New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-14


day the so-caled Mother Ibrahim" was carried TO
her grave at AK with imposing military ceremony
the General commanding the district, with his en-
tire staff attending the funeral, while regiments OIL
cavalry and infantry rendered the honors IL"
months ago President Faure had pinned to the
shoulder OF her dress the highly priced MeoaiHe
Militaire" which is only accorded for distinguished
gallantry on the battlefield and three years pre-
viously the late President Carnot had in the same
manner decorated her with the cross OF the Legion
Of Honor. All this was on the unuers tdhIe w.
she had been the ''vivandiere" of the 2d Regiment
Of Zouaves in the Crirnean War. in the Italian War
of 1883 I'm Mexico. thrC ughout the Algerian cam
nai,n and i'm the war OF 1870 in which latter con-
aicr She declared that she had been badly
wounded as TO be left for dead on the pattiehelu,
1t turns out that she never In her ne was Was
tho ''yiyandiere OF any regiment ana that me
only campaign in which she took part was IN me
Crimean War not as canbn1eff' D .be had been
driven out Of camp by the Provost Marshal am
shipped back 70 Constantinople FOR dsgraceIg' coz
duct and theft The stories Of her deeds OF Val0r
and Of her brilliant military career so creduousy
accepted by the Government and by ne peope'
were based upon nothing except her N''lu ''"as''"
ton.
A considerabl BILE interest has been aroused in Eng
land by the news that the Legislature Of New
ZEALAND has lust passed law creating a statutory
balf-bolidav for domestic servants. According 10
this measure an employer Is obliged 10 turn every
servant out of the house from p m until 10 ?. m
on one day each week. The half-hohday Is COM
pulsory not only in the serse that the employer i
hound TO grant it, but also in the sense that the
servant is bound to take IT, and If any servant Is
found at work during the statutory half-hohday
the unfortunate employer will be liable 70 me OF
s25 Should the servant return for meals curing
the half hOliddy-and THIS u one OF tlr nloSt
tifu provisions of the new law-the master or mis-
tress will have minister TO the wants OF Ile uo
nestle Under he circumstances IL Is only hatu ~
mar every hired girl I'm New-Zealand Will make A
point OF coming home TO tea on ner nan nrns l
the privilege OF being waited upon ny on Ill
plo lei a XnlCn
ingly forego.
In order 10 appreciate the bitterness with which
Italy regards the refusal OF the French Govern
mont TO permit the renewal Of her treaty WIN
Tunis. which Is about be definitely transformer
from French protectorate into French colohE'
II is necessary bear in mind that runs mas peeh
urtu nov nine-tenths Italian Its agriculture, its In
dustry It's trade its enterprise nay. IT'S very IAN
guacc-the contribution Of successive relays OF Sell
ian Ncapolltan Sardirian Tuscan and Genoese set
,ers-are all Italian The termination Of the pres
en treaty and the abolition OF tho so-caled capl'u
lation means the closing OF the numerous Italian
schools none being left open hut French educa'o'1
establishments where through 'queH anutoscaIl-
isslmo gergo nasale" non-Itaan sentiments VIII
be actively instilled. All the industries ana profess
sions the practice OF which depends upon Govern,
ment countenance or Government cohCesSlotl' WI
be withheld from those VINO are no, 'en0 aIian
iects in fact. calling Will be open 10 an 1870
unless he be naturazed a Frencnmdh' -hOi - -
son horn on Tunitan soil VIII be cOtnpelleu Oi
reaching manhood 10 don the UNIFORM VI d =. a.,
soldier and may perhaps De ctru uPo'. ~ ~ -
against Italy. The Italian press lament VA, , I'm.
