The Herald, 1914-08-07, Page 3LL OF SERVIAN CAPITAL
arracks of Servian Capital ' Were the Target,
Though Public Buildings Also Under Fire
A Vienna despatch to the 'Ex -
lenge Telegraph Company at Iron
n, says :-"After a heavy- bona-
rdnient by the Danube gunboats,
elgrade was occupied by the Aus-
ian troops Wednesday."
A despatch from Athens, says :
e Servian Legation has received
e following telegram from Nish:
"During the night Belgrade was
rnbarded. Shells fell in vari-
s quarters of the town, especially
e barracks. causing great damage.
vera fell on the Franco-Servian
d Andrevitch banks. M. Andre-
teh of the banking firm was
ounded. Both banks have lodged
protest at the German Legation.".
Servians Retreated.
A despatch from Vienna, says :
to Servians at 1.40 Wednesday
ternoon blew up the bridge span -
ng the River Sava, between the
ustrian town of Semlin and Bel -
rade. The Austrian infantry and
rtillery stationed at Semlin, in
injunction with monitors on the
anube, fired on the Servian posi-
tions beyond the bridge. The Ser-
yians .retreated after a short en-
gagement with trifling losses.
Ships- Were Captured.
•
A small detachment of pioneers
in . co-operation with the customs
officers, on Wednesday captured
two Servian steamers laden with
ammunition and mines. The pion-
eers and revenue guards, after a
short, sharp encounter, overcame
the Servian crew and took posses-
sion of the vessel and their danger-
ous cargoes. The captured ships
were towed away by one of the
Danube' steamers.
All -Day Fight.
The invasion of .Servia, viaSemen-
dria is reported to have been mn'ch
more difficult. The Austrians land-
ed on an island in the Danube, 200
yards from the Servian shore. They
crossed on pontoons over the swift
current. Tliis was a difficult mat-
ter, as they were under a severe
fire. They crossed ander cover of
an artillery and infantry fire. The
Servians maintained their resist-
ance. •
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KING PETER OF SERVIA,
horn one rumor reports as having
bdieated.
6S 0('t'.`aSION TO INTER VI;\l,.
'teatashii) President Say;, Britain
May Not Mix in War.
A despatch from Berlin, says:
he Hamburg Correspondent pub-
shes an interview with Herr Bailin
resident of the North German
Loyd Line. in which he states that
ngland may be eliminated from the
owers which may eventually take
lace either with Austria or Servia.
ritain has no occasion whatever
o intervene in the conflict, no nat-
er what turn it takes. "The high-
st authorities in London," he says,
`are positively determined to take
o steps based on participation in
he war." Herr Bailin also says
hat France's disinclination to go
-o war is even a stronger asset in
avor of peace than Britain's amic-
ble disposition. -"Painful uncer
ainty" will continue for some time,
e concludes, but can be borne by
ermans with assurance and con-
dence.
LOT A('T READ TO GERMANS.
Imes Says Britain Wilt Know How
to Aet in Eventualities.
A despatch 'from London says:
The Times, in an editorial on Thurs..
day
hur.s-
day morning on the war crisis, says :
"If. France is menaced, or the safety
f the Belgian frontier, which we
guaranteed with France and Russia,
we shall know how to act. We can
no more afford to see France crush-
ed by Germany or the balance of
power upset against France, than
Germany can afford to see Austria-
Hungary crushed by Russia. Upon
that issue, should it have to be de-
termined by arms. our friends and
our enemies will find that we think
and act witli one accord."
GOD OF WAR IIAS LONG. ARM.
Flow Conflict Will Affect This Con-
tinent in Direct Fashion.
