The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
Disturbances Predicted In
BalCan States Shortly.
WHEN E: GRASS COMES OUT
Macedonian lns urrection May Assume
3 Giant Propositions as Soon as al, 4
Army Can lamp II the Open
Air-Sultan Urged to Reform. RE-
BY MAX 4 O. IRE u. v, AK
Especial Cable to The Times. DIspatoh,
.M Copyrlahted 1go3l IA. Nh II

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PARIS, April 11.--At the return Of each
new spring the European prophets OF
il-omen resume their work.
In diplomatic circles the fear Is ex-
pressed that, as soon as the snow has
melted In the Balkans and the grass has
grown on the mountains-t that Is to say
that troops will be able 10 camp in the
open nr-the Macedonian Instruction Will
assume gigantic dimensions.
Between the end OF April and the end
of OCTOBER there will be- they say, q
most critical period for the peace Of the
world l.s M
p There is no doubt that the revolutionary
committees are Just now showing great
activity, that they threnteh With death
any man who will refuse to join the revo-i
lutonary bands us soon as the order is
issued. hi 3hi555f4 IF III 5Us 9sPEsa
Too often the committees show that
their threat are no idle words. $e#
Many instances are mentioned Of mon
who have been condemned to death and
executed for refusing to obey the orders
of the committees. No doubt there Is
something very serious broodirg, because
every year, in the beginning Of April, the
Macedonians O bandon their villages BY
tens Of thousands to go and work for
eight or nine months in Serva, Bulgaria
and Roumnnla. M
This year the Central Committee has
forbidden every man able to carry arms
to leave Macedonia. Meanwhile, the RUS
sian Ambassador In Constantlnople is urg-
Ing the Sultan to quickly carry out the
programme OF reforms!!!
MOTHER tTRlUMPHs.
Once more, and for the last time, + will
mention the romance OF the Princess Roy
al Of Saxony and the Belgian troubadour.
The mother has trumphed over the
foolish woman. and the separation is now
absolute and definite.
& But all the same there will probably
be an epllogue. s&
The Princess indignant at the mani
festo which was recently issued BY hor
father-n-law, the King Of Saxony, Is said
to have exclaimed on reading It, Is this
the way J. am re Warded for Keeping silent
all the humlllations and tortures have
endured at the Court Of Saxony?''
And. like the great Therose Humbert,
she promises to make revelations.
The answer of the Princess to the kings
manifesto will be entitled why Left
Them" Nobody will be particularly anX-
ious to know what becomes Of Monsieur
Gron.
Such an episode as his may succeed in
making him interestingly his own eyes.
: People might have said to him. II he
had asked them whether or no he should
try to win the heart of q Royal Princess,
future Queen, what Prince Bismarck
once said to Prince Alexander Of Batten-
berg, who had been offered a throne by
the Bulgarinns, and was hesitating to
accept the honor: do accept; 1t will be
pleasant and interesting recollection Of
your youth"
REFUSED AsTHRoNE.
King Edward has just concluded his
visit to the Earl Of Derby at Knowslcy,
the Lancashire seat Of a nobleman. who
would have been a king II his father had
not refused a throne. 8
When, In 1862, the late Duke Of Edin-
burgh refused the throne of Greece, to
which he had been elected by popular bal
lot, the Greeks, determined to secure an
English ruler, wished to choose for their
king the late Lord Derby, who especially
appealed to their imagination on account
of his being the greatest Greek scholar
OF his time,
ct is a dazzling adventure for the
house of Stanley" wrote Disrael; 'but
they will prefer Knowsley to the Parthe-
non, and Lancashire to the Attic Plains.
3''It is a privilege to 1.-Two In this age Of
rapid and brilliant events
ut is one OF infinite romance. Thrones
tumble down and crowns are offered like
In q fairy tale. g s
II think lie ought to take the crown;
but he Will not. Had his youth would
not hesitate even with the Earldom OF
Derby In the distance.i's
knowsley has welcomed many English
soverelgns, and the House contains many
Interesting proofs of8royal gratitude, but
there Is also striking commemoration of
the lngratltude Of one king
a&It is carved on the Colonnade end Of the
1In,,ca and fla iparrinftOn rDnSH thuG
James. l1arlgof Derby, Lord Of Man and
the Isles; Grandson of James. Earl OF
Derby, and OF Charlotte, daughter of
Claude, Duke de la 1TemoulIc, whose
husband, James. was lbeheaded at Bolton
15 October, 1852. for strenuously adnerlng
to Charles H., who refused bill passed
unanimously by both Houses OF Parlia-
ment for restoring to the family the cs-
tate lost by his loyalty to him,
Coats OF paint have failed to obliterate
the record on the stone, although timc
has no doubt effaced the Ingratitude OF
Charles H., from the memory OF the
family.
"a QUEER INSCRIPTION.
In the little village Of Gaillao. a short
distance from here. stands statue Of
Mareschal sout, which causes every one
who reads the inscrlption on It to rub
his eyes and take another look.
b It reads thus;
I'm obedience to a wish expressed In
the last will of our glorious hero. Mare
schal soult. whose valiant deeds will
never be forgotten. this equest rlan statue
has been cast from the bronze OF the guns
which he captured from the enemies Of
his country i
The immortal hero is nevertheless rep
resented standing leaning on his sword.
with no horse in sight, nd tho statue Is
of marble,
And stu the natives are5yery proud or
tho way In which they have carried out
the hcros last wish
HEAVY lIoNoRs.
There arc people who think that royal
persons live a life ofSleisure, or at least
that they never perform any manual la
Dor but they are evidently very much
mistaken.
Some OF them carry burdens that would
quickly tire out ordinary Hortals,
Il AT one Of the last court balls IN 81
Petersburg the Empress o. Russia was
literally covered with jewels, and smillng-
~ told the Emperor that the DONORS were
more than abe could peal, s l S
Her robe. made from heavy gold pro
cadc, with all Jewels and ornaments, ac-