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New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Foch's Chossly Guide

wen told, if not truly, is a story of
Marshai Foeh in the crisis of the
world War, as 1t Is related in Hollsnd
the story of mysterious sp;ritual
guidance which came to him against
h's viii. 1t was upon the eve Of tho
iaanchihg of most important often.
sive against the Germans, and Focb bsa
retired for twenty-four hours to a cor.
vent near the frontier. He wanted tn
work and collect himself. Coinr r.
the roonis assigned to, him. he asked
Che mother superior that under no nre-
text should any one be permitted to
dlsfurb him. He seated himself at his
writing table, before a large road man.
and began to mark positions to be-
seized. Above all, the choice Of a route
which the troops would have to take
occupied his mind. Which was the
best, the safest7
With red pencil he marked tho one
ne had chosen when, raising his head.
he noticed before him a nun look;no p
at him in silence. She drew nearer.
took the pencil and marked on the man
An entirely different route. The Mar
shal, after movement expressive of
doubt, acquiesced. Eyes" he said.
"this one would be the best.'
But he was a little displeased be-
cause he had been disturbed despite
Ills forma! orders He rose. No one
was there. The nun had left, as silent.
iy as she had come. Later he went to
see the superior. Mother, despite nv
requests, I have been disturbed"
"How SO, Generalf / had guarded
against 1t! Which Of my sisters has
dared thus to disobey me? They are
now all assembled in the refractory:
will you please indicate me the ono
who transgresssd my orders?"
The Marshal approached, looked at
them. "None Of then,' he replied
AT this moment his eye rested npon a
portrait on the wall. ut isethas one
mother he said. The superior folded
her hands as for prayer, and said, at
IS q miracle, General. This sister died
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The Memoirs Of M. Gioylssi

Following the example Of Mr.. Lloyd
George. NJ. Giolitti is preparing to
publish the story of his political
career.
But the Italian statesman. is not sure
of his style, as he has never before
written book. He knows that he is q
great orator, but 10 in doubt as to his
qualities as a writer. He has, there
fore, entrusted to M. Matagodi, the
editor of Ella Tribuna," Of Rome, the
task Of putting into good Italian the
rough notes which he will confde to
him.
II is assured that NJ. Giolitti, despite
his we'll known sympathy for Germany,
will pass severe judgment upon the
ex-Kaiser
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01

The proverbial talkativeness of
women is evidently sometimes verified,
and or. at least one memorable occa.
sion was not without profit.
Brighton, England, in a seaside hotel.
Two young women occupied the same
room, and rs they had not seen each
for some time, they had much to talk
about. They went to bed and lay there
chatting, chatting. chatting. Midnirht
came, but their chatting continued
The ."wee sma' hours" passed one by
one and the stream Of chatter flowed
on without a pause. The first flush
OF dawn found them still talking. Then
suddenly there emerged from und.r
their bed man, who boltsd through
the window and escaped. He was a
burglar, who had waited in vain for
them to sleep, that he might plunder
the room.
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lno the Bunger Chips Away the Edges of Greater Gree

lively working for contrary ends. He
allowed the Cretan to make promises
to tho Entente, thus proionainp
Greece's neutrality. while he secretly
played Germany's game. When II
came to showdown, after the failure
Of the Gallipoli campaign and the Ger.
mar.Austriah- Bulgarian invasion OF
| Serbia, he repudiated his Prime Min
lister, dissolved Parliament, refused to
work with veniselos, even when the
latter held his majority In the AS.
sembiy II, new election, and de-
clared that. like the German Emperor
he was personally responsible to God
alone" for the conduct OF Greeco's for
eign affairs.
| All through 1915 and into 1917 Con.
stantine conspired with Berlin to pre-
| pare an attack on the rear of Sarrails
Allied army at Saloiiica, while the Ger
mans, -Hungarians and Bulgar-
ians should attack 1t in froht. Dozens
OF cipher wireless dispatches passing
between Athens and Berlin, decided
and published after the war, show the
extent of Tino's duplioity in dealing
with the Entente and his and Sophia S
bitter disappointment when Hinden-
burg and LudendorfF vetoed the Joint
offensive
Of this decision Queen Sophia wrote
on January 15, 1917, to Won Falken-
hansen, German liaison officer on the
Macedonian front:
Herr zimmerman (Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs) was in favor
OF the offensive, but it was only upon
agreement with Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg that the decision could be
taken. Had the reply Of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg been more favorable
and categorical the Crown Council
would have decided for the attack. |
am heart broken! 1t is too, too bad!
They have blunderedl"
On January 13, 1917, Tino and the
Queen sent William this New Years
Day message: awe follow with admira-
tlon the great events on land and sea.
May God soon give you a glorious vic
tory over all your infamous enemies"
The heart-to- heart unity of the
Greek and German courts was never
broken. But, owing to military diff
culties, Tino could never achieve his
passionate desire to send Greek troops
into action against the Allies. He
nassacred some French marines in
Athens and surrendered a Greek di-
vision in Thessaly, at Fort Rupel, for
internment in Germany, fearing that
it might fight the Bulgars, who were
crossing the Greek border at that point,
or might even desert to the pro-Ally
provisional Greek government
Venizelos, at last driven to revolt,
set up government Of his own at
Salonica, salvaged Greece's credit with
the Allies, eventually brought Greece
into the war on the Entente side and
won for her almost unhoped-for en-
largement of Greek territory in Europe
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Shortage of Diamonds,
Say Dealers i'm London
Attempt 10 Corner Gem Suppl
OF World Is Indicated
by Statistics

