and industry of Abdul Hamid's
secret agents. These archives of treach
ery. corruption and intrigue have not yet
• vert been counted, but their bulk fills
300 odd cases which have been stored a:
the war office.
A special commission h at present en~
in classifying and registering these
repeats, tut has been able to examine only
a titan half so far. This heritage of the
* old regime is threatening to prove a reg
: ular Pandora's box for the new govern*
j rneut. The archives contain evidence and
■ records of the shame of so many officials
: and others who yielded to the corruption
| of the secret service that their publication
would create incredible confusion and
; general consternation,
j Very few officials under Abdul Hamid
| were able to resist the temptation to do a
little spy-work—it was one of the only
j ways of securing advancement, and it is
! stated that many deputies, senators, am - j
bassadors, even ministers, as well as j
numerous less important officials, have;
cause to dread the revelations of the *
Ylldiz archives.—Reuter.
'GREEK'POET COMMITS
| SUICIDE ON HORSEBACK
Drives Animal Into Foaming Wa
ters of Bay Then Shoots
1I.imself.
i FAREWELL TO FRIENDS
ATHENS. Ju-« It. |
A llreek poet whom "me. J,eblanc-ft!ae- ,
terllnek compared to Hermes for his per
sonal beauty has committed suicide! hero
under the most romantic circumstance*.
Pericles Ianopoulos, despite tils success
and popularity as a poet, save! way to
melancholia. At a banquet to which he
had summoned all his friends he showed j
them a trunkfnl of manuscripts that were j
to be destroyed.
"Tomorrow I am going "n a Journey," !
he said a* they left him. The next morn
ing each of them received by post an ex
qulslle statuette of a horse.
At the same time Janopoulo# had rid
den out of the city to Mount Aegaleos.
On the Throne of Xerxes he gathered
some wild glowers. out of which lie made
> a crown aud set It on his hrow. Then he
mounted his horse, and with a revolver
in his hand rode down toward the sea. ]
A violent storm had broken over the |
country. Ianopoulos. driving hi* spiers ■;
Into the horse's flanks, urged the mad- !
dened beast Into I he foaming waters of i
the bay, and shot himself through the
heart.
In a letter written to a relative the poet
| said:
\ "I am giving my dead body to the sea
| to c leanse. If the sea gives me up, cast
i rne back again."
BABY PRINCESS ON
HER FIRST TOUR
Amsterdam and Haarlem Give a
Joyous Welcome to Juliana of
the Netherlands.
AMSTERDAM. June 11.
I The Dufch people have shown the keeh
! eat delight and enthusiasm over the tour
j of Princes* Juliana, which started yester
j day at Haarlem.
Official mourning for the late King Cri
waxd has been suspended, and the streets
here are today gully decorated with flags.
A great feature of the reception at
Haarlem was the singing by 60tK) chll-1
dren, which the queen and prince consort
listened to from the balcony of the Town
Han. -- - .
Unfortunately, the little Princess Juli
ana was unable to attend this concert,
but, disappointed as everybody was at
not seeing her. the whole town made
holiday with patriotic glee.
From Haarlem the royal party made
Its way here, where the>soenes of enthu
siasm were repeated.
Queen Wllheimtna and Prince Henry
appeared on the balcony of the royal pal
ace overlooking the Dam Square, and
held up the small Princess Juliana to the
gage of .the wildly Joyous crowd, which
greeted her with frantic cheering.
A* at Haarlem, the streets are lavishly
docorated, and national dress ts-erorn by
numbers of persons who only don such
garb at times of national rejoicing.
Hotel Clerk’s Suicide.
PARIS. June 11. — Hordes Lemon, an
English hotel clerk In Furls, aged so
years, committed suicide this morning in
a room In the Rt»e Galilee, near ths
Champs Elysees.
'Mr. Lemon had been a hotel clerk in
London. end was for five years reception
clerk at the Eayeee wtf- “ '
tare letters—one to hlg
to ft friend—saying **—
Lis.
Snc ‘’Stf jfe.i’ fiSisS
He left
the other
ttpfUfe
a ton of
THIEVES BANDED AS
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
Paris Police Obliged to Organize
Special Detective Brigade to
Watch Them.
PARIS, June U.
The Pari* police have'been obliged to
organize a soeclal detective brigade to
watch domestic servants In Pari*.
Information has been received at head
quarters of a thieves' organisation, called
the “White Apron Brigade.’’ By means
of forged testimonial* the member* of the
gang, which is several hundred strong,
obtain situations in private bouses and
rob their masters.
A few daya ago two women who had
stolen WO and twtto worth or jewstry
were arrested by the police. One of them,
a German girl of 24. had already com
mitted more than a hundred thefts.
When out of service she lived In an ex
pensive flat In Parte, beautifully fur
nished. in which the police have found a
number of valuable pictures believed to
be stolen. The woman's last aiias was
Marie Muller, but she hag at least
eighteen others
PANIC AT A BQU mCr
Forty Persona Tossed by Animal and
_Trampled Under Foot. _
LISBON. June U. - A fierce bull, of
great alae stub strength. Waged over a
barrier during a bull flgnt .at Santarem
and dashed amid the crowd* of'specta
tors. , ' ,
Men, women and were tossed,
and Mi* guards, were unable to .shoot the
animal through the compact masses of
the panlo-strOten populace.
The bull finally made tot the princt«al
exit, whence » escaped into the open
country.
