The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-11
PRINCE HENRY'S
 SPEECH ATTACKED Even More Out of Date Than Emperor Wilhelm" STATUE GIVEN DRINK And Group of College Boys Are Arrested as Result-Dissatisfac-
 tion Felt Over British Off,
 .cers Going to Turkey
STATUE GIVEN DRINK
By MALCOLM CLARKE


 Berlin, August 10.-(Special.)-T so- cialists and radicals of all shades are unit ing in bitter denunciation of the Lord and Overord" speech of Prince Henry of Russia. The Vossische Zeitung says such conceptions as those announced by the prince have no place in modern civiliza- tion and that Prince Henry is even more out of touch with the advancement of the German people than is the Kaiser Wii- liam, whom nothing seems to teach to hold his tongue
 A number of Americans were among the guests at the banquet to the Marks men at which the speech was delivered He attacked the socialists in bitter phrases and wound up by saying:
 T desire not to let this day pass with out addressing an appeal to you alto the depositaries of the national idea, to the nOn-sociailst tBugerlich) parties. He who today does not openly confess Elm Ieror and empire does not belong to us. From north and south from east and west, men of every German race have congregated here. Let every race be true 10 it's Lord ,Herr), and let us all be true to our Overlord (Oberherr), his majesty the German Emperor. Let this festival not pass without vigorous confession of Emperor and empire and the German ideals. Tren ist Trumpf! For the citizen let trumps ie obedience and order in the state. Rise from your seats and raise your glasses with the cry. Long live the Emperor, whom God protect" i"
 In diplomatic circles much dssatisfac- ton is exp ssed over the announcement that the British foreign office plans to offer considerable number of British of- licers to the Young Turk government at Constantinorle, ostensibly for The purpose Of reorganizing the Turkish gendarmerIe and wedding out the militarists who are accused of conspiring to set up q reaction ary distatorsnip. German critics of Brit ish foreign policy affect to see in this move a sinister design upon German in- luence in Turkey and a>deliberate goad to Germany's ally, Italy, now at war with the Ottoman empire.
 party of college youths, among whom were several Americans got into the hands of the Dresden police recently as the result of a purely American frolic Returning from a festive meeting with some kindred spirits they came to the celebrated bronze statue of Prince Bis- marck. The pose of the figure suggested an idea to one of the merry oollegians. He called lialt and directed one of his companions to go to neighboring rath- skeller and secure steins of beer for all. including the bronze reproduction of the prince. Just ss the youths were inducing the thirstless bronze image to GO justice to the brew of Dresden, policemen came on the scene and escorted them to the nearest police station
 The lack of an executioner IS the sole cause for delay In the decaptation of two Germans. now under confinement in Ger man Southwest Africa. Under peculiarly callous circumstances they killed police sergeant and were duly condemned to death. The laT in German Southwest Ar rica provides that all white men convicted of murder shall be beheaded. There is however. no official headsnian and ITO one can be found wiio is willing to under take the office cf executioner.
 A curious story is being told in connec- tion with a recent banquet given by tho kaiser William. One invited guest failed to arrive at the last moment and the Elm peror directed that, contrary to custom the vacant chair should not be removed Toward the end of the dinner the Emperor was observed to grow suddenly excited He half rose from his chair and resumed fl only to grow ashen pale. Quietly the guests withdrew. one by one His im- perial majesty said later in expianation of the incident that he could have sworn iii the vacant seat. grinning at him. 1t is the first known occasion where the Elm peror William has betrayed . weakness towards superstition. The old duke once laughingly declared that he would haunt the Hohenzolern as long as the latter held possession of his sequestratcd estates.