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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-03

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Tenney, Mrs. S. NJ. Ballou, Mrs. f. H,
Humphris, Mrs. j. S. McGrew, Mrs @,
b. Cooper, Mrs. A. J. Campbell, Mrs,
A. A. Young, Mrs. c. p. Wilder, Mrs.
Geo. Castle, Mrs. j. NJ Dowsett, Mrs.
A. G. Halves Jr, Mrs. X. f. LANCE,
Mrs. A. Wall, and others who will be
announced later.
= =
Mrs. w. c. Greene, the wife of the
millionaire copper mine owner, ar
rived on the Alameda and is at the
Young hotel She rushed to this city
in response to a cablegram saying
that her husband was quite seriously
i'll and was expected here on the Asia.
With the aid of a special train she
reached San Francisco but half an
hour before the Alameda sailed and
was thus able to arrive here before
the Asia reached port.
= 9 =
Miss Miriam Nelke, who will give a
recital at the Art League Hall next
Monday evening, has been before the
public since her early childhood. Born
and raised in New York city she re-
ceived her education and dramatic
training there. She has had charge of
the department of expression in prom
inent schools ard colleges and has read
with success in many of the cities
and towns in the United States. She
has held Office for the past five years
in the National Speech Arts Associa-
ton, being successfully director, sec
rotary and vice-president. At present
Miss Nelke has charge of the Butler
Nelke School of Dramatic Art in San
Francisco. AS a reader Miss Nelke's
repertoire is large and varied, and her
talent SO versatile that she is equally
at home in comedy or tragedy, dialect
or classic literature.
Following is list of the patroness-
es for Miss Nelkes recital on Monday
evening at the Kilohana Art League
rooms: Mrs. George Carter, Mrs. f.
M. Swanzy, Mrs. Gait, Miss Bruce,
Miss Annie Parke, Miss Grace Robert
son, Mrs. F. A. Schaefer, Mrs. Wal
bridge, Mrs. Goodale, Mrs. G. P. Will
der, Mrs. d. H. Hitchcock, Mrs. Hum
phris, Mrs. Halves, Mrs. Graham.
q = q
The Morning Register, Eugene, Ore
gon, has the following:
Another friend writing from the
opposite side of the world-from that
: far-famed Hesperean Isle of which Ho-
nolulu is the central pearl says IN re-
ference to the fleet week."
Life has been pretty dresses, sun
shine, flowers, laughter, music, flags
and millions of lights.
In a sense Honolulus program diff
fered little from those of other ports
= which entertained the great battleships
but Honolulu does the same thing with
different air, and life here is largely
al fresco, and that in itself is move
and charming"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
SOCIAL EVENTSOF THEWEEK

The event of the week in social cir
Giles will be the wedding of Miss Edith
Spalding to Lieutenant M. M. Garrett,
U. s. A., which will take place at ST.
Andrews cathedral on Wednesday
evening at eight thirty o'clock. All
Honolulu society will be on hand to
see the wedding of one of the most
charming of the local girls to an army
man whom many in the city are well
acquainted with.
Miss Spald1ng's wedding gown is said
to be one of the handsomest ever seen
in the city, being of white duchess sa-
tin, trimmed with old rose point lace.
| The bride will wear veil and carry
white prayer book. The maid OF
honor, Miss Restarick, will wear a
modified directoire gown of pink
mousseline and, with the bridesmaids
Miss Alice and Ethel Spalding, the
sisters of the bride, will wear a short
veil The latter will be gowned in
white over pink. Helen Spalding, the
Youngest of the girls in the Sualding
family, and Vernon Tenney will be
the flower pages.
Miss Spalding's trousseau is aid TO
be most exquisite. 1t includes a num-
Der of Paris gowns, which were picked
out for the purpose by Mrs. w. G. IT.
win, the brides aunt, who is now in
Europe. Among the wedding gifts is
a large chest of silver which is enough
to create envy in all who see.
8 & &
Mrs. Wallace R. Harrington Of Ana
puni street entertained with delight
fully informal afternoon tea Monday
from four to six in farewell compli-
ment to Miss Grace Tower of Pasa'
dena. She sails next week after a stay
of six weeks. An especially pleasant
feature of the affair was the presence
of several of the women whom Mrs
Harrington had entertained two years
ago on Miss Towers former visit.
Mrs. Phil Frear presided GRACEFUL!
over the teacups while Mrs. Gignou'
poured coffee. Assisting in SERVING
sandwiches and corrections were Mrs
: Dimond, Mrs. Bendt, Mrs. Waite
! Jones and Miss Frances Harrington.
! tall brass jar filled with long stemmet
7 crimson Poinciana Regia blossom
: graced the tea table. About thirt!
women called during the afternoon
among those hidden being Mrs. Ray
mond Brown, Mrs. c. B. Cooper, Mrs
Olson, Mrs. Tenney Peck, Mrs Gig
noux, Mrs Dimond, Mrs. Bendt, Mrs
T. Ballentyne, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrf
Love, Mrs. Grant of Los Angeles, Mrs
Willard Brown, Mrs. Philip Weaver
= Mrs. Philip Frear, Mrs. Gaines, Mrs.
Reidford, Mrs. Archie Young, Mrs
Wells Peterson, Miss Peterson, Mis-
Clark, Mrs. Fred Smith, Miss Agne
Mcintyre. Mrs. North, Mrs. Henri
Cooper, Miss Alice Cooper, Mrs. Bis
sell.
After a vacation in Honolulu, Fire
st. Goar has returned to town an
will enter the University of Califol
mia this falls. F. Cali,
4 =
3 It was expected that Deputy Attol
ney-General 70. w, Sutton and his bird
!" would arrive on the Alameda yesterda
but they failed 10 appear and wei
only represented by letters saying thu
they would return on the Hllonian, d.
e In this city on September 1, Mr.. Su
tons wedding was 10 have taken pla'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
MINERS LYNCH NEGRO.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, August %.
The situation at the mines here In
the trouble that has broken out be-
tween the white miners and the ne
groes IS growing more serious. Yes
terday the whites mobbed a number OF
negroes, captured one OF them and
lynched him.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

