The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-07

nless one belongs to noble family, It Is hopeless to try for d commission Tn the kaisers guard This is a sore grievance with the wealthy commercial class, who are ambitious for the social cachet given by having d son in the guards.
 Among the 5O0 or 600 officers in the Prus sian Guard regiments only six lack the noble 'Vons' to their names, and all these are In the artillery or in the en- slheers corps, where brains are more es- sentlal than nobility or wealth.
 Although life in the guards Is very much more expensive than in tne line. the wealthy burghers, in these days of Ger many prosperity. do not see why this should debar them from getting com missions for their sons in the corps d'elite. The real fact is that there Is a rigid mili tary caste that will allow no pebian blood 10 come among them as comrades even If II flows in the veins of mnnonaires.
 Meanwhile the Kaiser is trying to find a means of reducing the expenses of off1- | cers in the guards He has conferred on tne supJect with the commanders of three or the most expensive regiments
 According to peasant members Of Low alist leagues who have recently visited the Czar, the present interest of Nich- olas II. Is confined to two questions. The Agrarian question and the Jews peasant named Feodoroff from Bessa- rabia. reports that Nicholas II. asked hin, whether It was not true that the people would ''pogrom' the Jews If the Duma passed an emancipation law. Feodoroff being a member of the League of Rus sian Men, answered yes" The Czar then remarked:
 The Duma members know that But there are a great many provocative in- dlflduals who profit from pogroms. I am afraid very much that no solution will satisfy all sides"
 There is no need for any solution, Your Majesty" said the muilk. We Rus. slans are perfectly satisfied"
 The Czar replied:
 'Once questions are raised they never drop without solution. l see much Trouble ahead"
 The Czar then discussed the land oues- ton, and told Feodoroff that he would never consent to compulsory purchase of proprietoral land
 The Kaiser has never had such q rever- peratlng scandal in his court to deal with as the Gutenberg affair which involved the highest names in Gerinany. some of them placed very near to his throne Frlnce Phillipp Eulenberg, who dabbles in ocult sciences is the object of fierce de- nunciations from Maximillan Harden. the Socialistic writer, and although 1t was TOT lntrisues of his Round Table" to overthrow Chancellor von Buelow that the Kaiser sent his former friend into dis. grace, it is suggested that the Prince s real offense has nothing to do with poli- tics.
 The banishment of Prince Frederiel, Henry of Prussia by the Kaiser Is be- neVed to have some connection with the f-uiehberg affair. According to the story current In high quarters. Prince Frede- nrac ] who In the presence of the court off, cials tore off his badges of rank and his decorations. boxed his ears, and told him . to take himself out of the country
 The dlsgraced Prince, who is a cousin of the Kaiser. and eldest son of the late Regent of Brunswick. Is 3S years old and held the rank of colonel in the German army It was his younger brother. Joa- 1 chim Albert who recently got himself into hot water about his relations with 1 a Munich actress. ana was sent away 10 South West Africa, where the war Is 10 live the scandal down. Prince E'rede- rick Henry's offense, however Is of a
 much graver character, and the details are not discussed.
 The banished prince has gone to Egypt to hide his disgrace among the not too censorious cosmopolitan colony there. He leaves behind him extensive lands iuher- ited from his father, and has also a large fortune.
 The latest betrothal in the Russian Im- perlal family announced is that of the Grand Duchess Marie favlona, daughter or the Grand Duke Paul, to Prince N liam of Sweden, second son of the Prince Regent of Sweden.
 The Drand Duchess is only r years old. She is a child of her fathers first mar iiage, her mother being the late Princess AleNandria of Greece. who died when she was bady. The Grand Duke Paul has since married morganaticaly Madame Pistohlkors. divorcee, and lives at Bou- logne-surMer France.
 Since her mothers death the young Grand Duchess has lived at Moscow, un- der the care of the Grand Duchess Eliza peth, wite Of the murdered Grand Duke Sergius.
 Prince William, her fance, is thla young. CT brother of Prince Gustavus Adolphus