Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-26

by miscellaneous notes given by the
czarist government to American
bankers, and claims of American citi-
zens for industrial propeEty conflscated
by the Bolshevist government, whereof
the estimated total Is between $500 ,000,-
600 and $4oo.ooo,0oO.
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TURKEY-Of old the plain which
surrounds Angora on its rock citadel
was scarcely more famous for goats
than for roses, cultivated for distilla-
ton Of the altar, otto, or essential oil.
But, owing to the Turko-Greek war
and other vicissitudes, the plants have
largely been destroyed. Now Mustapha
Renal has resolved that the plain shall
again be one blush Of rosa damascena,
and he has called in French experts to
advise on the plantations and as to
improved methods of distillation.
Bulgarian valleys south of the Balkan
Mountains are still, believe, the world S
chief source Of altar of roses, but much
comes from Ghazipur, India; from
Southern France Cannes especially !;
from the Fayum, Egypt; from Germany
(near Leipzig and from elsewhere. I
refer to the natural product The
Damask rose is cultivated in Bulgaria,
India and Germany; the Province, or
Cabbage rose, Is favored in France.
What could be more pleasant than
the cultivation of plants for their es-
sential oils? Cannes Is famous for
rose, acacia and jasmine; Mines for
thyme and rosemary; Nice for violets:
Italy for iris and bergamot; England
(mitcham and hitchin) for lavender
and peppermint; Sicily Is renowned for
citron and orange oil.
The natural sources Of the affairs, or
Ill hn
seeds, leaves, wood or bark of plants.
They are mostly obtained by distillation,
but in some cases by expression or
maceration. Somewhat less than an
ounce of altar is produced by hun
dred and nifty pounds of rose leaves.
ABYSSINIA.-The Duke OF Glouces-
ter, with q party of Is, Is on his way to
Abyssinia to represent his royal sire
at the coronation on November 2 at
Adds Ababa of Ras Tafari as Emperor
Halle SellaSsie Of Ethiopia. The duke
takes with him presents of great mag
nificence, of which, no doubt, sporting
guns are the items that will be most
esteemed, for the Negus Is mighty
hunter before the Lord.
The French government Is sending
his majesty an airplane royalty ap-
pOII1IcQ anu GcILidIly ScIluo OOO wv
ties of Rhine wine of the rarest. Presi-
dent Hoover sends an autographed
photograph of himself.
The entire night preceding his
cornation as Negus Negusti (King OF
Kings and Lion of Judah will be
spent by Ras Tafari and his consort
Waizeru Menen alone, silent, in dark
ness, within ST. Georges Cathedral, In
prayer and mediation, the while a
multitude of faithful subjects are
standing outside, holding lighted
candles and banners. 1t is of interest
ing note that the cathedral was erected
by the great Menelek to commemorate
his victory over the Italians at Adowa
| in 1896. At first blush of dawn the
abuna metropolitan, assisted by six
bishops, will crown their majeStieS, who
will be CARRIED in crimson velvet
adorned with gold and diamonds. Their
reverences, moreover, will chant te
deum in Geez (the literary and &C.
clesiastical language, understood by
very few. The six bishops will have
prayed without intermission for 81 days
over the crowns, whose jewels are worth
q million dollars.
From cathedral to palace Their
majeSties will ride in a coach formerly
used by Kaiser wilhelm, drawn by
white horses and driven by the former
coachman of the Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria
They do things in style in Abyssinia
LATIN AMERICA.-So the revolution
u successful In Brazil. On october "a