The Washington herald., 1913-08-31


Once more a high military officer ha
sold his honor in order TO satisfy tn
demands Of a lair temptress. who be
1 trayed him as a traitor
A great sensation has been caused II
Milan military and social circles by tn,
arrest Of Count Morozzo Della Rocca
commentators Of the Crown of Italy ant
former head of the barrack department
at the Minister of War in Rome, OF
a charge OF selling Italian military Sc
crets to Austria relative to fortifications
| now pun patterns, and plans OF mobilf
| zatlon The Ministry OF War for thi
last three months had the count under
observation, and lately. it is alleged, q
succeeded in seizing on the Vienna eX
press evidence Of his guilt
| The authorities raided the counts villa
near Ravenna, entering by the windows
with revolvers pointed. Search and ex.
\ animation of documents lasted until
night. As usual there is temptress In
the case In the person of the counts
mistress, a beautiful Austrian adven,
\ turess! who cultivated his acquaintance
IN Rome for the purpose Of espionage
/ Count Morocco is a married man with
| four sons, holding government posts, and
two daughters, one OF whom, named
Elena, a girl student at Rome Univer-
stty, is said to have acted as intermedi-
ary for discriminating correspondence ar
riving in Austria. ~
Morozzo had a somewhat romantic ca
reer. He married the daughter of a
small innkeeper, and attracted public At
tention in 1906 by attempting to shoot
himself through the heart. He is a fine
linguist. and animated by great ambi-
tions. He was dismissed from his post
two years ago for conduct unbecoming
an officer. Although the accused is said
to have received large sums of money
for his acts of alleged high treason, he is
heavily in debt.
The Museum. of the British Royal
United Service Institution has on exhi-
bition the baton OF Admiral Of the Fleet
William Peere Williams-Freeman. who
was born in 17i2 and died In ISS2 So far
as can be ascertained, only seven of
these batons were ever bestowed. They
appear to have been the personal gift
OF the King, and were conferred. among
others. upon the Duke OF Clarence CWill-
lam lV), in 1929, the Earl OF ST Vincent
Ito whom George " sent a baton of
heavy gold mounting in l92), Lord
Gambler in 1892, and the Duke of Sake
Coburg and Gotha Duke of Edinburgh.
who received a baton from Queen Vic
NOl Id Oll June 1881, on the occasion OF
her diamond Jubilee.
Freeman was made admiral In 1850.
three days after the accession Of Will
lam ". the King then sending him as a
special compliment the baton which had
been presented to himself by George ",
the one now TO be seen at the Royal
United Service Museum. After Free
mans death. his grandson applied to
know the Kings pleasure as to the re-
turn of the baton. The King decided that
II should be retained by the family as q
memorial OF the late admirars long
service and in proof Of the estimation
in which his character was held by his
sovereign and his brother officer. II Is
now in possession Of the Rev. L. p.
Williams Freeman.
The baton resembles the baton of the
British field marshal, except that the
stan is blue, whereas the staff OF the
held marshars baton is crimson.
A telescope, which belonged to Capt.
James Cook. the world circumna visator.
during his last voyage. has been pre-
sented to the museum II was given by
Capt. Cook to Lieut.. George Gilbert. OF
the British ship Discovery. The officer
died shortly after the return OF the ex-
pedition, and the telescope became the
property of his father. Lieut. Joseph Gil
bert, master of the ship Resolution II
then passed to his granddaughter. Emma,
wife of DIR. James Doran. and from her
TO Mr.. Alban Doran.
Peace has been concluded betveen
Roumania and Bulgaria BY the treaty
of Bucharest the former secures a con-
siderable accession OF territory south Of
the Danube, including the strong fortress
of Silistria on that river and the port Of
Baltjik on the EuXine. This is in COM
for part OF Bessarabia and the
(kilia) mouth of the Danube taken from
Roumania by Russia in 1873 Bucharest
thus is to have an approach TO navigable
salt water by a shorter route than at
present over the fever-laden marshes Of
the Dobrudscha.
Bulgaria's new frontier toward Servia
follows the watershed to the west OF the
Struma River to the town of Strunitza.
In the main, this line concurs with the
eastern boundary OF the Vilayet of Mon
astir, all OF which, 1t would seem, falls
to Servia.
Greece gets practically the whole Of
together with the ports of