The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12
THE KING
A SOCIALIST
Peter Karageorgevitch Wears
an Uneasy Grown.
WOMEN GOOD LISTENERS
They Sat Out the Long Sessions Of the
French Chamber When the Dep
uties Themselves Were
Worn Out.
-y JOHN JOSEPH CONWAY, M. A.
Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch.
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PARIS, July 11.--The fact that England
has withdrawn her minister from Bel
grade, that the United States minister
will be at least studlously slow In pre-
senting his papers and that Russia in
ssts that the murderers of King Alex
nnder and Qnee Draga be brought to JUS
tice are only few of the considerations
which make the crowned head of Peter
karageorgevitch uneasy
AS Prince Pierre, the new King OF Ser
via. is known to have been an advanced
socialist. He belonged to the pronounced
school or Jules Guesde rather than 70
the constitutional and parliamentary So
ciallsm of Jean Jaures. now vce-presideht
OF the Chamber OF Deputies.
The French socialist clubs are DISCUSS
ing the question:: Can a king be So
cialist?
Not 30 long ago they decided by =, a
raltry majority that socialist conld DO
minister.
This was done in reference TO the case
or NJ. 8Iilerand. the then Minister OF
Commerce.
But the knotty polnt, remains; can
socialist become king
The trend Of opinion iE that Peter l..
will have to get out Of the king business
or cease to be socialist.
Kingship at least as IL is unuei s'ooo
In the Kingdom OF Servla. is held to be
tncon1pa tible with sound. practical socla1'
ism.
Women Good Listeners.
Durinp these DAYS of the dying chamber
+be ladies arc the longest sitters ana the
y best listeners, ,o,
wear them not out. -.
Foremost among the iadies VINO o.,
1,or
Degchane. the dis;ing uished oiooking
yeung wife OF the ex-president OF me
Chamber: Mile. Combs the pretty daueh,
fer Of the militant Prime Minister ana
the Princess de Tarente. a ie s.. o. 80
fashions in the Faubourg ST. German
Deputies rush out to take the air OF 30
10 the sIdeboard to refresh themselves
Pit the ladies' cling to their places with
n tenacity which bellies the phrase Oh lhe
feeble sex. r,c,o
1oncheon and dinner upon the altar OF
f Observation-Disclosures a few OF them nave
t.een found refreshing themselves sur
reptitiously with sandwiches ana A la'at'"'
Political Naturalists.
1 school OF political naturalists IN PARIS
tas been formed with the ob;ec. OF col-
iecting into general zoo all the sym sym
Dolical epithets appneo 70 PAo ii'ii'es III
ticians In France. a-,d ,re
represented and Il certain sclentist Has
found that the analogy IN most cases =
exceedingly striking.
In the amusing collection Joseph Relnach
&c the representative bulldog, MT, r.
Fressense is bloated otter, f1 re;'1 -
Inc little white mouse, MI Ripot - d
boxing kangaroo: Camille i g ra, 10
nhimnanzee and General Andre IS con
stdered to be admirably protrayed by me
head OF a hyena. the
The man who has demonstrated tne
greatest talent In chasing by strGke
~ the pen his political contemporarles 81
oronr the ruminants or auadrumana Is
1snri Rochefort who Is himself repre-
eented as a silver haired 1ox' WIN .ne
husky end OF his tail CURED over 'is 'op
Ha has recently finished up his descrip-
,ton Of Millevoye by clubbing him with
the name OF the Grand Eucalyptus.
An enterprising impresario Is about 70
start a museum on the boulevards. where
a specimen OF each genus Will be eNhio!-
ted In wax.
loubet Democratic.
president Ioubet has shown that he Is a
most democratic chief OF state. met
him one morning at $50 CLOCK "aih-
ing down the Boulevard des -Capucihes.
He was accompanied by NJ Compare ,f
and General DUBOIS '"e -
ilian's costume.
president Loubet's trousers were bagsy,
ard he carried short. ugly stick IN his
left hand
We're Il not that his tall hat was fault
1essly shiny he looked as though ne was
returning from nightly reve! IN MONT
MARIE,
Garnet. nor any other previous President
would be seen on foot on the poulevaras'
But President Loubet says: II don't see
WHY r should not have the same llbertS
as any other Frcnchman- II the nouie-
wards be good enough for the people. they
are good enough for me-
Smuggling in Automobiles.
In the French frontier town OF Haze-
BRONX an automobile has twice success
fully broken through all the customs req
ulations and introduced load or TOBACCO
into France,
The first time the automobile rusheo
past the post of customs officers, at rae
Ing speed and as 1t was entirely cover
ed over with canvas there was no means
of identifying the vehicle
The intrepid smuggler was so pleased
With his success that he warned the GUS
toms officers that the trick would De tr'eo
again.
The employees on all the neighborlng
stations were on the lookout and ropes
had been stretched across the roads,
The automobile duly appeared, and
seeing rope across bridge the
chauffeur turned back and raced Off IN
another direction. where he found a rail
way crossing open, and entered France
triumphantly. pursued by four automo-,
biles that had been hired by the customs
authorities,
But the speed he made far exceeded
that of his pursuers; and he again es-
capped identification.
Monument to Poe.
An original monument has been planned
for the Boston admirers OF Edgar Poe
by the Spanish sculptor. Jose Charmoy
and plaster casts have just been dispatch
ed from Paris for the approval OF Amer
lean taste
The monument is in itself an architec-
tural whole, and will need no pedestal as