The Washington herald., 1912-06-09


( laIse" now is German territory. That
song dates from April a. 1872 when
Rouget de Lisle. then in garrison at
Strasburg as captain OF engineers, com
posed il in response TO a request OF the
Mayor Of that city. II was printed under
the title Of Chant de Guerre pour TArmee
du RhIn." It owes its present title to the
volunteers from Marseilles. who sang Il
as they marched upon Paris.
Like the "Marseillalsc. the British an
them also has suffered from unwarran'ed
additions. In an old HannOverian music
book found the following verse Of the
song God Save the King
God save great Gc~rEr. our king;
Long live noble king.
God save the kUE-
send Us roast besf store;
II its done seDi more -
Aud the key TO the cellar door:
That We may drEk.
Perhaps the compiler regarded the dar-
ing Of the last rhyme as an evidence OF
authenticity
This recalls one OF the many inventions
that came to England from India. Dur
ing Lord kitCheuer's term as commander
iH-Chief the Ameer Of AfEhauistan paid
his state visit TO India. The government
desiring TO do him special honor decided
that the reEimentaI band must salute him
prolonged search failed TO discover any
thing remotely resembling an Afghan ma
tiOnaI anthem. and aE'tatrd officials ap-
peaIed to Lord Kitchener.
What does i matter,' ne replied
Play a few bars Of anything and no
body will be any the wiser or the
worse"
The officials We're rather shocked at
such Ievity. hut it seemed the only way
out of the difficulty. so everywhere the
Ameer went he was salUted with the
first few bars OF a slow march from
"Scip!o" and all united In prais.ng the
beauty and dignity Of III" Afghan ma
tionaI anthem.
The Andre Palas in Paris. with its
art collection and the 2aooo francs
year that will remain. after all expenses
Of administration and eNactions OF the
national treasury are met. were dearly
enough bought by the Institute OF
France. because its prestige must suffer
severely from the fact that il sent a
delegation Of each OF its academies to
the funeral one can read a great deal
IN certain Democratic papers Of Paris
the Canaille among the aristOcracy. the
citizens and the capitalists. Perhaps the
Andre funeral will suggest to these
papers also the "Cara.lle Savante."
What a pity that at the meeting held
to receive the official communication OF
Madame Andres will some Greek scholar
did not remind them how the city OF
Athens. though in debt and greatly dis
tressed for money. rejected the offer Of
Phryne TO rebuild the shattered walls
out OF her earnings,
The public prints mentioned the Comte
de Pourtales. Baron Neufiize, Louis Mon
n!er, and Baron de Waldner as rela
tives Of the defunCt and chief mourn
ers. Their kinship was with NJ Andre.
and il may be added that they appeared
rather shy and out Of place at the
funeral for maguates used to holding
their heads high. At any rate, not
single Andre was present at the Obse-
quIes The auster.ty of their principles.
conservative in the true sense, forbade
IT, It Is well known that the Andre for
tune came from the wife, and il is no
secret as to how she came by her
riches The Institute OF France, despite
the urgent need Of endowments, would
have acted wiser TO decline the gift. 1t
does in a manner remind OF Phryne and
her attempt at whitewash OF her soul
and conscience.
And so. after all. aged Franz Josef Of.
Austria has objected to having NJ Desh-
anal for French envoy at his Court Of
the Hofburg and has thus nipped this
energetic diplomats ambition in the bud.
Premier Poincare's decision to give NJ.
Deshanal twenty-four hours to reflect
over the offer to him OF the French En-
bassy in Vienna was purposely made
public. in order to give him a chance to
save his face" and then to decline in
STYLE The Emperor objected to French
politician whose faCile and highly cult
waited eloQuenCe might prove a source
OF difficulty to the Austrian foreign min
lister. Franz Josef dislikes politicians,
and never more so than when they come
to him in the character OF an ambas-
sado..
I dare say he is right when he says that
such embassies become the rendezvous
Of politicians OF his own dOminiOns. In
obiecting to a politician, though he can
dance and is up to every social degree,
the Emperor also objects 10 "a free
/ thinker, who, however, consented as
! preliminary to marriage to obtain billet
| de confession and to go through all the
marriage rites the Catholic Church pre-
| scribes.
N. Dumaine. who obtains the much
coverted embassy, is rather clerical.
dry stick, elderly, and gave satisfaction
to the French fnancists and company
/ fioaters when Minister in Mexico, with
out ceasing to be a staid, correct official
| As Mexico is a name Of fear to the
| Emperor, who connects II with the trag-
edy OF Queretaro, where his brother,
Macmillan, was assasslnated by the
! same Mexicans who but a short while