Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27

GERMANY WATCHES RUSSIA
Believes Next Move in Eastern Situs-
tion Will Be at st. Petersburg.
AUSTRIA AND GERMANY UNITED
Understanding Has a Good Deal TO DO
with the Confirmation of Peace
on the Troubled waters
of the East.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.


BERLIN. March 26-(Specisl to the Pub
fishers Press. )-Germany is watching St
Petersburg these days with the utmost
vigilance for It is at the Russian capital
that the next move in the near eastern
game is to be made. The visits to Russia
of Ferdinand Of Bavaria and Peter of Ser
via, while nominally merely visits Of cour-
tesy, really mean the promotion under
Russian guidance. Of a great slav fedora
ton having f0r It's primary object the es-
tablishment OF an autonomous government
in Macedonia, perhaps nomlnally under
Turkish suzeralnty, but really as inde-
pendent as Bulgaria itself was even be-
fore Ferdinand declared himself absolutely
| free OF Turkish domination in name as he
had been in fact.
This, l am informed on high authority,
Is the official view held in Berlin. Ger
many has warned Turkey to go as far as
possible to avoid an open clash with Bull
garia. Assurances have been received that
Russia will do all possible to restrain Bull
garia. 1t must be admitted. however, that
Russian assurances on this subject are
received in Berlin with reservation"
Germany and Austria United.
There Is a perfect understanding between
Austria and Germany. This discussed
during the recent visit of Count Aerenthal.
II Bulgaria throws down the gauntlet to
Turkey, Austria Hungary will fall back on
the emperor's treaty rights and reoccupy
the sanjak Of Novi-Bazar, and Germany
will back Austria up to the limit.
II it we're not for the knowledge that
Germany and Austria will act together
even II it precipates a long dreaded gem
eral European war, it would not be pos
sible to keep the peace in the Bal
kans for thirty days. Even with this
fact apparent the feeling is not particu-
larly eangulne here that-~wsr can be
avoided
| In this connection an interesting inter
view is printed here with the son of Ismail
! Kalmal Bey the we'll known Albanian
deputy whom the Young Turks expelled
from Constantinople after the counter
revolution in the spring Of 1909.
Preparations for Defense.
| Questioned in regard to the preparations
which have been made at Valone, where 400
cases of rifles and ammunition have just
been landed, the young Ksimal declared
that in his opinion Albania was being
placed in state of defense with view
OF a war with Bulgaria,
! 81 do not believe" he added, lin a war
against Greece. The whole movement and
the one7Idea of Turkey is a war with Bull
garia. The Cretan question will be settled ;
the island will be given large measure
of autonomy, which will permit il to live
in liberty and security. 1t is very natural
that England opposes the annexation OF the
island by Greece, because it was only given
possession of Cyprus on entering into an
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come Greek"
One-Third Are ChristIans.
More than one-third Of mankind are
Christians, according to a religious census
just Published by DR.. H. Zeller, director
OF the statistical bureau in Stuttgart. He
estimates that Of the L544,51O,OOO people in
the world 534.94OO0O are Christians There
are 3OOOO0,000 Confucians, 214OO0,OOO Brah-
minis. 175,2900OO Mohammedans, 12l 900. .OOO
Buddhists and 10S6O.OOO Jews.
Messenger, Girls.
The messenger boy SO familiar in Amer
lean streets has an imitator in Germany
which should flatter him. A, number of
girls have now been enrolled in Berlin,
and in spite Of the imperial edict against
the use Of foreign words and phrases they
are known as messenger girls" Their
uniform is both a pretty and serviceable
one. The coat is made OF light-colored
cloth, with black braid, and fastened with
three frog buttons. The portfolio is of
black leather, in which letters and other
documents or small parcels may be car
ried. The skirt is black and box plated
The cap is rceind. like that formerly used
by our cavalry, fixed with a strap under
the chin and worn we'll tilted over the ear,
which gives them quite a jaunty, military
air, Considering the fact that these girls
are both useful and ornamental, it is not
surprising to learn that they are increasing
in popularity every week
Prince = Real BOY.
Great CONSERVATION prevailed for a day
and part Of night recently at the castle
Fuerstenstein, the residence Of Prince and
Princess Of Pless, for Hans Heinrich, the
t-year-old hereditary prince, was missing
A search was made in every direction
but in vain. All that was known was that
the prince, accompanied by a playfeloW
OF the same age, the son of the head
equerry, had gone off for a long ramble
The police OF the surrounding district sci
hounds on the track OF the missing lad
After many hours weary search the party
long after midnight. came upon a small
tent in a wood. several miles from the
castle. inside, fast asleep. and wrapped
in rugs, lay the two boys, who had been
playing Indians.
1t transpires that Hans Heinrich was tC
accompany his parents to Paris. but the
lad objected and decided to hide in the