The Washington times., 1901-10-15
FOREIGN TOPICS.


Kim, was for several years one of the
central figures around whom the artistic
education of native India fourished
After teaching the sons of Indian princes
painting, modelling, sculpture, and wood
working for ten years or more, Mr.. Lock
| wood kipling became the principal OF
the Lahore School OF Art, where he was
| also curator of the museum He was
considered the most proficient Oriental
scholar among European residents, and is
| said to have had most marvellous
knowledge of the dialect of India Lock
wood klpling, who was born in Picker
ing, show ed keen artistic tendencies from
MS earliest years. After leaving school
| ne went into the potterirs, where he car
rled on the Wedgwood Memorial art
| prize. Subsequently he studied at South
| hensington, and his services on the
teaching staff led to his being sent by the
| Government to Bombay to direct art in
struction there.
The valor of the Swiss soldier has been
proved on many a well-contested battle
field, yet there is touch OF the ridiculous
In military ceremony which recently
| took place in the Vaud Canton. Chillon' s
historic castle was the rendezvous, and
the canton solemnly undertook the sacred
duty of guarding during the coming year
the Federal banner of the Swiss Society
of officers. One colonel, who spoke with
| infinite earnestness, is reported as fol-
lows: "Old flag of an old land, you SYM
boliZe the stubborn struggle of six long
centuries by little people for their In
dependence" The Swiss are a brave
people, but they seem to forget that their
independence as a State is solely due TO
the political rivalries of the surrounding
| nations. If they disbanded their army to-
morrow and became a nation of walters,
dependence of Switzerland would still
survive. Still. as Count Tolstoy shows
in his Resurrection" it pleases every
body to consider himself IAN important
man Yet who can ever forget the
HEROIC stand made by the Swiss Guard in
the French Revolution? They died to a
man to save from insult King whom
the French mobiles had deserted, and not
altogether without Justification.
Holyrood Palace, at Edinburgh, which
King Edward will use for royal resi-
dence, has not been put to that sub
stantial use for upward of 200 years. 1t
was built as an abbey IN 112S by King
David l of Scotland, and is so inter
woven with the history of that country
as to be the most interesting place in all
Caledonia next to di.ibursh Castle it.
self. In 1885 James Baiiol held a Parlia-
ment within its walls. James II was
born in it, crowned In it. married in it,
and buried in 1t. The nuptials of Prin-
cess Margaret of England were cele-
brated there In 1853. From that time for
ward the abbey, which had been recon-
structed into palace, became the prin-
cipal seat of the Scottish sovereigns.
Queen Mary lived there upon her return
from France in 1861. There, in 1866,
Rizzio was torn from her side and
stabbed to death on the steps leading
from the throne room. Her son, King
James VI, dwelt much in the palace be-
in 1868. He revisited the place In 1917.
1t was garrisoned by Cromwell's troops
after the battle of Dunbar. In 1745 1t was
occupied by Prince Charles Edward, and
from 1895 to 1893, it sheltered the Count
d'Artois. afterward King Charles x of
France. For years the old palace has
been merely a show place. visited by
pilgrims from the four ends Of the earth,
and reverently loved by the Scotch, who
see in 1t the glories of a great and bril-
liant national history. 1t occupies a
did repair as the years have flown by and
the face of the land has changed.
The "Novoe Vremya," recognized as
the mouthpiecc of the Russian Govern
ment upon matters which the press is
permitted to discuss, in speaking of the
attempts being made by Western Euro
hold in Asia Minor and Persia, says that
Russia is now menaced by railways on
both SIDES While the Germans aim at
strengthening the military position by
connecting Constantinople with the Per-
sian Gulf the British, on the other side,
are already preparing to build a railway
from Quetta through Beloochistan to
Seistan, and there is further ground to
l.Vf hot hE. net ha in
Meeting Eastern Persia with Western
India There will then be a new base
for operations against Russian troops in
Central Asia, besides the capture of the
markets, in which the Russians will no
longer be able to hold their own.
All that is lacking in the picture, con-
cludes the paper, lis line from Seistan
TO Basra but there at least we are still
masters of the situation, and our infu
ence over Persian affairs viii remain be
youd question as long as the Germans do
not begin to put In an appearance on the
Persian Gulf by railway.
One Of the most formidable holds that
Russia has on Persia, as revealed by ofti-
cial advices, is the maintenance both IN
Teheran and TabrceZ of bank under
Russian state protection. known as the
"Banuue de Prets de Persia or the Bank
Of Persian Loans. This bank, which he's
eighteen agencies IN all commercial and
Industrial yarts of Persia, is said to be
affiliated with the Russian Nade1na COM
pany of transports and its efforts, there
fore, include the obtaining of road and
port concessions.
Galacia, in Austrian Poland, could give
Tammany points about maEaging an cleo
tion. Members of the Landtag have just
been chosen there by n process that is
step in advance of anything on record in
the way of political corruption. In one
constituency instead of notifying the
voters that an election was to be held, the
Government secretly sent to each village
an official, who got together a few people
known to be Government sympathizers
and held the election with them. Natur-
ally in that district the administration
candidates were elected without opposi-
tion.
In a0 less than eighty-six other places
even fewer risks were taken, the polling
who had orders to allow supporters of the
Government only to cast their ballots,
and anyone who made a fuss was lock-
ed up In a few towns police were even
placed In the houses of people who were
not regarded as safe" The Government
though successful, did not escape with
out a black eye In one division the ad-
returning officer announced
that l47 votes had been cast of which
the Government candidate had received
Promptly upon this an
however, Seventy-nine of
the voters got together and made affidavit
that they had voted for the other man.
In Austria however it is manifestly
safer to turn the other cheek. 1t was to
the prefecture at Drohobycz, another Ga