treatment Of their cOunirym"n IN luIS = ~
other Of the many humiliauons ana hardshlps
which thanks 10 Sgnor Crispis mismanaset men
OF the affairs Of the country. the tt'er ma ~
..Rovcotfcd i'm France. hustled out OF SwitZerlahd
maIreated by the North American Irish yncn l,1l
in the Southern States. vctimiz,d IN ne branits
and i'm the Argentine Republic. almost driven lil'o
the Red Sea 10y semi-savage poten,1'' IL -
the Roman and Milanese newspapers g pnis ~
he called an Italian TO he treated as farlaH III
the old World and in the New"
Tho railroad across Siberia IS in working order
from s. Petersburg to point beyond Krasyonask
,bor. tho arrival Of the first train from European
pussia the other day the subject OF much pun
lie rejoicing BY next year the relatively small
rieca Of road 10 Irkutsk will be open 10 Warhc'
which will mark the completion OF the entire west
ern and by far the largest moiey OF the trahscoh-
tinontal line East Of Irkutsk all the labor ana
ro,,.rial will be supplied from the Eastern ter
r,irus AZ Vladivostok on the Pacific coast. and a
considerable portion Of the Eastern section OF the
road is already constructed In fact. II the "o'N
IS carried on at the present rate OF sped u rs
proba bic that the entire line may ne composed III
iSqS instead Of 1905. Meanwhile the Chinese ,ioNein
mont has granted concession TO Franco iNuss'
companv 10 construct railway through MAI
S,,ri, connecting with the Russian siberian Inc
A. sfreiensk and striking southwark 10 the coast
on the Pacific.
France is singularly unfortunate with her cru1-
ers The record Of collisions, explosions and strand
ing Of war-ships during the last five years IS eN-
traordinarily extensive. and now 1t has peen dlS-
covcted that the apparently magnificent new IRON
clad lie Garnet from which UGH grand results
were expected is a complete failure. owing to the
limited space between decks il is found Impossible
-, accommodate the crew under conditions that are
g., arv sense Of the word hygiene. and ~ conse-
IN any - rrote errors in the calculation OF the
different weights the vessel SINKS below tne
in
worthy.
Inasmuch "a there Is no monarch in the world
u.ho attaches so much importance TO outward dis
MAY anpearance and dress as the German EN-
,.ror II il not surprising that ne should nave
taken leading part in the creation OF the Museum
of Costumes which is about 10 be opened AT beril,
sTbe avowed object Of the institution is to teach
i,ors arI actresses how to avoid anachronism Of
dress on the fault with whch Nlliiah ia1 1
no natjence and for which he has repeatedly cdlIeh
,bo55trical managers to account during the course
OF performances at which he has been present
Although the Spanish Cortez agreed before IL ad-
,ourned 10 the proposal Of the Government in re-
s,rd n the tobacco monopoly and the concession
80 tho Almaden mines the difficulties with the
a,snciaI situation created by the cuban War are
not thereby sensiby relieved These Two sources
OF will be quite inadequate LOT b ne s 70
w. rots"d in the event OF the railway subventon
scheme being carried 80 that the treasury cris'S
is after all. merely postpoheu'
According TO news received at the India ONCE IN
London. the ever-mysterious Thibet Is more hrmly
closed than ever to Europeans-this. too III spite
~ the recent convention Of England with China
which latter is the suzerain power Of Thibet In
accordance with the terms OF the treaty an Eng
lisb customs Office and mart mas been estabhshed
hv the Anglo-Indian Government at the entrance
- tho narrow strip Of Thibetan territory between
Sikkim and Bhootan. But a few yards 10 me
,nr"h ~ The English line the Thibetans have built
an Uncomfortable barrlcade which no European or
Indian has been allowed 10 pass. Nor Is there any
',,,resranc. OF the boraX. the wool and the gold
which are the staple products Of Thihet. In fact
Thibet remains quite as impenetrahle 10 Europeans
as Iapan was until forty years ago
The petroeum Industry OF Russia mas jus, lost
ito nioneer by the death IN Sweden OF Robert Nobel
:. -. - . ,hapc. visit 10 Ealu In 1873 that he