Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-20


logne. Aix-la- Chapelle Duisberg, bort
mund, Cassel, Nordhausen. Halberstadt,
Dessau. Berlin. This course has been di-
vided into twelve different sections, vary.
ing in length from 60 to $50 miles.
After the first section from Berlin to
Madgeburg has been completed the avia-
tors will remain at Madgeburg for three
days to take part in local races and COM
petitions in that city. At kiel there will
also be local races during a five-day in
terval The German ministry Of war is
greatly Interested in the competition. and
Will present two prizes for special
achievements Of military interest. The
patriotic note Is being very prominently
sounded in connection with the whole af-
fair, which is intended to stimulate aerial
navigation with flying machines in Ger
many, with a view to using aeroplanes
for military purposes
Kaiser Must Refund Fine.
AS King of Prussia the kaiser has been
sentenced to refund the sum of $50 i'm
posed as fine on a German actress
F'raulein Hessloehl of the Wiesbaden
Royal Opera. The kaiser owns all the
royal theaters. and their cost. including
the salaries of the actors, comes out of
his private purse. The $3.50 in question
represented a disciplinary fine imposed
by the opera director on Fraulein Hess
loehl for telling another singer, during
one of the most tragic moments of Iris
tan and Isolde" to get out Of the way"
The court. which sentenced the kaiser
through the director Of the opera. held
that the latter had exceeded his legal
powers in imposing the fine. He had, it
appears, done more, for he persistently
refused thereafter to allot the singer
suitable roles. The Woman's complaint
on this head was, however, rejected by
the court
The people of Berlin had long been won
dering what the poor crown prince, who
is a great favorite with all classes of the
population. has done that he is to be ban
ished for number OF years to the in
significant and lonely town of Danzig, as
commander of the Life Guard Hussars.
but no official explanation has been given.
The only light thrown upon the matter
is a recent and evidently inspired article
In Berlin paper, the Lokalanzeiger
which many think was written by the
kaiser himself.
The article, which Is very much out of
tune with the general tendencies of the
paper has created quite a sensation first
because Of it's extraordinary tone: second,
because 1t was in form really addressed
to the young crown prince himself.
THE crown prince" 1t said whose en-
thusiasm for the military career and SOL
dierly habit of mind IS well known, will
not only obey his royal fathers command
with alacrity, but also will welcome the
occasion of extending his general range
Of vision and OF exercising his passion
for soldering in an entirely new field.
''It is obvious that the removal Of the
prince to a distant province far from the
excitement and stir of the capital, can
only further his development on the lines
required by his vocation. and he will, of
course be expected to take advantage of
his opportunity of studying the relations
of the military and civil elements, apart
from the confusing interpostion of court
limitations imposed by conditions in the
capital"