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« r^tw^ ^V>P*"*!1P<"V â- Revohitionary Plolii and Wars Kindled in Cafe Imperial Pofitkal G>nspinttori and Exiles of Eastern Europe Gather at Vienna's Rendezvous, Long Famous as Inter' national Barometer for Balkan G>ndition8 TROUBLES HOME By H. A. Dl«i * I Vienna. â€" A week ago s certain Pros- ther, naUre of Macedonia, was aen- tenced to three years and a half In .]all by a Vienna sa court because lie flred pistol shots at another Mace- -donlan, seriously woandlns the tat- ter's housekeeper. About a year ago i% youug woman, Mencla Camiclu, also â- >ot Macedonian extraction, shot and killed the Macedonian leader, Tudor Panlzza, in a box of the Burg- theatre during a performance of "Peer Gyat" because, she said. Panic- m was a traitor to the national cause of the Bulgarians In Macedonia. Some while ago a Bulgarian emissary shot •down a former Bulgarian minister in Prague for similar reasons, and In the Balkans there Itardly passes a 'week without political murder. Trains are blown up, bombing plots revealed and the world Is told that ithls or that Macedonian committee or political faction is waging war against -another faction or against the Serbs -or Greeks. The intricacies of this guerrilla warfare are not easy to un- derstand, nor would they much mat- ter to the outside world, if it were not .an established fact that shots in the Balkans sometimes kindle wars. In the Macedonian districts of the Balkan peninsula live 1,000,000 Bulga- rians under Greek and Serbian rule -and foreign rule In these regions Is tantamount to the worst forms of sup- Itression. Just at present the revolu- tionary Macedonian committee dis- plays a lively bombing and band ac- tion in Jugoslavia and Greece be(5ause it regards the peaceful rapprochement "Of Jugoslavia and Bulgaria as a dan- :ger tc the national aspirations of the unredeemed Bulgarians in Macedonia. "By disturbing this pacl&cation "move- .ment the Macedonians or, rather, one party of the Macedonians, hope to gain a respite until the time Is ripe ;for their liberation. Long a Balkan Rendezvous. For decades Vienna has been an im- portant rendezvous for Balkanites, mostly emigrants, whom the mael- strom of politics hurled into esile. And the true homo of the Kaaterner, living room, office and debating club all In one. Is the cafe. Many a cafe in. Vienna could reveal dramatic jstories if the mute walls would speak. JVjnong these political gathering -places 1b which plots and wars are •discussed is the Cafe Imperial, on the Kaerntnerring, in the palatial building -of the hotel of the same name. Hers meet since time immemorial the cor- respondents of foreign papers, exiled politicians from Bulgaria and other Balkan states and, since the World "War. emigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia who dare not return lionie. Bolshevist Russians and others â- that are against the Soviet regime, a motley crowd congregating on neutral ground. Fantastic stories circulate in the •Cafe Imperial, but If one learns to ilis- crlmiuate one can also get valuable information now and then, for hidden threads lead from here to ofdclal chan- celleries and conspiring circles alike. "When last spring many people be- ilved that an Albanian war was near at hand the war odda In the Imperial 4!tood at zero, a sure sign against en- tanglements. The complement of the Imperial would not be complete with- out Albanians, and they knew better. 9t Is a good omen for the maintenance -of peace In Southeastern Europe that the barometer of the Imperial has iwluted at peace for many months, but «t the same time this makes the place less Interesting for the moment, for the great days of the cafe are those when something Is happening. It need not necessarily be a war; scan- dals like the bogus francs swindle in Hungary also are discounted at a high Tate and throw big waves. Cafe Sensitive to Politics. The ups and downs of the Imperial -depend entirely on the political weath- er. When something Is on, let us say « government overturned or an impor- tant Balkan leader assassinated, the -•vent is sure to be reflected on the (uesta. Either there turns up a new man, who has Just been sentenai^.to death and sips his black coflewHtt- tj, tor in the Imperial