The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-12
The GOOSE STEP
IS RELOCATED
The Useless Custom of German
Army Tactics Abandoned
CONDITIONS IN THE NAVY
VIII Be Thoroughly Investigated as
Result of Recent Fatal Expio-
sion on One of the German
Batt1eships

Berlin, June 1f.-(special)-one of the
nest cherished institutions of the Ger
nan army, the famous goose STEP has
been sent to the limbo of things that
we're. This ceremonial step, which has
amused, not to say amazed every Amer
| lean visitor to Germany who has seen
German infantry regiment march past q
receiving officer was introduced by King
Frederick William and has been a distin-
gushing mark of German marching sol
diers ever since. Now the Kaiser has de-
cided that the goose step Is neither useful
nor ornamental, and foot stamping and
knee action are prohibited by the new
regulation, which forbids the German
soldier ito raise the foot which Is being
carried to the front higher than Is neces-
sary to take a correct pace. or to place
| 1t on the ground with unnecessary force
1t is safe to say many a veteran of the
kaisers army will violate this regulation
lnvoluntarily for long time to come.
AS a result of the explosion on torpedo
beat s. 80, near Heligoland, In which i've
men were killed and two seriously injured,
the Kaiser had the naval authorities to
make rigid and searching examination
Into German naval conditions.
This is the seventh serious accident In
the Germany army since the first of the
year and the Kaiser has become con-
WINGED that something is radically wrong
In the navy personnel. He Is determined
to find out Just what 1t is and apply
the remedy 1t is probable at the same
time the question as to what Is the
matter with Germany's naval gunnery
will be investigated 1t Is no secret that
the Kaiser is seriously annoyed by the
| fact that the reports show his gunners
away behind those of Great Britain and
the United States both as to accuracy
and rapidity of gun fire. He realizes that
in building up the German navy efficiency
of personnel counts for as much as the
| ships themselves and that 1t is matter
| of prime Importance to find out Just where
the trouble Is II Is probable that Prince
Henry of Prussia Will be given charge OF
| the investigation.
sensation has been caused by the
|
| a supper recently, that he feared the En-
peror had come under the influence of the
current at work against him and his air.
ship system In the ministry of war. The
relations between him and the war minis
try were. he said. of an unenduringly cold
character.
Germany has 12-year-old royal hero In
the little hereditary Grand Duke Nicholas
of vxbn
Grand Duchess Marie of Meckienburg-
Schwerin from death by drowning. The
grand duchess had just stepped into a
| boa. when 1t suddenly capsized. Her royal
highness was plunged headlong into the
water. which Is six or seven feet deep.
The Grand Duke Nicholas, who was
| standing on the pier, grasped the situa-
ton with splendid GOODNESS and sprang
| into the water to rescue his aunt who
| had already gone under. His strength
was not sufficient to draw the grand
duchess body to the surface, but he called
loudly for help and held her fast until
aid arrived The Grand Duke of Neck
| lenberg-Schwerin has conferred the
grand duchy's medal for life-saving upon
| the little royal hero.
| The "Lokalanzeigcr' publishes a dis
! patch from ST. Petersburg, stating that
| the Persian question Is becoming more
| acute, adding that Count Metternich, the
| German ambassador In London, has en-
tered a protest against concessions ac-
| corded in the spheres of Anglo Russian
influence In Persia, and has further de-
clared that exclusions similar to those
| effected by such concessions are opposed
| to international usages.
| At the mnistory of foreign affairs III
ST. Petersburg. on the other hand, the
view is held that under existing agree
ments each commercial man, to what
| ever nationality he belongs, can pursue
his business aims in Persia on the same
/ lines as Anglo Russian merchants or
manufacturers, but that any new German
establishment having political char
acter will meet with the energetic resist
ance of Great Britain and Russia.
| The Teheran correspondent of the
.Tageblatt" states that the representa-
tive of the Deutsche bank has been re-
called by telegraph to Berlin In order
that he may present a report to the gov
eminent on the situation in Persia The
president of the Persian council of min
listers has handed in his resignation, and
Is now endeavoring to provoke a min
lsterial crisis such as will result In the
bringing into power of a Russophile min
istry.
It can be said that Germany does not
propose to be left out In the settlement
of any questions which may arise ir
Persia and has, understand. served suf-
fcient of unofficial notice on both Russia
and England to that effect.
The international congress of Anar-
chists at Halle decided by a large ina
jority to abandon their propaganda OF
deeds in favor of a purely peaceful pro-
raganda.
BY the Berlin police authorities this new
tack of the anarchists is accepted with
livery considerable reservation. 1t is. not
in fact believed that IT will have any
effect whatever on the violent anarchists
and their propaganda of dynamite.
| Dizziness Of Men
"The -wittedness of woman"
said Wilton Lackaye the other night.
between the acts of 1.-THE Battle" "is
only equaled by the dizziness of her lord.
Last summer l went to rest up in a lit
tie out-of-the-way village in. the Tonnes
see mountains One day when I was out
for walk stopped in front of tumble