| Show VIENNA IENNA Juno June 6 The The Hun Austro-Hun- Ian taxpayer has hu become gravely eb I alarmed nned over oyer the fact tact that the military estimates for the coming comins year r aio c nearly nearl- ible ble the tho arm army and na navy expenditure oCen of oC ofen en on years ears ago From government ol sources there mare have come como frequent as asser- asser er- er is ns that relations with other countries most peaceful and amicable J If this true the people arc are wondering why government comes forward ton with a military budget which could not be much greater ater if it the empire was on tho the verge verse war war n ar The he sum Bum asked by br the minister of war The army wants while the navy will get along with Tho The remaining will nl spent on the militia and reserve forces en years ago the total budget for the tho ee branches of service amounted to toy y a n. sum considerably less I n Is now demanded for tor tho timo arm army I nehe ne The he popular protest Is that the ad adico ad- ad adhe I ce ico is utterly out of proportion to the normal mal increase In the tho nations nation's financial commercial wealth but the most dl dieting disquieting dis di quieting eting feature Is that the tho present budget contains no extraordinary Items so there theres no reason to e expect that next nett years year's eals estimate mate will-bring will any relief ITEMS IN INTHE INTHE THE NEWS FROM ABROAD V gar garala garian g-arlan ala est dou double sev seven sou assertions tio lions are lre arebe thisbe thisbe be tho mil gre of T warIs waris is 36 willbe be Sev Seven three only tha than alo alone aloT T advance advance van vance nor norand and qui con conis Is s esti t the time of the tho Will war var scares s during annexation of oC Bosnia in 1903 and anding andIn anding In ing the more recent Balkan wars the ministry of ot war took advantage of or the situation allon to pr procure lIre overy everything thins that was wn t ded to bring the tho arm army up to a 11 high o e of ot efficiency and enormous sums o e spent on two mobilizations The j of spending spending- then Inaugurated seems ha ave been kept up and each ench succeed- succeed budget has been larger lars than the one re Immense sums have been put new guns and technical equipment estiA A At the dur during min situ nee state stat were rate to o h In lug ng before Into nto for or the engineers and field forces While no It is contended that the general Increase in the cost oost of or labor and materials materials mate mate- rials Hats has Jias much to do o with tho the increasing bud budgets eu tho the press has lately been discussIng discuss discuss- lug Ing ng the lie In influence exerted by tho the ring of or I manufacturers of steel and arid armaments Since Hungary Austria Started stalled to build ships of the type three years I Iago ago the tile taxpayers have been astonished to o find that these are costing many millions mil mil- lions Ions moro more than warships of or similar size and power built by Germany and Great Britain The Iron and steel and find other materials employed cd arc are all an considerably dearer than in tho the other two countries named It Is la charged that tho the government government govern govern- ment mont is 15 being held up b by a ring of manufacturers manu manu- Since it Jt is IR the settled policy of or orthe the he various government departments not noto notto to lo o hu buy an anything thing outside th the country It if It Itcan Itcan Itcan can be obtained In Hungary Austria It has las been difficult to a remedy for forthe forthe I the h situation Apparently the th manu manufacturers manufacturers' factor ers ring Tin constitutes a n ver very powerful or organization llon The shareholders Include many Influential and exalted persons The shares In one of the principal ship building concerns have havo risen in the past few tew years ears from 80 so to US 18 10 an Increases Increase of or 2300 per cent June fi The The treatment of oC Norwegians at the tho Immigration station at Ellis Island Nc New York has b been cn en re receiving receiving re- re criticism in parliament Several Se members of or tho the have hao made mado speeches in which the they cited instances I of ill III treatment of Norwegian Immigrants ants under detention there and the thc foreign minister was asked pointedlY what ho he In Intended Intended Intended In- In tended to do about it It The discussion arose from the story re recently rc- rc published here her of a year fifteen old boy 00 who was detained at Ellis Ems Island for a a. whole month before ho he was sent back to Norway It was asserted that he was kept prisoner and that only one ono of or s veral letters elters which h us I-us wrote ever ver reached Its destination The protesting members of or parliament did not criticise the immigration laws of tho the United States Slates but the they Insisted that Norwegians detained d under these laws should be properly treated Mr Mr- Ir Thlen