LONDON, Sept. Is (By MaiD.-.
Somebody is cornering the diamom
supply Of the world, according to Brit.
ish importers Of the stones. All over
the world the best and largest dia.
monds arc vanishing, and London deal.
ers are securing the Continent in the
attempt to obtain stones to satisfy the
demand which has suddenly sprung I'd
for the finest gems. But they havs
small success for mysterious shor..
age exists at time of unprecedented
demand.
diamonds will soon become the cur.
rency Of the world il money CONTINUES
to depreciate at the rate of the las;
few months" one dealer said recently
rich Americans are buying all the
stones they can secure. There is an
unlimited demand for two grainers In
to the six-grainers from America, and
Japan is buying largely. Fine small
stones are also very scarce.
THE Germans are hanging on 70
their diamonds like grim death. Thar
will not sell at any price, and regard
their diamonds as the only real So.
curity left them. The same spirit Oh
tainS In other countries"
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| OF old Greece were burdened with
taxes and military service, but were
realizing no profit from either. Greece
was isolated, crippled and fast slipping
back to poverty and inconsequenca.
In the three years which followed
covering Alexander'a reign--Greece
was in apogee. The kingdom was re-
united and expanded. Greece became
/ an Asian power as yell as European
power. Her prestige with the Western
nations stood higher than ever. She
| was elected member Of tho Council
Of the new League OF Nations and was
che sen as the Ententc's agent to pre-.
eerve ordes In tho Near East end to en-.
force the Savros Treaty. She had
powerful friends sabrond and was tran
quill and prosperous at home. Out OF
|.her slight participation in the war she
had made larger relative gains than
any other nation.
I But the Greek people could not stand
too much prosperity, It irked them.
They wanted something different and
they knew where to get IL. If,they had
had any clear idea Of what they were
doing when they upset Venizelos and
recalled Constantine (Which is not worry
probable) they would have realized
hat what they we're aiming at was
realy to Undo Venizelos's work. How
was that TO be accomplished? Natn-
rally, by breaking with the Entente, re-
nouncing the role Of Allied agent in the
Near East, Withdrawing from Asia and
Eastern Thrace (perhaps also from
Bulgarian 1hrace), demoblsing the
armies and settling down again as a
very small power within the limits Of
Greece before the war.
That would have been logical
restoration program. But If the
Greek voters really entertained 1t
they rcckoned without Tino's dome Of
ivory and his two ruling obsessions.
When he came back to Athens he was
unwilling to accept the situation which
the anti-Venizelist reaction had ere
atcd. He wanted the Allies to- n'ereg-
nize him, not so much tas ,theirn sAent
as their independent adyissEe r in the
Near, East. He was deeply ehagfincd
when they brought up his war arrYs arrYsssord
and refused him credit, even the United
States shutting ofda loan which had
been promised to ths, Venizelos govern
ment. .As =. Jsa
True to his instincts, he resolved to
play lone hand again. He had defed
the Allies as Williams servitor. Now
he deted them as his own master. Con-
sidering himself a greater statesman
than Venizelos and greater soldier
than any Of the Venizelist generals,
he determined to continue the Veni-
zelist policy of territorial expansion.
Ignoring the Western powers, he de-
cded to fight for an Asian empire. and
perhaps for Constantinople, aiaela-
handed. Smyrna had been left to him.
He made up HIS mind to take Angora.
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INC restoration which was to w,,.,
Vtnizelos'o statesmanship. He d;a ' =
ny trying to be bigger exnans,o...
than Venizelos was. He ended hv !,
ing in battle most OF the Cretan,s ~.
conference gains. ''"'s
Greece now gives him ticko. -.
leave for the third time. He ia .,.
ceeded temporarily, at least. hv =.
other Morse giant. George, whose snn,
ivory hasn't yet been tested D.
George was about as pro.Gernan d..
ing the great war as Tino was. and ~.
Allies wisely would have none az NJ.
for King in 1917. Alexander had H..
OF the family traits. lie made ,n.
marriage with Greek girl and VA,
attractively democratic and human l.
other respects. His fatal foib!e v,.
playing with monkeys. And 80 far d,
the Greek royal family is conceynss
m onkeys have shown execrable iad,.
ment as to whom to bite.
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Einssein on Poincare

