The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-27
INSECTS
 GERMAN ARCHIVES
Studies History In Vaults Re-
 Iat!ng to America
PEOPLE EAT D0GFL FLESH
Protectionist Government of Austria Hungary Makes Radical Move to Help the Infant Food Indus
 tries of the Country.
By MALCOLM CLARKE.

By MALCOLM CLARKE.
 Berlin, June 26-An American historian, Professor. Dexter Learned, of Philade4- phia university, is here to inspect the | German archives relating to America, and claims soon to be able to publish | diplomatic correspondence which will | throw entirely new light on German, American and English inter-relations at the time of the American Revolution. Among other things they will show that Germany was at the time under treaty obligations to supply military help to England It will be proved, moreover, that Germany for hundreds of years has been much more interested in America than the American people have ever sup posed, and that very minute accounts were forwarded by German diplomatic representatives of the revolution and of the previous Anglo French war for Amer ican territory. Professor Learned has obtained promise of permission to in spect the correspondence between Freder- ick the Great and Washington, which Is preserved in the private archives of the Prussian kings.
 By the law of Moses 1t Is forbidden to see the kid in It's mothers milk. This Is the cruel fate, however, which awaits the poor consumers in Austria-Hungary at the hands of their Protectionist govern ment heavy import duty Is levied on the importation of foreign cattle and swine the effect of which is greatly to enhance the price of the home supply. It is further supposed to make meat still more scarce and to force prices still higher by giving a substantial bounty upon all cattle and swine exported from the country. Not only so, but this bounty Is to be especially paid out of the taxes which the consumer has already paid on imported meat. 1t is not at all surprising to learn that the consumption of dogflesh by the poor is rapidly in- creasing.
 The ex-Crown Prince George has again been the cause of another scene at the palace, owing to an encounter with Major Okanovich. a proregicide officer. The Prince met the officer in the ante-room, where Major Okanovich had returned after an audience with King Peter With much passion the Prince said to him: How dare you come here? You are try ing to poison my father against me. Are you a greater force in the land than George Karageorgevich? Who are you and the men you representf Cowards, traitors bribed spies But the crown will never banish me. His eldest son Is dearer to him than any of you"
 Let us,' said Major Okanovich, face his Majesty again. Please tell the | King" he added, turning to the aide-de- | camp on duty, that my audience Is not terminated. Prince George desires that I should see his Majesty again. The aide-de-camp refused to admit Major Okanovich again until he made the usual formal demand for an audi ence. The altercation with Prince George, therefore, continued, the latter challenging the Major, and he finally left the palace as the only means of putting an end to the undignifed scene
 The ex-Crown Prince is said to be regretting his nasty publication of the crown-a state of mind which increases his quarrelsome disposition.
 Russian member of an international band of thieves whose speciality Is rail way travellers, was caught redhanded yesterday on the Rhine express between Cologne and Bonn.
 An Dnglishman had been chloroformed, and his well-flled purse just extracted from his pocket when he woke up The guard entered simultaneously, and be- tween them they captured the robber, who was taken to Cologne prison On the train near Sonnerberg @ wealthy man was similarly robbed of a large sum. He, too, must have tried to de- fend himself for he was found terribly wounded and his condition Is considered hopeless. The assailant escaped. A curious echo of the Russo-Japan- csc war has just been heard at Moscow. Captain Vnukoff, who commanded de- tachment of local troops in Sakhalin dur ing the war, was accused of having surrendered to the enemy without at tempting to fight.
 The prisoner presented a pathetic figure in court having lost both his feet through frost-bte at the battle of Shako. Extraordinary evidence was produced before the court. 1t being shown that the entire detachment of which the captain was in charge consisted of con- viots all of whom in common with practically the whole native population of Sakhalin, detested the war, and well comed the Japanese.
 It was explained that the troops under l Captain Vnukoff simply refused to take any notice of his orders and surrendered to the enemy without firing shot.
 The captain himself attempted to resist capture, but was compelled to beat a retreat.
 The court after short delberation, unanimously acquitted the prisoner.
 In consequence of scandalous attacks of Servian republican paper upon the Austrian Emperor, Count Forgach, the Austro-Hungarian representative at Bel grade, requested the Servian government to take measures to prevent a repetition of attacks.
 The request was accompanied by seri- | ous representations and the Servian pre- mier, M. Novakovitch, has ordered the journal to cease publication.
 Two pages of the oldest printed Latin | Bible have been discovered in the library at Linz, the capital of Upper Austria. The pages served as cover for a book printed In 1922 at Bale. They belong | to a Bible printed at Mainz in 1462 by Gutenberg's former assistant, Fust with | the help of Schoffer. Very few copies of the Bible exist. The Sunderland copy sold in 1851 fetched 96,8O0 The pages found at Linz printed on parchment. l
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