The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-14
GERMAN CALLS
ON MANY YOUNG
MEN FOR ARMY
UNDER NEW MILITARY LAWS,
OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
PER YEAR ARE DRAFTED FOR
SERVICE As SOLDIERS.
BY ASSOCIATED PRBs.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Berlin, Sept. 13-Under the new
military laws Germany Is today calling
on over a hundred thousand more OF
her sons each year to serve in che
army. The new regulations, however,
create conditions under which German
subjects living abroad may escape
military service entirely, and In this
regard they are of interest to Germans
living in the Unined States.
The laws provide that German sub
jccts who have obtained permission to
p.stpone their military servdce on ac-
ssfnt of residence abroad and who
a'se acquired a permanent position
Te may, upon application to the
Der authorities, be excused entirely
m active service and transferred to
- .'landstur7n" or militia, which Isl
called upon only in time OF actual in
vaSion. The exemption IL granced only
on condition that entering the army
would jeopardize either the position or
Invested capital Of the ernfgrant and
there is reason 10 believe that the
s'icant Is not trying deliberately to
e military service.
Ulcers or officia1s living abroad may
new be granted leave for two years
and excused from returning for the
usual military duties. subject only 10
the obligation Of returning in case OF .
general mobilization, and this leave
may be extended indefinitely upon pre-
sentation of a consular certificate that
the applicant has q permanent posi-
ton as merchant, business manager,
etc The officer whose life work Is
found in America or another country
outside of Europe and the Mediter-
ranean lands may even be excused
from returning upon mobilization,
though of course 1t is almost incon-
eeivable to think of a German officer
taking advantage of this in case of
First Bachelor Tax.
lean statesmen who would like
ipulate the new income tax law
II harder on the bachelor than
e married man. may take warning
H.. / the experience Of the little prir-
eiT atty Of Reuss. where the first bach
elcr tax in Germany was introduced
siiis year.
IRE tax has been in effect only since
4. II |. but the Reuss newspapers de-
cl~ee That ba chelors OF property are
.ti efcrring themselves and their
It'll to other parts OF the empire
re the state OF single blessedness
i rot subject to special taxation. One
haohelor Of Cireiz. capital OF the prfn
cipality has given further evidences OF
his dispieasure by revoking a bequest
OF 1850, which he had introduced in
his win sor municipal bath house in
Greiz.
Participation in the open arca1itec-
trual competition to select designs for
the prop osed German embassy build
ing in Washington, Is extraordinarily
heavy, no less than 2ss sets OF plars
having been submitted. The work of
the committee of selection, which In
cludes Prof. Peter Behrens, and other
prominent architects; Count Bernstorff.
German ambassador to Washington,
and Herr Won Jabow, the secretary OF
state for foreign affairs. win therefore
be equally ar7uous.
The building is to cost about $500, 000 |
though this limit will probably be ex-
ceeded on account of the increased ex-
pense OF building. Among the COM |
peting architects is one American. |
who had earlier finished sketches for |
an embassy building and was therefore |
especially invited to participate In this !;
competition
Thousands OF German emigrants i
died Of starvation In Holland this sum- /
mer. whittier they had gone In search i
of food. The victims were not per-
sons however. but bees. OF which the |
bee-kespers Of Westpha1ia and the |
Rhine districts take thousands OF i
hives across the frontier every summer |
to he great Peel headh which in sum- /
mer is covered with masses OF Wild /
fcwers. Special trains are employed /
to facilitate The transit OF the honey L
makers. This year. however. the flow 4
crs hloomed later than usual and many
: the bees starved. SO that honey will 1
le scarce and dear in Germany this
u alter.