The Washington times., 1901-07-19
FOREIGN TOPICS

FOREIGN TOPICS.
NJ. Soboleff. a weIl-knoyn R,rssio,, ,,,,,,
iicist, has just issued a brochure deal,ns
specially with the oft-mooted orestion =,
project of campaign against India.
Briefly summarized. the writer vho ,s
py no means an Anglophile. states four
propositions. or, as he puts it, four per
spective possibilities, and arrives at a
conclusion contrary to that usually
reached by the representative organs OF
the Russian press when discussing the
same subject. Here are NJ Soboleff's per
spectives:
l. The destruction of the British power
IN india-that is, the destruction of Indian
independence. This result could not serve
Russia interests, which in India would
De wholly commercial. The internecine
strife and tribal revolts sure to follow
would deprive Russia of any advantage
from her conquest-of India
z The subjugation of India and the
I0unaatlon lou, of Russo-Indian Empire.
rms would probably give an immense
impetus to Russian commerce and indus
Try, II the suhjugation were durable
j. The destruction of the British pow
er ana the creation of confederation Of
Indian States under a Russian protec-
torate. This would be of little advantage
to Russia, who would have to reckon
with the growing power of the Confeder-
ation and the constant danger of Eng
land stepping in to regain her imperial
control of the Indian peninsula.
4; To support the British power in In
dla by entering into a close alliance with
England For both Powers such an al
lance, more especially in Asia. would un-
doubtedly be equally advantageous and
beneficial"
X frtr y. n
ter of his household Lord Farquar, the
first baron of that name. who has been
FOR many years one of his Majesty's most
intimate friends. Baron Farquar who is
immensely rich and who has a great
castle close to the Kings seat at Sand
ringham. has taste for details, and for
many years was of much assistance to
the then Prince of Wales in looking after
his multifarious social duties Personally.
Lord Farquar is known as one of the
best dressed men in English society, and
MS taste in the matter of necktie or the
cut of coat Is unquestioned He is also
prominent on the turf and takes an ac-
tive interest in all kinds of sport Lord
farquar is rapidly approaching his six
tfeth year. and has served In Parliament
and also in the London County Council
lie Is married to the daughter of a SOL
der who was the widow of banker, and
who brought to her husband considera-
BILE fortune.
Bavarians are not extravagant. but no
family is so poor that it can't afford to
keep dog. Dogs are everywhere in Mu-
Mich and every tram car passing has a
string of dogs after it-dogs whose own
ers are passengers. At the entrance ef
the large shops groups of sedate, patient
dogs can be seen waiting for their mas
In he fee he do
Everybody takes his animal with him
sometimes two or three-and, after the
dogs have Tapped their beer or saucer of
coffee-for the dog fares like his master
there Is great scampering and shuffiing
under the chairs and tables but no one
seems ANNOYED at the melee. 1t Is from
the banks that dogs are rigidly excluded
and porter is placed at the door of each
bank for the purpose of checking YOUR
pet, like an umbrella or a parcel The
Munich dog. mostly a dachshund, is in
telligent and good natured He romps
with the cats without biting them. carries
umbrellas and canes much larger than
himself, and is never disobedient except
when he has INDUCED in too much beer
Ever since weather shooting" as it is
called In Germany and Switzerland, met
with such pronounced success in Syria,
upper Italy, Hungary, and France, me-
teoroiogists have been engaged in a very
wordy battle as to the merits of the
scheme. So successful have been the eff
forts in preventing hailstorms in upper
Italy that since the experiments of 1898
10000 stations have been established. The
agricultural congress held in Padua last
November was very decidedly impressed
by an account of one of last summers g
hailstorms in the vicinity of Vicenza. So
violent was this particular storm the
hos he ian nd {
completely devastated. But in this raw
aged section one spot was spared. because
there it is asserted a number of stations
had been located which had warded off
hitherto used has been very primitive in
construction-usually a mortar with a
funnel-like barrel.
The "Moniteur Universeile' of Paris
which definitely suspended publication on
the lst of this month, had stirring his
tory. For nearly a century it was the Off
cial organ of the French Government in
all its various changes, and it was only
at the end of the Second Empire that it
was pushed finally from its authoritative
position. 1t was established in 1883, and
while the revolution was triumphant it
was revolutionary, and in it We're daily
printed the list of the victims intended
for the guillotine. 1t was successfully the
organ of the Directorate, the Consulate
and the Empire. changing its politics to
suit the changes in the Government. Al
though IL became Royalist with the res
toration for a few months it fell from
favor and was replaced by the Gazette
Officielle." but its power and influence
were such that it soon became once more
the official Journal. Louis Philippe and
Napoleon III favored II, and during the
Second Empire it was the most important
paper In France. In 1868. however Rouher
created the journal OfficielIe" and the
'Moniteur' never recovered from the
blow.
The naval maneuvres, in which the
French Channel and Mediterranean
squadrons have been engaged continue
to be followed with great interest.
The brief telegram from Alicante, stat
ing that sham fight had taken place off
that port, has been confirmed by tele-
grams received at the Ministry of Marine.
The scheme of operations was that the
Northern, or Channel, squadron, under
Admiral Menard, was an enemy's fleet
1t left Tangier on the morning of July B.
with the mission to pass through the
Straits of Gibraltar and join second
squadron. also belonging to the same
enemy, which was under the command of
Rear Admiral Aubry de Ia Noe. and
which sailed from Ajaccio on the morn
Of ha