Arizona republican., 1899-02-01
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT


 Of Greece confined to his couch during the first fortnight of the present year, and which still causes him to limp
 painfully, has been the subject of a
 good deal of quiet fun. It seems that
 on New Years eve the king was, in ac-
 cordance with the time-honored GUS tom, distributing presents to the mem
 bers Of his family. The gift destined for his eldest son, the crown prince, was rather heavy marble statuette of the goddess of victory.
 As he was in the act of offering it to his first-born it somehow or other slip ped from his hands and fell onto the end of his foot. crushing it badly, while it is needless to say, the poor goddess was shattered.
 Had it not been for this misadventure no one would have known of the na- ture of the kings New Years present to his son.
 But, in view of the Iatter's achieve-- ments during the war with Turkey, when not only his capacity as a mili- tary leader, but even his personal cour- age. were called into question, perhaps unjustly, by military critics both at home and abroad, and particularly taking into consideration the circum- stance that the troops which he com manded were ignominiously defeated in every engagement without a single victory to redeem them, the statue of victory seems to be singularly inap- propriate as New Years gift from the ruler Of the Hellenes to his eldest son and heir.
 It is not generally known that the queen, the prince of Wales, and the other members of the reigning house of Great Britain entertain a very deep grudge against nobles and landowners who have rendered themselves guilty either of harshness or even of unfair ness toward their tenantry, and many is the time that both the queen and | her ffrst-born have been heard to re- mark in conversation that they did not like this or that parsonage because | they were bad to their tenants.
 On one occasion, when one of the | gentlemen of the royal household ven tured to express his regret that her majesty's sympathy for unfairly treat ! ed tenantry was not more widely | known, she explained that she was a tenant herself. T lease.' she declared, l "Abergeldie from MT. -, and | have made many improvements. and | | ment my rent has been raised
 There are no more considerate or | kindly landlords than the queen, the | prince of Wales, and the members of | their family, and whenever holding ! on any of their estates becomes vacant | the competition to obtain it is extreme ly keen.
 Now that President Mckinley Is | about to be called upon to affix his sig nature to the treaty of peace with Spain, it may be of interest to draw at tention to the manner in which the rulers of the old world sign documents of this character.
 Thus in the case of the Berlin treaty of 1878 Queen Fictoria's signature, bearing the date of July, 1878, is as fol- lows: We will never suffer the same to be violated by any one, or trans Sressed in any manner so far as it lies iii our power, Victoria, R and L.
 The signature of the French ruler bears the date of July 23, is preceded by the words, Promotions quill sera nviolablement observe" and bears he name, ''MacMahon, Marechal de France, Due de Magenta, President de a RepubliQue."
 Austria s ratification of the treaty is n Latin, the signature of Francis Jo- seph being preceded by the Latin words, Nos visis ct perponsis tractatus lujus articulis eos approbamus in om- libus ct singulis dispositionibus quay Il illis continentur, atque ipsas histo -atas gratasque habere declaramus, Terbe nostro Caesareo ct Reggie prom tientes nos eas fideliter ad impletures 3sse'
 That of Germany bears the hand yTiting of the then crown prince, who became Emperor Freder- ok III. His signature is preceded by few French words, and the reason for lis name being affixed to the treaty in leu of that of his father, old Emperor William, was because the latter was at he time prostrated by the wounds re- eived at the hands of his would-be as assin, Nobiling.
 The ratification Of the czar is as. fol- ows: "A ces causes, apres avoir examine ce Traite, nous avons agree, confrma ct ratifie comme 'ar les presentes. Nous Pagreens con- Irmens ct ratifOns dans toute sa eneuT, promettant sur notre parole inn 'erlale pour nous nos heritiers ct nos UccesSeurs, que tout ce lui etc sti- 'ule dans le traite sera observe ct ex- cute inviolablement. En foi le quoi, OuS dVonS SlSne de notre prOpfe main a presente ratification imperiale ct vons fait appose le sceau de notre em- 'ire, Tsarkee Solo, 15 July, 1878. Alexandre"
 A good deal of apprehension pre- -afls with regard to the nature of the 'ffice of ergeant-at-arms, to which feneral Sir Arthur Ellis, the well lnown equerry of the prince of Wales las just been appointed, after forming y years.
 It must he thoroughly understood hat the office in question differs from he dignity of the same name in con- ection with the state and national leg slaturss in the United States
 Strictly speaking, the English ser eants-at-arms are not parliamentary fftcials, but members of the royal h al FT1.1