Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-11
viii Attend Swiss and Aus
trlan Maneuvers. II
SCANDAL At THE CAPITAL
Two Army 0f{lcen Accused Of Com
hitting Forgery.
NEW RESTAURANT FOR BERLIN
Will Be Furnashed m Iuxuxiuus
Mannee-Bsvaria to Put
Tar on Cats.

404 o1 Sat0N
Special CAbiegram to TIE star.
BERLIN, November 11-Noe coueaue
| with continually reviewing his own
| soldiers. the kaiser now IL dstermlnSd
to invite himself as q guest It the au-
| tumn maneuvers OF Germany's neighboe.
ing countries. There is little doubt thas
nothing would afford him greater ankls.
| faction than TO witness the srsae ma.
neuvers Of France. but this bsinG -
course. an utter impossfbiffty. hs has %
be content with attending the ArUo6an
and Swiss maneuvers.
While tho kaiser's presence = ma -
sented In Austria, the Swiss people -
anything but pleased a. tho pgoapece OF
| having their citizen soldsers play war 20
please the kaiser. who will probably have
plenty of fault to find with everything
| about them except their wonderful maracs-
manship. The press and people are ex-
ceedinglv outspoken I'm their opinions OF
| the self-invtted guest. and IL 10 generally
| hoped that some way may ba found to
| make the kaiser give mp his idea without
\ hurting his feelings too much.
The kaiser is also said TO have ap-
preached the Belgian government on the
/ blunt hint that the honor of his COM
pany would not be duly appreciated by
the Belgian people. To get even probably
| the kaiser used the first opportunity,
when giving an audience at Aachen TO a
| special Belgian mission, to let the world
| know that he thinks the Notifications
| on which Belgium has spent millions OF
dollars are absolutely useless, and would
not delay the invasion OF the country by
| strong enemy twenty hours.
Scandals Stir Berlin.
| There is no lack of society scandals In
Berlin at present. The Metternich case
had barely ended when two lieutenants.
Schmidt and Eggers. both well known in
the gay quarter of Berlin. are accused of
| fraud. forgery and INSTRUMENTATION.
From their garrison in Tilsit they were
in the habit of coming to Berlin. where
they spent large sums of borrowed money
| In the pleasure resorts Of the city. Thou
sands Of dollars were squandered, and IL
is alleged that Schmidt procured a costly
carpet on credit. which he Immediately
sold. devoting the proceeds of the sale
to riotouS living. He borrowed a lot OF
| money on the strength of a wealthy aunt,
worth millions, who had no actual
existence. Eggers signed Schmidts
| notes. and Schmidt signed Eggers'
After hearing part OF the evidence the
court decided to hear the remainder in
| proceedings publicity would be calculated
to bring the army into discredit.
Tried to Betray Secrets.
A man named Kreber has been SEN
| fenced by the court of the empire at
Leipzig to six years Imprisonment. the
| loss OF civil rights for ten years. and to
police surveillance during this period. for
attempting to deliver military secrets to
foreign power.
1t is said that the accused who was
a non-commissioned officer at Metz up 10
September last year, was often censured.
Later. finding himself in need OF money.
he approached a French agent with q
view to handing over to France the plans
of two forts as well as the designs OF
the Notifications Enclosure. His attempts
to sell the plans were unsuccessful. As
the accused man had not shown any re-
pentance for his act, but, on the con-
trary, had manifested regret because his
project had failed the court deemed Il
necessary to increase the punishment de-
manded by the public prosecutor.
Berlin. the city of cafes and music. Is
shortly to have another palatial estab-
| lishment I'm which visitors may sip their
coffee or light German beer and listen to
| the music of well trained orchestras any
| hour III the twenty-four. The new pop
ular palace. situated in the Potsdamer
called the Ptccadilly. and some idea of
its gigantic size is afforded BY the fact
that the proprietor will pay yearly
rental of $4,000 for his premises.
The interior furnishings will he of the
most luxurious description. Each single
chair, of which there will be hundreds I'm
the building, will cost SIS and Will be
modelled after the furniture of a well
known royal castle. No fewer than $780,
600 electric lamps will illuminate the
great building at night, and four orches-
tras. playing in relays of six hours each.
will render never-ceasing music for the
enjoyment of patrons.
Emperor a Business Man.
The German emperor, in addition to his
many-sided attributes as monarch. states
man. soldier, art critic, agriculturist and
philosopher. Is known to be a keen bust-
ness man. At Cadinen his majesty is
the owner OF a porcelain factory. whore
some OF the finest china and earthenware
work is turned out, and which every
year shows a profit which fully proves
the business capabilities and insight Of
it's proprietor. The kaiser Is nover
ashamed to influence business in his own
direction when the opportunity occurs.
and, like a good business man. u always
delighted when he pulls on q good oeaI
Recently a we'll known restaurant In
Berlin. Kempinski's, when renovatang
the establishment. decided to make .
feature in one apartment or DECORATIVE
tile work. and placed a very large order
for high-class tiles with the imperial
factory at Cadinen. The emperor was
60 pleased with this stroke OK busfnDss
that he has declared his tntention g
paving q personal visit to kemp1nskrs
and Convincing himself by inspection
that his customer has every reason to -
satisfied with the goods
The people of Bavaria. and especfoE
of Munich, are nothing II not original,
and they show their originality hn num-
Der OF ways. They are. for instance.
about to put a tax of H.25 year On
cats probably the first tax OF this k1nA
in the world. Furthermore. tbey haSs
given up using matches and have gone
back to flint, steel and finder. not BE-
cause they consider this method Of pgo-
ducing fire superior to the one generally
used, but to avoid paying q new imperial
tax Of 100 per cent on the value e
matches.
As another way OF showing their dis.
approval OF the imperial governments
way of putting on taxes. the Bavarton
diet has permitted the soldiers OF Ba-
varian regiments to use their spare hours
to manufacture cigars for their own u0e.
thus av0 ding the internal revenue dnfy
OH manufactured cigars.
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