Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05
GERMAN DISQUIET
ON THE INCREASE
Opponents Of the Government
Find Many Evidences OF
Corruption.
IN AFRICA
Failure 10 Suppress Uprising There
Causes Bitter Criticism, Of the In
competency Of the Army
Beer Business Is Bad.
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Bertha speciai. Many grave cues
lions face the kaiser on his return from
Norway. The socialists are unusually
active and viii have many embarras-
sing questions TO put 10 the government
when Diet and Reichstag meet once
more
They will undoubtedly demand a
thorough sitting Of the scandals re-
yealed by the d~isgraceful Pofnmern-
hank. which seem TO show that in re-
gard to corruption the German nobility
rs d worthy rival OF the Russian.
That a well-organized syndicate
dealing on orders and titles for some
dme has existed IN this city seems be-
yond Az doubt. and even members OF
the royal family are implicated In this
affair.
Though not caring much for orders
and titles the socialists are interested
in knowing who got the thousands OF
marks paid for these distinctions, and
IL a prince OF the blood royal I'm this
way procured money for his reckless
dissipation they say that he should be
punished regardless OF his rank.
The nobility themselves are not less
dissatisfied and ask themselves why
they must kowtow to his majesty, when
American m~illionatres are allowed to
slap him on the back I'm a most FAM
liar manner and In every way behave
as IL they were his equals.
The African Storm Cloud.
But the conditions in the German
southwest Africa. are after all, the
darkest cloud on the. horizon. The
position Of the German military forces
must indeed be hopeless. the people
reason. when Ii is found necessary to
send for q Boer general TO take charge
of the campaign against the rebeliious
natives.
"Why do we spend millions every
year" a prominant socialist paper In
quireSs ito maintain an immense army
and 10 train officers. not one of whom
is found capable OF .subduing a handful
or uncfvilized black natives ?"
There is evidently something rotten
In that Immensely costly military ma
chine which saps u financial re-
sources and brushes "a citizens all
most beyond endurance
III among all our generals, In their
Respondent uniforms, not one has the
necessary qualifications 70 stamp out
this rebellion III Southwest Africa,
what would then happen IL we had to
face d serious war;"
ST might o always be possible to
find q B0er general TO win our battles
for us.
tone scandal after the other has
cropped ont In the army showing the
~decndence OF our officers. Al least one
case has shown that our arsenala are
being robbed and should an emergenc
arise II might be found that we are no
better prepared for war than were the
Rtssiasns for the present conflict with
Japan
Nobleman on Variety Stage.
All Germany Is thoroughly scandal
izcd M the actions OF Franz Won Koer-
Der. The son OF an Austrian nobleman
and nephew Of the president of the
council OF Austrian ministers of state,
who ST present appears on the stage OF
q tfiirdSrate music hall at Munich.
To make matters worse he has mar
ried 9 popular variety actress from VIZ
enna.
The young nan defends himself by
saying that he is poor, and that his
parents have not found Ii worth while
TO have him learn anything whereby
he could earn his living, and as he
dexpiaea the career of an officer chosen
for him he sees no other way OF earn
ms enough 10 support himself and
wife.
Magic Lantern Ads? Never.
The people OF the good old city OF
Nuremberg famous as the birthplace
d hOrne of Hans Sachs, the other
evening made a strong protest against
what they call an outrageous Amer
lean Innovation
On the Apoilotheatre, at present. the
famous German fragedlarf, Adelbert
Matkowsky, y to be seen IN Shake
every night.
New, the manager OF the theatre.
who has. spent some time across the
Atlantic, had made q contract with an
advertising firm allowing them. by
mears OF q magic lantern. to throw
advertisements on the curtain between
acfss
The nrst might when this was being
done. an a~rt-ioving audience was adj
mtr1ng NJ MatkuwSky In 'Othello.''
when. after the tlrst act. there appeared
on the turta5n advertisements OF chew
inE kttfn' bicycles, patent medicines and
Eari0Us other articles.
For 4 moment the audience was
daxeN At this dissertation az their tenn
p1e az art.
Then pandemonium broke out with
u noise which made the stage manager
think q fire had broken out. and the
audience did not cease roaring unsil
they had driven the offending adver@
fiser With his magic lantern out of the
building. trembling in fear Of his ltfe.
Then the play went on.
Count Accused 81 Murder.
The sensational trial OF Count Resse-
EEicf de- Mirenlont. st Dresden, who is
accused of numbering his little daugnt-
er. has been postponed that the public
prosep1lsor may re able 20 lind further
Ia the meantime the mobile count.
WIN has offered cash bail to the amount
or IDn,990 parks. viii have / 8 remain
in Jn1i. As the testimony already given
against him. though n93 strong enough
r. secure his 1onviefion~ still leaves liz
t1> doubt that he killed his little four