A despatch from Pittsburg, Pen.,
says : Heads of manufacturing and
mining companies fear a shortage
of labor if the Austro-Servian war
bo prolonged. While there are. pro-
bably less than 500 Servians in the
Pittsburg district, it is estiniate4
that there are fully 500,000 Austro-
Hungarians in western Pennsylvan-
ia and northern West Virginia, one
fifth of whom are liable for military
duty. The -withdrawal of 'any -':eon-
siderable proportion of this num-
ber from mills and mines would be
seriously felt in times of industrial
activity while the curtailment of im-
migration would add to the short-
age, say the employers.
•NATIONS BUYING COAL
American Exporters Are Doing a
Rushing Business.
A despatch from New York, says:
A rumor current on Tuesday that
the principal European powers like-
ly to be involved in the Austro-
Servian War had placed orders in
this country for large quantities of
coal for their navies, was confirm-
ed by leading coal exporters on
1 Wednesday. The possibility of Ger-
' many, Austria, Italy and France
;being shut tiff from the Welsh coal
I supply by England being drawn in-
to the contrdversy is held here to
be responsible for the orders placed
' with American coal exporters.
BOY HORRIBLY MAIMED.
Ten -year-old Lad Ran in Front of
His Father's Mower.
A despatch from Kingston, says:
The ten -year-old son of William
Schemerliorn, who lives near New-
burgh, was horribly injured on Wed-
nesday. While his father was driv-
ing a mower in a •field the boy ran
in front • of the machine and was
knocked down. One foot, one toe
off the other foot, a finger and a
thumb were cut off The doctors
expect him to recover.
ILL WAR EFFECT CANADA
Officials of Finance Department at Ottawa Are
Optimistic of the Future
. A despatch from Ottawa, says:
Officials of the Department of :Fi-
nance are inclined to the view that
the Austrtr..Servian war will have
no 'serious effect on economic con-
ditions in Canada, They admit that
a European war, more particularly
if all the 'powers are drawn into
the fray, will snake it practinklly
impossible for -the present to go' tp'
London money market. In this con=
leection it is claimed,; however, that
most of the loans sought for the
present year have either been float-
ed or are in the hands of the under-
writei'7
Wheat prices are certain to be
affected by the war more particu-
larly if Russia ceases tobe a source
of supply for•.the British market. In
that event the Western farmers
whose crop promises to be short,
will have compensation in the form
of higher prices. It is not believed
'that the manufacturing. industries
will be affected' bythe `War, but that
bitter prices, are likely'tci prevail
fol` xnanufactured; goods, =War, of
course, is never a -good thing for
the salaried consumers, ivlio are'
likely to pay even higher prices than t
they do to -day for meat, flour, and e
other necessaries of life,
PRICt$ OF FARM PRODUC s lII P E
RI�.�. PARTIES_ UNJTED
Britain Has Not Seen the Like Since the Time of
Napoleon
LiEP08a"$ 7t'IiSglpli 9C8 Jf,>EL7Di3lO
,T'XCHDD caEII7TRfiB 'i P AaiitExtual
oreaustutrs.
Toronto, Qua. 4: 1''lour-Ontario' wheat
flours, 90 •per pent„ $3,60 to, $3:65, eeaiaoard.
New fidur for August delivery quoted at
$3.25. Mani tobas--First patents, 'in Jute
bags, $5,50; do„ eeoonde, $5; strong bak-<
ere', in jute' bags, $4,80.
Manitoba wheat -Bay. ports --No. 1 Nor-
thern, $1 to $1.03, and No. 2,' 990 to 81.01.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 now, 85 to 87o.'out
Bide, August.and September d'elivery..
Oats -No. 2 Ontario oats. at 39 1-2 to 400,
outside, and.at 42 to 42 1-2o, on.track, To-
ronto. Western Canada oats, 431-20 for,
No. 2,;and, 42 1.2o for No. 3.
Peas -Nominal.
Parley -Nominal.
Rye -Nominal.
Buckwheat. --Nominal.
Corn-e1)a11; No. 2 American at 81 to 820,
on track, Toronto.
Bran -Manitoba: bran, $23. in bate:, 'To-
ronto freight, •Shorts, $25 to $26.
