The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-05
~ STEVEN BURNETT.

will run high in the final session OF
the present Reichstag. and the de
bates promise to be stormy and ran
corous A number OF important bills
are awaiting action but public atten
lion will be concentrated upon the
purely political aspects of the session
so far as it may affect the forthcom
ing General Elections, and. above all
upon the Interpolation debates. 1t is
morally certain that several OF the
parliamentary factions will ask the
government to give an explanation OF
I its Moroccan policy. Whether or not
| the government finds it cxpedent to
reply. it cannot prevent 4 debate on
! the subject
The Socialists will bring in another
Interpolation asking the Government
what il proposes to do toward reliev-
ing the distress arising from the enor-
nous advance in the cost of foods. In
Wow Of the state Of popular feeling on
this subject and the immincncc Of the
elections the discussion of the ques-
ion promises to be scarcely less in
tcresting than that upon Morocco. and
quite as embarrassing to the govern
mcnt, which car offer no definite
assurance of relief. The Chancellor
who attempts to remove the rostric-
tons excluding the importation OF for
eign meats-Onc of the chief Socialist
dcmands--wOulG invoke the enmitv Of
:he entire Conscrvative-A grarian Gle
ment. Herr Rebel and his followers
will be able to wage their fight at the
coming election largely on the issue
Of dear food. A more effective and
popular campaigning issue they could
hardly desire.
Conditions for which it is hard to
find any other adjective than 'horri-
BILE" have come to light in German
school. These conditions cloak con-
spiracy among certain school boys to
murder the principal Of their gymnas-
ium. The ages of the conspirators
ranged from thirteen to fifteen years
They had bound themselves in writing
and lots were to he drawn as to who
should have to do the shooting The
murder would have surely taken place
had not a teacher come across a let
ter which put the authorities on guard
What is still more disquieting is that
The incident has brought to light sew
eral instances that point to the inno-
cent-looking German schcolboy as a
dangerous criminal.
At school in Halle-on-Saale some
lad attempted to bride the owner of a
restaurant to allow them to supply
one CT their teachers with a glass of
liquor such as he drank nightly The
man pretended to consent but report
ed the matter to the police. 1t was
found that the liquor supplied by the
lads contained fatal dose of ar
senic.
director of another gymnasium is
reported as declaring that in his insti
tuition none Of us are sure of our
lives!" No doubt such cases are ex-
ceptional. and as the Minister of Edu-
cation says, do not occur through anv
fault of the teachers" but it is alarm.
ing that it should occur at all.
Berlin rlaygoers are deeply disturb
ed over the announcement that impor
tant changes affecting the manage
ment of three Of the city's greatest
theaters are in prospect 1t has be-
come known that Director Max Rein
hardt is considering an early retire
ment from the management from the
two theaters over which he has pre-
sided so long and so brilliantly. The
abundant opportunities offered him
lea. 1t is said, have tempted him to
seek broader field Of activity. Sim
ultaneously. it is announced that Dr.
Otto Brahm, who. ranks with Rein.
hardt as director. will retire from
the management of the LEASING
Theater These changes mean a revo-
luton in Berlin theatrical conditions
DR.. Brahm will be succeeded by
Herr Victor Barnowsky. hitherto d.
rector OF the Kleines Theater but who
Will. or can, take Reinhardt's place
Is matter Of conjecture
The number Of royal writer's on the
Continent is by no means inconsider-
able. nor are any Of them really hid
den by the pseudonyms they invar-
iably assume. OF such wayfarers on
the slopes of Parnassus the most wide
ly known. no doubt. is Carmen
sylvia. In real life Carmen Sylvia"
is Elizabeth, consort Of King Karol
of Rumania
Among others is Queen Marie of
Naples, the last Of the Bourbons" as
she is sometimes called. because she
Is the widow of the deceased king
of Naples and the Sicilies. Her given
name is countess Isoa." and under
1t she has published quite series of
religious works in prose and poetry.
She has just celebrated her seventeen
birthday.
The pseudonym 9TH. Won Bayer"
hides from no German the personality
of Princess Therese. daughter of the
present monagenarian Prince Regent
Lutpold of Bavaria. The sister of the
German kaiserin Princess Fedore of
Schleswig Holsteln. who died some
little time age. wrote many poems I'M
der the pSeudonvm # Haein" and