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the smouldering wrath of these heavily
taxed subjects to break forth and then


be the same for the house of Hohenzol-
lern as it was for the house of
Napoleon-its downfall and the
formation of German republic. I
have heard Germans make this predic-
ton and it might easily take place.
The social democrat party is growing
fast and is causing the ruling powers
great anxiety.
The population of Germany is
growing so fast that she must have
colonies, therefore she is following in
the footsteps of England in building
large navy. Whether, when she gets
the ships, she will use them as does
England, to preserve peace rather
than to promote war, is a grave
question. People who claim TO know
the kaiser shake their heads gravely
and say they are fearful. Today if
Germany should start a war with
England there would not be ship
carrying the German flag on the high
seas in six months. She would be
swept from the seas. If she could
land an army in England, however, it
would be another matter.
The German army is most wonder
full fighting machine and is kept in the
pink of condition all the time. They
claim, and I guess they can do it, to
be able to put 100000 men on the
French and Russian frontiers in 48
hours, and half a million more in less
than five days, all completely
equipped and ready for battle. Every
country in Europe has to have an
army, the best it can afford, to pre-
serve it's existence.
Germany without it's present army
would be the prey of France and
Russia. All the people believe in the
army but the navy they view with
distrust. The navy costs them heavy
taxation and they fear the kaiser will
use it unwisely.
There is no place like the United
States to live in. Every German who
has visited America expresses the
wish that he may be able to go there
to live. The increase in taxation re-
Gently will increase the exodus to
America think. Walsh.
| Potsdam and IT'S Castles.
Berlin, Feb. 10, l91O.-Dr. Bettin-
gen having come up from Vienna for
a couple of weeks stay in Berlin, to
see what it offered medically in his
speciality and also to see the city, I
have gone around more than before.
I have been so busy that I have had
no time for sightseeing and as he
stays but short time we are doing
some. We went to Potsdam, which is
by far the best thing to be seen.
Potsdam is the summer home of the
kaiser, the place where his ancestors
first sprung into prominence and
power, and it is also the cradle of the
present German army, for it was here
that Frederick William I made and
tried on his grenadiers the rules and
regulations for soldier-making, the
magnificent results of which are seen
in the German army of today. which
is by far the finest fighting machine
the word has ever seen. 1t has the
! famous Roman legions distanced.
So Potsdam, while being of special
interest to Germans, is at the same
time of great historic interest to all.
In the town itself are the city palace
and two interesting old churches, on
} the height above the town the palace
} of Sans Souci with it's fine gardens
planned and built by Frederick the
Great. Beyond this the new palace
also built by Frederick the Grea,
J during the seven year war at cost O.
$40, 1000, 600, to show the world that the
war had not made bankrupt of hin
} and that he had time to think of Other
} things besides the war.
It is now the favorite home of the
present kaiser. A couple of miles
away is the marble palace of the
Grown Prince on the holy lake, and q
distance on beyond is the castle O.
Babelsberg, the favorite home O.
, William I, grandfather of the kaiser
The roads are good, so it is a fine
) drive even if one does not visit the
palaces, but as we we're sightseeing We
went into the town palace, the
mausoleum, the palace of Sans Souc
) and the new palace.
) Upon the top of the huge dome O.
the new palace is a group of three
) figures supporting huge crown, the
) whole thing made of bronze. L
} represents Marie Theresa of Austria
} Catherine of Russia and Madame Ia
) Pompadour of France, supporting
the Prussian crown. Thus die
| Frederick the Great show his hatred