The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-05
GERMAN B|SQUET
ON THE INCREASE
Opponents OF the Government
Find Many Evidences of
Corruption.
IN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
Failure 70 Suppress. Uprising There
Causes Bitter Criticism of tho In
competency Of the Army
Beer Business 10 Bad.
AFRICA

competency OF the Army
Beer Business 10 Bad.
Copyright, 1904, by W. r.. Hearst)
Berlin special: Many grave ques-
lions face the kaiser on his return from
Norway. The socialists are unusually
active and will have many embarras-
sing questions to put to the government
when Diet and Reichstag meet once
more.
They will undoubtedly demand a
thorough sitting OF the scandals re-
.vealed By tho %disgraceful Pommern-
bank. which seem to show that in re-
gard to corruption the German nobility
is a worthy rival Of the Russian.
That a well-organized syndicate
dealing on orders M titles for some
time has existed In this city seems be-
yond all doubt, and even members of
thu royal family are implicated in this
affair.
Though not caring much for orders
and titles the socialists are interested
marks paid for these distinctions. and
if a prince Of the blood royal In this
way procured money for his reckless
dissipation they say h a he should be
punished regardless Of his rank.
The nobility themselves are not less
eA0 % W.
they must kowtow to his majesty, when
American millionaires are allowed to
clap him on the back In a most fam
1Har noanner and in every way behave
AS II they were his equals.
The African Storm-cloud.
But the conditions In the German
ia W c,oIId m he horizon The
nosition Of the German military forces
must indeed be hopeless, the people
reason. when It is found necessary to
send for a Boer general to a charge
natives.
why do We spend millions every
year" a prominant socialist paper in
quires, ITO maintain an Immense army
and to train officers, not one of whom
IN found capable Of subduinp a handful
OF unciytuzed black natiyeaS !" a'toAu
There IL evidently something rotten
IN thai Immensely costly military ma
chine which saps u financial re-
and crushes our citizens al
beyond endurance"
'If among all our generals, In their
necessary qualifications to stamp out
this rebellion in Southwest Africa.
what would then happen If we had to
face q serious war3"
TT might not always be possible to
Nm a Boer general TO win Our battles
XVI 0o-
One scandal after the other has
cropped out in the army showing the
,decadence Of our officers. At least one
case has shown that our arsenals are
being robbed and should an emergency
arise It might be found that we are no
Russians for the present conflict with
japan"
Nobleman on Variety Stage.
All Germany IL thoroughly scandal
1zed at 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 at present appears on the stage Of
third-rats music hall at Munich.
To make matters worse he has mar
ried a popular variety actress from vi
.enna.
saving that he II Door. and that his
parents have not found 1t worth while
ITO have him learn anything whereby
NE could earn his living. and as he
.despises the career OF an officer chosen
s&or him he sees no other way OF earn
ding enough to support himself and
wife.
Magic Lantern Ads7 Never.
The people of the good old civ of
Nuremberg, famous as the birthplace
sand home Of Hans Sachs, the other
evening made a strong protest against
what they call an outrageous Amer
ncan innovation"
On the Apollotheatre, at present. the
famous German tragedian. Adelbert
Matkowsky, Is to be seen in Shake
,epearean plays Which crowd the theatre
every night.
Now, the manager Of the theatre,
VIII has spent some time across the
Atlantic. had made q contract with an
advertising firm allowing them, by
!xneans OF q magic lantern. to throw
advertisements on the curtain between
acts.
The hrst night when this was being
done. an a%rt-loving audience was adj
mirtng NJ. Matkowsky In "Othello,'
when. after the first act, there appeared
on the curtain advertisements of chew
dng gum. bicycles. patent medicines and
iVarioua other articles.
For . moment the audience was
dazed ct this Dissertation Of their tenn
ple Of art
Then pandemonium broke out with