The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-10
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Berlin, Aug. 1O.-An interesting 1e- gal question has been raised in con- nection with the now famous Rosa Luxemburg case by prominent juTists. If their construction of the law of the case is correct it will be inpossibl to bring the woman to trial for the very sufficient reason that judges conn petent to sit in the case most prob ably cannot be found. In Germany, as in all other civilized countries, a judge is disqualified from taking part in trial when he is related to any of the parties within g. certain degree. In Germany collateral relationship by consanguity to the third degree or by affinity to the second degree even when, in the latter case, the married relation no longer exists, and, of course, all direct degrees of relation ship in the ascending or descending line, are disqualifications.
 The charge against Rosa. Luxem- burg iss one of insulting all the mem bers oftthe Prussian Army, which in cludes also former soldiers who, al- though no longer with the colors, are still liable to military duty. As every able-bodied male German must serve in the army, it Is highly improbable that there is any judge in the empire who is not related to some member of the army within the prohibited degree. The jur1sts who have raised this ques- ton point out also the extreme prob ability that seven competent Judges could not be found to make up the quorum required in the Imperial Su- preme Court in case of an eventual ap- peal to that tribunal.
 There are great many people who do not believe that the Luxemburg case will ever be brought. up again for trial. Their opinion has been strengthened by the withdrawal by the state attorney of a prosecution which had been started against one of the editors Of the Vorwaerts, on account of an article dealing with the abuse of soldiers. This newspaper declares that it is evident that the war minister des not care to have the question of i'll treatment of soldiers brought again before a civil court.
 London, Aug. 1e-Jack Heaton Armstrong. an aristocratic young Eng Ishman, has just returned from Al bania, with a. story of the awe in which his monoc1e was held by the unso- phisticated soldiers of the Mpret, while he was in command of field gun used against the rebels.
 Armstrong, who is a brother of the private secretary of Prince William. set out from Alessio with Chief Prenk for the relief of the Prince. then besieged in his capital. Prenk had 2,00O men and one field gun. Armstrong; commanded the gun. No matter how shot the fire, the soldiers never deserted the gun, which was aimed and fired by the monocled Eng lishman As 'they had never seen a monocle befoEe, they thought it essen tfal to aiming,t or a kind of range find CT. Armstrong; did not dispe1 their il- fusion.
 Berlin. Aug. 1o.-One of Germany's S famous medicinal spas, Sodenthal, near Aschaffenburg. Bavaria, will henceforth be barred to rich people. It has been bought. and will be re- served for worktngmen. The purchase has been made by the Imperial Insur- ance- Department, from state fun ds and the spa. will be reserved entirely for workingmen and women insured by the state and sent to Sodenthal for treatment by their insurance fund office, upon the official physician s certificates. Hotels, baths, and all other things saconnected with the resort are now the property of the state.
 Johannesburg, July 1o.-Arrange- ments practically have been com pIeted for the visit of French lawn tennis team to South Africa. It is expected that the team will be com posed of the we'll known players, De- cugis, Germot, Gau1, PouIin, Madame iDecugis and the American player, Miss Ryan. The tour will begin in October and extend into December