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All together, however, the Bal
kan states have no navy worth
mention-as, for that matter, eX-
cept on paper, neither has
France. But of course in the mat
ter of wealth, national cohesion
and enlightenment the epople of
the proposed new empire are gen.
eratioAs behind the French.
All these things will count and
the Balkan empires lack of homo
geneity as likely to count more
than any other one thing. There
will certainly be bad mixture of
races and religions among its popu-
lation.
There was a time when Russia
objected vigorously whenever it
saw signs Of an inclination among
the; Balkan states to get together.
1t had ambitions in the direction of
expansion into the Balkans itself
aud it was obviously easier to rea-
lize them against number of weak
and clashing governments than
against one strong, compact one.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
BY HERBERT A. WHITE.

~ ERLlN, April 9.-Great eXer-
X tions are being made to rem
~ der the conference the Polish
Nationalists are to hold at Wash
ington in May as fully representa-
tive as possible. The conference
will deliberate on the present condi-
tons of European Poles and will
pay special attention to the neces-
sity OF securing more assistance
from the Poles residing in the Unit
ed States in carrying on the great
Polish movement.
Every European country takes
interest In the doings of the Poles
because the Polish question Is the
romance of the politics of Europe.
All good Poles in Europe and
America. rich and poor, noble and
plebeian. old and young, are ami
mated by great patriotic deter
mination to re-establish the ancient
kingdom of Poland, with its own
king, its own government and its
own territory. This is the program
of the Polish National movement
In 1895 the kingdom of Poland
was divided between Russia. Aus
tria and Prussia. Russia took the
biggest share and Prussia the
smallest. Russian Poland consists
of the provinces In the extreme
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BELIEF IN FREE AND OPEN
FRANCHISE.

The second bill shortly to be put
forward is to grant home rue" to
Alsace-Lorraine. Two resolutions
have already passed the house on
this subject.
The first declared that Alsace-
Lorraine should be raised to the
position of federal state. The sec
ond favored the election of future
Representatives from them by uni
versal, direct. equal and secret suf-
frage under the proportional repre-
sentation system.
This second resolution. in face
of the debates on the Prussian
franchise bill, is almost more re-
markable than the first. 1t proves
that whatever may be the decision
of the Prussian diet, the reichstag.
representing all Germany, believes
in the free and open use of the
franchise In itself this is signifi.
cant of the feeling of modern Ger
many.
If the bill giving home rule to
the two conquered French prov
inces should become law it will end
long standing controversy. The
majority of people have long ar
gued that the only way in which
Alsace-Lorraine can ever become
German territory is by relieving
the provinces from the humiliating
condition of subject states.
The bill will. however. meet with
the strongest opposition from the
army party and the agrarians. Its
passage will be a matter of eX-
tremely hard fighting.
Another indication of the trend OF
popular feeling is the attitude Ger.
mans generally are taking upon
questions of peace and war. Just as
in England people are beeinning'to
recognize that the race in arma-
ments cannot go on forever without
producing something like bank
ruptcy throughout Europe. so Ger
mans realize that in some way a
stop must be put to the insane com
petition.
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merly employed Duez as chief clerk.
Imbert later was succeeded by Duez
as liquidator. After his arrest Duez
declared he stole 100000 from I'M
bert which the latter never did find
out about.
You did mott" said the indignant
Imbert, who faced him.
Il first took $4,000 from you," said
Duez eoolly. -,-s.,
WHIT! And did not find it out ?
Prove'what you say, sir"
yet am telling the truth" Duez
responded, Struggling his shoulders,
resignedly.
Imbert was furious.
DO you mean to say my books
were kept no better than that?" he
shouted, shaking his fist at Duez.
They were always well kept"
Certainly they We're. ! kept
them--to suit my plans, thought"
You are liar!" shrieked I'M
bert, you didn't steal 100000 from
me. You're a scoundrel!"
I'm sorry you won't believe me-
Duez answered patiently. II sup
pose III have to prove it, but can,
easily"
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Europe Will Arise Some Morning to Find United States Of
Balkans Reality-Will Include Turkey, Bull
garia Rumania, Servia Montenegro
RUSSIA IS HELPING TO FORM THE ALLIANCE
New Empire Would Be On Par With France in Point of
strength-Turkey Marked to Control It, and
Sultan Would Be Logical Ruler.

