Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-09-11
NEWS FROM FA1HERLAND
A Brief Resume Of tho Most Inn
portant Happenings In the
German Empire.

portant Happenings In tho
German Empire.
The new wireless station at Nauen,
near Berlin, which replaces the tower
blown down in a terrific storm last
March, is approaching completion.
The tower is nearly 900 feet in height.
The Zeppelin Hansa has made a
very successful trip over the North
sea. The ship sailed around the island
of Helgoland and gave signals to some
German warships that we're in sight.
Observation-Disclosures coal miners
were killed and another dangerously
injured by falling down one Of the
shafts here. The accident was caused
by the collapse of wooden platform.
The daughter of a Russian general
was arrested as a spy at Brioni, an
Austrian town on the Adriatic sea.
She was picked up while taking snap
shots of the forts near the. military
station of Pola.
The people Of Berlin gave a ire
mendous ovation to Kaiser Wilhelm
upon his return to the city after his
recent illness. It seems as though the
cheers would never end as he entered
his carriage and drove to the palace.
His sunburnt face did not indicate that
he had been sick.
The Cute Hoffnung iron works in
Oberhausen, Rhine Province, and a
machine shop in Duisburg have re-
ceived orders from a firm in Japan
for iron constructions, the total
amount involved being several million
marks. The government of Japan
asked for competitive bids, and the
Germans underbid American firms.
There is general rejoicing through
out Germany because it has been
learned that the kaisers affliction,
from which he has been suffering, is
nothing more serious than a bad cold,
Jus; like the cold ordinary mortals are
likely to catch at this time of year.
His physicians have announced that
the old throat trouble for which the
kaiser has been treating himself for
several years, has broken out again,
whereas his ear ailment has been COM
pletely cured.
Germany threatens to build canal
from the lower Rhine to Emden in the
North Sea, by which to divert the
/ Rhine commerce. Already the harbor
at the confluence of the Ruhr and
Rhine is claimed to be the greatest
inland port in the world, while the
Rhine itself is become the greatest
commercial river in the world. The
Reichstag has passed a law levying
tolls on river traffic. Before putting
the tolls into effect upon the Rhine,
Germany is negotiating with Holland.
Since 1868 the Rhine, from Rotterdam
up, has been free river to all COM
merce. A treaty to this effect was
signed in 1870 by Holland and France,
as we'll as Prussia and other German
| States. The German Empire succeed
ed the free German States. The
Rhine, except at it's mouth, has be-
come a German river. Holland now is
asked to pass over the conservation
of the Rhine from Lake Constance to
Rotterdam to an international board"
In which the German States would
| have control. Otherwise Germany
will construct the ship canal to En-.
den, divert river commerce from Rot.
terdam and make of Emden rival of
Hamburg and Bremen.
Great preparations are being made
for the eucharistic congress which is
to be held in Vienna. Delegates from
all parts of the world are coming to
Austria, $4,000 persons having given
notice of their arrival. Two ships
have been especially chartered from
North America, to carry persons who
wish to assist, while from Paris alone
200 delegates will come with the
cardinal. Church dignitaries from
Asia and Africa have also decided to
undertake the long journey. The com.
mittee is now wrestling with the diff.
cult question of finding accommoda-
tons for all the visitors. There will
be no difficulty about housing the ia.
theirs of the church, nor about the put
ting up of the lesser participants, who
are to be lodged in barracks, schools,
and possibility in tents. The question
which is giving trouble to the author
tiles is to find suitable accommo dation
for numbers of middle-class people,
who will be far too numerous for the
hotels, which are crowded. to the
very doors in the summer season.
The cardinal delegate from Rbme will
be accommodated in the Hofbhrg with
The members of the special mission.
Cardinal van Rossum, a native of Hol.
land, has been chosen by the pope fol-
this mission. The Stefan cathedral,
one of the most interesting Of the old
Vienna churches, will be the center of
the proceedings. Overflow meetings
will, however, be held in the Aotunde,
the great exhibition hall in the Prater.
The three days congress will conclude
with grand procession nearlt mile
long. Twenty-four bishops Will take
part and twelve cardinals, al seated
In court carriages. The cardinal dele
gates will sit in a court carriage dat.
ing from the time of Maria Fherese
which will be drawn by eight black
horses.
London. - Germany and England
are now in a state Of war;" 81 lid J. A