The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-04
FALLIERES DID NOT
RECEIVE USUAL HONOR

OAL HUNK
ments OF Emperor William H.. in con- |
nection with the impending celebration
OF the silver jubilee of his accession. |
have l seen any reference 10 the alto |
gcther phenomenal development of in. |
land navigation in Germany. due al |
most entirely to his initiative and
active reimbursement. That. too. in
the face of the determined opposition
OF the conservative agricultural Gle
ment In German politics, which natur-
ally realized that By bringing foreign
ioedstufs into the interior of the en-
pire by meas of such cheap transpor-
tatloh as Taser. the prices for their
crops would be kept down.
Karlsruhe. for instance. the canital
or Baden. is situated almost In the
centre OF the empire, hundreds of miles
away from the sea. Yet, thanks to tho
extraordinary network of canals and
now navigable rivers which criss-cross
Germany in every direction. it is able
TO rank as port, from which near
5000 vessels. of tonnage Of over
lioo.ooo. entered and cleared last year.
mat is to say. nearly twice tho show
Ing OF San francisco The navirahIe
waterways of Germany are in the
nelshoorhood of 10000 miles. and are
not only OF enormous economic value
put also OF great strategic Importance.
After having compounded the various
perpetual pensions. or rather annuities
granted by the First Napoleon to his
most brilliant generals and statesmen
Tor the purpose of enabling them and
their heirs TO maintain with befttinw
dignity the ducal, pr:ncely and other
nooiliary titles with which he had
rewarded them, the French govern
ment Is now investigating the pensions
granted a 5 recently as in 1851 to tho
victims of Napoleon Ills sanguinary
coup d'etat. by means OF which h.
secured possession OF the throne in
1851 80
When the proposal was first made to
indemnify these victims. il was intend
ed to limit the annuities to the actual
suHerers, whose fortunes had been
ruined, or whose health had been
! broken by the hardships which they
underwent as prisoners OF state thirty
years previously. But before the mea
sure became law, II had been so cx-
tended to take In the children and
even grandchildren of the victims. and
IL Is hardly necessary for me to add
tnat, as In other instances of mem
sions. the list OF annuitants far from
uecreasing grows in size every wear
so that although there were barely
200 persons for whom the annuities
We're originally intended. the list of
pensioners is now in the neighborhood
or 1000, and this too In spite Of the
| fact that siXty-two years have elanaad
since the coup detat.
The incident, however which has ,ed
TO a demand for the reform OF tho
ABUSES In connection Herewith. is the
extraordinary case of prominent
well-to-do citizen OF Toulouse. who at
the time of the coup detat happened
TO have gone of on a three weeks
TRIP to switzerland with q lady OF mora
than questionable character, leaving
his wife and children at home He
would not have been molested by the
new government of Napoleon III had
he remained quietly at home. But he
was delighted to be able to avail him
SELF OF the coup d'etat in order 10
notify his wife that he had been
Obliged TO fee. in order to escape tho
Emperor's myrmidons. and deportation
10 that so deadly penal colony OF
CAYENNE He urged his wife at the
same time TO remain quietly at TouI-
ouse. and to take charge of his affairs
until he had been able to make his
peace with the government, so as to
admit of his return
ABOUT a year later there was an am
h"stE OF political offenders, on the
strength OF which he quietly returned
home To his wife and family at Toni
ouSe. and although ne had never been
interfered with in any way by the
nohce, ever afterwards posed as one
OF the victims OF the coup d'etat. He
Is long since dead But on the strength
though they inherited from him a very
com fortable fortune. and are in the
best OF health and vigor, secured their
inscription on the list of the pensioners
of the national treasury. as orphans"
OF victim OF the coup d'etat Their
success in obtaining these annuities
| speaks volumes for the cleverness OF
the pension agent whom they en-
pioyed.
Miss Cecilia Lennon, who has just
| been adjudicated as bankrupt in Lon
don. with heavy liabilities. and infni-
tesimal assets, ruined. according to
her own admission. by unfortunate
Stock Exchange specuIations and
| financial enterprises into which she
embarked on the strength of tips from
Friends" acting touts for stock
! brokers and promoters. is great
! granddaughter of the fourth Duke Of
! Richmond. and daughter of the late
! General Sir Wlbraham Lennon, who
| was one of the first to win the Vie
/ toria Cross. as subaltern in the
! Crmea. and who died as director-gen-
! eral of military education in England
! 1t is only fair to her relatives to
| add that her mother, now dead. who
! succeeded TO the Sinclair estates. on
, thY death OF her brother, Sir Robert
! Sinclair Lockhart. ninth bnronet of his
line. and also her brother. Cecil Len
noN Sinclair, the present owner OF the