New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-16

controversial his main contentlor-dla1neIs '--~
Il was the business OF the state to encourase
good art" and discourage bad art Almost
the entire Right. even, the men who usually 60
through ''thiclz and thin" with the government
ana the Kaiser. took an opposite view. All the
rneecbes claimed that Il would be a sorry Gay
Tor German art when Il would be left 10 the
definition OF either monarch or government 70
DECIDE what was good art" and what bad.
They al stood I'D for the principle OF non-in-
reference IN art matters. at least 20 long as
artists cid not sin contra bonos mores
II Is q rather singular fact indeed that the
Kaiser has been unable to see any good IN this
new art" IN Germany. one need not oTeIi
on the fact that some q the greatest names IN
the German art OF to-day. such, for instance as
Klinrer. Iieber7nann. Stuck, LeibL Lenoach'
Boecllin. etc, are exponents OF this new con-
ception OF art. The fact IS SUFFICIENT that tNls
~. ct originated and grew from the very fact
.bs+ +ba old STYLE OF art had become hfeless'
sa-1ess and had ceased to express and Tenec'
modern and changed conditions OF the hA'io.l
AL the Kaiser's attempts 10 revitallze thls iiOi
,und old art have gone for naugnt Inc mus
e1s-ine Illustration Of this fact is the hais7i
=, az,.-+isa5 sc,,lptured ancestral gallery IN
the siegesallee IN the Berlin IhiersAI .s,- 80
has cost him Il IS said. matter OF about 4'oVV'
o.-+ss-lx the effect produced by the snowy al
-.-. Marble AGAINST the dark green foliage IN
a., hscl,ground and by the fine bouquets anu
---..- ps5s connecting each set OF statues All0
,,-.+s ,s ricturesgue and pretty. Pretty 100
a. -. TEN, that must be applied TO TINS wv
s,o-s ~ sculptures. That is precisely tils ~
tTo III. kaiser ransacked the whole o. 1ei
. ,.,,r-.o-s ~ the old school. choosing
-. -,-o-l, the most talented he could nh1'
"a ,,.1r,,, them with suggestions, conceptions
-, - - his own: and the result was mere
-..t..,... originality. freedom and ooioi'esS
= oo,ce,t,on. deviation from the oea1e" - -,
49, &c none All competent )uoseS =
,,,,s-,bat. II the Kaiser had not resi-
-s--o-a &c 20 the sculptors foAo"l"s - ia
,5s ~ two or three generations 49, "a -
,-.,-. had more 70 show for his Iho"sy' -,
a. ,,,,5 be the richer by some really
works OF art As i Is. theIe
ress" r7flll-and-water art .,...,,v
-, -fl1srs Of throne and altar as COUNT
- - Her. Won Kardorf severely crlIlC'se1
-. 1-.,ser for his veto. thus preventing 'I'o
- o.. r.-re "a Il viii be assembled At "a
-.s,. srrosition. from seeing FOR itseh VIM ',-'
go, New Art amounts 10. CERTAIN ~ -
=. 60 -.+a that. despite imperial TOWNS ms
- Az has made its way IN OeTlnal'
,.sir-+ all the Official obstacles place. '-
- and that & has become H'Hls
-. 4, +La material and artistic re-
,.,a-a-ion OF the country. The Ne"
80 Germany IS AZ the bottom OF 'he " -'o'7
.,-e-si5 German industry Of to-day iIuo-
,ier,7r q with ideas. designs and oonoeP'lols
which are finding the enthusiastic apr .-o''
MT only of foreign customers, out OF iHe mas
,,-,serf unconscious though he may be IN mus
~--1fsTr
;aboos.
= e. ~ interest that Professor BehTing mas
broken entirely with Robert Koch's tuoeTcu-oslS
theory. and that he IS finding adherents TO H'S
owl. IDEAS OF the disease and the manner % ~
prevention or cure among the large majority o.
- vbvs,r,ans. The fact that he had
broken with Koch became patent last IAN d
The National Scientists Convention at Cassel'
-,, now he has published the results OF a series
u carefully conducted laboratory experiments
,-s in these he forrnulates distinctive new
theories OF his own as 20 tuberculosis To eX-
press them IN q Few words he maintains (and
claims 70 have obtained full proof FOR his con-
ention) that 70 avoid incubation with the germs
y tuberculosis two ways are feasible: The eK-
s-cise Of caution IN the Introduction Of bacilu
by means OF foodstUfs. particularly milk. dur
rC the !nfanule period. and the Introduction
INTO the body % immunizinE agents with this
same milk. as wei IS Of artidotes for the pur-
pose q killing noxious germs. As such I'm
-.r,rfzirc and antidotal agents he recommends
ne milk OF highly inmunized cows. The great
trouble he admits. IN this method IS 10 prevent
he absorption by the milk of new germs OF any
sfrd germs acting as destroyers OF the antidotal
elements. Boiling the milk would likewise de-
stroy these beneficial elements IN II Behring
n q mi ~
-nrtrrsl quantities OF formaldehyde. II viii he
Interesting 20 note how Behring's theory VIII
work IN practice. Systematic attempts 70 bring
bout either confirmation OF disposal Of his
claims are now being made in a number OF pub
lie Institutions. mainly foundlngs' homes as
well as IN private practice, and II cannot take
long TO establish the truth
The great war on which Russia and japan
have entered in earnest has already affected
the German money market For
many years the Berlin Boerse has seen no such
panic days as those Of late. but they were not
20 severe IN their effect as those that reigned
IN Paris. The French capitalists. large and
small. are credited with holdings % Russian
securities 10 the amount OF T.OOOOO0O00 francs.
which in American money would mean about
81 400 100000. and no such amount, nor any
thing like Il, Sc held here ~ Russian values.
All the same, the Russian holdings, particularly
here in Berlin. figure up to enormous sums; It
is said that they approximate about 1000 100000
marks. And the trouble is that It is precisely
rome Of the foremost banking institutions that
are strongly Interested in the financial vel
fare OF Russia.
The shock IN financial circles produced by the
almost instantaneous naval successes or Japan
was so severe that Il made even the best and
safest paper tumble; German Imperial and
Royal Pr1ssian loans fell each fully per cent
IN quotation.