The Washington times., 1901-08-23
FOREIGN TOPICS.

| ron EION Il OI/Co.
| 1t is almost impossible nowadays TO pick
up German newspaper without finding
| fresh evidence OF the rapidity with which
the cause of higher education for women
| is advancing in that country. The
| achievement of an American student.
Miss Mary Williams Montgomery. in
obtaining her decorate of philosophy cum
| laude, after a rigid examination which
embraced the Oriental languages. includ
4 ing Turkish and Assyrian, will admitted
| ly make the conditions confronting wo-
men at the University of Berlin easier to
| meet than hitherto The success of
| Frau Bernstein in obtaining "A medical
| degree from the same institution has also
| attracted widespread attention. partieu
larry as her son took the same examina-
ton year ago and she herself passed
| with higher rank than eight male COM
| petitors. That the way of women doctors
| In Berlin Is not yet smooth, however, Is
| shown by the haling to court of seven
| who were practicing on the strength of
| degrees obtained at Zurich. They were
| accused of falsely registering themselves
\ as doctors in the city directory, only
| those holding German degrees are allowed
| this right The doctors escaped punish
| ment because of the expiration of the
statutory time for such prosecutions
six months-and are now wondering
whether they will be summoned again
when the next directory appears.
The house at Auteuil. famous for years
| as the "Grenier de Goncourt," has just
| been brought under the hammer. 1t was
there that the disciples of Edmond de
Goncourt, select few. the faithful among
| whom have been appointed to member
ship in the academy which still remains
| to be founded under the provisions of his
will, gathered around him and listened to
his rather caustic disquisitions on men
and things. Most OF the celebrated
Journal" of the Goncourts, the amusing
historic scandaleuse of modern Paris was
narrated in the writer's loft" before he
committed II to paper. A famous literary
landmark will now be effaced. as the old
lady who has bought Goncourts house for
the small sum of $4,000 purchased the.
place exclusively for her own convenience,
and has no intention of preserving it as
monument to the influence exerted upon
French literature by the great dilettante
who lived there.
A curious story comes from Vienna.
The son of a. rich Jewish banker named
Fleisher recently died and his body was
brought with great ceremony to the syna-
gogue for a most ornate funeral. Just be-
fore the coffin was carried out to be taken
to the cemetery the father, despite 1t Is
| that he might take one more look at his
son. To his, horror he discovered that it
was not his son at all. but stranger
An investigation showed that through the
help OF some of the officials at the morgue
poor Jewish family who had lost a son
at the same time had succeeded in sub
shutting theirs for that of the rich man
in order that their son might have a
fine funeral. Late that evening after
much searching the right body was found
1t had been buried as a pauper
The official organ of the Macedonian
Central Committee at Sofia, the Re
formi, publishes leading article signed
by NJ. Stojan Michailovsky, the provision
al president of the committee, in which
the Sultan is described the great muir
| derer of Bulgarian patriots" Tie arti-
| Gle is direct Indictment to revolution, as
the president writes:
las you wish to live free men. and as
| this is not possible. in Turkey, the only
course left you is revolution.
NJ. Michailovsky concludes by urging the
Bulgarians in Turkey to murder the pa
shas of Macedonia and of the Vilayet of
Adrianople. 1t may be supposed that NJ
Michailovsky, who is usually regarded as
a friend of moderate courses, has struck
this violent key only to secure his re-elec-
~
Macedonian Congress, which meets at So
fla this month. The fact is that NJ. Sara
| foffs adherents do not regard him
real revolutionary. but only as a paper
one. and are inclined therefore to give
their votes for the opposing candidate,
the retired General Tontcheff. who APP
pears also to enjoy the confidence of
Prince Ferdinand. 1t looks If the lat
ter secretly maintained relations with the
Macedonians. and aims at having voice
in the affairs of the committee through
the general.
The Bulgarian Government endeavors to
please Russia by a show of severity to-
ward the committee. but at the same time
1t tries to keep on good terms with 1t, and
to keep ii quiet by various means, such
as the report recently spread that the
Russian Grand Duke Alexander Michailo-
witch had, on his visit to Constantinople.
urged the Sultan to introduce reforms in
Macedonia.
Contrary to the expectations of most
Parisians the much-talked-cf Count de
Iur-Saluces has been arrested, and is now
being entertained at the expense of the
Republic. The royalist had not counted
on this. Though he had been banished
from France for ten years he imagined
that the legal complications of his case
would permit his taking matters in his
own hands and playing with the wigs of
Thinking a few months absence sufficient
10 atone for his shortcomings, he snapped
his fingers at the frontier guards and
hastened to Paris to help his friends en-
Joy the Chantilly races, Grand Prix. and
other early summer festivities. He had
been banking on the Supposition that ar
rest would nullify his sentence. particular
ly that part Of 1t which deals with .ha
seque stration OF his property. But French
authorities soon showed him the folly of
trusting to legal twists. and NJ lie Comte,
after sampling couple of boulevard sup
pers, was marched off to the Prison de la
Sante.
The Spanish Minister for Foreign At
fairs. Duke Almodovar. contradicts the
statement published abroad concerning
alleged alliances or agreements between
Spain and certain foreign Powers, with
view to guaranteeing the status quo in
Morocco and the neutrality of the Straits |
of Gibraltar.
Spain, up to the present, has. the Min |
lister asserts. declined to become en- |
tangled in Continental alliances. and de- |
sires to preserve her present friendly re- |
lations with England. Her Government |
will naturally keep in touch with Span |
ish public opinion and national aspira- |
tons in regard to Morocco, and will, |
therefore. be always disposed to act in |
concert with foreign Powers willing to |
help Spain in maintaining the territorial |
and political status quo in that country. |
The desire of Spain is to remain neutral |
in European complications and in ques-
lions that do not directly AFFECT her in
terestS. especially in the Mediterranean
and North Africa.
As she understands her positions near