The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-25
ON ACCOUNT OF WOMEN ALONE
Great Events That Have Come to Pass
Through Her Agency.

Great Events That Have Come to Pass
Through Her Agency
| Many as the cases are Of battles won
through the agency of women of the
| type of Boadicea and Joan of Arc, there
can be no denying of the fact that
equally numerous, If not more so, are
those of victories spoiled by the fair
SEX and of battles lost owing to fenli-
nine Vaccinations. Perhaps some In
stances in point may be of general in
terest.
There are many who say that the
failure of the Jameson raid at the out
set was brought about by women. Pres
ident Kruger is in the habit of employ
ing countless detectives, both male and
female, in the Transvaal as we'll as
abroad The barmaids Of Johannes
burg, for example are said to be In the
pay of Dom Paul. These ladies, by
means of their propensities for extract
ing condolences, are alleged to have
wrung from some of the raiders. long
before the raid itself was entered upon,
the fact that it was Forthcoming. The
consequence WAS LIldl WLCli ~ Ss'iAAS
about Cronje was fully prepared.
France can point to a number of
cases in which victories connected with
the republic have been spoiled by wom-
en-, and the whole course of events
changed in consequence For example,
the fall of General Boulanger was
brought about by member of the fair
sex But for the Viscountess de Bonnie
main, there is the chance that he might
have become the ruler of France. The
lady induced him to pay her visit on
the night of his election as a member of
the Chamber of Deputies, when had he
refrained from so doing, and instead
marched upon the Elysee, as his parti-
sans begged him to do, the history of
the republic might have been entirely
altered.
Somewhat similar is the old world
case of Hannibal, whose wife was the
unintentional cause of his fall and the
failure of his once successful armies.
The great general was so foolish as to
marry at a time when he should have
been devoting all his time to the con-
duct of his military affairs. His troops
period of his honeymoon" with the re-
suit that they We're rendered quite I'M
fit for arduous service, and never re-
gained their former standard of dis
cipline.
Again, in this connection, there is the
case of James ~ of Scotland, who is
said to have lost the famous battle of
Flodden Field through a woman. 1t is
argued that If the king had seized the
given him of occupying a
favorable position wherein to meet the
English forces the battle that ensued
might have had very different ending
from what it did. But James fingered
at the castle of a titled lady, whose
charms had captivated him, and so it
was that the southern troops We're al
lowed an opportunity of choosing a
suitable position, which could never
have been secured had the monarch not |
hesitated. The lady was a certain |
nobleman's wife named Heron, and |
was very beautiful.
The noted Russian General Paranoff, |
was found guilty of treason and SEN
.enced to death year or two ago, |
family, in fact. She gave evidence
against him and other officers of the
Ears service, and through her the en-
1ire was deprived of some Of her best
soldiers There are many cases like
his, but there are also numerous ones
hat come more precisely within the
meaning of this article.
For instance, during the American
var against Spain many Cuban women
endered valuable service to the Ameri-
an troops by acting as scouts, and in
,ther respects fighting for the stronger
tide. Thus did they frequently earn
lefeat for the Spaniards, who often adj
nitted the natives into their camps,
them to be hostile to the in
7aders.
A woman, too, is reported to have lost
Alsace and Lorraine to the French, and
lelped to bring about the Franco
'russan war, by regularly learning the
esults of the French cabinet meetings,
While she was entertaining one of the
minister's, the report of these results
eing dispatched to Germany without
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