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As well as I could 1 eoothed her, but
I was eaffering keenly, too.
").ou are pereectly safe, mow, darling,"
I whispered. "Something told Yo
were iu trenble, mid led me t4
Thank fled! I was in tene. But why dal
you Tun away from me like .that? All
dee' I and Mee. Reiland and Nicholas
Waety have beeu searching foe you everY
-.shore."
"Alm Morland? And lir. Wa'ay?"
"Yea I know yen used not to like him.
but he hae been most kind, eeaeching for
you everywhere."
"What does he etty—I want to know,
bemuse he le an old friend of yours—
about this idea of your marrying eue?"
"He says it is the best, the anlY thing
to be done, de I .in .nele to win you, !duce
I Rove you ao dearly."
She WeS Silent, Dor GOMA aninutea
"Lister.," she said, then, in a Tory low
voice. "I see it's no good strugglieg. And
now you've eaved my life in addition to
ale :the *thee thInge you've done for me
—for it was you that pulled me froM tne
wall, wasn't it?"
"Yes, rey deaeest, it. was I."
"I suppose my life is yours. But I can't
love you as you want, and you, anuetn't,
rem -each me and be desappointed. If
nothing but anaarying me win make you
happy, 1 uppose yea must Marry me.
But marry me at, onee and •take me away
to new places. Don't give me time to
think about it or 1 tshall wan off again.
!Elle impulse came upon me early this
morning, .and I couldn't resist it. I made
a, plan that I would come to London, and
cut off any hair and get boy'e clothes, and
take 4 boy's situation eomewheas and
never be found by you oi, any one. But
,hadn't the pluek to earry it through. I
led a little money left out of -wnat you
'eave me last time you saw me. And I
slipped off from Merle -ad House at night,
and cue off my Lair in the .train, apd
bought isexne boya olethes in an old
clotbee' shop as soon as the shops were
opened, and ohaaged my things in a four -
wheeled cab in the fog. But, -once I'd got.
there I felt every one 'wee leoking at
me, and I got frightened; and when I
went to a restaurant to get something
to eat, I hardly dared to leaTe the place,
and I hid and waited about, and at dark
I lest my way and got robbed—aucl, chi
I am so tired! You won% ask me any more
questions to -night, will you?'
"No. dear."
"And -sesame are you taking me?"
This was a question, indeed. I could
not risk Wrenshaw seeing Lilith in this
ta'aTesty, and yet I was intensely anxious
to pace her in Mrs. Mai:hada care as
speedily ,ae poseible. /t was out ef the
question to leave her at any hotel in her
boy's clothes, and fa.r too late to hope to
purchase ethers. The notion os Mrs.
Jackson at Battersea was not to be en-
tertained for a moment; contsequeatly,
the studio and Mrs. Moleand were my
only hope.
At sue door I had to leave Lilith in the
eab, dreadfally afraid lest even now she
might give me the slip ,again after mak-
ing her p.romiee on her honor to remain
in the cab until ray return.
"/ am too tired and sleepy to run away
again," 'whimpered Irilith. "Besides, I
know it's no good now. ea 1 promise."
In the studio I found Mrs. Morland,
looking pate, tired, and flabby. I cut
short the plaintive record of her experi-
encets by telling her that Lilith 'was wait-
ing below in the cab.
"Thank goodness!" she exelaimed. "And
now that you have found her, Mr. Her-
vey, you must put her in ray earre. To-
night we will sleep at a hotel, and to -
an -arrow we will go back to Bristol."
"Tamorrow," I said, "I shall get a
special license, and marry Lilith."
• "Marry her!" almost ahrieked Mrs. Mor.
land. "On the top of all this mad con-
duct? Mr. Hervey, you cannot be in your
right eeeses!"
"My mind is made -tip, all the same," I
said "and I will not trouble you with the
care of Ictlith after to -night."
Mrs. Morland clutolied her traveling -
cloak and emelt portmanteau.
