Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-06
NEWS NOTES FROM
GERMAN CAPITAL
Interesting Facts in European Affairs
Picked up by Associated Press
Correspondent.

sons living on small incomes Is grave,
and il is feared that there will be un-
usual suffering among the poor dur
ing the coming winter.
The summers unparalleled drouth
has not vet been relieved except in
limited sections Of the northeastern
and northern provinces Of Prussia; and
even there the rains were not OF such
volume as to recover the serious dam
age already inflicted upon the growing
crops
The potato crop. representing the
chief food Of the poorer classes, is in
most precarious condition. The
Prussian government has ,ust issued
its first estimate Of the probable yield
of this crop. indicating a total Of %
So. 900 tons. which compares with 80
100000 tons actually harvested last
year. Potato prices have already ad-
vanced 80 to 100 per cent, in various
parts Of the country. Other vegetable
prices are ut a phenominally high lev
e.
The clover and ucerne crops were
SO damaged by the drouth that a sec
ond moving was not even attempted in
most parts Of the country. while even
the first mowings We're generally very
unsatisfactory.
The damage TO the crops has now
proceeded to such a point that it is
looked upon as irreparable: the semi
official newspaper has just said that
no substantial improvement is To be
looked for The chamber of commerce
of bar r1iZ n n q
appealing 10 the government to sus-
pend the duty on indian corn and ordi-
nary barley ~ot fitted for brewing pur-
poses. 1t is also recommended that
these products be carried by the rail-
ways at half rates, as was recently
decided in the case of other feed pro-
ducts. The Prussian ministry will in
a few DAYS take up and discuss the
various relief proposals. II is some
satisfaction to note that the grain
crops have apparently yielded cOnsid-
erably moro than had been believed at
the time when they We're harvested.
Owing to the unusually heavy quality
Of the grain already threshed out the
Prussian government has increased its
first estimates of the propable yield.
estimated at 2.347,OOO tons, is now
placed at 2.425.OOO tons, or only $1,000
tons less than last years actual yield;
while the rye crop is now placed at
S,452 900 tons, which is 262.000 tons
more than the estimate Of a month ago
and 41l,000 tons more than last years
crop.
Excessive litigation is coming TO be
recognized as one of the worst habits
of the German people as a whole. A
statistician has recently found that
during the year above $500. 900 cases
at law We're of-the most trivial char
acter-sO- called ''bagatelle cases" As
a consequence of this prediction Of
the people to appeal to the courts
about trifling matters, the number of
judges is relatively much greater in
Germany than in Anglo Saxon cOun-
tries There are not less than 1914
judges in Germany, or about one for
every $500 of the population. In Ber-
lin alone there are 1,15S judges.
Just now the government is Occu-
pied with a bill for the reform of ju-
dicial procedure, which is in part de-
signed TO check excessive litigation.
one cause for the pressure of work
at the courts is to be found in the fact
that mayors of cities and police Off
cials have no judicial functions in Ger
many Litigation is also encouraged
by the reasonableness of lawyers
charges as well as the costs collected
by the courts themselves. Lawyers
fees are strictly regulated in civil cases
according to a scale based upon the
amount of money involved.
The publication of the gossipy auto
biography Of Madame Toselli. former
crown princess of Saxony, has been
much discussed in Germany, where the
book has made a painful impression
and has been generally condemned by
the newspapers as a grave breach Of
common loyalty to old friends and re-
latives. Much curiosity was felt as to
what action the Saxon court would
take in view of the publication, since
the contract between il and the former
crown princess. under which she re-
ceives an annuity of nearly $4,000
from the court, contains a clause re-
straining her from publishing anything
against her former husband. II is un-
derstood, however, from Dresden adj
vices that the king has decided at once
to take no notice of the book, believing
that the best course toward his former
wife would be to let her choose her
own way to destroy the remnants OF
popularity that she enjoys with the
Saxon people
The remarkable success of American
surgeons in transplanting organs OF
the human body have awakened much
interest among German surgeons who
are doing similar work Professor
Hermann Kuttner, of Breslau Universe
ty has recently succeeded in giving
patient a new shoulder joint through
transportation. The patient was sCf-
fering from a tuberculous shoulder
Joint, which il was found impossible to
treat by the usual method Of cutting
away the diseased tissue. The sur
geon therefore decided to transplant a
Joint from a man who had just died
from water on the brain. The joint
was removed six hours after death and
kept in a certain solution sixteen hours
at a temperature just above freezing;
then. after a meteorological eXamin-