The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-21
LATEST NEWS
From BERLIN

the socialists of Germany are enemies
OF the fatherland'' and n~enabersof
overthrow party No good ~opportu1i-s
ty to proceed against them - over
looked, 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 distinguish
ed themselves, even among Prussiar1
officials, by their extreme methods in
the campaign against the socialists.
They have stopped funerals and re-
moved from caskets Wreaths tied with
red ribbons entirely on account Of the
color of the ribbons One young man;
who protested because such a wreath
was taken from his mothers coffin;
was arrested and fined for resistance
to the police.
The latest case also has to do with
q funeral. Some time 6 Breslau
socialist dying. left testa1nentarB in-
structions forbidding any religious.
exercises ait his grave, or ven the.
presence OF a minister. The funeral
was held according to directions the.
only persons present being members
of the social democratic parry. The
The authorities have nov 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 the permission of the police be
secured for the. holding OF such a
meeting, and that this permission was
not obtained.
There wassones guest at thesweddings
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. This fortunate individual,
was a Munich barber. When Prince.
Ernest was living in Munich he was
shaved daily by this young man. Just.
before he left Munich the barber
Iamented that he should never see the.
prince again.
"Oh. it may not be so long, replied
the prince, and a few days later the
barber received invitations to the
royal wedding, the wedding dinner,
and the gala opera.
The@women ticket sellers at the sta
t1ons of the Berlin suburban and city
railroads are becoming ssnippy,''
Ss~ehnippish,''t az the Germans say, and
their conduct toward patrons of the
roads has caused many complaints.
The railroad administrations has met
the situation by sending out a circular
of a~dnaonition. Not only are the
women censured, for some male en-
ployees are said also to have sinned
against courtesy, but the female work
ers are particularly singled out as
having been especially d~iscourteouss
and pert The circular says;
.E eft has hnnyt pnfinaJ& ronapflxyS rsfSb
regret that the number of complaints
by travellers of discourteous conduct.
on the part of ticket sellers and por-
tiers, and especially on the part of the
females employees, has been inereas-
ing. 1t is complained, and with rea-
son, that employees show themselves
indifferent to the desires of travellers
who naturally wish quick service; that
they ask impolitely what the travellers
wish; conduct themselves pertIy;
press unjustified doubts as to the
genuineness of signatures on com
mutation tickets; throw change and
tickets at the travellers in a discount
eous manner. n eat luncheon while
they are waiting on the public If
conditions do not improve, further
corrective steps are threateneds
I The recently announced decision of
the Imperial supreme court, upholdings
German Petroleum Sales Co. in its
refusal to arr out a contract made
with the German-American Petroleum
the German subsidiary of the.
Standard Oil Co, is not only a. materi-
al victory for the Sales Co., 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 q contract which they found
highly disadvantageous. protects them
from the heavy money loss which
would have fallen upon them for a
years disregard of. the contract had
the decision been against them, and
compels the Standard Co. to contend
for business In an. open market. It
company which has learned American
business campaign methods by ASSOC
citation with the Standard, and4itemust
conduct its business in a manner that
shall not furnish more ammunition to
the supporters of the government oil
monopoly project. which will come up
in the Reichstags shortly for considerar
ton. The Sales Co. has beensstrength-
ening its organization in the last year,
and all these factors, together with
the frlrlness ofsthe petroleum. market
and the comparative scarcity of the
supply, make it unlikely, in the opin-
ion of experts, that the Standard Co.
will find itself In a position to carry
on a successful campaign for the ac-
QUESTION OF the entire German oil bus
mess.
The contract OF which the Germans
complained was to- have expired In
1917. 1t apportioned the German ter
ritory between the Sales and
the Standard, giving the latter about
four-fifths of the total. 1T 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 in certain contingent
cies. The Germans. finding that they
had made a bad bargain, refused after
q trial of the new arrangement to car
they entered into it, under duress att
al time when they had lost a fierce
trade battle with the Americans, and
were helpless to do otherwise than to-
accept the terms of surrender offered,
and that the contract was against pub
lie policy in its encouragement of mon
opoly and hence void.
The trial court of Hamburg, inj
the Standard brought action to-
compel the specific performances of the
contract, upheld thee Sales company,
but the Hamburg superior court to-
which the Standard company appealed
reversed the trial courts decision ALL
though 1T held null and void the pro-
power toS name and dismiss managers
ofthe other company, and certain 9TH
err clauses OF the contract. The Inlper-
ial supreme court has now reversed the
Superior court a~nd8upheld the courtsof1
instance Observation-Disclosures