The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
GERMANS WATCH
AMERICAN NAVY
Order For New Dreadnought'
Attracts Attention
IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE
Concerted Action May BE Taken Against
what Is Known As American
Art Raiders-Kaiser IL
Extravagant

| Berlin, June ESPECIAL THE news
| that the American Congress has decided
| to build two more Dreadnoughts of 81
| 900 tons each was received with interest
here. Germany, in fact. is intensely in
| terested in all news relating to navy
building the world over. The position of
Germany and the United States from
the official Berlin viewpoint is precisely
the same in the matter of navy. In mel
Their case is the building of war vessels
| being carried forward for purposes of
aggression. but in each case it is held
that an efficient and powerful navy is
essential for protection against aggres-
sion
Germany fears nothing on land. and her
sole aim in navy building is to be i'm
be able to give ample protection to her
outlying possessions.
The necessity for concerted action on
the part of Europe against what are
known here as the American art raiders
is being urged vigorously. 1t is realized
that the enormous wealth of the Amer
leans makes 1t impossible for individual
Europeans to compete with them.
| tial list of art treasures secured by
| Americans in the immediate past. Here
| it Is:
One million dollars for the Hoentsche
| collection of decorative art. Pierpont
| Morgan.
Five hlundred thousand dollars for
| Fans Halls Family Group''-Otto Kahn
-Four hundred thousand dollars for
Velasquez's portrait-Mrs. c. p. Hunting
| ton.
| Two hundred thousand dollars fol
two Rembrandts-Benjami Altman.
Three hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars for the Mazarin tapestry-J. Pier
pont Morgan.
Two hundred thousand dollars fol
| Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait OF MISS
Farren-J Pierpont Morgan.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
| for yelasouez's Spanish Statesman
p A. B. Widener.
| One hundred thousand dollars fol-
Romneys Children of Captain Little
Otto Kahn.
sixty-five thousand dollars for Troy
on's Return to the Farm'-E. T. states
| bury.
Five thousand dollars for Louis Seize's
gold snuffbox-Ormond G. Smith.
| Against this mass of cash single Eu'
| ropean art lovers are powerless. Nothing
| short of governments can be expected &c
compete with these cross-seas multi-mii'
lionalres.
For some time past Berlin has beer
| rather concerned over the extravagan1
| manner in which the Kaiser conducts
himself. while 1t Is said that formal re-
| monstrances have been addressed to him
by several influential members OF the Ho
henzollern family. Matters, however, ar
likely to reach a crisis over his lates
| af
like s5O0O,O0o on the erection of new
opera house in Berlin. The existing op
era house is one Of the finest buildings o.
it's kind in Europe. and 1t would scarce
" seem as though another were re
uuired What Is being asked. however
is where the Emperor proposes TO fais'
the necessary money. since he has made
very considerable inroads upon the vas
wealth of his house since he nrst came u
the throne.
It is stated that for several years pas
his annual expenditure upon the Berlir
opera has not been less than 100000
is plain to see that expenditure at thl
rate cannot last forever. and the EN-
peror's subjects are now beginning to asl
when the crash will come. 1t was esti
mated short time ago by those In pc
sition to Judge that the Emperor's out
goings every year were considerably owe
$4,000, and they show constant teno
ency to increase.
IT Is expected that the battleship Er
satz Frithiof, which will be the eight
German Dreadnought battleship, Will b
launched from the schichau at Danzig o
June 1s by Prince Eitei Frederick Q
Prussia. This is a battleship OF the lsV
financial programme, the construction o
which was begun before the end OF IN
previous year. The official GATE OF com
nletion Ns April. 1912. that Is just owe
81 months after the launching. The las
German Dreadnought battleship complet
ed, the Posen. went to sea less tnah !
months after she was launched.
Goes Back ON Promise
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