The Washington herald., 1912-02-25
PRINCE ADALBERT, son OF KAISER,
TO VISIT AMERICA THIS SUMNER

Berlin, Feb. D2l-Notwithstanding de-
malls in the German papers. 1t is quite
settled In principle (as the Germans are
fond Of saying that a German squadron
win visit America tnis year as return
courtesy for the visit paid to Kiel by Ad-
miral Badgers American squadron OF
four ships last summer. The Kaiser him
Iseif suggested the visit, and the proposal.
which Is certain to be accepted. has gone
IRON Berlin to Washington What num-
| Der of ships Will go Is not yet settled
A still more interesting point yet unset
tied coseerns the visit OF Prince Adalbert,
the Kaiser's third son, Germany's sailor
prince" as he is known. 10 American wa
ters and American cities. That the prince
will go n pretty certain. but It II not so
certain that his visit viii coincide with
that OF the naval squadron. Prince ,Adal-
bert does not finish his course of instruc-
tion at Kiel Academy until the end Of
June, and IL he goes then to America
It will he on a separate ship, and as
an ordinary officer performing ordinary
naval service. He viii rot be IN COM
mand, OF course, and consequently he
will not have the representative char
acter borne by Prince Henry. the Kaiser 8
brother, when he visited the United States
in 1901.
New Navy Bill.
According TO the Tagliche Rundschau,
the Forthcoming navy bill win increase
the personnel OF the feet by 1900 officers
and men, which, with the additional 1000
asked for IN the estimates, will raise II
from 5000 to 5000. The extra 1900 are,
1t Is said. required TO man the third
squadron, which IL is proposed to keep in
commission. and to meet the demands
arising from the increase In the size Of
vessels OF all types.
Papers of various degrees of fnspir-
alton continue TO publish statements
as to the financial scope Of the army
and navy bills. One unusually well-fn-
formed journalist asserts that the two
measures will involve an additional an
nuai outlay OF upward OF seS.ooo.Oo. In
another equally authoritative quarter
this statement is said TO have mo GER
tain foundation" and II Is hinted that
the sum required will not exceed 81, 7,c5o,-
600 or $1,000 900. There Is considerable
probability in the report that the chan
cellor has arranged for interviews with
the party leaders. in order to sound
them as to their attitude toward the
government plans for augmenting the
services.
Meanwhile, there are fresh signs that
public opinion In this country is shak-
ing Itself free from acute anglophobia.
which for time rendered It incapable
of a just appreciation of the interna-
tional situation. Even that organ OF the
big navy party, the Berliner Neueste
Nachrichten, prints. IL Is true, with
reservations Of It's own. q communica-
ton from an ofrcer Of the marine bat
talon. In which II Is contended that
what Germany needs Is not more ships
but the strengthening Of her land forces.
The "surpFise Attack"
An article from. naval circles" print
ed In a leading position IN the Frank
turter Zeitung, actually undertakes to
demonstrates that the measures adopted
by the British feet last summer had as
their object not the surprise attack" on
Germany, which has played % promi-
nent a role in the press and politics here
during the past couple of months, but
merely defense against possible sud-
den onslaught from this country. The
writer argues that the tension between
the two countries was the result of mu-
tual but equally baseless. suspicious.
and Il is the business of the German
government to contribute toward their
renewal
The Tagiiche Rundschau gives details
Of the last three German battle ships to
be launched. They have, 1t Is said,
displacement OF 24.50o tons. or 1.To0 tons
more than their immediate predecessors,
and are being engined With 2.00o-horse-
power turbines, which will give them a
speed of twenty-one knots. Their main
armament will be ten l2-inch guns. so
arranged as to be. available for broad
side.
For some days past q great ecclesias-
tical scandal has been going on in st.
Petersburg, and many competent persons
hfn1r Nf 20
able results for the Russian Church. II
has raised quite a storm against the
bureaucratic representative OF the En-
peror in the holy synod The incident
reveals something OF what is going on
behind the scenes, where. to the unin-
itiated. there seems to be nothing but
elaborate ritual and ceremony. Not only
are Russian laymen anxious for church
reform. but there Is also much discon-
tent among the Orthodox clergy. Peter
the Great abolished the patriarchate and
introduced an Official bureaucracy into
the administration OF church affairs, as
well as into that Of the country at large.
The revolutionary movement and the
constitution have reduced the bureau
cratic power OF the government, and now
the church. In It's turn, Is beginning to
feel the effects Of the stirring Of the
waters.
Sent to Exile.
Bishop Hermogen. Of saratoff. and the
notorious Monk, nlodore. Of Tsaritsin.
within the same diocese, have both been
sent by administrative order into exile.
the bishop to a monastery at Grodno, and
Iliodore to a similar establishment in the
province Of Vladimir. The demagogue
monk, who draws vast crowds, breaches
against aviators, and wants to publish a
religious paper TO be called Thunder
and Tightening. has disappeared recent
ly from St Petersburg, and, although
he is supposed to be footing II on a Pill
grimage to the famous Triotsky Sergivsky
Monastery, on the way to his appointed
place Of Punishment, hosts OF reporters
and police are securing the roads, and
watching the railroad stations have failed
the discover any trace OF him.
The chief concern. however, Is with
Bishop Hermogen, a most worthy preiate,
who has hAd to take to his bed under an
unexpected and undeserved blow, and
cannot leave the capital as ordered by
the Holy Synod. and In obedience to the
imperial command under the advice OF
his majesty's procurator attached to that
assembly.
Bishop Hermogen decidedly has popu-
lar feeling on his side, but his enemies
insinuate that his indisposition Is only
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