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years was q sealed book, so far as
the white man was concerned. 1t
had been for centuries under the
dominion of the most fanatical OF
all Mohammedans, the Soudan
Arabs, and the dog of Christian
who broke through the frontier
rarely lived to tell of the country
the stream drained. 1t was Lard
Kitchener, who routed the Mo-
bammedan army hip and thigh at
Khartoum in 1894. who threw
open the book. and today you
travel by steamboat from Cairo
clear to Central Africa in safety.
The Nile rarely carries on it's
bosom such distinguished guest
as 1t now bears. Years and years
and years ago Cleopatra loved to
float down it's pleasant waters in
her silk-covered barge. She never
wandered as far as the White
Nile, though.
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Live News Brought By Cable From All Over The Gl0E
KINGS POWERS N SHAPING
POLICIES FAST DW|NDl|NG

lords, which might fairly be ex.
pected to be devoted to him. He
failed both times.
The first occasion was that OF
the peers rejection of the ''licens-
ing BILL" by which the commons
sought to impose heavier burdens
upon and regulate the liquor traf-
fic more strictly. The second was
that of the defeat, in the upper
branch, of the now famous Lloyd
George budget.
BUT HERE is THE CLIMAX
The climax was reached after the
recent election when Premier As
quith refused even to discuss the
ADMINISTRATORS program with his
majesty until he got ready. Tho
king asked Asquith to Windsor for
the weekend to talk matters over
quietly and confidentially. A royal
invitation is, by English conven-
ton, command and II probably
never occurred to Edward that Il.
would be disregarded. Asquith
simply wrote to him that the time'
was inconvenient for the CONVERSE
ton suggested and cody left for
southern France on short vaca-
ton.
The king has never given an
public manifestation OF anger ae
this snub. but among those u
close touch with court circles & u
said he is furious over II. With
man Of his capacity and ambi-
ton there is general impressionI
that the incident Is unlikely to ~
forgotten and that the monarch h
only biding his time for revenge
and the recovery Of BIZ former
power.
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flowers. sent to Nice, then re-
shipped to Paris. Few Parisians
are aware of the huge extent of
the flower industry here-the grow
ing of flowers in winter, l mean.
The northern France cousin
beats to FRAGILE his southern
cousin In raising for winter
sales such things as orange bios
SONS, liiacs and the like.
The orange blossom business is
practically in the hands of one fam
lily. This family lives at Charonne,
q suburb of Paris. Their forepar-
ents for several generations had
been In the business. And the Sc
cret Of Forcing orange blossoms on
a large scale is handed down from
father. 70 son. Whether the bride
be in Russia, Germany. England,
Scotland--or perhaps. for that mat
ter, in Italy or southern France
the probability Ia that her orange
blossoms came from the Charonne
hothouses.
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+ But another great queen did
often travel the waters on which
T.. r. is floating. That was way
back In the days of Solomon, and
the queen was the peerlessly- beau
ufui queen of Sheba. From Shen-
d. a few miles down the Nile,
north of Khartoum, Sheba's queen
went to meet the wisest of men,
and Arabic tradition has it that
Solomon returned the visit.
The domains of the Abyssinian
king. reputed descendant of a
son born to the royal visitor and
his queenly hostess, lie Just east
Oh the White Nile.
To the southwest lies the Congo,
with its bleeding mass of outraged
slaves. When the party left Com
dokofo they left the forests
through which Livingstone. Stanley
sd otlser famocssAfrican explorers
blazed' the path for civilizations
progress.
The. Rooseveltian launch will
glide along the land of the Kordo-
fans a barren waste for six months
at the year, and a perfect wilder
ness of vegetation and water dur
ing the remainder. 1t is now. and
will be until the rainy season starts
In June, a dried-up, sun-baked des-
ert, peopled with nomadic tribes or
Arabs and Bergers.
The jaunt down the Nile from
Gondokoro will not be by any
means devoid of it's exciting feat
ures.. Colonel Roosevelt has not
gotten out of the dark spot of the
continent and still stands in the
shadow of danger; he is passing
through marshy country notori-
GUS for deadly fevers, the tsetse
NY makes travel by foot or horse
back almost impossible, and the
launch is undoubtedly the party's
safest place.
Z While there is an abundance or
game-big and little-within easy
reach from the river, 1t is hardly
possible that Roosevelt will give
much time to hunting, for the ami
mails are such as he has already
killed, and there would be little or
no inducement for the party to
spend much time going after them.
The launch by which the Roose-
Welt party is descending the Nile is
the private pleasure yacht of the
.sirdar of Egygt. Sir r. Wingate.
Egypt is nominally an independent
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OLD
FRIENDSHIP IS
BROKEN
Bitter Political Fight Sets
at Variance British Pol
icy "Fixers."
SUEINC FOR ISLANDER
Knight of the Shire" Who
Lost in 1906, Up Against
It Again.
SUEINC FOR ISLANDER
BY CHARLES p. STEWART,
London Correspondent of United

