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t.sar,_|'Rom saliva
will rut dl'ni"rr»y'1'd order io
Inter Into 0ommunication_ Y
with am-ti Body
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' PAHN, April 80.-Particulars are
given of s wdrd ceremony that has
new plus' at the grave or dvi. stein-
psll, the murdered painter. Tllero
toosutly arrived in the cu-vii-H1 I Bm-l'
pin, -named Timur--Dhar, and Sir-
litifiit t|i’&"I'l'S'l‘ll\-Uirlilll. two I-Iindoo
gint* *pq practice occult seancell,
urpfuuse-'td aww the mst. -D=°=e“¢
‘M .mg|_|re, Their mission to Pulls
is' to 'discover the murderers of M.
,sulnllell and -mme. Jaw. his mmhef'
ln-law, and they hope to do this by
holding communications with the as
4"; body of the pain-ter. _ The trio
afggigiptgd to gain access to the house
,gg crime ln the Impasse Ronslrl. ‘buf
lneltenante denied them admission-
llley stared at the facade of the
house for some moments and then
started for Le Hay cemetary. where M-
slelnhell ls hurled. 'Etsy 0°~\'S@d “
mild sensation as they passed through
Bourg La Reine wearing their Silk
tu;-bans, long white robes and baSS
attached to 'their girdies. The Cem-
etery gates were closed. The visit-
ors took off their sandals, and enter-
ing the cemetery asked to be allowed
'to find M. Stelnheil’s grave thorn-
sclves. .T1-ley flltted througli God-s
acre with uplifted hands. indu glng ill
invocations and sometimes prostratlng
themselves. No one gave them the
Ieust indication where 'Mr Steinheils
.grove ls situated. suddenly a ions
.cry escaped front Hy'ran-Sin-gh, the
faklr. t resembled something line
"Bruaaaa. maaaa." He found the
grave and his companions hastened to
his side. 'l".'le grave seemed allready
forgotten. There were follr fucled
wreaths attached to the grill at the
fool. of the monumellt. Timur-.Dltnr
and the fakirs removed tho Asiatic
tapestry from ‘tile tombstone nnd be-
gan their ~prayers, first oi’ ull saltltlng
the four cardinal points. Then they
fell on their knees and struck the
earth with fists. Timur-Dhar after-
njards lay his whole length by the
grave,-_.and,seemed to .be 'plunged in an
hypnotic sleep. while ills two vom-
-panlons prostratcd themselves! The-y
remained thus for some minutes. Ul-
tlniately they roi-lc, and resumed their
salutatlons to the north, south. cast
Lt-nd Weil. This completed the cere-
rljlony. Before leaving one uf tho
prleits 'picked up a little earth and tl
leaf from one of 'the wrea-t_l~ls, and en-
eiuled both in a. small box. Asked it'
ho_had all the element necellsarylfor
finding the muroerer 0? murderers of
M. Btelnhell and Mme. Jupy, Timur
Dhar replied: “I believe so. We are
now going to fast and pruy in order
to enter into communication with the
astral body of M. Stelnheil."
YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL IN
'HURRY T0 GET HERITAGE
‘illicit \Hll Father and Mother in Cold
Blood--Boy is Taken
in Charge
PARTS. April 30.-The story of n
torrible crime committed by it 16 year
0iti` Youth named Yves Kermarrl-lr,
ooinsl -from Parceur near Tl-rule. Tho
youth had ‘been spoilt from his child-
hood. all his wants being readily sup-
plied by b-is indulgent futher. But not
o0Ii!8llt with the lifts uf rnoney ilu
received from time to timc, young Yves
conceived the idea of getting hold or
ii!! tstnel-'s entire wedlrh. ne mm
l`tiin0eif that he could only do this by
murdering his parents_ So that he
gilld be, present at early mass, the
‘Xml olllok _Was put on at hal-f-past
fifty in the, morning. His father woke
him UP ind he' went downstairs and
drélsed himself. Returning to the bed-
l‘9um when he thought his parents had
fallen atllesp again, he shot his father
diild and fired three shots at his
"?Q\h°l'- One bullet passed through
the »womnn'e need the d he two led
__i_f nothing had happened, Yves Ker-
‘¥\ll',f0o rode to the solicitors office
Wh°&° _A16 was employed and begun to
-*WF with his_accustome<i energy.
