Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Century Speech Quoted.

the OLD world.
Century Speech Quoted.
I'm spite of this he claimed for the
Union the right to exercise the interna-
tional police power against the South
American republics, in other words an
neXation.' in case the South Americans
should show themselves incapable OF up
holding civilization Speaking further on
his policy of leaving Europe out in the
cold. Roosevelt declared that the nine
tenth century was the century OF North
American development, and that the
twentieth belongs to South America
Where Roosevelt confined himself u
defending the Union against suspicious OF
imperialistic purposes. President Wilson
proceeded directly to the attack by pictur-
ing Europe as the real enemy of South
America. His address before the Com
mercial Congress at Mobile was really di-
rected at South America The aims OF
the Union, he said. had naught TO do
with pecuniary considerations. but We're
decided solely by the demand of morals
The principal enemy OF these common
American morals. however. was foreign or
European capital-from which the South
American states must emancipate them
selves. The Panama canal he declared.
was the chief bulwark of Pan-America
common interests against this destructive
outside influence, and would facilitate the
Of the South Americans
from the foreign mammon. In this they
could depend upon the aid of the Union.
I'm Brazil and Argentina the people are
Just now somewhat under the spell OF
There is no lack, however or
important South American personages
who see the Panama canal and the Yam
kee friendship in their true light"
Six Million Lawsuits.
Nearly 5000. 900 lawsuits are fought out
in the German courts yearly. This num-
Der does not include criminal cases: the
myriad of proceedings to recover q pen
atty, nor the quasi-criminal actions
brought for insult, etc. The figures
mean roughly one lawsuit for every
eleventh person in the empire, counting
women and children. and since each suit
ton is much greater. even allowing for
the fact that many persons are chronic
conducting d number or law
suits at the same time.
These facts are made the basis for an
article in a current German publication
by Dortmund jurist He refers to the
situation as a lawsuit plague and
says it demands more victims yearly
than does tuberculosis. The cost both
in time and money. is enormous. case
" hich goes 10 the imperial supreme court
requires at least three and one-helf years
for final disposal. Costs in two courts
than ST. amount to $50. for object
worth up to S120. the cost Is s115. Ger
mans paw TO lawyers each year 81 ,5o0,-
100 in actions OH account. involving ST.
$4,000, in cases where the debt is not
denied.
In the so-called colleaial courts. that
Is, courts presided over by two more
Judges and corresponding roughly TO
merican courts of record. parties To the
suit may not represent themselves. but
are compelled to engage attorneys. This
IS true even in the case of lltiSant at
torneys themselves.
The author Of the article in question
cites a case which is. he declares, by 10
means unusual. one farmer sued an
other to compel the return of a saw. The
trial court decided in favor of the plain
tiff and the case was appealed. In the
meantime the was lost. The puta-
tive owner thereupon brought action 10
recover its value. The parties being un-
able TO agree, an expert witness was
called, who testified that the saw was
worth twelve cents The process lasted
three years and the costs amounted to
more than So. The writer says IL should
be Impossible to set such ponderous ma
,hinery in motion for trivial cases, and
on this tendency in the Gel
man people says: THE German Michael
will sue the shirt of his back in order
to obtain a decree in black and white IN
the kings name, setting forth his theo-
retical rights.