Show empress ess OSS Ua Jcu tzi o to detect Hulo- Hulo o or of ct ln a Emperor Menelik Wishes to Proclaim His Illegitimate Son as Successor While Empress Favors Her Brother Germanys Germany's Influence Will Be Strengthened 4 r ri i Ii B By Vim nn Comm republican Special Service London Set Sept 1 A A womans woman's hand is potent poten l in t the hl pull political In Intrigues now going oln on our In Italian travelers travel Inn cr ers who have burr recent 1 been In l Z s 's country country country-A slL countr Abyssinia suy tit time Is likely to name the tire next holder hohler of or time the throne The Tire emperors emperor's emper or ors or's s man marriage luge with has remained childless an and amid now desires to tol l proclaim lila hIs Illegitimate to Li unite sour noli Ol Ola a youth ii of or 20 1 years call as liS successor to 0 the tIme throne The rue empress on the time oilier other hand favors thi th tin tin- selection of oC her own brother Ibis Has Olle to be he her husbands husband's successor Other Influential candidates are arc In imi time tho field so that intrigue will be rife at It atthe the time Abyssinian court for tor or some sOllie time tinie 10 lO o come Although the time Empress Is In iii general hostile to all she sire nevertheless has iras considerable sympathy sym pathy for Germans and Germany Grman Therefore German p policy llcy In hr Abyssinia Ah JIla have a powerful supporter at the Lire court of or ole He Ilk In tile tie secret International International contest now going eu on for fOl commercial com coni- mercial mner-Ial supremacy in Iii that section of Africa Since the time announcement of or the tire conclusion con con- elusion of time tile agreement agi among Great Britain France anti and Italy regarding Abyssinia the tire German press has been full ful of assurances that the time German government go I re regards ard- ard the tire agreement with h oil ill Indifference Powers possessing the predominant political In- In ter In will ivill necessarily secure secure se so- cure tire tho most valuable In the he exploitation of or that hart country coun coun- try Great Glent France and Italy have despite the guarantee of or the hue open door far Car better helleI pro prospects of commercial gain In iii Abyssinia than Ger rany whose interests must ne In stuffer Hence it Is feared I especially in hi Great Britain and arid Ital Italy I that Germany will tal take c the tho first fa favorable a- a chance of oC asserting herself In mr Abyssinia as us she has hus alrea already done one in Morocco A German c commercial ex- ex I pe I Is now at work In Abyssinia seeking to 10 secure opportunities of profitable enterprise arid and it I Js is precisely pro pre w work of this uris kind that would woul by tIre the good will of the tire empress In connection with this Iris star story 1 have been Informed b by m my Rome nome Informant that since the tire death cath of oC Tins Ras l the tire I has become all il pow erful Apropos of this It ma may be tic mentioned men irwin that an nn Ab Abyssinian woman from who iro Is tM married to a Gorman In Palestine has insinuated herself herselt Into the empress' empress confidence under the pretext pretext pre pre- text ext of or furnishing hl g the tire empress with Information about Jerusalem an and the holy loly places the empress being very ery I 1 pious lous This TIns woman has been J cn working on behalf of the tIre German government so o at least Is the tine Impression prevailIng prevail prevail- trig Ing ng with the tire Italian government o The Ameer of oC Afghanistan f on returning return return- In ing ng recently to Kabul his iris capital after hi his ils prolonged tour found high prices being charged for Cor or grain III In the tine capital I and amid caus caused ll sup li s to bo ho Issued at u nt cheal rates rales frim Irmin tine tho ho state granary at When the ameer was about to leave leavo Luc for fOl Kabul i of oC tile the court were wele brought blought up imp for trial for taking mug bribes and amid null mal I treating the tire poor lint JIll 1 In- In gave Juve orders orders or or- ders to lo the tire governor that tIne the thru thru- muftis is were wele to lo be burled all alive and mcl t th th sentence was WL duly carried out after tin tim departure The rime amber ameer propose propos to found the In-the tire district a city called after himself lie He considers In that u Kabul Is exposed to lo a r danger of or foi- foi oi el n Invasion and Intends time the new city to serve Seive as a in time of emergency Irl Iris broth broth- er Cr er Is opposed to the Lire 01 or English women doctors for or the tire ro il harem The fire ameer disagrees with Ills mis brother 1 but lut the tire weight of opinion II Is ivi with tim and I it t Is honed L that hat the tIre services ser of or the newly urr arrived women women wo wo- wo- wo men will wili before long Ion be dispensed with They are rc suspected tl lo to be oc spies stiles In inn tin till employ of ot the Lire British government o arid and it is S believed that Limit the tire Russian Influence influence latin latin- ence at sit tire the court of oC the tire Is In do- do o- o imig all In Its power to have the women doctors dismissed at ut the earliest possible pos pos- sible opportunity Advices from J Jerusalem describe ill atm m cecen eccentric pilgrimage made by tin un 1 In Indian In- In ii titan dian duet to lo the mosque mosque- of ot Om Omar r. r Mohammed Sl ick Khun Bahadur un rajah of with his four Cour wh s and n a large e retinue land landed ell at Jaffa Jarra 1 a short time ago from tIme the CI an nn ol old P P. nn amid 0 O bout boat which the rajah hull hail chartered for or three thre months 11 foi or on The They landed at nt 30 a. a m. m when everything t. was still asleep and ma mid their helm way vay to the tire station st under a L r c CO eted canvas passage All tIme the train trail shutters were lowered antI annul no official was WIlS allowed within sight From Irom I th h. h station tatIon walling waiting room lo to the Ire earring there was ivas also a covered passage passu f Breakfast vas served c on board the Ow train as It Hl steamed amell out of or Jaffa Jat A At Jerusalem the time same secrecy wa was ol oi oh s e the tine carriages overt even in which tin tl prince an and his IrIs wives throve drove up up to th tin tim mosque covered ercil over with white canvas can It Is believed that the time rajah TaJah ls Is Immensely wealthy lie He gave lu nai to time the police fro GOO to tire the sheikhs and amid paid 1100 for lor his special train when lie In might have rae paid only De hey Bey son of oC one of oC the Lire chiefs of the sultans sultan's secret police pollee iras lias written written writ writ- I ten tell a book which will shortly be he pu published pub giving In sensational and levelling le re- ie molting velling detail fads facts the doIngs doIngs do- do Ings lags of oC the tire Turkish secret service tern tem father who recently died kept kelt ept a n diary which Iho lIro son secured The sultan ultan upon learn learning that had his fathers father's diary sent an emissary emissary emis earls sary retry to Geneva Switzerland to tr try to purchase tire the young oung mans man's silence but bul was unsuccessful |