New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-14
TliSER AND DWELLING.
vsct Emperor William Has Done
: r,.,ord Abolishing the Practice.

,,-,;,srn has accomplished a GOOD
That -. s,,nnression OF duelling was snow
6ef' " - sov by the speech o. the ~ii0
re o'I- rs1ovr. in the ReiShstag' when ne re-
Psnos -. owing 70 the attitude OF The Aa'Se''
Poieo -, between officers OF the German army
oziy - IN 1913. When one conpafes Us
Aa .,+rsordinaTy number OF duels winch
W. axe place when his gfahula.'le' 90 -
ToH' ,,t.-, was on the throne. and even oUiIile
psTc' n-s - the present reign. the character
"a extent Of the reform Drought a0'-'
Trs,,r win be appreciated .,.-
1-.ts spelling g. the German army al1ose.eI
iV-~.sfha as long as the present soclal ems
I. =, exis, on the continent OF Europe anu
osh'-s vrss therefore justified in announcing
Nv - -. present The Emperor could not 90
Us -, -,ors than he had ALREADY done "A &c
e.. G. long as the refusal 70 nght q oue' -
nlAlSs ~ society or the continent OF Europe as
Tegafoe1 ors as ,ptailsng oslracisIn. II nat
- soIoUs inst orlcers Of the army cannot De
,s.ar " military law 10 fght when challenged
- challenge when a1ionted
"--s,.ers .,anG now. officers who receive a ci-a4-
go, & so-a. equal. and who refuse 10 hg-I'
- :, ,ssiea their Commissions. and. or course
sh-ss,,iy Of their leaving the army. toTie4'
-,-,bership Of al their clubs and their pace
20 society 49,. rbatber
-, rhe active OF retired ne-. Ire C-Ap-lS' - 49,
!. =. Eu,pero- n his ro-e es generolIssliilo' Is
-. ~sss-rea 10 6 court OF honor composed OF
go officers L Is orly aSler this court mas
1000 that there IS no means Of settling u.e
80 without hght!ng ard inst cancellation 3
-. :, .he question that TIE duel is permitted 10
-. Mace A report Of the entire AFFAIR IS lteh
"a. through the commanding of1cer 10 the Ri
..r,- and n he Ards that the men composing me
-. a, honor have not exhausted all available
,.ss 70 arrsnse the difficulty without hghung'
,ssv sre ant 70 be not merely reprlmanded. but 10
.,,.st their commissions. That these courts Of
hsBor 90 their work effectively and have q whole
,,-ne fear Of the Kaiser before their eyes IS
s.oVn BY the fact that. save IN one solitary IN
,.s,se they managed 70 settle al the quarTels be-
.v4en officers last year. without any recourse 10
hostile encounter upon the field Of honor. And
I, r1ust be borne In mind that Germany has some
hundred thousand officers on the active and re-
served lists Of the army.
Among the queer features OF army duels IN Ger
many Is the rule prohibiting principals from firing
n the air IN other countries for instance, where
d8sling constitutes part and parcel Of social ana
Military ethics, 4 one Of the com6atants, from
motives Of generosity fires his pistol into the air.
instead OF his adversary. he IS praised for his
chivalry But fl the German army firing into the
air is construed as refusal to tight. and T. such
cases the seconds are required 10 intervene, and
70 INSIST that the oombatans in question should
ain al his adversary. II he stil refuses TO do so.
natter and The recslcirant dueList becomes dis
qualified: that IS 10 say, he fo-feits his commits
son as an officer Of the army.