East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-04
EUROPEAN NEWS AND
VIEWS.


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London, April 4. - While every
one is busy preparing for the corona
ton, the real estate agents, who were
ahead of all others in volume of trade
few weeks ago, are beginning to
worry. When the rush for houses and
apartments was on, they rented the
less desirable places first, reserving
the choicest ones for the later COM
ers at top-notch prices. OF course, |
rich Americans were the ones for |
whom these choice places were prin-
cipally intended. These same Ameri- |
cans however, have gotten wise" to |
the proposition, and not only have |
| many who were depended upon to
| spend the season in London decided |
not to do so, but several who leased
| houses have forfeite their initial pay
| ments as the cheapest way out of
| bad bargain and will summer i'll 9TH
\ er parts of Europe or stay at home.
one of Frances famous men has
| just celebrated his eighty-sixth birth
| day. 1t is Augusta Gaucher, widely
| known as the champion wine faster
| in the world, who is now living in re-
| tirement at Montlemis, in the de-
partment of Indre-et-Loire. From
his youth he possessed that rare gift
which the French Wine expert de-
scribes as having a tongue" At the
age of 20 Augusta Gaucher's palate
was already widely appreciated by
wine growers and winters throughout
| France and rarely was big contract
signed without his verdict in the par
L ,l,nr n &c
| connoisseurs vocation for fifty-five
years and he kept minute records of
all the wines he sampled in the course
OF his professional career. When he
i retired at the age of 715 he had tast-
ed from and certified 100000 barrels
of wine. He received many civic
} honors.
RI The sudden illness of Lord Crewe
has done more than anything else to
, make prominent the weakness of the
: | liberal party in the house of lords.
| With the exception of Lord Morley
J | they have not a man there who can
y fittingly lead the party, now that the
able and popular Crewe is absent;
and Lord Morley, in retiring from the
India office, openly announced that
ne was seeking repose. Britains min
D listers are over-worked. Since the
liberals came into power at the end of
| 1906 they have led strenuous lives
and this has turned the hair of the
cabinet prematurely grey. 1t is a
matter of general comment that there
is scarcely a member of it who has
I not aged more rapidly than the length
= of this service warrants. Three gen.
= eral elections in five years and four
j extra autumn sessions of parliament
e together with the preparation of a
| record number of bills, have produc-
e ed a mass of administrative wor
which is proving too much for min
listers and opposition leaders alike.
The new Russian Imperial rail-
r way train in which the czar and
I czarina travel, is said to be the most
d luxurious in the world, eclipsing even
| the kalsers elaborate train de luxe.
I The cars train consists of eleven
t | carriages. 1t is entirely on the cor
ridor system, is fitted with electric
be Is and lighted by electricity. The
+ | carriages Of the emperor and empress
j ar in tas middle Of the train. The
e en- pre- S drawing room has the walls
9 coverC Nth pale rose silk and her
y bedch l.nler is hung with light blue
e satin, the furniture being covered
d with Lnglish cretonne Of the same COL
e or. Each sleeping saloon has bath
e room and dressing room attac Aed.
by the fact that he uses his dining sa-
by the factthat he uses his dining sa-
e loon for a study and it is there he
= transacts all his business with the
g help Of his two secretaries.
y Germany is deeply bitten with the
D boxing craze and as one travels about
in train, in street car or in the street
one hears continually excited talk
e about "boxen Matches" "cleenches''
and "obercuts." In the Tiergartenhof
in Berlin contests are held almost
! daily, and tough young men from over
the sea are doing their best to turn
slow footed Germans into active fight
ers. 1t is the same in Leipzig, Mu-
n Mich, Hamberg and other important
centers. In the lower ranks Of the
n army boxing is also becoming popu-
lar under the encouragement of sport
< ing officers