New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-12

OAAA6 AWFUL IuOI0 lIASuOAy ISAAt1O00
with the French republic come into
contact with the expression Of old
hopes and with long standing malice"
ESCAPES PUNISHMENT.
Johann Jakob Waltz. IN artist and
caricaturist, has just been sentenced
to one years Imprisonment by the i'm
perial supreme court at Berlin for
melting class hatred and libeling pub
lie officials, particularly the gen
darmes and school teacherg of Alsace.
Lorraine The offsenses were con-
eained In book entitled my Village"
which was published some months
ago In France, but has been sold ex-
tensively in the Reichsland and other
portions Of Germany. The case throws
some light upon the existence among
part Of the population of Alsace-
Lorraine of hatred for Germany. and
to their ardent hope some day to
be reunited to France. The court
granted Waltz three days in which to
take farewell Of his relatives. He
promptly took farewell of Germany
and it Is probable that he will not re-
turn. Doubtless this is exactly what
the prosecution was hoping for, as it
means the forfeiture of Waltz bail
Of $6,250 and that Germany will hence
forth Re rid of him.
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DENIES WHITE SLAVERY.
There is no such thing as as white
slavery, in the sense in which the
term is usually employed, according
to DR.. Kopp of the Berlin police de-
partmept, who appeared as an expert
witness in the prosecution of Samuel
Lubelski, charged with decoying girls
over the Russian border and sending
them to resorts in South America and
other cities. DR.. Kopp said: There
is widely held impression in the
public that innocent girls, by force
or trickery, are placed in houses of
i'll repute and held there against their
will. Asa matter Of fact, case of
that nature has never occurred. Even
the various associations organized to
prevent white slavery have up to this
time never been able to point to 4
single case Of this kind" DR.. Kopp's
statement has brought out strong
protest from organizations engaged
In fighting the alleged tra6ic.
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WAR CAUSES SAD SCENES.
The Berlin Vorwaerts publishes
from correspondent who was visit
ing in Bohemia when the mobiliza-
ton began pathetic picture Of mob
ilization as 1t really is, especially of
the old men who were called out with
the rest. Every train brought them in
unhappy crowds through the pouring
rain, men, wives and children weep
Ing. "Fruitlessly does the band of
the veterans corps try to play the ma
tional anthem" says the writer.
'Fruitlessly do the veterans try to
stutter out cheers in response to their
commanding officers speech. There
is no echo save the sobs Of misery
and one unforgetable scream Of utter
soul misery as the train moves OF
while the bayonets of the county gem
darmes glitter over the heads Of the
women"
RELY ON TIPS FOR WAGES.
Tips make up the sole wage Of the
unskilled employees of more than so
per cent Of 706 German hotels, &C.
cording to an investigation just com
pleted by the Association Of Hotel
Servants. The highest wage paid Is
$11 monthly and the total expendi-
lures required of the employees more
than equal their fixed wage. Only 9.5
per cent of the servants in the hotels
investigated have less than 100 hours
of work weekly. while AZ per cent
work from 100 to 112 hours and per
cent have at least eighteen hours
work day. Twelve per cent have
no day of rest whatever and less than
half have three half days in the
month.
GERMANY's SHIPPING TRADE.
Germany is about to make bold
attempt to seize the shipping trade
between Europe and Australasia. The
government has just increased the
subsidy from $475,0O0 to $1.185, 900 q
year. With this encouragement two
steamship companies are making big
plans. Statistics just issued at Brem-
en- show that Hamburg's total ship
ping tonnage. 14.1S5,OO0. now leads
the world. with Rotterdam second
with 13.047.000 tons and London
third with 12,513,00O tons The Lon
don total in 1911. 1t is added, was
IL, $4,000 tons. compared with Ham
bur1'a ~. OCT ono