Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-10-02
NEWS FROM FA1H / !
A Brief Resume Of tho Most In
portant Happenings In tho
German Empire.

Scotland by Copper King Guggenheim
Of New York. who paid a trifle OF
$4,000 for three weeks" use of the
castle Of the House of Farr. Things
were run on such lavish and mag.
nificent scale that the natives almost
lost their breath. It is said that those
three weeks sufficed to establish a
de facto "Clan Guggenheim" in tho
dignified old neighborhood.
At a students supper at Gottingen.
one Of the students insisted that
France was not the most dangerous
enemy Of the fatherland, and, raising
his glass, he drank to the prosperity
Of the French nation. His action was
denounced as uRpatriotic and the sher.
IFS court fined him 20 marks on the
ground that in drinking to France he
had thrown slight on the toast OF
the kaiser proposed by his comrades.
The case is to be taken to the court
Of appeals.
Two German military officers were
killed while flying near Freiburg, Sax.
ony. The machine, which was of the
monoplane type, was being piloted by
Lieutenant Berger, who was carrying
Lieutenant Junghans as q passenger.
in flight from Chemnitz to Berlin.
When passing over this city, the ma
chine suddenly plunged from a high
elevation to the ground. The airmen
were instantly killed and the mono
plane was smashed to bits. The cause
of the accident is not explained.
There is no such thing as fly pest
in Bohemia. In most of the dining
rooms, during the course of a meal,
perhaps three or four flies appear dur
ing the season. In restaurants there
are very few flies. Screen doors to
keep out flies and other insects are
unknown. The buildings are all con-
structed Of brick, stone or concrete.
The docks along the river front are OF
granite. The pavements and sidewalks
are made of granite blocks. There are
no wooden sidewalks, stairways or
buildings. Decayed vegetable or animal
matter is not openly exposed to flies,
and the streets are frequently cleaned
during each day. There are no open
drains In the city to attract and breed
flies.
The meat famine is becoming more
and more serious in the large cities
OF Germany. The authorities of the
different sections of Greater Berlin
held a conference at which the matter
was discussed at length. All the
speakers agreed that something had
to be done to relieve the distress, and
resolution was passed by a .unani-
nous vote calling upon the national
government to facilitate to the great
est possible extent the importation of
frozen meat from abroad. The con-
sumption of sea fish has increased i'm
mensely during the last few years,
but the conference was of the opinion
that still greater quantities of this
article can be used to advantage If
the importation of fish and fish prod
ucts can be accomplished with greater
ease than at present.
While the kaiserin was recently at
her castle at Urville, near Metz, she
invited the village schoolgirls to the
castle. When they arrived she said
to one of them: Tell me your wish
and promise to fulfill it." To this
the little one replied: Il wish it
would be granted us to learn French
in our school," The kaiserin was
taken back by this request, which
touched a great political question,
which is always to the front in Elsass-
Lothringea, namely, the Germaniza-
ton of the schools and the suppress.
sion OF French influences. But, hav.
ing given her promise, her majesty
said: "Your wish shall be granted"
The little girl bowed and said, "Thank
you, Frau Wilhelm" The next day
the first French lesson was given in
the Urville school since the annexa-
ton Of Elsass-Lothringen. These les
sons will be repeated three times a
week hereafter.
1t often seems as though political
liberty came rather early to Hungary.
Just look at the following cable from
Budapest: Political opponents as
saulted Count Tisza, president of the
lower house of the Hungarian parlia.
ment, and the minister of commerce
when they arrived at the chamber.
They were insulted, slapped and final
ly knocked down before the police
succeeded in rescuing them. On the
chamber floor the widest scenes were
enacted. Members who favor univer-
sal suffrage were only allowed to en-
ter accompanied by policemen under
orders to drag them out again the mo-
mont they assumed the aggressive.
Two hundred police reserves were on
duty outside to reinforce the mem
bers' escort in case of necessity. De-
spite these precautions, there was
almost continual fighting. Eighty per-
sons are under arrest for par
ticipation In riots. Two hundred
or three hundred are suffering from
injuries sustained in the police
charges. Twenty-four of them are
seriously hurt and there may be
deaths among them.
President F. L. McVey of the state
university of North Dakota expressed
himself as follows after a visit to
Germany: In Germany l found an
amazing materialism overtaking and
pushing aside the early views of Ger.
man greatness. Germany in her in.
dustrialism is more like the United
States: everywhere are factories 1one
freight trains ply over her railroads,
and her rivers carry teeming com.
merce. Germany ia nrosDerous and