"No!" she said, in most determined
tones. "If you really mean to marry
Lilith Saxon, Mr. Hervey, 1 wash ray
lianas of her entirely, and from thio
moment. I decline to tee her. I consider
she has treated both you and me abom-
inably. I am not complaining over the
hundred and seventy-five pounds I shall
looe by lie,r iliglit, although I am much
in need of it—" •
"Stop!" I said. "1 will eit down now
and write yon a, cheek for a leandred and
seventy-five pennds, to take away with
you, on one condition—ehat es, that you
will for that automat sell me the e,onterete
of your little traveling valise, and also
that, long dust -cloak you carry over your
Her bright, catlike, greetaah-gray eyes
dilated and g'lis'tened.
"What can you poseibly -want thein
foe?" he asked. •
"Par Leith, Is it a. bargaia?"
She only hesitated a second or two.
"If you will let rae take out ray trin-
kets and one OT two little things, I agree,"
she said, then.
And a few minutes later 1 accompanied
her to the door, and saw be.r disappear
in the fog, 'walking eapidIy, and not even
once g,laeming in the direction of the
cab in waiting before the doom.
Then I sought /Allele not without some
dread of finding her flown. But she .wats
feet -asleep in aseaaraer of the laansom
and I had to awaken her to tell her 12
slip Mrs. Merland's all -enveloping travel-
ing cloak round her before ehe entered
the hoese. Tip to the etudio I Jed her,
and showed her where Mrs. Irforla,nd had
neatly placed a tehaage Of drese, andethe
other contents ot her travel,ing bag on a
chair. and epread copy of an evening
paper over them—
"Here le 6orne femipino attire, dear," I
mad, "and here 'are plenty nf "cushions
and the meta eemfortable of sofas for a
good sleep. Aarl hare is the bell which
conamenscates with eiy man Varenshaw's
room, and here is another -which will
awaken stly landla,dse 11 very kind old wo-
mat whe wile tome in to you when you
have changed your dress, if you want
her. To -night, I shall stay at a hotel in
the next street, but ,toettorrow eases/ 1 will
eali and see bow you are, And this tens
-morrow, dear, I hope We abaft he man
rid wife."
"We shall soon be out of it, my 4a4"
ing," I whispered, clasping her ‹.lose in
ulY game. "As ease ne we tee Maaried
we will take ilio train to PlymOuth, )vhero
MY yacht lies----"
"The Lady Margaret?"
"It isn't <failed that now. I have heal
the IMMO piLintOcl Ont. 4114 the llarsh
put over
"The Xax•sh. Pah.y. What a prett7
mune," she exclaimed. "You were rthinle
Ing of larthiuge, werena you Ale Ma -
Hervey, why didn't yon marry me teen?"
"1 -couIdint, =away ct plaid of sixteen -
And if you teal, ate Mr. Hervey again
shall keep your anouth shut with kissee
for the rest of the day."
"I wonder eou. take me wisest I Showed.
60 Plainly lalat didn't want 7015."
"To tell you 6.13.e truth, eo do Il But
ten so ceatain, dear, that can make You
happy, and can make 'you love me, that
I am not afraid you 'will Tun away agalli
When once yea are nay wife." ,
"Adrian," sim said, with her little
hands on my .ebouldeas, looking with pas
tibeltia earneetness down into MY eyes,
"if yon enemy me you be making
the greatest anistake of your life."
Something iu her aawouted ea,rneetness
chilled me.
"Do you love any one else?" I asked.
"No, nor
"Is there any one else you -would like
to ineary?"
"No one in the arexicit I would much
rather not =ere at all."
That Was all. I could get out of her, but
vows. not be diseoaraged„ 1 end al-
ready asaanged for the ceremony to to,ke
plaaa hall -past twelve in slo old
church on the Emba,nktnene, and there
was zetioh hurrying about veal peeling to
be done, unaided by old Weenehaw, who
seat down by my landlady a sequest that
I would dispeuee with his services ‘that
day, as he 'wars "1,ael up with reeurna-
tiem."
On the way to the church we had. to
make a digiression into a linen-drape.r's
to buy for Lilith a, black jersey -bodice to
wear instead of Mrs. Meraand.'e °aim -clone
garments, and 4 pretty lest instead of the
elderly looking jet bonnet, also belong-
ing to that lady, whieh Lilith had appro-
priated.