Professor Einstein, the apostle of
ralativity, is one of the few who do not
let the eminence Of NJ. Raymond poin-
care, the statesman, obscure the fame
Of his brother, Lucien Poincare, the
great physicist. One day recently in
Berlin, according to the "Berliner
Tagehlatt," friend, having in mind
the resolute policy of the French gov
ernment, asked:
"Well, what do you think of Poin-
care?"
'He is man Of great talent" re-
piled Einstein.
eyes, but of what audscity?"
TITS the audacity Of genius
"But what bitter hatred he has
against those who oppose him!"
"No! No! assure you that you do
not know him."
"But. Herr Professor, you will not
deny that he is the implacable enemy
Of Germany, and that his magalo.
flania@-.--
"Al,' said Einstein. 'you are talking
Of the statesman, while only think Of
the physicist
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The Foes OF the BocheIors

In Belgium the bachelors have he.
gun to tremble. The provincial coun.
Gil of Hainant has voted for a bill
imposing surtax of 25 per cent on
all the provincial taxes, to be paid by
male celibates.
This does not prevent the incor-
rigible bachelors from persisting in
celibany. They invoke a legendary
example. 1t was in the time when GER
tain men condemned to death were
pardoned if they consented to we'd a
maiden desirous to marry; who thus
In her hand brought them life.
Now, one Of these, at the hour when
he was to be hanged, wanted to see
frst his future wife.
She was Of a canonical age, and
hardly a beauty.
Hang mel" he cried, and slapped
to the gallaws.
Many of the Hainant celibates will
therefore-annoyed or not--pay the
25 per cent surtax. -,
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A Black Prince in Exile

Paris continues to be the resort of
Kings in exile, as it was in Daudet's 3
time, though not so much for the row.
alties passed out Of business by the
great war AZ for those Of an earlier
date. Among the latter at the presen,
time is His imperial Highness Prince
Brahim- -Nachala Nsngami, Of Bornu
the. great central African sultanate
west and south Of Lake Chad, in fact
forming part Of the French African
empire, though the greater bulk of it
has been incorporated in British Nj
geria.
Prince Brahim-or Ibrahim-is Of
purs negro blood and Mahometan faith,
and politically is French citizen. AT
the age OF twenty he went to Paris and
became naturalised. At about that
time Bornu was par.itioned among
France, England and Germany.
Thus reduced to the condition of a
king without kingdom, he went in
1912 to Algeria, where he was u PEN
sioner Of the White Fathers; then to
Constantinopie, where he was surprised
by the Greco-Turkish war; thence to
Nice, in 1913, whore several sovereigns
on their passage became interested in
him. Thence he went to Brussels,
Rome, Berlin, then TO Vienna, where
he was at the outbreak Of the great
war. Thanks to the intervention Of
the United States Minister, he returned
to France via Bordeaux, then went to
Tunis. then to Spain and returned to
France in 1915. Az his subsidy has
grown seanty he is compelled to ac-
cspt available work for his support.
Thus the existence Of the unfortunate
exile is but long series of lament
able adventures, though he is man
Of education who speaks fuently
French, English, German, Spanish,
Italian, Portuguese and Arabic.
He now deems himself sufficiently
civilised and asRs the authorization
and the means TO return home.
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Deash BY Au.o-Saggession

