The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-15
BACK AMONG OLD
FOLKS ONCE AGAIN
Sang German Americans on a.
Visit to Fatherland
GERMANY WANTS PEACE
While All Other Nations Seem Bent
on Plan to Divide the World the
Emperor Is Busy Distribute
ing Kisses
GERMANY WANTS PEACE

Berlin, August 14-(Special.) -"Ba
among the old folks once again.
The members of the STEWARDSHIP saen-
gerbund" of Brooklyn sang that good old
American tune when they came to visit
the old Fatherland; no doubt they will
sing it gleefully now that they are safely
back again within the four walls of
Brooklyn.
Its a good old American tune. Emper-
or William, too, is most likely acquainted
with it; they say he has made a point
of studying the folklore in word and music
of almost every nation. If such really be
the case, he is very likely to vary the
old song. To him it would now be:
Back among the new folks once again. -
1t must not be pleasant to come back
from a much needed holiday, not to good
old but to new folks. But 1t belongs
with other questionable pleasantries-such
as an occasional bomb, a little revolution
or a row in misunderstanding to
country and nation-to what the late
King Leopold of Belgium once called the
joys of the profession"
Besides that, the returned Emperor finds
himself up against quantity of work,
enough to make him wish for twice "a to
the day. What programme! Certain
trouble in the parliament over all sorts
of questions; certain social democratic
trouble; the certainty of requirement
for some more new folks; the numer-
Gus duties of representation at court in
Berlin: maneuvers, parades, entrevues
and exchanges of expression Of good will
all around.
The German nation Is a strange nation.
It has come to the front In remarkably
short time. Dreamers have turned into
hypermaterialists. And yet, in a sense,
the nation has remained a nation of
ideansts. THANK God I'm sorry to say
iti'' one feels like adding. When good
old Zeus had distributed the things of
earth until nothing was left for the poor
poet, he promised that individual in lieu
of all he so missed on earth an extra
good treatment in heaven And the poet
smiled happily. That poet, I do believe,
was German.
Again the nations are about to divide
the world. England has Egypt; France
has made sure of Morocco. Russia and
Japan have swallowed Manchuria-done
It cutely, too. England and Russia are
keeping an eye-nay, both eyes-on Per-
STA. Even little Spain is trying hard for
at least a Moroccan crumb. The United
States have at least tried to have their
finger in the Mapchurian pie. Germany
alone smiles happily, says Yes" and
Amen and is proud to do the peace
act, which is very fine. Only-I am not
voicing my own opinion, but simply re-
peat what I hear all around me. repeat
the sentiments voiced at every table In
Germany-we have eo,00o,0O0 population
and need colonies.
Meanwhile our diplomacy distributes
kisses. We're the good friends of every
body. We're on the veny best terms with
England, Russia. France-everybody The
Kaiser works like slave for the peace
of the nations. In few days he'll very
likely meet the Gar of all the Russias
The result? Look at the press of all
those nations and see. Try to find one
word of appreciation Abuse. abuse ev-
erywhere.