Then came the dimly lit c,huseh, ,a,nd
Lill% trembled like a leaf before the
wind as elle almost inaudibly murmured
the words of Cm service. The fog was so
thick we could .scarcely Gee each other's
recce; and both t,he cleegymani an ab-
eeut-minded man. -with grey, wispy hair
and whiskere, who coughed and blinked
behind his spectacles, and the officious,
loud -voiced elerk, seemed. anxious to gee
therole affair 08far as speedily as pos-
sibleThere was no one to give the bride
away, but the eleek hastily volunteered to
Perform. that -office. Indeed, so anxious
did he seem tc) get -us all safely out of
the fog -laden b'utilding, and himself home
to his early dinner, that I am convinced
he would have dravii t,he line at nothing
sieve marrying the bride hiniseife
When we Pot int* a four -wheeled <lab
Lo drive to. Vittoria. Station, Lilita broke
down altogether and buret iato a passion
oftears.
"It •seems such s dreadful, dreary be-
ginning!" she sobbed. "And, oh, how will
it all end?"
I folded her in nay arms and covered.
her face with soft, lingezing kisses. She
was mine now, and Tio one c,ould take her
from me. Witla. Lilith as my -wife I could
weli,afford to laugh at fortane.
"There is no'one in this world so happy
as 1 at this moraent," I said. "Ali the
dreams ofjoy I ever had, meant only
this—to hold. close to my heart the one
woman in the world. I love with My
heart and 'soul, and to know that she is
mine, any wife. Ah, dont cry, my Loved
one! Why 'ehould tlie thought of belong-
ing wholly aceine make aou mere -when I
• would die to eave you the least pain? No
one can see ue in this kindly fog. Clasp
your arms once TOUnn my neck, and tell
me you will try to love me just a very
She obeyed with her usual docility,
looking up at 1:ae at first with blue eyes,
blurred With -teat -6. Bpt gra:Wale her old
dimpling smile broke through, and a, lova
ly blush stele over heir oheeks.
"After all," she said, with Something,
between a laugh and a ,sigh, "you wanted
me more than an3r.thing in the world, and
now you have me. So that one Of us at
least is happy.'' '
CHAPTER XXIV.
Six months later, Mr. and Mrs. AdrianHervev returned to London, after a pro-
longed cruise in Italian waters, and took
up t.heir abode in a Pretty, detached red
brick house and Studio in the near vicie-
ity of Holland Peak.
I had no 'wish to come home, but Leith
confided to Me One ,day that he ;was tired
of the area. and tired of traveling, and
wanted 50 have, a house of her, own. And
it must be all ready for her -to eotne to,
she said, as she did not understand fur -
Melling,. And could not be bothered with
engaging servants.
So at her Urgent request, though sorely
against my will, I left her in a hotel in
Paris, while reroesed and reoroseed the
Channel, . ,aird aitont any Cane in London.
buying and furnishing a. house WhiCh I
wanted -to roake.:14 every way worthy .of
its lovely iniStress,
It -was atratige-how much in -all these
tra.neactions I missed Madge's aclince and
aesistance. TJetil tlaisaPoint iui myeareer
she had .always laeertsnyetight hand in a
change of studios; andeeven in the pur-
chase or a,Iteration of the Itaniture of nay
rooms. In my work, too, '-1 missedher,
for he had invariably taken the keenest
interest in every picture l'artdertook. It
was not to be expected that a girl -eo
young and inexperienced is my .Lilita
could possess intuitively that knowledge
and judgment in art Matters which
Madge, who was eight ' Year's her Senior,
had gained t-heough frequeraing end
stedying ala the pietuee-galleriee of Eu-
rope. Selfish as, mast mem are, I w'anted
in , Madge a couneelor, frieud, and sis-
ter, while in Lilith an I wished for was
a woman to adore.
Arid I did adore her, the More madly.