BY CHARLES p. STEWART,
London Correspondent Of United
Press.
LONDON, Feb. 24.-Long before
the recent general election began
1t was predicted that the fight
would create more i'll feeling than
such a contest ever created before
in England. The prediction has
proved accurate. Hundreds of an.
cient personal friendships between
political opponents have been
broken and the air is filled with
threats of litigation and even of
personal violence.
Fulfillment of some Of these
threats has. in fact, been under
taken already. Notices Of at least
100 suits for SANDER have been
given and more than 20 defeated
candidates for parliament are TAX
ing the preliminary steps toward
attempts to unseat their temporar.
lily successful adversaries on the
ground Of corruption and intimida-
ton Of voters.
One of the liveliest of these con-
troversies promises to be the one
between Walter Long, Irish secre-
tary under the last conservative ad-
ministration and Arthur Balfour's
probable successor as leader of the
conservative party, and John
Fuller, a relative of Long by mar.
rage and one of the liberal party's
whips" or floor managers in par
lament.
For generations the Longs of
.Trowbridge. Wiltshire, have been
knights of the shire" and re-
garded the seat in parliament as
their own. 1t was therefore a bit
ter pill when, at the 1906 election.
Walter lost to his liberal relative,
Fuller. AS soon as the "writs" for
the last election were issued, the
Long family determined to right
this wrong, and Walter having al
ready been provided with a safe
seat in london, his brother, Robert,
was nominated.
1t was generally agreed that Wal
ter was an ADLER campaigner than
Robert. and as he felt no anxiety
concerning his own victory In the
metropolis, the former went down
to Wiltshire to help the latter out.
While he was there, Fuller de-
clared in speech after speech, that
Walter had voted against old age
pensions.
This made Walters blood boil,
for every time the statement was
made 1t cost the conservatives hun
|dreds of votes. Moreover. 1t was
not quite true, the fact having been
that Walter only voted for an
amendment which would have null
lifted the old age pension bill and
was then conveniently absent when
the bill itself came up.
He has accordingly sued for
heavy damages, incidentally swear
ing undying enmitv against his al
legged traducer. The prominence
Of the litigants. the ancient lineage
Of their families, the relationship
existing between them and the fact
that the case, which will probably
be the first of the election libel
trials to come up for hearing. will
be to a considerable extent a test
of the many to follow, gives the
suit especial interest.
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NAVAL EXPANSION
Public Feeling Declared to
Be Running High Against
the Scheme; Kaiser Un-
informed.
BY HERBERT A. WHITE,
Berlin Correspondent Of United
Press.

rTG&0s
BERLIN, Feb. 26.-It appears
probable that Herr Won Bethmann-
Hollweg's tenancy of the post of
imperial chancellor will be brief,
partly because he does not possess
the necessary measure of the kais-
er's confidence andp artly because
there Is - general belief that the
foreign, policy for which he must
bear the responsibility is not in
accordance with the imperialistic
ideals of the German nation.
! One Of the primary causes of the
dissatisfaction felt, not only in Pan
German, but in widely extended
patriotic circles, with the present
trend Of German foreign policy Is
the conviction. now very generally
held In well informed quarters, that
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg favors
an agreement with Great Britain in
regard to the question OF naval ex-
pansion and has made efforts to
bring about an understanding with
England on this point.
IS SUBJECTED TO ATTACKS.
At the same time the chancellor
Is subjected to many attacks on
the ground that he has entirely
abandoned that policy in regard to
Morocco which Germany has been
pursuing for several years, with the
result that German interests in
northwest Africa are being seri-
ously neglected, to the detriment of
the fatherland.
Grave distrust, too. Is felt con-
corning the new agreemnt with
Great Britain concerning the defin-
ition of the frontiers in Ruanda.
The imperial secretary OF state for
the colonies, Herr Dernburg, adj
dressing the budget committee of
the reichstag, declared that the
terms of this agreement could not
be made public because 1t was
secret agreement. and because the
British government had withheld
it's consent to the publication of
the text. This secrecy has given
rise to suspicion that Germany
has made bad bargain with Great
Britain, owing to the weakness and
inefficiency with which German in
terests are watched over by the
present chancellor.
CHARGES MADE.
II brief, Herr Won Bethmann-
Hollweg Is accused of accepting re-
snousibllity for policy towards
other countries which is weak and
indecisive, instead of being ener-
getic and resolute. with the result
that Germany no longer plays that
leading part in international affairs
which is her due.
Many who believe that Herr Won
Bethmann-Hollweg accents respon.
sibility for line of policy that Is
not primarily duo to his own initia-
tive. argue that Prince Bulow &C
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NEW EDITION OF
REVISED BIBLE IS
NOW COMPLETED