is one of the ardent motorists down in
the islands. He owns a White and
says that just before his departure
the odometer showed mileage of 80
500 And | have driven every bit
of that distance myself" remarked the
visitor-Chronicle.
= = =
Miss Martha Chickerlng, Kappa
Kappa Gamma girl of the State Uni
versity, has returned home from de-
lightful vacation trip to the Hawaiian
Islands Several wmeeks were spent in
Honolulu where friends made Miss
Chickering's welcome most cordial
with a succession of pleasure. The
return trip was made aboard the yacht
Lurline that recently won the race
from San Pedro to northumberland
Enquirer
Miss Mamie B. Winston will be
greeted as long lost friend by all the
social set. She has been in Honolulu
so much and is so much liked that it
seems hardly fair for her to take even
a trip to the Orient.
8 4 &
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ivers and Miss
Marion Scott left for Banff on the Ma
nuka last Wednesday. The Iverses will
spend few weeks there and then go
East, where they expect to visit In
Boston. After leaving Banff Miss Scott
will come home via San Francisco.
Princess Kawananakoa is planning
on a trip to Europe. She expects to
leave in October and will probably be
gone for about a year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander H. Marx,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Marx, of Homo
lulu, have returned from a delightful
visit to the Yosemite Valley.-Oak-
land Enquirer
Miss Sargent, who has been in this
city for some time visiting Princess
Kawananakoa, will leave for her home
in New York at the end Of the month
taking the Mongolia to San Francisco
4 = =
Mrs. W. c. Wilder, of this city, who
went to San Francisco on the last triI
Of the Korea, is staying with her niece
Mrs. Edwin Tucker and has improved
in health since her arrival in a cooler
climate.
p Mrs. Julia Macfarlane and hel
, daughter Mrs. Schultz, leave for New
l York via San Francisco by the Mon
e golia ON August 20.
, 8 4 =
Mrs. Philip Andrews, the daughter
= Of Captain and Mrs. Andrew Fuller
e was among the passengers to arriv
S on the Siberia and is staying with hel
{ parents at their home on Nuuanu Ave
I nue..
a Mrs. H. G. Noonan, of this city, vii
S be among the passengers who leave OF
the Mongolia
Miss Georgette Marsily, the attraC
n tive young daughter OF the Neither
e lands consul TO San Francisco, Is hay
ing the happiest Of visits In Honolulu
Miss GeOrgette went TO tho Island
with Mrs, w. w. North upon the lai
& ter's return homo after visit wit
Il Oakland friends, Mrs, North has
@ daughter about the age OF Miss Geol
I gette and the two girls are enloyin
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
OFFICIAL REPORT AWAITED.

