The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-02
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 Tomorrowss birthday list offers op- portunity for widespread feHcitation and celebration In Japan the Srd of November is still .commemorated as ythe natal day of Mutsuhito the Great, the late Mikado of Nippon, who found his country a backWard and barbaric nation and left it a world power and a center of civilization The day is al- so the tWenfy-sixth anniversary of the proclamation of Yozhihi1o, the present Emperor, as Crown Prince and heir to the throne on which he wifi be form ally crowned on the nineteenth of the 1nonfh- The ceremonies marking Yos- hihfto's accession will continue 8 fort night and will be performed in the presence Of representative of his pe- op1e for the first time in the history of Nippon
 The little republic of Panama has already commenced ifs exuberant ob- servance of Independence Day, al celebrated tomorrow, the twelfth birthday of Panama as an Independent nation
 In America the third is noteworthy as marking the birthdays of the fore most jurist of the United States, and -o1ae of fhe most daring and capable of fslodernA explorers- Edward Douglass White, the Confederate soldier who be- came a justice of the Limited Stltes Supreme court, and who is now Chief Justice of the republics highest tribunal, was born in the Parish of I.afourche, L4., November 3, 1845, and will reach the three-score-and-te mark on Wednesday. Yihja1nur Stefanzsen, the sturdy Nors9man, who recently returned from the bourne of missing men to announce to the world the discovery of an new Arctic land was born near the shores of Lake Win r1ifeg, in Manitoba, on the third of November, 1S79-
 This date ia also the natal anniyer- sary of Mehmed ", Sultan of Turkey. / High Prince and Lord of Lords, Head of the faithful, Supreme Lord of all the Followers of the Prophet, and Direct and Only Lieutenant on Earth Of Mohamned. MehTned was born II years ago, New g. 1S44. and lived in quiet obscurfty until 1909 when he was called from his life of prayer and contemplation to assume the duties of Kha1if of the Mos1ems-
 Less important but not the less in teresti1ag, in this list of notab1es, is 3 the young Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, the eldest son And heir of King Albert Of Belgium, who was born Nov. a, 1901. and will be 14 to- naorrow- The statwart lad, at his own earnest solicitation, enlisted as pri- vate in the Belgian army last April, and spent several months in the trenches in that little corner of his country which still holds out against the Germans. After several months of trench life, when he was often under fire, Prince Leopold was per suaded by his mother to put aside his rifle and take up his books again. It is said that the Prince, although he had purposely been subjected to many hardship9 in the hope that he, might be cured of his military ardor, ac- ceDtsd cheerfully the risks and pri- vations of his comrades in arms, and was very 1oath to return to school Since last month he has been stu dent at Eton, the celebrated old Eng fish school, where he is a ''paP' Of Prince. Henry, the third of King Georgess sons. At Eton the young buke of Brabant is looked upon as as sbattie-scarred hero and veteran. He is of course. the only lad in the school who has had such distinction. and if he swere the hurnbIest of commoners, instead of a prince and the heir to a throne, he would still be the object of the envy, and admiration of his feI- lows. The Princes younger brother, Charles, Count of Flanders, now 12 years old. is also studying in England. and their sister, Princess Marie Jose aged nine, is under the care of the UrsuIfne nuns at Brentwood. a suburb Of .1Ondons s[
 Sultan Mehned, wbo attafnsN the mature age of II tomorrow, is a strange figure in this modern world. Religious to the point of fanaticfsm, and as ardent a deyotee of Moham-
 med as the world holds today, he has title enthusiasm for statesmanship or military affairs. Every once in a while he rides through the streets of Constantinople, and reads addresses and proclamatfons most *warlike in tone, but it is plain to all that the Sultan's heart is not in this war, nor has he had any interest in any of the conflicts in which Turkey has been engaged during his brief but troubled reign. Then Abdul Manid was forced to abdfcats and Mehmed Rechad was dragged from his ob- security to occupy the Hrneligtt which is turned upon a throne, it was not a result of any ambition on his part Often since then he has ex- pressed an ardent desire to abdicate, but the growing influence of Germany In Turkish affairs prevented him from doing so. The heir to the throne Prince Youssoun- -Izzedin, >is said to