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AHA R ST 2O, 'SUNDAY BEE i ] AT TEIGHTEENTH YEAR. A WAR TO THE KNIFE ‘Will Probably Be the Outcome of the European Complications. THE IRON CHANCELLOR'S SCHEME Map of the Situation Drawn By a Belgian Political Economist. REAL NATURE OF THE ALLIANCE. A Powerful Combination Forming Against the Russian Bear. THE FATE IN STORE FOR FRANCE. Her orthern Departments to Be Handed Over to Belgium and Her Power to Be For- ever Crushed, The Buropean Muddle. [Copyright 185 by James Gordon Bennett.) Brussers, Oct, 13— w York Her- ald Cable—Special to Tue Bee.|—At a stone’s throw from the banks of the ever winding Menke, within the grim old walls of the university of Licge, a Herald correspon dent sought M. Emile De Lavellye,and found him there in the auditorium, where the emi nent professor had been examining a class of stuaents in political economy. The question was put, What has the most learned cosmio politan of the Belgium to say about the Her- ald's new map of Buropet A kindly but incredulous smile immediately foreshadowed the reply. While the examination of other students by other professors was going on M. De Lavelieye, seated on ouc of his alma n ter's black benches, with Wednesday's Her- ald unfolded before him, proceeded to point out the objections to Prince Bismarck's scheme as mapped out therein, “In the first place,” said he, “the iron chancellor would not dream of making ove to France the very strongholds which are being raised to block the French roadway to Germany through Belgium, as well as th German roadway %o France. Why, a French army encamped on the borders of Meus would be able to slip between Antwerp and Cologne and reach Berlin through the unfor- tified part of Germany as casily as a knife cuts into butter. 1t would be just as though Prince Bismarck deliberately gave up all military advantages secured by the belt of fortifications which bar the way from France into the fatherland from one end to the other of Alsace-Lorraine. As to the Dutch Indies being made German dependen cies, together with Holland—what & wild dream! Surely Prince Bismarck can't entertain it. 5o soon Germany showed her intentions of reducing England to a third rate power the English would pounce upon the Dutch Indies and keep them as a pledge, just as she did at the beginning of the pres. ent century, when Napoleon annexed the Netherlands to France, and how could € many’s flect prevent this? Now we come to the equal division of the Balkan peninsula between Austria and Russia. This is just as fanciful as. the other parts of the scheme. No, certainly Austria would not go halves with the czar. Sthe wouldn't care a straw for Salonica, with Sofia and Constantinople in Muscovite hands. Her aim, whether avowed or mnot, is to dominate the whole of the Balkan peninsula right down to tke Black sea—not by territorial conquest, but by a tri umph of her political and industriul influ ence, already increasea by the new eastern ailways which run through Pesth, and which she will finally try to secure by en- couraging home rule ideas in the Balkan states, as opposite to Russia's greedy policy and course. England will contrive to assist Austria towards this end. There is, more- over, 1o earthly reason why Germany should baftie her ally’s hopes, when she has every reason to abstain from playing Russia's game So, according to M. De Lavellye, the Herald plan falls to pieces, but all this comes, he says, from assuming a secret un- derstanding between Germany and the czar, whereas the latest tripartile treaty is ex- pressly directed against Russia., Well and good, M. De Lavellye, but if you tear up our map wont you give us a better one! Surely you don’t believe in the inno. cent-mindeduness of Prince Bismarck towards Lis neighborst No, M. De Lavellye doesn't expect ever- lasting peace, nor does he consider the pres ent distribution of power definite. His creed is an anti-Russian and Frenchalliance, leading to a war, the outeome of which, ac- cording to his idea, and in accordance with what he states is his positive information, will be seen in & combination of the German Austrian, and perhaps the Euglish and Ital ian forces against the Russian bear and the French, and M, De Laully is confident that the coalition is to win and try to crush Rus sia just as France was crushed in 1570, It won't be a mere repetition of the Crimean struggle, but a war to the knife, with big spoils for the victor. Germany will restore Finland to the Sweden, take over Russia's Baltic provinces to herself, and cut away from the Muscovite empire the immense slice of Polish territory, which will become nomi- pally an independent state under the sway of some Austrian archduke. In other words, the old polish kingdom will be recoustituted under Austrain influence, and serve as o land of buffer stato between strengthened Austria ana Russin, Bessar bia would be restored to Roumunia, which would become another bulwark agrinst the bear, and dash its last hopes of ever reach Constantinople, but Germany She He will not stop there. land, just us in the 1 scheme, and strike a final blow at France by handing over its northern depurtments, its strongest points, to Belgium, the latter remaining in- dependent, while being made a member of the German Zellyerein, and thereby an in terested ally and friend. *We have too much sympathy for the French,” said M. De La- vellye, “and are besides too cozy in our present stato to call for any change at all, but you see we shan't be asked whether we like it or nov. We shall be part and parcel will engulf Hol- of @ scheme about which we shan't be 0 wuch as cousulted. Lit- tle oncs have to do what they are bid, not what they prefer. A final feature of the scheme will be the reward to Twaly for M. Crispi's friendliness