The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-25
HANS WAGNER
IN L|MEL|GHT
NOT AS A BALL PLAYER, BUT AS
A WAR CORRESPONDENT, AND
A LIEUTENANT NTHE AusTRo-
HUNGARIAN ARMY.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


Lieutenant Hans Wagner. Of the
Austro- Hungarian army. as a war
correspondent is to be determined by
an Austrian court of justice, according
TO information received here from the
Austrian capital
Lieutenant Wagner represented the
Reichspost of Vienna with the Bull
garian army. He scored a series Of
seeming beats over his rivals which
attracted worldwide attention. After
ward accusations of taking were lev
elled against him, one in particular
by other correspondents, who asserted
that description of the battle Of Lule
Burgas, when he reported that he had
been at the front three days in the
saddle. until my poor horse could
not walk, trot or step" really was
written many miles from the scene
of action.
Another Vienna newspaper, the Zeit,
attacked the authenticity Of Wagner's
reports somewhat bitterly, and it is
to be the defendant in the litigation
Lieutenant Wagner did not bring suit
himself, but reported the attacks made
upon him by the Zeit to the colone!
of his regiment, that the military au
IiIIStlL IdhS dEI1Ou ClCdT
his reputation il they thought fit. Doc
tor F'under, the chief editor Of the
Reichspost, has brought the libel suit,
the Zeit having called him a "swind
leT," for publishing Wagner's mes
sages. The Zeit charged that these
messages were largely concocted in
the editorial Office of the Reichspost by
Austrian staff officers. The Reichspost
Sv,e-s -se4k-, Il
though it is understood the editor is
prepared to admit that they came in
such condensed form that the aid Of
military experts was required to de-
cipher them intelligently.
Some delay before the trial Of the
case is Likely, as the editor Of the
Zeit has asked for a month in which
to collect evidence and prepare his de-
fense. The hearings will be deeply
interesting to newspapers and mill
tary men alike.
7RITISHERs STIRRED.
The British scholastic world is
stirred to it's depths by an agitation
over the affairs OF the University Of
Bristol, which arises from the enter
prising action Of the members of the
university council in complimenting
CD ny IaEc UColO"dI VI
orary scholastic degrees upon them
selves.
The council thought ii BETTING to
celebrate recent anniversary by the
distribution of honors to numerous
eminent me-- This propose, met with
the approval Of the university, Lord
Roberts, sundry bishops and other ce-
lebrities were invited to the university
to receive their diplomas, and the
occasion was made a red letter day
in the annals of the quiet provincial
city. Some sixty degrees altogether
were conferred, and there was great
enthusiasm over the appearance Of
England's foremost soldier, but the
enthusiasm failed to maintain itself at
fever heat when 1t developed that
about half Of the honors were being
distributed to members of the body
which was bestowing them in the
name of the university.
Most Of these gentlemen were pros
porous merchants and manufacturers,
but the majority were tainted with
the suspicion of lacking such scho-
lastic attachments as would qualify
them to write master cf arts or doc
tor of laws after their names. Hitherto
al British universities have been very
conservative in granting honorary de-
srees. The possession of such a dis
tinctton was a reward \ for real work: !:
scholarly, professional or scientific
There are only seven universities
in England. Oxford and Cambridge, of
course, stand alone. The other five
are comparatively new creations, in
the great commercial centers, Man
chester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liver
pool and Bristol Graduates of the two
ancient schools have looked upon the
new comers with suspicion, .est they
lower the value and dignity Of being
varsity man. which, in a country
| Of strong caste lines like England
! means vastly more than 1t does in
| America. Hence the storm. The uni
versity caste have been pouring re-
proach and ridicule upon Bristol. Even
i professors Of the university sign bitter
protests IN the newspapers.
The Bishop Of Bristol has published
| a gallant defense. 1t is in effect that
| the university is a local institution
and should associate itself closely with
the life of the city, and that the konors
! were given to men who had worked for
| the welfare of the community.
The matter has not been allowed to
rest, however, and there is talk of an
appeal to the privy council in which
| ultimate control of the university is
vested, to cancel the degrees.
Worse things are whispered in the
general agitation, the short and ugly
| word OF American muckrakers-graft.
The British call it ''jobbery." Contracts
for supplies to the university are voted
| without competition to members Of the
| council, say some of the critics, and
| on terms that make them more profit
able than ordinary business.
TEACHING THE ROYALTY.
Dick Nelson. the Swedish-American