The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

sums OF money to encourage assertions
from the Russian and Bulgarian armies
not that few thousand soldiers would
make any difference IL ever war broke out
Rumania certainly is not acting alone in
this matter. Undoubtedly, she has an
arrangement with Austria, whereby she
passes to the latter products of her de
sertion Office
Such an Office actually exists. There is
in the home Office, at Bucharest, a special
department. to which deserters are
brought. Here officers of the political
department of the Secretary of State
closely cross-examine the deserteres con-
corning the ornaments and other matters
relating to the corps which they have
left. 1t is a cheap form of espionage,
and the men from whom the information
is obtained are more often stupid than
towards After cross-examination, the
deserters are taken to a shop. where they
are given civilian clothing in exchange
for their uniforms. Finally they are
given railroad ticket to Vienna and 81
pocket money. On arrival in the Austrian
capital. work is found for the men. One
office dealt, on an average, with twenty
men day. If it should chance that the
deserters are genuine patriots, they fare
far differently. One day last winter two
smart-looking young fellows were brought
into the office. In reply to questions
they said they were Russians but their
family were of Bulgarian origin, so they
had deserted in order that they might
fight for thir mother country. Two ex-
amining officers endeavored to turn them
from the purpose. and told them that
what they wanted to do was pure folly.
as Bulgaria was in sorry plight and
the nation on the verge Of a collapse.
The two young fellows declined to give:
for two months they had been on the
tramp on their way to Bulgaria, and were
anxious to leave Bucharest for the battle
fields at the earlist possible moment.
They were placed under arrest.
Nine. SteinheiI and the murder of her
husband. of which she was accused, but
finally acquitted, are again the fore
most topic of the Paris Chroniaue
Scandaleuse Grand Duke Alexis of Rus
STA. an uncle of Car Nicholas and chief
admiral of the Muscovite navy until
after its destruction by Togo in the
Straits of Yushima. now Is openly de-
clared to have killed Mr.. Steinheil, also
to have been-quite uninten tionally-the
cause of the death of Nine. Japy, the
mother OF Nine SteinheiL This explana-
ton of the double murder really has
been whispered about for years, but now
it has openly and bodily come forward
before the French public
According to the current account of the
double tragedy. now in everybody's
mouth in Paris, the grand duke, who Is
| in disgrace since the Japanese war, but
leading the life of a Sybarite in the gay
| capital by the Seine. to forget his cares
was enjoying a midnight supper with
| the fascinating Nine. Steinheil, which re-
| suited in a quarrel with her husband,
and when the latter suddenly and I'M
/ expectedly came upon the scene. He was
seized by the throat by the grand duke.
| who did not realize that the attack would
prove fatal The noise of the struggle
awoke Nine. Japy, the invalid mother,
! who entered the room. and seeing her
son-in-law dead upon the floor and the
| horror-struck faces of the grand duke
| and her daughter, fell dead of heart
! failure
| 1t is said that il was the grand duke
| who devised the plan of making il ap-
pear that the crime had been perpetrat-
! ed by robbers. Cords were knotted about
! the necks of Mr. Steinheil and Nine,
/ Japy, while Nine. Steinheil herself was
tied hand and foot to her bed. The ac-
count which the latter gave of the whole
matter, with view of clearing herself
has become well known through the ia
nous trial of the woman at Paris. for the
double murder which led to her acquittal,
as some maintained at the time. owing
mainly to the fact that she had been
ON very intimate terms with President
Faure and could reveal more of the Sc
cret diplomacy and policy of the French
/ Republic than would have been good
/ for the peace of the country.
FLANEUR