t -Whitt I. Uendarme called at the office
Mill informed him _that his father was
$15141. the young clerk simulated a grief
that was almost tragic in its expres-
_|l°h- HG INDI? \lPl._tIhe comedy who he
_Uiurnod home. e had expecteH\ to
_lihd hia mother dead. But the woman
'ull illkiorsd. Making a supreme ef-
Uvrt. s e railed herself on her elbow
‘lm minted to the youth as the mur-
gltre. Yves Kermel-rec then confessed
. is suilt. adding that lt was nn de-
liio to enter into possession ot his
|\_\fi¢\so that ned induced nlrn to oem-
Qit tho orlme.
_ llllill Votoes stimulants
"LONDON, April 80._lcelsnd is noth-
o latss has been intréduced into
_ parliament.
A ll Mongolia spirits on ships are to
I _'Illini un er seal, whilst the ships are
ICO ‘lille waters. and these seals
lin? he rslsuud hy the nuthort
1 I In the shin issves. The votes
f“_i5°mii|o°p’ie hrs Iso? tallest, and lille
l\` I E
Qsbuaim 1 n svor o -comp ei.
\_i-...,,`____J
Ui ' X
. if H00. thorotl h. A bill hiblti B'
- U lllibtirted sal: of intoxlzamlts, 'in
8-.f0i’|ri. either in cakes sweets or
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4
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` MISS IRENE OSGOOD
A noted British writer, whois in the United States gathering material
enthusiastic fox hunter.
George Will Soon be in
Disuse
the ofL'ig_\' oi' l\ln;; ’6;rg'e o|` 1lx‘ut'ct~
will shortly bc on’lcllZtlly ballnl-d in
France. A t-unvi»lltlon .olgrnml in Pnris
on No\'eln-in-t' »l lu.-t _vvilr il_\' l"r;tilt‘l=,
Belgium, llrcl-vc, lillly zlllll Sltitw rlzlnll
set fortll thui tlrl-v.; mills' oi’ till- villllo
oi' two flulllrs, one l`l‘:lil<~t~ null tlt'i',' con-
ltlmes haul to in- \\'iLlll|l':ll\'ll i`ro:ll cir-
culation. A ill-lxl_\' of foul* ltllllltlls illit-
ing from April 1 \\'lt_- urill:tt‘ll_ The
italian gu\'t-rllllli-lil, illllvl-\'l-l'. clullil not
ratify thc coll\'l-lllloll ill time l>_~.' run-
Snn of tho tiifwltllllillll of purll;:;nE‘ilt,
and the pcrioll lll` llvllly \\':l.~» 1.-xlrllllrtl
to Mily 15. The i-llilzs zlrv :lll't-:lily rs-
garlled =\\'itll sllspirioll. 'l`h»- rillllncll
who .retltl thc llt~\\'.s|»ilpul' \\'lll nut look
ut the tire-cli i-<»lll_- ill l|lll‘.~tloll. Not
only will they not ltropi. till-ln in pity-
lnent of i'al'c-.~'. but till-_v t't»l’\l:-'lv tilclll ns
tips, This t»xt‘r‘.s.\'i\'L- pl‘tllI<~llt'l- is prac-
ticed at llttlo toll <~:ll‘i_\‘, ’l'\n» nlnln-y is
still clxrl‘t=llt ruin, for tll\‘ |1il‘t'l~s will
not be uitllllrilltn i'l'<»ln t'il~l-lllltti-ill ull-
tll SclJttrllri>ol‘.
