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HKAHST'S fSiiiNi>aT AMKttii AN, ATLANTA, »A„ SUNDAY, JUIiT 27, 19T3.
LONDON
W. Orton Tewson
Chester Overton
PARI
Pierre Rigoayx
Marquis de Casteliane
BERLIN
C. de Vidai-Hundt
Fritz Jacobsohn
ROME
J. M. E. D’Aquin
George M. Bruce
SUNDAY AMERICAN'S SPECIAL CABLE LETTERS RECEIVED FROM ALL THE GREAT CAPITALS OF EUROPE
Both Sides of Reichstag Are Dis
satisfied With Measure Which
Adds Enormous Expense.
By FREDERICK WERNER.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. July 26.—Weeks have
now passed since the Reichstag with
a suddenness that surprised all Eu
rope passed the army bill and gave in
to the Government on all points, and
during the time that has passed it
has been possible to form an idea of
the feelings of the Government, as
well as of the people, toward the
new conditions.
It is perhaps not too much to say
that the general feeling on both sides
is one of dissatisfaction, which on the
part of the common people is minglfd
with disgust and contempt of its rep
resentatives.
Kaiser Is Delighted.
The Kaiser, of course, who now, as
ever, looks upon the enormous in
crease pf armaments solely In the light
of the strongest possible guarantee
of continued peace, was naturally
greatly delighted when he, after
months of anxiety, suddenly saw his
most cherished wishes fulfilled, and
he Is probably the only person In the
Empire who continues to feel happy.
To the Chancellor of the Empire,
Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, and
Herr von Herringen the victory, of
which they had at times nearly given
up all hope, was a source of great
satisfaction, which, however, has left
a bitter aftertaste of disappointment.
When they planned the new bill,
which called for such great financial
sacrifices, they were were firmly con
vinced that it would with one blow
establish the absolute military su
premacy of Germany in Europe.
Officer List Increased.
The bill gave this country the enor
mous army of 669 battalions of in
fantry, 550 regiments of cavalry, in
creased the readiness and efficiency of
the 633 batteries of field artillery, in
creased the siege artillery to 55, the
sappers to 44 and the train to 26 bat
talions. It gave Germany a largely
increased number of officers of all
grades and created several high mil
itary officers and a standing army in
time of peace of 820,000 troops.
But in spite of all this, Germany's
military strength, when compared
with that of other powers, remains
the same as before. The new army
bill fails to establish the hoped-for
absolute military supremacy, and in
this fact lies the cruel disappoint
ment. The enormous sacrifices de
manded and made are of no value, for
in France a rejuvenated nation has
been aroused to an outburst of pa
triotism, such as has not been seen
since the days of the great Napoleon.
And out of this patriotism will arise
a I rench army practically equal to
the German in numbers of men and in
equipment on many points far supe
rior. While Russia, Influenced and
prodded on by France, is hurriedly
building new railroads of the greatest
strategical importance and has moved
several new army corps nearer to her
western frontier.
BERLIN. July 26.— Prince Nicholas
of Thurn and Taxis is to follow in
the footsteps of his two brothers and
his cousin, who renounced their titles
and rank for love.
Prince Nicholas already has given
up his position in the navy and part
of h1s inheritance, and Is planning to
purchase a ranch in Texas. The
young woman for whom he is sacri
ficing all is the Munich diva. Fraulein
Rechberg, of the Gartner Platz The
ater.
They had planned to he married
quietly in London, but the family of
the Prince intervened. They will sail
for America immediately after the
marriage.
Hall Caine Calls
Women Best Critics
Famous Novelist Tells Booksellers
That Wives Make Success of
Library Work.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—"If you ask me
as an author whose opinion of my
books I would rather rest my fortunes
upon, yours or your wives', i tell you
frankly it’s the opinion of your
wives’." said Hail Caine at a dinner
of the Associated Booksellers at Tor
quay. .
"If vou want to know what the
great, ' wide public is going to say
about a book, especially a novel, try
it on a woman.” he added. "I do. I
always have done. And when I have
bad success, it has come to me from
women."
Vatican Condemns
D'Annunzio's Work
“Pisanelle" Is Examined by Censor
and Banished From Catholic
Homes and Libraries.
peclal' Cable to The American.
