The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-07-09
news FROM @FATHERLAND
A Brief Resume Of the Most I'M
portant Happenings in the
German Empire.

loaf, is the latest addltlOn 10 the Heet
of the North German Lloyd, and extra
ordinary efforts have been made by
the to make the new steam
ship in every way worthy of it's great
name.
France, the traditional leader OF
visitors, is waking up to a demand for
a general old-age pension system.
France is a year or two behind Eng
land in this respect. But Germany
has enjoyed such a system for TWEEN.
ty years, and so we'll does it work that
German emigration has been cut down
to a trife as compared with many
1eighboring nations.
With four military airship stations
already built on the western frontier.
the German war office has decided to
erect similar stations on it's eastern
borders. The first Of the eastern sta.
tons will be erected at Lyck, close
to the Russian frontier. h new
aerial station will have a huge shed,
capable of accommodating two air.
ships of the Zeppelin type.
1t is significant that Kaiser Wilhelm
did not take his chancellor with him
when he met the Car Of Russia in
the Baltic. Despite the national pro.
test last autumn, the kaiser still di.
reefs the foreign policy OF his empire;
and so successfully has he managed in
his extrication of Germany from its
difficult diplomatic position of nine
months ago, that his subjects are will.
ing to let him stay in the game of in.
ternational politics.
Former Premier Tewfk Pacha
came to Berlin to notify Kaiser Viii.
helm of the fact that Mehmed V has
assembled the throne of Turkey. He
stated while in Berlin that Co. Cen
eral Baron Wonder Goltz has accepted
an offer to come to Turkey to re-Or-
ganize the Turkish army. He is 60
ing to stay in Turkey five months a
year for that purpose. Several Ger
man officers are going to accompany
him as instructors. At the same time
many Turkish officers are going to
serve in the German army.
Copenhagen, Denmark.-While the
European press generally considers
the meeting between Nicholas II and
} Kaiser Wilhelm highly significant, it
is, according to a Russian diplomat
Y here, of no political Importance. The
, car originally thought of creating a
j. Eew political situation by meeting the
l kaiser, but his ministers, especially
1 Mr.. 1swolsky, made him understand
, that any alliance with Germany would
r ruin Russia in the future and that
, public opinion in the empire was anti.
German. This converted the meeting
! in Finnish waters into an interesting
social ceremony merely, and led to
no change of any kind in the Europe
an concert of powers.
Berlin.-While marked reserve char
v acterizes all official expressions re.
q garding the result, the kaiser's meet.
a ing with the cZar is viewed with I'm.
~mistakable satisfaction. Both in and
out of government circles, Germany is
considered again to have scored an
important victory in the work OF
. Strengthening of it's international pc.
sition by evoking a demonstrativa
- showing of friendliness on the part OF
the car Immediately after forcing
). Russia to undergo a sharp diplomatic
u reverse. In financial circles the meet
Il ing causes particular satisfaction, as
one direct result of the conference, it
y is believed, will be the better protec'
u ton Of German interests in Persia,
i which lately have been menaced by
u: the arms of Russian and English gov
u eminent for the commercial exploita
" ton of the territory. Hints emanat
v. ing from official sources here indicate
that this question, as we'll as the Bal
-, kan problem, was among the most i'm
~ portant subjects discussed at the con
g. terence.
;, The per capita wealth of the littl,
~ town of Cunnersdorf, in Silesia, ha!
~ been suddenly increased as a conse
=. chant, who sought to cure a tempo
- rary fit of mental depression by throw
ing away handfuls of money and pre-
~ cious stones. He arrived from
VI neighboring village in a cab, which
&c he discharged after handing the drive
$50. A Accent bridge toll, payable up
y en- entering the town. he discharge,
70 with $3.50. On every person he me
IL he forced a $3.50 or S. gold piece
y Among others he distributed his gOl
~ watch. his diamond tie pin. his pear
NC cuff links and other articles of jewe
al ~. Reaching the market square. wit
De several pockets still! full of cash, h
81! drew forth handfuls and threw ther
vi into the air, with the result that tn