Arizona republican., 1900-09-24

quired by conquest the Canton de Vaud bordering on the lake of Geneva, esta'b- Iished on the waters of the latter a fleet of war ships for the purpose of de ! lending it's conquest by the Duke of | Savoy, whose dominions likewise bOr- dered on the lake. The duke also or ganized a fleet of warships and placed them on the lake. The fleet or navy of the republic of Berne, that is to say of Switzerland. remained in existence for nearly 200 years, it's chief bearing the | title of admiral, and was only abolished at the time of the Napoleonic wars in 1 I792. the last Swiss admiral being a pa | trician of the Swiss republic. bearing the name of De Crousaz. This being ] the case i; will be useless henceforth to use the title Of Swiss admiral as term of derision, and it likewise proves that it is not necessary for a state to have a seaboard in order to have both a navy and an admiral.
 Arthur Balfour, first lord of the treasury, has been thrown into mourn ing by the death of his brother-in-law, Prof. Sidgwick, one of the most emi- nent scientists of the University of i Cambridge. Prof. Sidgwick, wA2 achieved his principal celebrity as the occupant of the chair of moral philOs- , Ophy at the University of Cambridge, and upon whom the University of Cx- ford had conferred it's highest honors, married q quarter of a century ago !, Eleanor Balfour, who, sharing his tastes and disposition, has for some time past been the principal of Newn- ham college at Cambridge.
 
 ! The Servian government has inti- mated to King Milan that henceforth it will refuse to continue the payment of the allowance of $S0, ,OO0 a year, which he forced the government three years ago to vote him, In spite of the fact that some time previously he had not only commuted for a big sum the allow ance which he had secured for himself from the Servian treasury at the time of his abdicatiOn, but had further ob- tained an additional large amount in consideration of a solemn promise to the Servian government and to the late czar never to return to Belgrade, a promise which, it is needless to add, he deliberately broke the same way he has broken every other pledge and en- gagement-
 With almost incredible insolence, Mi Ian sent to inform the Servian govern ment the other day that he was willing to commute his allowance of $S0,O00 for a large sum cash down, and it Is in re- sponse thereto that the government has stopped his annuity. at the same time refusing any compromise or commuta- tion.
 To make matters worse. hLs creditors of whom there are many at Belgrade, have levied attachments on all his fur { niture and belongings, which he had ordered to be shipped to him ct Vienna
 
 It now turns out that King AleXan- , der's hurried marriage to Queen DraSa was due to the discovery that his faith CT. without any Knowledge on his part. had completed all the arrangements for his marriage to Princess Alexandra, of SchaumburgLippe whose brother Adolphus is married to the kaiser's sister, Princess Victoria of Prussia. The dover of the bride, amounting u $1,000, 000, had been promised by the German and Austrian governments in consideration of the fact that on mar ryIng this German princess King Alex ander and his father sign a military convention bringing Servia within the sphere of the triple alliance. That is why the czar was 50 glad to promote AleXander's marriage with Queen Ora ington Post.