The chronicle=news., 1913-03-01


when the police came upon the scene
ana took II hand in the game. TIL.
Upper the ydiscovorcd was Il street
NJ usiclan and no; u genuine Scotch
piper. Street musicians In London
are allowed to play only during GER
tain hours. and then only on streets
wher. the residents do not object 10
their music.
Roland Harvey. secretary Of tho
American legation at Santiago, GILL,
Will" In London this week OH his
way home. declared that no cOuntry
IL looking forward with greater an
ticipation TO the opening Of tn. Pan
ana Canal than chill. The shifting
OF trade routes which will follow
the ocpninK of tn" canal IL being SER
iously considered by shipping and
kindred business interests. and plans
are already being mad. In chill for
dirco, steamship service to New
York via tn. canal.
| viannr. Austria. March, LENT
brings to II close what Is probaOiy
the dullcst carnival season Vienna
has even seen. There has not been
n single court feS'ivity OF any kind.
'Hf urutI bublIt bilIs nave WITHOUT
exception been d!Smal failures, nnd
there has been practically nc, privnt.
Entertaining. Til" balkan war and
the uncertainty Of the International
situation have paralyzed trad. ad
industry Throughout the dual mon
archy. and the complete. failure or
| tn. carnival season has brought
bankruptcy to many NIenn'sc store
| keepers.
Al til. h. ginning OF ii,. season |,
was hoped that thcr" might BE- some
Oh" court function. II not "a court
ball. then ut least Of soirc.. hut
| everything was against II. Al
leivhiy-two years OF age tn. emperor
! finds IL impOssibl. to stand tn. straiu
OF tedious court ceremonial, and his
doctors pcr.mpioril, forbad. hi-
taking any risks. His nephew and
heir. Archduk. Francis Ferdiunrd.
could easily represent him. but be-
Ing dissatisficd with the position
| that court etiquette requires his
morsanntic wife. Princess iIohcn-
berg. to assum. tn" Arcidukc steadily
refuses TO take part In any ccrcmon-
inls ut the tofburg IN which women
Join. The leading archduchcss ut
court. Zita. wife OF the next heir 10
the throne. ArChdukc Francis Jose ph
IL only twenty: too young TO preside
nt imposing state ceremonies. und.
furthermore. shc recently became
| mother. presenting her husband with
son. who Stands third In the sue
ccssion TO the imperial crown. And
In other households OF members OF
the imperial family there were var.
icus rcasonx nguiHFt Joining In court
festivities this year. so that In the
end I; was found impossible to ar
range even so much IN u concert.
The mobilization ruined the pub.
Tic balls. Apart from the GnorMous
cxpcnsc II entaiiad and the loss OF
business. IL has ,takcI thousan ands Of
ncn away from the capital. cspcc.
lslly u large number of officers who
are the life and soul Of dances In
Vienna. Recognizing the necessity
or doing something to help the store
keepers. who had no Christmas trade
ut all unusual efforts were made to
ensure the success Of these public
gatherings. But II was useless. The
male guests were lacking. and tn.
balls fell fiat. At one OF the most
| important OF the whole season there
were not enough persons present to
form the lines through which distin-
Suishcd visitors are led from tn. en-.
| trance to the dais at the top OF the
bail room.
The death OF the aged Archdukc
| Raincr. Just ten days before the end
Of the carnival season. caused u gen.
cral abandon ,nsnt of public fcstlyt-
ties. Secretly the committees OF the
balls thus given up rcj0iccd. for II
saved them from very cmbarruss-
. Ing situation. since there was not
the slightest hope of any of the
| functions att0ining even q passablc
, measure OF success.
And now that the social season is
! finally ended and with IL all hopcs
OF the trading classes rscourins
themselves for the worst Christmas
trade In many years. 1, Is feared tha,
| many bankruptcies will be recorded.
! The January figures OF insolvcucies
are the highest since the panic Of
1873. especially in the dry goods
branches. Wholesale houses Of many
years standing are hard pressed TO
meet their engagements. and retail
firms are in equally bad plight.
Everybody is complaining that there
: Is no money TO be got. aud collect
ors are going around begging Gus
tomercs to pay debts so trifltnE that
In ordinary times the firms would
have waited months before applying
| FOR payment.
| News has come here from ST.
Petersburg and Russian towns along
the Austrian border. showing that
Russian newspaper readers are daily
pcrturbed by war alarms. due to the
critical situation in the Balkans and
the difficulties In Austro- Russian
relations. Many Russian papers are
L.. y.
tst rcDorts from towns along the
Austrian frontier. Mysterious zero.
plsnes and airshtps. always cau'p-
ped with Il high-power searchlight.
have II habit Of appearing nightly,
turning their searchlights upon the
lefty halls. ralroad stations and other
buildings and then disappearing IN
the direction of Austria or Rounian-
Ia. Or band Of Austrian or Ger