Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-09-23
News From European Capitals

of the socialist followers attracted
scarcely any comment in the Berlin
papers, so frequently has it been mani
tested, and political opponents have
nc hope Of the socialist organization
breaking down in the coming reichs-
tag elections in spite of the death or
ageing weakness of some Of the
, prominent leaders.
The power of the Prussian agrarian
or "Junker" party and it's leader, the
"uncrOwned king DR.. Won Heyde-
brand, has again been strikingly Illus
trated by two speeches of Emperor
William, who, high placed as he is.
nevertheless finds it necessary to pay
close ear to the music of the land
holding party which has long dictated
the tariff policy of the empire.
His majesty's speech at Hamburg,
in which he referred to the necessity
of strengthening the German navy,
was mainly devoted to an eulogy OF
commerce, which he described as the
breadth of the national organism,
without which it would be but life
less corpse. The agrarians felt them
selves affronted by the exaltation OF
commerce, though nothing has been
sad or insinuated in disparagement
OF agriculture, and a campaign Of such
vigor was started in the agrarian pres
that his majesty found it expedient,
in a speech delivered few days later
at Stettin, to pay an equally high
tribute to the virtues and Importance
Of the bucolic life.
After much discussion of the Ham,
burg speech, the German press has
concluded that the reference to
strengthening the navy did not POI
tSrd any change in the German naval
program, as supposed abroad, but oily
emphasized the Importance of keep
ing up the present rate of progress in
building up strong sea force.
Emperor William, in spite of the
great developments of wireless teleg-
raphy, still makes extensive use OF
personal messengers to convey his de-
sires to his secretaries of state and
diplomats when he Is in foreign parts.
AS a matter of fact, on his recent
northern trip he gave orders that only
the most pressing matters OF state
were to be communicated to him by
wire, owing to the danger of messages
connected with the complicated Mo-
rocco negotiations being picked up by
unauthorized persons.
The messengers who convey the
imperial messages and state docu-
ments are. specially selected army
officers, who before being recommend
ed for their post of trust must pro-
vide the fullest evidence of their fidel-
ity and truthworthiness. They are
first chosen by their immediate CON-
mander, who, after years of personal
contact and observation, pick them as
as being possessed of rapid decision,
fearless energy, bravery and hard rid
ing powers. Then they are attached
for a period to. various embassies
abroad, where they are kept under
surveillance, and finally they come
into close personal attendance on the
emperor. Thereafter their freedom is
practically at an end, for they must
be prepared at a moments notice to
leave for any part of the world by
the quickest route.
They are entitled to claim the best
separate cabin on any German steam
er and an entire compartment on any
railroad train on making known to
the officials in charge that they are
on an imperial mission. Their bag
gage is not liable to customs inspec-
ton at any frontier, as they have the
diplomatic privilege. They carry docu-
ments from the various embassies to
the foreign office INA leather satchel,
but letters from the emperor to a
foreign sovereign or from a foreign
prince to the emperor are always con-
veyed in secret hiding place on their
person.
The importance of the moving pic
lures as an educational factor has
been recognized to such an extent in
Germany that they are now largely
utilized in the elementary and con-
tinuation schools in town and country,
for Institutional purposes. The exhi-
bition of films dealing with interest
ing subjects takes place under the
auspices of the Society for the Spread
of Popular Education, which possesses
an extensive collection and is subsi-
died by the various local educational
authorities.
The pictures have been found to
make such a lasting impression on
the scholars that they are being called
for in constantly increasing numbers,
and the society has decided to found
circulating library of films to be
sent to each school in rotation. Magic
lantern slides are also in gretat de.