_ 
Tits Czsrinl of Runsie,_wl1o ls suf-
fering from s nervous breakdown. Her
eonditlon is said to bs desperate. _
PARIS, April il0.-'l`Il~_,- L‘ui|l.~' llczlring
GREEK CDINS PUT CHILDREN’S ACT
I UNDER THE DAN
IN DPERATIDN
Those Bearing the Image of King Mite of Four Years Nurses Her
Doll in Police Court-Bent
to a. Home
LUNDON. April 30.--There was |,
*list ol' eight offenders-'ranging from
,tour to fifteen years of age-before
R. A. Gillespie. the West Ham stipen-
ltllnry, when he ln-in his nm childrens
l°°""_‘__=~‘ "_lt_ <ll¥t"'€r__ _=¢°~'°°= cfm"-
Tllc little tot tif four years--Violet
'1‘lghc -was the most interesting and
thu most interested of the batch. Sha
ltotltllnd illto the court room holding
|tllo hand of a matron and fondling s,
doll gully dressed in pink; and she
spent thc time in court divided in
,attention on tho doll, the magistrate,
lunll ull the others who had anything
to sav.
ller father und mother separated
seven yours ago, the mother drifted
'into bull company. and little Violet
and lu-l' seven-year-old brother being
found in n house of bad 're|pute, were
iukt-n charge of hy the police.
The boy the previous week was sent
to l<‘_\'flt~ld Truallt school and Mr,
Gillespie, snylng that it was obviously
ill tho interest of Violet that he
1 Q
‘should be removed from the atmos-
plll-rc in which she waz, made an order
for her removal to Princess Max'y's
Home at Alllestone, Surrey.
I. Ol’ tllrco lads who pleaded guilty to
gulnllllng' at "’1`finlmY Dodd." the
police sl-tid there was nothing known
llguinst them; bllt Harry Osborne. tits
youngest of thc trio, volunteered (he
remark. "1've been lip before, but not
for gambling."
“\Voll." said Mr. Gillespie, "I \von‘t
ask any questions about that." and
ul'tl~r cuntloning the lads, he discharg-
ed tllcln.
One lad charged with wandering
was sent to ll‘yflt-ld industrial school,
and another wanderer wall remtnditi.
ENGLAND T0 HAYE
NATIONAL THEATRE
LONDON, April 30.-Great Britain
is to have a rational endorsed thmtfe.
Another of the splondors of isolation
is proving unable to stand the wes-
ther and the last stats in Etilops to
treat the actor’l as a vagsbend Mt,
mistakenly honored and eneouesldi
by the foolish foreigners, is to Aban-
doh an uttltude which has broulht the
country of Shakespeare to the level of
noncntlty in tile dramatic lworld. li
is useless to glrd at the frlvolity and
commerclalism apparent in a general
view of the London sts,gc.__ T ers il
plenlty of both in other ddpiiall; but
ln London thero.,is nothiw "H118
enough to counter .ballliiim he|r_v I-
lbie effect and correct ther lntlulnoe.
That this can only be _done by a (rout
hfusle e :isting to produce plan 01 -
ses and other.g ` an eye
is good alone, him; béoh Collie
ledged, and such ll house, like
church, the navy gui other lnltiitir
tions considered vt fn having. can
only live 'by endowment. Iwo ytifls
ago the national tliostre ws# a Gftllm
nf dllndhle enthusiasts. vvlmh vaio
nun, the nun; opt, when me tile
lfinney to comefroaf 'l.‘_o’d\.y L 6?-
plete scheme for. i ibrlliioft and r-
gunizntlon has been ,approved by'a
general committee uné§'eIled in noni?
.sp
of emminence and _ lic infiue
and d single sllohy i donor, lx.
by the splendid _sltt or famous, gl n
to the whole movement that mules!
impetus that coiiles of li. dudllon Mid-
lunexpeoted viewof Qosilbiliilil. ' 
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Strange Story of Industrial Ex-
ploits-Pioked up Largs
Sumllor linterprlses
TAKENIII HAND
BY THE AUTHORITIES
Built Big Chimneys and Caused
lmoixe to Emit from Them
‘l:o'Mske`a. Show A `
PARIQ, April 30.--A strange story
of the llldudrisi exploits of a Gernllnl
lzlantllfacturer is told. The :nun lu
question, who was arrested in his villa
at \esinei. owned the tvurltshop of a
cllenllcal products company ut_(_‘rolssy.
lillanv inhabitants of the district were
sllari-holders. First of ull, -tile emis-
sltrles ut -the lllallllfactuwr informed
the shareholders that there had been
al. little misunderstllndlng, and that the
ofiair would be settled in a few days.