he Is ll(|K>-'r there comes somebody who is chased by maffla somewhere, and his appear- •Bce Is less reassuring, for much more dangerous than governmental death sentences are the unofficial ones ot secret committees, whose execution- ers may turn up when the victim least expects them. Since the World War th« Cafe Im- perial has extended its sphere of ao- tivltles, but prior to 1!)14 its domain was the Balkans. The headwalter still recounts a ghastly experience he had in 190S. H« used to serve some Serbian guests who looked very peace- ful and were most obliging. When one day they told him smilingly that there would b9 bloodshed in the "konak" of Belgrade, as the royal castle ot ths Serbian capital Is called, he took it as a bad Joke^ But he al- most fainted when, looking Into the morning papers two days later, he found the report ot the assassination ot King Alexander ObrenoTltch and Queen Orsga. The Balkan war la 1912 was no surprise for the habitues ot the ImperlaL In June, 11X4. trUads tnm ths Im- perial warned Ui« â-²nsUtea Tonigm Office when they heard of the impend- ing Journey of the heir to the throne. Archdi^ Frsncls Ferdinand, to Bso- nia. The warning was not heeded, and the assassination of the archducal couple in Sarajevo gave the signal for the most sanguinary war in the his- tory of the world. The trouble with the Imperial la that one cannot rely on Its stories. Many a plot or revolu- tion predicted as an unavoidable cer- tainty did not come off. In a certain percentage of cases there may have been a hitch in the last moment, but others have been freely Invented. Emigrants and political refugees al- ways dream of unexpected turns like- ly to Improve their situation. Called "Omniscient" Cafe I Halt Jokingly and halt In earnest, : people call th« Imperial the "omnis-- cient cafe." None of the other itolitl- cal catps has gained the same univer- sal reputation. But the funniest story of post-war politics In Viennese cafes is told of the Casa Plccola, in the Marlahilferstrasse, and although it Sounds queer it la vouched for as true. When the Soviets seized the Ukraine the governments of West Ukraine and jEast Ukraine removed^to Vienna and â-  settled down in the respective lega-^ tlons. They took over some funds and made an additional Income by the sale of passports and visas. Everybody who could not obtain a regular pass- port or visa used to travel with Ukrainian documents. Another source of Income was the printing ot stamps, whclh were bought by stamp dealers . and collectors. But when after a : while the Ukrainian passports lost their validity and nobody cared any I longer for the stamps the funds of the I exiled governments melted away and ; they ha dto give up their offices and settled down In the Casa Plccola at two big tables. There they presided from 2 to 6 every afternoon, and the Foreign Mln- I ister of one government would call on the Minister ot Finance of the other or vice versa to raise small loans. Or there would be lengthy debates ot both governments over urgent prob- lems, how to get new funds for the treasuries and the Cabinet members. This sort of thing went on until the prime ministers could no longer come, because they had accepted jobs as office clerks, and the Minister ot Fin- ance failed to turn up because he had opened a candy store, while the Trade Minister had found that it was better to work as a chauffeur than to sit in council not knowing who would pay for the black coffee. So this romantic chapter ended and the Casa Plccola ceased to be a factor In international politics. Youth in Gamble With Death To Win Career on African GwtC Quinine la Price of Life for White Colonists Who Woric <ni Bea^; Where One Succeds Many Others Face Years of Broken Health in Homeland HELLS PLAYGROUND "LOST PIONEERS OF AVIATION" is the title of this mass work to be cast in bronze, upon which Victor Maeh •< New York is puttng the finishing touches. It wlU be placed either In New York or in Detroit next spring. Faster and Faster WTiat is the safe speed at whii'U to drive an automobile? The answer Is the same as the answer to most ques- tions: It depends. Mr.