The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20

by means of exhibits from all nations.
 Count Ernst Reventlow, the noted naval authority, is much upset by recently published English essay, fin which de- tails are given of last years target firing on board German battleships. He writes:
 We have here a perfectly clear case of espionage, which probably is directly connected with the English admiralty I could if chose adduce a positive and very drastic example of the connection between the admiralty and the press. From what he has 1earnet the person in question, in so far as he is a journalist, publishes such things as will probably not excite too much attention, and the naval secret service receives others, and more important ones for it's own use. If one bears this in mind 1t is no com fort that the example given here does not prove that very important secrets have got into strange hands. Whoever can publish these things Is quite certainly in question to know much more, and 1t is equally certain that, as a matter of fact he has learnt more. None of these people would sacrifice the necessary time, money, and risk on the few data and statements which have been published" | Exaggerated ideas prevail as to the amount of dueling that goes on in the German army. In the reichstag recently the new war minister, General Heeringen
 stated that last year, out of 10000 active officers, only three fought duels, and out of H 900 officers on half pay only nine. He attributed this to the cabinet order discouraging duels. which was is- sued by the Emperor in 1887.
 | An increasing proportion of the finest
 horses in England has been coming to Germany in recent years and I under
 stand it is now proposed to go to Amer
 lea for some of the best strains of
 thoroughbred and trotting stock.
 | 1 was informed at the headquarters of
 the leading horse-purchasing syndicate
 in Berlin that Germany is really pre-
 pared to buy more high-class horses than are at present bred there.
 I The Kaiser and the crown prince are
 especially interested in horse breeding in
 Germany. While the latter was serving
 his apprenticeship at the Prussian home
 office year ago he devoted a consider
 able time to famliarizing himself with
 the breeding system, and on one occa-
 sion was present at a meeting of offl-
 cials and breeders at which suggestions
 for the improvement of the system were
 discussed.
 Fraulein Fritzi Massary, Berlin's most II popular musical comedy actress, has be come engaged to Count Alexander won
 Talleyrand- Perigord, scion of one of the richest and best known of the noble
 houses of Germany. The marriage will
 take place in a few weeks.
 The father of the young count, who is
 26 years old, is president of the Imperial
 Automobile club and one of the leading sportsmen of the country.
 Count Alexander was formerly an off
 ,er of the Sixth Haussars. and Is nov
 clerk in the Deutsche bank. Fraulein Massary is vivacious Viennese, famous for her beauty.
 Dr. Anschutz-Kemp, a well-known in ventor, has resolved to attempt to reach the north pole by means of submarine vessel which will float beneath the huge masses of ice in the Arctic ocean, 4 special type of submarine is to be con.
 structed for this purpose, owing to tho necessity of remaining at great deptl
 beneath the surface for a considerabl, period of time while travelling north. ward The inventor has also desixne, an apparatus by which he hopes to bt able to take his bearings Curing his sub marine passage. pr. von Payer, a lead ing German expert on Arctic exploration
 says: The best way to the north pole fl neither on the water nor in the air, but by means of submarine under the ice Dr. Anschutz- Kemp has been working fol 10 years to realize this great project, and he will achieve 1t before he talks about 1t. pr. Anschuts-K Kemp must emphati cally be taken seriously. for he possesses good prospects of success"
 The veteran German socialist leader August Bebel, whose memc'rs will bt published in the near future, iS ono o the most interssting personalities in Ger
 man public life. He is now 70 years 0 age, and has been q member of th'