New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 6

NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917, JOER BABY R OF EUROPE of Greece Becomes h at Age of 24 ee of the Associated Press) August 5.—King Alexander enter of a brilliant scene as his first appearance before nt today, took the oath to constitutional monarch, and his first speech from the He looked a boyish king, for t 24 and the voungest king in But he is tall, stalwart and ing and, in his uniform of or of the guards with the knd ribbons of royalty, he had bearing and dignity of a vent was notabls in many re- Neither this young man nor elso ever supposed ne would king, until a few weeks ago. sort of war-king; a product of t Buropean war. His brother pn trainad to pived a course in high politics. the Esntente Alliss gave bonstantine an ultimatum to , they required also that the rince, who had been trained ship should also leave., Amnd younger son, untrained in Pt, was suddenly compeled to a crown and become a mon- fle had expected to foliow the f a soldier, and had been to n England and at the royal school Potsdam. Royalty, Enter Democracy. event was chiefly notable, , in being a sort of transi- m reyalty to democracy— resuit of the Furopean war. is young man was king, yet he was just-taking was to a constitutional monarch, and parance in parliament here to- th the prime minister and "s about him, was a formal ion of the principle for which istry and the Entente Allies atended, that a responsible directs the affairs of the and not the king. Irecognition of this principle -y prominent in the ceremony . It was less a royal function, re a gathering of democracy the king were the elected rep- ves of the people, all about him pe ministers, and there were atively few court attendants. ech from the throne had been 'd by the ministers, and when ment arrived for the delivery, ime Minister, Venizelos, took it s pocket and passed it to the e delivery. pronouncement of the king, ed by the ministry, care- ided any offensive reference dethroneement of King Con- be a Xxind and | stantine, for this was a delicate family matter which would involve criticism | knows, but it is by a son of the acts of his father. But it apenly reversed the policy of the former king, in strongly approv- ing the course of the Entente, whom the king now referred to as fricends and allies battling for the defense of humanity, as against the rapacity of the Central Powers. As a spectacle, also todays, event had its interest. The ministry had sought to give full scope to every vayal prerogative, for they wish the new king to be a real representative before the people of a constitutional monarchy. The splendid coaches of the royal establishment, with powder- ed grooms and footmen, and heralds and outriders in brilliant uniforms, made an old warld picture of roval pageantry, as the king moved be- tween dense cheering mass with solid lines of soldiers stretching from the palace to the parliamentary chamber. The marble colonnade of the chamber was garlanded with wreaths and flowers, and a great floral crown above the daorway in- dicated that even in this abode of democracy there was still a welcome for what remained of royalty. GENIUS OF BRUSH BURNED HIS WORK Famous Artist Refused to Sell His ? Precious Paintings Londsn, August ence of The Associated genius who might hav fortune died in comparative poverty and obscurity in London yesterday becauge he was too proud to give ths world work which did not attain to his ideals. Few people, even among those in the art world, remembered that Matthew Maris, the once famous Dutch painter, was still living, and fewer knew that London was his home, until the announcement of his death at the age of 78 appeared in a morning paper today. Matthew, the last of the family of three gifted brothers, was one of the geniuses who approach to madness. His smallest picture was worth from $10,000 to ,000 in the auction rooms. but one rarely saw the light. He painted only when he felt moved to paint, and he felt moved very sel- dom. Of late years he absolutely re- fused to sell his work. Some of those who knew him say that he was a great idealist, but others with a more common-place point of view declare that he was merely laz} Maris lived almost the life of mit, and was supported by the osity of a few friends. His was barred to evervbody, against the world as religiously hall of a Yale senior societ: 223.—(Correspond- b ). —A amassed 2a a her- gener- studio sealed as the What the old painter did there believed the least of whick galleries of the worlc nd then burned them did- not realize his no that painted pictures the greatest would covet because they visions. Art dealers who approached him with checks and flattery were driven away. He told them were not worth selling, not propose to impose on the pub- lic, which followed the fashion like sheep, and would buy anything with a name. For the same reason he would not sign a picture, holding that every work of art should stand on its and he did own merits regardless of the author's | name. The work he did was not turned out : He once remarked that he a portrait of two babies that the babies were now still work- chief vexa- quickly. had started years ago, grandparents and he w ing on the picture. H tion was the income tax collector, who | would not believe that an artist who was onc of the highest sellers was without money. Bible in Japancse Nearly Ready. Tokio, August. 20.—Great interest has been created here by the an- nouncement that the new translation of the Bible, which been in progress for seven years the hands of a committee of eight learned Christian scholars represent- four sects of protestant Chr been almost finished and t it shortly be sent to press "Mac translation work. undertaken by the American Bible Soclety, was stari- a specially formed committee 510, and finished in Febru- ary last. Since then the translation has been undergoing comparison with the existing one. The new translation written in more colloquial than the existing version. Is said to b Japanese May Take Australian Shipping. Melbourne, August government has been in communica- tion with the Australian government with a view of requisitioning available shipping in Australidn waters for the transport of cargoes overseas. Al- ready the interstate and coastal trade has contributed about 90,000 tons of shipping, but a considerable addi- tional amount is belicved to be now forthcoming. Among other things it is proposed that the large lighters employved at the principal Australian ports should be loaded with wheat and other com- modities and towed to South Africa, where the cargoes could be dis- charged into stcamers for England, thus saving both time and tonnage. As regards shipbuilding in Aus- tralia, the outlook is now more satis- factory, largely as a result of a re- cent series of confarences between representatives of the government and of the men. 