The Washington times., 1906-07-08
SOCIALISTIC PRESS
CENSURES KAISER
Comments Forcibly on His
Reception of the
ArmOuTS.
10 FEAR OF LESE MAJESTE
A-aerican Civil Engineers Arranging
With Gear for Construction of Tun-
mel Under Bering Strait.

BERLIN. July 7-Undeterred by the
g. * of being found guilty of lese ma
este. the Socialistic press has been very
alarp ir its criticism of the Kaiser be
lause he during the week of the Kiel
.ccatta. received on board his yacht
jyyo members OF the family of Armour.
IT seems TO US" writes a Socialistic
faper published at Munich, that, al
aough the Kaiser may be anxious TO
,esse the great American nation, which
--ore than any other is susceptible TO
artery, especially when it emanates
from royalty ne might have been salts
ed with honoTing Mr.. and Mrs. Long
varth, and there was absolutely no ne
t-ssity of inviting the members of
~umIiy whose only claim 10 distinction
is the millions they hsv" acquired in
selling rotten or poisonous meat 10 their
Fellow citizens. and even to american
b ldiers fighting for their country dur
-Ig the Spanish-AmeTiCan war.
So far no step has been taken by the
authorities to punish the editors of this
nd other SOcialistiC papers, though
ais for lese majestic have been more
numerous during the last few months
Ian ever II is. in fact the most risky
hing 10 speak disparaglngly not only
a. the Kaiser, but OF any living Ger
nan monarch, or even of their ances-
,crs for generations back.
Kaiser Descendant of Archbishop.
some time ago il caused quite stir
ere when a historian proved that the
s.aiser is related to the famous French
tdmiraI Coligny. but now an even
rreater sensation has been caused by
he discovery Of the famous scientist.
'Gof. Y. r. Sauerland, who states that
a. lille searching the archives Of the
atican he found indisputable proof that
he Kaiser is a descendant OF former
. chbishop of Cologne.
Surprising though this is, it probably
EXPLAINS his ambition and success as an
mateur preacher.
Tunnel Under Bering Strait.
According TO a dispatch from ST.
ratersburg, the American Syndicate OF
vii Engineers. of which Loicq de Lohel
F.. president. have almost succeeded in
ranging with the Russian government
or the construction OF a tunnel under
,le Bering strait connecting Siberia
18th Alaska.
This tunnel will be Of immense com
I,erciaI Importance. If one looks at the
zap OF Asia and draws line from
kutsk 10 Wierschnickotymk, the capl-
81 on the eastern shore Of the Bering
RAFT. and from there to Nome, on the
s.tposite side Of the strait in Alaska,
ne has the route Of the suggested line.
rom Nome there are even now four
-fIlrnads. which connect with roads Ia
lie United States
The American engineers state that the
iilroad through Russian territory can
se built for twelve hundred and nTty
,,iuion francs. and they have laid be
ore the Car detailed plans for tunnel
under the strait. which is six;y-one Kill
metres wide and about fifty metres
faep The tunnel is to consist OF three
.rctions each Of twenty kilometers in
length, and this is made possible be-
cause of two small islands which are
situated In the strait
Sultan Liberal With Doctor.
The Sultan Of Turkey may not have
--oney 70 pay his soldiers, but when II
comes TO remunerating a physician who
he considers has saved the life Of his
daughter. he is anything but stingy.
Recently the famous scientist and ply
s-cian, Prof. Bergman. Of this city, was
called to Constantinople to treat the
third daughter of the Sultan, Princess
Reich Sultana, who was suffering from
appendicitis.
He succeeded in curing her and before
le left for his home in this city, the
Sultan personally handed him a grand
gtar OF the Osmanieh Order In diamonds.
a draft on Berlin for 10000 marks, and a
document eonferring upon him the de-
gree Of professor Of the first rank TO the
imperial Medical Academy and Hami-
Lleh Hospital of Constantinople.
Dislikes Nude Sculpture.
An eccentric individual. giving his
name as Markoff. and claiming to be
Roman Catholic priest. residing in Will
a, has been arrested in Dresden for
mutilating nude sculptures In many
I0wns throughout Germany.
IN Dresden alone he mutilated statues
cf Alexander the Great. Mercury, and
he Dying Warrior In the famous Al
hertinium on the Bruehl Terrace, over
ooking the Elbe.
He explained that nude works of art
shocked him, and that he had received
4 message from heaven commanding him
% conduct a single-handed crusade
gainst all sculptures OF this description
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