The Washington herald., 1909-05-24
AT THE HOTELS.

ietsu Fofstandes. Freiburg. Baden. Ger
many who, seeompa MED by afrs. Rau. Is
making pleasure and observation tour
Of the United States
Herr Rau IS the chairman OF The hoard
{ Of city trustees Of Freiburg. having held
that Office for twenty-eight consecutive
years. He is also interested IN the hank
ing business and has visited every civ
iIized country
"Airships constructed on the most
advanced and scientific lines" eoatls,e5
Herr Rau. ''and fitted out with the deatb-
dealing explosives Of war. soaring over
the cities. fortresses. and battle sblDs of
the enemy. can put all Of them out OF
action within a comparatively short tina
\ without exposing themselves 10 great
harm or danger There is scarcely snv
protection from airships. and 4 is for
that reason that war must eouns 10 a,
end. Nations win recognize the futflftv a.
going 20 war, knowing that death-deallne
invulnerable airships have it IN their
power to decide the fate Of q nation
almost within twenty-four hours.
The German Afrship League is -
creasing by the thousands. and IS highly
popular IN al walks OF society. from n,
highest 70 the lowest. and the richest 20
the poorest. Everybody Is anxious 70
contribute his share 70 make Gernauy's
atrship feet the most powerful
Germany needs big navy 20 protect
her eyer-incressing transporting CONNER
cial interests. It IS a great mistake q
the part Of England 70 claim that Ger
many's navy Is aimed 1t her. This view
IS deprecated in Germany. and the hvs-
tericai behavior OF the English peopla
IN connection with this s0-Called soars
lis a sorry exhibition OF their much
! boasted level-headedness and cool-head-
edness.
New York IS too big; It almost fright
ened me; / never felt 50 lonesome IN all
my life IS when walked down Broad
way in the great throng OF hustling pep
pie. Even IN the desert Of Sahara with
only the burning sand and the binding
sun. 1 did not feel as lonely as 7 felt IN
New York I doubt very much II New
York can be governed successfully; 4
IS too Unwieldy; TOO big
The German Emperor. whom ell Ger
many a60res. IS the greatest man for
/ the age He has made Germany prosper
Gus and powerful and would make his
mark IN any business Re knows how 70
surround himself with the best men OF
/ the empire
The Germany OF to-day stands united:
/ there Is no north, 10 south OF east, or
west; It IS all one Germany. OF course
/ the south German has different temper
ament from his northern brother, but they
/ are al proud to be Reichsdeutsche
There IS no country that enjoys great
4 er popularity in Germany than the United
/ States. Germans admire the American
I people; their energy, their fairrninde5-
ness. and their lIberality, and their desire
7 10 be first n the ranks OF charity and
/ humanity. Our Emperor IS a great ad-
mirer Of American methods. understand.
and Mr.. Roosevelt viii certainly receive
hearty reception when he arrives st
Berlin next year"
James E jenkins, OF Oklahoma. would
make an IDEAL Indian Commissioners, ac-
cording TO William c. Palmer, OF Okla
homa, who IS az the Raleigh.
'BIr- Jenkins succeeded in performing
a service for the government SAID 1Ir.
Palmer, 'sin which many other Indian ez-
perts dismally failed. and that was the
/ removal OF the Warmers Ranch Indians
/ from their old ancestral home 10 q new
reservation The United States Supreme
+ Court decided against the indians under
la Mexican Land grant and 6ispossessed
them OF their immemOria1 homes in
/ s uthern California Congress aDpropri-
ated Sleo090 70 procure them rev homo
and remove them 70 It and made every
other preparation 10 induce the Indians
/ 20 move 10 this new home n the Pala
/ Valley. The Indians were stirred up by
/ foolish and malicious advisers 20 resist
removal
/ ''Au the Indians were moved. ard the
! feat was accomplished happily and pleas
antIy," continued Mr. Palmer, who has
known Indians al his life. and entiTefy
due to the tact and patience OF 3Ir-
jenkins, 10 whom the people Of Southern
/ California gladly give al the credit
/ Others had tried 90 remove the n
dians and failed, among them Dr..
! Wright, the agent; Special Agent CoUssr,
the old priest, Rev Father Hahn. who
Z had been their spiritual adviser forty
/ years, and the famous expert Luul-
mis-. Finally. after futile efforts. al
these agreed that removal was impossible
without United states troops. and 50 ad-
I vised the government
Inspector jenkins was sent there
] =
7 the Indians alone and unaided. sE1 il
I ten days had them moving 70 their new
/ home like q Sunday school excursion.
I The Indians to-day are happy and con-
/ tented. and Nj jenkins is regarded by
them as their best friend
"A good index of national prosperity n
Japan IS the birth rate said Charles F.
Wheeler, OF Tokyo. Japan, and New York,
who is al the Arlington. Mr.. Wheeler Is
IN the expert business and knows Japan
like a book" as he says.
'Japan's birth rate is increasing. and
without immigration the nation stadly
grows" continued Mr.. Wheeler. Tt has
now 50.O00,90o. AID its population Is grow-
] ing at the rate OF 10000 each year. Within
/ the past twenty years more than 10.000.0l0
/ have been added 10 Il
/ Nowhere are there so many babies az
/ in Japan. Every other child has a baby
! strapped TO its back almost every woman
who works in the fields is thus loaded.
and one meets Old men and young boys
going along tOting these almond-eyed,
yellow bits OF solemn humanity The
babies look well They are healthy. and
/ they seldom cry I doubt not the birth
rate will be still higher If the conditions
! improve. and one Of the burning cues
tions IS how Japan can keep on feeding
/ all OF its people Il the storks continue
+ 10 bring in 50o.oo0 more babies ever. year
I than they brought in the year Just before.
IN most countries the birth rate falls
with want and hard tines That has
/ been the way with japan IN the past, and
would be so to-day II her people lacked
/ food"
I a reporter. interviewing Thomas A.
/ Edison about his remarkable s1000 cement
house, pointed out certain objections 70