Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-16
FOREIGN TOPICS UPpERMosr.
Resistance I'm Portugal to Governmental In
spectlOn OF Convsnts.

| spectlOn OF Convsnn-
Lisbon dispatch says the commission ap.
pointed to institute inquiries into the manner and
mode OF living in hospitals. converts and other
religious establishments have met with decided
| opposition from tho ecelesiastic authorities as
to any entertainment upon the privacy Of re-
| hgious life. The commission was appointed
in consequence of the death by poison of n
young girl il convent at Lisbon and the dis
coyery that tho girl had been the victim OF an
! Outrage. The newspapers, especially the radi-
| cal press, took the case up with such earnest
ness that the public mind became highly ex-
| cited and the government, matter OF pru-
doEcc, resolved upon an official investigation.
The ecclcsiastic authorities, however, while
welcoming investigation an to the particular in
cidcnt. deny the right of officials to ransack re-
| ligious establishments for the purpose of graft
| flying idle curiosity 1t is claimed in behalf of
the convent in which the girl died that she met
her misfortune before entering it, and that her
death was the result Of renorse. Notwith-
standing all opposition. it seems probable that
q thorough investigation will be made and the
! condition OF the converts laid bare before the
public.
QUEEN HARAssED TO DEATH.
1t now appears. according to {, Vienna dis
patch, that the pitiful condition Of the Queen
Of Roumania, whose life is despaired of. is
largely due TO her knowledge Of the attempts
made to induce her husband to obtain di-
vorcc from her. Certain members of the min
lstry have been advising King Charles to fol-
low the example of King Milan Of Serva and
discard his wife through tho means Of divorce.
To this the king objected on the trouud that
the queen had always been faithful wife, how
ever much she disagreed with him to certain
matters OF domestic policy. and that he would not
disgrace her by any proceeding for legal separ-
ation. Therefore the idea of divorce
given mp. Meantime, however, the queens
anguish Of mind had greatly aggravated her
physical troubles, which were serious enough,
and q fatal result is expected Her meeting
with the king, on his visit to Venice, is said to
have been very touching, and the royal couple
showed every sign of affection. Tho effect Of
the meeting was an apparent improvement OF
the queens condition. The situation Of the
Roumanian royal family is acknowledged on all
sides to be most pitirul.
FOREIGN NOTES.
Among the features Of the Austrian ma
neuvers now being continued are the use of
printing press on the field to print immedi
ately the orders from headquarters to field
officers and the photographing of the troops
while in actual motion in their various tactics.
The Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria is
an accomplished amateur photographer.
Thirty-nine vessels OF all sorts will take part
in the maneuvers of the German fleet and Adj
miral Won der Goltz will he in command. The
maneuvers will take the form of an attack on
the coast defenses of Kiel, and both land and
sea forces will be engaged. There is another
spurt in the rifle factories at Spandau and the
hours of the workingmen have been doubled
A Berlin dispatch says that the police au-
thorities have been instructed t( send in to
Chancellor Caprivi us full a report as possible
Of the utteranses at a meeting of socialists in
the Coburg beer garden, and it is expected that
the more extreme speakers will be prosecuted.
The substance of the speeches has been made
public and the ministry, it is said, came to the
conclusion that the language is too violent to
be overlooked and that it would create a bad
example to ignore it.