^Paul S. Hoffman, vice-president of the Studebaker Corporation, pre- dicts that within a few years all speed limit laws and ordinances will have disappeared. Michigan has no speed law and punishes only what is called 'reckless driving." There is much to be said for this course, but how are we ever going to establish standards of "recklessness" when It is already impossible for a motorcycle cop and a car-driving citizen to agree on a mat- ter of simple, arithmetic? Mr. Hoffmann goes a little too fast for us when he says that day after to- morrow automooblles will be "expect- ed" to go at a rate of sixty-five miles an hour. "We are living in a rapid age," he adds, "and must keep going more rapidly all the time." Why? In spite of the Increase of automobile speeds, people still miss trains, are late for lunch, lie in bed after the alarm clock has gone off and tell long stories during business hours. The rapid age has given us more time to loaf and rest from the weariness ot trying to be rapid. And that's about aU. 9 A quiet evening at home nowaday* ia the one when the radio battery is •way being charged. Will Rogers Praises Chicago's Hanfiling of Crooks To the Editor of the Now York Times: Garrett, Ind. â€" Just passed through Chlccgo to-day. Wanted to go up and see my old friend Mayor Thomp- son, but had had English breakfast tea for luncheon and was afraid he would smell it on my breath. You can kid about Chicago and Its crooks, but they have the smartest way of handling their crooks ot any city. They get the rival gangs to kill off each other and all the police have to do is Just referee and count up the bodies. They won't have a crook in Chicago unless he will agree to shoot at another crook. So viva Chicago! Yours unhit, WILL ROGERS. Where Stray Overcoats Go "Hank" Dudley, social s^'cretary for the Omaha Post ot the American Le- gion, said to a gathering consisting of Mr. Isaacson and myself: "It's won- derful what the railroads have dons for this country." 'Bat the reason I like them bestest," he added, "is because they give us th« unclaimed overcoats that are left on the trains. See, here are fbrty ot them, and they are going to keep a lot of poor fellows â€" at least forty poor fellows â€" warm." This is the end of the story â€" except that It you have an unclaimed over- coat that you wish to leave anywhere and can't brin^ It to the legion office, leave it on the trains running Into Omaha. â€" Omaha World-Herald. Accra Beach is a sight for all devo- tees of tropical romance and Atrlcaa adventure. Working there, month af- ter month, under ths burning son. In ths hot monsoon wind. Is a dUtarent matter. In West Africa white msn and wo- men can live only within the armor of thshr dally quinine. Eivery one wears the strained look that it the price ot life in the tropics. I talksd to an Sing- lish pubUe school boy "^t^Ung cargo alongside the surfboats on Accra Beach. There was no pink bloom on his cheeks. His face was sallow, and lined with illness and worry. "People In England think that we live easily on the coast â€" that the doc- tors have wiped out all disease," hs told me wearily, poshing back his heavy helmet. "That Idea hurts us out hereâ€" It's all wrong. We certain- ly are not overpaid, and our home leave every few years is not a luxury â€" it Is death to stay much longer. Some men don't stick It for a year." He told me the facts for the benefit of those who feel the lure of this coast that a novelist once called "Hell's Playground." "Beachmastsr" Is First Job. The newcomer to a trading firm any- where in West Africa usually finds himself at work as a "heaohmaster." Hs goes down to the beach at six otclock in ths morning, and his boy follows him soon afterward with breakfast Cold eggs and baoon in a very hot shed. His main duty is to check cargo as the snrfboats come In from the tretghtars In the roadstead. He must havs a qtilck eye for break- ages and shortages â€" for the ingenuity of ths thief is more Oriental than Afri- can. Dozens of natives arrive during the day with palm kernels. Some ot them | carry petrol tins and calabashes of | palm oil. Ths "beachmaater" must j see everything weighed out and mea- sured. He must supervise the labor- ' ers bagging kernels and pouring oil | into casks. Always hs must have an eye in the back of his head for the in- 1 coming surfboats. At noon, if hs is fortunate, he may ' stagger up to the