Country Produce.
Butter -Choice dairy, 17 to 190; inferior,
15 to 16c; farmers' eeparator prints, 19 to
20e; creamery prints, fresh, 23 1.2 to 250;
do., solids, 22 to 23 1-2c.
Fuge-Oase lots of strictly new laid, 260
Per dozen, and good stook, 20 to 23o per
dozon.
Honey -Strained, 10 J.2 to 11 1-2c per lb.
Combs. $2.25 to $2.50 per dozen for No. 1.
and $2 for No. 2.
Cheese -New cheese; 14 to 14 1.4c for large
and 14 1-4 to 14 1.20 for twine.
Beans -Hand-picked, $2.30 .to $2.35 per'
buehel; No. 1 prime's, 52.20 to 52.25.
Poultry -Fowl, 15 to 16c per ib; ohiek-
ens, broilers, 20 to 22c; turkeys, 20 to 21o.
otatoes-New Ontario, 51.25 to 51.30 per
bushel, and Americans, $4 per barrel,
Baled Hay and Straw.
Hay -Quotations on No. 1 are practical-
ly nominal. No. 2 brings 515 to $15.35, on
track here. Clover 512.50.
Baled etraw--Car lots 59, on track, To-
ronto.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14 1-2o per lb:, in
case lots. Hama -Medium. 181-2 to 19o;
do., heavy, 17 to 17 1-2c; rolls, 14 1-2 to 15e;
breakfast bacon. 190; backs. 22 to 230; bone-
less backs, 24c.
Lard: Tierces, 11 3-4 to 120; tubs, 121-4e;
Pails. 121-20; compound, 10 to 10 1-4c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Aug. 4. -Corn, AAmeriean No. 2
Yellow. 77 to 78c. Oats, Canadian Western,
No. 2, 45e; No. 3, 43 3.4c; extra No. 1 feed,
44 1-2c. Barley, Man. feed, 55 to 56c. Flour,
Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, 55.50
to 55,60; seconds, $5 to 55.10; strong bak-
ers', $4.80 to 54.90; Winter patents, choice,
$5 to $5.25; straight rollers, 84.50 to 54.75;
do.. bags, 82.15 to $2.20. Rolled oats,
barrels, $4.45 to $4.55; do., bags, 90 lbs.,
$2.05 to 52.15. Bran, 23. Shorte 525.
Middlings $28. Moniliid $21 to 523. Hay,
N. 2 per ton, car lots, $t5 to' 516.50.
Cheese, finest westerns, 13 to 13 1.80; fin-
est easterns, 12 1-2 to 12 3-4c. Butter,
choicest creamery, 24 1-2 to 25c; do.. sec-
onds. 24 to 24 1-4e. Eggs, fresh, 23 to 24o;
selected, 26 to 27o; No. 1 stock 23o; No. 2
stock, 20 to 21c.
Winnipeg Crain.
Winnipeg. Aug. 4. -Cash prices: Wheat,
No. 1 Northern, 94e; No. 2 Northern,
911.2c; No. 3 Northern, 88e. Oats, No. 2
O.W., 38 3-4o; No. 3 G.W., 37 34o; extra No.
1 feed, 36 1-2c; No. 1 feed, 36 1-2cNo, 2 feed,
36 1-2c. Barley, No. 3, 54e; No. 4, 51c re
jected. 471.2e. Flax, No. 1 N.W.C.,
$1.63 1-2; No. 2 0.W., 51.60 1-2; No. 3 C.W..
$1.48 1-2.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Aug. 4.-Wheat-Suly, 94o;
September, 89 7-8c; No. 1 hard, $1.00 3-4;
No. 1 Northern, 95 3-4 to 99 3-4c; No. 2 Nor-
thern, 92 3-4 to 97 3-4c. Corn, No. 3 yellow,
73 .to 73 1.2c. Oats, No. 3 white, 35 to 35 1-2o.
