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War of
1877.

the emperor ALEXANDER IL NiSHcu at any
cost to repair the disaster of the war In
the Crimea. Russia's object was to take
Bessarabia. although that province
automatically part Of the Ottoman
empire. was ethnographically and ter
ritorially a Roumanian province.
Russia hestitated to offend and ALLEVIATE
Roumanian sympathy. The alternative
was embarrassing, also. Russia could
friendship or at least the neutrality OF
Roumania To reach Turkey it was
necessary to possess the passageway OF
the Danube, and If Roumania. in ac-
cord with Turkey, closed this passage
Russia would be confronted by two
enemies in place of one.
Gortchakoff, chancellor of state, was
perplexed, but he found way out OF the
difficulty by the plan which he submit
ted to Alexander II-namely: Compensate
Roumania for the annexation of Bessa'
rabia by according to Roumania all she
might ask of the very important terri
tory in the Balkanic peninsula.
Bulgaria signed October IA, 1911, a
commercial and maritime treaty with
Turkey. Subsequently Greece and Bull
similar to those which had divided Greece
and Roumania. formed a union which
constitutes Bulgaria, Roumania and
Greece important factors in the solution
of the hitherto unsOlvable question Oh the
Balkans.
The visit of the Crown Prince Of Greece
to Sofia recently to join in the fetes OF
the occasion of the majority OF the Roya
Prince of Bulgaria was the occasion OF
sympathetic reception to the visitor. TIL:
sympathy is particularly due to the fac
that a friendly agreement has been recent
ly concluded between the Greeks and Bull
garians of Macedonia, whose dlssensions
have found echo at Athens and at Soma
It is too early certainly to give the de-
tails of this agreement. but there is every
evidence that the conversations have al
ready commenced. If Greece, Roumania
and Bulgaria may be brought to friend'
ly COMPREHENSION and discussion of theiI
respectiye claims in Macedonia con
federated Balkan state is not a chimera
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Entered as second-class mail matter at the pos,
Office at Washington. D. @.
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Purchase Of
the Monitor

north as we'll. In The Star of March IA.
1862. is the following paragraph about
her:
Erroneous impressions as to the cir
cumstances of the construction of this
shin extensively prevail. She is not the
creation Of private enterprise as is so
generally stated. She was contracted
for last fall by the Navy Department, in
pursuance of a recommendation of a
naval board upon ironclad steamers. con-
sisting Of Commodore Joe Smith and
Hiram Paulding and Capt. c. II. Davis.
which approved her model and those of
two others (now being rapidly put to
completion), rejecting the models of the
host of others offered. She has been
paid for from time to time, as the work
on her progressed, until there repains
to be approved by the account for the %
per cent balance of her total cost of
$4,000, reserved as per the contract as
a guarantee that she should perform as
represented. That balance is now ready
TO be paid, we take it, on the application
of those to whom it is due"
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The Temps suggests to tie friends OF
France in Turkey in the latter's interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17

The new building will contain gym
nasium, 10 fill an urgent local need; a
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word just here about the past rel
tons of Roumania to Russia recall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

Journalist Is the hero Of the opening
paper, which appears in the November
number OF THE Century" Therein
Colonel Henry Watterson writes on
1.-The Humor and Tragedy Of the Gree
ley Campaign" appending to his chap
ter Of history comments by Whitelaw
Reid and Horace White, to whom, as
colleagues Of his In the famous cam
paign OF 1872, he had sent copies Of his
manuscript. II succeeding papers are
as good as this one, the series will be
notable indeed.
Following q brief description OF the
extraordinarily strained political con-
ditions leading up 10 the Liberal Re-
publican Convention which was to
sound the slogan of Reform, he de-
scrlbes himself as "a young fellow Of
two and thirty, OF boundless optimism,
and with my full share of self-confi-
dence," casting In his fortunes with
those of three other newspaper men,
sam" Bowles, Horace White and
Murat Halstead, to back either Charles
Francis Adams or Lyman Trumbull for
the Presidential nomination. The edi-
torial "Quadrilateral' had planned to
keep itself to itself but II found that
It had to reckon with The Tribune, and
Whitelaw Reid, who enforced that fact,
entefed into the newspaper combine"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

