The record-union., 1896-09-28

the other journals accuse Mr. Glad
stone with treating a serious situation
with levity.
The practical expulsion from Berlin q
few days ago Of Professor Thoumayan
the Armenian lecturer, who came to
Germany for the purpose of organizing
anti-Turkish meetings, has had a ten
dency to dampen the purpose of the
sympathizers with the Armenians. In
the official mind Professor Thoumayan
is a mere agitator who politically Is IN
distinguishable from the widest kind
and most fanatical huntchalist or Arm
enian revolutionist.
According to the semi official state
ment published in the Cologne Ca
zette," Professor Thoumayan owes his
life to the German ambassador to Tur-
key, who interceded in his behalf when
the Professor was sentenced to death az
conspirator in Armenia and procured
reprieve on the strength Of Thou
mayan's undertaking to abandon MS
anti-TurlSish agitation. Nevertheless,
despite the fact that he received re-
peated warnings from the Berlin pollce
Thoumayan continued his attacks upon
the Sultan and his crowning oHense was
committed in his declaration at a recent
anarchist meeting that the Porte itself
had arranged the affairs of taking pos
session Of the Ottoman Bank. In re-
counting the details of this incident
however, the Gazette" omits mention
Of the fact that Professor Thoumayan
went to the meeting mentioned in COM
pany with a well known and highly re-
fnr a
purpose of refuting the statement which
had been made in anarchist oratorles
that the Armenian movement was
purely anarchist.
Dr. Lindaur, the anarchist leader, hav-
ing repeated this declaration, Professor
Thoumayan denied the truth of the al
lega ton with much warmth. He re-
pudiated all connection with the man
ifesto which had issued from London
and having disposed of this matter pro-
ceeded to denounce the Sultan and the
his her officials of the Turkish Govern
ment.l The meeting was somewhat dis
turbed by the professors expression OF
his sentiments, and several speakers
who followed him declared that he was
a paid agent of the Russian secret po-
lice.
been actually expelled, though he is con-
structively under that ban, he having
been notified that the threat of his ex-
pulsion from Germany would immedi-
ately follow If he makes another at
tempt to address a public meeting.
The death of Frau Katarina Klafsky-
Lohse, the prima donna, which occur
red in Hamburg last Tuesday, is great
ly regretted here, and the circumstances
attending her demise are being widely
discussed. Her friends are highly indig-
nant at the medical treatment which
she received and declare that she was
the victim of the incapacity Of the
Hamburg physicians who attended her.
The story of the cause of her death
has many versions, but one most gen
erallyl accepted is that while she was
singing in the United States she was
struck on the head by a toppling cup
board, which caused a painful inflam-
nation of the scalp. She never fully
recovered from the effects of the mis-
hap, and later the pain became almost
unbearable.
The Hamburg physicians diagnosis
OF the case pronounced her affliction
tumor Of the brain, which could only
be relieved by the operation Of trepan-
ing, which the doctors decided to resort
to. The operation was performed with
the result that 1t disproved the tumor
theory, but killed the patient The
fact was that her ailment was really Of
a comparatively trifiing nature. The
funeral took place at Hamburg on Fri
day and was attended by a large num-
Der Of her professional and private
friends. The body, in accordance with
the wishes Of the deceased lady, was
clothed In the white robe Of penitence
worn by her in the character of Eliza
beth in 'Tannhauser." The chorus of
Mozart's Magic Flute" was sung at
the grave. Madam Klafsky was the
daughter Of an obscure Hungarian
shoemaker and she married a Jewish
tradesman In Liepsic before she be-
came prominent as a singer. After
her marriage she abandoned her pro-
fession, but her husbands failure in
business compelled her to return to the
stage, after which she rapidly rose to
celebrity.
Suspicious are expressed within the
circles Of the German Colonial party
that the British are fomenting the
trouble which has arisen in German
East Africa, into which the Wawemb ba
tribe have made inroads from English
territory. More serious than this, how
ever. is the Waweh tribe. who have
erected the fort at Kwiurn which the
Germans had previously destroyed, and
have also driven the small detachment
Of German troops there out Of the coun-
try
The gale which prevailed Friday and
Saturday caused great damage 10 prop
erty and considerable loss Of life along
the North Sea coast and far inland.
The river Elbe rose twelve feet on Fri
day, as a result of which the cellars Of
many buildings were carried away