Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
CALLS BERLIN VILLAGE
MERCIEsS CRITICISM OF GER
MAN CAPITAL BY WRITER.
Special Carlegram to The star.

Special Carlegram 10 The Star.
BERLIN. June f5.-Dr. Ernest Hans Neu-
fed. writing in his new weekly review
the 'BegIeiter" declares that Berlin, in
spite Of It's position as the capital of
great empire and notwithstanding the great
number of intellectual leaders artists, au-
thoIs and merchant princes included among
its Inhabitants. is really nothing more than
a large village. The writer comes To this
conclusion after careful study of Lon
don. New York and Paris. which he I'M
d1rtook for the purpose of being able to
compare these three cities with the German
capital He Criticises the manners AMI
customs of the Berl!ncrs with mercless
severity. and cites a number of examples
to Illustrate their primitive simplicity In
many RESPECTS.
Having occasion to confer on business
with great German manufacturer who
employed several thousand hands, the
writer found that this industrial leader
wore no co lar. tie. cuffs. but enVe!oped
himself in a coarse wooden garment In
stead of shirt. He was wearing the
cheapest possible kind OF boots and he was
smoking lalf-panny cigar.
On IL. following day the writer PAID
visit to a great German scientist and found
that TIL. celebrated scholar had an I'M
washed neck. uuclean hands. the manners
Of a hCuiigan and a voice like the hound
Of the B@SkerNlIeS.
Night Life in Berlin.
investigating the various features Of night
life in Berlin. the writer found that Ger
mans of good social standing whom ne met
at different pleasure resorts showed an
unaccuuu;a5,e desire to introduce them
selves to Lin after one or two minutes
acquaintance. never forgetting to commu-
nicqte To him their names. titles ana dig
i,,-N -,,p1.t no
found that the Berlin ladies were. as rue
dressed like kitchen maids on rainy Win
tel Sunday. and that apart from their APP
paUiug habits of dress they were hoptlessly
uniutCIIigent and Unintcresiing.
Pursuing his Investigations among other
classes of Berlin population, the writer
found that sho?keepers, waters and work
in-mcn Mere a rule far less pohte IMAM
their like in London. Paris and New YORK
These and many other conclusions lead the
writer to declare that Berlin. II spite or us
central location and its great population,
does not possess the qualities of a truly
great city.
German Trade With Morocco.
That Germany intends to extend its COM
mercial interests in Morocco with rapidity
is apparent from the fact that German
trade register announces the formation OF
a limited liability company, with an initial
capital of S25oo00o. to acquire land in the
country.
The amount of the capital conveys no adj
equate idea of the great financial resources
behind this company. for 1t was brought
into existence by the Berliner Handles
gesellschaft. one of the foremost banks IN
Germany. and DR.. Treitel, the managing
director. is merely deputy for Herr Furst-
en5erY. of the leading hnanclers In
this country.
The HandeisgesellsChaft with its many
millions of capital. may be regarded as the
real promoter of the new enterprise in MO-
rocco. which thus assumes dimensions OF
far greater extent and importance 1t may
be safely asserted that any enterprise IN
which Herr Furstenberg is the Leading
spirit is certain to be based on bold and
ambitious schemes of development
Berlin's Annual Exhibition.
At the opening by the >srown prince of
Rar,in's annual exhibition which for the
sake of variety has received the name of
Army. Navy and Colonial. two thousand
honiug pigeons were liberated TO bear the
tidings to all parts of the empire Ten OF
these birds were intruSted with the impor-
tant news OF the opening destined for the
emperor who was then staying at NleS-
baden 1t has since leaked out that not
one of them ever reached the place GcS-
tined. In cXculpatiou of these faithless
messengers 1t must be stated that the-r
upward f!iEh; from their baskets ana thelI
ur..-i.linary circliagS in the air not only
rrr-e.it,I a most beautiful spectacle, hut
were all that the vast majority OF the VS.
ita.s saw Of the opening. the crown prince
and the crown princess ve!nG visible only
to a f-W dozens OF those nearest theHl IL
tie dense crowd that ringeI them around.
Experiments with the new German su1-
marine II having been in every sense sue
cesstul. contracts VIII, II IS expected al
once De given out for the construction OF
more vessels.
The kaiser will participate il the maneu-
vers of the high sea fleet in the North sea
i'm the first week OF september. Unusually
cunIpreH.usiye preparations are afoot.
Herr Mauser of Oberndorf, in Wurtem-
burg the Well-known inventor. has just
designed an improved mechanism for his
repeating rife. The new repeater works
automatically; as soon as a shot is hred
the gun loads itself from the cartridge
chamber. Herr Mauser claims that his
new rifle is bound to be utilized by all mod
eru armies and there is certainly every
probability OF its being adopted by the Ger
man army.