THE HAGUE, Holland, August a.
The government is taking no action at
present in regard to the trouble with
Venezuela, awaiting the report OF
Derues.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 8, but
was postponed till week later. The
bridal couple will be accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Whitney, of this
city, Mrs. Whitney being Mr.. Sutton's
sister.
Mrs. w. T. Swinburne, the wife OF
the admiral of the Pacific fleet, VIII
arrive here on the Manchuria, which
is due on September 1. She was TO
have been accompanied by Mrs. Emile
Bruguierre, but owing to a change Of
plans she will reach this city alone.
First Lieutenant Clarence S. Ridley
of the U. S. Army Engineer Corps, has
been ordered to this city for duty from
Washington, D. c. He is expected to
arrive on the September transport.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cuff and
their daughter, Miss Cluff, who were
here for some weeks last year, staying
at the Moana, have returned to San
Francisco from their trip around the
world, which took nearly a year. They
have taken apartments at the Fair
mont.
George w. Reynolds, sugar planter
of Honolulu is at the Imperial.-S. F.
Call.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Hackett, OF
Johnson and Stewart avenues, Rich
mond Hill, N. Y, have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Flor
ence Bell, to Lawrence M. Judd, Oh
Honolulu.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Morgan have is
sued invitations for the marriage o.
their daughter Mary Adele to Johr
Lundie Fleming. The ceremony will
take place at St. Andrews Cathedral
Wednesday evening, September 2. a
eight-thirty o'clock.
8 & &
Many Honolulu people will remem
Der Lieut.. L. r. Leahy of the battle
ship Maine, who acted as private sec
rotary for Secretary of the Interio
Garfield when he was here. Lieut.
Leahy has just been transferred t.
the Rainbow, the flagship of the thirC
squadron of the Pacific fleet. Thil
means that Rear-Admiral Harbe
wishes to keep the young officer will
him.
Mrs. F. M. Wakefield, of Glenwood
Hawaii, has been spending a few day
in this city as the guest of Mr.. ant
. Mrs. C. w, Ashford.
& & =
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Anthony will
occupy the Wilder avenue home Q
: Mrs. Gardner Wilder, while the latte
= is on her trip through Yosemite an,
Yellowstone.
Mrs. C. w. Ashford entertained las
1 Tuesday at an informal lunch give
r. for Mrs. Colin McLennan, of Papa
loa, and her daughter, Miss Marguerit
McLennan. Those present besides Tn
3 hostess and her guests of honor wer
q Mrs, +, M, Wakefield, Miss Marguert
y Ashford and Mrs, Gardner Wilder,
o 4 =
{ Manager IIertsche, OF the Moana an
@ Young Hotels, is 10 be congratulate
70 ON having prevailed on Mrs, 70,
@ Church 10 take charge OF his sOci'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
BRYAN sTuMPING.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, August "a
William Jennings Bryan, the Demo-
cratic nominee for the presidency,
made an address here yesterday. deal
ing principally with the tariff. He
is en- route to Chicago.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

functions. She is a great favorite with
the social set of the city and her Sc
lection means that, the smartest and
best of all the functions given while
the Pacific fleet is in port will be at
the Moana and Young hotels.
Miss Edith Jones sails on the Sibe-
ria today for Honolulu, where she will
be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hines,
for several months. A number of com
plimentary affairs have been given in
her honor during the past week by
the members of the younger set in
San Rafael, with whom she has been
identified socially, and who regret eX-
ceedingly her departure for the far
away home with which her marriage
in October will be coiDcident.-Chro-
nicle.
THE wedding of Miss Julia Damon
and Harold Giffard is expected to take
place in December and the young cou-
pie will live in a cottage nearly oppo-
site the Damon home on Keeaumoku
street.
Miss Esther Mccall, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. G. Mccall, sailed yester'
day on the transport Sheridan for Ho'
nolulu, where she will be the guest Of
her sister, Mrs. Hornberger, wife Oh
Horn hnru.aT lIn1t.
ed States Navy. A group of friends
gathered at the dock to wish Miss Nc
Call "bon voyage" to shower her witt
the attentions dear to the heart OF the
departing traveller and express the hop'
that her visit to Hawaii would be
delightful ones F. Call.
Miss Grace Tower, of Pasadena, who
has been here for six weeks, leaves
for her home in the Alameda on Wed
nesday.
It is understood that c. M. Cooke
has purchased lot on Nuuanu avenue
which he has presented to Mr.. anC
Mrs. Richard Cooke, who will builC
and make their home nearer to tow
than Manoa. W. R. Castle has pur
chased the adjoining lot and will cree
a pretty home to be occupied by hi
son Al Castle, on his marriage to Mis-
Linda Schaefer, which is expected t.
take place before long.
4 4 4
Miss Edith Jones, one of San Ra
fael's most prominent society girls
will sail on the Siberia for Honolulu
on September 18th. She will be tn
guest there of her sister, Mrs. Hines
until October, when her marriage wit
Mr. Cooper, an Englishman in the dl
plomatic service in Siam, will TAX
I place. The wedding will doubles
take place at the Honolulu nome O
Mrs. Hines, much to the regret @
friends of Miss Jones here. VIII
would enjoy nothing better than
. wedding and it's attendant festivitie
at San Rafael-Chronicle.
3 = =
, The Give Davieses left for Europe o
, the Manuka. They viii be missed whe
, the Pacific fleet arrives for they wer
3 the most hospltabe Of hosts and lne'
large numbers of the naval people
q a
4 II. V, Watt of Honolulu Is yisltin
/ In San Francisco for few days an
, has been Seeing the sights from N
: tonneau OF a big White steamer, Wa
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
MASSACHUSETTS
RIFLEMEN WIN
Trouble Between Italian and Japanese
Railroad Laborers in The
Northwest.
RACE RIoTING IN ALABAMA.
Springfield Rioters Indicted-Japanese
Seal Poachers Being Tried.
Bryan's Campaign.