Perhaps, that I soon beeesne eatvineed
.clid not wholly undeestand hr. ahe
was always affectionate, a-lwaYs eweet-
tempered, easily ateueesi, aud eaeily mov-
ed to a lighthearted Beliemian ' gaiety;
both delightful iknd fufectleas. he eeeme
ed happy in zny 800017, she took my
eraser:a sweetly, Itt1d she tinneptecl, any
evotion with a &lint; goadefUltlees and
harm. Azad yet. somehow, lbe notion
ould cense irito 1117 lieut.-that I was
atraed to es falry. and ties creature 01
deal loveliness abatis forget -me -nob blue
Yeg reflected winle they (11.4 nOt return
paselopeee love of My gaze was not al
eal live woman at all, but that !sant
aireing1 ehouldwsktsee urea her aced,
n bead and to know that ehe ead flown
aclr to fsiraleeil
&rine fleas ct Browning', that, 1estate
,fleeess Valk% On <MT travels combed
ee Made and indent for Leith that t,lesic
t.reta hurt inee
"That faweekhr dappled' hair ofberS,
And the elue eye,
Ileax end dewY.
And that is)farjtizso fresh air o t hero?"
tile 711411 WhO -wrote thee -a lines ltllgbt
have bad nay wife before- elm to ilielAre
bine But tiia hittereet parte of 'the 111<e-
cti2570 111 t1i i61lu etariZtl:
`But for loving—ashy, yet weela
oweet,
Thetteli we tars:lad you,
Paid YOu; brayed yen
11 a 'reortaa---f.er you eMild not, FiWe !"
"You ato very, very 'geed," she said, es
looking up at, w'rth ,tearful eyes, and u
after extraeting another solemn promise , e.
that sbe would Iset, run away, I Idesed
iler Forejiestd nird isit
And Ma peened the eve of my wedding.
clay. ,
t,
.11A.PIEll XXIII. n
ext day, a terrible day, fog stela black c
anti blinding, and drizzlirig ram, I arriv- b
ed ab my ettelita before midday, ea. -main'.
le lily pocalret a epee:el licetee for the
inamediate marriage of Lilith, Saxon,
spinster god VaVerfteon., laughter of
llarace flexor!, aetor, and Adria -n Blakire
ton Hervey , beefeater, a gad tweate-ciglla
6O-1 of Ooloucl D'aretee
I (aural LiTith in elle leg armchair, look.
ing very eiliebteeed eels and fregile, in
bigkk gown of tire. Mesfaactea Six
slese leo large for her, in Vbielz heat Itkble
bead Of Cropped ;Veneer eel's's and cseat?
ealldieh taco seated eltagethee
t kne1t betrro her and pat my arms
eleet waSs, Slie kaeed jnO in the
readltet and ,rneet frlesdiv faabion, told
me sae had rape, beautifully nem1 tlie
erelaoes or! the rota, and sakss 1116 11 x
tVrt not think London in the tog was the
m.cst dreadful tItee in the World.
not,
It. was tiot that ehe wse weal
oall a 3ii1d eold lairt slips eff one's knee
to Ohisse a butterfly.% She was always glad
to see mo, alwitys Pleased to be with ine,
and sato hated above all things to be left,
alone. It was strangely difficult tia*VitiUt
WItAh bar in tbs. te0Ona Not onas 41,50. MY
eyes cinetinetively tura to her bright Pre.
eeneei 'knit, truth to tell, silo \Wks a, ter -
fidget. She could not read, she.could
net ]seep etill. Sim would practise dance
steps awl ballet Ovalle we lie& seen, at
theatres, for elm eneisted on frequenting
any and 'eVorY ,aractsenlogt Wal_ere
there 'wee any stanch -lie 1.0 bo eeen.
avotild strum ou the piano, or pretend ,te
" tidy" drawers nun boxes, 0, Process that
involved upsetting eons, ribbons, laces,
bows, and tslioes sal over the floor of laY
tempezary studio, 'Otero in all probabil-
ity they would remain until 1 brod them
out ofshape,or the elastmbeemaid etale
them . , for was eonetitationa,Ily
tidy, aa well as exteavagaret, 111 great
-adage as in small. -
Leith alternately Jeweled and wonder.
ed at MY enethodiewl, or, as ehe called
them, "old-baebeica." habits!, To please
Inc, she would now and then Make a tie-
sperate attempt at being orderly on the
ytteliteethe livingeroosns of which, 0110
6PeedUY reduced to ohaos—or in the, lice
tele ,cnt which we ebayed. Her method was
to make small heaps of the various ar-
teelee she had tossed on the floor; in one
heap, two or three odd gloyes, several let-
ters and programmes, a hat tilid cloak,
some ribbons, note -paper, fancy work,
sheets of music, and one volume of rss no -
vie; in -another, more heterogeneous fe-
minine belonginga, nein et "wihiell- were
ever to be found when Wanted.
