Duelling is forbidden by law; and so it seems odd to see the makers and administrators of the laws dancing on their work in this way.

Some months ago Count Bodeni, at that time Chief of the Government, fought a pistol-duel here in the capital city of the Empire with representative Wolf, and both of those distinguished Christians came near getting turned out of the Church--for the Church as well as the State forbids duelling.
In one case, lately, in Hungary, the police interfered and stopped a duel after the first innings.

This was a sabre-duel between the chief of police and the city attorney.

Unkind things were said about it by the newspapers.

They said the police remembered their duty uncommonly well when their own officials were the parties concerned in duels.