mess for lunch. ' With eqnally good Inok he may W abls to rest for aa hour. Bat whaai ths cocM ssason Is on, when thsca ars many ships In ths bay, he may aol get to the mess at alL A sandwich tai the shad, whloh has by now beoomsl intolerably hot. will havs to sattst]r him. Lslsnrely "chop" during the dayt is a rare experience tor the "flzali timer" In Wast Africa. Work goes on uncessingly nntll t in the evening â€" often later. Tte beach-master's head aches, his eyav are tired and dazzled In ths bIliuUiiS| sun glare. No tennis at sundown fla< him. Just time for a hasty showst* before dinner. Sunday Is oftaa thai most feverishly busy day ot the weok^' So much vital work has to be doas that the conscientious man dare net even" go down with malaria antU tha fever forces him. Salaries Paid for Hard Work. In return for this unpleasant life tha young man learning to be a Waa^ Coast trader may expect a salary oC 1126 a month, possibly a little mora.- At the end of two years he will rs^ celve four months' leave on half payJ If he is Invalided home before his coa^ tract has expired he is almost certain to lose bis job. If he works hard fol| two years he may be lucky enough to Bscure an eighteen months' contract tor the next spell of duty, and a high- er salary. A well educated young' man. ambitious and with the essential physical endurance, will bo making more st the end of five years than ha would receive after twenty years In' England. Or he may still be selllngj cotton print to hot and odorousj humanity behind ths counter in ths store. A career In West .\frlca Is a gamblsa You back your character and youi| body against the most Insidious elk mate In the world. The agent.<! and' supervisors, with their $5,000-a-year, salaries and their trips to England,' erery nine or twelve months, are ths men who have won. The loso.--s, soma of thom, are dragging themselves along slum pavements In Etigiisll towns. I doubt wlieth3r any land la the world breaks men more suroly and completely than "the Coast." Turks Now Have Pork Provided By the State The New Government of Angfora Thus Sets Aside Another Old Law of Islam Man to Study What Wild Beasts Think About and How They Talk Investigator to Go "Trapping" With Phonograph and Catch Jungle "Remarks" on Records â€" Seeks to Found Study Center in Bush Having; got rid of the dervishes and legislated her citizens out of many I Moslem practices, republican Turkey,! whose Constitution ^declares that Is-j lam is the State religion, has gone into the pork industry, the Govemnnentl having previously taken over the : liquor monopoly from a Polish syndi- cate. Both pork and liquor were pro- scribed by Mohammed when he found- ed his religion in the seventh century A.D., based as it was upon what he knew of Judaism and Christianity.! The taboo agrainst pork Mohammed took from the Jews. But how many! of Turk«y*8 great Sultans were, wine- 1 bibbers? Pork, however, is a poBt-, republican comestible on Turkish tables. As for the State reMpon bein; that of Islam, the President, Mustapha Kemal, whose title of Ghazi or Con- querer to-day spells "Father of the Country" to Turkish school children, has declared that Islam will not be allowed to interfere in any way with the development of Turkey along ad- vanced Western lines. Moreover, the deserted mosques in large cities may possibly be turned into school build- ings, of which there is a shortage. To-day Turks eat ham and bacon and drink liquor manufactured and sold by the Government At present these pork products are imported from the Balkan States^ But Adana and other places in Anatolia have herds of wild pigs which ruin the farmers' grain crops. These pigs have, as in India and other Oriental countries where pork is taboo, steadily Increas-' ed through the centuries. Hence a pork facfaory is to be started at Adana which will cure the wild pigrs, shot by hnmters, into ham and bacon for dom- estic use and export. The farmers' post will thus provide sport as well as profit. While tha raising of pigs as a commercial product Is too much to be expected at present by .