Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
GOSSIP OF FOREIGN CAPITALS.

Washington Post. The kaiser, with all
 his faults, is always ready to make due
 amends and handsome reparation when
 he finds that he has been in the wrong.
 He has now taken upon himself all the
 blame in the so-called Lippe contro-
 VSrsy, has declined tc accept the resig-
 nation of his principal private secre-
 tary, Baron von Lucanus, or to make
 the latter the scapegoat in the affair;
 has repealed the orders given to the
 Prussian troops in the principality to
 withhold military honCrs from the wife
 and the children of the regent, and in
 Crder to make amends for past ights
 has given the eldest son Of the regent
 the rank of major in the Pruss!an army
 and has cCnf5rred commissions uDon
 the younger sons.
 Finally, Emperor William has given
 it to be understood that the question of the succession to the throne Of Lippe is
 one in which he will not interfsre, and
 that he will leave the issue entirely
 with the legislature Of the principality.
 Thus ends a cOntII3versy which has for the past year or more occupied an
 immense amount of space in the Ger man and foreign press, and which has
 had the effect of evoking much of ill., will against the kaiser among the non Prussian people of the German empire.
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 Lord Farnham has at length respond ed to the charges of forgery brought against him by the man who for more than quarter of a century was the confidential servant and principal fac totum of the late pser by causing his indictment on charge of intimidation and attempted blackmail
 The old servant whcse name is To- hpon 1pTcc o1 Tl17L judging by the smallness of the bail on which he was liberated by the magis- trate- namely, S200-it would appear as if the judge was of the opinion that Hale was acting in good faith in the accusations which he has brought | against Lord Farnham.
 The charges of forgery are in connec tion with the will of the late Ic-d Farnham, Hale insisting that the will | probated by the present peer is a bogus document, and not the one which he knows his old master to have S gned . within few days of his death.
 The present Lord Farnham is a neph- CIV of the late pe5r, and, it may be re- membered, lost his eldest son and heir about year ago by means Of bicycle accident: Tho young f5llow, in fact was killed lay a fall from his wheel ' while the festivities in connection with | his coming of age were in progress.
 A speciss of evil fate seems to dog the lords of Farnham, and, although | the peeraga was only created toward | the latter end of the last century. yet the present lord is the tenth wearer Of k the corCnet. The grandfather of the present peer died suddenly within a month after his accession to the title, while his eldest son, the seventh peer. nf O I '-Y.1 pzrished with his wife in the most dreadful manner, being burned to death in the terrible railroad accident 0; Abergele.
 It may be recalled that a train Of D. troleum trucks got loose, started down the steep incline near Aberge!e. and collided with the Irish mail, the wrecked carriages of the latter being envelOped in f1ames. L-rd md Lady Farnham were in Cna of these IE carriage and unable to escape, owing 0 the doors having been locked by the E guard. E
 Amcng the very few people who es- ,aped, and that only because they hap B 2ened to be in the rear carriage of the { rain, were the present Duke Of Aber- P .crn and his brother, Lord Gaorg5 Ham, lton, now secretary of state for India E
 So entirely were the remains Of To q K md Lady Farnham consumed by the K James that literally nothing could be E Ound either Of themselves or Of their E fleets, save the fused setting Of some E3 ewelry worn by Lady Farnham. ': Although the Tower Of London is gar x lsoned by a battalion of the Brigade of Es fuards, and is moreover protected by a E. trong force of police as well as by the H eomen Of the guard, or "baefeatsrs. kss O pdi hief duty is to secure the safety of the Ess rown jewels. preserved behind the El ars Of a double iron cage in tue Wake f9 cid tower, yet the fact remains that Esl lost of the jewels in question are Cf ES aste, and that the real stones are con hs ded to the guardianship of the queens IEa the Coutt5, in the RE trand. M That is tc say, the queen finds it more H 2nvenient to keep the crown jewels in s4 le vaults of her bankers, on the M trand, than at the tower Of Lcndon M he likewise believes that they are Eg lore safe in the custody of her bank B IS, although the vaults of the latter 4 1joy no military or police protection M lch as that which would fall to their E It if preserved in the Tower cf Lon sf 1n. Ss Gen. Sir Frederick Middleton, who a H w years ago was appointed by her ss ajesty to the post of keeper of the E own jewels, at 9 salary of 5000 and a B ssidence within the tower precincts, 4 addition to his military pay, has IS lerefore under his charge little else H an paste and sham jewels Under M e circumstances, it is impossible to E8 gard his office as anything else than a E ghly paid sinecure. K Not one person in the hundred thou I nd who visit the Wakefield tower, H Id who gaze with awe upon the crown f wells, has the slightest idea that they H i've before their eyes clever imita- E ]nS. H And yet a few minutes reflection B culd suffice to show that the great s ohinCOr diamond, the most valuable E
 all the precious stones that form H 1t of the British regalia cannot ncs- E8