CAMP PERRY, OHIO, August 22.-
The Sixth Massachusetts rife team
has won the regimental rife cham
pionship in the National match being
shot here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
RACIAL LABOR TROUBLE.

SEATTLE, August 22.-Trouble is
threatened here between the Italian
and the Japanese employed on the
railroad as laborers at Auburn. The
assistance of police officers to prevent
a clash has been asked for by the rail-
road officials. and these have been or
dered to the scene of threatened trou-
BILE.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
RIOTERS INDICTED.

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August %.
Indictments were returned yesterday
against six of the men who participate
ed in the recent race riots in this city.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
JApANEsE ON TRIAL.

VALDEZ Alaska, August 22,-The
trial of the Japanese poachers captured
ON the sealing grounds by the men OF
the revenue cutter Rush has been be-
gun,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
Hawaiian Office Speciality
c. BREWER & co., LTD,
QUEEN STREET,
HONOLULU, r. n.
ga BETHEL ST.

--.-c-~' AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
mea Sugar Company, Honomu Sugar
Company, Wailuku Sugar Company
Ookala Sugar Plantation Company
Pepeekeo Sugar Co., Kapapala Ranch
Charles M. Cooke. 1900. President
Geo. H. Robertson. WIRES. & Agr.
n. Faxon Bishop. Tres. & sOcy.
+. w. Macfarlane. ......... Auditor
P. @. Jones. ..............D Director
q. II. Cooke. Director
JR. Gait. DIRECTOR
All of the above named constitute
the Board of Directors.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Manager Hertsche, OF the Moana ana
Young Hotels, is 10 be congratulated
on having prevailed on Mrs E s,
Church 10 take charge Of his social
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
OFFICERS ana DIRECTORS
SUGAR FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS For
J. P. COOKE, Manager.

AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Con
Dany.
Haiku Sugar Company.
Paia Plantation.
Maui Agricultural Company.
Kihei Plantation Company.
Hawaiian Sugar Company.
Kahuku Plantation Company.
Kahului Railroad Company.
Haleakala Ranch Company.
HonoluA Ranch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22
Completely
FURNISHED HOUSE
For Rent

Punahou District, liza Anapuni ST.
Interior finished in wood. Completely
furnished, crockery, linen cutlery
piano and sewing machine.
This is one of the best Torrent
houses in Honolulu.
Possession imediately:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

II. " Watt of Honolulu Is visiting
In San Francisco for few days aud
has been Seeing the sights from the
tonneau OF a big White steamer, Watt
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

