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coat influence of legitimate charac- ter was largely responsible for his at titude in the Dreyfus case. His wife, the youthful widow of a general on whose staff Zurlindcn had served be- fore his own promotion tD field rank. was a woman possessed of great social aspirations. and resolved, at all costs, to obtain a recognized position ir the FaubOGrg St. Germain at Paris. The Dreyfus case gave her the opportunity for which she was looking. and che may be said to have seized it -Tith both hands, and to have won the friendship oT the great leaders of the old French aristocracy on the banks Of the Seine by influencing her husband, first in his capacity as minister of war. and then as governor of Paris, 10 champion the cause of the adver-Aries of DreyfuS To those wh2 are disposed to blame Zurlinden for thus yielding to his wife in the matter, it is well to point out that although the general has been married to his wife for a number of years. he carnOt altogether forget the fact that sEa was formerly the wife of his chief and that when he was a mere captain. major and lieutenant colonel. she was to Linn madame Ia Generale." with all the superiority which that dignity implies.
 
 Lord Hopetoun showed a remarkable amount of tact on the occasion of his last appearance in the role of lord chamberlain at the queens garden party. Cardinal Vaughan was among the guests. and there has always been considerable mount of difficulty about his precise status. Strictly speaking, a cardinal is superior to all archbishop. and therefore Internationally above the Archbishop of Canterbury. The latter. however is officially entitled to prece- dence over all the dignitaries of state, cabinet ministers CT otherwise. and to take the "pas" of all the peers of the realm. Under the circumstances it was difficult, while treating Cardinal Vaughan as an English ecclesiastic. to glve him precedence over the Arch bishop of Canterbury.
 Lord Hopetoun. however. got out of this difficulty, which has been a source of trouble ard perpleXity to all court officials until now, by treating Dr. Vaughan nc: as an English divine, but as Q foreign prince, and as such the cardinal was comprised among those distinguished foreigners, dukes and princes, some of them of royal blood. who are conceded precedence in Eng land not as a matter of right. but pure ly as an affair of courtesy due to stranger. Lord Hopetoun took the ground that inasmuch as tha Vatican Is regarded as a sovereign ourt, the claim of the latter to the effect that the cardinals are full hedged princes of the church must be allowed, and that as Dr. Vaughan was a member of the sacred college. he was entitled to the honors and consideration due to prince of the holy seat.
 Thus has a difficulty been solved which appeared at one moment in- superable. and from henceforth English cardinals will enjoy precedence over preIates of the Church of England, archbishops or otherwise, not as right, but as q courtesy due to foreign princes f the highest rank.
 Lord HopetoUn. as governor ral of Australia. will divide his time be- tween Melbourne and sydney spend ing six months in one capital and six months in the other. His inauguration is. moreover, to be siCnalized by t'ia creation of a new colonial order eT- titled '"The s uthern Cross" restricted tO Australia, and of which the govern nr-Eeneral will be grand master pr cisely in the same way that the VicerOv of India is grand master of the Order of the Star of India, anl the viceroy of Ireland the grand master of the Orl-r of st. Patrick.-Marquise de FOntenoy In Washington Post