Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-01-15
NEWS FROM FATHERLANO
A Brief Resume Of the Most I'M
portant Happenings In the
German Empire. =.

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German Empire.
Large numbers of soldiers are to be
kept in the field in Austria-Hungary
in spite of the cold.
Two Mormon apostles that were
about to settle down for business in
Breslan were chased away by the au-
thorities.
Crown Prince Wilhelm, who is only
a major in the army, will be promoted
In the near future. The next rank is
that of lieutenant-colonel, but the
princes of the royal family usually en-.
joy the privilege of stepping directly
into the rank of colonel
Rome, Jan. 3-Pope Plus today sent
his apostolic benediction to Vienna in
anticipation of the death of Emperor
Francis Joseph of AUSTRIA Hungary.
The message was sent to Cardinal
Nag1, papal nunZio at the Austria
Hungarian court, with instructions
from the Vatican to withhold it until
it becomes certain that the aged ruler
OF the dual monarchy is dying.
Gayety is the latest object of taxa,
ton in Berlin. All places of amuse.
ment where people enjoy themselves
are to be taxed according to the de-
gree OF enjoyment manifested by the
audience. So far the threatened tax
alton has not been carried out by the
city government because of stormy
protests from owners Of cabarets,
dance halls, circuses, variety shows,
cafes and moving picture shows, who
contend they are already so heavily
taxed that further burden would
bring bankruptcy. But the members
of the municipal council seem to be
memorable. They believe the taxa
ton of merriment will be source Of
fabulous revenue in Berlin.
All the cities Of Germany have com.
bined to present Kaiser Wilhelm upon
the twenty-ffth anniversary of his
reign with gold and silver set of
tablets bearing the armorial escutch-
cons of all the cities and the arms of
the emperor. The present will cost
100000 and will be a wonderful ex-
ample of German art and skill. The
text of the dedication will be in pure
gold and the arms of the kaiser exc
cuted in enameled and gilded silver,
with engraved ivory and mother of
pearl. Every subject of the kaiser
will have an opportunity to contrib.
ute, each giving about 2H cents. The
kaiser has announced that no other
Il gifts of any material value should be
made him. Great preparations are
being made for the celebration next
June. The principal features of the
three weeks festival will be national
athletic, musical and other contests
that are scheduled for the opening of
the stadium, which, 1t is declared,
will be the largest open arena in the
world.
The sale of a Parseval dirigible air
ship to England has raised an outcry
of indignation in German patriotic
circles, and demands are made that
the government prevent such trans
actions, which are considered a dan
ger to the national defense. Members
Of the Parseval company say, how
ever, that the delivery to England
was known beforehand and approved
by the government. Even Austria.
Italy, Russia and Japan have bought
Parseval airships. In the Tagliche
Rundschau a we'll informed writer ex-
plains the governments attitude as
follows: ENGLAND possesses prac-
teal monopoly in the building of war
ships for foreign countries and de-
rives great advantage from the fact
that there are always some foreign
owned warships nearly ready which
can be commandered in case of mo-
bilization."
Striking proof Of the value Of dirig.
ibles is found in the account of tho
performances of the different types of
German Zeppelin airships during tho
past year. The Zeppelin fleet of dirig.
ibles travelled on 30S days, with time
duration of 1,167 hours, covering q
total distance of 44,156 miles. Ten
thousand three hundred persons were
more or less actively employed in con.
nection with their fights. The air
ship Victoria Louise holds the record
so far. She travelled on 131 days, her
total number of hours in the air
amounting to 497. She covered 1900
miles, employing, all told, 2,409 per-
sons, and carrying 1927 passengers.
The highest speed attained indepen-
dent of wind currents, was so miles.
With favorable winds, however, the
Zeppelins reached speed of 80 miles.
The brilliant results achieved by the
German airships have led the German
naval and military authorities to take
over number of them and place
them at the service of the army and
navy. New airships now being built
will have great carrying capacity. Be.
sides the crew of fifteen which each
of them can accommodate, they can
take aboard several tons of explo.
sives. They are being equipped with
a number of machine guns. Two will
be placed on the deck of the airship,
to be fired at the enemy's aeroplanes
or airships on their attempt to over.
fly her. The new vessels will be able
to remain in the air for at least sixty
hours without landing. &C.,. =. ,....
i Berlin-Great interest is shown in
medical circles at the communication
read at the Academy Of Sciences by
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