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Reduction of sugar prices nearly one cent a pound apparently was as- sured when beet sugar producers agreed with the Food Administration to sell to wholesalers at seabord re- fining points for $7.25 per 100 pounds, instead of the prevailing price of $5.40. The prices will effective generally by Oct. 15. The personnel of the new commit- tee includes two members appointed by the Allied governments—Sir Jo- seph White-Todd and John V. Drake, sr., both of whom are familiar with the sugar situation; KEarl D. Babst, president of the American Sugar Re- fining company; William A. Jami- son of Arbuckle Brothers and George M. Rolph, head of the Sugar Divi- sion of the ¥ood Administration. The three Americans were appointed by the Food Administration, which an- nounces that neither Mr. Babst nor Mr. Jamison is interested in any way in the production of Cuban sugar. 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Guests of British Troops American Engineers Training Camp in England, August 31.—Correspond- ence of The Associated Press).—A large delegation of the American Railway Engineers spent a day re- cently as guests of the Briti troops encamped at Aldershot, where the king and queen with other members of the royal family were present at the largest program of field sports that has ever been held on Salisbury Plain. The Americanserought with them a tug-of-war team which provided one of the features of the afternoon in a long-drawn contest with the championship team of the British en- gineers, the result being finally de- clared a draw. The big fete was arranged by the British garrison at Aldershot as a celebration of the bringing in of its harvest. For months past men of all ranks and regiments in the garri- son have been practicing, in addition to their-military duties, the patriotism that seeks to defeat the enemy by providing the nations with home- grown food. Turf that had never be- fore known the ploughshare was ‘ploughed and sown, and men who had never learned the first rudiments of farming toiled strenuously in their spare hours under the guidance of their spare hours under the guidance of their more skilful comrades. The It exceeded all efforts. The Ald | the Aldershot ershot harvest was so bountiful that men and officers simultaneously agreed that a great harvest festival was eminently the thing, and that nothing would satisfy them short of the attendance of the king and queen, The king, who knows a thing or two about farming himself, accepted the invitation, and a committee of arrangements representing every unit in the district began work forthwith on a suitable program. The center of the day's festivities was a huge tent with tables laden with samples of harvest. There were vegetables, grain, shrubs and roots of various kinds. The Roy: party motored down from Windsor, arriving early in the afternoon and re- maining for three hours. The arena in front of the harvest tent was surrounded by a great cir- cular “grand stand,” composed of a double line of ancient and modern transport wagons which afforded seats for the soldiers and their friends. ¥or sixpence, the gate money all go- ing to local war charities, the Amer- ican visitors found they could have their choice of a number of desirable positions, either in the drivers' seats of the big army lorries. or on benches alongside friendly delegations of British Tommies and non-commis- sioned officers. Jt was lilke a many-ringed circus. While the field sports were in ress on the ground, there v tinuous performance of high diving, somersaulting, trapezing and rieties of acrobatics by a squadron of British airplane men up aloft. Re races and tugs-of-war were the mos popular items on the program, but there were many unusual and very spectacular type of field sports, such as & mounted wrestling competition, in which both horses and men took part in an exciting struggle, the team from the Roval Engineers finally de- feating the Army service Corps on fruits, race, illustrating the methods by which mounted men rescue comrades .in the actual fighting of today. This was followed by mimic exhibitions of bayonet fighting, and a blindfold drill competittion, in which blindfolded oned officers of vario vied with each other in puttinz blindfolded detachments through the complex movements of open fiel.l drill. Meanwhile the women of the gar- rison had a baby show, in which Mrs, ! Corporal Tootle’s twin boys secured an easy victory. The first prize medal was handed to them by the Qucen, Outside the circle of army wagons were the side-shows, including a comic bull fight which the King de- clared the best thing of its kind which he had ever seen. WAR PROGRAM. Men Decide How They Will Aid Government. i COMPOS ! Business Atlantic City, Sept. 21.—Resolu- tions outlining what big business con- siders must be done to fully co-or- dinate the resources of the country in i the present cri were presented . to ith(‘ war convention of American bus- iness men at its final session here today. A special committee in co-opera- tion with the resolutions committee of the convention worked the great- er part of the night over the mass of suggestions and resolutions submitted during the four days' meeting. TDERAL EMPLOY Washington, Sept sions of the national convention of federal employes were held here to- day following the adoption of a con= stitution and the election of officer including H. M. MclLarin and W. Neumeyer, both of this points, There was also a ‘“‘Victoriz ident and secretary vel