She never remembered 'whether bille had
oe had nol, been paid, and usually curled
lier looks with the xecelists. She continu-
ally eanptied my puree jute her own poc-
ket, tergettine. that .there Was a hole in
it, eo that we frequently found oureelees
far from our hotel or from the vasait,
without a, franc to 'beige as back or to tale
feod. Site could no mere resist bright
any eretty things in the shoPs Shan 0.
savage fresh to eivilizatioe; everything
she saw she wanted to buy. She 'caused
me agonies of jealousy .lay what I eon-
sidered her quite unnecessary friendliness
with ,strangers, to whom she would talk
freely on the sligateet provocation. In
Pares, where by her -special request ere
stayed while I superintended the ae-
r,angemeets of oue ;new London bonze, the
a.tten,tion she attracted by hes beauty,
her pretty and extravagant flocks, and
her unconveetional liveliness, was such
that I could' not endure to leave her even
for a few hours in the hotel without me,
and I engaged a perfect Gorgon of an el-
derly 'French xna,id, named "Itosa,lie, to
look aft.ee her.
I could not even lay the flattering une-
tion to ray soul that, my wife would miss
me in any absence. Some mica Americans,
a another and her son and claughtes, visit-
ors -at the hotel, were so enormously tak-
en with Lilita's beauty and brightness
that tthey offered totake entice oha,rgo of
her during my temporary absences, an
offer I was only too glad to accept.
(To be continued.)
SIR J. A. 31. AIKIN-S, K.B.
New Knight Spent Most of His Life
in Manitoba.
Sir James A. M. Aikins
who Was the recipient of a Is:night
baohelorhood this week, is the Hon.
Clifford Sifton'a suecessor in the
representation of Brandon. He is
a son of the late Hon. James Cox
. .
Aikins, who was appointed a. Sena-
tor by Royal Proclamation at Con-
federaAion, and who, from, 1882 until
1886, WaS LieuaeD3nteGO-v6rnor of
Manitoba. Mr. Aikins, while bona
in Ontario and educated at Upper
Sir A. M. Aikffis,
Canada College and Toronto Uni-
versity; ha i spent the best part of
his life in Manitoba, where he has
suCcessfully practiced law -in the
City of Winnipeg. At the present
. .
time he ',la the senior barrister at
the Manitoba Bar and *its in 1912
president"of .the 13ar Association.
From 1879 'tintil 1896 he was Mani-
toba Couqel,for,the Department of
Justice, awl. in 1.8.80 he was one of
the Royal Commissioners to inves-
tigate and report on the administra-
tion of justice in •the North-West
Territories: He had been counsel
for 'the Government of Manitoba
since 1900, so that his remarks on
the boundary question in the House
-were regarded as an expression of
the views of that Government. Sir
James, who was appointed Q.O. in
1884, long before most of the pre-
sent me-mbers.of the Manitoba Bar
had been adnUtrbed to practice ,was
solicited in Winnipeg of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway, from the or-
ganization (Sf ,the company until he
withdrew to contest the Brandon
coenstliotnsue.ney the last general
The new knight is a man of wide
general knowledge, and it is not
surprising to heat that he takes a
great interest in educational mat-
ters, being honorary butsar and a
member of the council of Manitoba
,University, and a director of the
Manitoba Agricultural College. Sir
'James is popularly known arnong
his numerous friends as "Jam,'by
ssa,s0r1 of the initials of his rialeies
His eratory is of the perfervid Ben-
net type, Some have -called him a
''wind-jam_rter." 4.