to Germany. Of course, you guess what that will be- Nice and Savory returned to the sonof Victor wmanuel, with & bouus besides in the shape of Tunis or may be Tripoli. That is what I expect.” Eu Passant, M. de Lavellye gave a nint to the Herald correspoudent as to the value of the Belgian weuse fortificutions, about tv the Nouvelle Revue has been making noise. Speaking on the strength of a private conservation with Gen 1 Briulmont, the greatest Belgian military authority, he states that the fortifications could not withstand the onslaughtof any great French or German ich & army, but that has never been their purtose. They are meant merely as a re straint, as an obstacle to overcome which would cause such a loss of time for the French or Germans that neither will ever think it worth their while, but would find it shorter work to strike directly at one or the othier’s frontiers, “And, oh,” exclaimed M. DeLavelleye, on parting, “you lucky Yan- kees never have to muddle your heads about new maps of Auierica,” i . ALLMAYER CONVICTE The Dashing French Swindler Goes to Prison For Twelve Years. [Copyright 1588 by James Gordon Bennett,) Pants, Oct. 13.—[New York Herald Cable special to Tne Bre.]—The trial of Eugene Allmayer, the prince of Parisian swindlers, that began Thursday at the Seine assi collected a very charming audience of Pa- risian women and demi-mondaines, All mayer is a handsome, dashing, military-look- ing man of twenty-nine. He is of medium height, gracefully built, with deep blue eyes, blonde eurling moustache, and a little wafer like batk spot on the top of his head that re- veals the ravages of a rapid life and the long vigils of Parisian viveur, Allmayer is dressed in the best taste and by the best tailors of Paris, Al eyes are bent upon him as he sits on the prisouers’ beneh, escorted by four guardes municipaux instead of the two who usually guard ordinary criminuls Allmayer blashes becomingly and signifies his impaticnco at the judge’s questions by stamping petulantly his well fitting patent leather shoe against the floor. Allmayer's exploits are well known to the Herald. He it was who utilized the telephone to cash drafts at other people’s bankers by imitating other people's voices, ete. The judge re- counted all these to the prisoner, who lis- tened in almost contemptuous silence. He replies in a quict, refined voice to the ques- tions of the judge Judge—You belong to a good family. At the age of seventeen vou made your debut by forging your father's for 8,000 francs, Allmager—Oh no, M. le Judge, merely a practical joke. [ signed name, “Le Diable Boiteux.” Judge—When you served in the army you continued your swindling operations and were sentenced to five years' imprisonment Allmayer—Ah yes, but my captain was sentenced to twenty years for being impli- cated in the same affair— and by a long serics of answers Allmagyer tried to throw the guilt on nis accomplices M. Edmund Castor began by relating the details of the strange scene which took place before the judge d” instruction just after the fraud was committed. He explained how Allmayer on this occation had the effrontery to charge him with participation in the crime and how the cunning raseal had so wrought upon the magistrate’s feelings by his marvel ous acting that he (Castor) had been obliged 1o pass the nightin prison—a convict witness, nawe that was below my The first witness called was Plinard. who had been Allmayer's accomplice. Hedid not take the oath inusmuch as he had been condemned to five year's penal servitude. He appeared in his prison clothes, with shaven head. The scene at this point was most striking. The convictand the prisoner stood face to face— no longer friends, The testimony of the one must be damning for the other. realized this plainly, and with his ha boldness decided to meet all Plinard’s state- ments with unqualified denial. Plinard de- clared that Allmayer had stolen the draft. Allmayer returned the accusation with em- phasis and contempt. It was believed that the thief had worn a full beard. Both All- mayer and Plinard claimed to have worn at that time only a moustache. In short, these two interesting gents spent a good half hour in heaping calumny upon each other and in testifying to their mutual capacity for br ing any or all of the ten commandments, Then there came upon the stand a rather udily dressed young lady, supposed to have been Plinard’s mistress. Her name is Minclk, and there is no evidence to show that she is not well named. She said: “I was silly enough to let Plinard come to see me a few days before the crime. T noticed that his clothes were very shabby. He came to my apartment again on September 6 with a new suit and hat and apparently with plenty of money. At this time, to my astonishment, he made me a present of some handsome jewels. His friend Alln T was with him.” After this there followed a succession of expert witnesses; an electrician to tell about the telephone wire which was cut, bankers engravers, accountants, ete., cte. Their testi- mony all went to show that when it comes to a contest between watehmen and bank locks and other money-keeping devices, as against brains and daring minus conscience, the money is very apt to change ownership. The trial was concluded tonight. All mayer wus found guilty on all the charges without extenuating circumstances. The sentence is twelve vears at hurd labor, with a clause appended forbidding nim to set foot withun certain proscribed territory for ten years after the expiration of his sentcuce. Allmayer preserved o perfect sang froid while the sentence was bemg read, and after. ward rose and in a few words declared Lis innocence, THE SI0UN —~ DF GATION. The Confe ccretary Vilas Postponed Until Monday WastmiNGToN, Oct. 13, —Secretary Vilas ad- dressed the