Flour, fancy patents, $5; first clears, $3.75;
second clears, 52.75. Shipments, 57,500 bar-
rels.
Duluth, Aug. 4. -Linseed cash, $L83 5-8;
Ply, 51.83. Close -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
$1.00 3-8; No. 1 Northern, 99 3-8c; No. 2
Northern, 97 3-8 to 97 7-8c; July, 99 1-20;
September. 91 3-8c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto. Aug. 4 -Cattle -Choice butohere,
58 to 58.75; good. medium, 57.65 to 57,85;
common cows, $3.25 to 84.50; canners and
cutters, 82.50 to $3.50; choice fat cows, 56
to $6.85.
Calves -Good veal, 510 to $11; common,
$7 to $8.50.
Stockers and feeders -Steers, 700 to 900
Pounds, 86.50 to' 57: light stockers, 55.50
to $6.
Hoge -$9.15, fed and watered. 89.40 off
cars.
Sheep and lambs -Light ewes, $6 to
86.50: heavy, 84 to $4.50; bucks, 53.50 to
$4.50; spring ,Iambs, $8.50 to $9.75 by the
pound; yearling lambs, 56 to $8,
Milch cows -Market firm at 60 to $95.
Montreal; Aug. 4, -Primes, 8 to 8 3.40;
medium, 6 3-40 to 7 3-4o; common, 4 to
5' 1.20. Mitch cows, 530 to $76 each; ono
Holstein cow was held at $90. Calves, 4
to 71.20; sheep, 41.2 to 5 1-4c; lambs, 55
to $7.60 each. Hogs, r 1-2 to 10o.
C.N.R. ORDERS EQUIPMENT.
Through Trains Edmonton to -To
•ronto When Delivered..
A despatch from Winnipeg, .says
The Canadian Northern Railway
has just placed an order with the
Canadian firms for more than'•a'
million and a half dollar's worth of
equipment, •' sufficient to put on the
most modern service between Teron-
to and Winnipeg by way of .the new
line from Port Arthur to Sudbury.'
It is probable that through trains
will run from Edmonton to Toron-
to as soon as this equipment is de=
livered.
CREATOR'S BAND.
Coming to the Canadian National
Exhibition at 'Toronto.
Guiseppe Creatore, who with his
band comes to the Canadian Nation-
al Exhibition for two concerts daily
during the entire Exhibition, is un-
questionably the most interesting
personality, before the musical world
to -day, lie has set Boston and New
York music mad,. Be. is not only
the most picturesque of conductors,
but is, besides, a masterly' leader of
men who has his musicians tinder
perfect control. ` To the; spectators
the irresistsble impression is that
hey 'are -performing involuntarily
ntirely at the will of their Fier v,
volatile conductor.
A despatch from London says
Regarding the united front ,shown
by both parties in Parliament to
.Europe, the Times points out that
such tt step is unprecedented, since
the Napoleonic wars a century ago.
It also observes : "There is reason
to, fear that the Irish question has
not; been without influence on the
development of events on the Con-
tinent. Statements made in the
Howse of Commons might make it
clear to the world that domestic
differences will not prevent the
_country presenting a united front.
Mr: Asquith called with Mr, Bonar
Law in the latter's motor on Sir
Edward Grey before Parliament
met. The incident prepared dhe
House for the agreement postpon-
ing.!the Irish controversy nominal-
ly till Monday, but in reality till
the crisis is past. The' Liberals
cheered Bonar Law when he declar-
ed that he epohce for Sir Edward
Carson's party as well as for the
whole of the Unionist party. ' The
Radical papers anticipate that the
original Home Rule Bill will be-
come law automatically under the
Parliament Aet when the session is
prorogued. The Times disposes of
this statement by announcing that
the session is only adjourned. If the
erisis continues or develops, in that
case the bill is deferred indefinitely.
