The Washington times., 1901-10-04

eIenSnts from the judicial department.
An English authority says that Turk
lsh Judges are perhaps the most corrupt
| Dody In the world, and the administration
OF justice has come to be regarded as a
mere question Of money, the suitor who
pays the greatest bribe being sure 10 win
the case. For Illustration it is said that
IN case in one of the STEAMBOAT courts
| the president asked the defendants law
yer the time of day. The lawyer looked
| at MS watch and said 1t was 3:45 The
! president looked at his own watch and
announced that II was only 3:25 There
| upon debate followed as to which watch
| was correct, and II was finally decided
| that the lawyers watch was fifteen min
| utes tast, which meant, in other words
| mat the accused would only be acquitted
II the Judge were paid fifteen pounds -
| me mathematics of this result are a bit
| perpIexinS. 1t seems that apparently
| there was a difference of twenty minutes
| between the two watches; and the decis-
| ION that the lawyers watch was only
! nfteen minutes fast indicates, perhaps
| the extent to which the lawyer made the
| gudge compromise, or II may be that the
had.
At the recent preliminary examinations
held by the board of pharmacy of Vic
| torta, Australia, the students were re-
| quired to translate long passages from
Caesar or Virgil, and parse much of them,
and TO answer some pretty stiff questions
| in arithmetic, English grammar, algebra
| and Euclid Candidates who could pass
| this examination were considered worthy
| OF applying fer further examination to
| have their. qualifications as pharma cists
| passed upon. Victoria is a comparative
| iy new country. and is yet hardly out
Of the wild and woolly' stage.
| Papers from CnDe Town South Africa
state that the following letters from Lord
Kitchener accompanied the copies of the
commander-in-chiefs proclamation re-
Gently sent 10 Commandant General Botha
and Mr.. Steyn:
To his Honor -Commandant- General
Louis Botha: Your honor / have the
honor to forward the enclosed procIama-
| tion, which l have today, under instruc-
| tions from his Majesty's Government,
signed and published. Your honor is, 1
am sure, fully aware that / have con-
sistently endeavored to bring the wal to
an end with due consideration for your
burghers. The continuance of a futile
guerrilla warfare, however, has produced
an abnormal and unprecedented situation.
more than three-quarteTs of the total
burgher population OF the Transvaal and
orange River Colony being now main
tained by US in idleness awaiting the ter
mination of hostilities. Besides the So 900
men mentioned in the proclamation 1859
women and children are in our camps l
trust that your honor win seriously con-
slider the present and prospective condl-
ton OF the country and of the burghers
AS your honor is aware from Mr.. Krug-
er S telegram. Intervention by a foreign
Power Is at present hopeless Your mil
itary resources and ammunition are al
most exhausted. and one day an end
must come; continued resistance by the
burghers In the present hostilities can
therefore lead to no other result save that
the people of this country will be in a
worse condition, both morally and mate
rally, by delaying the inevitable termiaa-
tion. There is still opportunity for those
leaders who have. In all sincerity the
welfare of their people at heart TO pre-
vent further waste of life and property,
by acknowledging that the time has now
come for a peaceful solution thus allow
ing both races to settle down harrnon{ous-
" together under the new regime. rnu-
tuaily working for the restoration OF the
prosperity of the country and toward
wiping out the traces Of the terrible vicis-
situdes through which it has recently
ITO his Honor N. T. steyn: Your honor.
have the honor to forward the enclosed
proclamation. which have today. under
instructions from his MaJestys Govern
ment, signed and published His Males
tvs Government have had under consid-
Grafton the present situation In the Trans
vHal and Orange River Colony where
over a quarter of the popuIation arc
maintained by us in idleness awaiting the
termination Of hostilities Besides these
80 900 men mentioned in the proclamation
1859 women and children are now in our
camps. His Majesty's Government have
also noted that, notwithstanding Mr..
Krugers recent telegram. in which he
states that interveption by foreign
Power is at present hopeless the leaders
of the Orange River Colony still continue
TO urge on their followers to persevere in
the present hopeless struggle and guerrilla
warfare. Under these circumstances more
h.tN
necessary. Your honor must be aware
that the invasion of British territory
which took place after the unjustifiable
declaration of war would not be allowed
to pass without due punishment, and
when your honor states that you place
your trust in God, / cannot help think
ing that you have overlooked the passage
in God word that They that take the
sword shall perish with the sword
Fredensborg is the largest of the King
of Denmarks palaces 1t has an impos-
ing exterior. and is surrounded by won
derful avenues of lines, but is extremely
simple in its interior arrangements. The
bedrooms are small, and furnished in the
plainest style. and there are hardly any
dressing-rooms or wardrobes. A very
wonderful view may be had from the pal
ace roof which is made entirely of cop
per This metal is much used in COpen-
hagen; some fof the steeples have copper
steps by which they can be asccnded.
Rosenberg has n handsomer interior than
Fredensborg.l and is fun of beautiful ar
tistic objects, Including ut is said the
finest Venetian glass in the world.
Now that decent interval has elapsed
since the Cars departure. French wine
growers are beginning to think It proper
10 ask If NJ. Delcasse secured a promise
from Russia to diminish it's present dis
astrous tariff on French wines The
Frcncn Foreign Office declares that II has
nothing to make public on the question,
though it is generally believed that NJ
Delcasse brought the matter to the at
tention of the Gar who promised to CON
slider the propriety of abolishing the
duties. Only prompt action, however, can
saw, the present generous wine crop from
going to waste.
ThG hope that the Car will do some
thing 10 help the wine growers illustrates
Z. growing tendency among Frenchmen TO
exIect from the Russian alliance some
solid re suits like that which Russia has
s,nt from French loans. Camille Pelletan
echnes this feeling when he writes with
curious boldness In the Paris "Eclair;''
II will be glad if anybody viii tell me
what good we get from this alliance
Russia leads US in her train and gets our
uonFy other nations even profit from
our bonds. France alone gets nothing"