The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-29


Tho military degradation meant tho
loss OF his commission, and tho tear
ing from his uniform or the shoulder
straps and tho other insignia OF his
rank rs an officer OF the Imperial army,
in the presence of the entire garrison
of Agram, at the close Of which ccrc-
mony hc WAS drummcd out of the
army. TO tho Austro hungarian couh-
tcrpart OF tho old English Rogue )
Ma rch.'
The other case Is the suppression by
the bulgarian government OF its resi-
dent diplomatic mission at Cettlnjc,
and the recall OF its envoy. accredited
TO the court OF King Nicholas OF
Montenegro. In whose dominions Bull
Garian diplomatic and consular inter
csts Will from henccforth be carod
for by the representatives of Emperor
Francis Joscph's government.
In this connection. it may likewise
be added that the population of all
that portion OF Bulgaria which was
forcibly added To Roumania at the close
of the last war in the Balkans has
been deprived of the rights hitherto
enjoyed Of parliamentary representa-
ton, OF association and public meet
ing. and last. but not least, of local
self government. Every landed pro-
prictor In the annexed district who
has declined to become II Roumanian
citizen within tho next twelve months
Is under compulsion of aurrenderlnE
his land at amy price that may be
liked upon by the Roumupian govern
ment. and is likewise forbidden to :ic-
quirc landed property anywhere else
in RouDiania. In all the churches the
liturgy is to be hcnceforth read and
chantcd in the Roumanian instead OF
IN the Bulgarian language. The liul-
rarian priests having been expelled
from the country, while the schools arc
all TO be provided with iioumanian in
lieu OF Bulgarian teachers, their en-
dowmcnts being conilscatcd 10y the
Eoumanian Treasury. In this manner
Il new category OF subjects. afflicted
with much tho same disabilities rs the
Jews. has been created in tho domin-
ions OF King Charles. and Is bound in
tho long rum 10 constitute Il source OF
political and economic weakness TO
Eoumania.
General Liman Won Sanders, who
holds the rank of Deld marshal in
the Ottoman army, and who i" chief
OF the German military mission IN
Turkey, has left Constautiuoplc for
Berlin OH leave OF absence, and 1t is
doubtful whether lie will return. lust
before his departure from STEAMBOAT,
while automobilinG At excessive speed
through the streets of lcra. ho ram
down a little boy ten years old. who
succunbed To his injuries within "a few
hours. after being conveyed TO The
Children's Hospital. in tho Chichli DIS
trct of pcra. shortly after the gem
erals arrival At STEAMBOAT from Ger
many. he WAS unfortunate enough
while motoring to run down and kill
another littlc Moslcm hoy, rEdcr al
most ideutically tho same circum-
stances.
These misadventuros, taken In con
! junction with his assault upuu the
| resident correspondent or tho Paris
| Temps with loaded revolver, FOR
which he was obliged to present,
through the German embassy, profound
apologies to the French ambassador. his
quarrel with Envcr Pasha. the Turk
ish Minister Of War. with Colonel
Strempel, former military attachc Of
the German embassy TO the sublime
Porte, and his removal from the com
uand Of the nrst division of the army,
ana from tho metropolitan army corps
in control of the capital, and OF the
Dardancilcs. in Difference TO the angry
protests OF Russia. have had the effect
1T rendering his position in Turkey
wcll-nsh untenabls
The accidental killing Of the two
| children has firmly convinced the
! Turks. who. like all Oricnials, arc ox-
! trcmcly supcrstitious, that General
| Liman Won Sanders is imbucd with the
| evil eye. and this III itself IS sufficient
10 destroy All his influence and conse-
| quent usefulness. in connection with
the reorganization of tho Turkish
army.
There has been so much misappre-
hcnsion III connection with the att,-
tudc of tho British military authori-
ties at Whitehall, Oh tie subject Of
tho Ulster crisis that it should he
widely known that. whereas Field
! Marshal Sir john French, former chief
Of tho imperial general STAFF, aa we'll
as THE adjutant general. were prepared
IL permit officers TO resign their COM
mission, whose families vserc establish
Cd i'll Ulster, they insisted that all
other officers not thus situated, who
showed amy hesitation about comply
| inS WITH orders, or threatening 10 re-
sign, should be urt-inartialed and
| punished To the utmost extent of mill
tary law for Decentralization. This 10
! made clear by the printed paDcrs
| Which have been issued by the War
! Department TO Parliament about tho
| matter. if ! mention il, il is because
| II relieves the military heads OF the
! War Department Of the impuiation un-
| der which they arc now llboring, az
| having tolerated and condoncd the re-
| iusal OF officers Ia obey orders
| Copyright, 1917, ny the Brentwood
Company
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