delegation of Sioux chiefs to day. Hesaid that congress suw that the timo had come for the Sioux Indians to take sure steps toward civilization, and that the waste and unused lands of their reservation ought to be settled upon and made homes of, The secretary then explained in detail the methods which he had adopted to secure fuithful, honest and free expression of their wishes with respect to the law, whether they would accept or reject it. “To-day,” he added, “you shall have the opportunity to state what you wisn, and all you wish. 1 will now hear you.” As the secretary took his seat, White Ghost, from the Crow Creck, agency, said that he and his friends wero tired and wished to rest until Monday, when they would come prepared to speak All the speakers complained of bein fatigued from the long ride and requested a postpone meut of the council until Monday, which the secretary granted. - atal Quarrel Over a Squaw. Dunaxco, Colo., Oct. 13.—(Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee. |~ Yesterday two Indians became juvolved in & quarrel at Ignatio, the dispute being over & squaw, which was claimed by both. Words to blows, and finally one of the young bucks drew a six- shooter and killea his adversary, the ball passing clear through his body. 'The dead Indian is & son-in-law of 0. J. Blanes, who accompanies the commissioners on their trip west, - When he was told of the affray he at first expressed a desire to return to the agency and avenge the murder, but wis pre- vailed upon to forego this pleasure until after the western trip, "OMAHA, MARRIEDMARTYRDOM A French Reformer Expounds Rather Startling Doctrines. WEDDING A NECESSARY EVIL. Mutual Love Should Form the Only Bond of Union. AN IDEAL STATE OF SOCIETY. It Can Alone Exist Where Marital Conventionalities Are Removed. THE DIVORCE LAW OF FRANCE. How Its Practical Operation Leads to Abvsurditics and Injustice—The Legislators Quarrel and the Public Suffers. From a French Standpoint. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, Oct. 18.—(New York Herald Cable — Special to Tne Bee. |—Is marriage a failure in France! This was the text of an inter- esting conversation I had a few days since with Senator Alfred quet in his apart ments in the Rue de Moscow. He knows as much about marriages as any man in France. A great part of his life has been spent in the contemplation of this institution. He has siudied it deepiy both as a philosoplier and a husband. He has written about it and suf- fered for his writings. He has thundered forth his ideas on the subject before legisla- tors and triumphed by his eloquence, In 1569 be was condemned 1o four months’ imprison- ment and fined 500 francs for a book which he wrote upon marriage. In 154 his nam was sounded abroad as the author of the present divorce laws which came to France as a gracious relief, M. Naquet, therefore knowiny all about marriage, said : As & young mar I held most extreme views as to the relations of the sex. 1 was far from being a sensualist but on high philo- sophical grounds I became convinced that marriage as an institution was harmful and contrary to the interests of mankind. I maintained that love was the only tie which should hold any man to any woman. If love existed marriage was superfluous. If it v absent marriage became a blasphemy. The! fore in all cases I argued t marriage was without merit. I published thescideas and then was forced to flee from the storm they stirred up. 1 have grown older since then, and more conservative, I see now that marriage, like law and rehgion, must exist because the world is evil. In an ideal state of society there would be neithe churches or courts nor wedding bonds be- cause there would be no lying nor strife nor deceit, but we must take things as they are and protect our rights against those who would wrong us. 1 believe in marriage, then, as I do 1n armics, at the same time hating the necessity which make them both indispensable. As to marriage being a failure in France, that is whether it really protects the weak against fraud and so promotes happiness n the family and society, I reply, mar- riage, as its indissolubility is under- stood by the Catholic church, is cer- tainly mot @ success in this country. my long and bitter strugele to obtain proper divorce laws for France testifics to my pro- found contempt for the system which would compel a man and a woman to live under the same roof, although their hearts were fitled with mutual hate and revulsion and which would force two suca unhappy vietims either to pass their days in the happiness of celibacy or creat or themselves exterior and clan- destine relations to the serious prejudice of notoriety. Happily this atrocious and un- natural marriage exists no longer in our midst. If there are still martyrs to an ab- surd and mischievous superstition, their martyrdom is voluntary. Coming thento marriage as it is, marriage accompanied by divoree, let us look at its workings to-day in France. The hostile criticism which was called forth four years ago by the divorce laws with which my name is associated, has entirely died out. No one complains of the practical working of these laws and no one dreams of burden- ing France again with the horrible marriage yoke which the Catholie church invented. Divoree has beeome an integral part of our social life. A few days ago I met M. Jules Simon, one of the most relentless npponents. to my project, and a man who more than anyone else is responsible for the faults which crept into the iaw as it finally passed. He said to me in his _earnest way “Well, M. Naquet, 1 must adwmit that the |dhvn|\-n laws have not yet done the harm hich I believed inevitable. 