The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-15

engineers. and the Czar has made 1t a condition that all materials used must De produced in Russia. It is hoped to have six of these .airships ready. being useful instruments of war, an imperial air yacht might come in handy in case ,Czar Nicholas at any time should de- <sire to leave the country hurriedly and secretly. An Indusfrial Crisis.
 German Consular agents in Japan staas 'has on the serRs Of most ssr ous Industrial crisis and that a great labor uprising which undoubtedly will cause great bloodshed is almost cer- ':n The commerce of ban has shared in the wonderful progress of the country during the last thirty years. introduction of modern methods. the workers have been ground down un- der the factory system into an incred- fsci mat iate S missry in eral and often dangerous throughout No confederation whatever is ex- Goveriment or the employers. The employers are mere sweaters and fslave-drivers. while the Government tons dSss nethhs oe to regulate . the c1ndi hours of labor or for a minimum wage. Frequent strikes. sometimes accom- panied pa by by violence and destruction. are
 In Tokio. wIiere wages, are higher than anywhere in the Empire, thous- ands of factory girls work for 12 cents day, cotton ginner earns abodt twice that amount. a bootmaker about 25 cents. and an ordinary laborer has to be content with 20 cents.
 a Long hours of labor .are the rule. FActOrv wnrkaPQ a ra h1sa o'clock in the morning until o'clock In the evening. with only a few, min utes at hoon to swallow their scanty meal of rice. NOn the railroads 1t is not unusual for men to be on duty for twenty-four consecutive hours.
 The condition of female labor is pit- iful. and perhaps nowhere else in the world is the lot of the woman worker so hard. The Japanese factory girl Is underpafd. underfed. and has to toll long hours at a task that is physically exhausting. As class. she Is ignorant, helpless. unprotected and unorganized
 shakesDeare,s New Drama.
 A new drama by Shakespeare is be- ing played in small suburb of the Capital. It is weIl-known that spirit ualistS are very numerous in Berlin, where they have formed various socie- ties.
 The new Shakesoeare drama was not, they claim. written by the great poet during his lifetime. It was dictated" to Professor Gisel Baufe. of Munich, who saw" Shakespeare and asked him for new piece for the spiritualfsts and Shakespeare consented.
 The play. entitled "Antinous." deals with Roman life. It shows . decided leaning towards spirtua1ism. This drama was played before a number of fl.A Soft fsrIp nxHG xxr<ur ykT plauded. The contest critic who did not know it's origin. would not have recog- nized 1t as being by Shakespeare
 Is the Kaiser IIls
 The most extraordinary efforts are being made to disprove the story that the Kaiser's health Is causing any con icern. Tn an effort to appear perfectly frank. an inspired article which ap- pears In The Berlin Medical Weekly" 1" even goes far enough to admit that the Kaiser was sick just before he left for England, but that he was as well as ever. ss-S4S iss
 In the article which has rather had the opposite effect 1t is said that to- ming of November the Kaiser had ra- ther serious attack of bronchial ca tarrh with considerable fever and was forced to remain in bed for several days.
 This was at the time emphaticalIy denied. and for. this reason the public takes very little faith in the re- assuring part of the article which de- clares that ever since he took up his residence in Highcliffe Castle the Kai. ser has been improved very much. and that the sprain of the left knee caused by an accident while hunting near Windsor Castle has been com- pletely cured. &
 The 'Medical Weekly" declares that there Is absolutely no truth in the ru- mors that the Kaiser is suffering from any disease of throat or ear.
 .Goldberger Decorated.
 It has caused considerable surprise that Councillor of Commerce Gold berger. known in America as the au- thor of the book on the United States as the country of unlimited possibilit- ities has been decorated by the Kaiser with the cross of the red eagle. E On the other side the decoration of Professor Burgess of Columbia Univer- sity, New, York, with the cross of the Albrecht order has been greeted with satisfaction. King Frederick August of Saxonv. conferred the order upon the American scientist as token of gratitude for the splendid series of splendid lectures at Leipzig.