The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-22

trip, and that he had written TO Emperor
! Francis Joseph of Austria, begging for
loan of 100000 gulden.
In view of these reports, implying that
the court finances are embarrassed, it has
| been deemed advisable 10 explain that the
! Prussian crown funds are in a most -four
/ ishing condition Herr Won Kassow as
fserts that although the maintenance of
/ the imperial dignity OF the navy has neces-
4 STATED large calls upon these funds. AMI
/ while no assistance has been received from
! the emperor. yet other factors have placed
the emperors finances in a much more
+ favorable position than those of any Of his
/ predecessors.
The writer reminds the public taht the
princes Of Prussia do not receive state a
! lowances apart from their private means,
| and that they are dependent upon the
money granted them by the king. When
| William I assembled the throne he had to
subsidize ten courts of the Dowager Queen
Elizab beth. teh Crown Prince Frederick,
! Prince Charles, his son. Prince Frederick
Charles, Princes Aiorecht and his son, now
/ ten regent Of Bruins wick. Prince Frederick
and his two sons, and the Princess Meg
nitz, who have all lived in great style.
But now most of those are dependent upon
the present emperor and either live in
comparative retirement or have inherited
large properties or requests which have
placed them beyond need Of royal assist
! ance.
Her Won Kassow then proceeds to COM
pare the expenditure Of the present en-
peror and of his predecessors, and con-
Guides:
The Berlin court, if anything. is too
economical. The kaiser has expended lit
tie on new buildings and lives the greater
part of the year at Potsdam on a scale
far less pretentious than a wealthy COM
moner. The number Of festivities has been
much reduced and foreign potentates are
not entertained more frequently than de-
sirable in the interests of the state.
I'm fact" this inspired article con-
cudes, the kaiser is regulating his ex-
penditure on lines which vii lenabIe him to
view with equanimity teh time when the
six young princes viii require separate
establishments
Emperor William has turned his atten-
ton to designing battle statues and has
commissioned Walter Schott the sculptor, |
to execute design by himself of a monu- |
mental figure of a mailed archangel. ten
feet high, resting both hands on a huge
sword, which will be erected on the bat
tlefield of st. Privat, facing the French |
frontier.
Ten chair Of military Jurisprudence has |
been instituted by the Berlin university. |
This is an indirect result of the agreement
between the emperor and the regnt of Ba-
varia on the subject OF a supreme military
penal court, which is expected to lead TO
uniformity in military law procedure
throughout the empire. Privy ouncilor
Neiffenbach has been appointed first pro-
lessor of military Jurisprudence.
The proposal adopted by the students of
the German universities to perpetuate the
memory of Prince Bismarck o. the erec-
ton Of columns over the face of the coun-
try IS now approaching realization. A co,;-
siderable fund. has been collected and
committees has been; formed TO carry cnt
the details The coiunps will be high
massive granite pillars, sarmounted BIZ. an
urn, in which a FIRE beacon will be kindled
on every a nnipefsary. Of E,sinoe Bismarck :
birthday, until the: { nd ofstimes The stu
dents are greatly imprhAed WITH 'ehe enb-
Unity of the notion and have offered
- Ao1N Ac6NA q Raves 1Of1lI5 pest
design for the column. In addition 70
twenty-seven universities, each of which
Is pledged to erect its column, forty-seven
towns havt declared their intention 10 -
operate, and it is expected tat at least
200 cities and towns will join IN the move
ment
The police officiousness IN invoking the
les majestic law received a check this wick
A popular music hall comedian named
Reuter- had been singing couplets on En-
peror Williams oriental trip with great
success, when the police decided that the
of his majesty in music han
ditty was tantamount to lese maieste ana
ordered Reuter- to stop. The latter whose
couplets were inspired by patriotism. cues
toned the legality of the police decree and
scored victory in a verdict setting forth
that a song treating of the emperor need
not necessarily constitute a breach of pub-
nc morality. AnOthe rqueer lese maieste
case has occurred at Strasburg, where an
unemployed bookbinder begge- 10 be sent
TO prison for shelter. Tie policemen to
whom ne applied 1eplied that it was impos-
slbe, as he had ~ committed an offensA
the bookbinder promptly fired
a volley of insults at the emperor. with
greater success than he had anticipated.
as he has just been sentenced to two years
imprisonment.