efficiency in city government MT.
Bruere points out, are not merely 10"
taxes, and the economical performance
Of routine functions, the application
in other words, OF honest and thorough
private business methods 10 municipal
affairs. Beyond these there Is what
has come to be collectively described
as welfare work." the suppression and
subsequent prevention of all influences
and conditions initiating against the
public good. and its promotion by all
available means-social service.
The inquiry conducted by Mr/Bruere
is a comprehensive one. 1t appears to
cover all phases of the subject, with,
as resumes, community impressions OBJ
tanned through interviews with citizens
representing all classes and conditions.
without efficiency from top to bot
tom, city government by commission
will fail. This is Mr.. Bruere's text, to
which he constantly returns:
Even commission government gives
shelter to work methods that efficient
private enterprises discarded a generation
ago. Not even the adoption OF the board
Of directors analogy dispels the false
notion that because OF peculiar govern
ment conditions public business methods
must he different in principle from private
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
GREELEY.
Colonel Watterson on the Cam
paign of 1872.

Nearly thirty years ago Tho Cen
fury" began to publish that long
series of papers on the Civil War which
owed so much Of its Importance TO con-
tributions from men who had them
selves fought the great fight. Now
with the passage Of time, the same
periodical finds Itself in n position TO
launch another series that is in some
sort sequel to the first, relating the
great events I'm American progress
marking the half century that has
elapsed since the war. In this After
War" series such subjects are to
be treated as the impeachment Of An
drew Johnson. the acquisition of Alas
ka, the settlement OF the Alabama
Claims. BLACK Friday" the triumph Of
Civil Service Reform. the diplomacy Of
the war with Spain. the progress OF
conservation and the organization OF
labor.
II is n fine journalistic scheme, and Il
Is interesting To note that each subject
in the series will be treated "by a
prominent American journalist hav-
ing particular acquaintance with the
theme" Appropriately, too, a great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

estate loyal and helpful. He lived IN
caves and found occasional nights OF
comfort I'm a cottage bed offered by
some one Of these peasants. There are
many stories Of his lucky escapes from
patrols of soldiers sent to arrest MIN.
In the euise Of a beggar he once sat
in a farmhouse when soldiers came 10
ask the good wife to give them
guide to Pitsligo's suspected place OK
concealment. She had nobody 20 send
with them. she said, unless that trav-
cling man would take the trouble
The travelling man." otherwise the
ragged beggar, otherwise Pitsligo, OBJ
lgingly rose up and went with King
Georges men TO show them the cave
which. in his own person, he had act
ually been inhabitlng. 1t was hu-
morous situation and PitslIgo was the
man TO enjoy It.
The story that 1t was John Pater-
son, the son Of Old Mortality, VINO
came TO America and became the
father of Betsy Paterson Bonaparte,
of Baltimore. is finally disproved by
Mr.. Crockett. It was a William Pater-
son. Of another family-One OF Scots
origin. settled in the north OF Ireland
who was the father OF Jerome Bona
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

He was the only one of us who clear
ly understood the situation and thor
oughly knew what he was about
The victor gave the others a dinner
but the conviviality was under a frost
Horace White looked more than ever
like an iceberg; Sam Bowles was dip
lomatic, but inclusive; Schurz was as
deaths head at the board; Halstead
and l through sheer bravado tried to
enliven the feast. But they would none
Of us, nor It, and we separated early
and sadly, reformers hoist by their
own petard."
Proceeding to the campaign, Colonel
Watterson tells how the people rose
to Greeleys nomination and his story
OF the struggle Is void OF any trace
OF old chagrin; II is full instead. of a
fairly affectionate sympathy for the
candidate imposed upon him. Here is
part of his tribute:
Horace Greeley was a queer old man.
very medley OF contradictions. shrewd
and simple, credulous and penetrating. a
master penman OF the school OF Swift
and Cobbett, even In his odd, picturesque
personality whimsically attractive and,
as Seward learned to his cost, man TO
be reckoned with where he chose TO nut
his powers forth
Presidency had he reached Il is not easy
to say or to surmise. He was altogether
unsuited for official life. for which
nevertheless, he had a longing But he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
WALTER SCOTS ORIGINALS
A Book of Biographical
Anecdote.

THE SCOTT ORIGINALS. An Account
OF Notables and Worthless the Originals
OF Characters in the Waverley Novels.
BY W 4 Crockett Illustrated. $40, PIP.
1872 Charles SCribner's Sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
"IThlIA FARA DE Sc"
Young Italy's High Ambitions
and Purposes.