ROME. July 26.—According to a re
port from a Vatican source, D’An-
lUnzio’s ’’Pisanelle," which was pre-
ented for the first time in Paris re-
cniiy, will meet the same fate as his
ormer work. ’’The Mystery of Si. Se-
lastian."
The ’’Pisanelle" has already been
xamlned by the Censor of the Index,
nd ihe formal announcement that it
as been banished from Catholic
iomes and libraries, on the ground
hai it is immoral is only a question
f days.
Viola Allen Writes of Royalty at Close Range
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Czar's Calmness Impresses the Noted Actress
Prince to Renounce
Title to Marry Diva
Nicholas of Thurn and Taxis Plans
to Start Life Anew in
Texas.
As a Visitor in Berlin at the Time
of the Wedding of the Kaiser’s
Daughter the American Star
Studies Kings and Notables.
Viola Allen, famous American actress, who writes for The
American her account of the wedding of Prince Ernst to Princess
Victoria Luise.
\ iolsi Allen, who is touring Europe,
and has turned her attention to
literature, teas in Berlin at the
time of the royal u:cdding. She
saw royalty at close range.
By VIOLA ALLEN.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. June 12.—From Paris, city
of beauty, to Berlin, solid, substan
tial. clean and very beautiful, too, in
Its well-ordered way. The famous
siegalle with its numerous statues
and stately avenues, and the great
Arch of Victory, through which one
passes from the station to the noted
linden-lined thoroughfares, make the
visitor's first view of Berlin impres
sive.
The time of my visit is a gav one,
and everyone seems in festive mood
on account of the marriage celebra
tion of Princess Victoria Luise. The
streets are packed and lined with
people trying to catch a glimpse of
the many royal guests who have come
to attend the wedding, and the weath
er is as bright and sunshiny as any
bride could wish for. It Is Wednes
day morning of the wedding week, j
and the glorious Unter den Linden, of j
which we have a perfect view from
our hotel window, has been swept and
garnished its entire length, and is
lined with soldiers ready for the Eng
lish King and Queen to pass on their
way from the station to the palace.
Royalty at Close Range.
The Kaiser and the Kalserin, the
royal princesses and princes and sev
eral high German officials and Am
bassadors went down to meet the spe
cial trairt and returned in interesting
procession. After the guards and the
officers rode the King and the Em
peror in full uniform.
In the following carriage was Queen
Mary in a lovely frock and small
flower hat of shaded violet. In the
same carriage rode the German Em
press. wearing deep old rose chiffon
with feather-trimmed hat of the same
color. Then followed the other mem
bers of the royal family. The .Crown
Princess Cecile, very pretty in pink
with a black tuilb hat, and the bride-
elect in white linen coat and skirt
embroidered in blue, with a white hat,
looked very sweet and girlish, though
rather pale, and evidently a little
worn and tired.
The great affection in which the
Kaiser’s daughter is held was very
touching, and Prince Ernst seemed
very proud and happy. He looked al
together the Ideal bridegroom.
After the royal families and their
suites rode the other dignitaries and
personages, followed by more guards,
officers and soldiers. The weather
was perfection, and the enthusiasm of
the crowds, the glitter of uniforms
and the clatter of horses’ feet made a
great spectacle.
Enter Czar Nicholas.
The next day the same preparations
w'ere repeated, only there were twice
as many soldiers and guards, ordered
out for the coming of the Czar ot
Russia. Evidently many more precau
tions have to be taken to prevent any
kind of political disturbance when the
Russian ruler travels abroad than for
most of the crowned heads from oth
er countries. But in spite of the fact
that there is almost constant danger
of an anarchistic bomb descending
upon him, the Czar looked very calm
and peaceful as he drove beside the
Kaiser up the beautiful avenue to the
palace, amid much cheering.
Gala Opera Performance.
In the evenings it seemed as if ail
Berlin went to the opera or to the
theaters. There was a splendid per
formance at the Royal Opera House
on Wednesday evening, and a brilliant
audience, which the handsome toi
lets, the sparkle of jewels and many
uniforms made unusually striking. 1
was much impressed by the rapt at
tention every one paid to the musi•*.
The Germans. from the Emperor
down, take their opera (like every
thing else) very seriously, and the
many rules strictly enforced to pre
vent any disturbance or distraction
while the performance is in progress
^compel all visitors to do likewise.
