The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-07-16

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to defend their actions in Prag court
and a whole army Of witnesses have
been summoned.
So great were the engineering diff
construction. the line, although only
thirty miles long, cost $62,50O,0O0
Eight years were required for the
completion of the lauren tunnel.
Gastein, Austria-The lauren rail-
road, the new Alpine line connecting
Gastein and Spittal, was officially op-
ened by Emperor Francis Joseph in
the presence of the Austrian arch
dukes, the ministers of the empire,
members of parliament and a large
gathering.
During one Of the races at Kiel the
Meteor fell behind owing to calm
Ambassador Hill, who was a guest of
the kaiser, remarked: I'm afraid I
am responsible for your bad luck by
the influence l have exercised in the
direction of calming the wind" The
emperor replied: We'll, that is what
American diplomacy generally does,
Mr. Ambassador"
President Taft received the Ger
man ambassador, Count Won Bern
storff, in special audience to thank
him for Germany's attitude with re-
gard to the Chinese loans This news
came to America from Germany.
Neither the Associated Press nor the
private correspondents took the trou-
BILE to make note of this event. This
does not look like fair play.
With the exception of one man, all
the members of the former potash
syndicate, and some new ones, have
signed a new mutually protective
agreement. The exception is Walde-
mar Schmittman, proprietor of the
Sollestedt and Ascherleben mines, who
In 1907 made contracts to supply va
rious American fertilizer concerns
with potash for period of ten years.
A gas tank at Hoerde. Westfalen,
became disarranged and the superin-
tendent in charge Of the furnace Or
dered the workmen to permit the &C.
cumulated gas to escape into the air
while the ventilator was being re-
paired. The gas from the furnace was
heavier than the air, and, instead Of
escaping upward, 1t displaced the sur
rounding air and filled the houses in
the vicinity. Forty victims, mostly
women and children, were removed
to the hospitals.
Colonial Secretary Dernberg in
formed a deputation Of members Of
the reichstag who called on him to
inquire regarding the newly discov-
cred diamond fields in Southwest
Africa, that these mines were valued
at $3.50, 100000. He explained that the
significance of his recently formed
coalition of the diamond interests in
German Southwest Africa was indicat-
ed by the fact that a representative
OF the De Beers company, which con-
trolls the diamond market, had offered
to make reciprocal selling agree
ment in order to keep up the price OF
diamonds. This was rejected by the
colonial secretary.
Now that 1t seems to be definitely
settled that Won Buelow Is going to
resign 1t may be mentioned that he
has served as chancellor of the Ger
man empire for nine years. Twelve
years ago he was summoned from
Rome, where he was ambassador, to
become the German foreign minister.
He was then plain Herr Won Bulow,
poor, a mere man of talent. Now he
retires as titled prince and as one
of the great statesmen Of his day.
With his charming and beautiful Ital-
ian wife, he will withdraw to his
100000 villa near Rome, and there
enjoy the delights of music and liter
ature to which both he and the prin.
cess are devoted. He was wise and
sincere adviser for Wilhelm II, and If
the latter is ever blessed with his
equal in the future he may count
himself fortunate.
The following dispatch from Lon
don may be looked upon as a new
phase of the campaign made by Eng
lish patriots to induce the English to
arm themselves for a tremendous
conflict with Germany: "As a result
of the meeting between the kaiser and
the czar on their yachts, in the Gulf
of Finland, Englishmen consider it a
fair conclusion that Russia is about
to shift its friendship from England
to Germany. That Teutonic overtures
will be made to France next is con-
fidently predicted, and the consensus
of opinion in Great Britain is that,
sooner or later, the Gallo republic
will join the great continental alli.
ance against King Edward. His Brit
tanic majesty has been jealous of the
kaiser ever since he ascended the
throne. AS the kaiser's power in-
creased, Edward devoted more and
more time and effort to hedging the
Fatherland about with foes. At last,
however, Wilhelm has succeeded in
outgeneraling him, and in lining up
nearly all the really formidable Euro
pean nations on his side"