The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-08

Is to stir up strikes and Lanoir argues
that they have OF late had something
To do with troubles on the French
railroads and in the french mines.
Stieber's army III I. 800 men Is said
To have grown today TO $4,000 living
mainly In the garrison towns and keep
ing their government informed con-
corning the army and navy. Since
1900. IL Is said, 5000 Germans have
been replaced by an equal number of
Belglans and Swiss. who are open 10
less suspicion. The salaries vary
from $40 to $50 a month and are paid
by women agents, who travel from
town TO town, meet the spies at speci-
fled stations. give them their sal
aries and receive their reports 20
obviate the necessity of sending them
through the mails, which are notori-
ously tempered with by officialdom
throughout France. Most of the spies
are ostensibly small tradesmen or
land agents.
THE Macedonian situation Is rapid
ly becoming intolerable.' according to
T. Nikoloff, the traveller. who has just
crossed the frontier into Bulgaria az
ter tour OF investigation of condi-
tions in the adjoining Turkish prov
ince
The Young Turks, he asserts. have
e en- surpassed Abdul Hamid. and un-
der their rule reign of terror pre-
walls which is literally crushing the
Christian population TO death. Under
the pretense OF disarmament Nikolof
declares that the Turkish government
imprisons, beats, tortures and kills in.
discriminatory.
Most OF the victims are said To be
Bulgarians who have figured as lead
ers in movements for reform, but
neither old men, women nor children
are spared. What is taking place In
Macedonia, Nikoloff says. Is not pact
fication, nor even repression, but ex-
termination OF all Christians. Nor are
the Bulgarians the only sufferers, he
adds. Greeks. Albanians. and others
are equally oppressed.
The outrages 10 which they have
been subjected to have not only fail
ed to brighten the Bulgarians into
submission but promise TO drive them
into speedy revolution. Whenever
they can find arms and experienced
leaders. they will be ready. In fact.
they are already organizing bands
and taking TO the field. In many cases.
the Greeks and Albanians. forgetting
their traditional luminosity toward Bull
garia, are joining these guerilla par
ties in The struggle against the Turks.
Mere Trouble For Manuel.
Ex-King Manuel of Portugal. who
Is the guest OF the Duke of Orleans,
has received word from the Lisbon
Gas Co. that 1t has seized beauti-
full cottage belonging TO his mother.
Queen Amelie. at Estoril, a fashion
able Portuguese watering place on ac-
count Oh Sl5,36O gas bill against her.
The company would like to know II
King Manuel wishes TO pay the bill
Otherwise the property Will
be sold at public auction. Ii will prob
ably be impossible for King Manuel
to find such sum of money. although
Amelie. who has ample funds OF her
own investe outside of Portugal. may
pay IL herself.
After an adjournment since of 134S.
the chancery court has resumed the
hearing of a law suit begun by the
Abbot OF ST Osyth TO test Richard
de Maundeville's right TO hold mar
liet at Stowmarket. in Suffolk.
OeMaundeville undoubtedly had
grant from King Edward Ill. to hold
the market, but the Abbot maintained
that IL Was worthless because he had
previous monopoly upon all that
class of business in Stowmarket. So
he sued Richard. While the case was
still pending, Richard had to go to
the wars in France and got an adjourn
ment ui.. he came back. The French
killed him, SO the Abbot never took
the trouble TO press the case for de-
cision. Now, however, Richards mod
ern representative has undertaken TO
hold market again and the Abbots
modern representative has just as
promptly asked the chancery court for
ruling in the old case between the
Abbot and Richard. The Abbots orig
inal pleadings and the Doomsday Book
furnish most of the evidence.