The opera begins precisely at 7:30
.o’clock, and every one is expected to
be in his or her seat punctually.
Indeed, after the first note is sounded,
no one is allowed to enter until an
intermission comes, and to speak one
word, even in the softest whisper, is
unpardonable.
Army and navy officers are fined if
they come late to the opera, and they
are obliged to wear full-dress uniform. 1
One young officer, who, in his haste
to be on time, forgot his white gloves,
was severely reprimanded by his su
perior. and punished otherwise for
not wearing them. The opera at the
gala performance was ‘‘Lohengrin."
and it was given only for the royal
visitors and Invited guests. It is
said that the Princess Victoria Luise
herself selected that opera.
A Turkish Opinion of Us.
It was a tremendously interesting
week in Berlin, though we had not
planned to be here because of the
wedding gayety, but to meet friends
coming from the East who had lived
in Constantinople during the win
ter. I find that the feeling regard
ing the Turks and the war, of people
who really know, is wonderfully dif
ferent from the prejudiced accounts
we read in the daily papers.
There is no doubt that Turkey
with her internal struggles, was en
tirely unprepared for war. a fact her
enemies took advantage of. Bui It is
no less certain that the Turkish sol
diers displayed a bravery, a loyalty
and endurance splendid beyond words,
often fighting with scarcely any food
or water, and without even clothing
or shoes. It was the misfortune,
certainly not the fault, of the Turkish
army that there should have been
lack of management and executive
ability among the heads of the gov
ernment.
Because Turkey Is Mohammedan and
not a Christian country, we are apt
to imagine them a rather barbarous
people, when, as a matter of fact, it
would be difficult to find more culture
and refinement the world over than
among the high-class Turks.
With the idea in mind of the pre
vailing impression of Turkey in Amer
ica, I had a very amusing conversa
tion during dinner at the Embassy
with the young son of the Turkish
Ambassador, who, though only 14,
had all the dignity and suavity of an
accomplished diplomat of 4ft. Besides,
he spoke English. FVench, German,
Italian perfectly, and. of course, his
native tongue, and probably Greek
and Arabic as well. I also found this
>oung diplomat extremely well posted
on affairs in general, and very much
interested in art, which he discussed
with great understanding. Finally 1
asked him if he would not like to see
America, to which he replied with
much seriousness: “Yes, very much,
but I should prefer to wait until it
becomes a more thoroughly civilized
country.” By dint of further inquiry
1 found these impressions were due to
a diligent study of “The Life and Ad
ventures of Buffalo Bill." To this
clever little man from the Far East
America seemed one huge wild West,
which I thought was rather paying us
hack in our own coin.
Count Zeppelin’s Airship.
Several times in Berlin I saw the
big Zeppelin passenger airship, “The
Hansa.” pass over our heads Just
above the tops of the buildings, en
gaged in making regular trips be
tween given points. The noise of the
engines was simply deafening, and the
ship looked like a tremendous uncan
ny fish sailing through the air.
The passenger car Is rather to the
front of the huge, cigar-shaped body,
and the seats are so hung that there
is little or no motion felt. To me
this looked the most uninviting mode
of travel imaginable. I was glad to
take even the Continental steamers
In preference en route to London.
MANEUVERS LONDON OFFERS
SHOW FRANCE RICH FIELD FOR
ITS NIL NEED GIRL DENTISTS
Experts Declare That Blockade Is
Now Impossible and Swift
Cruisers Are Necessary,
By GEORGE DUFRESNE.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, July 26.—For the first time
In many years France has during the
recent naval maneuvers been able to
place a real first-class modern navy
at the disposal of the admirals in
command and the results achieved
have been highly satisfactory, while
at the same time the experiments
made have been of the greatest value
to the experts of the Navy Depart
ment, who are to plan the further
evolution of the country's naval de
fenses.
As may perhaps be remembered,
the maneuvers which were originally
planned to take place in the Atlantic
were transferred to the Mediterra
nean in order to have the navy as
close as possible to the sphere where
its presence might be needed at any
time during the Balkan disturbances.
Blockade Is Impossible.