THE ti[it3 IN A PARAGRAPH
UAPP..KINGS FROM ALL O VEB
TUE GLOBE IN d
Tr' UTSII1134,L.
Canada, the Empire and the World
6A General Before Your
Eyes.
Canada.
His Honor. Mr. Justice Teetzel
will retire from the Bench.
Stratford assessment commission-
er puts the population at 17,028.
Austro-Hungarian reservists in
western Canada have been ordered
by -the War Department to mobil-
ize.
The army worm has made its ap-
pearance in Portneuf county, Que-
bec.
The artillery of the garrison at
Halifax was mobilized and manned
the forts in the harbor.
Major-General Macdonald, Quar-
termaster -General, on Saturday for
a. tour of inspection through the
west.
The Coroner's jury found Dr. C.
K. Robinson of Tamworth respon-
sible for the death of Miss Blanche
L. ;Yorke on July 8.
John Christie, aLondon Electric
C ,;K,inernan, fell forty feet: and
was almost instantly killed, when a
badly rotted pole broke off. .
Mr. C. J. Atkinson, since its in-
ception Superintendent of the To-
ronto Boys Dominion, has been ap-
pointed General Field Secretary for
the United States, with headquar-
ters at New York..
Lieut. -Col. F. D. Farquhar,
D.S.O., military secretary to
H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, will
continue in the same capacity to
his Serene Highness Prince Alex-
ander of Teck.
Canada is perfecting the plans
for its part in the ice patrol of the
North Atlantic, which was propos-
ed` after the Titanic disaster, as a
means, of securing greater safety
to ocean .travel.
The mines of Quebec Province
have. yielded a production of $13,-
119,811 in 1913. These figures show
an increase of nearly 'two million
dollars,- : As usual, asbestos leads
all. mineral products, the quantities
extracted reaching the value of
$3,839,5.04, .
Runningshort of gasoline 1,200
feet in the air, seven miles from the
south shore of Lake Ontario, R.
Brissell and a colored aviation stu-
dent voyaging- from Toronto, were
obliged to make hurried descent in
their hydro -aeroplane into the lake
and were rescued, after they had
been in the water 22 minutes, by
the .steamer. Garden City, from
Port Dalhousie,
Great Britain.
•
Militants again attempted to en-
ter Buckingham Palace. '
..The Prince. of Teck will arrive
earlier than was expected in the
Dominion,
;A. great lockout in the building
trades of Great Britain is impend-
ing.
It is reported that a settlement
agreeable to the Ulsterites has been
reached over home rule.
Earl and Lady Grey acted as
hosts at a reception given to the.
visiting Canadian teachers in the
Royal Colonial Institute, London,
An impressive scene was witness-
ed . in Dublin when the bodies of
the rioters who were killed on Sun-
day were conveyed through the
streets:
' United States.
.A motor lifeboat started on
from New York to Eng -land.
bl enerai.
Several'Americans have been mar-
ooned in: Austrian towns.
1VItne. Caillaux was acquitted of.
+he. Charge cif murder.
,tr.ip
President Poincare received a
great reception on his return to
Paris.
.
CENTENARY OP PEACE.
United States Will Issue New Two
and Five Cent Stamps.
A despatch from Washington,
July 29. As its contribution to the
celebration this year of the centen-
ary of peace between Great Britain
and the United States, the Post -
office Department was preparing to
issue two special stamps, this de-
signs for which have been approved
by Postmaster -General Burleson.
Tho stamps of two and five cent de-
nominations will be ready for issue
earn•' in the fall. The words "Peace:
1814-1914" will be on each. The two -
cent stamp will have on it a hemis-
phere with a female figure on the
left holding, an American flag, and
on the right a figure bearing aBrit-
ish flag, the two clasping hands
across the hemisphere. On the five -
cent stamp will be a winged figure
typifying the spirit of peace, and
with a dove of peace flying before
it.
TWO WEEKS AT BA.N F F.
The Duke of Connaught Wishes to
Do Much Fishing.
