Arizona republican., 1899-08-06

l wonder how many people there are
of those WHO have recently been Lord
RothSchild'S guests al his town hoLsa
in Piccadilly AID at his country seat
Of Thing lnl of Gunrersbwy. who
have nj iced the unfinished pieces of
the superb cornices in the grand en-
trance hall. This is in accordance
with the Hebrew precept Which for
bids any devout believer in the Tai
mud to regard his home or earth as
anything but temporary and therefore
incOnpl6; e. Lord Rotkschild's 9sartic-
ular hobby is the Jews free school in
the W'hitechapel district of London
which has an average daily attend
ar.ce of 1860 children. probably the
the largest roster of any school. The
institution is mairi aimed entirely by
tire peer, ard is probably the only
school of the kind where each child is
provided free of cost with i good
breakfast of hot milk and bread and
butter before beginning the days stud
les. Each pupil receives new suit
of clothes each year. and Lord ROths-
child encourages thrift among the py1-
pills by paying them an interest of 1G
per cent per annJm on whatever
money they are able to save and earn
and to put by.
There are only about 40 Jewish of
ficers in the English army. Several of
them have attained the rank of Col
Onel. France. in spite of the agitation
against DreyfuS. has some 300 Jewish
officers. comprising Bri@adier Gener-
ais. and even Generals of Division. In
Italy a Jew of the name of Ott0lenghi
as Lieu enarlt General and Il favorite
aid-de-camp of King Humbert. com
mands the fortress and garrison of
Turin. the old capital of the kingdom
of Piedmont. Owing to its proximity
to the French frontier. it is regarded
as one Of Llle most important com
mands of the Itaiian army. General
Ottolerghi was also for Il time Mill
tary Governor to the Grown Prince of
Italy.
In Austria. where aristocratic pre-
JUDGES against the Hebrews are sup
posed 60 be stronger than anywhere
else in the old world. there are no less
than 2,C00 officers protesting the Jew
ish faith serving in the army. One OF
them. Maj. Gen. Porges, has just beer
appointed to the command of the for
tress of PrzemySl. which. owing to sjha
position which it occupies on the Rus
sian frontier of Austria. may be said
to constitute the most IMPORTANT of
all the keys TO the dual empire. When,
Il short time ago. the old Grand Duke
Michel of Russia celebrated his fifti-
eth anniversary of his entrance into
the army. a deputation of the officers
of the Austrian regiment CT which he
is ColOneI-in-chief proceeded tC st.
Petersburg by orders Of Francis
Joseph in order to convey to him the
concentrations of the Austrian Army
At the head of the daputation was the
commanding officer of the regiment,
Col. Baron Won Schweitzer, a profess
sing Jew and before returning to
Vienna he was accorded the honor of a
private audience by the Gar, who con-
ferred upon him a high Russian order.
Probably one of the most distin-
euished Jewish officers in the Aus
train army is old Gen. Baron Won Eiss,
for a number of years the command
ing officer Of the Brunn garrison.
He is a particular favorite of the En-
porer, and his breast is covered with
orders. chief among which is the great
gold medal for conspicuous and extra
ordinary gaIlantry on the battlefield.
This grand Old officer was slated for
the cross Of the Order of Maria The
resa, only granted for some altogether