I have just had a talk with the for
mer Secretary of the Navy, Vice Ad
miral Boue DeLapeyrer. First of
all, he said, ihe maneuvers showed
conclusively that a close blockade of
an enemy’s port is no longer possible.
The n;odern submarine, which is able
to go a considerable distance away
from the shore, as well as the swift
torpedo boat, quite apart from the
danger of mines, compel the blockad
ing fleet to keep at a long distance,
and this in turn makes new methods
of blockading necessary,
“If the maneuvers we carried on
outside of Toulon,” the Admiral said,
“had been attempted in real warfare
there would not have been a single
vessel left on either side. In this
opinion I am upheld by our most fa
mous naval expert, M. Plerreval.
Needs Swift Cruisers.
“The maneuvers further prove that
France needs a number of light, swift
cruisers in order to locate and anni
hilate the destroyers of an enemy. At
present we possess none of these at
all. while England has 66 and Ger
many 34. and we are corripelled to use
our great destroyers of from 400 to
700 tons instead, but they were not
able to fill the bill.
“The work done by officers and men
during the maneuvers was excellent
and equal to that of any foreign navy,
and if anything might be criticised it
is this, that, we .are not able to coal
either in port or in open sea as quick
ly as American vessels have done, but
the Minister of Marine has already
found means to remedy this, and very
extensive drills are even now being
carried out at Toulon and Bizerta.”
Few Officers Available.
The weakest point in France’s naval
armor is admittedly the rather alarm
ing shortage of naval officers of near
ly all grades. There are not nearly
officers enough to fill positions on
the newly built deradnoughts.
The battleship Jean Bart, for in
stance, ought to have, besides its
commander, a captain, an officer in
charge of the ammunition stores, six
naval lieutenants and thirteen ca
dets. It will be impossible to pro
vide all these for quite some time,
and Jean Bart and our other modern
dreadnoughts have only two lieuten
ants and eight cadets. The new naval
bill which materially increases the
salaries of aU officers will, It Is hoped,
provide all the officers needed.
Demand Growing for Private
Practice and Clinics Among
Children.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—Apparently
there is an open field for young wom
en in dentistry, for the supply does
not meet the growing demand from
private practices and the dental
clinics for children which are spring
ing up all over the country.
At the National Dental Hospital It
was said yesterday that though every
facility Is offered to women dental
students there, the response is not ex
tensive. The average number of
women students attending at on*
time is between two and three, and
some of these come from abroad.
Dutch girls make particularly
good students. One of them. Miss
Martens, has been appointed woman-
dentist to the Queen of Holland. Bui
English girls are no less successful—
as witness Miss L. F. Paine, who
qualified only last November, and has
now been elected house-surgeon at
the National Dental Hospital.
“I can not understand why there
are not a greater number of women
entering the profession,” said a suc
cessful woman dentist, “and can only
conclude it is because they think there
is something unpleasant and dis
agreeable about a dentist's work. To
me it is such fascinating work that
I forget ail the unpleasantness. My
clients are women and children. I do
not take men patients.
“The mechanical work—the prepar
ing of gold plates and so on—is par
ticularly interesting, and most of the
women dentists I know like that part
of the work Immensely.
“There are a few women quacks,
just as there are men quacks. The
public needs to be educated out of go
ing to dentists who advertise. That
Is a Rure sign of quackery, because
the genuine dentist is forbidden by
the etiquette of his profession to ad
vertise, and Is struck off the register
if he (or she) does.”
Golden Cards Out to
His Golden Wedding
Russian Millionaire Sends 200 Invi
tations Made of Pure Metal to
Anniversary Affair.
Pastor to Use Boxing
To Make Christians
Minister in Slums of London Will
Try to Stimulate Church
With Athletics.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—The Rev. Ever-
nrd Digby has ju^t been made vicar
of St. Agatha’s. Shoreditch, one of the
“slummlest" and one of the toughest
quarters in the East End of London.
He is a muscular Christian, can
box fairly well, is still an all-round
athlete, and is the only clergyman
member of the National Sporting
Club, where he can often be seen
watching the boxing contests.
He intends, so ho tells his friends,
to make men -of the young “Hooli
gans” of Shoreditch by turning them
into athletes before inducing them to
attend church.
