Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

OF the French ARM maneuvers around
NOUNS, which he attended as President
faure's chief guest He first distinguished
himself by splendid display of horseman-
ship before the French staff, when, a bor-
roWed horse, startled by the firing. tried to
bolt, reared and fell. The duke skilIfulIv
dlSengaged himself unhurt
On the following day, during a halt he
mlnuteiy examined a French soldiers KNAPP
sack. He had one of them emptied on the
slouhu' weighed the articles and finally
TOOK the knapsack, strapped fl on his own
shoulders and walked up and down In front
OF the president and the generals i'm order
TO test whether the straps hampered his
movement The spectators We're greatly
amused and the private soldiers loudly
cheered him.
Yesterday the Duke of Connaught visited
the french camp kitchens, and, following
the great Napoleon's precedent he asked
10 De allowed to taste the soldiers food, re-
marking:
Il must only take tiny morsel, as 1 am
robbing somebody's share"
He then forked out and ate a niece of
beef' which he pronounced to be of excel
lent quality.
The duke also examined the mems over
coats, testing their weight and texture
These incidents have made the Duke of
Connaught very popular with the French
soldiers and villagers. AT the hamlet of
Ennemond they had great treat in seeing
the thirsty president of the republic and
Queen Nictorias son stop before a little
public house and call for and toss off
glasses of light beer, while the hurriedly
assembled band played God Save the
Queen
President Faure. on Friday, decorated
the duke with the grand cross of the
Legion of Honor.
Criticisms of Bismarck
The leading newspapers here scathng,y
review Herr Moritz Busch's Life of Prince
Bismarck" which was recently published.
The general opinion is that both the author
and his idol suffered greatly by the revela-
tlors made. The British, naturally, chiefly
resent the late PriI ce Bismarcks express
sions of hostility tc Great Britain and to
the queen and her daughter the former
En- press Frederick Of Germany with which
the book teens.
The Daily Telegraph says that If the
work reveals the real Bismarck, he lowered
the moral tone of the whole of Europe
adding:
Every one knew he made INSCRIPTIONS
rse of the press: but, according TO Herr
Busch, he deliberately instructed his hire
hrgs to disseminate absolute false hoods"
The Times remarks:
1T was reserved to the sublime uncon-
sciousness of one OF his sincerest Worship
ers to expose all the meanness duplicity
and brutality which he combined with SO
many brilliant and admirable qualities"
A photograph of the cZarina nursing her
baby recently appeared in English
newspaper and wh1n ii reached the Rus
sian censor the latter was a much-Duzzled
official He consulted with the minister of
the interior, who was equally perplexed
and who decided to consult with the car
The best thing l do" said the Rus.
sian emperor, lis to show this to the car
ina and let her decide"
In few minutes, according to the story,
the car returned and said, with q smile,
to the minister of the interior:
Her imperial majesty finds nothing in
n he Lax Tor
pass"
The heat is affecting the the1ters. The
chief interest of the week centered IN the
production of the annual mel0drama at
Drury Lane yesterday evening which with
a thrilling scene in ball room, a game of
cricket at Lords and a representation of
the military tournament satisfies the de-
mand for realism