A despatch from Calgary, says
The Vice -Regal party, including the
dike of Connaught, the Duchess
and the Princess Patricia. left -Cal-
gary
Cal-gary late Tuesday night for Banff,
where the party will stay for two
weeks. It is understood that the
Duke wishes to do a good of fishing
while in the mountains, and a camp
will be pitched at one of the moun-
tain lakes. After the stay in Banff
1 the party will proceed to the coast,
Why She Smiles.
"Why does that lady grin so every
time
very-
time she sees you?"
"She knows I'm getting only $10
a week."
"But why the grin?"
"I was engaged to her once and
broke it off, and she afterward mar-
ried a millionaire."
Some Other Day.
"Never give up."
"I don't ; I tell them to come
around next week.
Criticism. •
blr, Peewee -1 selected this suit
myself. What do you think of it?
His .Wife --Turn around and let
me see it so I can tell you what's
wrong with it.
The death of Mr. Franklin Peter-
son has caused profound regret in
Edinburgh musical circles, and to a
host of friends and former pupils.
NEW KING OF'SERVIA,
Prince Alexander reigns it report
or King Peter's abdication is true.!
The eldest son ieaounced the suedes.;
Comment on Events
Progress; of the Aeroplane.
What a s ei t that =not have been at'the
celebration In Paris of the anniverea3' ' or
the fall of the Bastile when twenty mill-
tory aeroplane in perfoot a/lig+nment of
fours flew at full speed .past the reviewing
sband I
1t indicated a new element inwarfare
that is certain to change the methods o8
war; not only in reepect to the mroveanente
of troops, but in the direct -aoplicaeiop o$
its destructive' forces. What might 'net
those twenty aeroplanes do in dropping
bombe ,and other deadly missies upon an
army, or a came, or a fleet, or a fort!
There would be no end to the devastation
that an air fleet would inflict. • "
Need of Ready Money,
New York boasts -no new thing, per -
baps -that many college men are Member;
of fits police force. There are . lawyer.
doctors. dentists, teaehere, and even for-
mer clergymen among the bluecoats of
Gotham -men elbowed out, for one reason
or another, from the professions for evhieh
they were eduoated and trained, and driv-
en to wielding the policeman's billy for
financial reasons. Ina city on the Pa
cific Coast. scores of men, formerly in the
learned professions, are now acting as
motormen, street railway conductors and
chauffeurs for the same reason -need of
ready money. They lead, not that .their
education is a handicap but that it is a
positive help to them in discharging their
more exclusively mechanical duties. And
in Boston a policeman recently took a
degree in law, as he said, to make o'f him-
self
self a better. -wiser officer. These incidents
are worth the thought and patient con-
sideration of the young party thinking of
leaving school over early in life for the
allurements of a small job.
Think of the Whole,
Sir William Willcocks, the British en-
gineer who built the Assuan Dam across
the Nilo and who is at work upon the
control .of ,the Euphrates and Tigrie riv-
c:rs do Mesopotamia. recently made a
trip along the Mississippi River and 'its
tributaries. His comments upon what, is
being done with that great river were
exceedingly frank and apply to other
things besides damming the Mississippi.
His advice, which was given when ask-
ed far to a large audience at Pittsburg,
was illuminating. He first suggested that
it was as well to begin at the bottom and
work up; that the levees ob the lower
reaches of the river should be built so
strong that they could etand any pos-
sible strain.
He then proceeded to be very frank with
his audience. "Here aro you, all of you
honorable men, but looking on Uncle Sam
as lawful prey," he said. You would not
rob one another, you would not permit
robbery of yourselves if you could help
it, but in a sense .you are alt willing to
dip your hande into the national pork bar-
rel unfairly for the benefit of your indi-
vidual locality lou are very careful that
each locality gets its share, and carelese
of the total result.