The startling theory of death by
suggestion, which has been en-
ployed as theme in fiction, is again
brought forward IN a most serious
manner. The London correspondent OF
the "Pctio Parisien" reports d strange
case II Shorediteh, London, in which
the c oner was almost driven to the
adept.cn Of it, to explain the death Of
tN2 subject: The day before his death
the man was caught in the act Of put
ting moose about his neck. The next
m morning he was found inanimate on
his bed, but the causes of his death
could not be discovered, though the
inquest established with certainty that
he neither hanged nor strangled him
self. This is the physician's testimony:
"In my opinion" said one, "the sub
ject has .contented himself with putting
his bare neck upon handkerchief with
the thought that he was going to die,
and it is in this way that he killed him
self. Besides, it is not the first time
have seen a patient persuading him.
self chat he would die and that he died
after Il determinate delay and on the
foreseen date"
1.-THE Hindus," added another, "seek
death through auto-suggestion. 1t Is
not exactly known how they proceed,
but I am inclined to think that the will
Of killing ones self is sufficient to stop
the beating OF the heart"
A British newspaper consulted sew
eral experts OF the London hospitals.
One Of them, o specialist Of heart dis.
eases, declared that never has man
bcen killed by auto-suggestion.
1.-THE will to die" he said, cannot
by itself produce death. Auto-augges-
tion must not be confounded with the
nervous shock which is independent Of
the will and which is. liable. to stop the
beating Of the heart. The man Of. whom
you speak certainly died from such a
shock. The fruitless effort he made to
hang himself the day before his de.
cease produced in him an internal COM
motion, and as he was, already, affected
with weakness of the heart tho con-
secutive shock following his attempt
produced his death. As to Hindus of
whom cases Of snicide by a would-be
auto.suggestiys, method have been cited,
they died in reality either because they
let themselves die Of hunger or because
they placed themselves where breath
ing was impossible"
And the sayant concluded with the
assurance that there is always necas-
sary physiological cause" to deter
mine death.
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When Fashions Wcre Uely

The poor old Victorian age. and par.
ticularly the later part OF it. is now
taxed with having produced the ugliest
OF fashions in dress. This has been
observed in London in the course of the
preparation Of the costumed ball. where
all fashions of the Victorian epoch
were to be represented. No ono wanted
to wear the costumes of the last twenty
years Of the nineteenth century, and
they had, therefore, to abandon repre-
senting IL.
Mr.. Solomon J. Solomon, president Of
the Royal Society of British Artists.
when interviewed on this subject, de-
ciared that the period of the end of the
nineteenth century had, in fact, been
remarkably ugly from every point Of
view. "The furniture was ugly, the
decoration was ugly, and the influence
OF such men as Ruskin and Morris had
not vet made itself felt. The ugliness
OF that period was really the produet
OF whole particular civilization cs
rich but culsureless people, which es-l
pressed itself in heavy, cumbersome
works devoid Of beauty. It was ths
time OF the leg of mutton sleeves, hoop
Fpetticoats. and the "bustlas," horrible
excrescences quite different from thsI
crinoline, which was not unpleasiag
and had at least the advantage Of giys
Ing to women the semblance Of walking
well when they themselves did not
knowsit."
Solomon's condemnation is chiefly -
dressed to the English fashions.
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A Com petition Of Cluttosy

Not long ago New York saw d craw-
Ash eating exhibition, and numerous
beefsteak-sating contests, pie-eating
competitions and The like are still in
mind. They do such things, too, even
In half-staryeds Germany. Thus, at
Mayenoe the other day Atty contestants
took part in 8 gluttony contest. 1t was
q miscellaneous feast. and the victor In
less than two hours swallowed six kilos
Of bread, ave kilos Of sausages, thrss
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Stgnord Linda of Vatican

Scarcely anything could seem, st
first blush, more extraordinary. mora
revolutionary, If not indeed impos.
sibie, than the presence of a woman
In the Vatican, not as d visitor in the
public halls, but as permanent resi-
dent in the private apartments Of the
Supreme Pontift. Yet such, as is well
known, there has been ever since the
accession of Pope Plus XI.
The venerable woman who enjoys
this distinction is known as Signora
Linda, and for many years she has
been a faithful servant of Plus yI
since long before he was Pope or even
Cardinal.
"She has attended me-" he recently
said, nearly forty years. So let her
live at my side. If there is no
precedent for this, we'll, let us create
one. The precedents have always com.
r1cnced with precedent that had no
precedent"
Signora Linda, a short time sro
AS@sheu the HelgnC or her Joy when
she was privileged to prepare the
Pontifical meals. And this privilege
has apparently rejuvenated her by not
few years. This happiness fell TO
her owing to the following circum-
stances:
When still Archbishop of Milan .hc
present Pope engaged g cook, VINO fol-
lowed him to the Vatican. Now. re-
Gently the Pontiff was served splen-
did roast chicken. of which he con-
sumed only few pieces, and he asked
Signora Linda to tell the cook to pre-
pare OF the remains of the chicken
croauettes for his dinner. So it was
done. Plus Xr, man of simple habits,
and at the same time very systematic,
being accustomed to settle every day
all his kitchen accounts, noticed the
next day that in the expense book two
chickens were entered; one for the
roast chicken, the other for the
eroquettes. He sent for the cook. ad.
monished him severely and discharged
him. Then Signora Linda was in
vested with the honor of doine the
cooking for the Pope.
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twenty-six, and distances tho Care du
Nord, Paris, with its twenty. "Deutsch.
land uber Alles!" y. @.s-f
Such figures are no doubt quite cred.
leaole for mere way stations and tha,
sort OF thing. But New York has q
Grand Central Station with no 4ewe,
than forty-three tracks in constant use
Tor It's passenger traffic alone; not ia
mention perhaps dozen more for bag
services
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
Let the Hanged Nan Hong!

