The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-30
DISGRACE KEE|V[Y
FELT BY GERMANS
Revelations Brought Out by
the krupp Trial Prove
Most Embarrassing.
COMPARISON is DRAWN
1t Is Pointed Out What Eng
land Would Have Done
in Similar Case.
COMPARISON is DRAWN
BY FREDERICK WERNER,


BERLIN, Nov. 29.-It is not too
much to say that the German people
feel very keenly the disgrace Of the
revelations Of the recent Krupp trial.
When heretofore we have heard of OF.
hclal corruption in other countries we
have raised our eyes heavenward in
though such things were possible in
France, America and Russia, they
would never happen in Germany. And
during all this time they have been 60
Ing on under our very eyes. The only
way IN which we seem to be different
is that apparently German officials are
tempted by smaller bribes.
a strong party has arisen in Ger
many which insists that we have un-
necessarily brought this public dis
grace upon ourselves and that the
majority Of Germans, however, agree
that they cannot see how it might
have been avoided, Radical papers, on
the other side, are pointing out that
there was another way, which would
have been just as efficient and more
dignifed and which would have made
it unnecessary to let all the world
know that German officials had been
found ready to betray state secrets in
return for cigars, suppers and bribes
no larger than tip to waiter in q
frst-class restaurant.
Comparison Drawn.
These papers depict what would
havo happened in England under SINH
lar circumstances. In that country the
government would quite naturally and
spontaneously have turned to the
forum with which it shares the respon-
sibility of guarding the commonwealth
parliament. A parliamentary COM
mission would have looked into the
matter and the public would with full
confidence have awaited the verdict Of
such commission,
The German reichstag does not fill
quite the same position as the English
parliament, but there. was nothing to
prevent il from appointing commits
eioD TO investigate the matter, and it
would willingly have done 30 had it
been asked by the government. But
this was the very thing. which the gov
eminent most Of all tried to avoid. 1t
shuddered at the very thought Of in
vesting a commission appointed by tho
reicbstag with powers Of investigation,
but there Is every reason to believe that
it will no longer hesitate to do 80
should similar case ever arise
Jews Hold Conference.
At a time when interest in the Jew
ish question Is still very strong, as q
result Of the recent ritual murder trial
in Russia, the Association OF German
Jews has held It's national conference
ut Hamburg and after 1t had been
pointed out that In spite Of tho many
eminent services rendered the state by
the Jews, these had not yet been given
absolute quality with other citizens,
the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
It shall be our effort to make
known to everybody the tenets and
principles Of the Jewish faith: We
denouncs and oppose all presenta-
tions Of the Jewish faith tending
to make it appear that it does not
fulfill all the strictest est de. demands and Of
demand tho absolute equality of all
German citizens regardless of re-
ligion. We demand particularly
that Jews be given equal opportuni-
ties and privileges IN the army
with Christians. We demand that
the state subsidizs all religious
communities as long as 1t subsi-
dies any. We oppose taxation Of
Jews In order to subsidize Chris
tian churches. We demand that
the government shall use all its in
Russia to see that German Jews are
granted equal rights with Chris
tian German subjects to enter and
travel about In the empire OF Rus
sia. We oppose all official regu-
lations treating Jews differently
from Christians.
Meat Prices Soaring.
The prices Of meat continue soaring
and in consequence the city Of Berlin
will in the very near future establish u
new municipal slaughterhouse for
horses. Tho consumption Of horse meat
com plants that the control Of the
authorities is not strict enough and
that quantities of horse meat absolute
ly unit for human food is being ip-
ported from abrond and sold to the
poor In this city. The st, Petersburg
correspondent OF Q Berlin paper states
that a Russian who previously buried
the carcasses Of old horses slaughtered
for their hides at Revd and Dorpat has
sailing down this horse meat and send
ing 1t to Berlin. Such thing ought
to be impossible IL customs regula-
tions were properly enforced, but brib-
ing has been limited Mt and the op-
position press 10 demanding thor
ough investigation-
Captain Persius, retired German
naval officer and q famous naval az
pert, has been highly complimented by
manner in which he in m open letter
to Winston Churchill. found exact e1-
preston for the feelings Of a major
ity OF the German people toward the
English minister's proposal of q
twelve months naval holiday.
Captain Persius wrote in part.
Above all, we in Germany think