New-York tribune., 1903-04-19
TOPICS IN BERLIN.
Berlin, April IS.

Berlin,
AMERICAN DENTISTS IN TROUBLE.-The
highest court Of the Kingdom of Saxony, at Dres-
Gen, has decided that several American dentists
practising IN Dresden with the degree Of certain
Chicago institutions cannot legally use g doctors
degree office sign The Dresden Ministry had
investigated a in point over a year ago. and
decided that the degrees admissible. but
the court overruled the Ministry, and ordered the
dentists to remove the 'Dr." within twenty,four
iss viii appeai to- the imperial supreme Court at
Leipsic. Some time ago the Foreign Office inves-
tieated the status Of the institutions concerned;
through the German Consul at Chicago. and
reached the conclusion that degrees were s9ld ia, as
the doctors degree was invalid
THE ovBRsUBscRIBED LoAN.-The over
subscription of the imperial loan (of 2.5coooO
forty-seven times. it is pointed out in financial
frcles, is misleading to the real situation of
ne money market because it was well understood
hat the loan would certainly be oversubscribed.
times more than they really wanted. in order to
secure respectable quota One tan6 @ ~ IN NJ behalf
several others offered s2500ooe00. Even rela-
tivelv small financial houses offered to take half
the loan Subscribers will be allowed about per
cent OF their subscriptions The old loan being 20
loan enticed many persons to subscribe merely to
pocket the difference.
GERMANS IN SOUTH AMERICA.-The POST
says that foreign residents of Argentina who are
Of Germanic origin. including Austrians, Swiss,
HolIanders and Scandinavf vfans. forming q pro-
tective association with the object Of obtaining
more effective guarantees of their rights and IN
tereets. A similar organization is being created
in Brazil The Post attaches considerable i'm
portance 70 these organizations "as tending TO
peTpetUate German nationality
NOT DISTURBED BY CANADA-Canada's i'm
position of a surtax on German goods was SEEM
ingly not unexpected in ministerial quarters here,
where the step is not regarded changing the
trade relations to any great extent, since Canada
recently has only been buying such articles from
Germany as were not obtainable elsewhere. The
preferential duty accorded to Great Britain had
already placed Germany at q Disadvantage. Moth
ing is likely to be done by the German Govern
than might have been expected from Germany's
exclusion Of Canada from moSt-favored- nation
treatment. In any event the German Govern
rnent viii not protest until Chancellor Won Bulow
returns to Berlin
THEATRICAL.-The censorship was unusually
severe in the case of the variety theatres during
Easter week and prevented entire performances.
As a result the Association Of Variety Theatre
Owners in conjunction with various other theat-
rical organizations is agitatng against the alleged
discriminating censorship during the holy days
and is arranging for holding indignation meet
ing.
Sousa's American band will play at the Phil
harmonic beginning May g. AS tie Philharmonic
consecrated to classical music the critics are
quite indignant at the fact that II is to be invaded
by a bandmaster who renders popular airs.
Ferdinand Bonn has retired from the Royal
Theatre. and has leased the Berner Theater.
Walter Damrosch has arrived here.