LONDON, Feb. 26.-After 3S
years of work a new edition of a
revised version of the new tesla
ment is ready for publication
here. The work is that of the late
DR.. Frederick H. Scrivener and the
late Professor Moulton. This edi-
ton, which contains full marginal
references, was completed by Drs.
]. Moulton and A. w. Greenup. The
first edition of this new version
was published in 1898 but this one
contained only abridged marginal
references.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
His Majesty Makes Hay
With Balfour, but Could
Not Handle Succeeding
Premiers.
AsQu|TH IS STUBBORN
Latter's Treatment of King
Causes Even Tories to Lose
Much Respect; House Of
Lords Wilful.
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
London Correspondent OF the
United Press

London Correspondent OF the
United Press
LONDON, Feb. 26.--There is no
more significant feature of the
democratic trend of English af-
fairs than the gradual diminution
of the royal influence IN shaping
British national policies. Nominal
ly, to be sure. 1t has been genera
tons since the king has had much
real power. Actually, however, he
has had great deal until very re-
Gently. Today point has been
reached where he has almost none
at all, either theoretical or prac-
teal. 4. ta-s..s.s
When Edward VII came to the
throne the Marquis Of Salisbury
was premier. Though q billiant
statesman, he had the old school
Englisbman.s exaGgerated fever-
ence for the reigning sovereign.
Edward almost completely con-
trolled him. The king ruled-the
premier was merely his chief ad-
visor. Especially was his ma
jesty, to all intents and purposes,
his own minister of foreign affairs,
governmental department In
which he has always taken the
deepest interest.
The marquis was succeeded as
premier by his nephew, Arthur
Balfour. The latter, though per-
haps in the mere matter Of brains
the best equipped public man In
England, is of weak character. Ed
ward, a strong-minded man of the
world, literally made hay" of him.
Balfour became nonentity. The
king continued to rule.
NEW PREMIER HARD-HEADED
In 1906 the Balfour ministry was
voted out of office and the liberals,
under Premier Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman, assumed control.
&c. b." shrewd, hard-headed
Scot, proposed to conduct his own
administration in his own way. He
always treated the king with the
utmost respect, received the lat
ter's suggestions with an air of
whole-souled acquiescence in their
wisdom and almost invariably ig-
nored them. There was perhaps
no higher tribute to his ability and
tactfulness than the fact that, de-
spite this policy. he kept his ma
jesty's personal friendship to the
day of his death.
&C. BIS" successor was a, differ
ent type of man. A blunt. un-
diplomatic north-of-Englander, Pre-
mier H. II. Asquith has never sub
mitted to nonsense from anyone.
He lost little time in letting Ed
ward know that royal interference
would be tolerated neither in do
nestle nor foreign affairs. The
king had to accept this pretty
broad hint. Since Asquith's &C
cession he has not once taken the
initiative In any important public
matter.
The premier's unceremonious
treatment of his sovereign had Its
effect upon the others. Even the
tories lost much of their former
respect for royalty. Twice during
Asquith's administration Edward
has tried to influence the house OF
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PARIS SHIPS 800 TONS OF
FLOWERS TO GERMAN CITIES

