Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-04

In the body. making later operative
interference necessary. Another
noteworthy effect 10 that the bullet.
In thus turning. very regularly -
stripped. the Jacket separating ex-
ploslyely from the core and minute
particles Of both Jacket and lead In
yading the entire region Of the
wound This naturally leads 10 IN
lection and sepsis The pointed bull
let appears also 10 penetrate arteries
more often than the round-nosed
prolectlole. which often pushes them
aside with little damage In all
these respects. therefore,, II may be
considered a less humane ~projectile
than the other
shrapnel wounds remain the most
dangerous. although fortunately the
least frequent. The proiectiles rare
Is have enough velocity 10 penetrate
the body. and therefore generally
remain In the wound Moreover,
they regularly convey pieces OF
clothing and hair into the wound
and the result IS frequently tetanus
and death.
The appointment OF Herr o ia
gov as Secretary Of Foreign Affairs
Wss received with considerable sur
Prise by the German press 10 view
.of his comparatively brief diplo-
matte career Ne has never had a
nrst-class diplomatic appointment
other than that OF Germa nAmbas-
sador at Rome. and he has occupied
that position only about four years
Previous 10 that appointment he
had held the comparatively unim-
portant post Of German minister to
the little principally Of Luxembourg;
and still earlier he had been secre-
tary OF legation at Rome and The
Hague. besides serving a year In the
Foreign office In Berlin.
Il Ii understood that Prince Blu
low. who appointed Herr o Jago"
10 the Rome ambassadorship. re-
garded him as the most efficient OF
Germany's younger diplomatlsts.
His present appointment was made.
II is said. directly by the Emperor
He at first begged to be excused
from accepting II. owing TO his un-
certain health, and also because he
doubted whether he had the gift OF
public speaking regarded as neces-
sary for u cabinet minister In de-
Tending %Germany's foreign policy In
the Reichstag. The Emperor. how
ever. repeated the appointment with
greater urgency, and Won Jago"'
like a true Prussian nobleman, bow
ed 10 the decision of his monarch.
While the new secretary Is q com
paratiyely unknown man. II is adj
mitted that he represented Ger
many very successfully at Rome
through a most difficult period. His
greatest achievement was TO obtain
Italy's consent to the renewal Of the
Triple Alliance at a time when pub
lie opinion In that country was still
a%ggrieyed at Germany for the sharp
attacks made upon Italy by the Ger
man press In connection with the
war In Tripoli.
Won Jagow is described as q hard
worker. In name he is modest
and retiring, with little OF the self
assertion usually attributed 10 a
Prussian a%ristocrat The new secre-
tary Is in his fiftieth year and is al
most youthful In appearance.
The Prussian government has just
laid before the Diet a bill TO appro-
pirate S~2.15O.OOO for the erection
of dams at the head waters OF the
Weser. II has three objects In view.
to obtain an extra supply OF water
to feed the canal now In course OF
construction between Hanover and
the Rhine TO prevent floods. and to
obtain water power for the genera
ton OF electricity for industrial pur-
poses. At present II is planned to
erect two dams, n on the oder.
which unites with the Fulda not far
from Cassel, and another on the
Diemel, a western continent OF the
Weser emptying into It north OF
Cassel The first dam will contain
over 200, 600 600 cubic meters OF
water, the second about 20. coo. 900.
Later a dam will be built across the
Weser itself below Mlnden. where
the Hanoyer-R Rhine canal is to inter
sect the river The cities OF Cassel
and G%ottingen are TO be supplied
with electricity from the new works