1 do not doubt that the evil will dec 8 itself later on, but so far I am agrecably disappoineed.” That is ligh testimony. But the marriage reform which was commenced in 1854, is still incom- plete. Article 310 of the civil code contains the followiug passage When the separation of bodies shall uave lusted three years the decree of separation may be changed into a decree of divoree upon the demand of one of the two persons interested in the suit.” That provision constitutes one of the most scrious dangers to the success of the mar riage institution in France. The whole troubie results from the two words “may be," which, according to all ideas of wisdom aud justice, should read *‘shall be.” Allow me to explain. When the divorce laws were vassed it was needed, in consideration of th large Catholic element in the country, that the party bringing the action should be free to sue for absolute divorce or for simple sep aration from the defendant. This con dition of separation, which is sanc- tioned by the church, does not, of course, nullify the marriage t It was argued at that time that not only persons whose religious convictions were against di- vorce, but otkers would apply for sej in the hope that & reconciliation may be mately effected. However, inasmuch hope might, in many cases, prove groundless, it was decided that if, after a separation of thiee years, cither party desired un absolute rupture, a decree of separation might be trunsformed into a decree of divorce, 'vhis was a most equitable provision, sice, in the original suit, proofs which were sufficient to establish a separation would have eaually es- tablished a divorce had the offended parly so formulated his demand. But now comes the absurdity. instead of vendering the transformation from separation to divorce, an unquestion- able right of the interested parties and de- pending solely uvon their personal wishet the conservative element in the senate, headed by M. Jules Simon succeeded in making this transformation dependant upon Article 810, e A IS S W Kb T SRR 03 SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14. 1888, —SIXTEEN PAGES. the decision of the judge to whom the de mand should be addressed, he being f either to authorize or refuse tue chance, This ridiculous provision is causing in France to-day an immense amount of harm. Some tribunals are conservative while others are radical and their dissensions in demands for transformation from separation to divorce are arbitrarily governed by their personal opinlons and prejudices. So true is this that it 1s impossible to predict with tolerable certainty and without any re- pard to the merits of the case the results of such demands by simply ascertaining the court which has jurisdiction over the case. Such an application, if made in Paris or Caen, is sure to be granted; whereas if made in Rennes, it will be refused nine times out of ten. The chamber of deputies recognizes the iniquitous character of this law and sires to remedy it, but the conservative sen- ate refuses to consent. The senate, on the other hand, proposes to amend the law in an- other respect. At present a woman who is separated from her husband, but not divorced, does mnot enjoy full independ ence i the disposal of her prop- erty. Her husband's comsent s necessary to the validity of any contract she may wish to make. This is the cause of con- stant annoyance tothe woman. I regret to say that in many cases the husband is con temptable enough to demand money for his siw nature, Tnis dependentant positiou often be comes o Intolerable to a separated wife as to force her to apply for absolute divorce in ac- cordance with article 810, In order to check the movement on the part of separated women toward divorce the senate has proposed an amendwent assuring women, in cases of separation, full indepen- dence in the disposal of their property. But this the chamber opposes resolutely seeing in this proposed measure a purpose to strengthen the position of the church. So there the matter stands at a dead lock and in the meantime society has to suffer from the jealousy of its supposed protectors. But all this is merely one side of the ques tion. Were marriages a perfect success di- vorce would be unheard of. 1t is intercst- ing to consider whether the causes which vrompt husband and wife to break the word which they have plighted are more prolific n France that in other countries. Since the law of 1554 was passed there has been in France anually about three thousand cases ot divoree and about for thousand cases of sep- aration. The number of these latter has re mained substantially what it was before the passage of the law, but comparing marriages in France with marriages abroad figures are of little service. Iirst, because international statistics on the subject do not exist, and chiefly because even were they to be had statistics represent only very imperfectly the real condition of things, In England and many other countries the expenses con nected with divorce proceeding are so great that the large majority of unhappy couples prefer to settle their difficulties a I’ amiable rather than make an appeal to the law. One fact, however, stands out beyord dispute, that the absurd and wicked custom of isolat ing young women from young men so that in many eases the bride and groom stand before o the altar on their wedding day all but strangers to, one another is the most frightful canse of mischief aud unhappimess in after married life. A few formal calls to leave” the prescribed banquet, a few hurried turns in a ball room and a few constrained interviews in the presence of a punctilious bellemere are no means by which a young man is to find out whether a girl will make him a good wite and whether their dispositions will blend happily together in the long journey ah and, in short, whether the feelngs th tertain for each other are really those of love and esteem or only