PARIS, Feb 26.-It is estimated that between November
and May of this than flowers
shipped from France England Germany bought much
than this about 300 being country
1t used to be that England bought much
Germany but the tables In
years, according dealers @
Nowadays as one walks along the Paris streets he
count dozen flower within squares distance.
There violets from huttoniere up beautiful
fragrant great punches of price: cas
nations, azaleas lilies OF the valley, sometimes
orchids and giant cycamens. tiny little button ansmonss.
tulips and whatnot OF regular Hover
markets where the buy the their Flowers
for the mantel and table About the Madeleine the Arc
de Triumph booths where all OF blossoms nold
every day through the winter for In France flowers ~
necessary cabbagcs and wine
<H>%&Ht o : = = = Z = = =
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MAN SHOT BY BURGLAR
ALARM OF OWN
INVENTION

LONDON, Feb. ga loaded
gun placed over the door of a
Nottingham cycle shop to serve as
a burglar alarm accidentally ex-
ploded. A young assistant named
Frank Ball was In the line of fire
and the pellets struck him in the
head and neck. He lies seriously
injured in hospital and is in danger
of losing his sight.
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JOHN REDMOND, IRISH LEADER
. NOT MERRY H|bERN|AN. IS STERN
BY CHARLES p. STEWART,
London Corresponds Mt Of United Pres,

LONDON Feb 26-Bansh from mind, thinking
redmond the Irish leader the
essy dressed Hbenian with strong bogue joke
for situation
John Redmond stern between so and 60
powerfully built perfectly dress cd jawed
Gladstone and the Of English any
in the house of commons Mr. Redmond is of the
serious Dlno parliamentary
II him Joke during past three
years."
Though always his seat when the session
but seldom When he does rise
figure, carrying with him the grand air of
past generations. His face than
RENT OF which he makes 1t picture
ard wrath The cold searching literally to roll with
The voice forceful nnsympathec
mond not persuasive but his personality tells
his meaning UNANIMOUSLY evidently knows what he
means to get It, ....s.
The house of likes John Redmond He hits hard
debate but he fair fighter in his ferces
Is impossible to forget that he Is an Irish gentleman
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RAILROADS KILL
GOOD W|NE;;Buzz
WAGONS MAKE|7
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS
Paris Correspondent Of the United
ProsSy ~

GV000
PARIS, Feb. 26.-Railroads
kill good wine; automobiles
make 1t. The connection be-
tween gasolene buzz wagons
and the delicate grape is not
at first clear. but connection
there is, just the same.
The Touring club has dis
covered that wines in coun-
try inns are improving yearly.
The club has set about to
make it still better by offering
prizes to the hosts all over the
land. am told that in the
good old days when coaching
was the thing, landlords
brought forth from cellars
wines dusty and cobwebbed
with the accumulation Of
years. Then came trains and
coaching fell off to nil. The
good old wine was drunk and
sold off and the cellars were
not refilled. The landlord re-
plenished only to the extent
of satisfying his own and his
family's wants-fresh wine ev-
cry year and sufficient only
for the year-ands let it go at
that. On the trains the occa-
sional traveller asked for good
wine, and, failing to get 1t, &C.
cepted the lot Of .all7and
drank what was given him.
Then came the auto This
took the place of coaching, and
the country landlord, unvisited
for years, once more began to
see business pick up. At first
what happened was this: Mr..
Buzz-wagon Man sat down to
table in the old fashioned inn
and called loudly for wine, 20
and 80 years old. The wine
was brought out, but the corks
in spite of dust and dirt and
cobwebs seemingly untouched
for a score of years on the
bottle-were found to be brand
new. The wine was aged for
the occasion" So he began
kicking. He wouldn't have this
sort of thing, and though at
first what he said didn't
amount to much, or didn't have
much weight because he wasn't
numerous enough, during the
past few years 1t has had its
effect.
Good wines of rare vintages
are once more available. and
will be more so, If the good in
tentions of the Touring club
are fulfilled.
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HARSH CRITIC
EbEL ABORED
/ BY ACTRESS

BERLIN. Feb. 26.-Irate over
caustic remarks used by siegfried
Jacobsohn in criteizing her drama.
which she was presenting here. Ida
Roland, the leading actress in the
Hebel theater, assailed the con-
noisseur here the other night and
beat kim severely with an umbrel-
la before his friends could rescue
him from her wrath.
Jacobsohn referred to Miss Ro-
land as AN immoral chunk of pea
soup" In his criticism.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
PARIS FLORISTS
HAVE SCHEME
''Fleurs de Nice" Are Bios
SONS Shipped From
Paris to Nice; Re-
turned.
6Y WILLIAM PHILIP slMMs, -
Paris Correspondent OF the United
Presa

