The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13
HIS POWER
lSWAN.l|..|N'''C|;i.
Combes Is Doomed to Leave
the French 4, Min Min 3l.
istry. %
KING LEOPOLD TO ENTERTAIN
Rivera IT, Y. Be Crowded With It'll Per ,a,
sons Of Royal Blood This
Winter.
Special caute. to Tho Times. Dispatch.
Copyright. 1909

Especial caute to Tho Times Dispatch.
'i. Copyright, 1909
BYs}pAUL v1L11ERs.
PARIS, Dec 2.-Though President Lou.
bet personally,is as beloved as ever by the
French people,, there is every Indication
that in the present Ministry CONDOS Will
not rcfdan II, power very long.
BY his l,afsh measures against tho
Catholic Church. and especially against
the Sisters Of Mercy, whose splendid SER
vices during the Franco Prusslnn War
the French people can never forget the
Prime Minister has made hmsclf ex-
tremoly unpopular with the majority Of
the nation. which remains faithful II to tho
church. i5i g,.Y. Il Al. (.
!. General Andre, the Minister of War, has
never beon popular in tho least, and by
insulting Cola,1el5 Marchand. the hero OF
Fushoda, and tho military Idol OF France 1''
,1le has lost tito last vestige OF respect
with the nation.
( In hlstpotty jealousy ofthe popular hero
the Minister CT War excluded Mnrchand's
regiment from all participation IN the re-
cent French ml1loouvers, and When Mar,
for an expl1n1l lon, he was sentehcedTto
thirty days arrest. s n y,
N1archnnd Immediately sent in his reslg-
nation, thinking that the services Whicl
he had rendered his country deserved
better reWdrd.
roo late l,,., Minister Of War recog-
nized his mi,takeAin offending the most
popular soldier of France, and. though ne
succeeded IN Epersuadlng Marchand TO re-
main in the army. the storm OF pubic
criticism almost forced him to flee from
Paris. Z. NJ .Ni3stti " Il.
made him boz for mercy. he revenged
himself by seilal,ig him on a most dam
sgerous expedition into Upper Congo;
where there Is every prospect that ne VII
succumb to fever.
as we'll nslknI! up his mind to leave France
before he Is ostracised by the nation.
Kings Personal Diary. ..@
Durlnn lila Visit to Paris King Victor
Emanuel slio-Ted his personal diary'' IN
which he describes his thoughts. to Pres
ldent Loube.{tR
The President has told one Of his,
friends that tl,s diary Is exceedingly IN.
teresting a1iu.tin time VIII render Valu-
able aid to HISTORIANS.
Tho idea Of 'Nconfiding his Utmost
: thoughts to the paper the King OF Italy
has ihheriters'fl ON his mother Queen
Marg q. ssilf'sif F&
Whenever lilo snnds that words are not
suffcent to express. his IDEAS the King
makes use ,of, his talent for drawing. ana
tho diary Is full Of CHARACTERISTIC Sketch
es of persons. y ndssca pes. battlehelds anu
/ innumefable Eaitoohs, many OF which are
masterpieces In their line. "a
u Cars Health Poor.
a letter from st. Petersburg announces
that tho Car has returned from SKIER
Of, poisoning him, which cost tho little
Princess Ell2a btill,s Of Hesse. her life, has
tended to- make him more melancholy
than ever. His frail body is giving way,
and the effects ofcontinued mental strain
and worry ars plainly observed ny every
one who has seen him close by.
1t is no longer secret to him that
Russia Is III niSstate bordering on revo-
Tuition. and this state of active unrest
reaches even to tho most remote prov
inces Of the vast en- pire. z J.,
In Russian Armenia no other WORD than
EARNED REBELLION can convey an ade-
quate idea Of the state Of things.
The following towns are IN state
OF constant ferlnent: Etchmiadsln, Eri-
van. Ellsabthpol, THIS, AeSandropol'
| Kars and Nachlchevan.
Tn Eknter,noslaw a sanEuinary tight
was fought betuc cen mounted troops and
the workers OF the town, tho latter ot1er-
ing determine i resistance.
| In Teleti and other villages there was as
a peasant rising. soldiers had to quell
tn the move movement, and fifteen ring-leaders
| will DO tried FOR high treason,
| Bomb olltrH gees have occurred m BJae-
san, and tho nrrests that followed were
4 so numerous that some OF the prisoners
had to be taS,n 70 other Towns ;, =, hoa.
Revolutlonli y oclamatlons nave been
| distributed among the soldiers IN all the
garrison toplls, asking them TO pind
! themselves by oath to refuse 10 fire on
the people in cahe of disturbances.
Though the soldiers were bldaen unqet
heavy penalties to hand over these pa
apers 10 their superlors. not moro than
about third OF the proclamntions could
| be obtained ~ S5i all,
/ "A number OF towns. Including Baku. In
the east. and Vietebsk, IN the West are
under martial law. - 1
The Jews throughout the Pale are being
constantly lrt,midated by the police, with
threats Of massacre. III
The appro ,ch or winter, with the pros,
poet OF evolutionary demonstrations mas
caused the authorities to take precautions
airy measures.
l In Klcff crowds arc forbidden to as
semble In the streets, In: ISharkof fac
tory owners and others are warned Z
prevent tina appearance among thell
workmcn of OF dangerous
doctrine. +a.tssst3 tta5 gz
1 Came Near Being Arrested.
Ills Majesty. JACQUES l4enauoy. I'm
peror has Just laft Paris, after secEe
Visit, during which no came very neal
being arrested as a deserter. not hayini
served his tern In the French army ~ !, IL q
escaped, however, IN the very ihst mn.
ute, and is now probably back IN tIond 10 !,
What caused linn to; run this great rlsi
is not definitely known, though y, ma
been found oat that he purchases a 1!ar IE;
4 quantity Of Mauser rifles. Maxlms, pom
poms and IIotchkissy guns, as Well a.
many tons Of ammunition, i,
All of thase were sent to Africa, VII
London
an army in Switzerland and other part
OF the continent. /,
A force of five hundred old soldiers y
being raised to serve under me 'l,,pG !,
ors' flag and to Instruct the natlV
tribes in tho use Of modern weapons
The army sttt be under command Q
n British ex-cOlonel.
Several nnr.Iciers here VINO Know ~, W
oh, "a a. ,,,nll 4 os criba him MS q Keen DuSl