Unfortunately for the manufacturer, H.
Hirsch, the examining magistrate at
'\/'e:°iilJli<~s -£`t\ur.ll interesting papers at
Veslnet and Crolssy, and these furnish-
ed panicularp of the life story of the
uretonded chfmlst. Ot German origin.
.he went to Belgium where, lt is alleged,
he was sentenced to three years' im-
lpriaonmonpfor- abuse of confidence.
Alfter serving -his sentence he wont to
Turcoing in 1002 and founded three
gietox-los in succession-one for the ar-
flcial manufacture of rubber, and an-
other for the construction of electric
tccumuiato/re, economical and of un-
limited power. ln each case he found
at loaat $200,000 to exploit his dis-
coverlos,
Prosocuted bv French justice he dis-
appeared. taking with him a large sum
of ~n:uney._ 1-fe was next found at Jer-
sey in 1000. He had gone there, he
said, in order to escape vexatious for-
malities. In Jersey he founded several
companies, including the chemical
products company at Croissy with s
capital of $1,500,000. The shares were
issued iit five dollars and it was de-
oiared that they had been sold at 35
francs and would ln time be worth S20.
Many capitalists lil the Seine and Olse
subscribed, 'and the captain had _ln-
sulwscrfbed, and the capital had in-
creased by one-half at the time of the
ohemlst's arrest. It is alleged that
llkm the othefwnterprisel. the chemical
products company only existed on
garner. The chemist had bought at
roissy an old workshop and adjoin-
ing lands. Ten brick chimneys had
been built., and ten wor'.cmen caused
them to emit smoke from time to time.
Th-e chemist had ll flat in the Rue de
Home mt Paris_ the rental of which was
$2.000 a year. in ills absence one of
his two eccompllces, now in night, 're-
ceived the clients. It is stated that
the total of' the swindies commited
since ho failure of he Turcolng fac-
tories reached several million francs.
DECIDED T0 LAY
DOWN AND DIE
Suicide by the Starvation Route-
Could Not Forge the
Wine Bottle
mints. April xo. - A men named
Jules Remy, who found himself de-
serted 'by his wife A. few days ago.
6ecidstl“`to take his life. He thought
of several ways of committing suicide,
sud at last meds up his mind to die
of starlmtien. I-le descended to the
oelislr of the house in the Avenue
Philliipe Auguste, locked the door and
waited death patiently. For three days
no dis not eat s bite. The neighbors
iinew of his resolution and tried to
induce him to renounce lt. But Remy
was ubdurate, declaring that lm had
made up his mind to die or hunger.
Finally the police com-mlssa-ry of the
St, Marguerite quarter got wind of the
tn's.n'| tragic fast, and sent an inspector
to the cellar. Remy declined to open
the door. in point of fact he was hot
able to do so. forjwhen at last the dbor
was opened he was found ln e condi-
tion ot extmme_ weelimess. Whilm
however, Remy had not eaten angthlng
for swam de.y»,~-ne hes dl-unit lenty.
Alt his fees were nity empty wine bbt-
tles the fasting msn had emptied dur-
ing his voluntary captivity. He was
nevertheless so 'Wok that the inspector
had to carry hint into A cell. which
drove htm to St. Antoine hospital. The
rniurs conditions is reported to be very
lrlvl.
Where We-on vote
DONDON, April lo.-In Denmark
women Ania appear to have triumph-
ed, Copenhagen l\as,Nst held hor first
elections with woman suffrage. To
ills Danish women exercised th Ir
right so veto ls me elections for the
cli _he e _mm-llelhsl eounell.
