The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
GERMAN NAVY WILL
SOON Be INCREASED
Within a Few Years, Kaiser's
Fleet Will Be Equal to
Any Other.
RECALLS OLD ROMANCE
Suicide of Countess Revives
History of a Famous
Old Tragedy.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

| BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
Special Cable 10 The Tribune.
BERLIN. Oct 2S.-WhiIe the war be-
tween Italy and Turkey has been rather
OF the character Of opera bouffe. 1t new
ertbeless is likely to have "A strong In
fluence on Germany's naval policy.
Perhaps nowhere are the relative
strength and merits of the armies of
Italy and Turkey so thoroughly we'll
known as in Berlin and the best In
formed military men here have no hes~
| tation in expressing the opinion. pri
vately. that had it been possible 20 bring
the belligerents together on land that
there would have been different story
to toll
| The war has drawn home TO the minds
OF the kaiser and 10 a greater extent to
the minds OF the German people the truth
OF the proposition that for nation TO
be world power In these days fleet
| powerful enough 10 hold the seas is in
ldispensahie.
! As a result the naval programme Will
be radically extended until within the
next seven or eight years Germany will
have feet which will he able TO hold
its own against any sea force which may
| be brought against her.
| Another phase OF the war In TrlpoH
which will be watched by German army
experts with the keenest interest will he
the use of aeroplanes under active serv-
ice conditions.
This is the first tima an opportunity
! has arisen TO give these new engines an
their use in locating the hostile desert
tribes In the Tripolitan land will teach
many most useful lessons.
| The success of the Socialist candidate
In the recent election al Durselldorf has
come as distinct shock to officlaldom
here The center party has held this
seat since the Reichstag was Instituted
and that Ut should have been captured by
the Socialists by a strong majority in
dicates a growth OF Socialism which is
| far from reassuring.
Famous Romance Is Recalled.
The suicide of Countess Helene Won
| Donneges at Munich Is Of rather more
than usual interest to America, as she
with her last husband, Baron Serge She
vitsch. an eXiled Russian nobleman, who
was editor of Socialist daily paper in
| New York and who was known among
the more radical labor leaders through
| out the United States
The baroness was herself a famous
actress and authoress.
The story of the love affair Of Ferdj.
nand Lassalle, the famous Socialist, and
| Countess Won Docnniges forms the theme
of Meredths novel, The Tragic Come
dians.' The countess published two vol
umes of meToirs one OF them, which
was widely read. being entitled, My
Relations With Ferdinand Lassalle'" She
of her husband and straitened means
are supposed To have been the motives
| for her act. The last OF the many TO-
| mantle Incidents connected with Ferdi-
nand LassaIle-most brilliant of Jewish
wrIters-is closed with the death of th'
countess Lassalle wealthy youth, who
had first come into prominence by his
remarkable championship of the Countess
| HATFIELD whose cause he fought before
thrty-six different tribunals studying
lazy eGpressiy for that pTrppse vas Sab, .h1
Democracy, and In him Bismarck found
one of the most formidable opponents.
Duel Terminates Fatally.
Lassalle's meeting with Fraulen Won
Doenuges at q fashionable Berlin salon
led to his death. The first meeting was
In 1868, and he at once felt passion
for her which was ardently reciprocate ted.
In the summer of of 1864 he met her
again on the Rigt when they resolved
decidedly unconventional and original in
character. but the daughter OF a Bavarian
dlplomaust who would have nothing tn d.
with Lassalle, The lady was Imprisoned
In her own room. and soon, apparently |
under the influence OF very questionable |
pressure. renounced Lassalle In favor OF
q Wallachan. Iassallc sent a challenge, |
both To the lady's father and her be !
trotbed. which was accepted by the lat
ter AT the Caronge. suburb of Gc
neva, the meeting took place on August |
9s, 1854. when Lassalle was mortaly |
wounded, His funeral WAS that of c |
he has been regarded with feelings al |
most Of religious DEVOTION Fc wa |
only 20.
after his death she was united 10 the |
Hungarian actor. SieBwart Friedmann-
under whose auspices she went upon the I
German stage. and from whom she scpa-
rated, the marriage being legally void.
IN the United States, where she pnr-
sued both a literary and a stage career
she was married To the Russian writer.
Baron Won Scbevitsch. Her third hus-
band died recently at Munich and a few
days later overcome IT Il said n by a srsl
united suicide by taking choral ny
Royalty Enjoys Outing.
Their imperial maJesties have been
having Very ENJOYABLE lime at the east
Prussian shooting box, Romintcn. The
kaiser Is Of course. compelled TO devote
u certain portion OF his day-to national
affairs, and has received In audience
various statesmen from Herlin who have
gone down to discuss political matters
With his majesty; but the principal part
OF every, day Is spent m shooting 2 and
weather is Very cold at Rominten; the
thermometer has fallen in The night
wards noon does the kaiserin go out. and
then we'll wrapped up In furs,
His majesty, on the contrary, enjoys
and out soon after 1t Is light. One day
was especially lucky. The kaiser bring
Ing down four fine deer within Two hours;
aud In the afternoon his majesty basged
ovor a hundred partridRes and a num-
bcr OF hares. The kaisern and Princess
Victoria Luse have their cameras with
them as n matter OF course, and have
already taken n good many capital snap
shots. How long their majestes will /,
stay la quite undecided: II viii depend
on the weather and other very much {
more important things, L,