TRIPOLI AND YOUNG ITALY. BY
Charles Bapworth, I'm Collaboration with
Miss Helen Zimmern. illustrated. svo,
PIP a7 London: stephen Swift g. Co.,
Ltd.
This is a timely book, and n thorough
one. Tho outbreak OF disapproval
throughout the world that followed
Italys action in Tripoli a little over
year ago was, so the author maintains,
a revelP ton Of the amazing Ignorance
OF civilization concerning the king
dom's national progress and interna-
tional necessities. Ills is. therefore.
twofold purpose. that OF giving de-
tailed account OF Italy's internal con-
dition, social, cultural and economic,
on the one hand, and, on the other. that
OF indicating the larger role she aspres
10 play hereafter in the councils Of the
nations OF Europe. Mr.. Lapworth
writes with the enthusiasm, the strong
faith, the patriotism Of Young Italy,
but, aside from his name, his national
ity Is unmistakabie in the attitude he
taxes lO"dIu tuo pI'o' biouplhb VI
the great powers.
II is true that In the eyes Of Europe
and America the Italy Of to-day has
been OF less Importance than the Italy
that is the holy ground OF n long and
glorious past. 1t is true. also. that in
their eyes the Italy Of to-day had
dwindled rather Nthan grown since the
fall OF Crispi and the Illustration OF
great ambitions at Adowa. II is true,
Furthermore, that, especially In this
country there was an impression Of
stagnation, Of failure in n gigantic
task so hopefully undertaken. Above
all else, there was the widespread i'm
preston that financially Italy had paid
too dearly, far beyond her means, for
the honor OF her alliance with Ger
many and Austria. The ease with
which the kingdom bore the cost OF a
years campaigning sufflced to correct
at least this mistaken idea.
Mr.. Lapworth's chapters on political,
economic and intellectual Italy will
serve to correct many erroneous I'M
pressions and TO dissipate much Ig-
norance. He freely acknowledges his
Indebtedness to Miss Helen Zimmern,
who needs no introduction to Ameri-
can readers, and ends this part Of his
book with an eloquent survey OF the
aspirations, the urge" as he calls It.
Of Young, OF Nationalist" Italy. II
much, very much, remains still 10 be
done, especially in the southern prov
inces, much has been achieved in
brief span OF time by a people that
had not only to build up anew, but to
tear down the old, and even to blast its
foundations. cemented by centuries Of
oppression and misrule.
AS for Tripoli, Italy's hand was
forced by the arbitrary treatment Of
her subjects there by the Turks, new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26
MUNICIPAL WELFARE.
Government by Commission ::
It's Results and Scope.

THE NEW CITY GOVERNMENT, A
Discussion of Municipal Administration
Based on Survey OF Ten Commission
Governed Cities. BY Henry Bruere, Dr.
rector of the New York Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research. William Sheperdson,
OF the staff Of the Bureau of Municipal
Research, cooperating in the collection
and tabulation of material respecting
commission government l2mo pp xii
43S. d. Appleton e Co.
This is the fourth Of the Metz Fund
Handbooks Of City Business Meth
DDS to be published its three prede-
cessors dealing respectively with mu-
nicipal accounting, budget making, and
purchasing and storekeeping. The step
from these aids to increased efficiency
in municipal administration under pre-
vailing conditions to this study of city
government by commission is a natural
one. The author has based II on the
results obtained and the problems pre-
sented in ten American cities out OF
the two hundred or more where this
form Of municipal administration has
obtained for different lengths of time
They are Cedar Rapids and Des
Moines. Iowa; Kansas City, Topeka
and Wichita. Kan: Dallas. Fort Worth,
Galveston and Houston, Tex, and
w. Va. They were Sc
lected for three reasons: Length Of
time during which the plap had been
In operation. size and location.
The detectives Of the movement for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