8»\'\vd1` gt mules wanted to the pall-
rs ove sevonty.,Bsven women have
bio oieeltod to tits municipal counioll
ittollf.
Ono -s MM. Hoi, is determined to
time nn-wird a-me un-. the. lm-
rtov ment of the upbrinnlng' of the
cliiltifozl oftho poo* and e ther lix
ladies are all ta* t shi specisists lin
sonul form of orlr connect with
women or children, sonoluslvely
who c. women have an
pl-nving that r -
ezarsglee to the mu;\i§l.ptai .cnutteil they
_ s s .n ite ve
Rn-l fhlliil li iG¥°pds»d to in |ln~n-
blr-to ptlbllo lifi.
up boot s and many of the voters’
BERLIN, April 80.-M. Sergei Rouk-
hloff. the new minister of Russian im-
perial railroads. has set out incognito
and in disguise on a.six week's jour-
ney as a third-class pussellgur on the
lilies under his control. He has rc-
sorted to this supervision ut rlrst hand
because of the long-standing coin-
plalnts ot' the disconltbrls that the
ilulnhlf-r classes intro to support.
It is imllvvt-d that .\l. Rutlkllioff, who
used to be chief inspector or prlsolis,
Wil also de\'oLl" his ollt-lgics to clear-
ing up some lllystcrles ill \\'hlt'll enl-
ployas oi’ ills llcpztrtlni-rlt nrt* ill\'ol\'0d.
Eightcvll uluntlls ngo passenger rules
were lutlsod cull>litlt~l'ubly on the Hus-
slan govt-rnnn-nt rallrorlds as it lneuns
uf hrillging' frvsll rcvt-lille tu tllv fren.
Bury. But illtllutlgh the lllltllhcl' of
liassellgl-l~.- ililrv ills-lvlased, till-. lu-cl-lpts
have fallen. 'l’|tl-rr have re<~<-ntly bl-ull
arri-sts ni' gangs ol’ ticks-t forgers nt
leading rtlil\\'ll_v t't»1ltl'e»4-olll~. ol' thunl
had issued tickets ut’ till- fait-u value oi'
o\'el' $500,000 ill the pllst _voitr-~i>ut
it remains ullcxplitilll-ti llotv their troll-
i`e1lerates in the ralil\\'zly svrvlcc \\-ore
able to pai-'s tho Iulso tlrliots for so
long through tilt- ltsllill stages of ill-
spectlon.
M. R0ukhlul'l` will also investigate
enormous defaicatlons in the goods de-
partnlt-nts. Un two lines alone ovcr
$1,500,000 lvortll of goods were system-
atically stolen ill the thrcc yours
1905-1907 with the colinl\'a.ln:e of gov-
ernment empluycs. It was at :t time
when ull the energies of the tlopnrt-
ment were devoted to combutting the
general strike and to conveying troops
and police to the scenes of pollticul
troubles.
WHAT GERMAN FLEET
WILL CONSIST 0F IN l9lZ
BERLIN, April 30.-Colonel Gnedko,
(ho well ‘known military und n:o.\'all
critic, writing in the Tageblatt, says:
“Through the circumstance that or-
ders were placed as early as the end
of last year for battleships of the 1900-
10 budget-desrlite the attempts ol’ the
reactionary press to tlelude the t_lcrm:;n
nation on this point-it is un<loubter1l_\'
possible that the flemlall Fleet will pos-
sess no less than thirteen Dredd-
noughts und three Invlllclblcs in tho
course of 1912. Through sein!-official
declarations we have bound otlr.~;clv~_-.<
not to exceed that totul by lla time
stated. (The vxclzllrliltinn point is
Colonel Gaedke's). Our presollt Hllzln-
clal position would sullcllon ;:ro:lt--l-
naval estimates than the prcsollt our-s.
We could certainly complet-~ tho nlzovt-
nunrber of ships by the beg,-_inning of
1912. In the course of the some hud-
get year England will have at lcnst
twelve Dreadnoughts and four Invin-
cibles-or sixteen modern lighting ves-
sels-agalnst only thirteen German.
