The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-17
LONDON NEWS LETTER

@o"J . LIlA4lAlCLiL- Od115GL VA .NJ1AS
out and the present Emperor Nicholas
is likely to be the last of the Roman
offs to occupy the imperial th-one, &C
cording to a writer in Free Russia, a
newspaper appearing here. He says:
"The young Alexis, the emperor's
only son, Is suffering from an incura-
BILE disease-tuberculosis Of the bones,
it is said-and can only be kept alive
"a few months longer. The emperor
himself has become the victim of fits
Of melancholy. His consort, the unfor-
tunate empress, is still suffering acute
ly from a complete nervous break
down. The question arises, therefore,
who will be the heir to Nicholas the
Second, or will he be the last Of the
autocrats Of Russia? The daughters
of Nicholas cannot ascend the throne
because Paul I, who hated his august
mother, Catherine the Great, made a
law whereby 1t became impossible for
a woman to reign in Russia. There
fore, in case Of the demise Of Nicholas
II, the throne should fall to his broth
err Michael. But this is hardly posi-
BILE, since he has renowned all his
rights and has married morganatical-
ly a Russian lady with whom he lives
very happily far from court intrigues."
The writer then discusses the grand
dukes, but finds insuperable objections
to all Of them.
Miss ,Christabel Pankhurst, who d.
reefs from her exile in Paris, the cam
paign of the militant suffragettes in
England, is after all only a recent re-
cruit to m~ilitancy, a. time is measured
in politics in England. Somebody has
been turning UP speeches made by
Miss Pankhurst no longer g than
1905, and it is found she ranged her
self then against the advocates of mil
itancy. It was at a conference or the
independent labor party, at which
Miss Pankhurst was a delegate, n a
resolution had been brought forward
extending sympathy to the citizens
of East Ham in their refusal to ad-
minister the education act on account
Of the unfair incidence Of the rate"
There were speeches for and against
the resolution and then Miss Pank-
hurst, while in sympathy with the
resolution, was of opinion that 1t
would be safer to use constitutional
means.
The latest step in the new campaign
which the non-militant s~uffragists
will wage this winter in the British
Isles, is the formation of an alliance
with the Church of England. The
new alliance starts working with the
blessings of six bishops and efforts
will be made to get a formal pro-
nouncement from the church Of its
attitude towards the question of
equal suffrage.
The Little Commonwealth, organic
ed here by George Montagu Ga former
member of parliament, whose wife
was Miss Alberta Sturgess,. Of New
v@-JN -FI~, 11ncn study M the
George Junior Republic at Freevillei
N. Y, is now in successful operation
on an old estate donated for. the pur-
pose in Dorset. Only thirteen boys
and girls are in residence, but more
will be taken as soon as the necessary
cottages can be completed. The citi-
zens are secured from among juvenile
offenders appearing before various
courts throughout the country, who
are given the choice of Joining the
commonwealth or going to the reform
school. ..
The system Of self-government is
working smoothly. The most excit-
ing criminal case in the brief history of
the commonwealth arose when two
boys ran away They. were captured
and placed on trial before a court
| composed of an 11-year-old boy and a
| mixed jury Of boys and girls. Found
guilty, the runaways were sentenced
to be treated as babies since they had
not shown the sound Judgment requir-
ed, of citizens of the commonwealth,
Two boys were appointed nurses and
the, culprits were fed on bottles and
bathed more in one day than they had
ever been in their brief lives before.
After two days of this treatment the
criminals begged for mercy, ,promis-
ing to be model citizens in the future.
1t would seem hat London is be-
| coming a gayer city from the list OF
applications for music, dancing and
stage play licenses which the London
City council will deal with at the an
nual licensing meeting. The ,applica-
tons reach. nearly 900, indicating that
there, is. one license for every $500
persons. Moving pictures, of course,
made the figures so large. More sub
| urban theatres, however, are applying
for music hall licenses, showing that
something with more variety than the
| ordinary legitimate performance Is re-
| ouired to compete with the movies"
There are also many applications for
| music and dancing licenses for West
| End hotels and restaurants, where the
| tango teas and ragtime concerts are
still in favor.
The pushcart. vendors of the East
End district Of Whitechapel are look
ing forward to representation in the
house OF commons by one Of them
| selves. The constituency is repre-
! scented by Sir Stuart Samuel, a liberal,
| who. it is expected, will be given a
| peerage before the next general cleo
ton. The costermongers, as the street
| vendors are called here, intend to take
| advantage of this to nominate a can
| didate of their own, who will be indie
pendent Of both great parties, AND
| will particularly look after their inter
| ests.
John Raphael-"brother Jack Ra-
phael"-as he is a~ffectionately called
! the honorary secretary of the White
| chapel and Spitalfields .Costermongers
and Street Sellers union, is mentioned
He is q man Of pronounced views and
strong personality. He mas always
| taken a prominent part in the poll
! tics Of his district, and has been
| supporter of the liberal candidates
| so that if he is chosen. the liberals are
| likely to support him. His union il
! the dominating factor in the situation
and the members have promised thai
If Brother jack consents to stand
| substantial financial support will b.
| Forthcoming and that any number Of
| donkey barrows and pony carts will
be available on polling day to take
voters to the booths.
Hitchcock of Nebraska.
New york World: This is the sena.
tor who tried to lumber up the tariff
bill with unrelated matter, and Whc