Thien in answer to the lIone quoted some of the most Important important import Import- ant sections of ot tho the American immigration I acts act and said Eald that too often orten tho the Norwegian Nor Nor- emigrant failed to comply with the regulations because of Ignorance He Hc a agreed eed that there were cases of cep severity sc and cited that of or a Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- woman and her four tour children who were detained because the paper lJ by which her law In guaranteed that the family would not become a zi public charge was dated a a. year before their theil ar- ar rival rUal She was allowed to enter while her case calSe was on eu appeal al after her relatives relatives rela rela- tives had raised ball bail for each child but In the meantime one of or tho the child children ten died In the hospital through careless treatment according to charges to tho the Norwegian Norwegia a legation In Washington The Tho minister pointed out what a n difficult difficult cult situation the United States has to face wILh thousands of Immigrants a great many o of whom were illiterate con- con lY pouring Into her gates He lie then thenn n agreed that the tue torel foreign n office should get full fun Information about time the treatment of Norwegians lami at al Ellis Island which should be published with extracts American Amen Ameil- can immigration laws lawn warning Norwegians Norwegians Nor Nor- of or the rIsks tho they run in ii attemptIng attempt attempt- In Ing to enter tho the United States GLASGOW June 6 TIm Tho birthplace of I I Rob nO Roy the celebrated Highland I hooter booter the tile place where he and Ills his grave o have e bp been n saved aved bv by ba a decision of the House of or Lords denying the ell city o of Gla Glasgow ow a right to draw a water t from Loch You Voll and Loch Dolne Dome If Clasgow's Glasgow's Glaso Glas Glas- gow's o s request had been granted ranted It would have been lleen necessary since lal lakes es are arc a t part of ot the eastern watershed to raise the tho level of tho the lakes some flome fifty foot feet which would have havo submerged the Rob Roy landmarks I These sentimental 1 con considerations were laid before th the House of Lords Tord In petition after petition but hut the decision cf of that r bod body sitting Hitting in Us Its Judicial jl capacity n IS sl r riot flot based 1 on omi un tiny any of these points The rho i lIt llan re regulations read rend that hat wn- wn I hr from froni a an aim n eastern wa watershed tc shall hall not nots I b s diverted 1 to In western rn uSes and It H WR J I I I Bedded that Glasgow mu must l forego Its hs wa wn- v I I iter tar ter supply for or tho the Ie reason that th the I 1 city is on the lie wrong side Ido of tho the watershed water water- shed PARIS June 6 6 King Christian tJan of Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark who with Queen Alexandrine re recently recently re- re paid an official l visit to Pre President Poincare und find Mine Poincare Is th Lbs only sovereign who has pla played ed time the role I of an actor in III a mo picture drama The Incident occurred at n it I Ismall I small watering place near tho tim capital A I cinematograph company compan had arranged tho lie i setting for fOl au an un unusual scene cene for or tho lie Urns I H It was waR to be he a In Iii which a ayoung young joung un- un woman h her r child anti ami the lie womans woman's mother were participants The king was va I on eu the lie beach ho he noticed he lie unfortunates their theli halt hall dis- dis I beveled nc who seemed to l-e l calling for forThe or Ii C I tJ The Tue l king Icing ln hl e 1 to rE thorn thom when a voting actor 11 hero ro of drama I picked them n the life up un belts with which they we vere having Ifs lessened ened the chances of any fatal ending of the lie seen Tile The ho lie had b been en Included In the lie picture was us vexed and find the that thal It be bc destroyed The last of or the drama had to be played without his Ills n assistance For FOI the he first time since its i In HOS the degree of or Doctor of Letters has haA b been en gained b by a n woman woma n Th The Th RUC- RUC c candidate is Mademoiselle Jeanne Teann Deportal She Rhe comes of a well welt known family many of whose members have oh- oh I tl distinction In literature and anti once ence Her Ier fattier father Henri I is a R government o engineer n and her grandfather I Iwas was a representative In th the chamber chambel o of for man many years ean To obtain the thin degree candidates must present ent two theses one In Latin and mid one In n Trench French Th standard rt ed ed Is 15 NO so hl high h that thit lie tho distinction has ha acquired tho the reputation of being one of or the tho mo most t difficult cult In iii tho tIme world Very few students arc are at nt the first attempt The Tho Suh sub sub- ct chosen b by Mile Mile- for Cor or her JI theses was the tIm history ot of art in the century I |
