The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-08-05
GERMAN DIsQu|ET
ON THE INCREASE
Opponents Of the Government
Find Many Evidences Of
Corruption.
an SOUTHWEST AFRICA
an SOUTHWEST AFRICA

SRtt0iHS siVIV
Causes Bitter critioism of the In
eesnpsesnsy II the Army
Dssr Duslnsss 10 Bad.
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Berlin special: Many a ques-
lions faes the kaiser IN his return from
Norway. Ths socialists are unusually
active int VIII ave many embarras-
sing Gusst1oms to put to the government
when Dist ana Reichstag meet once
norA.
Thv win undoubtedly demand a
sthorouEh sitting Of the scandals re-
.vsAlsd BY the ~dissraosful Pommern-
bank. which seem to show that in re-
gard to corruption the German nobility
10 Z Wprtay Rival Of the Russian.
That q wsal-organized syndicate
dealing o. orders and titles for some
tino has existed In this city seems be-
yond all donbt and e members Of
the royal family are implicated in this
affair.
Though MT caring much for orders
and tties the socialists gre interested
in knowsn9 yho got he thousands Of
Il . prince % b blood royal In this
way prpcursA money for his reckless
NNoN SA1S ~ w
punished FAkArdlsss OF his rank.
The nobility Themselves are not less
eAisoAtdsaHd and ask themselves why
they 4ust koytow 70 his majesty, when
Amss4can m0nonaires are allowed to
-ylap him O. b back in a most fam
a. II thay wsds his equals.
The African sterm-cioud.
But thp 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 II found necessary to
of the campaign against the rebellious
why DO W spend millions every
year. = prsnntnant socialist paper in
uuirsA. 80 maintain An immense army
and to tniR ofsosrA not ono OF whom
IL found capable Of 0ubdu!ng a handful
Of uncav1llssd black nAtivesF'
There - evidently something rotten
in that i~nspenssly costly military ma
chine which saps u financial re-
sources and crushes U citizens al
most bsyund a~pdurancs."
II among al generals, in their
resplendsnt uniforms not one has the
necessary qualifications to stamp out
this rebellion In Southwest Africa,
what would then happen II we had to
face q serious war;
TT might not always be possible to
dnd 4 Bosr general to win our battles
ssor u.
"Ons scandal after the other has
cropped out IN the army showing the
,decadence OF our of1cers. At least one
case has shown hat our arsenals are
being robbed and should an emergency
arise It might be found that we are no
better prepared for war than were the
Rysaafara RnP 4hA n~anp$ co0Nta$ -($A
Japan
Mohisman On Variety staas.
All Germany II thoroughly scandal
ixed At the actions OF Franz Won Koer-
Der. the son OF an Austrian nobleman
n NEPHEW Of the president OF the
council Of Austrian ministers Of state,
who e p1..sn mn sRpe arr on Ne stage OF
To mako matters worse he has mar
ried q popular varaAty acsress from Vi
anna.
The young man DEFENDS himself by
ssaying that he - poor, and that his
parents have not found II worth while
TO ave him learn anything whereby
me could sAn his living. and as he
.despises ths carer Of an officer chosen
rfor him he sees no other way Of earn
ing enough TO support himself and
Magic Lantern Adsf Never.
The people of the good old city of
Nuremberg. famous az the birthplace
evening made . strong protest against
what thaQ call IAN outrageous Amer
rtcan innovation"
On the Apollotheatre, at present. the
,famous German tragedian, Adelbert
.MatkowIky, - to be seen in Shake
w night
Now, he of the theatre.
who has spent some time across the
Atlantic, had made a contract with an
advertisiny firm allowing them. by
means OF q magic lantern. to throw
Advertisements on the curtain between
acts
The nrst night when this was being
done, an A~rt-loyins audience was ad-
mtr1ng NJ Matkowsky in "Othello,"
when. after the first act. there appeared
on the curtain advertisements OF chew
ing gum bicycles, patent medicines and
various other articles.
For . moment the audience was
dassd 1t this Dissertation OF their tenn
pie Of art
Then pandemonium broke out with
. noise which made the stage manager
think . tire had broken out. and the
audience did not cease roaring until
they had driven the offending adver-
tiser with his magic lantern out of the
building, trembling in fear of his life.
Then the play went On.
Count Accused of Murder.
The sensational trial of Count REESE
guier dc Miremont, at Dresden, who is
accused OF numbering his little daught-
er, has been postponed that the public
prosecutor may be able to find further
evtdsnoa
In the meantime The noble count
who has offered cash bail to the amount
of 100000 marks. Will have to remain
IN jail, n the testimony already given
against him. though not strong enough
to secure his conviction. still leaves lit
tie doubt hat he killed his little four
year-old daughter in a fit OF rage in the
most brutal manner by throwing her
down a flight OF stone stairs.
The German brewers are at a loss
to conceive what Is the matter with
their dear eountrymen.
Though the population Is rapidly
growing tho consumption of beer has
been steadily declining for the last
two years.
The output n the breweries remains
stationary, but only because there is an
increasing demand for German beer in
the United States.
Even now the quantity Of beer pro-
duced in America exceeds that OF Ger
many. and as the product of several
American brewer1es 10 acknowledged to