The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-01-15
BY STEVEN BURNETT.

of the age, has suddenly got into a |,
scrap with the local press of Kiel. |
where the prince resides with his fam
lily. since he retired from active naval
service.
The city fathers of kiel. who are
rather socialistically inclined, wish to
continue the management of the
"stadt theater" (city theater) in oppo-
sition to the more well-to-do taxpayers
and the majority of the press who de-
mand the leasing of the theater.
The Prince, however, appears to be
an ardent supporter of this kind OF
socialistic undertaking. for during
recent performance he sent for one
of the newspaper critics and remon-
strated with him for his hostility to it.
The two leading organs of kiel have
now united in an attack on the prince,
whom they accuse of improperly at
tempting to interfere with their free
dom of criticism.
Berlin is rather alarmed at the con-
stant rumors of the danger of an i'm
pending war between China and ia
pan The first rumors to this effect
reached here via ST. Petersburg just
after Christmas, but did not find much
credence, as the Russian paper whose
Vladivostock correspondent started
them is pronouncedly anti-Japanese.
German consular reports from the far
east which have just arrived here,
however, rather confirm the rumors,
stating that both powers display few
erish military activity and at Peking it
spring will see the outbreak of a war
in which the United States is expect
ed to take sides with China, in the
hope of breaking the power of Japan.
which has become a menace to Ameri-
can interests in the Pacific.
The personal influence of the kaiser
added to the strenuous efforts of the
minister of education has succeeded in
restoring at least semblance of
peace in the philosophical faculty of
the Berlin university. Obeying an
imperial dictum the two professors,
Sering and Bernhard, some days ago
each issued statements which appar-
emily satisfied the other part, though
Bernhard seemed to have had rather
the best of the quarrel.
Those who are more intimately ac-
quainted with university affairs as
affects only the academic issues and
that the personal questions still re-
main unsettled, and that there is
therefore a strong possibility of the
two hot headed philosophical" minds
agreeing as to the terms on which
they are prepared to shed one anoth-
er's blood.
According to figures just published
the Official Socialistic press of Ger
many now consists of seventy-eight
papers. with an aggregate of 100000
subscribess. In 1904 the latter num-
Der was 100000, so that it has nearly
doubled in six years.
and it's suburbs are in despair at the
approaching sad faces of the plaster
figures of ancient gods and goddesses
with which they plentifully adorn
their buildings. The district court of
Potsdam has decided that the police
may order any undraped figure on
house to be removed Immediately.
The police took offense at a good re-
production in stucco of the Venus of
urh od0
far from the kaisers palace. They or
dered it's removal and on the appeal
of the owner to the courts gained the
case.
Many persons in the street." alleg-
ed the police, have complained that
the Venus was undraped. If Herr
Goeben will drape it, it may remain"
AS nearly every new house in Ber
lin has mere than one undraped statue
on it's facade. this judgment is likely
to have far reaching consequences.
Prof. Karl Roechling has, with the
Kaiser's permission, painted for the
officers convalescent home, near
Wieshaden, a representation of the
Kaiser burning himself in tasting
bowl of soup as served to the troops
on manouvers.
According to the ''Mittagszeitung,"
the incident actually occurred. The
Kaiser, as usual, insisted on tasting
the rations and burned his mouth;
| whereupon the monarch observed in
Broad Berlin dialect: "Ah! William
thou hast properly burned thy mug
| (schnauze) again"
The popular hero of the day in Italy
is beyond doubt the notorious Sicilian
brigand Salomone, who has now serv-
ed five years of his life sentence for
murder. Altogether this remarkable
man has over dozen assassinations
to his discredit
Under other circumstances and in
different cline from that of Sicily,
Salonone would have won a high po-
sition among his fellow-men. He is