The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-02
NOU|TE SUSPICIOUS
!. ARE THE GERMANS
Uneasy Feeling Is Ascribed
to the Intensely Hot
Summer Season.
ey STEVEN BURNETT.

BY STEVEN BURNETT.
Especial Cable from the international
News Service.)
BERLIN, Sept 2.-The unusually
hot summer seems to have affected
the brains OF German officials and
made them so nervous that the whole
country Is now being made exceeding
ly uncomfortable for foreign tourists,
few OF whom escape the suspicion OF
being spies. The particular form OF
insanity which causes the sufferers to
see spies everywhere, is particularly
prevalent at the seaside resorts of the
Baltic and North Sea, and anyone.
who has the appearance OF an Eng
lishman, Is liable to arrest should he
only make the mistake of consulting a
plan taken from a guide-book, wheth-
er he is in the vicinity Of fortress
or not. 1t is, in fact, almost unsafe to
order whiskey and soda, or ham and
eggs, for the person who does SO. is
ut once placed under suspicion.
The English accent is fatal, and
anyone with clean-shaven face is
liable to be Swallowed wherever he
goes. The London lawyer. now UNI
der arrest In Bremen, so well known
in connection with Lieutenants Brand.
on and Trench, and strong proof of
his guilt Is found by many of the Ger
man newspapers in the fact that the
same lawyers who acted on behalf OF
those officers have been engaged to
defend him.
The rapid progress OF the anti-alco.
hol crusade in Germany has created
some confusion among the members
OF the trade" and their endeavors to
check the movement eliminated in
some exciting scenes during the re-
cent Anti-alcoholic Congress organized
by German total abstainers at the Hy'
Gienic Exhibition at Dresden. The
brewers. distillers, hotel keepers and
restauranteurs, while the congress
was proceeding, arranged a series OF
opposition meetings of friends of al
cohol." at which speakers gave ad
dresses on the benefits accruing from
the absorption of wines. spirits. liquors
and beer. AS the meetings were pub
lie, numbers of fervent anti-alcohol ad
vocates attended and lively incidents
resulted when they were refused per
mission to enter into open discussion
scenes amounting almost to riot oc
curing on several occasions. The
friends Of alcohol" obtained their re-
venge indirectly, for leading Good
Templar. Judge Ropert of Hamburg
In addressing meeting of the con
Eress. made the assertion that the
press Of Germany was unfairly influ
enced against abstainers and in favor
OF the manufacturers of alcohol Ow.
Ing to the large sums spent by brew.
ers and distillers for advertising in its
columns. This charge has aroused
the indignation Of newspapers
throughout Germany. which. while de-
claring themselves in favor of mod
Grafton. argue that every man is a
law unto himself in this respect. and
accuse the total abstainers OF immod
GRAFTON In their campaign and with at
tempting to "terrorise" the public into
accepting their point of view.
A remarkable picture of Germany's
progress In the art of warship buildinf
10 drawn by the Kiel correspondent Of
the Kolnishe Zeitung. 1t appears thai
the three battleships OF the HelgolanG
class already completed were built in
periods ranging from 81 " to S3H
months. Their predecessors. of the
Nassau type, though 5000 tons smaller
required periods of from 361s to Al
months for their construction. Abou,
the same time was spent over vessels
Of the Braunschweig and Mittelsbacf
class. which ranged in size from II,
500 to 13.200 tons.
On the other hand, the Kaiser and
Brandenburg series OF battleships Of
from 10000 to l1.15O tons, all required
four years for their construction. Still
earlier 1t was not an unknown thinf
! for German battleship to be on the
stocks as long as eight years.
1t 10 interesting in this connection
to recall that. IN reply to the inquir,
sent round by Count Won Reventlov
six years ago. the Germania, Howalt
Vulkan, Blohm and Mos, Schichau ant
Weser yards announced their abilit,
to construct capital ships within from
twenty.four to thirty months. At tina
rate Of construction the private yard.
in this country would then have beer
able to turn out battleships and ar