The Give Davieses left for Europe on
the Manuka. They will be missed when
the Pacific fleet arrives for they were
the most hospltabe Of hosts ana knew
large numbers OF the naval people
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. c. W. Ashford entertained last
Tuesday at an informal lunch given
for Mrs. Colin McLennan, of Papaa-
loa, and her daughter Miss Marguerite
McLennan, Those present besides the
hostess and her guests of honor were
Mrs. +, NJ. Wakefield, Miss Marguerite
Ashford and Mrs Gardner Wilder.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Anthony will
occupy the Wilder avenue home of
Mrs. Gardner Wilder, while the latter
is on her trip through Yosemite and
Yellowstone.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. II. G. Noonan, of this city, will
be among the passengers who leave on
the Mongolia.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. Philip Andrews, the daughter
of Captain and Mrs. Andrew Fuller,
was among the passengers to arrive
on the Siberia and is staying with her
parents at their home on Nuuanu Ave
nue..
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. F. NJ Wakefield, of Glenwood,
Hawaii, has been spending a few days
in this city as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Ashford
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Morgan have is
sued invitations for the marriage Of
their daughter Mary Adele to John
Lundie Fleming. The ceremony will
take place at St. Andrews Cathedral,
Wednesday evening, September 2, at
eight-thirty o'clock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. Julia Macfarlane and her
daughter, Mrs. Schultz, leave for New
York via San Francisco by the Mon
golia ON August 20.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Marx,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Marx, of Homo
lulu, have returned from a delightful
visit to the Yosemite Valley.-Oak-
land ENQUIRER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Miss Sargent, who has been in this
city for some time visiting Princess
Kawananakoa, will leave for her home
in New York at the end of the month
taking the Mongolia to San Francisco
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

II was expected that Deputy Attol-
ney-General 70. w, Sutton and his bride
would arrive on the Alameda yesterday
but they failed 10 appear and were
only represented by letters saying that
they would return on the Hilonian, due
IN this city on September 1, Mr. Sui
tons wedding was 10 have taken place
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mrs. w. C. Wilder, of this city, who
went to San Francisco on the last triI
Of the Korea, is staying with her niece
Mrs. Edwin Tucker and has improved
in health since her arrival in a cooler
climate.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ivers and Miss
Marion Scott left for Banff on the Ma
nuka last Wednesday. The Iverses will
spend a few weeks there and then go
East, where they expect to visit In
Boston. After leaving Banff Miss Scott
will come home via San Francisco.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-22

Princess Kawananakoa is planning
on trip to Europe. She expects to
leave in October and will probably be
gone for about a year.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-05

We shall he friends" said he offering
me- his hand with Q winning smile.
But you must confess you gave me
ample grounds for being a little wary
of you. Before long we shall meet,
and I shall hope to hear your reasons
for going into this extraordinary ad.
venture. In the meanwhile, may I
trouble you for the dispatch l gave
to you in the hotel at Vitznau, or did
II fall into Starva's hand that night?''
ITO prevent that I dropped 1t from
the window into a dlsused fountain in
the garden below"
"Where I found It," interrupted
Locke. "Herc It is, and please oh.
serve that the seals are unbroken."
Frankly, Forbes" said. II
thought you rather an idiot to give me
an important dispatch that night. You
must have seen that | was more or
less in Starva's power, and that he
was likely to gain possession of the
papers"
Had that dispatch fallen into his
hands," replied Forbes. 1T Is quite
ppbsioie 'hdI TS'u''i""h "ouiu H"'S
been saved his bad half hour. DO you
remember l told you, my pscudo.am-
bassador land you acted the part re.
markably well. let me tel you). that
carried two dispatches for Sir Nor.
timer, and that l gave you the onc
Of lesser im%portance?"
Yes. And the second dispatch?
Was 1t stolen from you by Starva
when he trapped you in the tower?"
Forbes nodded. 81 took the liberty
Of taking it from him just now"
And may a humble American con.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-05

II VII read Il 10 you smce the
seals are broken" agreed Forbes after
a moments hesitation.
ITO His Excellency. etc.-Sir: The
same messenger who gives you this
dispatch will deliver o another
which authorizes you to treat with
the committee OF the various states
Of the Balkans. who have for their
aim a confederation OF these states.
You will use the aforementioned dis.
patch at your discretion. II Is need.
less to say that neither this ministry
moi the other powers can for an In.
slant sanction q scheme so impos.
sible. But Il has come to our knowl.
edge that a dangerous conspiracy ex.
lists to overthrow the rulers of the va.
rious states. To check this conspir.
acy II may be well for you to tempo.
rize. II you think 1t cxpcdicnt, per.
init the dispatch mentioned to fall
into the hands OF this committee.
Can't. Forbes will follow the same
course If necessary. lie has full In.
| structions to exercise his discretion
In this matter.
ut Is not without surprise that the
ministry has learned Of your promise
to Ferdinand regarding England's sup.
port OF his project, namely. the
threatened invasion OF Macedonia.
Fortunately, the ministry is con
WINGED that some such o as you
sanction is expedient to free Mace.
donia from the atrocities of Turkish
misrule that have shocked Europe SO
long. His majesty's ministry there
fore Is inclined to overlook in this
instance any undue bias you have