El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-21
SOCIALIST s
considered
ENEMIES
Germny Takes Extreme
Measure in Dealing With
Growing Party.
BARBER is GUEST
AT ROYAL WEDDING

[ herman OIIlclal5 and other persons
in high places the Socialists of
Germany are enemies of the Father
I land and members Of "the OverthrOw
party No good opportunity to proceed
4 against them Is overlooked. and this Is
| especially the case In Prussia One of
the most extreme cases of this sort is
reported from Breslau.
The Breslau police have distinguished
themselves. even among Prussian Off
I Gals, by their extreme methods in the
campaign against the Socialists They
have stopped funerals and removed from
caskets Wreaths tied with red ribbons
entirely on account of the color of the
ribbons One young man who protested
because such wreath was taken from
ms mother coffin was arrested and
lined Tor resistance to the police.
The latest case also has to do with
funeral Some time ago Breslau So
cIallst, dying, left testamentary instruc-
tons 1orbIdding any religious exercises
at ms grave, or even the presence of q
minister The funeral was held accord
ing to directions, the only persons pres
ent being members of the Social Demo
cratic party The authorities have now
begun criminal action against those in
charge OF the funeral on the ground that
the funeral was "a public meeting with
IN the purview of the law requiring that
I the permission of the police be secured
( for the holding of such a meeting. and
that this permission was not obtained
Barber at Royal Wedding.
There was one guest at the wedding
I IN May OF prince Ernest August and
/ princess Victoria Louise daughter of
emperor William, who belonged neither
to military, high official nor court
] circles, and who was not even Of a rank
emitting him to appear at court at all.
I ms fortunate individual was a Munich
. barber When prince Ernest was I7vinor
! IN Munich he was shaved daily bv tbis
/ young man. Just before he left Munich
I the barber lamented that he should never
/ see the prince again
I 'Oh, 1t may not be so long REPLIED
\ the prince and a few DAYS later the bsr-
1 Der received invitations to the rovaI
I wedding the wedding dinner, and the
I gala opera
Women Ticket Sellers Rebuked.
I Inc women ticket sellers at the sta
/ tons of the Berlin suburban and civ
rall5oads are becoming "sDippv.7 ~schnfp-
I plsch-' as the Germans say. and their
conduct toward patrons OF the roads has
. caused many complaints The railroad
administration has met the situation bv
sending out a circular of adm0nitiCn-
NOT only are the women censured, for
some male employees are said also to
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female workers are particularly singled
out as having been especially discour-
JeOus and pert. The circular saws:
1T has been noticed recently with
regret that the number Of complaints
by travellers of discOurteOus conduct on
the part OF ticket sellers and pOrters.
and especially on the part OF the female
employees, has been increasing. It Is
complained. and with reason. that en-
rzo.Hr-
the desires Of travellers who naturally
wish quick service; that they ask in
politely what the travellers wish. cr9-
QucE themselves peTtlY; express uniusti-
ned doubts as to the geuuineness of
signatures on communication tickets.
throw change and tickets at the trav-
elers IN dlscOuTteOUs manner. and eat
luncheon while they are waiting on the
pubic II conditions do not improve.
further corrective steps are threatened.
Is Blow for Standard.
The recently announced decision Of
the imperial supreme court. unfolding
the German Petroleum Sales company
IN It's refusal to carry out a contract
made with the German-American Petrol
cum company, the German subsidiary Of
the Standard OIL company, is not only
a material victory for the Sales com
pany, but also an important victory on
the question of the principle involved.
The verdict OF the highest court re-
leases the Germans from the perform
ance OF a contract which they found
highly INSTANTANEOUS protects them
from the heavy money loss which would
have fallen upon them for a years dis
regard Of the contract had the decision
been against them. and eOmpels the
Standard company to contend for busi-
ness IN an open market 1t must con-
tend. moreover, against q company
which has learned American business
campaign methods by association with
the Standard, and it must conduct its
business in a manner that shall not fur
nlsh more ammunition to the supporters
OF the government oil monopoly project.
which viii come up in the reichstag
shortly for consideration. The Sales
has been strengthening its or
ganlZatIOn In the last year. and all those
factors, together with the firmness of
the petroleum market and the compare
tive scarcity of the supply. make it un-
likely. IN the opinion of experts. that
the Standard company viii find itself
IN position to carry on a successful
for the acquisition of the entire
German oil business.
The contract of (which the Germans
was TO have expired in 1917.
1t appOrtOned the German territory be-
tween the Sales company and the Stan
dard giving the latter about four fifths
Of the total Tt regulated the method of
selling by the Germans; provided that
the Standard should have the naming
Of the Sales cOmpany's managers. and
gave the Standard the power to direct
certain policies of the Sales company I'm
certain contingencies The Germans
finding that they had made a bad bar
gain, refused after a trial of the new
arrangement to carry out the contract.
They alleged that they entered into it
under duress at a time when they had
Ost fierce trade battle with the Amer
cans, and were helpless to do otherwise
than to accept the terms of surrender
offered, and that the contract was
against public policy I'm its encourage
nent of monopoly and hence Void.
Standard to Pay Costs.
The triaI cnrIrt Of LnrnLIrrr- In which