Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-24
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT


ton in France it implies that one be
longs to the aggressively republican
party. and as such the smart set, espe-
eially the aristocraey,. as well as those
new rich people who wish to be con
g.dered as belonging thereto, viii
avoid the wsarer In fac. the weaving
Of a red carnation will be sufficient TO
close the doors of any OF the leading
Partisan or provincial clubs against
the man whose buttonhole is thus
adorned. The wearing Of white car
nation IS enough to stamp a man as a
member of the young royaTst parry.
which is n particularly bad odor with
the government. Any American who
| is foolish enough to wear this partic-
ular flower in his buttonn0le when on
French soil at the present juncture
need not feel surprised if he becomes
the recipient of unwelcome attentions
on the part Of the police. If, in add
tion to The white carnat:On. he follows
the example Of many people that he
may meet, and adds thereto a corn
flower, he practically writes himself
down as member OF the anti-Semite
party, and is as likely as not to be
moDbed by the partisans of Dreyfus
and to be subjected 10 al sorts of an
noyances and difficulties by the He
brew bankers and merchants with
whom he may have financial dealings
for the corn flower is the emblem lust
now of the Jew batter. and the Jews
are naturally not going to put them-
selves out of the way to be civil 10 a
man who wears in his buttonhole a
token Of fierce antag0nism to their
race.
Violets stamp a man as a Bonaparc-
ist, which is not altogether pleasant
since thai particular shade CT political
opinion in France has for the past
forty years invariably implied, both
at home and abroad a fondnass for
conspiracy and skadtness IN Inanctal
matters
In southern Austria and along the
Adriatic coast of the dominions Of
Francis Joseph the wearing OF field
daisies is liable to land one in prison
the field daisy, or Marguerite as il
is called on the continent. being the
emblem of the great Italia Irredeuta ia
conspiracy, which has for its avowed
object the restoration to the kingdom
of Italy all the Italian speaking PROV
inces of the Austrian empire, including
the city of Trieste. The Italia Ire
denta" movement adopted the field
daisy out of compliment to the con
sort of King Humbert. in spite OF
which its use as buttonhole orna-
ment is strictly forbidden throughout
Austria under pain Of imprisonment
Equally dangerous is il TO wear IN
ones buttOnhOle a corn flower in Aus
tria, and any person guilty Of such an
imprudence anywhere in Bohemia, or
for the matter Of that, even in Vienna
at certain times, runs tll,e risk of being
mobbed and subjected 10 no end of ill
usage, since the corn flower has been
accepted in Austria as the EN- blem of
the German party in its warfare
against the Bohemian, the Galician,
and, in fact, against the non-German
element in general IN Austrian poll
tics.
I could go on indefinitely. But it
will be seen from this that the wear
ing of flowers in the buttonhole in the
old world is offended by an extraorCE-
nary amount Of danger and should he
avoided
In England the wearing of a prlm-
rose is held to indicate that one be-
longs to the ultra-conservative party.
Incidentally, [ may state thai the
prince Of Wales this season is affecting
corn flowers as a buttonhole The
question now arises as to whether this
is to be taken as an indication that he
favors the German party in Austrian
politics or the anti-Jewish party in
France. He is, however, the very Inst
royal parsonage in the world from
whom one would expect anything in
q Of - h. oh
people. No one has done more to pro
mote their social advancement, and If
today the Jews occupy the front rank
of society in England and in France 1t
is in great measure owing to the
support which the prince has accorded
to them from the time he became the
leader of society in England and a
powerful factor With regard to the
great world in France.
Old Cardinal Mertel. who has Just
passed over TO the majority at the age
of SO, was the only member of the
Sacred college who wore whiskers. and
as these almost to the very last re-
tanned their red color, he presented g
rather odd appearance in all the great
ecclesiastical ceremonies in which the
cardinals were called upon to play a
cardinals of whom the most famous
in modern times was the late Cardinal
Antonelh, secretary of state to Plus
TX Like Antonelli. Cardinal MerteI
was not priest, and had never r.
ceived ordination as such He was
a lawyer by profession. and the rank
of cardinal was conferred upon him
partly as a reward for his services as
chief law officer OF the papacy and
likewise as minister Of the interior Of
the Holy Seat in the days prior 10 1870.
when the pope still enjoyed temporal
sovereignty. Since Lao's accession to
the Tiara Card ma Mertel h5Id the Of
fee of vice chancellor % the papacy. [
can only renem ber him as a very bent
and broken man. who used TO walk
almost doubled in two. and with the
aid of a stout stick
In former times IL was quite a com