Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-25
WIDE VARIATION OF OPINION
Some Take it Seriously, Will
Others Ridicule.
SOCIALISTS MAKING BIG GAINS
Party is Now Publishing Seventy-Si
Daily Papers.
HARMLESS MAN SHOT FOR SIP
soldier Fires Fatal shot by Mistake
and Will Vet BE Punished, but
Public Is Highly Indignant
over the Act.
BY MALcoLM CLARKE.


BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN. sept. Especial to The Bee:
The country has not ceased talking about
the German emperors divine right
speech. There are some vino have taken
II as a most serious utterance and worthy
Of an emperor: others have laughed AT il
as the vaporing Of a magaomaniac. while
many regard the speech Of a sick man.
The impression is growing daily that the
emperor has been gradually losing his
health and that mental visOr for which
he noted. People might not admire
/ the emperors pompous ways. but no one
ever questioned his grasp Of affairs. For
months past IL has been noticeable that he
has not been taking the interest
which he formerly manifested not only
in the affairs OF tie empire, but those OF
other nations. The growth OF the socialis-
! tic labor movement mas caused him worry
for he has always regarded Il as a stand
ing protest against his policy.
( 1t is not thought that the Crown Prince
! will be compelled to defer his visit to
! India until his fathers health shows some
improvement; while the Kaiser is being
strongly urged to spend few weeks in
quistude in this country.
Growth of Socialism.
According to the annual report TO be
presented to the socialist congress held at
Magdeburg the German social democratic
party has a membership OF 120OSS. as com
pared with sSS JO9 last year, and with "a, S27
in 1906
OF this total s264s are women. an in
crease OF 203S3 s.nee last year. Party or
ganizations exist in all constituencies but
sixteen.
4 The account OF the party funds shown a
4 rsvcnue Of s996 ssI ana an expenditure of
szD.d8o As compared with last year the
revenue has decreased and the, expendi-
ture has increased, The rise In expenditure
is explained as being partly caused by an
, Increase OF til52o. a. compared with last
year, in the sum devoted TO agitation
The party possesses seventy-six daily
newspapers and one quarterly periodical.
which is intended solely for the use OF the
blind. The number OF subscribers to this
journal Is 5000 The number NJ subsorib-
erg to the principal Berlin organ of the
party is 1Se.OOo. an. increase Of r,Ooo
Emperor and sSeIaIiata-
The Danzig AlIgemeine Zeitung relates
that the Kaiser. meeting the director OF a
Danzig carriage factory at Marionburg.
J not long ago. questioned him as to eondi-
lions in the factory. The director replied:
In my factory there are no socialists.
The Kaiser was visibly delighted at this
Information. He charged the director to
convey to the employees his thanks for their
loyal opinions. and expressed the nope
that this devotion to the Crown" would
become firmly established In the land.
e worhman skSt As SPY.
Mistaken for a spy a harmless work.
man has been shot by a German sentry
on the Jungrernheids. this city. As ne ap-
preached the sentry on guard near the
shooting ranges he suddenly sank down on
the edge OF the ditch which separates the
heath from the range.
The sentry challenged. Receiving no re-
; ply he fired in the direction in which the
: suspect had disappeared. Upon the patrol
arriving a quarter OF an hour later, the
unfortunate man was found in the ditch
twenty yards from the sentry box in an
unconscious state The shot had entered the
: intestines. and the man was taken TO the
= hospital I'm a critical condition. II Is kown
that the man, who is a teetotaler. suffers
from chronic asthma He is known "a
have sudden attacks which neeessitate him
: sitting down Immediately to recover his
: breath. In all probability he was over
come when he sat down on the side OF the
ditch and because Of mis- shOrtness OF
breath unable TO reply TO the chal-
lenge. Great Indignation IL expressed thai
n In the center OF great city IL should b
- necessary for sentries 20 fire on harmless
passersby On the most nimsy OF pretexts
. Owing to the rule that soldiers cannot
be punished for anything they may Dc
while on duty the over officers sentry vii
escape punishment. The socialist member
= OF the Imperial Parliament may call fol
an investigation
Gar At had Nauheim.
Columns have been printed IN the demo
cratic press about the precautions tsNen q
insure the safety OF the TsAr during nj
visit to HossO. and a reader would get tn
impression that the Russian ruler neve
left the precincts Of FriedberE SohlOss ex
cspt tn the middle OF impenetrable RIM
=, Of detectives. SO far is this from being
the case that the measures adopted DO no
even suffice TO protect his majesty from
the Intrusive curiosity Of the holiday
mailing public
The German authorities waXed indiguan
ana sent this OutOurst to the newspapers
~ las the czar sat yesterday on enc % IN
benches OF the promenade at Bad Nauhein
he was recognized by some OF the visitors
and mOlested In a manner that wAs posi-
lively scandalous. People stationed them
" selves directly opposite him. started an
surrounded him. and pointed At him witt
- their fingers. IL was only with difficulty
that the ear could escape these annoy
anees. II such occurrences should be re
peated, IL would be made impossible for tn
T. eEar IN future to show himself in publ
d. and go for Walka"
e. That the emperor Of Russia not >
ns much disturbed about the matter IS hi
er guests h shown BY the fact that on IN
next day he left the schloss On foot