Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-23

oness de Kaula, whose dup5 he be
came General Thibaudin, another re-
publican minister of war, became in
volved, through the Infamous Nine.
Limousin, in the ignoble Legion of
only in his downfall, but likewise N
that Of President Grevy.
The criticisms leveled by England
| against France in connection with the
arbitrary conduct to which poor Orgy
fUs has been subjected GENES with sin
| gulaTly bad grace, for English officers
are even still worse off than those Of
France. "A French officer c3nnot be
| dismissed flcm the service except as
+ the result of a sentence by court mar
4 tial, whereas in England the crown
has the power at any moment, with
out reason or cause, tc issue a lotifi-
/ cation in the official gazette that il
'dispenses' with the services CT any
particular officer. This is practically
| the same thing as being cashiered by
court martial. In a. word, English Off
! GERS h-ld their commissions solely and
entirely by the favor Of the sovereign.
and may be deprived at any moment
/ by royal caprice and without court
martial CT any ether form Of legal pro-
CESS.
The queen OF Italy has Just laid the
corner stone CT the summer palace
Which she IS n1w building fer herself
at GreSsOney, in the Alps, Whsre she
invariably spends the summer. ana
where until now she has occupied a
leased villa. The general idea Of the
pan is Moorish, and the several courts
with fountains have the fairy-like
groups OF columns which DISTINGUISHED
the Court CT Lions at the Alharnbra.
! h5' site chosen is grand and imposing
IN the extreme. Fr-Gn every window
viii be seen magnificent panorama
Of fertile valleys. green hills. and snow
| ~apped mountains. The grounds i'm
meclately ESCut the palace which are
thlckly wooded particularly with
pines, VIII tt untcuJled. while thera
will be many co-I and snug nooks for
conversation and reading Fountains
and flowers will abound When speak
ing of the garden L the architect,
Queen Marguerite remarked:
Remember l want to hear the tinkln
CT fountain wherever I happen to be.
Inc s1und CT running water is enc CT
my chief delights''
There is no mere superstiticus
statesman in all Italy than the Mar
quis Fisccnti Venost3, the veteran
minister OF foreign affairs. end this
weakness on mis- part may be said to
exercise an important influence upon
the political situation CT his country.
very religious man, the marquis is
trmly convinced that since the cap
ture cf Ri-me by King V.ctcr EmmanL
ueI II defiance CT the protests OF the
Roman Catholic church, residence in
the Eternal City has become fatal to
his family. Thirteen years ago his
only daughter, q lovely girl, to whom
ne was devoted, suddenly died in Rome
OF ciphth5ria. and 50 cruelty did the
marquis feel the bereavement that he
retired from rol'5fcal life and with
Grew from Rene. Il needed the most
pressing entreaties Of the king. and
the most urgent appeals to his patriot
ism to induce him two years ago TO
resume The portfolio Of minister of Scr
e1gn aff3tIs. He had not been in office
for more than twelve months before
lie lest his youngest son, q. lad CT II
years CT age, through appendicitis
C1ce more he resolved to quit Office.
and above all tc. abandon Rome. and
was 1nly previled upon TO remain by
the personal pleadings CT the king and
CT his Political followers, and by those
CT his wife, a daughter of the celab.at-
O. CavQur. who declared to him: Your !
dad scI himself would be the first tc
urge you tic stay here at your IcSt Of
patriotic duty
The spirit of the marquis has. how
ever, been entirely broken by his boys
death. He is seized at all sorts CT odd
moments with paTaxvsms % uncon- +
trCllable grief, sometimes even in the
midst Of cabinet councils, and in the
presence of the king, presenting a pitt /
able spectacle.
Aware # his frame of mind. the
fees CT tbs administration are now en-
deaYCring to drive him into resigrl- +
tiCn by insulating that some still I
more cruel blow, namely, the loss OF /
his remaining sen, CT of his wife is
imminent if he persists in remaining
at Rome in defiance Of the warnings /
of Providence. MeSsa geE to this effect /
are reaching him daily in anonymous !
letters. Friends and kiCsfolk who /
espcuse the c3use Of the church in .
preference to that OF the government, +
declare the same thing, and the cleri- +
cal press likewise loses no occasion Of .
calling lis atte1.tiCa tC the misfortune f
Sill IN store fer him.
This has had such an effect upcn
him that he has now absolutely de2ld- |
ed tc quit Rene fci' seed, aud to re-
sign Office, although he realizes, like
everybody else that his abandonment
OF the cabinet will shpwreck the pres
ent administration at a moment most
critical for King Humbert's dynasty
NarGuise de FOnteEcg in Washington
PSF.
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ANCIENT MOUSE CATCHER.