The Independent . -. ifMet fHMtvMM t Utn TO THE MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE, AN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN FRANCEAmerican men and women have bought the birthplace of Lafayette, now the Chateau de Chavinac-Lafayette, in France, to be kept as a Franco-American Memorial Museum It is an interesting coincidence thatthis repudiation of the humiliating con-ditions imposed upon Turkey thru herdefeat in 1878 by Russia and Rumaniawas proclaimed just after the Turksunder German leadership had inflictedan humiliating defeat upon the Rus-sians and Rumanians. When the tri-umphant Turks entered Bucharest lastmonth they foun
The Independent . -. ifMet fHMtvMM t Utn TO THE MEMORY OF LAFAYETTE, AN AMERICAN MUSEUM IN FRANCEAmerican men and women have bought the birthplace of Lafayette, now the Chateau de Chavinac-Lafayette, in France, to be kept as a Franco-American Memorial Museum It is an interesting coincidence thatthis repudiation of the humiliating con-ditions imposed upon Turkey thru herdefeat in 1878 by Russia and Rumaniawas proclaimed just after the Turksunder German leadership had inflictedan humiliating defeat upon the Rus-sians and Rumanians. When the tri-umphant Turks entered Bucharest lastmonth they found before a monumentin that city the cannon they had lostin 1878 when the Rumanians and Rus-sians took Plevna after a five monthsiege. The recaptured cannon will betaken to Constantinople and there setup as a trophy in front of the WarOffice. While the Turks have been success-fully engaging in the European cam-paign they do not seem to have sufferedin Asia. The Caucasian army, underthe Grand Duke Nicholas, has beenmos
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