Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-18
GERMANY GETTING READY.
Plans Under Way for Olympic Meet
 of 1910 at Berlin.

Carl Diem, president of the German amateur athletic union and general secretary of the sixth Olympic games in Berlin in <1916, has the following to say Germany's preparations for
 the big meet: The decision of the in
 ternational Olympic committee to hold
 the sixth Olympic at Berlin in 1916 did
 not find Germany unpre pared. Only
 a short time before building and hnan-
 c1aI plans had been completed for the
 erection of the Berlin stadium which
 guarantees the next world contest in
 athletics a worthy setting. Immed-
 lately after the international commit
 tees decision was formally commpni-
 cated to the German government,
 which in turn intrusted the prepara-
 tlons for the games to the German inn the building of the stadium was be-
 gun. It will be finished in June of
 this year, so that there will be 8 full
 three years in which to test exhaus-
 functions which the stadium will be
 called upon to fulfil in 1916.
 'In it's general lines the Berlin sta-
 dium will most nearly approach the for the London Olynapiad, It is To-
 cated in the Grunewald, the beautiful
 forest on the western outskirts of
 Berlin, to the exact middle of the race course of the Berlin jockey club. In the center of this vast inclosure is little valley, wherein the stadium will be so inlbedded that no single part of it will rise above the level of the race course and thus in no respect interfere with a free view of the lat ter from any angle.
 "The stadium's normal seating ca pacity will be 2T,000, but 1t will be so constructed as to make room for many thousands more if necessary The cost of the stadium is estimated at about $162, 500, which has been raised from private sources. The imperial German government and the state of Prussia have merely guaranteed the interest on the investment up to certain fig ure. The balance of the interest and amortization costs are to be met out of income of the imperial committee for Olympic sports. Altogether sum of s37,5oo is to be raised annually. and this will entail no particular difficult ties.
 The formal dedication of the sta- dium will take place on June s. The German athletic world purposes ern- bracing this opportunity for paying homage to the kaiser on the 18th ju- b1lee of his reign. To that end the athletic and gymnastic organizations of provincial towns and cities will send delegations total1ing 10. 0oe men, while Greater Berlin itself will appear with an additional 20.000 Thus it is hoped that a procession of 30000 athletes will march in serried ranks before the imperial box and doff their caps and banners to the emperor. The formal dedicatory ceremonial over, the sta dium will henceforth be given over exclusively to preparation for the events of 1916. Organization work, of course, has long been in pro- gross.
 ''The idea of the Olympic games has in the course of time expanded far beyond it's original proportions. indicates that more plainly than this fact that the London games cost $75,000 and that the cost of the Berlin games is estimated at s375 900. This latter sum includes, of course, considerable outlay for training of teams of all sorts. which are to De pre- pared in the very best possible man ner. The games themselves will nat 1rally not produce revenue sufficient to cover the sum above mentioned. It will be met. therefore, by subsidies from the imperial German and PrJIs- sian governments, as well as from the treasury of Berlin. These subsidies are in certain prospect. In addition it is confidently hoped to raise s50,000 or $1o0,000 from rrtvate sgt That the public may be relied upon to ual0c a lively interest in the cause is guaranteed alone by -he energetic personality of the pres dnt of the imperial Olympic commit ice, the former minister of state, George von Podbielski, who. despite ais Il years, is still in the prime of manhood and youthful en- -husiasm.