Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
CREATPOWERS PREVENTWA
Their Restraining Influence Keeps
Bulgaria and Turkey Apart.
GERMANY Is MUCH EXERCISED
strauss ONercOmes Objection 60 SR-
lone by Composing Military
Marches which Please
the Emperor,
RY MALCOLM CLARKN.

foreign office is very deeply exercised over
the condition OF affairs IN the near east
is stating a simple fact. That only the re-
stralning influence of the great powers
prevents an actual state Of war between
Bulgaria and Turkey is certain and that
the aggressive attitude Of Bulgaria is due
to an understanding with the other Balkan
states and perhaps with Greece is little
doubted.
Chancellor Bethmann- Hollweg and For
eign Minister Won Schoen have been in
consultation with Count Aerenthal, the
Austrian foreign minister and with Mr..
Iswosky, who directs Russias foreign af-
fairs and, l am informed. has informed
them as well as the Balkan sovereigns
that for the present at least war must be
averted. There Is a belief current in diplo-
matte circles here that Russia is really at
the back Of what may be called the Balkan
federation and really is fomenting the
trouble. In conversation with a diplomat
recently he said to me; THE Balkan states
may force a conflict with Turkey and II
is conceivable that acting together they
might find It barren victory. The treaties
of San Stefano and Shimoneseki are eX.
amples which show how short-lived such
trlumphs prove when the preponderatina
interests of neutral great powers prevent
the victor from reaping the fruits of a sue
cessful campaign"
Strauss and the Emperor.
DR., Richard Strauss, whose opera "Elek
tra' Is causing so much interest among
musical circles, Is probably the wealthlest
composer in the world He sold the rights
Of one of his works for nearly $4,000 alone
and no one Is more sought after by the
musical publishers. When he conducts a
concert of his own compositions he receives
the fee Of $500, and as he combines artistic
genius with a keen business instinct, he
has amassed a large fortune. One OF Herr
Strauss greatest annoyances is to be taken
for that other Strauss who is known tc
fsme as a composer of waltzes.
1t is well known that the kaiser was
opposed to the production OF DR.. Strauss
"Salome" in Berlin, and 1t might never
have been given there but for the com.
poser's clever inspiration. Hearing that
court influence was against his opera, hC
sat down and composed two brilliant mill
tary marches.
OF course, the kaiser heard of this, and
his love of things military made him wish
to hear the marches Shortly afterwards
Strauss was invited to the palace and was
asked to play his marches to the emperor
The stirring martial music so appealed tC
Wilhelm II. that Strauss heard no more
about the opposition to "Salome"
sleeping Sickness.
The cinematograph was employed here
recently during a lecture at the Empress
Friedrich School for the Higher Education
Of Physicians to show cultures Of sleeping
sickness germs in human blood. The pic
lures were shown by DIR. ReIcher Of Ber
lin, who has made a speciality Of sleepinl
sickness for a number Of years and passed
many months in Africa, where the picture,
were taken. The method employed Is hi.
invention. Among a large number Of Ger
man and French physicians who ATTENDED
the lecture were DR.. Doyen and Prof. Car
valho of Paris. .
Prince Bore Invitation,
There is authority for stating that Will,
Prince Henry of Prussia has been visiting
in England he has conveyed to King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra, on behalf o.
the emperor, an invitation to be presen
at the ceremonies that are to take plac
at the opening of the widened Klel canal
which Is expected to take place towards
the end of next year. 1t is rather i'm
probable that their Britanic maiestIes will
find themselves able to accept this in
vitation, and the prince and princess o.
Wales will in that case be deputed to TAX,
their places.
Prince n FarrIer.
Since the time of Frederick the Grea
1t has been the custom for every Hohen
zollern prince to learn a trade. All tn,
kaiser's sons have followed this tradition
and now Prince Joachim, the youngest. /,
being taught farriery at Plon.
Worlds Oldest Woman.
The oldest woman in the world cele
brated the l25th anniversary Of her brit
recently at Posen She Is Frau Dutkie
wiez' and although she is bent and feeble
almost blind and deaf. she is not bedrid
den Frau Dutkiewiez remembers the Ma
poleonic wars and the fall of the Littl
Corporal. She was married over nlnet,
years ago and has been widow for NOR
than half a century Her descendant
number 200, and she has two great-great
est-grandchildren
Floating Mission.
In a tugboat plying on the river Spre
and the adjacent canals the Berlin Churcl
Mission maintains floating church, whicl
Is regularly used for service. 1t has Jus
pSSh tHe sCene OF a wedding, at which tn
groom was a canal boatman and the brid
the daughter OF a fellow worker. Th
former wore a morning coat and top hat
while the bride was in white, with a flow
ing veil. After an afternoon at popula
beer restaurant the couple returned to tn
groom's barge and most Of their married
life will be spent afloat
Crime of q boy.
| A horrible crime is reported from Oldsn
burg, where 2-year-oid printers appren
tice named Denker has, II is alleged. mur
dered with an axe his father, mother an,
elder brother because they had discovers
that he had committed a burglary in hi
aunts house and stolen some silver plate
The discovery OF the murder was mad
under peculiar circumstances When tw
! policemen appeared at the house TO arres
Denker for the theft he asked them to TAX,
him away without telling his parents. a
/ otherwise his father who was alIing
might not be able to stand the excitement
on arrival at the police station, however
he confessed to the triple murder He haC
evidently been afraid 10 be led TO the room
where the corpses lay.
FARMERS ScHnOI IM AEpIrI