NEWS BY THE MAIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 203, 1 October 1909, Page 4

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

KING EDWARD MOBBED. UNRULY SCENES. HIS MAJESTY PUT TO FLIGHT BY " KING GAZERS." Maricnbad, August 12. When the King begun his cure this morning he was mobbed mill put to llifflit by a horde of men and women, who.'in their desire to stare at his Majesty, ignored good maimers and even decency, and pursued him with relentless persistency. Soon after sunrise spectators began to assemble before the Hotel Weimar to gaze ut him as he walked to the public promenade. Although they were dispersed and driven away by the police they returned again and formed new groups. The Hotel Weimar is situated a few hundred yards above the public promenade, so that the King must descend a steep hill to r each the springs at cither end of the promenade. When he left the hotel a few minutes before eight o'clock there were not only numerous groups of onlookers Mattered all over the hill, but u dense crowd at the principal approach to the promenade near the Ferdinand spring. This crowd, which collected at six o'clock, had waited two hours gazing upwards towards the Hotel Weimar. It was a strange and motley throng, composed of all sorts and conditions of men and women from all parts of the -world. Both yesterday and to-day the local prefect, Prince Edward Licchfenstthi, and the burgomaster, Dr. Reinlnger, personally superintended the mcasutvs taken lo' protect his Majesty from ant noyanee. but the police and detectives j (onibinrd were powerless.

The King, with Captain Fortescue by his side, and Colonel Pdnsonby and lite Him. .Sidney (ireville close behind, walked rapidly half the length of the promenade, looking very annoyed. Then, finding escape from his tormentors impossible, he turned sharply to the right and walked down the short, steep deicent into the Municipal Park.' The crowd attempted to continue the pursuit, but the police quickly drew a circular cordon round that part of the park in order that the King might walk undisturbed. Numerous attempts to penetrate the cordon were frustrated, but the "king-gazers" stood just outside the police lines staring at his Majesty's distant figure, and continued to stare until the King, after concluding his walk, entered a smart Viennese fiacre and drove back to the hotel.

The King took breakfast on the balcony in front of his apartment, and the "king gazers," who were kept at a distance by the police, stared at him through field-glasses and telescopes. In the afternoon the King enjoyed a

motor car drive, and played croquet oi the golf links.

THAW A HOPELESS MANIAC. HIS WIFE PREPARING DIVORCE ACTION AGAINST HI JI. New York, August 12. Judge Mills, who has been enquiring into tie question whether Harry Thaw had been cured of his insanity, decided to-day that Thaw was, apparently, paranoiac, whose release would be a dangar to the community, and that he must remain in a criminal lunatic asylum. This drcUiun incidentally rescues Stanford White's memory from opprobrium. The judge said: ''Hum- gave absolute credence to wild and grossly improbable stories told him by Evclv'n Xesbit about her relations with White. He firmly believes he was acting as the agent of Providence in killing White." During the hearing seventy-seven witnesses were examined, and the evidence of forty-nine was read. Thaw became agitated when he heard the judgment and was enraged because of the absence of his lawyer from the Court, As a climax to the ease his wife Evelyii Is now preparing to bring divorce proceedings against him. The decision will not cud his efforts to secure his freedom, for under the New York laws he can demand new enquiries into his sanity as long as he fIU3 money to pay lawyers,- but it emphasises the incurable nature of his aliment and is the worst blow he has received.

BOY SHAH TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE. REFUSES TO BE SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER. St. Petersburg, August 12. According to a despatch from Teheran, the young Shall refuses to be separated from Ids father, whose departure- |J3 fixed for the 17th instant, The young Shah ia stated to have tried to run away, and when he was brought hack it in alleged he attempted to commit suicide. The question of replacing him by another Prince is being discussed. Sultan Ahmed Mirza is in his twelfth year, and ascended the throne on July 18 in succession to his father, who had been forced to abdicate.