as we'll as old. II was forced sui
more urgently, Mr.. Lapworth points
out, by the land grabbing along the
northern coast Of Africa, which ere
long would have left her no foothold on
that shore. 1t was not France In Tunls
whom she feared. but Germany, culti-
waiting the Sultan's friendship, ana
preparing, so he maintains, to claim
coaling station on the coast OF eyre
naica as her reward. According to our
author, the appearance Of the Panther
before Agadir was the deciding cause
Of the conquest of Tripoli.
The international consequences which
he ascribes to this resoldte and uneX-
pected action will, to put it mildly
seem somewhat exaggerated to the i'm
partial reader. That Italy has by II
suddenly made herself the all-im-
portant, deciding factor in the align
ment Of the great powers OF Europe
may well be doubted, II, indeed her
position can be said to have been ad-
vanced at ALL In fact, the 'cockiness"
Of this part Of the book is rather out Of
proportion, and somewhat amusing in
its youthful ardor. One wonders, also,
whether it's bitter denunciations of
Germany and its Emperor are the Eng
fish Mr. Lapworth's own, or those Of
Young Italy. But if one is inclined to
take these conclusions and opinions
with reservation, the facts of current
international policies as given here are
decidedly worth while, especially in the
case Of Italy's official and real rela-
tions with her old oppressor and pres
ent ally. Austria, who certainly Was
acting i'm very suspicious manner at
the time Of the Tripolitan adventure,
under the influence, so 1t is said, OF The
heir of the throne. The Trentino and
the Balkans combine to make the part
nership an unnatural one. So far as
Italia Irredenta Is concerned, pan-Ger-
manism, with its enormous resources, is
constantly winning ground. especially
by it's control Of educational institu
tons AS for Great Britain, she, too,
gets a good wlgging, not only for her
policies, but also because ever since,
fifty years ago, a few Britishers be-
friended and banqueted the Italian eX
lies, they have constantly been remind
ing Italy OF all she owes them" Mr..
Lapworth is even more severe on the
peculiar workings OF the Noncon-
formist conscience" and on the "ridlcu-
lous paCifsts." But all this is youthful
ebullience. His defence OF the Italian
troops against the Turkish charges of
atrocities Is brief. The world. seeing
their source, did not credit them long
As for the future Of Trlpoli under its
new rulers, that is rosy as the dawn,
and lined with gold.
The book is a revealing study Of the
temper OF a nation that feels itself
young In dreamt rebirth Of the Ro-
man Empire. 1t is a demand, not a
plea, for justice based upon knowledge
OF what has been achieved and what
will be achieved. and It communicates
the knowledge TO its readers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

THE SCOTT ORIGINALS. An Account
OF Notables and Worthless the Originals
OF Characters in the Waverley Novels
BY W. :. Crockett illustrated. $40, PIP.
1872 Charles Scribner's Sons.
For the lovers Of Walter Scotland
that he is the Well Beloved Of success
sive generations the prosaic records OF
publishers testify-Mr. Crockett has
written a book OF genuine value. To
find the mass OF information gathered
here concerning the characters I'm the
Waverley Novels the reader would be
obliged TO range far afield;-the greater
should be his gratitude to one who has
performed the task for him and per-
formed It with contagious enjoyment
and enthusiasm. The book Is delight
full in its text, and in it's illustrations
1t IS unique. Tho portraits, some Of
which are hitherto unpublished, include
that unfamiliar one by Graham Lind
say which is believed TO be the last for
which Scott sat. A particularly Inter
esting facsimile is that OF the mar
riage contract Of the unhappy original
Of the Bride Of Lammermoor, with her
signature, Janet Dalrymple." traced
waveringly, as In desperation.
Mr. Crockett points out that Scott
never put living parsonage into his
books. though so many Of his charac-
tiers had traceable originals. He paint
cd In composites" we are reminded,
and was continually drawing material
from his own character and sentiments
and foibles. and from many OF his own
experiences. The personal element in
Rob Roy" the author, holds, is espe-
cially striking:
Frank Osbaldlstone is Scott, through
and through, more completely, perhaps,
than any of his heroes. And the love
episodes in that novel can, again. have
only one basis-ScOtt's first and fondest
attachment, The library scenes where
Frank and hi read Ariosto together
above all, that brief. fearful farewell
spoken In the moonlight-are clearly quito
Geographic. II has been shown, too, that
Franks political creed is SCOTS own:
Jacobitism Offends his judgment while APP
pealng 10 his sentiment. He is no singer
drunk. The same incident happened to
Scott. The Osbaldistones. like the SCOTS.
are a long descended family OF country
gentlemen, and Franks father, like
SCOTS, had been the first to engage in
business. Frank. like Scott. hated the
drudgery Of r commercial life. 1t went
against his grain and so he escaped from
its trammels. Even so, Scott longed TO
be free from the weary round Of purely
mundane affairs and TO occupy instead
the coveted position Of landed proprie-
tor.
An entertaining chapter deals with
Lord Forbes Of Pitsligo the old ia
cobite, who undoubtedly sat for the
portrait OF the Baron of Bradwardine.
He died nine years before the novelist
was born, but his character and ca
reer were on everybody's lips" when
the novelist was a boy. Forbes was
sixty-seven when he took the field
with a hundred men In the rebellion
Of the Forty-ive. When the folly
failed the old man went into hiding on
the countryside with price upon his
head and with every peasant on his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

