New-York tribune., 1909-11-03
SAW IT IN HIS DELIRIU N.

General Bjorlin is one of the most distin-
suished and respected veterans of the Swed-
tsh army. Last June he lay very seriously
Ill at Narberg, and was likely to suffer. es-
pecially during the nights. from deIirium
resulting from fever. The two Protestant
Sisters Of MeTcy-they call them deacon
esses-who were in attendance upon him
during the night Of June - assert that ne
suddenly began to rave about his intimate
friend, General Beckmann, and TO insist
that the latter was in danger of his life.
II fact, so convinced was he that Beekmana
was in peril that on three occasions he left
his bed and reached the door with the OBJ
ject Of going TO the assistance Of his old
friend and comrade. being brought back
only with considerable difficulty He be
came more and more wrought up until
all ar once he cried ont, Don't YOU
hear the sound Of shooting7" and then
still louder, Don't you see the smoke Of
powder? I have just seen how Beckn1a m
has been shot; Don't you see how his
blood is pouring on the ground?" All night
long he raved in this fashion and it was
not until daybreak that he fell asleep. com
pletely exhausted
On waking some hours later. in full pos
session of his mental faculties. he .remem-
bered enough Of his delusions of the night
to declare 70 the sisters, You viii see that
they have shot General Beckmann." When
the daily newspapers were brought I'D not
long afterward the dispatches from Stock
holm contained not only the news that
General Becknaann had been shot, but even
described the scene as it had been por-
trayed in his delirium by General Bjorlin
The two sisters made written report Of
by whom Il was communicated 10 the ROYAL
College Of Physicians now figuring among
the Iatters records In this way it has be-
come public. and is just at present forming
the subject of no end Of discussion in sci
entifc circles at Stockholm.
MIKADO's NAVAL PREPARATIONS.
Although the Emperor Of Japan, who
celebrates his birthday to-day is ostensibly
and professedly reducing his naval and
military expenditure. vet ne is quietly max
ing provision for what may be described
as a naval expansion that deserves the
most careful attention of the people of this
country Striking evidence thereof is To be
found in a remarkable article contained in
the recent Trafalgar Day issue OF The
Naval League Annual by a singulary
able Japanese writer, Satori kato. who has
already won for himself name in his own
country and also in Germany and III hng-
land as an expert on the subject of naval
matters
His article is entitled The Mastery OF
the Pacific" and in it he makes no secret
of the fact that Japan means 10 be the
mistress of the Pacific. What is still more
10 the point Is that he shows that during
the fourteen months ending in August
Japan had completed no less than nifty
nine destroyers and that all the material
has been accumulated in the imperial dock
wards at Yosaka for the simultaneous and
rapid building of four battleships of the
Dreadnought type whenever the order is
given. He intimates that it Is not until
danger threatens that the battleships Will
be begun, but that then the patriotism Of
the workmen would prompt them to work
without pay: and he also calls attention to
the phenomenal number of naval officers
that are being trained and quickly passed
OF into the reserve. The article is one that
merits the very careful attention Of the
United States naval authorities at Wash
tngton and ot the more thoughtful organs
Of tha American press.
LORD WANTS TO SELL. HIS CASTLE
Lord StrathalIah c4leI OF the great SCOT
fish clan of Drummond and head OF one
Of the most historic houses of Scotland, is
advertising for sale his ancestral nome.
strathaIlan Castle. near Machany, in Perth
shire. a grand old place on the River Earn.
the estate being Of some six thousand acres.
Lord Strathallan is. de jure, the fifteenth
Earl OF Perth, but mas never taken the
trouble 20 prove his rights of succession
10 The dignity since the death OF the last
earl. = very remote kinsman indeed. some
eight years ago. His failure TO 90 this has
been largely on the score or The expense
which the legal proceedings would nave
entailed. for he is very far from rich, his
StrsthalIar Castle estate being indeed his
onl,, source of revenue. Until the other