Joe—"What is the easiest way to
drive a nail without smashing illy
finger 7' ' Josephine—"Hold the
hammer in both hands."
fOROPES1RMAMENTOROWS
GREAT .BRITAIINT MUST JIEEP
P4.4,,OE OR SUFFER.
A Writer Paints Out the Martial
Preparation of Other
The military correspondent of the
London Times, examining the
growth of Europe as an armed
camp, draws sthe deduotion that
England must join France, Ger-
many, Russia and the lesser Europeari states in the increase of her
army and navy, or else lose her
position as one of the leading pow-
ers of the world,
He predicts, indeed, that unless
England does increase her armed
forces she will cease to be consider-
ed by France and Russia as a de-
sirable member of the triple en-
tente, and will be left to shift for
. •
herself in the game of European
diplomacy. His final conclusion is
that "the time is at hand when we
shall have to call India and the,
Dominions to .our councils to survey
the whole field of imperial strategy
and to establish a, defensive system
adequate to the needs of an Oceanic
Empire." In his survey of the
g-rowth of European a-rmament, he
says:
What Germany is Doing..
"We naturally take stock in Ger-
many first because this power is al -
Ways forward in armament, a,nol 055
the whole sets the pace which other
powers have to live with if they
can. There has been no al•ackening
of German preparation for war, but
quite the contrary. Now, as ..al-
ways, the aim. of Germany is to
obtain the largest possible numeri-
cal values oonsistent with qu.a,lity
and to acqnire the utmost fighting
efficiency at the shortest notice. The
personnel Of the German navy has
been doubled in the last ten years
and continues to expand. Three
new German ships of Dreadnought
type are to be eommissioned this
year, and by the autumn Germany
will have in full conamis,sion a great
fleet of battleships and battle cruis-
ers of 'which only a, few will not be-
long to the Dreadnought tylie.
Commerce raidin,g in war has been
much discussed in Germany of late,
and the retentiorr of the battle
cruiser type is probably not -un-
connected with this discussion.
Army Increase's.
'If we turn to the German array
we note that the schemes of 1913
are in course of successful execution. Between July a,nd. October
last the German administration had,
to take steps to receive over 60,000
mbre men and 21,000' more horses
than in 1912, a,nd this was no light
task. The' difficulties were over -
conte and 'the new law begins to
bear fruit. The 'army is stiU short
of 3,000 officers, laut it is expected
that. this deficit will be, made 'good
in two: years. By the spring of
1915, when the second inereased an-
nual contingent will' be not only
incorporated but mobiliza,ble, the
Gerfilan Peace "establishment will
nearly have 'reached the figure of
870,000 of all ranks' and the, law
should have receivedcomplete ap-
"pIication • by the end: of the same
'Yneutriiy TunhetiFresetherYv-eusitiviniiialt#gtriqwni,1%11--'
her 5,400,000- eitrained men.. A
•
large increase the number of re-
;ertrist's called up for training this
year enables ranks to. be well filled
at any -inOment of danger.
In 'France.
."-as to France, the writer says :
"The covering troops on the Ger- -
milli:: frontier are now inffiCient to
meet any type of a.ttaque brusquee,
ansi ,the peace strength ., of the
French army, as a Whole no longer,
presents that dangerous inferiority
te the 'German figure which former-
ly ;caused such serious iinxiety; At
the same time, France is still much
inferior to Germany in peace
strength _arid has considerable
force's tied up in North Afrka. She
is also beaten in -the battle of re-
serves, for the 'French system will
eventually result in 1,200,000 fewer
resetves than the"Gerrhan. '
'France has done all that is hu-
manly possibletoinaintain her mili-
tary position in the world and looks
confidently to her allies and friends
to support her in preServing the
balance of power, not only bn
but, at sea. She possesses no very
marked superiority tl,vr the Austro -
Italian navies in the 'Mediterran-
ean, and the permanent presenc,e of
st strong British fieee in this sea is
one of the, necessities a the time.
Russia's Pneparation.
