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the town of Sou6eilles for loo years, but
classed As national monument" was
recently Sc zed by the BeauX-Arts be-
cause collector tried to buy il. What
the hayseed municipality sold him was
Of the two counterfeits which have
made the round OF The illustrate press:
but il made no difference, they lost their
st Martin.
AN authentic family portrait for those
interested in st. Patricll-autllentic por-
trait of his uncle Martin-"repeated the
learned FrenchInan, as lie gave me a
photograph of the genuine reliquary. |
had met him at his photographers, where
he was having quantities ot documents
copied. Among others was n proof of his
Concessa efigy.
rs it. genuine in the same sense" I
asked.
Certainly genuine" he answered. You
mean is it certainly the tomb-portrait of
St. Martins niece?'
@''St. PatricE's mother. l insisted.
THE same thing. though certain texts
world seem TO make her Martins sister
All that | shall clear UP. A. 20 this tomb
relief. il VAS found eNactly where II
should have been; it is exactly OF the
epoch. and the letters 'concess are
visible among others"
Where" ] asked.
There is the disadvantage OF private
collectors taking charge OF important
finds. NE admitted. The lettering is on
Il brolen piece. which the discoverer
could not 1T at the bottom. He hoped 10
find connecting bits. but never did. The
whole thing dug Up broken. and he
had il put together. privately. The head
is joined at bad angle. Some have OBJ
jected 10 il. But / shall explain all in my
book.
Evidently, he would give me 10 more or
his literary property.
Is ii true? Not the glimpses, which are
honest modern erudition, but the emgyT
Not the gold head of ST. Martin-it Is
history. But the stone portrait? Have
we here the certain effigy of St Patricks
mother? AS il makes her comparatively
young. she could not have lived long after
he started on his mission to Ireland Inc
palm in the right hand does not neces-
sarily indicate martyrdoll-thcre were no
martyrs in Christian Tours OF the NTH
century.
In any case the family story OF these
great ones appears fair beyond the dry re-
searches of the larned. and ST. Patrick
was a gentleman, and came OF decent
people.
STERLING HELLO
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the most capable people in the world, eS
pecally in the handling of finances
The successes of the new Persians did
not end with reconquering their ancient
birthright from the former dcspotic re-
sime, but were also followed by con-
structive work and organization. AL
though hampered by terrible obstacles
among others the lack of fulds'-tbe new
regime soon after its inception sent an
army to Ardu5i!. in the north. to drive
away the rebelious ShahSavanS. Because
of the national zeal Of the troops OF New
Persia they succeeded in putting an end
TO serious local upriSingS in MaZandavan
Noramin. I<aShan. Kun. 1spahan and
various other localities. Then there We're
the heroic services rendered by the great
SepahGar and Sardari Asad, and by their
lion-hearted sons and followers i'm main
tanning and pacifying the empire which
they had recovered to their nation.
Last, but not least, was the miracle
of human energy shown recently by the
nationalistic government and Prince Far
man Farma, their war minister, in equip
ping and sending an efficient force of
many thousand to the south to maintain
order and to guarantee further the per
manent security of those trade routes by
a mobile force These are a few in the
long list of achievements accomplished by
the nationalist party in Persia, while the
creation and codification of wise laws for
almost every branch of the government
speaks we'll for the wisdom and energy
displayed in so short time by Persia -
Young parliament. and is monumental evi-
dence of The efficiency of that body
::
And in the line of constructive work
there should net be forgotten the success
full and admirable labors of the present
regent. Massirul Mink. in revising and
forming a thoroughly modern and eqIIta-
BILE budget. with great saving in the reve-
nues of the country. This tasi. alone
will stand out in the annals of the
achievements of modern Persia as worthy
of the highest praise. Yet it should be
noted that all this has been done not
outstanding the absence of necessary
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to India. one of the richest, though
undeveloped. countries in the world, il
is prophesied that it will not be long
before the Persian people will again
become a nation of standing among the
powers of the world.
w. Morgan Shuster. the new treas
urer general of Persia, is "a Washing
ton lawyer. He has recently held a
number Of high positions under the
United States government His first
service was in 1898, when he was ap-
pointed assistant secretary to the COM
mission having charge OF the arrange
mentS for the evacuation of Cuba by
the Spanish government.