But the federation's real head
will be Gar Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
European statesmen generally con-
slider Ferdinand an extremely slip
perry customer but there Is no
question concerning his ability as.
diplomat and an administrator.
Russian influence has had more
than any other one thing to do with
making the prospective combination
Of the Balkan states possible but
Ferdinand has handled the actual
negotiations and handled them SO
well that he is on the eve now of
accomplishing what everyone be-
lieved few months ago was abso-
lutely impossible. His country is
one of thu best governed, freest and
most prosperous in Europe. Its
army of 375,000 men is so efficient
that even the powerful Austrian
Empire hesitates to try conclus-
ions with it.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND WILL
AID
On the face of the situation, as
Oil Cooy iCAAol hCOp tAC new ROWCI
will be, in point Of strength, about
on par with France. Actually
it's army will probably be a more
serviceable one than Frances. The
people Of the Balkan peninsula,
with the possible exception of the
present-day Greeks, are all born
fighters. Properly led, as they are
beginning to be now, the Turks are
perhaps the best soldiers in the
world. The existing French army
is a very poor affair.
That time has passed. Russia
realizes that if any expanding is
done into the near east 1t will be
by Austria-or rather by Germany,
through it's ally, Austria. Russia
is afraid of Germany, as every
body else in Europe Is. and the
mere thought of an extension Of
Teutonic power into Russia's very
door yard gives Muscovite states
men the shivers.
Russia Is hardly strong enough
just at present to care for fight
with Austria alone and war with
Germany and Austria together is
simply not to be thought of. So it
behooves the st. Petersburg gov
eminent to whip the Balkan states
into shape to take care Of them
selves.
Russia then will be the warmest
kind of friend, the ally, the god
parent of the confederation. Eng
land will be very friendly, too. The
British have always wanted
strong Balkan state to check Teu.
tonic aggression to the southeast
ward. Its idea used to be to
strengthen Turkey for this pur-
pose, but a Balkan confederation
is better yet. France is always
glad of what annoys Germany, SO
it will be passively friendly to the
confederation.
Germany and Austria Hungary
will be violently hostile. They are
already hostile, indeed. and have
done their best, unavailingly. to
stop the negotiations. Italy has
some ambitions of its own in the
Balkans and will not enjoy seeing
them dashed. AS France Is pas
sively friendly, Italy will be pas
sively hostile.
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DUKE OF ORLEANS
WILL FIGHT BULL
FOR CHARITY

= MADRID. April 9.-The .
. Duke of Orleans will take part .
= in a bull fight which will be .
. held at Seville in the near .
. future in the cause of charity. .
. He will ride superb colt, .
. which belongs to Don Antonio .
. Muira and which has been =
. trained to face the most saw .
. age bulls. .
. 1t is reported that the Due .
. de Montpensier may also take .
= part in the fight. II is sug- .
. gested that the Princes Re .
= Micro and Genaro would like .
. also to participate, but so .
. many distinguished young .
= Sevillianes are anxious to en- .
. ter the ring that it will be nee =
. essary to eliminate some of .
= them. .
. The performance will be .
. merely a display of horseman- .
. ship In avoiding the rushes of .
. the. infuriated animals. .
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RESTORE POLAND AS A NATION,
OBJECT Of WORLD MOVEMENT

western area of the Russian EN-.
pire. clustered around Warsaw.
Austrian Poland consists of the
provinces of Galicia, lying between
the Carpathian mountains and the
Russian frontier German Poland
consists of the extreme eastern
provinces Of Posen and Silesia.
The aim of patriotic Poles In ia
liberate all these three divisions
and to reunite them as one indie
pendent kingdom. A powerful and
widespread Polish nationalist or.
ganization exists to accomplish this
purpose.
POLES UNITED ~ STRONG
TIES.
In Russian and German Poland
the Inhabitants are sadly oppressed
by the Russian and German govern
ments respectively. In Austria.
however. the Poles form a powerful
parliamentary party and have SO.
cured a large measure OF influence.
But neither the oppression meted
out to the Poles In Russia and Ger
many nor the favors showorcd up.
on them in Austria have diminished
their enthusiasm for their cause.
Neither coercion nor fawning have
undermined that Polish Nationalist
movement, based on tho passionate
attachment of the Poles TO their
national individuality.
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DUEz SCANDAL
STILL EXC|TES
FRENCH PRESS
But It Will Not Affect Com
ing Election, Say Wise
Ones.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
Paris Correspondent of the United
Press Association.