fleeting fancies. No, m all this France stands far behind. E Norway and Sweden are a long way behind England and especially very far behind Amer- ica. It is for reasons such as this that, in too many cases, French women only come to know what love really means after a loveless marriage has given them their lib- erty. It.s for reasons such as this that French husbands are unfaithful, that young mwen in France look at chastity as a drcam, that one third of the births in France are ille- gitimate, that women in France cease to care for the glory of motherhood and that the populatien of France is re- maining stationary while that of America is forging ahead with the vigor of purer ideas and simpler customs, Oh, we have much to learn from your glorious republic. Were I a young man Ishould leave my country much as 1loveat, 1 should leave old worn out ku- rope, cast my lot in the land of the free, the country of the future—the United States of America. e i FRENCH POLITICS, Preparations For the Assembling of the Chambers—General Boulanger. Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) Pamis, Oct. 13.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to Tue Ber.]—All political >aris is tuning up its instruments for the overture of the chambers on Monday. Pres- ident Carnot is back again to the Palais de 'Elsyee after receiving a veritable ovation of popular sympathy during his trip to Dijon. All the deputies are back here again and in shiny black coats and trousers, and shiny black hats and with huge black leather por- tifolios under their arms trot about gaily in the lobbies of the Palais Bourbon. All the winisters are studying up their facts and figures and cramming them nto their check pockets ready for the expected tions. Last but ot least General Boulanger is once again on his native heath, He rides every morning in the Bois de Boulogne on his historic black charger and in the evening is scen driving about in the Champs Elyz part of Paris with & few deputies and now and then with a witty and charming young lady whose hair is a8 blonde as ripe wheat. Political elements of ‘all stripes are thus re- assembled and on Monday the play begins, bit whether it is the comedy, tragedy, panto- mime, opera bouffe or melody nobody has yet fully decided. Boulanger is still popular ever in the provinces. His friends urge him to venture a grand coup d'Etat, suppress the seuate chamber and i fact everything ex- cept Boulanger, but whether the brayv general will yieid to their advice is still a myste interpella- - The Wealth of Kansas, PiKA, Kan., Oct. 13.—[Special Telegram to T Bre.|—Secretary Mohler, of the state board of agriculture, has completed his com- pilation of statistics showing the population and property valuation of the state. It shows the popuiation of Kunsas to be 1,518,- 2—aun increase of only 1,120 over last year, The value of farms is § adecrease , 780,412 over last year, The crop yield this year is as follows: Wheat, 1€ bushels; corn, 165,154,057 bushels, A $60,000 Masonic Temple, Rario City, Dak., Oct. 18.—|Special Tele- gram to Tuk Bee|—Arrangements were made to-day for the completion of the Ma- sonic temple building in this city. The building will cost wpwards of 0,000 and will be the finest of thé kind in Whe territory. \MEDICAL BUTCHERS, Mackenzie Tells of the Treatment of Emperor Frederick. HE DEALS OUT HARD BLOWS. The German Experts Characterized as Entirely Incompetent. THEY KILLED THE PATIENT. A Series of Blunders Which Pro- duced Fatal Results. ALMOST AN ASSASSINATION. Prof. Bergman's Bungling Work on the Royal Victim's Throat Almost Too Horrible For Belief—The Case in Detail, Dr. Mackenzie's Book. [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] Panis,Oct. 13.—[New York Herald Cable- Special to Tue Bee.] [ am to-day enabled to send you the substance of Sic Morell Mackenzie's work, which will be issued under the following title: “The Fatal Ill- ness of Frederick, the Noble," the most im- portant polemic treatise of the present cen- tury, Aside from its intense historical and medical interest it is delightfully readable, The preface is mainly a defense of his action in writing the book, and an exposition of the difficulties which had been thrown in his way by the Prussian government, He was refused froe to the state archives, whilst per. mission was given to his adversarics who rummaged miscellancously for docu- ments that would serve the purposes of accusation, and discreetly ignored those that vindicated the English specialist. Among the latter Sir Morell Mack uzie enumerates the written refusal of the crown prince to submit to auy other external operation than tracheotomy: also the protocols sent by Professors vou Bergmau and Gerhardt to the “Haus Ministerium™ before he was sum moned, giving their views of the case as ol iginaliy expressed; and the protocols of h self and Drs. von Schroetter aud IKrause drawn up last November. The first report of Prof. Virchow also he endeavored to ob tain, but unsuccessfully. His preface con- cludes with a hope that some day the docu: men® may bo made public, and the dec tiou that he certainly has no reason to dread their appearance. Tt is signed Morell Mac- kenzie, No. 19 Harley street, London, October 10, 1838, THE BOOK. “On the evening of Wednesday, May 18, 1857, as [ was about to retire to rest after a day of hard professional work, I received a message requesting me to proceed to Berlin to see his imperial highness the crown prince. 1 left London the next morning, ar- riving in Berhn on the following Frid where I was met by Dr. vou Bergman, who drove me at once to the palace of my patient. 