Shortly after this work was ac-
complished he was appointed to a posi-
ton In the Cuban customs service,
which was then under the control of
the United States government, where
he served for nearly three years and
attained the position of special deputy
collector of customs. In 1891 he was
appointed by Secretary of War Root
to be collector of customs for the Phil
lppine Islands, where he had charge of
revising the new tariff law and the re-
organization of the Philippine customs
service. He also had charge of the
enforcement of the immigration. navi-
islands.
While in the Philippines Mr.. Shuster
served five years as collector of Gus
toms. He was then appointed by Pres
ldent Roosevelt, on the recommends
ton of Secretary of War tnow Presi-
denO Taft TO be secretary of public
instruction and a member of the
Philippine commission. which was then
the sole legislative body in the islands.
AS the secretary OF public instruction
had r.1 of
of education. which employed nearly
5000 American and Filipino teachers
Of the prison system of the islands. of
the bureau of supplies. the bureau of
printing and the. Philippine Medical
school. He also instituted the Philip
pine 1 niVersity. which is the govern
ment university of the islands
In both Cuba and the Philippines Mr..
Shuster had charge of the making and
revising of the tariff laws, and he is
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that time in Washington and since oc-
tober. 1909. has held the position of ex-
aminer of building and loan companies
for the Treasury Department
Charles I. McCaskey. the new inspector
OF provincial revenues for Persia. was
born al Fort Smelling. Mimi. in 1871 Ills
father was Maj. Cen William :. Nc
Caskey. L. s. ~. retired, who Is Row
living at San Diego, Cal. Until he WAS
twenty years old young Mctashey lived
at various army posts throughout The
United States. and during this time at
tended the public schools at Peekskill.
Y. He is graduate of the Yates
University OF Lancaster, Pa. Of the ST.
Thomas Hall Of Holly Springs, Miss: the
Kansas City Agricultural College OF Man
haitian, Kan. and the University OF Kan
sas at Lawrence, Kan.
Young McCaskey accompanied his faith
or. who was then in command of the 18th
Infantry. to the Philippine Islands in
1880. where he took an active part in the
Philippine campaign. After peace was re-
stored he returned to Manila and April
ID. 1889. entered the customs service o.
the Islands as inspector. which position
he held until the summer OF 1907. when
he was promoted to be deputy surveyor
or customs at Manila. In the spring or
1905 Mr.. McCaskey returned TO the
United States and married Miss Selden
FAINT Of Holly Springs, Miss Early in
1907, on account OF the severe illness OF
his wife. he was obliged to leave the
Philippine Islands and return 10 the
United States and while in New York he
was offered and accepted the post OF in
spector of customs at the port OF New
York. In 1909 he was promoted to acting
deputy surveyor of customs at that port
and held this position at the time he Was
selected for his present work.
Bruce G. Dickey. who has accepted the
position Of inspector of taxation for Fer.
STA. was appointed inspector of customs
n the Philippine Islands in 1901 He
was promoted through tine various grades,
and baggage division. and in I9e; re ceived
another promotion to the position of
cashier at the Manila custom house
which place he held until 1909. when ne
resigned to return TO this country. His
home is in Pine Island. Nina.
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His Oath.

TOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., at the
J recent reunion OF the Bible class or
which he is vice president. said Of Q
somewhat abusive magazine writer:
''IIe attacks his country's greatest men,
hut. when I read his attacks, l can't help
thinking that he is rather like old Uncle
Rastus.
Uncle Rastus. testifying in certain
law suit. refused to be sworn.
'..Ah will affirm, he said
But, Uncle Rastus, said the Judge,
how is this? Last week, in the Cal
houn case, you swore readily enough
"'Yo honah.' said Uncle Rastus, sol
EMMY, All was mo- suah o NAH facts
in dat case dan in dis ons.