MOM thaoftttr**^ ^owemfr
... . ‘
ENGLAND TO HAVE
DREADNOUGHT OF AIR
World's Largest and Most Power
ful Airship Being Built
for Navy.
MILE-PER-MINUTE SPEED
Constructed to Remain in Cloud
land for Days and Beat Any
• Rival on Earth.
LONDON. June 11.
In »' few weeks' time the largest,
fastest and most powerful airship In the
world will be launched at Barrow.
This leviathan Is the first airship ever
constructed for the British navy, and It
Is the forerunner of a * fleet of shlpa
which arc to be the Dreadnoughts of
the air.
The same Inviolable secrecy that wae
maintained during the rapid construc
tion of the sea Dreadnoughts at Ports
mouth is being preserved In the case of
this vessel which Messrs. Vickers. Sons
Ik Maxim are building at Barrow for
the Admiralty.
Only half a dosen people In the coun
try possess knowledge of '•tat enttre de
sign. and knowledge of sections is con
^flnrd to the smallest possible number of
officials and workmen, any of whom
would be liable to penal servitude if he
divulged any of the precious secrets con
nected with the vessel.
New Ship’s Duties.
This airship Is Intended to be a battle
shin of the air. It will be manned by
a specially trained crew, afld Its duties
will consist of thoroughly and quickly
exploring the upper regions In search of
the enemy's airships, overtaking them
and destroying them and dropping ex
ploatves on the decks of warships below. »
To carry out these duties effectually
Britain's airship will have to remain in
the air for several da>s on end and have
a speed superior to that of any foreign
ship, whether on the sea or in the air.
So tar as 'can he gathered, goth these
vital conditions will be fulfiU-d, When
completed, the ship will be nearly 300
yards long, and will almost fill a gigan
tic shed 200 yards long. ») yards wide and
♦0 > ard* high, which Is now being fin
ished at Cavendish Dock. Harrow.
The gas envelope alone will be of enor
mous proportions, far larger than that
of the famous Zeppelin alrahlp. while the
I vessel Itself will be fitted with not only
j powerful engines but with sleeping ac
commodations for the crew, and a num
ber of special guns and mountings.
In regard to the speed. It Is said on
good authority tViat’ It- Is hoped to main
tain a rate of sixty mile# an*hour under
i fav orabie conditions.
Propeller Testing'.
I Experiments are now being made with
j the object of finding out which ts thr
! best type of propeller to use. A curious
i limiting structure has been erected la
Messrs. Vickers’ engineering yard at Bar
row for carrying out these experiments.
It rather resembles a section of a steel
suspension bridge, through the mlddje of
which has been run a mast. At one end
of the "bridge" a propeller Is fixed on a
shaft, a motor Is eel going, and the whole
of the heavy structure is carried round
and round at a terrific speed by the fore*
of the revolving propeller.
This testing structure can be seen from
- r.be roadway, and when It 1* working
! many people1 try to figure out the epecl
' at which It is whlxaed round by the
! rapidly revolving propeller. The airehlp
Is being built In sections In the engineer
ing shops. When completed the aectlont
j will be taken to the shed and assembled.
Trials on an extensive scale will be con
ducted. and the ship will afterward leave
for her permanent station, which, no
doubt, wrtll be on the east coast,
j As soon as the trials are completed ■
I fleet of airships will he built embodying
! whatever Improvements on the original
! design are thought to be necessary.
NEW ENGINE Of WAR
TO DRAG BIG GUNS
Rolls Along an Endless Track
Which it Makes for
Itself.
ALL TESTS SUCCESSFUL
LONDON. June llv
Major General C. E. Heath, chief ol
the transport service at the War Ofllce;
Colonel Holden, chief of the (tun fac
tors'. Woolwich, and a committee of
expert officer* attended the trials at
Aldershot- yesterday of * ness olt fuel
j traction engine designed for hauling
artillery of the heaviest type over all
kinds of roads and across rough coun
try and up hills. The engine, tt^ In
vention of Dadd Roberts, weigh*
eight tons. Is of 70 horsepower, with a
maximum speed cf eight miles an hour.
Quite a new principle In locomotion
Is applied in the engine, which. Instead
of traveling In the ordinary wag, rolls
along on an endless track which It lay*
for Itself. This track Is something like
a great chain of steel links, the out
side of each being shod with blec.lt* of
wood, which act like the sleeper* of a
.permanent way. This track enable*
the engine to pass over wt^h great ease
and little propulsive power any kind ot
rough grouhd. rocky areas, soft sand
and bog. and safely negotiate the very
gtlffest gradients and cross ditches and
gullies. f
U was tested across the .soft Mnd of
the Dong valley, drawing a ala-ton held
gun, and succeeded In getting It up and
down the hillside* about ’Aldershot,
over deep Water course*, th* bank* -of
which were very steep, and then across
a wide stretch of boggy ground, which
was by far* the atlffest teat ot all. th*
gun at time* sinking It up to Its axis*.
The gun Anally stuck In a deep ditch
with straight banka but was success
fully hauled out by the engine by
means of a steel cable and winding
drum, but not before the cable had
■napped once with the great strain put
on It. v .
Th* engine 1* to be purchasedhy the
War Oftcet with, a j«jaw of adopting it_
tor heavy artillery. , Thu engine ha*
completed 300 tnllee*! road test in th*
Peak district.
The Horses’ 9*tga£
cruelty, retired yesterday. ,. - ^