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| somewhat strained, and which have re-
| Gently been further embittered by the dis
closures in connection with the Moroccan
| incident, will not be improved by the cir
cumstance that the kaiser has decided to
send special mission. partly political,
partly commercial In character, to Teheran,
the Persian capital
The mission has been conided to DR. Won
Rosen, an able man who has an extensive
| knowledge Of the orient and who lately
figured at Paris in the negotiations over
the Moroccan incident and whose instruc-
tons will be to do all he can to promote
the commercial interests Of Germany in
| southern Persia and TO cultivate the po-
litical friendship OF the shah in the hope Of
| obtaining concessions favorable to the ex-
tension of German trade in southern Persia.
II is not so long since the trade Of southern
| Persia was exclusively in British hands, but
| within the last few years the German COM
petition has been extremely active and sue
cessful and the proportion of business done
by German merchants is steadily and rap
idly increasing.
In France the standing concern over the
decline in population has taken the form
Of a committee to ascertain its causes NJ.
Yves Guyot has made one report to the
| Economic subcommittee In which he has
grievous things to say of the policy of pro-
lection In rendering the conditions OF life
harder. The figures which he smasses-and
analyses convince him that mot 8 per cent"
| of the French people reap any advantage
from the protective tariff, while all the rest
pay tribute under it. M. Guyot is espe-
cially keen in pointing out the unseen"
taxes which the protective system levies.
On bread and meat alone he estimates this
tax in France TO be as much as 100000 a
year Similarly with most Of the other
necessaries of life. In a country whose
| fiscal policy compels the people to pay a
heavy toll on their daily bread it is not
strange that there should be reluctance to
increase the number of mouths to be fed.
| The Berlin correspondent OF the London
Express writing under date of September
| G5 says that a sensation has been caused
IN German aristocratic circles by Count
| Francis Erbach marrying the daughter Of
washerwoman who lived in a village near
the family estates of Erbach. The count.
VINO came of age In December last, is the
| eldest son and heir to the Erbach family,
which is one Of the Oldest in Europe, and
his bride is a girl OF remarkable beauty
| Finding insurmountable obstacles placed in
the way of his marriage, he took his bride
| to London, where the ceremony was per-
formed few days ago. His romantic at
| tachment has cost him much BY the house
laws of the Erbach family every male men,
Der has to receive the consent Of the head
of the house before he can marry This
Count Francis failed to do, and at meet
ing OF the adult male members of the house
this morning 1t was decided to depose him
| from his position as heir to the estates and
to cut him off with an allowance Of goo a
year.
Germany still holds the high position In
| forest science which began with Hartig and
Gotta. The German forest schools OF
which there are seven of the higher grades
are still among the very best, and the study
OF forestry, both in the schools and in the
| forest experiment stations, is eagerly pur-
sued, says the National Geographic Maya
! zine The forests in Prussia, Saxony and
| other German states are admirably man
aged ana yield important returns. The total
value of the German forests. public and
private, is said to be about $45ooOO0 Co.,
Forestry in France has long been associ-
ated with the names of famous men Henry
OF Navarro and his friend and minister.
suiiy; Palsy. the great potter who called
the neglect of the forest prevalent in his
time not mistake, but a calamity and
curse for France" Colbert the minister
of Louis XIV; the botanist DuhameI du
Monceau; Button, the celebrated naturalist
are among the men to whom France owes
the rise and progress Of its present excel
lent forest policy. Their peculiar service
was to lay the foundation, both in law and
In public opinion, upon which modern for.
estry in France now rests. The forests OF
the French government are admirably man
n -rnn
but they yield net return each year OF
more than 81 an acre Besides handling
their natural forests with great intelligence
and success, the French toresters have
done much for the general progress Of for
estry
Everybody knows with what skilful and
energetic perseverance, Kaiser Wilhelm II
has succeeded In awakening German senti-
ment for the navy. This general enthusl-
asm is shared by Germen women. Mindful
OF the famous saying Of the emperor, Our
future Is on water" they have decided un.
der the high direction Of Fraulein C. Null
| Ter or Hanover, upon the creation of a
maritime union OF German women destined
like the already existing masculine
league" which counts more than 600 900 adj
herents. to make the most active propa-
ganda In favor of mercantile and military
marines with the aim of actively co-oper.
ating for the increase of the latter. The
Jealous women will not rest until they have
| raised sum SUFFICIENT to enable them to
make to the empire a present of great
naval vessel. Repeated appeals are being
published in local newspapers recalling
with patriotic words the conduct OF Ger
man women in 1918 and 1901
The work of developing the British port
OF Dover into first-rate naval base and
fortress, to rank with Gibraltar or Singa-
pore, is proceeding apace. The great south
ern breakwater OF the Admiralty harbor,
LOO yards long. begun less than a year
ago. is to be completed in eighteen months
To give an idea OF the gigantic nature OF
this work, il may be stated that the solid
masonry is constructed In forty-hve feet
OF water at low tide Is seventy feet thick
at the base, and about 100 feet high. In
eighteen months the harbor will be com
pletely protected from the sea, and will
AFFORD fleets lying in il complete immunity