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means and the presence of manifold ob-
stacles. one of which alone-the lack OF
sufficient funds and the numerous causes
which interfered with securing them
would have made any achievement what
ever seem an impossbility.
1T is the usual custom of some peo-
pie of the western world to compare Per-
STA today with western countries in their
march toward progress and. finding Per
STA wanting in some respects. to pro-
nounce the Persians effete and inefficient.
This standard is not d fair one by which
to judge Persia. While the country is
richly and abundantly endowed with min
erai resources. almost none of these has
been developed, and there is not single
railway in the whole country-a country
which is three times the size of France.
while Persia is now organizing a
public school system and placing her
educational institutions upon modern
basis, which cannot. however, bear fruit
in the immediate future. it is to be re-
membered that up to the present era
there have been no modern schools with
a liberal program in the cities. Only
one institution based on wectern lines OF
instruction has been an innovation to
the numerous native colleges or phllos-
ophy and ancient wisdom. These and
many other points taken into considera-
ton it will be clearly shown that what
is looked upon in the west as the new
Persias failure is so insignificant when
compared with her achievements that no
fair minded person can fail to see the
truth
:.
"Up to recently it has been the habit of
some western writers to describe the
Persians as race of mere dreamers and
mystics, but surely the practical doc
trines of such great writer's as Omar
Khayyam, Sadi and many others, with
their gospel of work and applied wisdom,
gives us to expect. under favorable con-
dtions, that the soil Of Persia is APP
propriste for planting the seeds of oc-
cidentaI reform and for developing again
the type Of Persians which made possible
the achievements of the Great Cyrus and
Darius
While travelling through Europe and the
United States Mr.. Ali kuli Khan, who is
great student, took particular interest in
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the stories OF the lives Of Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin and Emerson, whose
writings made great impression upon
him. This filled him with the desire TO
do great things for his country. At home
he advocated the introduction of the arts
and sciences of the western world, and
in every way possible tried to awaken
his country from its long slumber of
centuries. in which he finally succeeded.
IT was while living in Boston that
he met Miss Florence Breed, daughter
Of prominent New England family, who
is we'll known as writer and novelist.
and q year or so later they We're married
Two years after his marriage he received
the news that his country had risen in
the night and thrown off the yoke which
bad kept it enthralled for centuries. He
Immediately returned to Persia and while
there again preached the doctrine o.
American education and the introduction
of the modern business methods of the
western world.
The upheaval now going on in Per-
STA is similar to that which took place
in Turkey not long ago. and is par
ticularly akin to the movement known
as the Young Turks movement. The
party now in control of Persian af-
fairs might be termed the progressive
party" and they want the most modern
processes and everything pertaining
thereto introduced into the empire as
soon as possible. They want Il
modernized government, and thus they
have turned the old system into that
Of a constitutional monarchy similar
to that now existing in England. They
are particularly anxious to provide
educa ton for all the people, 10 estab b.
lish institutions of learning in the
higher as well as the lower branches
of study. and are eager to welcome
all foreign innovations of the best
kind.
Statesmen of international standing
claim that Persia is today the eve
of a tremendous era of prosperity and
wealth. They say the country is
about to enter upon cycle Of power
and glory as great in the future as
was it's passivity in the past, and as
the country is practically the gateway
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ng that the tradition, preserved in a
song handed down from parents to chill
dren, should bear directly on learned re-
searches in these days. claimed to have
seen made by French savant-re-
searches of strong interest to the aver
age man and which may give a wider
view even TO the crudite.
1t all begins with military tribune on
The Danube Did you know that? a mil
laIy tribune, in his territory. had all the
bowers of a consul--whose authority was
almost regal. He was the great-grand-
father.
Numerous as are the legends of ST.
