Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-04-17

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manders that they had no legal pow
ers to arrest, and would be liable for
the consequence of illegal action.
Their duty was only to see to it that
the passenger did not leave the ship
before the arrival of the police, Rep
resentatives of the foreign office and
the ministry Of Justice, who were pres.
ent at the congress, promised that
where captain made a mistake he
would not be called to account.
A meeting was recently held in the
reichstag building in Berlin to discuss
the overcrowding of the tenement
population in Germany. At this meet
Ing the surprising statement was
made, that fully 100000 of the 3,00o,-
600 inhabitants of Greater Berlin live
in apartments with five or more per-
sons in each room. A high proportion
OF the working families in Berlin live
In one-room apartments, letting out,
too, a portion of the floor space for
sleeping accommodation to single mon
to exc out their income 1t was also
mentioned that $4,000 school children
In Greater Berlin have no playground.
DR.. Kirsohner, the venerable mayer of
Berlin, attempted to dispute these fig
ures but was COMPOUNDED by the off,
c1al statistics. Two ex-ministers,
Count Pasadowsky and Bernard
Dernburg, are taking the lead
In the agitation for a reform of the
overcrowding evil, Herr Dernburg
presiding at the meeting.
A great American daily pays the fol:
lowing tribute to the Germans serving
In the Union army during the Civil
war of 1861-1S65: It is a fact that
German enlistment in the Federal
armies exceeded proportionately that
of any other nationality among our
citizens. There were $4,000 German
born Union soldiers, whereas the quota
OF the Germans according to the num-
Der of them in the country was but
12S,102 men. The Germans thus con.
tributed 681e per cent more than their
share. These figures take no account
Of American soldiers of German de-
scent, either immediate or remote.
who numbered something like half a
million. Moreover, the services of the
military-trained Germans who served
as officers and drill-masters to the
Union armies early in the War, never
have been fully recognized. What
Baron Steuben did on a small scale
for the army of Washington, the Ger
mans did in many instances for the
undrilled volunteers of 81 to 81. Men
like Osterhaus, Which, Sigel, Stein
wher, Hassendeubel, Dilger, schimmel-
tennig were invaluable as drillmas-
ters.
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.
only daughter of the kaiser, is tho
heroine of a true love- romance.
which is now finding a sequel in the
princess rest cure" with her father
on the Mediterranean. The princess,
who will be 20 years old next Septem.
Der, fell In love with the hereditary
Count Fugger, q lieutenant in the
Guards du Corps at Postdam and 4
descendant of an ancient Bavarian
family which was once the wealthiest
IN Europe. The affection was mutual.
out 1t was necessary to represent to
the princess that marriage was i'm.
possible, not only on account of the
difference in the lovers rank. but also
because the Fuggers are devout Ro-
man Catholics. The princess succumb-
ed to distressing attack of nervous
prostration in consequence of this
state of affairs, and was forced, at the
height OF the court season, to abstain
from further participation in it, and it
was found desirable that the princess
should not remain in Germany al
originally planned, but should, instead.
sojourn on the Mediterranean and at
Corfu with the kaiser until the end of
the season.
Denial Of the report that Kaiser
wilhelm told Colonel Goethals that tho
Panama canal should be fortified was
made officially in the Norddeutsche
AllSemeine Zeitung. The statement
that the kaiser said that the canal
should be fortified was published by
Goethals several days ago.
An exposition has been opened in
Berlin under the title of woman In
Business and in the Home" The ex-
position, of which the German empress
Is the chief patroness, was planned
and is being carried out solely by
women, and is devoted entirely to
women's work in all fields of endeavor