Don't cut the rope 10 the advice
which travellers will do we'll TO follow
II, when travelling In Austria, they
happen to encounter hanging man;
which, after all, is not Of the domain
of tunrealisabie things.
Recently compassionate person mo-
ticsd in i suburb Of Vienna q young
man suspsndsd ct the end Of rope.
and. instead Of seeking policeman,
tegan cutting the rope.
The young man, in falling on the
ground, broke his leg and remained
lame. Now, though he wsnted to hang
himself he did not care to be q cripple.
He consequently susd his savior for
damages. -
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kilos Of funny. twenty herrings, four
dozen cakes, nine rolls, 1M liters Of
wine and six glasses Of cognae.
animals feed" wrote Brilfat.Savs-
rim, imam eats, and the man of refine
nasnt alone knows how to eat"
He would surely have classified the
glustons among those who feed.
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secretly made war against them.
AT the time of Tino's second hegira
Greece was almost at the point Of dis
solution. Her ports were blockaded,
her commerce was languishing. Mace
donia and the islands had seeded. The
kingdom faced civil war. The people
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and Asia. But to reap all these results
the Allied governments had at last to
pluck up enough resolution to depose
Constantine on the ground that he was
an implacable and dangerous enemy,
who had not lived up to his professions
of friendship and neutrality and had
New-York tribune., 1922-10-01
The Turkey Question .Asain


There Is q turkey question. II is not
Of capital moment and IL la certain that
the fate of Europe 10 not involved In
Its solution, but It is still curious, be-
cause II raises point in gatronomic
history.
At what epoch did the turkey mako
its first appearance on the European
Continent?
Anderson and Crucy assert that the
FIRST turkey eaten in France was at the
marriage OF Charles TX, /. g., in 1871.
Nov. document has been discovered
Of 14so where mention is made Of the
Indian fowls Of Charles VIII, two years
before Columbus's frst voyage, al
though it had been thought certain
that this precious bird had come from
America.
Until now, 1t Was thought that the
first turkeys raised in France were in
Bourgcs In 1913. On the other hand,
it is confidently declared that these
birds were introduced somewhat later
in Spain, whence they were taken to
England in 1924.
A grave preblssn indeed. who
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As he is seen by French car,oonis.

several years ago; when alive, we con-
sidered her saint"
The great offensive took place with
success, thanks to the route thus
strangely indicated to the commander.
Butter or Beauty?
young woman of Petrograd. re-
iates Russian paper, recently re-
ceived from her brother. a farmer in
the suburbs, pound of butter. Now.
in Petrograd pound Of butter. at the
present time, is royal present, and it
Is no wonder that the most seductive
oHers were made to the happy woman;
millions and millions of rubles be;no
thrown at her feet. She disdained
them, however, preferring to keen her
butter
But at last there came a man who.
being an expert psychologist, offered
her a-pot OF cold cream! 1mmedi.
ately the lady accepted the barter
demonstrating that the desire for
beauty Is stronger than-the taste for
butter!
The Biggest Railroad Stations
There is great cackling at Munich,
Bavaria, over the enlarged railroad sta
tion' which is vociferously proclaimed
TO be the largest in the world, having
no fewer than thirty-tw tracks. Thus,
they say, it beats by one track the
famous station at st. Louis, which has
thirty-one, and which formerly was the
largest. And, Of course, it far sur
passes that at Leipzig, which has only
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Echoes From abroad
: Social

| will furnish the solution--before next
Thanksgiving Day?