Patrick. 1t has been generally conceded
that most of the authentic information
about him Is found in two Latin manu-
scripts: His Letters to Coroticus
marauding Welsh chieftain. whom he
calls down for numerous crimes-and his
Confessions" in a way an autobiogra-
ply Of his public life. Yet there are
reasons why minute and technical mod
ern researches deep in old French and
Roman sources might fill gaps remark
ably: and those who have access TO the
Confessions In their entirety may find
certain para graphs no longer obscure III
the light OF these glimpses on his family
The popular accounts seem regularly to
Begin with the little slave boy who herd
I'd sheep for a heather master on the
slopes OF County Antrim, Ireland-"yet
The boy had not been born in slavery;
noble blood flowed in his veins; as son
,f Calpurnius. Roman patrician and
magistrate, freedom was his birthrlsht.
And. as one of these popular accounts
continues, we are safe in surnisins that
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century piece. 1t is something that VIII
have to he arranged
In France this sort of treasure trove Is
bounced on by the state. The gentleman
farmer of Algiers who recently dug up
an Apollo of the Venus de Milo period,
and of almost priceless value, will have
to accept the BeauX-Arts derisory estl-
mate" They have already carried it of.
Thus, also. the authentic gold head OF
this very St Martin, in the possession of
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fDC TIE ba6l: tangled condition of its
financial affairs. The Persian govern
Lent made known its desire to employ
Americans to the State Department at
Washington. and five Americans have
heca selected to take up the task OF
reo"ean2inS the financial system of that
tuUEt~y.
III the latter part OF The nineteenth GEN.
fury al American was called to assist in
tae esta b,.shment OF the fiscal system of
Japan. and there was one case number.
of ears ago where an american assisted
az Ike reorganization OF the financial
sNStcal of Siam. But never before has
any European government come to this
COUNT: because. as Il was plainly stated,
II thought America the most progressive
aud Up-to-datc country in financial af-
fairs in the world today.
:: ::
Prominent statesmen say the selection
Of this commission OF experts is a great
compliment to american skill and execu-
tive ability, and. judging from the ma
tional size of the men selected, is an in
dication that the present government of
Persia intends to go about the matter
I'm the right way. The present unsettled
condition of Persia is a legacy left by
former ruler. and is one which the
recently formed parliament has found a
heavy proposition to handle.
Persia * country of great but unde-
veloped natural resources II is not gen.
orally known that there are vast oil fields
copper and iron mines. many thousa nds OF
square miles of standing timber. all of
wh'c.i are in all undeveloped state. There
Is not a mile OF railroad, either steam or
electric. in Persia today. 1t is under
STOOD that the new government of Persia
intends 10 begin an era OF development
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some texts say sister. but il is an error
himself born in that rich city beyond the
Danube. 1t must have been rich TO en-
JOY military tribune.
We have glimpse of that semi
royal old prop of the empire at his
Danube poSt-moSt of these outline
facts have been known TO the learned.
and part of this Frenchman's work Is
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his childhood's home afforded every COM
fort known to the luxury-loving Romans
of his day"
l should say so,
How l regret that all the details are
not mine-but thGt another man will
make a book of them. With what he
gives me- l have a luminous vision of
cultured and cosmopolitan family of pa
Jrician government functionaries inter-
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Patrck's mother, have been born in the
Pannonian city of Sabaria, which mod
ern Hungarians call Sarwar. live a young
wife and bear her illustrious son in North
Britain, and die in the rich Gallo-ROman
city of Tours, today the center of the
garden of France?
Yet all becomes simple and understand
able when you remember that Concessa
was the niece of ST. Martin of T~"rs-
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married with the army, habituated to
travel. shifting luxurious residepce over
all Europe in period that stiIl inher-
tied the good. roads. splendid cities, baths.
forums, promenadeS. seaside resorts and
mountain watering pieces. arts indus
tries and commerce of the august Roman
peace,
How, otherwise, could Concessa, st.
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Gentleman" Gnpses Of the Family From French Researches

to be the sepulchral portrait of his
mother. this Concessa. unearthed in 1860
during the excavations which led to the
rediscovery OF St Martins tomb.
Like other objects found on private
ground III those extensive diggingS, it was
concealed by private collector.