Czar Gives Hospital
To Raise Birth Rate
Tercentenary of Romanoff Dynasty
Will Be Celebrated by Opening
of $500,000 Institution.
Special Cable to The American.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 26— By an
imperial decree on the subject of in
fantile mortality In Russia St. Peters
burg is to have a special institution
In which children and nursing moth
ers can be received. The amount of
$500,000. given by private banks of
■this city and Moscow on the occa
sion of the tercentenary of the Ro
manoff dynasty, will be devoted to the
upkeep of the institution, which has
been placed under the patronage of
the Czarina.
TORIES' TACTICS
WITH POLITICS
Work of Obstruction Forces Par
liament to Pass Act to Let
Any Legislation Pass. t
Special Cable to The American,
LONDON, July 26.—The parlia
mentary season is drawing toward its
close and the members of both sides*
after the merciless prodding of the
Government, almost without exception
feel as if In all England it would bn
utterly impossible to find a set ot
harder working men and imagine that
the lot of the average coal miner it
far preferable to their own.
Unfortunately this opinion Is not
shared by the general public, whose
opinion of their legislators was quite
accurately expressed by the editor of
The World's Work, who the other day
preached a little sermon to the mem
bers of the House.
It can not be denied that the Tories
alone arc to blame for that, because,
by their obstructionary tactics, they
made the Parliament Act necessary,
the result of which is that all Impor
tant bills of a controversial nature are
cramiAed into the first two sessioas*
while the third Parliament will have
nothing to do but formally pass bills
which ought to have become iaws long
before.
Special Cable to The American.
, BT. PETERSHLRCL July 26.- M.
Spiridinoff, a well-known Moscow
millionaire, is about to celebrate his
j golden wedding. Two hundred guests
have been invited. Each of them re
ceived the other day a card of invi
tation made of pure gold.
As each card weighs twenty
grammes, which is rather leas than
three-quarters of an ounce avoirdu
pois, the total amount of gold used
is about nine pounds.
The metal was transformed into
these unique misisves, on which the
invitation was worked In enamel, by
a Moscow' goldsmith. Each invita
tion card is valued at about $30.
Lady Paget to Give
Biggest Dublin Party
American Wife of English General 16
Sending Out Record Number
of Invitations.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—Lady Paget,
American wife of General Sir Arthur
Paget, has never completely recovered
from the fall down an elevator shaft
in Belgrade Square, and every year
she has to take a cure In lieu of ex
ercise. She is leaving London for Aix
in a few days to reduce her weight.
Like Queen Mary, she has a horror
of growing stout.
She will be at Aix for three weeks,
and will arrive at the Royal Hospital,
in Dublin, shortly before the Dublin
Horse Show, which commences Au
gust 26. and which is the great event
of the Irish season. She is sending
out many more invitations than last
year for her horse show party, and
will entertain a large and 1 distin
guished house party.
Auto Scares Horses;
Carter Whips Prince
Driver Uses Lash on Members of
Nobility After Accident to
His Vehicle.
Special Cable to The American.
LEIPSIC, GERMANY, July 26.—A
Princess and two Princes of the
House of Isenburg, belonging to the
highest German nobility, were horse
whipped recently by an angry carter
whose horses their. automobile had
alarmed.
Prince Alphons, Princess Antoinette
and Prince Victor Vonlsenburg were
motoring to Altenburg, where they
were to visit the Duke of Altenburg,
head of another former sovereign
house of the empire, when they en
countered a farmer with a load of
wood. His horse shied before the au
tomobile and upset the load In the
ditch.
The driver lashed out with his'whip
at the Princess and the Princes as
they rolled by. leaving angry welts on
the faces of all three.
He now faces trial at Gera for his
misdeed, which a century ago would
have been almost high treason.
British Plan Five-
Day Line to Canada
Syndicate Will Construct Terminal
Port at Blacksod Bay for New
Transcontinental Service.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 26.—A syndicate,
j strongly supported by British and
I Canadian shipping and shipbuilding
1 companies, intends to construct a ter-
| minal port at Blacksod Bay, County
j Mayo, for an express line between
that point and Cape St. Charles, in
Southern Labrador; whence another
I transcontinental railway is to be
| built, bringing Canada within five
[ days of London.
| This project will be the deathblow
: to the often-talked-of Galway
! scheme.
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