The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-03
An Enterprise That's Stirring.
up All Europe I; U u
GERMANY IN IN CONTROL Col \ / Z (, |.
No. Matter Who Furnishes The Money,
Germany VIII ~ Hold the Whip Whip \
Hand Bare-Footed Dance
the Fad In Berlin.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

X BERLIN, May 2,-"Whoever furnishes
tho money, nothing cnn keep tho agdnd
RAILWAY from remaining Il German line
Tho enterprise, and the excitement 1t ~
stirring up throughout Europe, is Just
now monopollzlng the attention OF the SCI
rous-mlnded In Germany. Echoes from
England arc particularly interesting ow-
Ing to tho apparent ainablity8of Mr. Bal
four, Lord I.ansdowne and otherls meni-
i berH Of the government to make UP their
minds regarding 4 proper; attitude In Inc
matter. i3 y 5tfSsg III KS 5t5 3$ ri IA & si
The English objections are principally
or account OF lack OF English represent
tntion In the directory. Tho directors thus
/ far appointed are: Count Arnoux, direc-
tor-general OF tho administration OF the
Ottoman Public Debt; NJ. Auboyncau,
II general manager OF the Imperial Ottoman
4 Bank; M. Bauer, manager OF the Wiener
Bnnkvercin; NJ. Berger French delegate
or. the administration OF the Ottoman
X Public Debt; M. Nnvile, director Of the
Imperial Ottoman Bank (Paris); Herr a..
e .. Schrader manager of the State rail-
ways (Berlin); Dr.. schwalbach, the Brit
ish Consul .GencralSin BerlinFnnd q mcm-
E Der OF the banking firm OF Bleichroeder.
and Herr Tesla. German delegate on the
administration OF the Ottoman Public
+ Debt. rs & d s4 asi 5 Il
8 Of,thc nineteen directors eventually to
be chosen, nine will be Germans. seven
3 will be French; two Swiss and one Aus
* trian. i IS
1t is believed here that Eng lish invest
ments OF Bagdad Railway stock VIII cease
~ as q result of the broadcast publication OF
Il objections further summarized thus:
That the German sAnatolian Railway.
Company has been pulling the strings all
tho time.
BAR THE BRITISH.
mt. ,j,r,. 1paf mi
made to prevent British contributors Of
capital having any voice " atever In; TN e
control OF the new rail- way.
That preparations have been made to
y discriminate against British goods In tho
Immediate future 10 the dctrimcnt OF
British commerce. 8. .4Ss 595
81 Is realized by other nations that
England ought to have much to say IN
the management OF the Bagdad Railway,
owing 10 the dangers for her which arise
through IT. Tho terminus OF the line lets
n Germany + Into the Persian Gulf where
III she will take care to establish hersel
Russia Is congratulating herself on be.
ing out OF q scheme really 30 detrimental
to her interests. The last Issue q me = le|
Noyoo yrernya says edttoria!ly
81 .rhe Gcrma Ms wnnt money for the acon-
struction 81 the Bagdad Railway AZ Is
( we'll known, they have takcnsupon them
Il selves % per cent. of the cost OF Inc en-"
terprise, the French have obliglngly made
themselves responsible for 20 per CENT
and 40 per cent. remains to be found.SSit :
Il ,vns hoped IN Berlin that this deficit would
IA smnnlied ~ Russia, whose capitalists
would not refuse to cooperate in an I'M
n dartn king 4 OF such great Importance
II S..If these hopes had been realized Ger
r,any would have had every reason 70
Ii; congratulate herself on her victory. TOT
= line serving exclusively German inter- .,
ests and very detrimental to RUSSIA RUSSIA.
K yrolld have been built with the money
ia Due |, Alliance But the Germans
Ala not meet with the same success ~
Russia as In France: !,
Ss's..TInr Min{strytof Finance Informed the
# p,,sa,a = "a pitalists that an invitation had
heen received from the Anatolian tail-
way Company to take part N the . c ,..a-
IL struction of tho Bagdad line. put a tue
sara time explained how damaging 70
1.,,nso =, interests would BIO the construc-
t;n,, ~ a. line to Bagdad and the PERSIAN
e.uIf our capitalists. Of course. after
.,,ch IN utterance. rcf fused 70 Il cntruse ].
their money to the peaceful conq q e u
= Ait with the aid Of France. ana those
Enrlishmen who cannot refrain IRON OF. Put-
ting their money into any D's tli, ,,,s -,
,.n Ire r,im ho completed and speedily put
4 l. ny, "a v,ng 3bagis-and Germany will con-
n ' TO =, BAREFOOT DANCE;
The chropodists confess % rlc.. p,o.,ts
a,,, ~ out OF the fashiona Bile Berlin
..omen,s .bare-foot fad. y which - men ie9l
toned a few weeks ago lsadote SDunca.,'
thn American priestess OF ING c!a ISL
4 dance, Is responsible tor the lnhoyat'on.
which is the more potent as the 4aanfe;tel
"a Tor herschief ,patroness Countess Won
nna,nw. wife OF the Kaiser's chancellor.
M = Contrary to first expectations, the RAD
!. Sl,raiv to prove lasting, Miss Duncan
hna opened a private school IN when she
teaches aristocratlc young girls her style
~ dancing, and is further packea ~, VIII "
German capital to the extent @ sAn ~.
"a build a theatre for Greek Drama WHICH,
will be named after her,
The whole town seems to nave gone
y crazy on the subject OF classic dancing
s. Criticisms that the exhibition Of bare.
seet even bare knees Is Immoral, N fall
~ deaf ears. In her school. Miss Duncan
! snea ain further She insists on the BODY.
: - tho nupil being wholly untrammelled,i
ave by' a short, loose tunic SUSPENDED Dy
riobons from the shoulders
"a dancer" she says 'shoula move "
with tho freedom q o. me W'''us tNa
Many fashionable Berlin ladies' are
-,sar,nr sandals at their smaller fnnc-
u lions, and the malicious say TINS IS pc.
calae the chiropodist has not yet brought
their pinched toes into presentan'e shape Pc
Tho story telegraphed from Copenhagen
( that the Kaiser while there told pr'ncess
Waldemar that he hoped they might meet
in Paris is denied by the official organ OF
the court. hut the denial Is not consider
Cd authoritative. 6, -
lit has been an open secret for long
time that William would eventually visit
the French capital. and that he would
make his first advances through Princess
Waldemar with whom he Is on most
friendly terms, and whose connections IN
France are powerful. 1t is not likely
4 however, that such Visit Will be made
befora autumn.
Count Bernstorff. retired navy cap
tain, has attracted much attention with
a newspaper article referring to the pros
jected demonstration by an American
feet in European waters, and asking;
'Against which European nation Is this