The age-herald., 1901-11-10
Jena Students Vote to Have Ambassador at London
 Demand Apology, {. ALL SPEAKERS ARE VIOLENT
Leipsic Veterans League Says Cham berlain "ls Known to Be the
 Commonest Kind of a
 Liar"-Traeic Duel. N

Berlin, November 9.-Germany has rung with anti-Chamberlain indignation meet ings all the week. These meetings have been confined hitherto to students and veterans societies, but conference of the Thuringian Pastors Societies has decided to invite the Protestant clergymen throughout Germany to make common protest against the utterances of the British colonial secretary at Edinburgh, October 25. when he referred to the con- duct of the German troops during the Franco Russian war of 1S70-1
 Student meetings were held this week at the Berlin Leipsic, Tuebingen Jena and other universities. The Jena students voted to petition the imperial chancellor, Count von Buelow, to instruct the Ger man ambassador at London to demand satisfaction for the insult
 The students of Breslau University have issued a call couched in highly indignant terms for a meeting to take place No vember 12.
 At all the meetings The speakers used violent language and all the published calls are hotly worded
 The Leipsic veterans league has declin- ed to issue a call for a meeting taking the ground that it is useless to became excited over MT. Chamberlain. since he is known to be the commonest kind of liar"
 Matter Is overdone.
 The newspapers are beginning to warn the people from different standpoints, however, that the matter is being over done, some of them claiming that MT. Chamberlain is too far beneath German contempt for anything which hes may say to be looked upon as an insult to the soldiers of Germany.
 Others say the incident will result in a further straining of the relations be- tween Germany and Great Britain. The Vorwaerts considers the protest movement to be ridiculous and says the intensity of the language used is comi- cal.
 The Vossische Zeitung regrets that many of the speeches delivered contained violent attacks upon Great Britain and refers to the danger that a resurrection of the Eastern question will have a ten dency to draw Great Britain, Russia and France together and the consequent necessity of Italy casting her fortunes with Great Britain and France thus leaving Germany in state of splendid isolation"
 The paper asks if it Is prudent in such circumstances to follow a course calcu- lated to prove that the German people are imbued with the most profound hatred of Great Britain and calls atten- ton to the fact that MT. Chamberlain's obnoxious rema ark included the troops of France. Russia and other nations and adds that the French and Russians shrug their shoulders regarding MT. Chamber lain as a 'babbler'
 Duel at Intersbura. The public mind was considerably ex cited this week on account of a duel at lnsterburg. East Prussia, in which lieu tenant 4,laskowfE of the army was killed by Lieutenant Hildebrand also of the army. Lieutenants Hildebrand and Rassmussen met Lieutenant Blaskowitz going home one night in state of in- toxication, carrier him to spot near his residence, and left him there. They returned to the spot later, however, and found Blaskowitz crouching against a wall asleep and tried to arouse him and get him upon his feet. Blaskowitz, ig- norant of the two men who were endeav- bring to assist him, struck right and left
 
 ter considered himself insulted by the blow received and reported the affair to the court of honor which decided that a duel was unavoidable. whereupon Lieu tenant Hildebrand challenged Lieutenant Blaskowitz. The latter, however, un- conscious of what had occurred while he was intoxivated. went to Eylau the next day to attend a party held at the house of young lady whom he was to marry on the following Saturday. When a tele- gram recalling him to meet Hildebrand was intoxicated, went to Eylau the next tie matter with an apology, but the high est officers of the brigade and division sanctioned the finding of the court of honor, that a duel was necessary, and 1t ended in the matter already detailed. Newspapers of all shades of opinion express amazement at the action of the court of honor. Even .he conservative papers regard the action of the court as being incomprehensible. It is ex- pected that the case will come before the Reichstag The papers use the strong est language against permitting duels like the above hol..ng that the superior officers are responsible.
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