The age-herald., 1901-04-15
DID NOT KNOW
 EMPEROR'S NAME
Prussian Army Recruits in Ger many Show Dense Ignorance
GERMAN-BERLlN GOSSIP
Two Newspapers Are Having Anus Ing Warfare Out of Emperor's Social and Religious
 Creed.

Berlin, April 14.-Crewp Prince Fred ertclS William tonight proceeded to Vien- na in acceptance of an invitation from Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Dur ing the crown princes visit a number of festivities, lasting several days and in- cluding parades and large court ball. will be held in his honor.
 Emperor Francis Joseph, during his last stay in Berlin and more recently at Mu- nish, during the celebrations. March l2, attending the eightieth birthday of the Prince Regent of Bavaria, conceived an extraordinary affection for the crown prince which he has since testified upon number of occasions The Emperor Of Austria Is especially pleased with the crown prince's modest, frank and unaf- fected bearing. Shortly after the crown prince returns from Vienna he will go April 24, to Bonn on the Rhine, to be mat riculated at the university. Emperor Will liam, his father, it Is said, will accom- pany him to Bonn The Emperor intends to stay several days at Bonn. The crown prince will join the student corps called the Borussia" (the Latin name for Prus- sia), where Emperor William was once a member.
 Emperor William is expected at Ham burg to greet the sick and wounded sol diers from China. On April IS the Elm peror will proceed to Kiel to witness the entrance of Grown Prince Adelbert into the German navy.
 It Is admitted in official circles that the indemnities against China have been for mulated at PelSin. but not all; conse- quently it is impossible to state the amount of the total to be demanded Of ficials deny that pr. Stuebel (formerly German consul general at Shanghai and now director of the colonial department who last month went to London to as- sist in expediting the conclusion of the negotiations regarding the indemnity to be demanded of China) ageed, while in London that Germany and England would support any fixed sum of indemnity
 The representative of the Associated Press Is assured by officials that Ger many's claim is considerably below that of France or Russia.
 The Rhine continues to rise and at Mannheim twenty-four feet of water is reported. The inhabitants of the middle Rhine country are making preparations to escape the flood.
 The Emperor's regular annual dinner occurs tonight, and will be held at the castle. Invitations to the dinner were sent to United States Ambassador White and through him to the attachees of the embassy. The absence of Ambassador White, however. renders the presence of the members of the American embassy impossible, owing to the rules of eti~ Quette.
 Mrs. Powell Webster of Brooklyn, after successful debut, has been engaged for five years for the Royal Berlin opera.
 At the trial at Elberfeld of Chief Staff Surpeon Schimmcl, charged with freeing, for financial consideration, the sons of wealthy families from military service, the accused was found guilty on the prin- cipal charges. The conclusion of the trial has been postponed until Tuesday of next week. Tn the meantime the authorities have discovered new cases of a similar nature.
 The German authorities have been mak- ing extensive trials since March 1 near Lindau on Lake Constanio with new
 
 a civil engineer named Guert of the Navy Department. It has been ascertained that the tests have so far been successful. The boat dives for short time to a depth of 300 feet.
 From official statistics 1t is learned that crime among adults in Prussia is decreas- ing, while juvenile crime is increasing. One-fourth of the criminals sentenced in Prussia were drunkards, and of the $500 prisoners in the penitentiary HOO were Poles. An inquiry made among the re- cruits for the German army by a number of officers showed the existence of gross ignorance in the majority of those exam ined regarding public personages and events. Out of seventy eight recruits from various parts of Prussia twenty-one were unable to give any answer when questioned as to who was the Emperor of Germany. Twenty-two of the recruits questioned designated the Emperor as a great geheral. nine called him renowned field marshal, six thought him to be Min ister of War, while fourteen of the replies were approximately correct Several thought the late Prince Bismarck was Emperor, a great poet, translator of the Bible, etc.
 An amusing warfare has broken out be- tween the Kreuz zeitung and the Kleines Journal about the real settlements and the political social and religious creed of Emperor William. The Kleines Journal says the Bremen incident made no inn pression upon the Emperor, who is as gay and energetic as heretofore, while the Kreuz Zeitung maintains the contrary. Both papers are read by the Emperor. and they are wording their articles so as to appeal to the Emperor himself for a de- cision of the controversy
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