The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
THE KAISER HAS
 TIE WANDERLUST Subjects Object To So Much
 Travelling ( NEGLECTS STATE BUSINESS Educated Horse at Inter den Linden Climbs Stairs and Smiles Out of
 Window at PopuIace.
 Wins Wager.
NEGLECTS STATE BUSINESS
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.


 Berlin, October 9-The Kaiser is at loggerheads with his subjects again, be- cause they have dared to criticise his in ordinate passion for travelling. They all lege he is responsible for the mishaps to the Zeppelin III. airship, because he commanded Count Zeppelin to make his appearance in Berlin on August 28, al- though the veteran aeronaut had not tried the ship.
 The imperial instructions added that any later date would interfere with the War Lord's'' travelling arrangements. His hobby for travelling has also inter- fered with important state business, and it is said a man under sentence of death was kept in suspense for five months be- cause the Kaiser was unable to con- slider his case earlier. The prisoner was finally ordered to be executed.
 Bitter resentment is expressed in Ger many over the proposal of M. Hantotaux, former French foreign secretary, to aug ment the republican army by drafting 100000 Algerian and Tunisian troops into regular service. for employment in case Of emergency on French soil in Europe. German commentators point out that French desperation over inability to keep pace with Germany's vaulting pop- ulation is intelligible," but the most se- rious objection would be held to any at tempt to overcome the disparity, as far as the army is concerned, by the employ ment of colored soldiers
 Tt Is German maxim" says the fre- quently inspired Post, mot to interfere fr1 hn fafA ,o1 efot.. This proposed reorganization of the French army, however is & matter Ger many cannot view silently and with fold ed arms
 "An increase of French military strength on the basis proposed by M Hantotaux constitutes a future menace to Germany, and one we would require to meet with appropriate counter meas ures. Troops recruited for France for service south of the Mediterranean may do very well as pioneers of French cul- ture, but they dare not appear as French soldiers on Germany's frontiers.
 "In country where universal service prevails protest must be raised against a project so inimical to civilization. Ger man soldiers would regard 1t as degrad- ing to measure lances against the bar barians on well-defned European terri tory"
 Tn Inter den Linden. at noon today, a huge crowd collected in order to witness the unusual spectacle of a house, lowing and smiling at the people below. It was the result of 0 wager between an En- glish sportsman and the owner of the musical horse, Emir which Is perform ing in variety theatre here.
 The Englishman bet s1250 that Emir would be unable to climb the stairs and smile out iof the window. Emir, however. taking two steps at time, reached the top in less than two minutes, but took three to descend.
 Some dozen photographers immortal ized the horses laughs.
 Three sensational love affairs are re- ported from Constantinople General Habil Pasha unexpectedly entered the room of his daughter Medina, and was surprised to find her in company with Captain Mehmedali a former aide-de- camp of Abdul Hamid. The general in- stantly drew a. revolver and fired at Captain Mehmedali, who died a few hours later.
 In the Bechiktash quarter of the city a Mussulman named Ismail carried off young Armenian girl, called Siranushe, the daughter of baker. The parents followed to claim their daughter, who however stated that she wished to re- main with Ismail
 The Armenians of the district threat ened to lynch the girl, and the Moslems made ready to defend the two lovers. At this point the police intervened to pre- vent bloodshed, and arrested both Ismail and Siranushe. The latter was given over to an old Moslem, as she expressed her wish to be converted to Islamism.
 A third case is that of Lieutenant Meh- med Aga. He had two wives, Husna and Fauna, who. during the imprisonment of their husband for trining offense, were said to have taken advantage of his ab- sence to admit other men into the house The neighbors of the two women had often to complain of the scandal, and the lieutenants wives were twice arrested as a consequence.
 Hearing of what had taken place. Meh- med Aga, on his discharge from prison. decided to avenge himself. He went back to his house, then inhabited by his wife Husna and saturated different rooms with petroleum, afterwards setting fire to the place. Mehmed Aga's own house and the house on either side were burnt to the grounud, and Husna and another woman named Rushena, were burned to death.
 Herr Heinrich Urban, who enjoys some fame in the German press as an authority on America published in the Tag vfru- lent attack on America in general and on New York in particular, in connection with the celebration of the discovery of the Hudson river.
 Herr Urban asserts that Henrik Hud- son, the Dutchman, was not the discov- erer of the picturesque stream which bears his name, but that 1t was first To- cated by the Italian Verrazzano, in 1924, and traversed by many other intrepid navagators before Hudson found 1t.
 Hudson" contends Urban, explored the river farther north than his prede- cessors, but it is utterly unJustifiable to acclaim him as the discoverer. German American historians have done their ut- most to point out this falsification of his- tory, but their voice has been as one crying in the wilderness.
 'sThrough ignorance, or through delib- crate distortion of history, in America, the truth cannot be brought to light. Hudson should not be crowned with laurels he does not deserve. It is in- deed, both an extraordinary and comical spectacle that man should be pomp- ously honored for deeds he never per- formed"
 Protest Will Be Made.