The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05
ADVENTIST CLASHES
WITH CONSCRIPT|O
Religiously Inclined Young Ger
man Likely to Spend Most Of
Life in Prison.
CHINA TURNS TO KAISER
Unable to Secure Alliance With
United States, She Opens Ne
gotiatlons With William.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
Special Cable to The Tribune.
BERLIN. Feb. 4.-Tho kaiser and his
| army have run up against snas IN the
mann. who. for religious reasons; will
not do any work on Saturday. and who
is in danger of spending the rest OF
Naumann who is an Adventist, de-
clares that Saturday is the real sabbath
and work on that day is slnful. a Wnea
| TO obey orders between sunset Friday
and sunset Saturday,
Minor punishments were absolutely
without effect on him. He merely de-
clared that his conscience forbade him
TO perform any kind OF labor on the Sab
bath.
Three months Imprisonment was fol-
lowed by further sentence Of two years.
That had no effect and the punishment
was increased to fiTe S,g Years ,i,,,orv court
retired the case. Questioned by the pre-
siding officer. Naumann declared that
as Christian his duty was 10 obey the
| religious law and refuse all work on the
| Sabbath.
Il was sworn in with a Christian oath"
| he said "and therefore cannot violate
the commandments OF God. One must re-
gard God as the highest authority and
obey Him first"
The court asked him whether he would
obey orders TO march on a Saturday In
the event Of war. Naumann replied:
Yes, because in that case danger
| One medical expert declared that he
was sane and the other that he was not.
The court accepted the former view, and
confirmed the sentence Of five years i'm,
! prisonment. after which Naumann Will
| be required TO serve the remainder OF his
| two years.
Blind Mourn for Benefactor.
An estate valued at $50, 100000 has been
at Bingen- on Rhine, The bulk OF his for
| tune will be Inherited by Baron Won
Schorlzmer- -Liesser. Prussian minister OF
agriculture. PurlceIll is survived by no
| fourteen years ago, A touching feature
OF the milionairc's funeral was the par
ticipation In the procession OF hundreds
| OF inmates OF the asylum for the blind.
which was founded through bis munin
cence. Puricelli was the owner OF vast
| vineyards and forests and very few peo
| pie ever heard of him,
| \ semi official paper makes the follow
| ing statement with regard TO NJ. Plchon's
| speech
"In political circles the speech Of the
French minister. NJ. Pichon. has made a
satisfactory impression. To this the thor
! oughlv pacific fundamental tone OF his
thing else. Both that portion OF the
| speech In which the minister speaks OF
| Morocco and gives an assurance that 1t
has not only been far from France,
| harbor, but that she Will maintain her
endeavors 10 respect her treaty obliea..
| tions. and his observations with regard
| To the German Russian negotiations are
| calculated TO establish n caner view.
| particularly In those circles which have
recently accompanied the understanding
| between Berlin and st. Petersburg with
| suspicion and dlsfavor.
Germany China's Second Choice.
China's failure to negotiate an ali-
| ance with the United States Is stated TO
he responsible for her efforts to come 10
an understanding with Germany. China.
/ ~ bar IN nt.sf-l of nfI
| Of the Russo japanese agreement with
regard 10 their respective interests In
| China made unsuccessful overtures TO
| the United States. Later the Chinese
| board of foreign affairs sent Liang Tun
| Yen on a mission to Germany. The re-
suit is not known in Pellin. while at the
! foreign office II is stated that the reports
of the German Chinese alliance, either
| present or prospective: are without foun-
datiou.
II Is admitted that the relations be-
precIably better.
The Importance that the Chinese gov
| visit OF the German crown prince 10
China is shown by the fact that he is to
have the unprecedented honor OF resi-
imperial palace itself. A European resi-
dcnce Is being built for the princes ac-
commodation This Will be the, first
| time a European visitor has been housed
within the walls OF the imperial palace.
Navy Is Nerve Wrecking.
Admiral Won Jirntz said in parliament
| recently In reply to the question as to
whether or not II was necessary that
the nations warships should be maneu
vered constantly. that II was true that
1t was often necessary TO do more work
In the navy than the nerves OF the aver
ase man could stand. In fleet that was
coming into being n certain overpus OF
| exertion was unavoidable. and the only
| antidote to that was that the personnel
should not be kept too low. For this
| reason he asked the hodv not to strike
out any OF the proposed new posts. The
fuse, credits for another vic admiral and
| an Interpreter for the naval attache at
Toxic was voted down
A Few days ago at the civil court at
kaiser's lawyer son. was sworn in as
barrster with emolument.
Try Huge New Engines,
Experiment with internal combustion
engines is In progress, with support from
the government. The following are be-
I neNcd 10 be the essential facts:
Three sets Of motor machinery each
set containing three cylinders, are being
manufacturcd, the aggregate power being
anout lS.ooo horsepower and the maxi
mum power per cylinder about 5000 horse
power exhaustive trials are To be made
on shore with q representative set OF
about 5000 horsepower. II the results are
sets in a vessel of the protected cruiser
type ana to use the motors to drive trlDle
propeller shafts and screws In place OF
three sets OF reclprocatInr steam en-
gines which were used prior to the in
| PRODUCTION of turbines into vessels Of The
| same class. ''
ASHES OF MOUNT ETNA
BLACKEN SWISS SHOWS
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