parties wife and the father-in-law OF
the Marchioness OF Wellesley. Con-
corning Old Mortalitys wanderings
in the determination TO restore the
monuments OF martyred Covenanters,
Mr.. Crockett is less romantic than
Scott He finds that this was not Pat
ersons main work in life. but probably
the employment OF his later days, when
the prosperous tombstone trade OF his
prime had declined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-26

business methods. Contagion in commits
sion government has not meant contagion
I'm the adoption OF efficient business
methods.
Stnl, gains have been made all along
the line The book is a serviceable adj
dition to the literature already avail
able on its subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Preparing for the Convention
of Virginia Postmasters.
SESSIONS OPEN TUESDAY
Funeral Of Louis P. Shuman At
tended by Alexandria Lodge of
Elks-New Deputy Qualities.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

L
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 5, 1912
Arrangements have been completed
for the annual convention Of the Asso-
citation of Virginia Postmasters, which
will meet in this city Tuesday in the
| auditorium of the Elks' Home, and
which will end it's session Thursday
Fully 200 delegates, from every section
of the state, are expected to attend this
| convention.
The session Tuesday will be opened
with an address of welcome by Mayor
Thomas A. Fisher. Responses will be
made by officers of the association
The delegates will be taken on trolley
rides in and around the city, and they
will be shown the places of historical
interest.
The board of directors of the chamber
OF commerce has appointed a committee
to assist in the entertainment of the Wis
itors. This committee will meet this aft
ernoon and confer with the postmaster,
when plans will be definitely decided
upon.
The committee consists of ]. T. Preston
chairman: H. e. Gentry p E. Gift
George I. Burroughs Harry Hammond
John w. May. H. Kirk. jr.: w. w. Bal
lenger, {. r. Yates, " Gillian Jorg and A.
u. Brockett. r. S. Jones, president of the
chamber of commerce, is eX-OfficiO men,
Der of the committee.
Already many members of the associa-
ton have written to Postmaster Eggborn
saying that they will be here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
CONGREGATIONAL.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH CORNER
10th and q SITS. NV. Rev. Samuel Ii. Wood
row. ID. d.. pastor; Rev. LEWIS T.. Purdunl.
assistant pastor-11 AM. public worship. with
sermon fI,l1,, ny the pastor; subject, ARRESTED
quartet and chorus choir; $50 am, Sunday
school: Gao pm. Y. T.. $. C. E.: p.m., IAN
EVENING WITH THE CHOIR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
GOES ON RETIRED LIST.
Rear Admiral Newton E.. Mason
Reaches the Age Limit.

Announcement was made at the NAVY
Department today that Rear Admiral
Newton E. Mason, one of the ordnance
experts of the navy, will be transferred
to the retired list October II, on ac-
count of age. His retirement will not
create vacancy to be filled by promo
ton. He was an extra number, having
been advanced for conspicuous service
in action during the Spanish war. At
that time he was executive officer of
the cruiser Brooklyn. flagship Of the
late Rear Admiral W. S. Schley.
A native of Pennsylvania, he was
graduated from the Naval Academy in
1869. and since then has served in all
parts of the world. He was stationed
at the Washington navy yard, and then
in the bureau of ordnance at the Navy
Department. from 1884 until 1889 He
was in charge of the proving grounds
at Indian Head for three years. from
1893, and was chief of the bureau of
ordnance from 1904 until about a year
ago. when he was compelled to re-
linquish that Office on account of ill
health. Subsequently he was assigned
to duty in this city as a member of
the general board, and is still so en-
pIoyed.
During his forty three years Of service
in the navy he spent nearly nineteen
years at sea. relinquishing command of
the cruiser Cincinnati in 1902