\nabolian farmers newly emancipated from the bonds ot their religion, yet it is not unlikely in the future, when the wild herds of pigs are reduced. As yet the Anatolian retains a strong orthodox strain in his remote sectors. Ho has been reluctantly caught up into the breathless whirl- wind of progress legislated from An- gora. While Turks In Constantinople restaurants eat their ham and baoon and pork with relish, and wash itj down with beer and light wines, ths| Anatolian is content to bring up thei rearguard of progress In Turkey. •' Cape Townâ€" W. D. Hubbard, Ameri- can author and natural scientist, formerly connected with the boos of New York and Boston, has returned to the African busto with the object of exploding more fallacies about wild animals. With him are his wife, their son, and their bah;r girl. The party also includes Miss Elizabeth Man of New York, a secretary, and a cinematographer and assistant. "This time we are going to study animals to try and find out what they are thinking about and how they talk to each other," said Mr. Hubbard. In his outfit he has a gramophone recording machine for preserving animal noises. Going to Take. Bessts Alive and Study "So many myths about African ani- mals have recently been exploded that we think there wIU be a rich Srld for this kind of research. "During our laist stay la Northern Rhodesia, for insLanco, we yoked buf- faloes to a wagon and drove them about. I believe that every wild ani- mal In Africa is harmless unleea first provoked by man. I am going to catch young lions, buffaloes and ante- lope, specimens of every possible type, and watch them grow up." It has always been maintained that ths .\frloan elephant cannot b« trained to work liko ths Indian ele- phant. The Belgians have recently ostabllshed an elephant training school at Apl, in the Congo, with good results. Mr. Hubbard is going to see whether the same thing can- not be done In Northern Rhodesia. During hts last visit he captured young elephants and found that chll. dren could rido on thorn a:u\ ylaf with them. Seeks Comparing of Nctes Mr. Hubbard belongs to many learn- ed societies, including the Zoological Society ot London. .\fter his last visit to Africa ho published a. book entitled "WiM .Vniuinls." dealing with his research work in a popular way. The present expedition will prubably result III a more advanced work. "It is my ambition to establish a large station In the African bush," ! said Mr. Hubbard; "some place to 'whiob all scientific partitvs could go and compare notes is badly needed. j At present If I wish to compare re- sults with other research workers. I have to write to them and send a few pickled specimens. There ought to be a laboratory In the heart ot tlia Rhodeelan big game country whers natural seientiets could work to gether for the benefit of tropical pro grass." Mr. Hubbard's headquarters for thi next IS months will bo at Cboma, which he considers to be one ot tiia finest spots in -Africa for his work. H. R. Highness LoYet His Canadian H^me The rambling, comfortable buildings of the "E.P." Ranch. tkA orlgliMl nuich house, carefully preserved. At the tight chinked logc^; in that Sweet Marital Interchange X young man with his wife wero oa their way to a football game in their car proceeding by Inches In the dense trafflc. Finally they came within sight* ot ths field just as the game was start- ing. "I wish," the wii'e said smiling- ly, "that I had our piano here." "And why," asked the husband ro^ilshly, "do you wish you had our piano here?" 'Because," giggled tho wlfe^ "I left our tickets to the game on tof ot It.'â€" R. H. L.'s "Line- Book"). Airplane manufacturers hope to gel motorcar makers Interested In theli industry that they may Impart to It some of the stimulus they Injected Into the automotive business when bringing It up to where It Is to-day. No doubt they hope thus to bring sky high prices down to earth. « A movement has been started to provide a reservation for gorillas In West Africa. Late dispatches Indt' cate that United States marines ars attempting to do somethiug like that for guerillas in Nicaragua. My dear, remarked Braggs, who had just finished reading a book on "Ths Wonders of Nature," th4s is a r*> markable work. Nators Is marvsk lou»: Stupendous! Whsa I r«ad • book llks this It makes ns think how puerile, how insignificant Is maSk Huhl said his wRe. A woman dossnt have to wad* through dvs haadi^ pages to discoTsr thatâ€" <