The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
Impression Growing That Kais.
CIR Is Losing Grasp on AT.
fairs of Nation.
SENTRY SHOOTS WORKMAN,
THINKING HIM TO BE SPY
Gaping Crowds Annoy Gar and
Rudeness Calls Forth
Strong Protests.
BY MALCOM CLARKE.
Gable to The Tribune.

BY MALCOM CLARKE.
Special Gable to The Tribune.
BERLIN. Sept. 24.-Thc country has
not ceased talking about the German
cmpcror's divine right speech. There
are some who have taken IL as a most
, serious utterance and worthy Of an
peror, others have laughed at il as the
vaporns OF azmogIomania, while many
regard II the speech of sick man. The
impression is growing daily that the em
peror has been gradually losing III.
health and that mental vigor for which
he was noted. People might not admire
the cmpcrors pompous ways, but no
one ever questioned his grasp of af-
| fairs For months past IL has been no.
| llceable that he has no; been taking the
interest which lie formerly manifested
| not only in the affairs Of the empire, but
also those OF other nations. The growth
| OF the Socialis,ic Labor movement has
caused him worry. for lie has always re-
garded it as a standing protest against
| his policy. II is not thought that the
| crown prince Will be compelled to defer
! his visit TO India until his fathers health
shows some Improvement; While the kai-
| ser is being strongly urged TO spend Il
few weeks in quietude in this country.
According to the annual report 10 be
| presented TO the Sociaistic congress held
at Magdeburg. the German Social Demo-
cratic party has membership of 720.-
02S, as compared with 633,309 last year.
| with 3Si.32I in 1905. OF this total s., 6i1
are women. an increase of 20.3SS since
last year. Party organizations exist in
all constituencies except sixteen.
i The account OF the party funds show
a revenue Of s226.361 and an expenditure
of 100000 AS compared with last year
Il the revenue has decreased, and the eX-
pcnditure has increased. The rise in ex-
penditure is explained as being partly
caused by an Increase OF S1i.520 as COM
pared with last year i'll the sum devoted
to agitation.
The party possesses seventy-siv daily
newspapers and one quarterly periodical.
: which is intended solely for the use OF
the blind. The number of subscribers
10 this journal is 5000. The number OF
subscribers TO the principal Berlin organ
1 900.
The Danzg Aligemeine Zeitung relates
, that the kaiser. meeting the director OF a.
Danzig carriage factory at Marienburg
not long ogo, questioned him him as to condi-
piled: In my factory there are no So
cialists." The kaiser was visibiy de-
lighted at this information He charged
6 the director to convey 10 the employees
' his thanks for their loyal opinions and;
: expressed the hope that this devotion to
lished In the land.
e Workman Mistaken for Spy.
Mistaken for a spy, a harmless work
3 man has been shot by German sentry
$ on the Jungfernheido, this city. As he
o approached the sentry on guard near the
shooting ranges he suddenly sank down
e on the edge of the ditch which separates
d the heath from the range. The sentry
e challenged. Receiving no reply he fired
I i'll the direction in which the suspect had
A disappeared. When the patrol arrived II
n quarter of an hour later the unfortunate
j yards from the sentry box, in. an un;
conscious state. The shot had entered
r the intestines and the man was. taken
J. TO the hospital in d critical condition.
known q
e teetotaler, suffers from chronic asthma.
: He is known TO have sudden attacks
S which nccessitatc him sitting down i'm
Il mediately TO recover his breath. In all
S probability he waS overcome when he sat
down on the side OF the ditch, and be-
T cause OF bis Shorlness OF breath was un-
able TO reply 10 the challenge. Great
indignation is expressed that in the cen
= ter of great city il should he neces-
: passersby on the most flmsy of pretcXts.
e Owing TO the rule that soldiers cannot be
c Oh duty the sentry will escape. punish
|; ment, The Socialist members OF the i'm
d perial parliament may call for an invcs-
/ tiSation
x x Protecting the Gear.
e Columns have been printed in tho
Democratic press about the precautions
taken 10 insure the safety of the Car
during his visit TO lIesse. and reader
;. sian ruler never left the precincts of
Friedborg SchosS except In the middle
OF an lmpenctrabl BILE ring OF detectives. 81
far is this from being the case that the
measures adopted do not even suffice
: to protect his majesty from the intrusive
: curiosity OF the holiday making public.
n The German authorities waxco indig-
d nant and sent This outburst TO the news
N papers: AS the Car sat Yesterday on
# one of the benches OF the promenade az
10 Bad Nauheim he was recognized by some
a OF the visitors ana molcstcd in manner
,c that was positively scandalous, People
a him stared and surrounded him. and
ii pointed at him with their fingers. II was
J. only with difficulty chat the Car could
o escape these annoyances. If such oc-
"A Impossible for tho Car in future 10 show
+ himself in public and go for walks.
10 That the emperor % Russia was 5ot
- so much disturbed about tho matter AZ
his guests is shown by. the TACT that
on the next day lie left the Schloss
the field paths to the Ludwigsbrunncn
D. Here they climbed the wooden steps. a
- hundred feet high. leading up to the salt
- works which they examined. The ear
| and the princess walked back 20 Fried
/ borg.
Captain Ncumann. director of the
! school of aeronautcs at fricdrichshafeI
has lust published useful book. which
p gives an up-to-datc account OF interna
pr tional progress In tho matter OF diriSiole
u twcnty-onc nlrships built, building and
l. projected, The French, however, alrcanS
>e have fortv-two acroplaucs ready for MIL
p itary service. whereas this side OF ava
J. tion has been ignored by the German
IS general staff whose aerial energies have
= been wholly directed 10 the development
=, OF dirigiblcs.
~ King Alfonso Offends.
y, | al n, a The Tribune.