1 had scarcely changed my dress before the hoffmarshal, Count ) ra- Radolinski, came to conduct me to the crown prince, who received me most graciously, apologizing with great bonhomie for the trouble which his unfortunate thr was causing to other people. nest to another room where T found sembled the following physicians and su geons: Profs. Gerhardt, von Bergman, Tobold, Dr. von Lauer, physician in ordi nary to the aged emperor and also medi dircetor gencral in tne German army; D Wagner and Dr. Sehirader, who oceasional acted s his deputics. 1 confess that I felt some surprise that among those with whom I was invited to take counsel on a case of such importance, there was not at least one of the leading Gorman specialists in throat diseases, Every throat sy could without auy hesitation name se wen in Germany whose reputation is not con- fincd to their own country. Their absence nere scemed so significant that I was in- clined to blieve the erowa prince to bo suf: fering from some obseure discase of whic the laryngeal affliction was only an accidental complication. Wagner and Gerhardt gave me a history of the case from their point of view, and I then pro- ceeded to examine the patient and afterward we doctors withdrew to discuss the matter, Professors Gerhardat and Tobold gave a posi- tive opinion that the disease was cancerous, and von Bergman, though he expressed himself more guardedly, agreed substantially with them. Al three were unanimous in the belief that a cutting operation from the out- side would be necessary for the removal of the growth. The precise nature of the surgical procedure that would be required was never, however, discussed inmy presence. When it came to my turn to speak I said that there was nothing characteristic in the appearance of the growth and that it was quite impos sible to give a definite opinion as toits nature without a more searching examination. I pointed out that the opinion of my colleagues had been reached on insufficient grounds, and that the first thing to be done was to pick out a piece of the growth and have it ex amined microscopically. Prof. Gerhardt said 1t would be difieult if not imy do this on account of the awkward situation of the growth. Prof. Tobold exvressed a similar opinion, 1 thought it should bo at- temptedand turning to Gerhardt, said to him, Will you try ¢ THE GERMANS DECLINE He said: ‘I canuot operate with the forceps.” T next asked Prof. Tobold if he would make the attempt, but he also declined, saying, ‘I no longer operate! These re- plics increased the surprise which I felt that a cascof such a nature should have been in- ssible to ERATING, trusted to such hands. For a throat specialist who cannot use the laryngoscope and forceps is like a carpenter who cannot handle a saw." The upshot was that Sir Morell was com- pelled to perform the operation himself. The book continues: “Early the following morning (Saturday) all the doctors assembled in the palace, and as the room in which the operation was to take place was rather small, Dr. Wagner suggested that beside himself only Gerhardt and Tobold should be present with me. Co- caine was then applied to the crown prin and everything was ready for the operation Whilst we were waiting till the local an thetic had produced its effect, there was g knock at the door. Dr. Wagner opened it and admitted Professor von Bergman, ob- serving that previously hewas not aware that the professor was @ laryngoscopist. When the cocaine had taken effect I intro- duced the forceps into the larynx, but failed 10 seize the growth. I essayed again and was more successful. On withdrawing the for- ceps and opening the blades, which are bol- low on the inside like spoons, there was a fragment of growth which I showed to those looking on. [ saw a look of quickly followed by one ance and disappointment come over the faces of Gerhardt and Tobold, Dr. Wagner, on the contrary, was delighted, and warmly congratulated me. The fragment was placed in spirits by the latter and sub scauently handed over to Professor Virchow for microscopic examination. FREDERICK THE NOBLE SPEAKS, “The crown prince desired the princess to drive to Potsdam and said he would walk back with me. On the way he took the opportunity to speak to me very seriously as to his condition. At Ems a friend had whispered to him that Prof. Gerhardt had let drop a remark that his malady was cancer, and he asked me whether Gerhiardt had not done wrong if he s0 believed in sending him to Ems, 1 replied that the Ems water certainly had not the reputation of being beneficial to cancer pa tients, but that possibly his physician had veen misrepresented. The crown prince seemed extremely dissatisfied, however, with Gerhardt, not ouly for his indiscretion, but for his want of carnestness in sending him to Ems A SECOND REMOVAL OF GROWTIL ‘There was a second operation on tho larynx, after which the following dramatic scene took place, deseribed very forcible by the English spocialist “When I laid aside the forceps, saying that T would not again use them at that sit- ting, Prof. Gerhardt asked to be allowed to use the laryngoscone and examing the lurynx, He had scarcely put the mirror in position when he witharew with a highly artistic expression of horror and alarm, He asked me to look, which I did, without see ing unything more than a slight congestion, of which I have spoken, and which was more marked on the rigtit voeal chord. Gerhardt amazement of annoy then asked Wagner to look, but that gentle wan did not see anything i particular, We then retired to my room, and G At said that T had injured the right vocal chord. 