New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
TOPICS IN BERLIN.
Berlin, MAY "a.

Berlin, May "a.
A MISUNDERSTANDING odd misunder-
standing has arisen from a conversation which Ad-
1utant General Plessen had with Adjutant
General Corbin when Admiral Prince Henry of
Prussia visited Washington. General Won Plessen
said courteously:
I'VE should be delighted TO have vou sea or-
mnnruvres."
General Corbin replied: Il should certainly be
much pleased to GO"
General corbins impression as It now appears
was that this was invitation for the September
TnanoeuvTes- General Won Pessen seems to have
ws reeeysd 9dnS fr6n5 m9be % q !, 1nt an
oGFSi9 Wood and Young would be designated
was followed BY a eabled statement that the War
Srs i9an 70 MAY 10 had formally given these Of
IS emperor Williams personal prerogatIve and the
The custom always has been for his msestv toeI go a
the travelling expenses of the invited officers in Ger
Naturally General Won Pessen cannot Invite nam sny
one one 70 ee @ tne Empsrors guest though quite prop
Won Plessen. stree the publication OF the war De
lam doubtless viii be quite ready y to sSt on the the
suggestion. But the Invitations are not vet Sent
OF June. ''' emu
FREDERIcK's sTATUE-The American cartoon
of the "kladderadatsch' to-day represents Bar
tholdfs Statue OF Liberty welcoming the statue Of
Frederick the Great. In the background is Uncle
Sam rolling up the Stars and Stripes in Cuba. pre-
paratory to leaving. Further back are American
soldiers bayoneting Filipino babies and shooting
c9nsIsssman r., nartholdts 6 introduced in the
vdng for the erection al washington OF an eoiies-
trlan statue OF General Steuben. I'm recognition
OF his friendship for the United States is pleasantly
commented upon by the newspapers here as being
mark or appreciation Of Emperor Williams prcscn-
United States. ''
PROSECUTING 4 PUBL1sHER.-The Saxon
Government is prosecuting a Ieipsic publisher
named DiederIchs. for tIasphemy and defam-
ing ehurchy institutions through the publication
of Count Tolstoy's answer 10 the Holy Synods ex-
communication. The indictment also includes the
Theatre Berlin. The prosecution has aroused in
dlgnation and a movement looking to the aboli-
tlon OF the blasphemy Law.
VEGETARIAN TRIUMPH-The pedestrian
performance OF Carl Mann, the vegetarian who
won the international match from Berlin TO Dres-
den. LIS miles. in q hours. 13 minutes 144 sec
onds. beating the next man. meat eater. by
hour and As minutes has according to Dr. Ger
schel, surpassed the famous Creeks run from
Marathon to Athens. announcing victory who did
the li0 miles in 4S hours, against Manns 125 miles
in q hours. The vegetarian societies holding
special meetings TO acclaim Mann.
NEW BATHING REGULATIONS.-Se bath
ing in Germany has hitherto required careful sep
aration Of men and women. The authorities of
the various resorts. at convention Just held have
decided to make German bathing attractive
getting German patronage. which hitherto has been
going TO popular Belgian and French The
lighter weeklies are making fun of German prudery.
THEATRICAL VENTURE ABANDONED
Ernst Wozogen has decided to abandon the
theatre in which he has devoted winters to rep
resenting the new school of natural unaffected
full financially Theatrical managers say he paid
fancy salaries, giving stars who were worth Sl2
zosen. having failed change the meagre salaries
pad pad ON the German stage will now return to