New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-06-21
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Paris June 2o-King Peters difficulties are
already beginning Neither France nor Russia
will resume diplomatic relations with SerVla IN
| less the new King proves strong enough TO prlnS
/ the assassins Of his predecessor before court
| martial There is a tacit understanding pc
tween all the powers to the same effect KING
| Peters principal preoccupation is to discover
means of Furnishing the regicde officers so as TO
| clear himself from the stain Of being an accom-
plice after the fact, Tor until he does this he
will he bovcotted by all the European govern
| rnents and heads of state
The new Kings cousin, Prince Bojidor Kara
seorgeyitch has been intrusted with the task
of having the new Servan crown made in Paris
It is to be of gold studded with diamonds
rubies emeralds and pearls. Prince Bojidor has
already consulted with Andre Michel. the Gus
todian Of the Louvre, and with Falize. an ex-
pert jeweller, as to the model of the new crown
and Ruchomousky. the author of the famous
counterfeit tiara of Saitarpharnes, has also been
called upon to furnish designs.
The new fiscal law proposed by NJ. Rouvier
Minister for Finance, which comprises an in
come tax is far from pleasing everybody. In
huential bankers and fnanciers, together with
many leading political economists, notably PAU
Leroy Beaulieu in the conservative Republican
organ the Journal des Debats," are making an
energetic campaign against the project, and de-
clare it embodies the two worst vices with
which any fiscal law can be charged, namely,
that 1t is arbitrary and Observation-Disclosures
because incomes are to be estimated and classed
according to the caprice of functionaries influ-
enced by the individual enn1ity or partiality Of
the MAYORS and inquisitorial because it makes
public the profits or losses of professional men
and reveals the secrets of business houses and
of private individuals. Conservatives, Clerlcals
Nationalist and reactonaries of every stripe
are preparing to concentrate their forces in OPP
posing NJ Rouvier's fiscal bill. for they feel
that the only vulnerable point of the republic is
finance.
The annual Neuilly fair is remarkable this
year for the daring novelties which nightly at
tract an unusual number of Americans to the
four miles of electric lights and merry-go-
rounds extending from the Porte Maillot to the
Seine Among the features are THE DeVll
Circle" around which reckless cyclists gyrate at
a lightning pace in a gigantic bottomless bowl
suspended over a den Of lions; also cakewalk
danced in i cage amid twelve bowling hyenas-
The open air clubs of the Puteaux Bots de
Boulogne have become the favorite rendezvous
Of Americans. Among those dining there yes
terday were Mrs. Spreckels, in white lace
spangled with silver; Miss Spreckels, Mrs. Sher-
| man in a pompadour brocade. with her two
| daughters; Mr. and Mrs Ellis Hoffman, Miss
Green, Henry May, Mrs. Ogden Armour, Miss
Britain Mr. and Mrs Frank J. Gould Mr.. and
Mrs. CORTLAND Bishop Mr.. and Mrs. P. Loril-
lard Ronalds Mrs. Cooper Hewitt and Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer.
| Mr. and Mrs William K Vanderbilt are at
Bride-les- BainE in Savoy, where Miss Ruther-
| ford is taking the waters, and Mr. and Mrs.
Tworably are at Royat. James Gordon Bennett
has sailed from Nice with few friends on his
usual cruise in the Adriatic his yacht the
| Lysistrata.
| The government is applying the rules Of the
road restricting automobile speed with vigor.
| At the police court in Saint Germans yester-
| day eighty-four operators Of automobiles We're
indicted for excessive speed. Among the offend
ers punished with fines were Bourg de Bozas,
Count StroganoT, Henry de Rothschild and
| Henry Farman.
The sensational trial at Tours of three di-
| rectresses of the refuge Of Notre Dame de la
Charlie charged with cruelty toward female
pupils intrusted to their care, reveals extraordi-
nary details which are being made capital of
| by the anti-clerical press in their campaign for
the separation OF church and state The cross
| examination of sixty-nine witnesses established
| the fact that among the punishments inflicted
| was the cutting off of the hair of such girls as
possessed luxuriant locks and the hairdressers
! of Tours and Paris testified that they purchased
| large quantities of human hair from the convent
! at regular market prices. Another punishment
| was 1.-The cross of the tongue which consisted
in girls being compelled to draw the sign Of the
cross on the floor of the chapel with their
| tongues. In extreme cases the form Of punish
l ment in use was called 'bouse de vache. during
/ which girls faces were smeared with filth from
| a COW stable. A witness Mile. Lea Boulay, tes-
tilted that on the day of her first communion she
was forced by the tyranncal sisters TO walk
! barefooted over sharp stones with crown of
! thorns on her head. and obliged to kiss the
feet of all the other sisters and the servants.
even of those who worked in the cowhouse
| Many of the forms of castigaton were sugges-
| tive of the Middle Ages.
The revelation of this state Of affairs in such
| an important Catholic educational institute as
| that of the Refuge of Notre Dame de Ia Charlie
at Tours establishment patronized by many
| great ladies OF the French nobility, causes a
connection here. and, in the opinion of the So
calists and Radicals justifies the rigorous attl-
| tude assumed by the Combes cabinet in all that
pertains TO the religious associations.
! c l. 3.