1 assured him that ho was mistaken, and showed it that with my forceps it would be difticult, if not impossible, to wound a healthy chord, even if one tried to do so. as the blages would onl cut away projections from the chord, but not a smooth surface like that of a healthy larynx. Had Prof. Gerhardt in sisted that | had wounded the epiglot tis or one of the parts which present projections andedges so placed that they could be seized, the accusation would have been less improb able,”! MACKENZIE ¥ S WIMSELE BETRAVED. Siv Movell Mackenzie now began to see that the German colleagues were determined to make him the scapegoat in case of a bad vesult, and to shave with him the honors n case of success. They quarrcled with him incossantly, paraded their want of confidence in him, but would not separate themselves from him, nor insist upon his dismissal or their own. And he found out that previous tohis summons to Bertin Prof. Gerhardt had used the galvano-cautery in the most empir- jeal way, having applied the red hot point to tie interior of the larynx every day for a fortnight. Coucerning this he writes: “I could hardly bring myself to believe it. In all my exporience I have never heard of anyone employing the cautery to a patient's larynx oftener than once, or at most twice a week. And 1 hardly know which 1s most astonishing in the present instance, the en- ergy of the physician or the endurance of the patient. Lest any of my readers should sup. posc me to have been misinformed, or that the statement was exaggerated, 1 may say that itis now confirmed by Prof. Gerbardt in his recent deliverance. Nospecial knowl- edge is required to understand that a delicate orgzan like the larynx cannot be brutalized in this manner with impumity. This explained the proneness to congestion without any ap. parent cause which had previously puz- zled we.” MACKENZIE'S DREADFUL Y POTHESIS, 1t scems too horrible for belief,but Macken zie's reputation is 100 great to permit him to hazard words lightly. What he has penned with regard to the crown prinee’s malady was written in England, after the event, after full veflection and with the full knoy eage that it will arouse the whole world and turill every humane heart with horror, Mac- Kenzie's hypotliesis is that the growth in the rynx of the imperial victim was not cancer- ous in its origin, but became so through the fearful remedy used so recklessly by his phy. sicians, This is the way he presents the case: “Every one knows that local inflammation tollows an accidental @ 1rn, and there is no special sanctity about a similar burn inflicted by a physician which should preventits being followed by natural conscquences, It is for this very reason that a sufficient interval should always be allowed to clapse between the application of the galvano-cautery. No pownt in pathology is better established than the connection between local irritation or chronic structural changes induced ther and the development of cancer.” “Whether tins terrible disease be constitu fional or not in its origin, there can be no question that the determining cause of its appearance in Very many cases is an injury, such as a scar, or the persistent application of something that keeps the tissues inflamed and angry, such s a jagged tooth which chafes the tongue. Workers in parafine and petrolenm are peculiarly lia ble to cancer of the parts which are habit ually exposed to the action of those sub Itis well known that a particular form of cancer which was formerly common enough in England is now almost extinct, to the fact that the cause which pro duced it has ceased to exist. When soot commanded a good price it had to be sifted, and this operation naturally involved a great deal of friction against the skin, by which irritating particles were rubbed into it, and chimney-sweep cancer was a frequent result. By far the most common scat of malignant \cer in men 18 the mouth, because of the hot substances that tend to iri ate it. Now, as Prof. Gerhardt himself tells us that at a very carly period of his connection with the case he suspected that the affectation was malignant, this makes the manner in which he proceeded to deal with it simpl comprehensinle THE ACCUSATION FORMITATE “Itis certain that if the growth was not malignaut, from the first Gerhurdt, by his unmerciful use of the galvano-cautery, went the surest way to make it so, * * If he believed the growth to be benign, the repeated burning to which 1t was subjected was barbarous. If, as he says now, he was doubtful as to its nature, that very doubt should have stayed his hand and led him to invoke surgical aid. On twelve consecutive days, according to his own admission, did this physician burn the larynx of the crown priuce with a red-hot wire,and again, on four stances 1n subsequent occasions, at short inter: vals, Finally, as 1if all this was not enough, he thought it mecessary to sear the edge of the vocal chord with a Hat burner. There is 10 record in medical liter ature, 50 far as I am wware, in wiich cautery was 80 terribly misused. 10 sum up, 1t tue Erowth was benign inthe first instance, there is in my opinion only too much reason to bee lieve that Gerhardt's burning must be held answerablo for its subscquent transformge tion into cancer." MACKENZIK WARNS THE PRINCESS, Mackenzie himself used the galvano caus tery when the crown prince and his amiable princess visited England, and with the best apparent results, for the growth disappeared, He details fully the precautions he took and praises handsomely his assistant, Robert €, Myles of New York, The patient and his consul were jubilant, but Mackenzie, whils encouraging to the utmost the hopes of the patient, for sanguiness was an element ia the hoped-for cure, decmed it his duty to warn the princess uot to be too sure. He writes: “1told her imperial highness my views ag to the prospects of her august spouse. 1 was frauk. 