Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-28
Anticipating Hard Winter, Ber-
lin Is Already Arranging
to Provide Work.
EXPERIMENT LAST YEAR
WILL BE DUPLICATED
Greek Kings Visit Touches the Pub
lie Heart-Panama Expo Ex-
hibit Not an Impossibility.
Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
BERLIN. September IS, 1913
Close students Of social conditions all
over the country predict that the suffer-
Ing from poverty and unemployment dur
ing the coming winter will break all rec
ords. and. true to the principles of
patriarchal government, the state and
municipal authorities everywhere are
busy planning new schemes to minimize
the suffering without pauperizing the
workers. l do not know Of any country
in the world where so much is done to
provide work for the unemployed as
here. and the efforts Of the authorities
are now everywhere directed toward
getting the surplus working population
of the great cities to go back to the land.
where living Is cheaper and conditions
healthier. Statistics show that during the
last few years about $5O. 00O. 600 an
nually have been spent In Germany to
better the conditions of the poor, with
very gratifying results.
AS an experiment, the Prussian state
last year turned over to colony of
forty unemployed Berlin families a tract
Of practically virgin land. and an ex-
lege was sent with them to render them
all the assistance needed. The result
has been a splendid success. The health
OF all the colonists has greatly improved.
the anemic and emaciated children now
look brown and strong, and their par
ents have cleared six acres of woodland,
manufacturing their furniture from the
thousands of trees cut down and fenc-
ing in the whole tract. The sale Of the
timber has realized enough not only to
keep them all out of want during the
coming winter. but also to buy seed.
With fertilizer supplied them free of
charge by the German Agricultural So
ciety, they have put twenty acres of
arabic land in first-class condition, and
there Is no doubt whatever that next
year the colonists will be better of than
they have been during lifetime In the
city.
There are thousands of acres in Ger
many where similar experiments might
and undoubtedly will be attempted. for
the kaiser is greatly interested and thinks
that only in this manner will Ii be pos
sible to put an end to German emigra-
ton.
Greek King a Diplomat.
King Constantine OF Greece during his
visit to this country proved that he is as
great a diplomatist as a strategist and
became Immediately popular with all the
people with whom he came into contact.
From his Danish father he has inherited
not only SOOO looks out also the True
democratic spirit, which Is the greatest
asset Of a modern king. He used every
opportunity to meet men of the laboring
classes. who all fell easy victims to
his charming ways. and never has royal
visitor had a more friendly press in Ger
many. for even the socialist papers have
been loud in their praise of him.
The hearts OF our army officers from
the kaiser downwards he captivated I'M
mediately by declaring that when he had
had the good fortune OF winning a num-
Der of great victories he owed this first
of all to the splendid military training
he had received in Germany. His words
were a much-needed balm on the smarting
wounds of German officers. who have
been told over and over again that the
Balkan war had conclusively proved the
superiority of French over German mill
tary tactics and who were almost begin
ming to believe that they were to blame
for the defeats OF the Turks.
Encouraged by the words Of the chief
hero of the Balkan wars and stirred by
his personal presence In their midst, they
outdid themselves during the kaiser ma
neuvers which have never been carried
out with such a dash and daring as this
year. and which aroused the enthusiasm
of all foreign military attaches and quite
restored the good humor or the kaiser
Germans are too practical and sober
minded to take much stock In occultism
and mysticism sciences which they are
content to leave to their imaginative and
southern and western
ne:ghbors. But Berliners are greatly in
terested In proposed international con-
gress of occultists to be held here this
winter or early next spring, under the
auspices of such famous mystics Us
Maurice Maeterlinck, Camille Fiamma-
rion, the well known French astronomer,
and Sir Oliver Lodge. Connected with
the congress will be an occultistic exhibit
ton which promises to be exceedingly in
tereStinS.
Striving for Expo Exhibit.
The war between the bureaucrats and
Herr Balm concerning the participation
Of Germany in the Panama exhibition in
San Francisco continues, but although
the former have the support Of the whole
official and semi official press. it is evil
dent that they are rapidly losing ground,
and the president OF the Hamburg meri-
IAN line. who has never Yet met with de-
feat during his whole career. is more
confident than ever of victory.
When 1t was cabled here that the
American government had approached
ex- President Roosevelt with view of
inducing him to come here to agitate
Tor the exhibition. Herr Ballin was de-
lighted with the prospect Of this powerful
lilly, though he Is quite confident that
re can manage to win single-handed. and
he committee Of prominent bankers and
captains of industry that he has gathered
around grows more imposing every day.
There is not the slightest doubt in my
mind that although German manufac-
urers to a certain extent may be tired
IF exhibitions and inclined to doubt |
whether the results justify the trouble
md expense, they consider the San Fran |
,isco exhibition as being in a class by it.
;elf, and II the government officials. be-
ore rendering their decision. would have
approached really representative manu-
acturers they would have found q strong |
eeiing in favor of official German par
icipation in the exhibition.
AS matters stand now. the officials may |