The herald., 1897-01-04
IN THE kA|SER'S REALMS
German Interest in French Mill.
tary Operations
SKlLLFUL AGITATION BEGUN
For Increase of the Fatherland's Army
and Navy
Mad King Otto of Bavaria Quits Smok-
ing Cigarettes and Finds His
Health Improved
Associated Press Special Wire

BERLIN, Jan. 2.-(Copyright, 1917 y
The news received here from Paris that
the French council of war has ordered
large increase in the cadres of the
army. by which las new battalions of in
fantry will be created, has thoroughly
aroused public opinion here, especially
in view of the announcement that the
French artillery is already partly re-
armed with quick-firing guns. France,
under the new system, will have 1U5
more battalions on a peace footing than
Germany, and the German military au-
thorities now intend to hasten the equip
ment of the army with new Krupp quick
firing guns, at an expense of 260, ,000, 900
marks.
The German navy is being rapidly pro-
vided with the same type of gun, not
only in the case of the new vessels, but
on board the older vessels. At the same
time a skilfully managed agitation has
begun, doubtless prompted by the gov
ernment, for further increase in the
peace cadres so as to catch up with the
French. The campaign was started by
the semi official announcement by the
Cologne Gazette and the Hamburg Cor
respondent. The latter expresses regret
that the army increases in Germany and
France are like an endless screw and
maintains that it cannot be helped, al
though to Germany with her SO, 600, 600
population, it is easier than in the case
of France with barely 40000,000 inhabi-
tants. The author of this article who
is supposed TO be high official of the
general staff, even speaks of the neces-
sity in the near future of rearming the
German infantry with more effective
magazine rifles and of reorganizing the
system of fortiticatons.
DR.. Hollenben, the Russian minister
at the court of Stuttgart, and fo~nerly
minister to Washington, is about to
be recalled and transferred to a minor
post, as a mark of the emperor's dis
pleasure as Hollenben's serving as sec
oud to Baron Won Wangenheim in a dis
graceful duel fought last week near
Canstatt. AT q convivial evening which
the emperor spent on Monday with the
officers of the Berlin garrison and his
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hidden to enter the cafes of Breslau.
The health of the mad King Otto of
Bavaria has remarkably improved of
late. His lucid intervals are becoming
more frequent and longer. and his de-
fusion of being a stork and able to fly
has ceased. He smokes no more cigar
cites and has hardly any of his former
fits of fury when he tore and broke every
thing. But he displays an inordinate
fondness for candies.
An article has appeared in the Bavar-
ian Fatherland, the organ Of DR.. Piglo,
a member Of the reichstag, presaging
the downfall of the German empire
through the detection of Austria from
the driebund, owing to the arrogance of
Prussia. This has caused the Hambur-
ger Nachrichten. Prince Bismarck's or
gan, to- express the hope that Dr. Piglo
would be driven from the reichstag as
traitor
The Hamburger Nachrichten also ad-
vocates the passage of a special law
making a bill of attainder applicable of
members of the reichstag who preach
seditious doctrines.