The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
KAISER IS HARD
PRESSED FOR FUNDS
Is Forced to Part With Two of
His Castles
ADVENTURES OF AUT0lST
He Is Attacked By Fierce Stays In
German Forest-Romantic Mar
rage Has Sad
Ending.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

Berlin, January 2.-As If he did not al
ready have troubles enough, the Kaiser
once more finds himself so hard pressed
for money that he is forced to part with
at least two of his many castles, Benrath
and Jaegerhof, near Dusseldorf.
The Westphalian paper which reveals
this secret in a remarkably outspoken
article which would have meant months
of imprisonment for the editor If written
before the Kaiser had been subdued says:
"Ihe Kaiser wants to sell the castles
because he needs money.
1.-The artistic policy of the Kaiser hav-
ing led to the expenditure of millions
on the imperial palace at Corfu and the
ALLIE of Victory at Berlin and the castles
which have been constructed contrary to
the opinion of all the connoisseurs, It Is
on this account that there is desire to
sacrifice the most beautiful pearls of the
Rhine of the eighteenth century.
Zone sees that the imperial cash-box
may be exhausted by the acquision of
castles, by constructing expensive build
ings and especially by continual cruises.
and that therefore fresh resources should
be discovered This would certainly be
less painful to popular sentiment. II the
Emperor sought his pleasure in Germany
and not among the perf1dious Greeks. A
sciourn of several weeks among them can
only increase the enlargement between
the people and the Emperor
landowner of Maimedy, making a
tour in his motor car through the forest
of Hertogenwald, has just met with an
exciting adventure with some stays near
linen. While the car was travelling along
the road through the forest, five stays
leaped suddenly from thicket, attacked
tho car and overturned 1t into the ditch.
The owner and the driver were thrown
upon a heap of dead leaves. and escaped
with a few bruises. While they were
waiting for the stays to attack them a
shot fired in the forest frightened the ami
mails away.
The curious method adopted by the OPP
pressed Poles In Germany to evade the
provisions of the new law relating to pub
lie meetings was related yesterday In the
trial of three Polish residents of Rub
rort, in westphalia, who had convened a
political meeting.
Paragraph 10 of the new law relating to
public meetings compels every speaker to
use the German language. The Poles cir
cumvent this enactment by holding
dumb" meetings, at which no word
whatever Is spoken.
At the beginning of this particular
meeting the chairman wrote on large
blackboard on the platform the announce
ment that no speeches could be delivered,
owing to the prohibition of the use of the
Polish language. The contents of the lee
ture which would otherwise have been
delivered would be distributed among the
audience in the form of pamphlet.
This pamphlet was read by the whole
audience In perfect silence. The resolu-
lions to be submitted to the meeting were
then written on the blackboard and adopt
ed unanimously by a show Of hands, still
without a single word being spoken.
The public prosecutor took action
against the conveners of the meeting for
violating paragraph 10 of the new law,
but the district court acquitted them. The
public prosecutor lodged an appeal, but
the higher court at Cologne upheld tho
Judgment of the district court and con-
f1rmed the acquittal.
In consequence Of this precedent Polish
dumb" meetings which are already ex-
tremely popular in all those parts of Ger
many where the Poles feel the need OF
congregating to demonstrate their griev-
ances can now be held without hindrance.
The romantic marriage Of two youthful
lovers has met a most unexpected Sc
quel
Anna Werner, aged 1871 years, and Helm
rich Erckmann, aged o. were secretly
married last HlOHtu anu elOPcu ln0
fathers spent large sums of money ad-
yertising in Italy and Paris, but to no
avail. One day last week. however, a
friend recognized the missing couple in
a street in Munich and telegra phed to
Annals father.
He arrived by the next train, and after
a good deal of wandering succeeded in
discovering his daughter while she was
at dinner with her husband in fash
fonable restaurant.
Tears and entreaties were of no avail.
She was taken home, and has been sent
not only to a boarding school, but has
been compelled to return to her short
skirts and long plaits. Her husband has
not been seen since.
All Budapest is laughing at the ex-
posture of spiritualistic society, which
is expected to cause great discomfort to
various well-known citizens when the de-
tails are investigated in court
The attention of the police was attracted
by the fact that numbers of we'll
dressed people Of both sexes were in the