The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-13
PLENTY OF
FOREIGN ORDERS
There Are over TWO Thousand Dec
orations, Which Can be Worn
by the Good, the Brave and
tho Favored.
ARE EAGER FOR THEM
Germans Have the Lead and the EN-
peror Has Just Added TWO
Moro to the Already
Long List.
[By Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
rasnnndnnt Of the limited Press

[By Karl H. Won Wiegand, Berlin cor
respondent Of the United Press.l
BERLIN, October 12.-There are in
existence more than 1000 orders"
and decorations" conferred as a.
mark Of honor and distinction and
for services rendered. To this num-
Der of stars crosses" and med
ais" Emperor William has just added
two more. Now some of the German
papers are beginning to ask whether
there are not already such large
number that many of them will soon
| begin to lose the distinction and
honor that SO long attached to their
possession.
There Is not principality. however
small, which has not half dozen
orders" with which the ruler can
crafty the vanity Of his subjects.
The twenty-six states which make up
the German empire, alone have sew
eral hundred. We're the rulers of
the German states to exchange with
one another, all their "orders,'' each
would have more than could find
room upon his chest. Russia, Aus
tria and England each have an i'm
posing list of stars and CROSSES"
some as large as small saucer.
4 In few countries Is there such a
craving to be the recipient of an "or-
der'' as in Germany, Austria and Rus
STA. 1t exceeds even the craving for
~ tot
The pride and satisfaction of an Aus
, trian or a German, who has just re-
ceived an Order" as they are called
in German, is almost beyond concep-
ton to any one not familiar with this
peculiar trait of character. And, it
, is not confined to monarchies. What
son of the republic of France would
, not do for the coveted cross of the
. Legion of Honor, could hardly be
chronicled, while in the United States
this same feeling finds expression in
: the many beautiful insignias worn by
members of secret societies.
s The number of Germans who may
, wear little gilt cross or enameled
r star upon their breasts runs into thou
, sands, and includes all walks of life
! They are most numerous in the army
$ and navy where there exists much
/ rivalry for these marks Of favor And
distinction. Even ministers of the
+ gospel are decorated" by the gov
q eminent.
, In connection with the annual fal
t review of troops in Berlin and the
. big i'Kaiser maneuvers' early in Sep
i TENDER, there was a veritable rain o.
orders The list of names thus
4 honored, filled four newspaper col
O umns set in small type.
4 An examination of the long list O.
$ orders that have been created from
a time to time, discloses that man.
h have been "extinguished' or "diet
d out" Not few had peculiar titles
The "Order of the Holy Oil Bottle,
]. created in France A. D. $50, leaves
r some doubt from it's name as to wha
+ service this decoration was confer
n red for. The French order of th'
, Cock and Hand" first conferred il
J. 1880 has disappeared as have alst
n the "Order of the Ship and Sea Mus
n SELL" the Order of the Girdle o
s Hope and the Order of the Porcu
O pine" all created in France.
v The "Order of Virtue created il
d Mecklenburg in 1853, has not beel
conferred for many years. Whethe
because the qualifications are to
hard for these modern times, the rec
ords of the order do not disclose TIL
' Austrian Ladies Order of the Slave
of Virtue Is another beautiful gol
/. enameled "star" which is no longe
conferred The order OF Methus;
lema and the order of Silence or tn
sword also have died out, probabl
for lack of eligibles The decoratio
,e created by the king of Saxony
;; 1918. called the Order of Faithful
a. ness and conferred only upon W,
AZ men, is another German order n
I'd longer In existence.
~ Renewed agitation among socialist
In in Europe for an international agre
ment to declare a general strlk
ct against war" has been precipitate
Mt by the recent utterance of A. VIC
at Vollmar a socialist in the Bavaria
il chamber. Won vollmar declared TIL
is in the event of war it would be four