“These figures show, ne\'el'tlll\ioss,
how extraordinarily near we lmvv :lp-
proitched to the English since wr: lin-
ltlly determined no longer to ing bc-
hlnd~other nations in size and flglltlmz
power of the individual ships. Only
since we reached this detormlnzltlml
has the German fleet -become nn erlvlny
really to- -be seriously reckoned tvitb.
even by England and the Unitell
States."
I
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ADMIRAL VONTIRPITZ
Secretary of the German navy, who
has been the Emper-or's right hand
man irl securing the naval programme
for Germany, which has so aroused
public interest in England.
CURIOUS FRENCH LAW
DEMANDS CURE TAX
Proceeds to go to Betterment of Towne
in the interests of
Visitors
PARIS, April 30.-An important
little lulv passed by the senate of
Mnrcll 19 has just been “discovcr»2d"
llntvlm; hitherto been lost sight of ow-
‘ing to |.llt~ recent postal strike and thc
lt-xvitl-llll~lli. The law will have im-
iportulli. effects oil all French watering
pl.u~-~s, wlletller seaside or inland. It
ltllnbivs any town or parish which in-
icludes it health resort to r.-stablisll 9,
"cure tax" on all visitors not por-
manently rc-sidcnt ln the place or not
being proprietors of villas there. The
pl~n<‘c-oils of such "cure tax" are in be
-oxcllu-li\'t~l_v lle\uir_-d under govcrnnllrnt
lsllpervlsion to the cnlbellsllmollt, sunl-
tution :intl genorul ilnprovc-mont of the
towns ill the int:-rl-st of the visitors.
'The tux is to be collected by all hotel
rlntl lodging house kocpars :ind its
lnlnoltllt sllrlll hu ilxml hy tllc nluilicipul
coullvll suimjrrt to thc npprovni ul' thu
perl`ul‘t of the dcpztrtmcnt. No visitor
shilll he obliged to pity cure tax fur
more than four cons<.~cllti\'e wccits.
Qtr. _ ' 1. 
President of WIC 5003 °7
Britain and the
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ci-luncr-l|l.l_
who dsl-lllren that wir bvtwnn Grout the value at is,ooa trends ilu seam
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Petitions to Be Heard in
Provincial County Courts
-Secrecy Is Suggested
I.oNDoN, April ao.»'ner<n-me ln me
divorce law that will be welcomed by
many who. through want ut' meanl,
have found themselves unable to god
rid of uncongenlal mates, are foreshb-
dowed in the report issued by the Conv
mittee appointed to consider the reliv
tions ‘between the high court and thl
county courts.
The Ltcynote of tllc committees ideal
is found in thi- following phrasesl
"There is practically one law for those
-who can afford to brlllg a suit in thi
divorce court and another for those
who cunnot. There is a. practical de-
llinl of justice to nuln-bers of people-I
people tvho belong to ranks in life in
which the relief to bo obtained is izrob-
ably more necessary than in rilnlm
above them. Pennallent separation
without divorce has a distinct tendency
to encourage lmrnorallty.
"The cost of bringing or defending a
suit in London and huving the hearing
there renders it quite impossible for
many of the poorer classes to gl-t the
relief which those better off obtain.
This is especially the case with purtlel
\vll0 are at any substantial distance
from London. Letters on this subject.
have been constuntly received by the
late president ol` tho court from poor
people urging reform in this matter,
und protesting llgzllllst the injustice t0
tllcm ot' the pl'cscrlt system."
So it is proposed that county court!
,lotller than the me-tmpolitan courts
and others in the near counties tvhenoe
access to London is may) should be
given :i`limllt-ll jllrl.<<lii-tion in matri-
monlnl cases, :ind tvitilin defined limits
should- have power to proceed on the
_‘same grounds as the high court.
l This involves the question of pub-
‘liclt_v, and the committee object to
1 tile publication of the proceedings.
i If our pro osals be adopted (they
~state) tllesg' ses will be heard at I-
! <‘onslderahlo,.’ _-number of P1308!
ltllrough uuntry, and unless
prohibit'  of rr-ports of then
unfnrtu " _often very disagree'
able Ca; .Wm be spread everywhere.
