The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-03
RESERVATION WAS
 NOT EXPECTED Colonial Minister Dernburg Was Strong Man THE EFFECT ON POLITICS It Is Being Discovered That the Kaiser Is Expensive Institution to Keep Up--Costs 20 Cents
 Per Capita
THE EFFECT ON POLITICS

Berlin, July 2.-(special. 1.-The resigna- tion of Colonial Minister Dernburg was not expected
 The importance and significance of Herr Dernburg's departure far transcend the limited sphere of German colonial policy and enterprise. It is the end, at any rate for the present, of about the most re- markable ministerial experiment dn mod ern German history, and it will accentuate afresh not only party differences but the deeper divisions of economic interests and social traditions which still underlie German politics. When Herr Dernburg was brought to the colonial office from the Darmstadter bank in 1906, he was eX- pected not merely to sweep away the traces of unpleasant colonial scandals and to put the German colonies on business basis for the encouragement of the pub
 lie and the edidcation of foreign coun- tries
 His appointment was to be the introduc- tion of the commercial spirit into German administration, and was to forge link between the government and the immedi- ate Interests of an industrial people Those who knew Germany best have all ways discounted the exaggerated hope of the experiment..
 
 al of the alliance of the conservative and centre parties. Herr Dernburg has had to fight against increasing odds. The con- servatives are necessarily opposed to a primarily commercial colonial policy-not least because they fear that colonial i'm ports will hurt their agrarian interests. The conservatives, moreover, include a. number of former colonial administrators, who resent reversal of the policy which they applied The centre party was Herr Dernburg's natural enemy They gave him plenty of rope" but seized the op- portunity afforded in April by bill deal ing with the expenditure for suppression of the risings in German Southwest Afri- ca to infict upon Herr Dernburg a series of humiliations.
 When the bill was carried it was gener- ally supposed that Herr Dernburg had been reprieved. It is now clear that he had already recognized that his position was in the long run untenable. The at- tacks at home were supported in the colo nies& themselves, and especially in south west Africa, where there has been violent criticism of Herr Dernburg's action in re- gard to diamond claims and other com pany concessions. Herr Dernburg com plained bitterly of colonial disloyalty and declared in the rechstag that the officials who fought him with public messages to politicians and the press ought to be taugh a sharp lesson.
 These are the circumstances of Herr Dernburgs resignation. It's causes in clude an inevitable reaction in popular feeling after the exaggeration of colon ial prospects and possibilities which marked Herr Dernburg's arrival Tn or flee
 Herr Dernburg's resignation will probably increase and certainly will expose, the difficulties of the political situation. Rightly or wrongly, the pup lie will ask tomorrow, Who Will pc next?" and a very confident answer will be forthcoming. The dominant parties will. no doubt, protest that Herr Dern- burgs resignation is uncalled for and unnecessary, but in no quarter will 1t fail to produce an uncomfortable feel ing of insecurity.
 This will be increased rather than By the appointment of Herr Won Lindquist as his successor. isa
 He Is a typical germal bureau -crat, narrow opinionated and autocratlc
 It is being discovered in Germany that the Kaiser is an expensive instl- tuition to keep up. A comparison shows that every man, woman and child Tn Prussia contributes on an average 2O cents per year for the upkeep of the Kaiser. which is nearly three times as
  tenance of her royal family five times as much as the Russians pay for theirs, and more than twice as much as the Austrians have to provide. Compared with these prices republica are dirt cheep," for the president of France only costs each Frenchman trifle over half cent a year, while Americans only pay about 1-96th cent a piece for their president and expect to get frst-c article too.
 During a debate in the diet on the proposal to increase the kalsers clVll list" otherwise his income, Herr Hoff- man analysed the latter and made out that it amounted to 36 cents second. To this principle however, Herr Hoff- man objected, complaining that the wearer of the crown was often absent, and suggesting that the principle of payment by attendance, should be ap- piled. This idea of putting the Kaiser lon piece" so to speak, Is decidedly novel one.
 The Kaiser recently presented to the Hohenzollern museum the death dice" which one of his ancestors decided difficult case in the seventeenth cen tury. The history of these dice is gen erally given as follows
 A young girl had been murdered. Suspicion fell upon two young soldiers Ralph and Alfred, WnO were SuitoiS for her hand. They both denied their guilt, and even torture failed to ex- tract a confession from either.
 Then Elector Frederick William de- cided to cut the know by means of the dice box. The two soldiers should throw for their lives, and the loser should be executed as the murderer.
 The event was celebrated with great solemnity Ralph had the first chance, and threw sixes, the highest possible number The dice box was then given to Alfred He fell on his knoew and prayed. Then he rose to his feet and threw thd dice with such force that one of them was broken. The whole one showed six the broken one also gave six on the larger portion, and the fragment split off showed one. This was a total of 13, one beyond Ralphs throw. The audience held it's breath in amazement
 God has spoken." cried the Prince
 Ralph, appalled, by what he regarded as a sign from heaven. confessed his guilt and was sentenced to death
 billties of $HS,4 400, are shown. At this time
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