The sun., 1908-06-21

the present time by the wave OF sentiment
concerning criminals.
Capital punishment Is abe lished to all
intents and purposes. and lega. punishment
ls not always proportionete to tho degree
OF tho ortme. Corporal punishment would
tend to r6move certain class OF brutal
crime, but public sentiment 10 against It.
M. Jaune, q detective In Paris, says:
'There In steady annual increase OF crime
In this city owing to the laxness with which
the law metes out punishment. Justice
should be more summary. The French
penal oode 10 admirable. but II 10 not ap-
pliod with sufficient severity.
"Too much notice Ia taken Of the criminal
classes. The newspapers are full OF their
exploits and their photographs are pub
lished. This 10 Just what pleases the dis
torted minds Of young Apaohes. Women
and alcohol are the chief causes Of crime
In Paris a. elsewhere
The transfer Of Zolas remains to the
Pantheon In Paris leads the Vatican oorre-
spondent Of the Corrisre della Sera Of Milan
to pubnsh some interesting "reminiscences.
Whom Zola was preparing his great work
Rome" he went to Italy to gather some
the correspondent for the fullest infor-
nation regarding the daily life at the Vati-
can. Zola's great wish was to be abso-
lutely accurate. and he requested the oorre-
spondent to get him sketch Of the three
rooms habitually occupied by Pope Leo
XIII, with minute details about the furni-
ture. the places Of tables, chairs. bed. Dc.
The desired information having been
procured. Zola suddenly remembered he
had forgotten to ask about the color Of tho
walls and the curtains These details were
also ascertained in due course. Then he
asked the correspondent If he could arrange
an audience with the Pope through Car
dinal Galmberti.
The Cardinal at first demurred, but later
consented. making 1t condition that Zola
should write with his own hands the request
for Papal audience. Zola made no Diff
Guilty; in his fine, clear handwriting he in
dited his petition. addressing it TRES Saint
Pere." Describing himself as a much occu-
pied writer. he explained that he had come
to make study Of the city of Rome pnd
begged the privilege Of an audience from his
Holiness Galimberti promised to present
the request at the next audience.
The next day Zola attended banquet
given by an Italian press association. at
which the chairman, Signor Bonghi. made
some disparaging remarks concerning
Lourdes and its miracles. That settled
zola's audience; Galimberti simply dared
not present the petition to the Pope. who, he
said would not even have looked at 1t.
And so Zola had to leave Italy without hav-
ing seen the Pope; to his deep regrek says
the chronicler.
According to a detailed report on the
worlds telegraph systems just issued by
the Berlin International Bureau Of Postal
Statistics the United States is easily first
as regards length of lines, the total being
1.18o. .965 miles, or about three times as much
as Great Britain or France which have
$50 ,35s and 30l ,275 miles Of wire respectively.
Germany has the largest telegraph system
in Europe. 4e1 .os8 miles. Russia, with
Siberia included has only 4o23 3T miles Of
wire.
As regards the number OF kilograms
handled for the year Great Britain hea dis
the list with nearly 94,o0o.ooo messages,
the United States coming next with o5, 5OO,-
0oO France stands third with nearly
$1,000, 600. and Germany fourth with 81, ,5O0,-
600 messages.
The United States Is again first with regard
to revenue derived from the telegraphs,
$40. .0O0. 600. while the Russian Treasury bene-
fitted by $40. .e0O,O 600. Great Britain drawing
SIS, 800 900, Germany s., 600 900. and France
H,eOO.ooo for the year.
Another terror has perhaps been added
to naval battles: the mysteries OF the 30
called Greek fae have been rediscovered,
says the Tdeglichc Rundschau, by e Berlin
engineer. and preliminary experiments
have been conducted at Wessensee castle
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