Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-05-08
WANTED TO BE A KING.
Attempting to Lord 1t Over q Company
of Fellow Hebrews.

of Fellow Hebrews.
Among the many harum-scarum
schemes for coloniZlng the half-clVll-
lied regions Of the Old World. says the
New York Sun, the plan Of Herr Paul
Friedman, German Hebrew, is unique
in its fantastic picturesqueness. Inc
details of the plan and its execution
we're explained on February 20 by re-
tired colonists who escaped from his
clutches in the deserts OF Arabia.
friedman conceived the idea last fall
of becoming a Hebrew potentate In a
Hebrew State somewhere in the land OF
indian or the Sinai peninsula. This re-
markable idea, however, he Kept dis
puised under preteXt OF founding a
Hebrew colony OF the Baron Hirsch Kind,
and, having interested Herr Won See
bach, Christianized Hebrew win q
newly made title, he applied for indorse-
ment to the Cracow transportation COM
mittee for Russian Hebrews. As Fried
mann was maR OF wealth
and apparently of philanthropy,
and wished merely, as he said, to be-
come a "lltte Hirsch," the committee
Entrusted TO him thirty families OF Rus
sian emigrants. The expedition was
proyisioned in Vienna, and, with the
assistance Of two non-commissloned Off
GERS VINO had been with Wisemann and
whose term of service in the German
army had expired, was started for in
destination. The colonists got into
trouble soon with the Turkish Govern
ment and were kept wandering until
they brought up near the south end OF
the Sinai peninsula.
During the last part Of the wander
ings, however, Friedman began de-
veloping the detail OF his secret plan.
The twenty-five men In the party were
surprised one day at receiving a dicta-
torial summons to 'report at headquar-
ters at 7 o'clock the next morning. "
They went and were informed by Fried
man that they must begin military drill
at once. From his trunks he took
twenty-five worn uniforms Of Austrian
make. and, regardless Of the heat, com
PEELED each man to strap himself up In
ono and substitute a regulation helmet
for the pith helmet, worn for comfort
Heretofore. Then the non-commis SION
ed officers were ordered by the com
mander-in-chief" TO drill the troops. The
men we're led out in the heat OF tho
day, and for two hours were drilled ac-
cording to the tactics OF the German
army, while COmmander-in-Chief Fried
man. attired in a colOnePs uniform,
ratified his sword up and down before
the door OF his tent. This drilling in
the desert under broiliDg sun was re-
heated daily, so that the colonists bad
no strength left for marching. Rosno-
witch, a man OF forty-eight, became so
exhausted one day that he fell TO the
ground half unconscious, and was una
Bile TO obey the cOmmander-in-chiefs
order to rise. Then Friedman had
him fiogged and cast out OF camp. Ros-
poyitch was picked up by Arabs and
brought back friedman had him
logged again and cast out.
There had been some grumbling about
Friedmaun's military usurpatiOn, and
the trouble with Bosnoyitch brought
the matter 10 head. The colonists
appeared in a body at Friedmann's tent
and, through the eldest man, protested
against the military drill. friedman
had two of the recruits" taken out ana
logged and told the rest TO report to
him in the evening and receive his an
swer. The scene in the evening Is de-
scribed thus by one Of the escaped col
onists.
"Friedman sat On chair covered
with blue cloth and raised on pedestal.
He had a big cloak hung over his
shoulders and on his head was gilded
crown. He held his hand on bis sword
hilt. which hung from bis bell. Across
his breast were arranged medals and
mock decorations. Herr Won Seebach
stood beside him during the audience. I"
friedman received the colonists with
great sternness. He proclaimed him
self TO be liking of INDIAN and Con-
mander-in- Chief OF the army" aud de-
manded unconditional obedience from
army and people" that was from the
twenty-five Russian Hebrews 10 second
hand Austrian uniforms and the women
and children In their families. The
Kingdom was formally proclaimed and