New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
NEW SWISS PRESIDENT
.oed Physician Elected for the
Fifth Time.
.e-..,rtrht- 1909. by the Brentwood COnpany.I

4sb- 1903 by the Brentwood Company
Lr,sns has lust elected q physician for the
-l'.tdsnt Of her republic In the person OF the
sirht-vear-old DR.. Adolf Deucher, Of the
ssFehS . TTburgovie If I draw attention to the
cAh0 a. because this is the aged gentleman's
fsc, .,, IF Office chief magistrate of his coun-
5lU' rrbez have not been consecutive terms For
u s,i,gtion requires that full twelve months
ne .-arvene after leaving office before the
snOd4. cs7 he eligible for reelection. He is
Fe. br the Federal Assembly in joint session OF
N.,o,a1 and state councils, holds his Office for
ne L. and receives salary of little less than
s@a Graduate Of the un,versi
IL r-aeue zurich. Heidelberg and Vienna, has
@ p n nublic life for little over half century
p 1acted for the first time 10 the Diet OF his
vas - 1s55 and has been member Of the Fed
cSA'V r,rcil for close upon twenty-five years The
e-@' - with which he has been more particu-
tsen-i6ed IS that Of Agriculture and Industry.
a. e,.zarland owes much to his activity and lni-
.. IN this connection. AS in this country ana
uau france the President Of the Swiss Republic
also u Ell costume and on the occasion of the
Aas % = III the troops of the confederation at the
-, -nsnosuvres he invariably appears on horse
-, :, full evening dress, white gloves. black
~ ~pN and a silk hat, usually Of ancient vintage,
stng 70 all save the initiated rather strange
peS rr, +be entire absence Of all afectation
-a.ence completely disarms criticism and ST.
80 all tendency TO ridicule.
ls1css srsanfsn simplicity is carried its utmost
IN
~. and while DR. Deucher. like many of his
pll-s, .,ssors = q man Of great culture. breeding
~ r1ucb personal dignity, there are others VINO
-. moi belonged 10 the same class or society
TINS Sir Horace Rumbold. who was Tor SO MANY
.-s British Minister at berne- ana VINO Ie'lieu
teN -. 5i,1crnsric service as British Ambassador
- Court Of Austria. relates in his "Renllhis-
- how wnen calling one day at the mouse
c. - president Of the Swiss Republic TO pay his
and n leave his card, he was admitted IN
mn
g. arms . II covered with soapsuds Nine IA
p-.sssnte having come straight from the tarrlIF
.ssfph n answer the bell. Moreover IN IS'4' 're
,rride st DiIon. in France. Of Arnola Ooiii'esse'
ne twenty-six-yearod son Of the fresleHt "a ~ .il
cvsss Renublic served call attention 10 'he Ia
,het the Young fellow had been engaged up 10 tlat
time in acquiring the experience needed 10 guam.
him as hotelkeeper by acting as heau ""''0' -
g second or third rate inn at Lh)oh-
pov.7. BLOOD OF MUTINY LEADER.
.s No end Of confusion has arisen with regard
:. the identity of the ringleader OF the recent SEN
stonsl r1utinv Of the soldiers OF the French or
srr Legion in Algiers. q mutiny which lhCluoeu
the seizure Of railroad train and hrst the cdp'-
r-e and then the release Of q general. II may "e
s1s+ as well to explain that while he is not one
of The two only German Counts Rohde in exist
.nce h is q German Count Rhoden, although ne
enlisted in the French Foreign Legion unoer 1he
.-,a ~ pal" It is only fair that this should
= +borouFhjv made clear as Count Charles Rohde.
--Ao fs 2 distinguished retired colonel of Prussian
csvslrv and his eighteen-year-old son, who is
-,rs,,ins his studies at Freiburg- in Baden. have
been involved in ali sorts of dsagreeabe notorety
IN connection with the affair
The rlnejeader Of the mutiny is Count Charles
Care Rhoden. He formerly lieutenant in the
r,rlssian Garde-Jaser regiment. served aide
5.rs-na IN The staff of the late Field Marshal
Eouut Weldersee in China. and is the youngest
so, c< the rnorga matte marriage of Prince Al
hsrt Of Waldeck-P Pyrnont with Miss Dora Gage.
st Dublin in 1854 Cards and other extravaganza
brought him 10 grief and forced him to leave
IN. German army and to seek refuge in the ranks
Of The Foreign Legion under the name Of Pal"
EFich curieusly enough. that of Of the most
distinguished retired generals Of cavalry in the
French army. Miss Dora Gage was the daughter
Of the Rev Robert Gage. of Rathlin Island, An
-rfn Young Count Rhoden inherited no money
whatsoever from parents, for his mother was as
renniless as most daughters Of village rectors'
while his father died insolvent. after having been
derived by the chief Of his family. the relgnlng
end sovereign Prince Of Waldeck-Pyrmont, OF the
control Of his fortune and Of his civil rights-re-
6uoed. in fact the condition of a minor, by rea-
son Of his extravasance He was always at Dag
gers drawn with the head Of his house VINO nat
uraly declined tc have anything whatsoever 10 do
with his children one Of the sisters Of the reign
ing Prince Of Waldeck is the widowed Duchess Of
Albany. and another is the queen mother OF the
Netherlands.
This is not the first instance by any means Of a
scion Of OF the reigning houses or Germany
having 10 grief in the ranks Of the Forelsh
Legion Of the French army. One Of them was sho'
ten years ago after conviction by court mar
tia Of having ATTEMPTED TO murder Of his offl-
while full-1edged prince of the blood sue
cunbed 10 enterc fever his body being con-
Teyed hack 10 Germany on board a German man-o