"You must think of the whole, not of
every Individual, if you wish to succeed
on the Mississippi. Nature's rule is:
Careless of the single life, careful of the
type. If you are careful of the single
life and careless of the type you will fail
where Nature succeeds."
The Pittsburgers aro not the only ones
who might benefit by Sir William's ad-
vice.
Efficiency Has a New Aid.
One of the things lir medicine that have
taken long steps within the last decade is
the testing of blood pressure as a means
of determining a person's health. It is now
one of the most important tests employed
by the life insurance companies in discov-
rick.ng
eriwhether a "prospect" is a desirable
Now comes a French physician, Pro-
fecsor Lahaye. who announces that hie
experiments with blood. pressure have con-
vinced him that brain workers are more
fatigued than persona engaged in physical
toil. But that is not all. The most im-
portant feature of his discovery is a meth-
od by which an employer of brain. workers
'may know whether he is getting the worth
of his money.
Seize the clerk, bookkeeper. librarian,
advertising man, novelist, playwright,
railroad director or (awful!) pity official
at the close of his day'e work, wrap the
little rubber tube around his arm, watch
the pressure gauge and then, with Pro-
fessor Lahaye's figures, you find either
the ant or the sluggard. The brain work-
er who has not worked hie brain le ex-
posed and warned or fired. The man
whose blood pressure ,shove at five,o'cloell,
that he has worn his brain to a frazzle is
Patted on the back and promoted.
It is assumed that the Lahaye method
differentiates between real work and mere
worry. The professor insists that he has
made the system so accurate that it will
show the man's occupation.
The Tiger.
The real political contest in France is a
duel of personalities. For years M. Cle-
menceau has been the guiding spirit of
French polities. He has made and unmade
ministers with great rapidity. Whenever
ono man seemed to him to becoming
strong M. Clemenceau would intrigue with
various groups to upset him. It is said
that he has upset forty ministries; it is
certain that he has been responsible for
the election of four of the last six presi-
dents, Of the two elected in defiance of
his authority one, M. Casimir-Perier, was
driven into resignation after six months.
The other. is M. Poincare himself, and if
ho is still at the Elysee that is not the
fault of M. Clemenceau, who is known as
the Tiger.
At first sight 1t would seem that M.
Poincare has the advantage. He is prest-
tbent of the Republic. The pomp and eir-
bumstance of. office is about him; kings
have been his hosts and his guests, and
in his. tours through France he has known
how to make his own personality felt
through the trappings of his position,
Against this M. Clemeneeau has only his
position as a senator and the glamor of
having once been president of the coun-
cil. Yet, for all this apparent weakness,
lff. Clemenceau is the treater power of the
two. Re has been the dominant figure in
French -politics since eeiambetta died, Until
his authority, wa•o challenged two years
ago. M. Olemenceau was the sovereign of
France, whose power had .only once been
defied' in twenty veers, and then without
success. The kernel of the political situ-
ation in France is the problem of whether
M. Poincarecan witietand M. Clemenceau.
. Marls is Quite Safe.
Inferences that the "soil. on which Paris
is built is timetable, based on the tele-
graphed reports ' of the sinking of the
street surfaces during a heavy rainfall,
are not substantiated by the facte 00-
t^ertained through engineering inrestiga-
ions: The depressions, in which amoral
nerson.s lest their lives, were caused by
the overflow of storm water from the
sewers into .the subwav excavati:ue. Thus
there is nothing to indicate that the land
s not amply, capable of carrying the
buildings anti the traffic loads of the
greatest city ie. France.
The storm came so suddenly that the
valves which divert excees water to the
river could not be .controlled and the
sewers broke under the pressure and
flooded the partially. bnilt strbwaye. The
Pavement was undermined and cribs and
people dropned rote the •'anderground tor-
rent. •.
'chis explanation is simple and reassur-
ing-. visitors to Paris need have no fear
of losing their lives in subterranean wee
tern 11 they keep off the pavements over
unfinished tunnels during henvy rain.
Sierras,