The Washington herald., 1912-01-31
SOME VERY REMARKABLE
CONDOLENCES IN HISTORY

bar at Delhi almost simultaneously with
the wreck Of the Peninsnlar and Oriental
liner Delhi near Tangier on the coast
OF Morocco, when the British princess
royal and her husband, TIE Duke Of
Fife, and their daughters. had a narrow
escape from drowning. On the day OF
the stranding OF the steamship Delhi,
the city OF Delhi was made the capital
OF India. There apparently are more
things In heaven and ON earth than are
dreamed Of in our philosophy" Is there
any occult Influence upon future careers
In the name given man, or a woman.
or ship, or a city? do not mean TO
discuss H. for this Is not the place for II.
but there have been some very strange
coiucidences, and these am about to
relate:
The Russian czarewttch was born
within two days OF the time when the
Russian battle ship Czarewitch had her
disastrous battle with Togo's feet in
the Straits Sushina. OF the coast Of
Japan.
On the very day that the present
Queen OF Spain. the niece Of the late
King Edward, was married. tniy be-
longing 70 the King, bearing the same
name, Victoria, won him his first race OF
the year. On the day Lord salisbury
died a vessel called Lord Salisbury
was posted as lost by Lloyd's. The death
OF one OF the aunts OF King George,
Princess Alice, came within a short time
OF the fatal accident TO the ship Prin-
cess Alice in the Thames River.
Multitudes OF well-known persons have
died or have been brought into proml-
nence by some great occurrence, without
anything happening 70 their namesakes,
but, on the other hand, the condolences
may have happened without becoming
known publicly. Chance may explain the
most extraordinary similarities, but III
does not always explain cases where such
similarity has been two or three fold.
Take the Humbert case. The Paris
Figaro during the Humbert trial. dis
covered a play in which the principal
character was a Therese Humbert Uhe
same Christian name and surname as the
enbezzIer); the plot revealed the palace
OF the ruined proprietress. which was
sold: there were shown piles of dos
siers," and a wealthy nobleman Is intro
duced into the house very much ike
Nine, Humbert's Mr.. Crawford" Yet
this play was produced in public thirty
years before the Humbert fraud was per-
petrated.
Quite as remarkable was a play SUBJ
mitted to a London theatrical manager
eight months before the Goudie bank
fraud. II forestalled the actual events
OF that In four particulars: Cd the rob-
bing OF bank for the sake Of gambling
debts. CD a pugilist named Burge, CD a
character named Marks, and 90 a Jockey
named Kelly. How many millions or
triIlions OF odds against such a comoina-
ton?
Most people remember the Hickman
poisoning case A doctor called Sophia |
Hickman disappeared years ago from a
hospital and was found poisoned in a |
wood some days later. The Law Jour |
nal found that thirty-seven years be- |
fore a lady had vanished In a very SINH |
lar way and was never seen again. This |
lady's name was also Sophia Hickman.
No wonder the superstitious gambler |
rushes to back the number or name |
which Is in some way forced on his no
tice. The rece course has supplied Us |
with curious condolences. A horse called |
Togo beat Big Gun almost at the hour
that Admiral Togo was defeating the
Russian feet outside Port Arthur. and
another called Stolen Jewel won a race
at Hurst Park within twenty-four hours /
Of one OF the most sensational jewel
OF recent years. When MIR. i
Chaplin, the former minister. lost his
seat in the House, the same day horse
named Cnapnn lOst race.
The French senatorial committee to
report on the Frsnco-German accord"
N the Morocco AFFAIR, which brought |
about the row ending with the resIgna-
ion OF the Foreign Minister de Selves
because he could not see his way clear
10 corroborate the word of honor passed
,y his chief. Premier Caillaux, and the
L. Ill
he main, Of past foreign and prime min
sters. Clemenceau is there as the for
ner chief of Pichon. who was the first
o throw the ball at Casablanca, that
.ver since has kept on rolling, and, un-
Ter BRAND. the author Of the accord
u 1soe-the now historic blind alley"
was chosen because he is from
lorraine, now under German rule. Be
Sides, he Is good at seizing points rapidly
md unraveling tangles.
Pichon ranks as an experienced au-
hority on foreign affairs. Ribot. Bur-
,eois, and Freycinet were both prime
md foreign ministers. Develle (also a
Iorrainer), was only foreign minister.
That was IN 1888, when Lord Dunerin
,ublicly complained Of his inefhciency
nd that he had to teach him his busi-
less"
No wonder the members OF that COM
nittee prIcled their ears as de Selves
cad to them the account Of Ambassa-
or Cambon's talk with the German for
ign secretary, Herr Won Kinderlen-
yRecheter. at Kissingen, and especially
he passage In which the latter men,
ioned the port Of Mogador as an accept
BILE offering to Germany. to which CAM
on replied: I'll ne peut en- etre question.
peut chercher ailleurs." Foincare In
errupted the reading with the query:
What does 'ailleurs' mean. Why was II [
sed BY CamboR?"
De Selves. the foreign minister and Am
assador Cambon's chief. told the COM
littee that ''he didn't know" Caillaux
prang up and declared It did not refer |
D the Congo" This is the scene that ,
ID to the question, put to de Selves.
'hether he was ready to confirm HIS !
alef who had passed his word Of honor
. to its correctness. De Selves replied ]
lat his duty 10 his country compelled I
i'm to say nothing" and that II press !
j, his conscience would urge him to 4
ay -no."-Tableau!
Nobody let on that the words might {
afer TO Indo-China and perhaps to NADIA :
asear. though some members Of the
ommittee ought to have known that :
ersion. In the lobby Of the chamber II
ad been no secret for months that
lch compensation" was under consid-
ration and that the Eastern tour OF
he German crown prince was mot un-
elated" to IT,
This also recalls a conversation that
,ok place In the chamber the day Albert
arraut was appointed governor OF Indo-
hina. One of the men engaged In II.
'eing N. Delcasse, stopped him and re-