Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-27
NEWS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES

presented to Queen Victoria. The
Timur was later packed up with 9th
er Jewels and taken TO London for the
great exhibition OF 1851. At the close
Of the exhibition the ruby was pre-
sented to the queen by the court Of
directors of the East India company,
since which time it has been one Of
the crown Jewels.
During a conference Of the Societies
for the Relief OF Foreigners in Dis
/ tress held at the Mansion house, the
lord mayor declared that he was in
cltned to agree with the American
critics of England who asserted that
there were too many charitable soci-
eties In this country. He was almost
disposed to think that there was one
society very much missing in London
and he would ike to give il the name
Of the Society Of Education in Indus
try and Thrift The two qualities
were scarcely known among the pro-
letariat of this country; otherwise
they would scarcely need the work of
the numerous societies formed and
managed for the relief of people who
did not help themselves.
The annual report of the British
sugar beet council shows that the
raising of sugar beets in England has
passed the experimental stage. The
greatest advance reported by the coun-
ell was the establishment of factory
at Norfolk There the farmers will be
able to test their beets and those who
have not yet planted their lands will
! be given instruction.
The members OF the council are con-
| vinced that the industry will soon be
placed on a sound financial basis with
out any assistance from the develop
ment fund, which could not be drawn
! upon because the international sugar
convention prohibits subsidies or
grants of any kind by the government
for an undertaking planned to produce
sugar for commercial purposes.
The collection of bones, the remains
of at least 1000 people. in the crypt
OF Rothwell church, near Kettering,
| Northhamptonshire, has been rear
ranged and placed on shelves, to save
| them from decay by damp.
The crypt containing the remains
was accidentally uncovered by work
men some 200 years ago. Many sug.
| gestions have been ventured as to the
origin Of the bones, among them that
/ they mark a monastic burial place, or
! that they were the skeletons of the
victims of plague. or that the bones
are those of the slain at the battle of
/ Naseby: A recent theory is that the
remains are the bones OF villagers
/ buried in the l4th and 18th centuries.
/ Berlin-Martin Luther's famous let
/ ter of explanation TO Charles V, saved
to Germany by the generosity of ].
/ Pierpont Morgan. is 70 find a place
| in the Luther Hall at Wittenberg upon
a pedestal presented by the emperor
/ The commission 10 make this pedestal
/ has just been given to the sculptor
/ Paul Juckoff II is TO be Of light lime,
stone in late Gothic style Mr.. Nor.
gans representative bought the letter
! for a trifle more than $4,000 at a
/ Leipsig autograph sale last May, and
the financier promptly presented ii to
| the German emperor. The letter
which Emperor William valued so
highly was written by Luther on his
return from the Diet of Worms in
1921. It describes the proceedings OF
the diet and defends the writers
course there. Charles V never saw the
letter, according TO a note written
thereon by that monarch's archivist
setting forth that nobody had dared
show il 10 the emperor.
The sweeping victory of the Ameri
can yachts in the international son,
derclass" races at the Kiel regatta
last year is revolutionizing conditions
in the German sonder-class feet
Among the yachtsmen who are having
new yachts built on the admittedly
superior lines of the American boats
with which the American designers
beat the German constructors in their
own waters, the German imperial fam
lily is well represented The crown
prince, the most enterprising sailor
Of the family, who had allowed his in
terest in the sport 10 wane for a year
or two, is having a yacht built in
Hamburg. which will soon be ready for
its trial trips. Prince Henry of Prus
STA, brother Of the emperor. is again
co-owner of this years "Tilly." whose
predecessor was one Of the German
representatives. last year, and Prince
Eitel Fritz, a younger brother of the
crown prince, is also having a yacht
built
The government sees no objection
TO the Introduction OF a tax on cats, II