The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-13
QUESTION OF IDENTITY
TURNS UPON a SKULL

Tub:nsen. Dr.. Nsuhaus OF tho Berlin
1nlyerslty, and Professor Welker OF
Heidelbers, all OF European celebrity
as psychologists. agree that the skull
declared in 1926 to 90 that OF schiller.
could not have been his. but they no
not concur In tho selection Of any
ether head piece, each putting forward
taNorite OF MS own as the only
authentic one
Professor B'rorelg's selection has thu
largest following. especially among
tie good people OF Welmar. and 10 Is
70 be solennly entombed in the Stadt-
krone. AS TO the remainder Of the
skeleton. II has disappeared entirely,
so there is nothing to disagree about.
rs parallel case 70 this OF the bones
OF schiller. need only recall to my
readers that tho real skeleton OF Chris
tepher Columbus is now believed to
rest IN the Cathedral OF san Domingo,
the place OF its original intcrment in
tho west Indies. and not under tho
splendid tomb In the Cathedral OF
Spain, whittier. long after his death
body supposed to DO his was trans
ferred
which is said 10 have been takon from
nus BODY many years ago. when It
was removed from the cemetery at
\ Jenna 70 tao mansoleum erected to
ms memory by Prince Nicholas Ester
navy at Eisenstadt the skull OF =
Granger being substituted In its stead
Tho real one is on exhibition in the
lmi crial Music Sooietys Museum in the
Austrian capital
Finally. there ere tho skulls Of
Oliver Cromwell and Rlchelieu. pre-
served respectively al Sevenoaks. in
Kent. and In the Sorbonne at Paris.
whose Senuiness has been tho subject
81 endless CONTROVERSY; and that Of
lanes ~. OF Scotland. who fell at
r!odden Field. which. brought BY Lord
yacre 10 London. lies enclosed u lead
In the vault OF st Thomas Church.
In Wood Street. within sound OF the
roar OF Cheapsldc.
Questions OF caste arc beginning to
play havoc with the personnel OF En-
Psrot Nilllam.s nav L is the old
Washington and tie BTITIsN Admiralty
nave managed 10 handle more or less
Successtully; TO Wit. tho status OF tho
et,s!neer officers OF the feet In spite
o. tnc efforts OF the Kaiser, and of
MS Minister OF Marine. Admiral von
tlrpltz, IL has been found absolutely
inpossinle 20 induce tho regular naval
men 10 treat the commissioned oflcers
In charge OF the engines as con1re dos
or TO have any kind OF social inter
course with them. This is all the mora
at.aiise' since the vast majority OF the
reg utar officers OF the German nav
belong to tho bourseols1e, and ~: 10
the aristocracy
10 make matters worse. tho naval
"Heers arc encouraged in their ntti-
tnde by most OF the senior hattiasbin
captains and edmlrals Thus. Vlce-Adr
hoerper. who Is the head OF the naval
tAtipN at Niel. and INSPECTOR o.. e-ri !
OF the "bildungs Training
SCHOOLS Of the navy addressed not lonr
40 an ofhcial communication to the
dihrector OF tho School of Marine En-
gineering. demanding that the pupils
should be chosen. mot from the IN
per bourgeoisio, but from the lowor
ranks thereof. so that when they Sc
cured their commissions they may be
content with the infeSlor social no
sstion Justly accorded to them"
In another letter. Vice-Adrniral Koer-
per- himself of bourgeois birth. writes
20 the same official. lntimat!ng that
the wives OF engineer officers should
dosthln from attempting to call in a
society way on tho wives O.: tho rem
lar naval men, and cites tho case Of "A
.ih .al oiacer who had como to him
10 inquire what course he should ndont
W-tn regard TO an engineer o:flcer nrd
ms VIE who had just called at his
s!ouse' ne admiral adds that he had
lns.rnctSd the officer in question to
return tho visit paid to his wife md
10 hiinselr. but at the same tirnc 10
intimate to the engineer officer that
ne Gld not desire any further social
tItI.eIcourse' lie also IN the Same letter
denounced that captain OF a battle-
ship who, while ashore ut Tliel had
invited the Chef engineer officer Of
MS vessel to purely family dinner
for which he was Officially and serI-
ously reprlmanded.
This fostering OF bitter feeling bo-
tween The two branches OF the naval
service cannot but tend to impair the
lighting strength OF Emperor Vyiiinn,,s
fleets in the event of war.
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