The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-13
SENT 'EM TO LEARN
WILLIAM TOLD HIS OFFICERS TO
GO TO AMERICA
"WHERE YOU CAN LEARN"
"CoME BACK AND TELL ME ALL
ABOUT IT."

Interesting Observations of Young
Germans While They Were i'm the
United States as Guests of Their
EmperOr-President of the Berlin
Police Was Astonished by Much
He Saw in New York-NOt Both
cred by DissoIute wOmen-Berlin
Fire Department. Slow.
Berlin, March 12-Count Won Berns-
dorf, president of the Potsdam police,
who recently returned to Germany
from the United States, has submitted
to Emperor William a written mar
rative of his experiences and observa-
tons in America, with appreciative
notes on the New York police.
The police president and his five
travelling companions, four young
guardsmen and a junior attache of
the diplomatic service, happened to be
sent this wise.
The Emperor was talking to a group
of subalterns at the Casino of Pots
dam, early in December, and asked
them where they were going for their
holidays. One was goint to Paris and
another intended to visit Bohemia
"Why don't you go where you can
learn something?" interrupted the En-
as my guests and tell me all about it
when you come home"
Count Won Bernsdorf, with a detec-
tive sergeant, detailed by Police Com
missioner Greene, studied the police
system of New York. The thing which
most astonished him was that he was
not bothered in the streets by dissolute
women.
The Count told a newspaper CORE
spondent that he especially admired
the size of the New York policeman,
their smart uniforms and their cour-
tesy, and he referred in his report to
the large, well-ordered police stations
of New York, and contrasted them
with the rented rooms occupied by the
Berlin police.
But" the Count added, using a re-
cent addition to his vocabulary, the
Americans have money to throw at the
birds"
0lIlCe his IGluIh SOhlib NOii bNA 49,
dorf has timed the Berlin firemen in
responding to calls. He found that it
takes three or four minutes to start
an engine here and contrasted this with
New York's thirty seconds to do the
same thing.
The publication of tie Cars decree
has produced a universal Keeling of
joyful excitement, and is tonight the
chief topic of conversation in every
public resort.
1t is generally attributed to the En-
peror's earnest desire to remove the
causes which recently produced such
deplorable outbreaks among the work.
men and students. Fears, however,
are expressed that the powerful par
ty of reaction led by Minister of the
Interior Pleheve, may delay or frus-
trate the realization OF the Cars as
pirations, but great hopes are based on
the known fact that Finance Minis
ter Wittee is a strong advocate of
whatever reforms he considers the
country ripe for. In any case, months
must elapse before the projected re-
forms can be put into execution.
It is understood that the Car de-
sires to modify the laws by relaxing
the penalties against dissenters like
the Stundists, but that no attempt will
be made to repeal the law compelling
children to be brought up in the ortho-
dox church, unless both parents be-
long to some other denomination.
The paragraph in the decree propos-
ing to refer the reforms to the pro-
vincial government councils is by many
regarded as pointing in the direction
of constitutional government. 1t is re-
marked that the decree does not mem
ton the removal of the restrictions on
the press. For the moment, however,
among the general public, all the diff
culties are forgotten in the spirit Of
thankfulness at the prospect of the
dawn of a new era