The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-07
EMPEROR FAvORS
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
Has Studied Suffrage Move
ment for Number of Years
PRINCE HELPS A TRAMP
Takes Joiner With His Tools In His
Automobile for Lift Down the
Road-Courtcsy of Ger
man Empress

man Empress
Berlin, August Especial. Elm
peror William has privately proclaimed
that he is in favor of womens saf-
frage For a year the Kaiser has beet
following very closely the suffrage
movement in his own country, in Eng
land and in America. He has discussed
with his various ministers the public
influence of suffrage and the effect 1t
would have upon government policies
if women should be allowed to vote.
The Kaser's view of the question Is
far reaching. He is docking at the
international side of it. An elabor-
,ate report was drawn up for him IN
which 1t was alphabetically set forth
that women electors would use the
same discretion. as men. The Kaser's
view led to the assumption that wom-
en- electors might be influenced to es-
tablsh a government with irresponsible
diplomats which would, in turn, lead
to breaking of alliances.
In private conversation sthe En-
peror said within a few years wom-
en- Will be qualified for every place in
politics now held by men, due TO the
broadening influences of modern cdu-
cation. At the present time / am
heartily in favor of removing all OBJ
stacles in the way of women earning
their daily bread. / would open all
the universities for women and allow
them the highest places In the ranks
of teachers. Women are gradually APP
preaching to the point where they
will be mems equals in everything in
lfe."
The Crown Prince Wilhelm ~ Ger
many was motoring with a number of
officers following maneuvers when he
overlook a tramping joiner with his
tools on his back.
Have a lft?' asked the prince.
And the worn traveller was half
forced, half cajoled into sitting. by
the side of an aid-de-camp and chat
ting with the prince, who pressed gold
piece into his hand when he set him
down in the suburb of Schoneberg, on
the outskirts of Berlin.
Argentine Republic is either preparing
for war or else 1t is following the lead
of other mailed fist nations, and pre-
pairing to prevent war at all hazards.
InlS Is que 10 the ldCl tlluL -AIStullud
is placing the biggest orders for rifles,
field guns and Krupps of all nations in
the world. Four big battleships are I'M
der construction for Argentina in the
United States and an order has inst been
given to a German gun factory for 100000
Mauser rifles for army service. Argen-
tina is buying Krupps for coast defenses
and a score of machine guns. German
manufactures report that heavy orders
for machine guns are also coming from
Turkey, Servia and Roumania.
pretty exchange of compliments be-
tween the German Empress and an old
fisherman's widow is reported from a lit
tie place on the Pomeranan coast.
The Kaiserin was passing the widows
hut when she noticed some fine Madonna
lilies growing in the little garden, and
stopped to admire them. The old woman,
hobbling out of her cottage. plucked all
the flowers, tied them in a bunch and
presented them to her majesty.
Delighted with this gift, the Empress
walked into the hut and inquired of the
Widows family. One Of her sons, she
soon learned, was dead, the other was
in the gold mines of Australia. IT am
glad" added the woman, for your ma
jesty to have the flowers. Lilies are for
happiness and unsuitable for widow"
The Kaiserin then gave the old wom-
an a little four-leaved clover, saying: 81
give you In exchange this four-leaved
clover that have just found. l hope 1t
will bring you luck, and will bring your
son back to you."
The volume of new securities brought
out in Germany during the first half of
1910 was not quite so great as in the like
period of 1909. According to the best
available statistics on the subject the
new issues amounted to $475, 100000 par
value, which compared with $53S, S00,000
last year. These figures shown are from
q compilation of the Frankfnrter Zeitung,
and include only such issues as can be
traced by the statistician. Many securi-
ties are f1oated in Germany. however
without a public subscription, and this
form of issue has been growing more
frequent Hence, as the newspaper points
out, the figures must not be regarded as
exhaustive.
The Kaiser has Joined the Empress at
Wilhelmshohe. following his return from
Northern waters where he was cruising
In the Imperial yacht The Kaiser was
accompanied on the northern cruise by
Prince Albert of SchlesfigH olstein. The
Kaiser and Kaiserin will remain at Will
helmshohe for several weeks and then
the Emperor will leave for the scene of
the annual autumn army naneuvers.
One Of the most romantic domestic
stories that could be imagined has been
unfolded In the German courts In which
a. countess of supposed noble birth was
exposed as foster daughter and the
real child of carpenter. The case has
just been concluded In the imperial court
at Leipsic.
In 1859 Count George Won voss. a mem.
Der of one Of the Oldest families of the
North German nobility, married in
Galicia a woman of humble origin named
Debaska. Their union proved childless.
The count, however, felt deeply the alb
sence of some being on whom he could
lavish paternal care and affection, and In
his SORROW he bethought him that one of
his sster-in-law, who was married to a
carpenter, had four children, for whose
bringing up too plentiful resources we're
not available. The family was approach
ed on the subject, and eventually con-
scented to abandon all claim to one girl,
who was taken over by the count as
his own daughter. To put the business
on a thoroughly stable legal footing
from the outset, he suborned a reprobate
priest to issue him a forged birth certi-
ftcate to the effect that the girl, Helene
by name. was, In fact. his child, and
as such she Figures this day on the court
ly calendars. When the child was 10
fa1