BY WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs.
Paris Correspondent of the United
Press Association.
DARIS, April 9-The French
r. Press is still excited over the
4 100000 embezzlement of
Edmond Duez, the official charged
with winding up the affairs of a
quantity of Catholic institutions
put out of commission by the law
of separation. 1t is said that the
scandal will have big influence
on the elections this spring.
The wise ones are, however,
wearing bright twinkle in their
eyes. It's all a huge, political joke,
they believe, and everybody on the
inside, from Duez down, is conf
dent that the only effect the Duez
affair will have on the elections
has already been felt. A postpone
ment from April "a to May 8 and
20, though ostensibly made in order
that certain unfinished work in the
chamber of deputies might be fin
ished, was really that the DueZ af-
fair might lose little of it's UNI
saviorness with the public at
large.
That is what it is doing. The
attempt to overthrow the BRAND
cabinet on the ground that it had
been too weak and too much
asleep to watch the doing of Duez
and the other liquidators of church
properties, is past history; the
Boulevardiers no longer gossip of
Officials higher up who were
rumored Gin with Duez" and his
doings; alls quiet along the Seine.
HAVE HAD TIME TO PLAN.
The reason is this: BRAND and
his cabinet knew what was coming
in the Duez affair long before the
real explosion which the public
heard really sounded with such a
bang. History does not show one
French cabinet overthrow delib-
erately 1t must needs fall with
suddenness which is startling. The
saying that "only the unexpected
happens in France" still holds
good. The fall of the Clemenceau
cabinet was not on direct issue
at all, but side line, so to speak,
and was as sudden as the wreck
of a train which jumps the track.
One minute all was serene; the
next, it was all over with the gov
eminent So it will be always.
BRAND is sharp man. So are
most of his ministers. Given
proposition to face and they face
it coolly, keeping their heads level
and their minds on the job in hand.
But let some one suddenly
spring a surprise on the cabinet,
temper will get the better of its
Judgment and. before one can say
Jack Robinson, the fatal words
spoken. There'n be the call for
the vote of confidence" ending
with the government in the minor
ity and a new cabinet starts form
ing.
So, wiseacreS are saying the
government knows too we'll the is
sue to fail to get its majority in
the May elections. The Duez en-
bezzlement, the naval scandals,
the budget battle, the labor and So
cial unrest generally, all combined,
will not suffice to turn the gov
eminent down.
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SHE GAMBLED, BUT
EXPECTED TO LOSE

PARIS, April 9.A"La Belle
Otero," the famous dancer, was
caught in raid. The police, de-
scending on gambling place in
Rue Taithout. found the pool in an
inverted wash basin and Otero In
a cupboard. She admitted she had
been at the same place four times
in the week of its existence. She
liked TO play, she said.
Did you VIM asked the police
court Judge.
The big black eyes of the Span
ish dancer opened in wide surprise,
why. Judge" she replied with dig
nifty, "a player ALWAYS LOSES"
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BY CHARLES p. STEWART
(london Correspondent of the Uni
ted Press Assocjatjon)


r ONDON, April 9.-From some
reason which diplomats may
- understand, but which no one
else has ever figured out satisfac-
torily, the biggest events in Euro
pean international politics almost
always happen on Sunday.
1t will probably, therefore, be in
the Monday morning papers that
people will read, in the not very
distant future, of the birth of
new world power" while they were
at church, eating their holiday din
ners and resting themselves the
day before. European statesmen
are already looking forward con-
fidently to the great event, so it
will not startle them much, but to
others, it is likely to come as a
good deal of surprise.
The new power will be known as
the Balkan Empire. the Balkan
Confederation, the United States
of the Balkans or something else
to similar effect. In Europe
it will include all of the SO called
"Near East" total Of 261, 1866
square miles, or about the same as
France. In Asia it will have pos
sessions embracing $4,000 square
miles, which is more than sixth
larger than Alaska. Its combined
European and Asiatic population
will be nearly 100000, or nearly
as much as the combined popula-
tons of England, Scotland, Wales
and Ireland.
The Balkan Empire will be able
to put into the field easily, on a
war footing, 100000 trained SOL
diers. By calling in its Asiatic
levies 1t will be able to nearly
double this number and all will be
first rate fighting men. Altogether
from a military standpoint. it will
be numerically, as in point of
European area, about on par with
France. Man for man, however,
it's soldiers will be far better ma
terial than the French, though it's
officers are probably not yet quite
so we'll trained.
TURKEY WILL BE HEAD OF
NEW EMPIRE
just as lue GeTUldu Empire Is
made up of group OF 26 king
doms, principalities and duchies,
SO will the Balkan Empire consist
of a group of six states federated
under the presidency of one of
their number. These states will
be Turkey, Bulgaria, Roumania,
Servia, Montenegro and Greece.
For the supreme head of this
combination Sultan Mehmed of
Turkey, as the ruler of the broad
est realm and the greatest num-
Der of subjects, will undoubtedly be
chosen.
AS matter of fact, the sultan
will probably, however, be not
much more than nominal head
of the confederation. He would not
be likely to get the post at all if
it were not for the fact that Turk
ey could not otherwise be induced
to join the combination. To ask
a country with Turkeys past to
play second fiddle to smaller states
which it formerly ruled would be
little too much.
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ASSISTANCE! SUCCOR! 1T MAY
= hun, SPREAD TO AMERICA, THIS DANCE

