The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-02
SOCIALISTS WILL
ENTER A PROTEST
Over Increases in ,Armaments
by Austria Hungary
and by Italy.
> sY STEVEN BURNETT.
Especial Cable from the Internatio
News SCrNtCe.)

Especial Cable from the International
News Service)
Berlin, April 1.-AntiSemitism is
by no means dead letter in modern
Germany. as the Jews have learned in
the course of the army debates in
Rcichstak. For years they have been
Waging II hopeless campaign designed
To give young israelites the right To
wear the Kaiscr's uniform as army of.
iiccrs. Periodically, the question crops
up In Parliament. and the Minister of
War, with his hand ON his heart, regu.
larry dcprccatcs the prevalence of a
belief that Jews do not enjoy equal
rights In the army with their Chris
tlan brethren.
The present War Minister. General
Won iIerringen recently spoke with
nnaccustomed plainness. He said
that there could he no thought of tam.
pcring with that freest of our insti-
tutions"-the right of regimental Off
GERS in the Prussian Army to choose
their own comrades by election. This
no jewish army officers In Prussia,
for the corps of officers Is incorricib-
1y saturated with anti-semitism. II
has even been said that the Kaiser
has sought in vain To bring about II
modification of his officers attitude to-
ward Jews. Ills Majesty himself has
no antipathy Ia the race. Men like
Hcrrcn Ballin, ltathcnau, Simon and
Koppcl. enjoy his friendship. favor
and cinfidoncc, hut their sons arc
hopelcssly black-listcd as far as army
honors are concerned.
Great preparations are being made
by the Socialist parties in Austria
Hungary and Italy to ensure that their
demonstration Of protest against arm
amcnts ON Palm Sunday shall be as
imposing AS possible.
This demonstration promises to be
on a gigantic scale. Not only will the
Socialist leaders of both countries
meet In Rome on April 9Th. to make Il
vigorous protest against the immense
burdens laid by the military authori-
ties upon the shoulders of the two
venc mass meetings and to arrange
professions and other demonstrations
I'm all the towns and industrial cen
tcrs of Austria.lIungary and Italy on
the same day.
The Socialist argument is that arm
amentS are superfluous as the AustrO-
Hungarian and Italian peoples have no
wish to make war upon each other.
and are. therefore, criminal waste OF
national property. The money spent
on Drcadnaughts and upon fortifica-
tons and guns, they declare. should
be used for building more schools and
hospitals and other useful social pur-
poses.
Prussia Is full of millionaircs. who
are said To number no fewer than s.
800. They are. of course, only mark"
millionaircs. but even so they form
quite u considerable class.
These mark" millionaircs received
m unpleasant shock the other day at
the announcement. that Herr Rudolph |
Martin, formerly high official in the
Prussan Civil Service and IA well
known writer. who achieved fame
lations concerning the bankruptcy of
the Russian treasury, intended shortly
To Issue II year book of the Incomes
and Fortunes Of Prussia's Million
aires"
The Prussian Finance Minister a few
days ago had Herr Martins flat
searched by the police, and all the au-
thor's proofs and manuscripts of the
yearbook were seized and taken away
on the grould that Herr Martin had
obtained his information by bribing an
official of the Income Tax Commits.
sion.
Herr Martin declares in defense that
he has bribed nobody. but has simply
employed his intelligence to deduce {
the facts from the income tax reports {
Of the different towns. '
However, this may be. many million. &