S'''ssss~t
Paris Correspondent Of the United
Press.
PARIS, Feb. 26.-Outside, the
sleet and slush was coming down
slantwise and the thermometer was
hitting only the low places. A we'll
dressed man darted in at a Boule-
ward st. German florists shop and
called for some orange blossoms.
His daughter was to be married.
"Fleurs de Nicer" said the little
proprietor as he waited upon the
customer. "They are beautiful" No
added.
How much?' asked the pvfS
chaser.
Fifty francs replied the shQb
keeper.
"Whoop!" yelled the stung one
But they're the prettiest and fin
est kind OF orange blossoms ex-
planned the proprietor, whose
mother or father surely must have
been Irish. "They cost more be-
cause they're sent from Paris to
Nice and"
FLOWERS SHIPPED TO NICE
AND RETURN.
Anyway. that's the game. Flow
ers OF Nice are frequently Paris
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
FOR
GLBSONS IN THE
FRENCH SCHOOLS

. PARIS. Feb. 26.-In certain Z
= circles in France there ID 4 Z
. lamentation that children are Z
. not encouraged to draw here 4
. as they are In America. That Z
. is. to do pen and Ink sketches, Z
. or pencil sketches OF objects. Z
. and animals and people, As q Z
= matter Of fact, America Is way .
= yonder ahead of France In the =
= way Of pen and ink work. =
= Here there are no Gibsons. =
. and q plan Is on foot to dis =
= cover some. 9
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
GERMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR
SEEMS NOT LONG FOR OFFICE

quined sufficient ascendancy to
overcome the influences now pre-
dominating.
There are indications that the ex-
listing opposition to several feat
ures OF Germany's present foreign
policy will grow to such dimensions
that the kaiser will ultimately
blame the chancellor for having
failed to warn him of the state OF
public feeling throughout the coun-
try.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
OF A

CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 26.-Colonel
Roosevelt is now on the last stage
of his African journey. Emerging
from darkest central Africa, he has
struck the White Nile, famous in
ancient history as the source of the
Nile river, which casts its rich,
silt-aden waters on the thirsty,
arid lands of Egypt.
The White Nile until recent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
NEWLY ELECTED BABY
OF HOUSE COMMONS

This Is the pic
sure of the baby
u the newly
elected English
house OF COM
mons. Hon. G.
T. Mills. son OF
Lord Ellington
and heir to the
title. Mills is
% years old. He
rs a Unionist.
The youngest
member of the
u 1t ed States
senate Is Gore
IF OItabnp,a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27

PITTSBURG. Pa.-Dynamite OK
plosion, caused by spark from Gig
aret, Injuries 10 men. some probably
fatally, In Eriton mine, near Du-
bols, Pa.
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CAIRO, Egypt.--Boutres Pasha
Chali, Egyptian premier and min
lister Of foreign affairs. dies from
bullet wound inflicted by student.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27

80, and the youngest representa-.
I've is Polite Elvins, 32. of Mis-
souri,.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-27
AIRsHIP AND GIRLS

Grsatest aIrshlp romance
ever written begins In The
Press today. BE sure to
read Il.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-02
DEATH OF MRS. w. w.
HOLT IN HAMILTON
Death Came This Morning After a
Lingering IIlness-she Was One
Of Hamilton's Most Beloved.

Mrs. W. w. Holt, one of Hamilto1's
best known and we'll beloved citizens
died this morning at eleven o'clock
after lingering sickness Of over a
year of cancer of the stomach. Her
death does not come as surprise but
her presence will be greatly missed
by her loving friend and children.
Mrs. Holt was formerly Miss Emma
Moore and had been resident of
Hamilton all of her life with the ex-
ception of few years spent in Colo
RADIO She attended the Presbyterian
church and took a great interest in
all Of the church affairs when her
health would allow it.
Besides her husband she is survived
by four children and several grand
children and brothers and sisters. The
children are Mrs. Ella King of Hamil-
ton, Mrs. Retta Swigelson of near
Keokuk, Earl Holt of Colorado, and
Clyde Holt also Of Colorado.