1 said that although at that time the affection did not seem to we to be of & malige nant character, yet it mightjturn out to be sos 1 impressed upon her that the possibility of an eveutual unfavorable development mus not be ignored. That Tlaid my views beford the princess in the most complete way | have documentary evidence to prove. And 1 am quite ready to place this evidence before tho president of the college of physicians and the German ambassador acting together in the presence of the prince of Wales himself.” AT SAN REMO. important development in the s at San Remo, on the wesg IMaly, a great resort for vales tudinarians, and close to the famous gams bling resort of Monte Carlo. Here Mackene zie, for the first time, began to dread that the malady would not yield to him, The narrae tive relates as follows: BAD NEWS, “The worst is confirmed ! A new growth has appeared ! On the morning of Novem- ber 6 [ exawined the patient’s throat. The mucous membrane was moderately wdemas tous, and of a bright pink color. The new rowth is bright red in color, rather mor prominent in the center than elsewhere, ...,3 uleerated on the surface. Its appearance was altogether unlike the growth I had de- stroyed, or the other swellings which had from time to time shown themselves in the arynx. It had in fact a distinetly malignant look. Without rismg from my chaiv [ ine fornied his fmperial highness that a very une able change had taken place in hig at. He said, ‘Is it cancert’ 1 replied, Tam sorry to say, sir, that it looks very much hike it, but it is impossible to be ce tain,’ 1 feltthay under the circumstances an evasive answer would be out of place. The crown prince receved the communication with perfect calmuess: after a moment of siience he grasped my hand, and said with that smile of peculiar swectness which so well expressed the mingled gentleness and strength of his character, ‘1 have lately been fearing something of this sort. I thanls you, Sir Morell, for being so frank with me.' " The next tragedy, w of const THE GERMAN DOCTORS AGAIN. At my request the German doctors were summoned and came, On November 9 there was a preliminary meeting in my room in the Hotel de la Mediterranje. Professor vod Sehroetter, Dr. Schrader, Dr. Krause, Dr. Hovell and myself were present, and I res lated to them my whole cons nection with the case. 1 then de- seribed the app nce of the new growth as 1 had scen it on concluded by saying, “This growth looks like cancer.) Prof. von Schroetter there- upon said that after my very clear state- ment he had no hesitution in pronoun ing the disease to be cancer. He was so sure of it that he felt there was no need for him to sec the patient, but he agreed to make the diagnosis out of respect to the patient. We then went to the Villa Sirio where thq crown prince’s throat was duly examined. On returning to my room it was decided that he, Dr. Krause, and myself should each make out separate reports in writing, Prof. von Schroetter in his statement aftirmed that the disease was cancer, and recommended ox- cision of the entire larynx. “Dr. Krause considered the discase malige nant ncoplasm, “1 recommended that a small piece of the new growth should be removed through the wouth and submitted to Prof. Virchow, on whose report the future course of actiom should be based.” N 'IE PRINCE'S WINDPIPE. decided to operate through the windpipe, and the imperial martyr was placed under the influence of chloroforms The operation of tracheotomy was performed by Dr. Bramann, and Mackenzie describes i with his usual frankness. ““In opening the windpine Inoticed that he made his incision alittle to the right instéad ovember 6, and L of on the middie line, but the deviation ape peared to me so slight at the time that 1 ate tached no importance to it. After opening the trachea instead of at once plunging in the canula as isusually done by KEnglish sur- geons, Bramann held aside the two sides of the wound for a minute or two untilthe blceds ing had Ceased, and then inserted a very large, long and somewhat funnel-shaped tube, On leaving the room 1 said to Mr, Hovell, ‘Did you notice that the trachea was opened w little to the vight of the middle linet’” He replied, I did, but T should say considerably rauther than a little, » THINGS GREW WORSE FOR THE SUPFERER bruary 15, The crown prince had bad night, coughing almost incessantly. The dis- charge was wore copious, and coutained bloody matter and mucus, with here and there small black shreds of tissue undergo- ing decomposition. I was now convineed that the lower end of the canula was pressing on the back wall of the windpipe, and T asked to be allowed to introduce & short rectangulur tube. Prof. von Bergman would not, however, agree to my proposition until five days afterward, at which time tha other canula had made a wound of such a shape that mine would not rest in horizontal position. but was considerably lower at tha inner end, where it passed the trachea, tham at the outer orifice. Although there was nd longer any pressure upon the posterior wall, 1 was sure that my tube would irritate the front part of the windpipe. This is what ually occurred, but at first the change was very grateful to the patient, who had long talks with the prince of Wales and nd duchess of Baden, But confirmed invalid, for the larynx, which hud previously been progresse ing very well, was stirred into activity by the coughing caused by illfitting tracheos tomic tubes. Greater destruction was probe ably caused in this way than would have oge curred in a year had the illustrious watient been resgu from such lujudicious treate ment.” THEY ALL GO T0 BERLIN, “Tt was now uccessary, in consequence of the death of the aged William, that the whole party at Sun Remo should proceed to Berlin, Prince Bismarck and several of the great state officials wet us on theroad and paid their 1espects to tha cmperor, After his andience with the sufferer the chaneellor ex- pressed a desive to have some conversation with me, aud 1 acecrdingly traveled with