Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-07-28
(Ry Steven Burnett.
{ Special Cable from the Inter-


 Berlin, July 21.-From ali officer who accompanies the Kaiser or his annual Norway cruise hear that in conversations on board he re,ealed- ly i!aS come back to an unusually bitter attack which was made Quen him in a clever German magazine Die Zeitschrift, Immediately before his departure, and which was the se- Guel to an article entitled, The Kai- ser as an Advertisement" Duh{iSi4pd by the same magazine some tarec or four months ago In the frst a}tiele much sarcastic comment W3S Hajie on the Kaiser's friendship ta4Z Herr Bal lin, the head of the Hamburg Ameri- can Line and the services hc rouder- ed the comnary by launching their ships.
 In the second article. N1teh appears under. the heading = kaises and Ham, burg versus Prussia il l. DutnIy al- 1 legged that it was the kaiser who personally prevented d 6etman dock company from getting. 6 eonoession which would make Emdeu port of departure for emigrant steamers, he cause such a concession would hurt the interests of Herr Baiins com pany. What makes the attack even more insulting is the fact that the writer says that the Kaiser owns $3,000,0 900 worth of sharps in his friends company and alleges tha. these shares were probably turned over to His Majesty in return for ser vices rendered rather than in eX- change for real coin
 It is characteristic of the change which has taken place in Germany during the last ten years that any one dares publish an article of his kind, which under the old conditions would have meant years in prison for it's author
 Strange things are happening these days in Alsace-L Lorraine The other day a Metz court martial sentenced four Catholic priests each to six months Imprisonment for insubordi- nation. They had been called up at Diedenhofen to one of those control mnsters' to which reseryists are per iodically summoned, and. ii is alleg- ed, behaved unbecomingly towards the officer in charge.
  they entered a written protest in a manner not in accordance with the regulations, and threatened to lay the matter before the Parliament at Strassburg, which has already caused so much displeasure in high places. Considering this threat disrespectful, the officer laid information against the offenders. The Court took more serious view of the case, and found them additionally guilty of resist ance' and menaceS.
 A fifth priest, who also signed the protest, got off with three days im- prisonment. All the defendants have appealed to a higher military tribu- nal. It need hardly be added that the Imprisonment of Catholic priests, whether rightful or wrongful, will not simplify the situation in Alsace= Lorraine
 In, 1909, when the four hundredth l anniversary of Calvins birth was eel ebrated, and the foundation-stone of an International monument to the Reformation was laid in Geneva, the 1 Emperor William sent a telegram of congratulation. lie has just sent l through the German Legation at Berne, 10000 marks as a personal l donation towards the cost of the mon ument, in the sculpture of which 1 William of Orange, Admiral de Col igny, and the Elector Frederick Will liam of Brandenburg, the Emperor S ancestors, will appear. The monu- , ment, which is not to Calvin person. | q ,Nt1t t, tbo )pff iO,, Whoie, takes the form of a wall with statutes and bas-reliefs. The site, which IS presented by Geneva, is both beautiful aud fitting, Among the his monument VII he Roger Wlliia ns, d Welshman and one of the founders Of New England, William the Silent, Calvin, Guillaume Farel, and Theo- dore ;!a ,5eze
 GAhe su:a of $lG,000 has been sub scribed by Budaphest I'ro' estsnts, : and the Irish Protestais have con- trihutcd liDera,iv. 1t is Eoss.,i2 that during the Emperors visit to Switz- erland in September he may inspect the monument in Geneva.
 One feels like taking back all the slanderous things one says about Ber- lin at other times, in the presence of her ineifabiy lovely msrn i. We are in the midst of the outdoor life now, those of us who have not gone to the Baltic or the North Sea, or the : Black Forest, or the "cure," places like Nauheim and Baden Baden, and it is re Acason uf sc?so"s to be here. To take tro pla 'os of na':ves who have fled, chiefly to give children the benefit of school holidays, there are myriards of visitors from abroad, chiefly American and Russian. In the Inter den Linden hotels you hear nt.hing but American sHckeu these days. and the number of Stars aud Sr4 iDes which have bios 'oH.ed forth in Friedrich and Liepzigerstrasse are evidence that shopkee2ing Berlin is thoroughly alive to the business pos abilities of the hour.
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 Princess Chakaesky, of St. Peters burg, has succeeded in gaining her aviation ni1Ot'c certificate Ina nriu