The sun., 1890-10-27

ShV"iouko vi tnelE contents.
The Deputies Of the opposition in the Reich
stag have for years been railing against the
enormous expense entaied by keeping up our
large cavalry forces which thcy have been in
the habit OF describing a. an anttauated
inheritance Of the days OF chivalry. Tho
Commander In Chief OF tho imperial army has
answered these and similar charges in an
elaborate article in the Rreuz1eitttno, which
cites the American civil war to prove the value
OF large masses Of cavalry. Both tho North
ern and Southern armies" says the article,
had only few mounted troops at the outset
OF the operations, but their leaders soon
learned that IL was impossible to do without
the antiuuated inheritance OF knightly days.
They continually added to their cavalry
throughout tho war and Gen. Lee confessed,
after the downfall Of the South. that 1t was the
lack OF cavalry on his side which caused the
loss OF the battle OF Gettysburg" stuarts and
sheridan's rides also receive their need OF ap-
probation in this important military paper.
which has created quite stir In army circles
by the elegance of its dicton and the cogency
Of It's arguments.
The Berlin President OF Police is considering
petitions from no fewer than sixty nine He
brew lawyers praoticing In the courts OF the
capital who desire to have their names changed,
claiming that their inherited patronymics.
such as Meyer. Cohen. Levyson, Abrahams. &C..
are hurtful to them in their business. The de-
cision of the President OF Police has been de-
ferred until an investigation has been N ade
into an allegation OF the anti-Semites that the
Hebrew lawyers outnumber the Christians by
45 per cent. If such proves to be the case the
petition Will probably be refused.
1 learn from q gentleman who enjoys the
confidence OF the Minister for Ecclesiastical
and Scholastic Affairs that the Government
has no intention OF taking the financial man
aEoment OF public schools into its own hands.
1t Is only proposed that the State shall aid
very poor communes by dividing with them
the expense OF keeping up the schools. Thus
1t will be seen that the millennium hoped for
by German teachers, that Is to say, the time
when they would have sufficient salary to feed
and clothe themselves and their families, as
far from being realized. The communes will
combine to keep the teachers at starvation
wages. and the only difference will be that the
State will divide the honors with. the COM
munes in doing So
Following on the dismantlinR OF the old time
fortresses-Kolberg. Stralsund. Erfurt. Min
den, Wittenberg, ReadsburR Stade. Doem;tz.
and Coblentz-the walls Of the cities OF TorRau,
Soarlouis Rastatt. Neisse Glatz. and Glogau
are now to be taken down, as the great re-
quirements of the fortresses lying on the road
from Paris to Berlin do not permit OF main
tanning Notifications which may in all proba-
bility prove useless in a future war. The late
Emperor William had an idea that q wall
around the inner city Of fortified places was OF
great importance. and when the Cologne forth
fcations were rebuilt few years ago this no.
ton was carried out at immense cost The
present Emperor has seen the folly Of such a
course. and has lately ordered that the wall
around the inner city Of Posen be demolished.
This seems to indicate that the old-fashioned
encumbrances of fortified cities are doomed.
| and there is much rejoicing at the prospect
among those interested In the commercial
prosperity Of those places.
The Government is considering the question
OF encouraging the importation Of corn from
America by buying breadstuffs for the army
| from American dealers. Five-sixths OF the
amount OF foreign breadstufrs consumed
| In Germany at the present time come
from Russia. AS our allies, Austria and
Italy. have not large surplus Of
grain for expectation. Germany would be
threatened with a breadstufT famine in tho
| event of a war with Russia. 1t Is therefore
| necessary, politico- economists argue. to be
more liberal with America. the greatest corn
producing country OF the world SO that we
may reckon ON her for supplies in the hour
OF distress. The Agrarian High Tariff
party tries to ridicule the idea that
Germany coulo ever suuer from actual
want OF breadstuns' and 1t proposes to
mako Alsace. Lorraine the great Granary OF
Germany. This proposltion' however Is ap-
surd. both on account OF the limited areH' ana
because there Is not capital enough In Alsace-
Lorraine 10 aeVelop lts AGRICULTURAL resources.
Inc example SGT Dy the German Emperor IN
buying real estate IN the new provinces and
thereby showing MS commence In the main
tenance OF the status quo. mas not 80 iar been
Initiated by any German frince or ieudai land
owner ana the AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK OF the
helchsiand continues 10 DO OF small promise
Barnay's Berlinor Theatre continues to- be
the Kaiser's favorite resort for an evenings
amusement. To tho old theatres. which arc
still managed on the principles OF the old
regime whereby actors ana actresses Wero
placed on the same ioootihe as royai lackeys.
his Majesty gives a "iue Dertn. Latteriy
small dinlhG room nus ueon ntteo up near the
Imperial oox al barhays pisyhouse' ana tnere
the Emperor sups CURING the intervals OF tne
piece. Inc piay the haiser prefers 10 ali others
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