The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-08-27
BRIEF TELEGRAMS

esting railroad situauon on its hands
and its settlement will have a far
reaching effect The Irish roads are
short and work Independently of each
other, and complaint has been con.
stant that they not only have not aided
in the development of the country, but
also have been really detriment. A
vice regal commission was appointed
four years ago to consider the entire
Irish railroad situation and to make
recommendations. 1t has just made
its report. The commission reports in
! favor of amalgamation of all the Irish
! railways into one concern for the sake
of both the railways and the country.
At this point the commissioners dis
agree. Four recommend state pur-
chase and three that the amalgamaIion
remain private undertaking, but un-
der government supervision.
Speaking at Newcastle, county
Down, Rev. P. J. Patterson made a
statement as to the plans which have
! been adopted in connection with the
temperance campaign, which is known
as "Catch-my-PaP' movement 1t is
| intended, said Mr.. Patterson, in about
eighteen months to hold a temperance
meeting in Belfast, when representa-
tives would be gathered from every
part of the British domains from the
! United States, China and Japan, and
from other foreign countries, with
view of taking effective measures for
| the removal of the drink curse and
other baleful narcotics.
Belgrade-It appears that Bulgaria
and Turkey are on the eve of serious
complications, thanks to the Turkish
methods of disarming the Macedonian
population. Many Christians have fled
to Bulgaria, and the Bulgarian govern
ment has made friendly representa-
tions to Constantinople. The porte left
the Bulgarian note unanswered, 1t is
said by the papers here. but possibly
doubling the loyalty of Bulgaria, or
dered the secret mobilization Of an
army corps. On the other hand, the
Turkish government has proclaimed
martial law in the vilavyet of Mona
stir because of the appearance of many
bands, which have hampered tho ac-S
ton of the porte in disarming the pop
ulace.
Those journals in Austria which
wish the Turkish government to take
the part of the triple alliance pub
lished statements to the effect that
Servia and Bulgaria had made repre-
sentations to the poyers in order to
secure autonomy for Macedonia and
old Servia, but the news is without any
foundation whatever
London-There has been an i'm
menSe increase in emigration from the
British isles during the past six months
as compared with the first halves Of
1909 and 1908. The bulk of the in
crease has been of English, Scotch and
Welsh emigrants to Canada. and
whereas in the first half of last year
the increase in emigration was chiefly |
to the United States.
Berlin-Already the match which |
the royal n1atchmakers are at work |
arranging between the young Princess
Victoria Louise. only daughter of the |
kaiser, and young Prince Edward of
Wales seems assured. The young Ger
man princess is year or two older
than his royal highness of Wales, but
there's not enough difference To make
this q serious objection. She is q
charmink young girl, with those traits
of character which would appeal to the
English, strongly developed AMI IS
princesses go, is decidedly pretty.
OF course, the inclination OF the
young people will cut very little if any
figure in the match. The political as
pect is said to appeal strongly 70 the
kaiser, who, it is limited. has already
fixed in his mind that the marriage of
these two young people would be the
most desirable thing that could be wit
messed, and is determined to bring il
about if possible.
There is Imagination to it, and
statesman ship of high sort. His
daughter would be the kaiser's su-'l
preme pledge of peace and good Will
= ~ ID-fft IL ,N,-fr, -pl
of his own house should revive the ties
of close affection that existed between
Prussia and Great Britain in the early
sixties of the last century. when the
princess royal of Britain married his
father, the Crown Prince Frederick.
would be an effective means Of dis
the German war spirit. OF
course it will be several years before
such marriage would be possible.
The princess is not quite 1S vet. and
the English prince is just little be-
yond Is.
The claim of Frau Dutl5ewitz of
Posen, born on February 81, 1855. to
be the oldest woman in the world, IS
now contested by Nine. Baba Vasilka.
She was born in May, 1884, in the lit
tie Bulgarian village of Bavelsko.
where she has lived ever since.
The record of her birth is preserved
in neighboring monastery of the Or
thodox Greek faith. She is the daugh- {
ter of a peasant, and has worked her
self as a peasant up till a compara-
lively recent date. For more than 100
years she regularly worked in the !
fields, according to the custom of her {
where women are employed
in all sorts of manual labor.
The events of her life up to the time :
when she attained the age of so are for
more distinctly impressed on her mind s
than the happenings of the last forty
six years. Her son, Todor following s
the family tradition, has also worked ]
In the fields as peasant nearly all
his life, but he has also taken part in
various wars and rebellions in the Bal l
kan peninsula. He is not quite so !
fresh and vigorous as his mother, al
though he is still capable of doing a
good days work and enjoying such ]
small luxuries of life as pipe and the
strong spirits drung by the Bulgarian I
oopulace.
The oldest woman in the world is {
said to enjoy fairly good eyesight and 6
good hearing, and she is able to walk Y
without support. She lives on a pen
sion paid to her by many of her de- {
.onudapfs who 011r1 haI, more than J00 '