• As to Russia—"In view of the fact
that color service in Rus,sia, is from
three to four years, liCebrding to
arms, the total peace.establishment
will be raised within that period ,by
about k50,000 men, making a total
peace strength of about 1,100,000,
or apPrOxixnately double that of
Germany. It appears also to be the
intention to recall yearly for train-
ing two classes of the reserve for
six weeks and this year the 1907
and 1909 Classes will join the eolors
for the period nam2d.
"Russian figtireS have to be dig.
counted to some extent on account
of the'size of the Russian Empire,
the, comparative poverty of eorn-
Municationg Ittitl Certain difficulties
Wanted New Invention'o ,
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sorrisists ilk, xoot tta tin* rotor lataalli Antta. Velten. -elitt opt 9(p. '
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which training encounters owing' he
climatic and other causes. 131.15
even with all due dednetions made,
'Ube Russian Xell317 tO GerinaelaY is
IleXb deor))1to a mobilization in :tittle
of peace,
There are 'Others.
'The growth of armaments has
not been restricted tte'the leadin'g
military states. Austria, steadily
adds ta her egectivos on land, ,and
is committed to an ambitious si-nd
oostly naval programme, which is
already paralleled and will -proba-
bly be surpassed by that of Italy.
The Turko-Greek rivalry 'adds to
She number of acceuntable battle-
ships in the easter i 1VIediterramean,
and there has been one more reform
of -the Turkish army. The Balkan
Stathes are borrowing as much ..as
they can get and are organizing
fresh forces—for example, the
twelve divisions of Servia—as fast
as their state of exhaustion permits.
"Spain has plans for an array of
450,000 men and a. Aeld army of
215,000 strong. Sweden is develop-
ing her defensive preparations. The
Netherlands, , hankering 'after
Dreadnoughts, are also busy with
their coast defences, and anticipate
higher expenditure upon their field
army. Finally, Belgium is working
up to a field ,rmy of 178,000 men.
Look where we will armaments are
growing and there is no symptoms
anywhere of a change!'
ASSASSINATION Or RULERS.
The Number Who Have Been Killed
In Recent Years.
Folloiving is a list of rulers and
Ministers assassinated since 1865-:
Abraham Lincoln President of
She, United States, April 14,1865:
The Earl of Mayo, Governor,
General of India, February 8, 1872.
Abdul Aziz, $ultan of Turkey,
June 4, 1876.
Alexander 11., Ozam of
March 13,1881,
181▪ 18:17
3,41Dea A. Garfield, President 0,
the United:States; Julit' 2,
Marie Francois Saoli-Oarn
President of .France; Sune 24, 189
Nazr-ed-Din, Shah of Peat
1\d(SaTtal'mis1182u6.
sStambouloff, Premier
S,1
of Bulgaria, July 23, 1895.
Oanovas del Oastillo, Prime Mins
ister of Spain, August 8, 1897.
Juan Idiarte Bolds, President of
•
Uruguay, August 25, 1897.
Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, Presis
dent of Guatemala, Feb. 18, 1808(
Empress glizabeth of Austria,
Sept. 10, 1898.
Humbert, King of Italy, July 29,
1900.
William McKinley, President of
the United States, Sept. 6, 1901,
Alexander, King of Servia, and
Queen Drage, June 11, 1903. .
Governor-General Bobrikoff,
Finland, June 16, 1904.
Von Plehve, Russian Minister of
the Interior, July 28, 1904.
Caflos, King of Portugal, Feb, 1,
1908;
Pince Ito, of Japan, Oct. 26,
1909.
Yi Wan -Yung, Premier of Korea,,
Dec' 21, 1909.
Eamon Caceres, President of
Santo Domingo, Nov. 19, 1911.
Peter Stolypin, Premier of Rus-
sia, Sept. 14 1911.
Jose Canalejas, Prime Minister
orSpain, Nov. 12, 1912.
Francis I. Madero, President 'of
Mexico'Feb. 23, 1913.
Jose Pin° Suarez,
Vice-President
of Mexico, Feb. 23;1913.
George I., King of Greece, March
18, 1913.
Mahmond Shevket Pa,sha, Grand
Vizier of Turkey, june 11, 1913.
Franz Ferdinand, Crown Prince
of Austria, June 28, 1914.
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