You can't get ahead of the Paris
Academy Of Choreography. 1t gets
up new dance every day or so.
The last sensation, but one, was
the aeroplane dance. The latest is
the "Chanteclerette. Here are the
directions:
IA cock and hen walk slowly
around the room, slightly nodding.
At intervals short and quick steps
should be introduced, with the
beating of wings (the arms). The
idea of the step is solemn prone
made.
2.-Rooster struts around hen,
with short. quick steps, beating his
wings. This IL an imitation Of n
rooster waking hen at sunrise.
3-Rooster and hen dance to-
gether with short steps, feet scrap
Ing the floor. This is an Imitation
OF the hen. who, upon waking,
copies the walk OF the rooster.
A---Hen scrApcs the floor With
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
FRENCH BEGIN
To SEE FUNNY
SIDE OF DUELS
"Messieurs, You Are Heroes.
Shake Hands and Let's Go
Eat," Usual Ending.

DARIS, April 9.-And now the
r French themselves are begin
L ming to see the ridiculous
side of the duel bue3hess. Here is
what lie matin" says in an edi-
torialette:
"Duels are becoming more and
more funny. We have seen duels
where, after a fusilade, ear split
ting, prolonged and useless, the
seconds separated the adversaries,
saying:
'Messieurs, you are heroes.
Shake hands and let's go eat"
"a few jabs zen sixte' and ZEN
quarter satisfies honor and Is a
good appetizer.
Another time we saw one adj
versary discharge his pistol in the
air. At least it wasn't his fault
that one of the seconds caught the
bullet.
"In Algiers, after a press polemic
the insulter and insulted face each
other on the field of honor. Six
balls were exchanged, without re-
suit. Both had fired into the air!
Fortunately there were no avia-
tors overhead.
what we want to know is what
did these two men discOmmOde
four peaceable seconds for, not to
mention the reporters and pho
tographers Why did they derange
themselves even? The next time
we will be ready in the papers.
"'Mm. Durand and Dupont
fought a duel with pistols yester-
day. M. Durand fired four bullets
into his garden wall on the out
skirts of Calais. M. Dupont, &C.
tually en- voyage, also fired four
bullets into Lake Lucerne. Meth
er man was wounded"
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PARIS, April 9.-This is snap
shot of Edmond Duez, the French
man who stole 100000, and twice,
by reason of the embezzlement, al
most caused the downfall of the
cabinet-once in the chamber of
deputies, once in the senate. Duez
was one of the 'liquidators" in
charge of selling church property
confiscated by the state.
1t is said that the Duez scandal
will have big influence on the
May elections and may yet cause
the defeat of the government party,
the radical socialists.
Duez is the calmest of thieves. He
admits his crookedness. He even
seems proud of it. He resents hav-
ing to rise at early hours, and scold-
ed the examining magistrate round
ly at a. m.
The trial of Duez will be as big
a sensation almost as was that of
Dreyfus; certainly as big as the
Steinheil affair, because it really
means that the government itself,
which is charged with gross neg
lect, is on trial.
Imbert, another liquidator. for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
CARPENTER BOY
TURNS OUT TO
BE A REAL COUNT