1t has never been known" the savant
insists, land even now the son of its dis
coverer fears that the BeauXArts may
get wind of it-a large and beautiful fifth
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cherished and cared for to the end as the
only living relation of ST Martin, who
came to be Venerated as a saint lmme-
dately after his DEATH continued the
learned Frenchman. 'Sulpicius SeveruS
and Gregory OF Tours have passages that
are unmstakable in the light of my re-
searches. l began with ST. Martin. not
ST. Patrick, but it is the same family.
and a beautiful ind naturally threw me
back on Patrick-what L take, positively,
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tween his arrival and his ordination as q.
priest his settled monastery was that of
Tours. 1t is understood that he made
trips in Gaul, to the Isles of Lerins. oppo-
site Cannes and even as far as Italy in
between times; but he had no other home
until his departure for Ireland. in an
swer to the call that rang ever in his
ears: I'VE pray thee. holy youth. to come
and henceforth walk among u.s.
AT Tours, st. Patrick left his mother,
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OR the first time
in the history o;
the American peo-
pie, a continental
foreign power ha 5
appealed To this
country for aid
and requested the
5 g | &c tion of a
Financial a d V User
assisted by reve-
nue. experts for the
purpose az unrayel-
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THEY Were Roman Mill

HEY were KOrnafl Mill
1 tary Government People
Shifting Luxurious Resi-
dences Over All Europe
Authentic Golden Bust of
His Uncle His Mothers
Sepulchral Portrait Claimed
to Have Been Found Near
Tours by a French Savant,
Who Will Write a Book
About 1t.
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10 was st. Pat
rick?
An ancient bal
lad. fun OF native
Irish wit and close
10 the popular
heart, informs its
hearers that
st. Patrick was a
gentleman.
And came OF de-
cent people.
And ii is strik-
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k5NMQrican FjnanciQrS16 Persia

LIVE Americans to Assist
i Persian Government in
Organizing a Proper Fiscal
System-W. Morgan Shuster.
F. S. Cairns, r. w. Hills, c.
1. McCaskey and Bruce G.
Dickey-First Time in the
History of the American
People a Continental Power
Has Come to This Country
for Assistance of This Kind
Mira Ali Kuli Khan. Per-
sian Representative at Wash
ington, Active in Securing
American Experts - Present
Conditions in Persia - New
Parliament Wants Modern
Western Methods introduced
at Once.
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w. MORGAN SHUSTEE

and is particularly anxious to develop
the country first by the building of rail
roads. both steam and electric. ard later
by the institution! of eastern methods of
education for all of its people.
The five Americans selected by the Per
sian government to reorganze the fnan-
cal affairs of the country are W. Morgan
Sinister OF Washington. who will be
financial adviser and treasurer general
of the Persian empire. He will he assist
ed by +. s. Cairns of Maine. who will be
director of taxation. r. w. Hills OF
Washington VIII have charge of the ai-
diting accounts. while e. |. McCaskey of
Pennsylvania will be inspector of provin-
cial revenues. Bruce G.. D!ckey of Mime
sofa has been selected as inspector of
taxa ton All OF these men have had
much experience in work of this kind in
various parts of the world. especially in
the reorganization and establishment OF
civil government III the Philippine Islands,
in which each of them took an active
part.
In speaking of the employment of
Americans in the reorganization of the
fiscal system of Persia, Mira Ali kuli
Khan. Persian representative at Wash
ington, said it was the desire of his
government to have Americans for this
purpose because it is believed they are
the most progressive people in the world.
He said the appointment of these experts
was the result of many years effort on
the part of the people of his country
against the despotic form of government
which existed in Persia until about a
year and IA half ago. when the people re-
belled and forced the shah to abdicate.
My government intends to reorga nize
not only the financial system of the en-
nil no 81
hut also TO engage foreign assistants for
the various departments of the govern
ment. such as the police department., the
department of justice. the war depart
ment. etc. y number of these foreign
experts have already been selected from
the various countries in Europe. but the
most important of ali-the financial &c
partment-it was decided by the Persian
parliament should he managed by experts
from America. because the Americans are
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Special Correspondence ~ The Star.
DApIs Nar.h
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Copyright. 1911, ty william /. Mtlorfer,