Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-01
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the target for much cfltlctsm, anu ne
has unquestionably made some mis-
takes, but review of his five years
of work shows that he has accom-
plished as much, If not more. than
any other chancellor since Bismarck.
The adoption of the greatest arna-
sment bill known In the empire MS
tory by Reichstak with more than I'D
Socialists and an anti-government
majority Is in part to be credited 70
the chancellor. His services for
peace in 1911, when the Prussian
jingoes and the Crown Prince were
for war with France, are aeknoWi-
edged, and the growth of better I'M
derstanding between Germany and
Great Britain Is in no small degree
his work His course has won for
him general respect, although ne has
few warm political friends.
Germany's recently completed bat
tleship cruiser Seydlitz has developed
SO, 73S propeller horsepower on It's OF
ficial trials. This is the highest
horsepower developed by any battle-
ship with turbines in the world. The
Seydlitz registered an average speed
exceeding Is knots per hour, whicn
gives her rank with the armored
cruisers Moltke and Goeben. Tne DAY
of the turbine cruiser of 100, 600 horse
many has thus far increased the
horsepower of such vessels with every
successive one. The Won der Iann'
the first, had 1892, and the figure mas
risen steadily.
LONDON, Aug. 1.--Women menu
bers of the Anglican Church nave
been given the vote on equal terms
with men in church affairs. and VIII
also be admitted as lay represents
tives on parochial church counclis,
according to a decision reached at the
annual meeting of the representative
church council.
The vote was lss to 30. Those for
the change were % bishops. 80 clergy
and 76 laity; those against, BISHOPS
is clergy and 70 laity.
The militant suffragettes' reply 10
this concession was an attempt TO
break up the meeting and a demand
that the council should drop all other
business and devote It's attention to
securing the release of women VINO
are undergoing imprisonment Tor
burning churches and destroying arr
treasures.
The Dean of Canterbury was the
most insstent opponent OF the en-
franchisement of women in church
affairs. In the matter Of public az
fairs he was entirely of the opinion
of Pericles, 1.-THE less women said the
better"
Another opening for women Is to
to be discussed at the International
Penltentiary Congress to be held In
London next year. Leading authori-
ties in the countries which are to send
representatives to the congress have
been asked to report on the policy of
the employment of women in the serv-
ices of the police and the influence
on crime of the publication of OBJ
jectionable matters by pictures or
otherwise.
Sir Ernest Shackleton and the men
who are to accompany him on his
South Polar trip have undergone
regular course of training to prepare
them for the long and hard walk
across the Antarctic continent.
Sir Ernest says: Zones only chance
is to be hard and springy- begin
every day by boxing with one of the
members of the expedition. We go
at each other hard, and a shower bath
after this exercise sends me to my
office feeling full of energy.
THE most important thing, be-
L
have been on the water wagon for
months, and shall not touch alcohol
again until come back from the Ant
arctic. When I go out to lunch or
dinner I have to sit half the time
watching other people eat. I do not
follow any regular diet OF course,
l avoid rich foods which tax the di-
gestive powers, but otherwise 1 eat
whatever comes along, my only rule
being to eat very little.
ION the way out, and 1 hope we
start in the early days of August,
we shall do few Swedish exercises.
On the march in Polar regions we
must live on oneself as a camel
lives on his hump"
> England, according to census re-
turns just published, has but one
woman cab-driver. She has held a
license for twenty-six years, can be
seen every day outside Bembridge
station, Isle of Wight. The holder
OF this license bears the truly British
name of Mrs. John Bull. Her uni
form consists of neat blue skirt and
coat and hard bowler hat. For
funerals and weddings she assumes
the added dignity of a top hat.
Mrs. Bull started with a pony and
gig, and from the earnings of that
provided herself with a horse and
smart landau. 1t Is her boast that
she grooms her own horse and can
harness him and be in attendance at
any residence in the parish within
ten minutes of receiving orders. Mrs.
Bull gained her knowledge of horses
while in the service of Sir Donald
Currie. and afterwards on a ranch in
Texas.
With the business of cab proprie-
tor she combines that of pig breeding,
and may frequently be seen taking
stock to Newport market She at
tends market personally and strikes
her own bargains with the dealers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 1.-The
Mohamedan woman in the light of
today was discussed at the Moham-
aden Congress which has been in
session here, and her cause applaud
ed when Akmud Kuramshin, mem
Der of the first Duma. declared that
without the education of women it
would be quite impossible to effect
progress among Mohamedans.
III certain old Mullahs continue to
proclaim from the mosques that
women have no need of education"
he said. they simply speak from ig-
norapce."
The Akmud went SO far as to say
every woman over twenty-one years
of age should have a vote on ques-
tons affecting the community at
large. In regard to matrimony, he
contended that both parties should
be asked before the marriage eere-
mony whether they were voluntarily
entering into the contract This, he
said, would eventually put a stop
to the idea that Mohamedan women
were SO many chattels.
The congress has been attended by
over forty delegates from European