q PARIS. April 9.-An adven- I
. ture which has often happened
= in novels, but seldom in real
= life, has just befallen young
. carpenter of q. He was I
. founding. He was brought up
= partly by public charity and
. partly by postman's wife, to Z
= whose care the child was en-
= trusted by a hospital. His fos-
. ter parents treated him as
. their own son. and when he =
. grew up they apprenticed him
= to a carpenter. The boy was
. at his lathe one day when
. well-dressed man came in and
. asked for him.
. Il am your half brother" :
q said the stranger. II will take
. you to your real mother. Be
= on such a day at such rail-
. way station" naming small
q place near where the boy
. worked, in the south OF
= France.
= The boy kept the appoint
. ment, and found his half
= brother waiting with a car
= riage. They drove to a cha
. teau in the neighborhood. and 4
. there the young man met his
. mother, whom he had never Z
. seen. The chateau is his. A
= fortune amply sufficient to
. keep 1t up is his also. Finally, Z
= the title OF count belongs also Z
= to the carpenter lad. His 4
= father, Count de NJ. died two Z
= months ago, having legiti- I
= matized his son. The young
= carpenter count has just been
= called up to serve his term in
. the army.
= n n n u N n u n = n n u
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BY HERBERT A. WHITE,
Berlin Correspondent United Press.

Berlin Correspondent United Press.
~ ERLIN, April 9.-Germany is
r at last waking up to the fact
~ that new era has set in, SO
far as concerns the politics OF the
nation as whole.
The liberal and democratic ele-
ments are no longer remaining pas
sive under the rule of the aristoc-
racy. They have at last begun to
take the offensive.
The fact has become patent to
the world through three bills which
are about to be placed before the
reichstag. Two have already passed
in the form of resolutions. The
other will shortly pass through this
preliminary stage.
The first Is a direct attempt to
institute in Germany parliamentary
government as understood in the
most advanced European countries.
At present nothing approaching the
parliamentary system exists in the
German empire. In England a min
ter of Importance. has to resign. A
German chancellor does not. If the
reichstag will not pass one OF his
measures, he gets on as well as he
can without 1t, or. If he considers it
vital, dissolves the reichstag and
takes his chances on new cleo
tion
The bill which Herr Ledebour, on
behalf of the social democrats, in
tends to introduce, provides that
the chancellor shall be responsible
to the reichstag for his administra-
ton and that this responsibility
shall extend to all the kaiser's polit-
ical acts and omissions. and that
the chancellors responsibility shall
be regulated by state tribunal,
which means that I'm future the
rcichstag will have the right to i'm
peach a chancellor of whom it does
not approve.
STRIKES AT ROOT OF SYSTEM.
The bill strikes at the very root
of the German system of govern
ment. In future, If it becomes law,
the chancellor, which in effect
means the kaiser, can be put on
trial. Germany will really become
n limited monarchy. The reichstag
will be supreme and the kaiser will
lose all opportunity of acting on his
own initiative and consequently of
engaging in his periodical indiscre-
tions.
Germany's feeling toward the
rcclllessness can be judged by Il
piece of Teutonic history which has
Just become public. The incident
occurred Just after the sensational
London Daily Telegraph interview
of few months ago given by his
majesty to Sir Rowland Blennerhas-
set. It's publication aroused a storm
not only in England and Germany.
but also throughout the whole of
Europe. Prince Buelow. then chan
cellor, took the responsibility for it
upon himself and rendered his res
ignation. Not accepted then, it was
as soon as the storm blew over.
Bnt the incident showed which
way public opinion was going in
Germany. Immediately after the
publication of the interview the
most important members of the
commercial community of Hamburg
held meeting to discuss the, mat
Tel The result was that they sent
n oeputation to Buelow to impress
their views upon him.
BUSINESS INTERESTS INTER-
VENE.
The members of the deputation
told Buelow that they were tired of
the kaiser's indiscretions. Three
times in 10 years he had almost
lanE i Germany in war. Now"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
ALLEGED PLAGlARIST HELD
e. IN JAIL.

STANTON, Va. April Crank
Sweet charged with sending to
magazines, through the mail,
stories ,purporting to have been
written by himself, but alleged to
have been stolen from the works
of other writer's, was held in $500
ban for the federal court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10
GIRL WOULDN'T KISS BOOK

LONDON. April 9.-"Kiss the
book. dear; speak the truth, and
tell them you are not a thief said
woman at the Old Bailey to her
young daughter. whom she called
TO give evidence on her behalf. I'm
not going TO-" said the daughter,
and she did not.