_ln our 0'Dlnl0,ll it is not ill the belt
interests of the rlluntry that this
should take pint-l-_ uvt-n though in
some few cases such publication might
be dc-sircrl. \\`~» think that the right
of publication should lit- confined, ad,
for instance. in 1-`rnzlr~<-_ to that of the
decrees malls--.------*Alt--l-u-r-t-hor su-bm-it-for a a
consideration t llllslor similar action
mlzllr not bi- taken with advantage
' with rr-gnrll to the high court.
'l"‘lg thi- circuit systonl should be
ri»l:iou-llell so as to conoentrntl- the
civil tvbrk in Centres. and that more
time should ht- allowed and more con-
venient :i.rr:lngllnlvllts mudc for the
disposal of business.
l One of the immediate results of the
adoption of the scheme would be the
appointment gf m'~r<~ klng's bench
judges. lnrlocd, \\llf~ther lt is adopt-
ml or not. it hits bluonlo 1le.finltel_v ap'
' parent, and will bhromo more so, that
,thc nllmbcr ut' jzlllms is illstlfiir-lcrlt.
ll' some such sclwme were introduc-
ell there would be no longer any de-
sire tg extend the jurisdiction of the
ununty courts, while in the absence of
ii civil work at the usslzcs will
dwindle till it dies out. and, in the
opinion of the committee, it would be
ortunato, indved if thc high court
tl unt’ . .
were not properly available through-
l
‘out the country for both the smaller
and thc larger cast-s.
FRENCH REPUBLIC HAS
NAVAL PROBLEM T0 SDLYE
Twenty Million Dollars Urgon\U
Needed for 1909-10-Whsro is
Money to Como From
P/\R.LS, April 30.-France has l¢l
gi-out naval qucstiem too. The cone
l struction of Dren.linough.ts is hardly A
mutter of practical politics since this
country has decided 'to spend nothing
_on new constructions, at the same
time. twenty million dollars are urg-_
ently nccdcd for the 1909-10 pro~
grnmme. A phantom navy. That is
what thc “ex.pusl-" of M. Charles Hum-
lh-ri (report:-r to the .\`llvul Budget
t~rnnn1itt\:o) amollnts io, it Wal
‘largely drawn upon by M. Dolacasse
the chamber to appoint a commission
be no flect at all ns no provision is
ibolng made for tllr future. VVith the
greatest dli'llt'ulty thirty-seven million
dollars spruatl over six yt‘ilrs fire CD
for the benefit of the navy. but them'
is no Dreadnought contemplalted in]
lthe hill. in truth the French navy I
in a very critical stnte, ami, unl¢C§
something is done will soon cease W
bo. Happily the scope of the now inn
quiry includes ‘the organization of th
service. The real vice of the_presont'ixA
'system is the omnipotence of tne mln- _
ister of marine, whose influence is fel¢~J
in every depsrtmsnlt. Only the |11-\
:reduction of elle english plsnnwlusl
technical experts- in charge of everrl
branch can save the situation. Evers(
-than so much_ ground 'Z-las been lost*
that only the most optimistic can bo-.‘
llevc in the possibility of re-estab'~
llshing the fleet on its old tootir`
_among the powers.
Raid on Opium Deus
PARIS, April 80.-According to dil-
patches from Marseilles and Toulon,
the police suthorxiies of these two
cities axe roddublng their effort!
against he-proprietor ot opium dolls.
in spite of sit that as been done |11
the authorities hundreds of these
haunts still remain in full s-wing, their
chief patrons beinx Colonlais, both
civil and military. I the result of Q
series of raids this week opium to
States is not conceivable. _, seized
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in ills wonderful speech which induced.
of inquiry. In ten years thcre will,
be squeezed out of national flnancdg