The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-20
BERLIN ALREADY
ROOSEVELT MAD
Though It Is a Month Yet Be-
fore His Arrival
A NEW NAVAL BASE
To he Established BY German Govern
ment on North sea-WelsseI Gets
Four Years for Treason
and Espionage

Berlin. March 1s.-fSpecial)-- AL
though at least a month remains be-
fore ex-President Roosevelt's arriVa
here, Berlin is already Roosevelt mad
The people of Germany see in Mr..
Roosevelt the personifcation of all the
qualities they admire most in Amer
leans. and there Is no end of the stories
you hear of him. The latest tells how
he conquered his admirer, the Kaiser,
in a friendly contest.
As soon as the Emperor learned OF
Roosevelt's intended visit to Berlin
which was made known In 1908, the
Emperor invited him TO be a guest at
the royal palace at Potsdam, to receive
a series of public honors. 1t was his
desire to treat the ex-President Of the
United States exactly like a crowned
monarch who was guest in his do
main.
Roosevelt rebelled at such an idea,
and the Emperor has been hopeful that
he would change his mind, and at
least receive a series of public hon
ors. which he is anxious to have paid
has been put to this, however, by the
recent decision of the strenuous Amer
lean. which has been made known to
the Emperor.
The ex-President has insisted upon
being treated as private citizen OF
the United States. He will not be a
recipient of any public honors He
will not stay at the royal palace, but
will stop at hotel and accept the
Kaiser's hospitality when he calls upon
him at the royal palace. 1t will be
case of William Hohenzollern, the
man, entertaining Theodore Roosevelt
the man, not the German Emperor and
the ex-President of the United states
The American ambassador. Dr. HILL
whose guest he will be during his
visit, has written to Mr.. Roosevelt, who
Is an old schoolfellow of his, in or
der to ascertain at as early a date
as possible when he will arrive, SO
that the arrangements for his reception
may be made without delay.
It is stated here that Mr.. Roosevelt
will spend previous to his arrived here
a few days at Corfu, where he will
be the guest of the Kaiser.
The new naval base which Germany
is about to establish on the North sea
to the southwark of the western end
of the Kaiser Wilhelm canal near
Brunsbuttel, will be in sheltered po-
sition 20 sea miles from the open wa
ters of the North sea- According to
the plans the various buildings and
+oJ for fGt "a Of u AZ
Yards along the canal, which is TO be
widened and deepened to depth OF
nearly 81 feet SO that the biggest bat
tleships can be locked there. East
of this canal will be built new hugh
floating dock, capable of taking In the
biggest warship, while In the ne1gh l.
borhood will be built the repairing
sh ops with coal barges, torpedo boat
ha rbor and a harbor devoted entirely to
ammunition, guns and mines.
The estimated outlay on all this work
will be nearly s2O,000,G00 and it will
take several years to carry II through;
In fact. the work will keep pace with
the work of rebuilding and improNir>
the Kaiser wilhelm canal in certain
parts.
A case of high treason and espion-
age. which has occupied the supreme
court at lltlpslk Iva AON'' -t~~
resulted in a heavy sentence being
passed. The prisoner, tradesman
named Weissel, has been awaiting his
trial since last May and during his in
carcsration his sanity was tested.
The case was. tried in secret, not
even representatives. Of the press be-
ing admitted, the details being con-
sidered by the President as dangerous
to the welfare of the state
Il
calling of a spy systematically for
yea . and had endeavored to bride q
s5ldier, an offense which Is particularly
heinous in Prussia.
He was sentenced to four years hard
labor, with eight years loss OF al
civil rights and to be under the per-
manent supervision of the police wheI
the sentence has expired.
gettes must be the disclosures made al
an extraordinary meeting of the Ber-
lin branch of the Mothers Protective
union on Wednesday.
Almost every prominent suffragette
in Germany-Linna Cauer, Lii braun
Gabrielle Reuter-, Regina Deutsch, Ma.
ria Lichnewska. Henrietta Furth-wa;
present and had to listen to the ex-
posture of the financial incapacity OF
tnleT great COiiCd6 Nv, q oAS''i -
Helen Stocker.
After a couple Of hours spent ex-
citedly discussing the order OF pro
ceedings, the nnAce report was called
for. This brought up the treasurer. DIR
Arendt, and his report fell like a
bomb she'll on the meeting. 1t was shor
and sweet and properly unique In III
kind.
II can't make any financial report,
he said. st have been treasurer for 6
year and half but know nothing
about any treasury and have never seer
one. At every committee meeting
have asked for settlement Of the
accounts but nothing has ever beer
done" t
The debate that followed bore GU
his statement. What had happened wa.
that DR.. Stocker had taken the finances
into her own hands and, throwing al
the times into one pot" simplifed Tn,