Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-05
PUNISHMENT HAD NO EFFECT
Given Retrial, Rebellious Man il
Again Condemned.
SENT TO PRISON FOR FIVE YEARS
Fortune of Fifty Millions Goes to
Minister of Agriculture.
MAN LEAVING IT HAD NO HEIRS
China stnI Negotiating for Alliance
with Germany and VIII Give
the Crown Prince n Royal
welcome mt Picking.
BY MALCOLM CLARKE.

BY MALCOLM CLARKE.
BERLIN, Feb 4-CSpecial to The Bee)-
The kaiser and his army have run up
against snag in the person Of a private
soldier named Naumann. who, for relig-
ious reasons will not do any work on Sat
urday and who is in danger Of spending the
rest of his life in prison for his principles
Naumann, who is an Adventist. declared
that Saturday is the real Sabbath. and
work on that day is sinful. When he be-
came a soldier in 1907 he refused y obey
orders between sunset Friday and sunset
Saturday. Minor punishments were abso-
| lutely without effect on him He merely
declared that his conscience forbade him to
| perform any kind Of labor on the Sabbath.
Three months Imprisonment was followed
by a further sentence of two years. That
| had no effect, and the punishment vas in
creased to five years.
| On appeal the higher military court re-
tried the case. Questioned by the presiding
officer, Naumann declared that as a Christ
ian his duty was to obey the religious law
and refuse all work on the Sabbath
Il was sworn in with Christian nath,''
he said, and therefore, cannot violate the
Commandments OF God. One must regard
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 be-
cause in that case danger would be immi-
nent"
One medical expert declared that he was
sane and the other that he was not The
court accepted the former view and con.
flrmed the sentence of five years imprison.
ment. after which Naumann will be re-
quired to serve the remainder of his two
years.
Fortune for a Baron.
An estate valued at $50 10000 has been lef
by a man named Purecelll. who died a
Pingen- on the Rhine. The bulk Of his Tor
tune will be inherited by Baron Won Schor
lemer- Lesser, Prussian minister of Agri
culture. Purcelii is survived by, no direc
heirs. His only son was killed fourteen
years ago. touching feature of the mil
lionaire's funeral was the participation il
the procession of hundreds Of inmates o
the asylum for the blind, which wa
founded through his munificence Purcell
. was the owner Of vast vineyards and for
ests, and very few people ever heard o
him
China sim Busy.
China's failure to negotiate an allianc
with the United States is stated to be re
sponsible for its efforts to come to an un
derstanding with Germany. China, In It
Q anxiety TO counterfeit the effect Of tn
: Russo-Japanese agreement with regard I
: their respective interests in China made un
! successful overtures to the United State
, with a view to an alliance. When the
: proved unsuccessful the Chinese Board O
Foreign Affairs sent LANG Tun Yer, on
mission TO Germany. The result is nc
known in Picking. while at the foreign offic
y It is stated that the reports of the German
: chinese alliance, either present or prospec
q tive, are without foundation.
5 II Is admitted that the relations betwee
the two countries have grown appreciate
better.
The Importance that the Chinese govern
ment attach to the approaching visit Of tn
German crown prince to China is show
, by the fact that he is to have the unpr,
, cedented honor OF a residence not merel
in Picking, but in the imperial palace Il
4 self European residence is being but
for the princes accommodation. This wi
be the first time a European visitor hs
been housed within the walls OF the In
perlal palace.
Heavy Work in Navy.
i Admiral Won Jirnitz, In Parliament r,
n Gently, said in reply to the question as
q whether or not It was necessary that II
4 nations warships should be maneuvere
a constantly that it was true that it wa
= often necessary to do more work in II
l., navy than the nerves of the average ma
e could stand. In fleet that was comm
10 into being a certain Oyerplus OF exertioI
} was unavoidable, and the only antidote
d, that was that the personnel should not
g kept too low. For this reason he asked Il
e body not TO strike out any OF the propos,
le new posts. The committee yielded and q
Is motion to refuse credits for another vi,
n admiral and interpreter for the nav
Is attache at Toxic was voted down.
L. wilhelm Peaceful When Young.
The following letter was written by Il
" kaiser to the colonel OF his regiment, Il
." First Food guards. thep at Versailles. WI
helm being only y years old at the time:
My Dear Colonel; On my birthday / &
many nice things but the incest OF all Il
presents Is the shattered shot which "
have presented 10 me, This mighty she
q Is a terrible thing, indeed. and what dar
y age il must do when IL is whole. and VIII,
Il comes whistling through the air and IA
to the ground and bursts And h mu
II make an awful noise. l got a very gre
fright when l saw this SHE'LL and ! VI
filled with horror when i said 10 Tayst
that these sugar-loaves are shot al
thrown at our dear regiment and at o.
dear brave fellow-cOuntrymen But, thar
. God! this happens no longer. For thr
=. weeks a truce has been arranged, and Il
~ 20 be hoped there will be no more fightin
OF Then you will come back 20 ms, crown
lie with glory. How delightful ! shall be
Z. welcome you all again. When I neari
ST Privat and lie BouTget and still
b. lie Bourget l should. IA spite OF q gre
er fright. gladly have been grown up III
ar able to be there In fact / should ha
= liked to be with the regiment everywheI
u II Is a great comfort 10 me 10 know n
CT no more OF YOU are being shot decd.
a. thank you many thousand times for yO
Kindness In thinking NJ ma and aandfnar :