The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-22
Won BISMARCK OF JARCHLIN IS
OF GERM MAN HIGHER GLASS

brown portfolio un1er -Aeir arms and
Jump into their cars for a $50 mile ride
eountTH ,1h.s nomssorm In the enemy
narily trustworthy set or couriers, men
not always as hardy as trained soldiers.
and OF more than average resourcefui-
ness. l have seen them swaying on their
e%hsaht,s With slespiness after = long
nisnt = crive, and i have also seen them
shake themselves together IN an instant
when orders came.
Land owners. manufacturers. and mil
men OF fortune from the world Of art
Mh1 Won Schilling. ntendant OF the
royal theater at stuttgart (has the title
~, excehency and rank OF general In
civil hfe) IL one OF these message bear
mad 70 make the ssven hour auto ride
from Posen to Graudenz TO view the new
intrenehments with which this town has
been half circled since Angus
From the city of Posen We Jared north
VEST up the border country. out OF the
province OF Posen and into the province
German roads. and 1 don't suppose there
wa an hour OF the seven when we were
the intrenchments or OF soldiers etsard-
ing the finished work
Prom Posen TO Gnesen. Gnesen TO Ho-
70 kulmsee and Kulmsee to Graudenz-
" was the same at all the strategic
~ ~ ssssII6hg me line: acres upon acres
the towns cut up with trenches. and
acres OF superb municipal forests cut
10 be converted into barriers
vr tue sake OF its military as well as
route ei IN deal, si~gnincanes give the
not by highways but by rail:
from Posen trich city Of $4,000 in
tress os ;h sapi,si Of the province. for
trade With the easu 20 Gnesen. thirty
Ss odn en onssen: with q population OF
memorable history. Is the Oldest town
n ioAnd; In the cathedral is the tomb
q Aaalnert first preacher of the
LOT ms propaganda Here the Kings OF
f0ESnd used TO be crowned.
n. 'Un ohessn 20 ~Hohensalza. thirty
~ miles. Hohensalza. population -,
Lo'OOV. seat OF great salt works. direct.
~ Opposite one OF which is a huge beet
ana ntss,'orS. Both are working day
Prom Hohensalza 10 Thorn twsr,v
eitV or t1%nSSr na' q spaeious and beautiful
history. " which the 'sThorner Rints
'ae Was a pitiful incident.
the Teutonic knights, IL was Iosf - 90
msny FORTY years after the first battle %
rannsnnerg Citlo). IA which the sIavs
OF ne me hnlshts. The loss was one
victory the shame OF which cen %, Hitn
nsn burg may be said 10 have wiped out
c~enturies and four years In overfakins
the Slavs. O'ehhs
in peace there Is a seven and a half hour
.Apress train from Thorn TO Warsaw
At present there are mostly
IRON morn TO hulmsee. thirteen miles
hss,, es 10000 population. aud in the
wildly. 'o writes 50
prom Kulmsee to Graudenz. twenty
mIles. CITY Of 10000 population COM
mands a superb rweep 81 IN v,.,aha
contains n vast fortress built by Fred-
eslek the Great. now valuable only for its
modious barracks. hut the to~n Sar-
tifled 10 the hilt by a far less plcturesaue
Dut practically i%mpregnable system OF
Invuefh ileid Qualifications The victorf-
Gus resistance old Gen. Courbiere orfsrsd
70 n French siege Of Graudenz In 1907
tornns one OF the glorious chapters In
On the latter half OF our tourney NC
passed the ruins OF some Of the castles
sna iortnsd churches Of the Teufonic
whose order Vas perhaps the ffr.t a..
tensive application Of the modern Rsd
Sr9rs idea. and AIR. Won bismarck said
nose fortresses we're built for ore
cisely the same purpose as those new
ihtrenchments we just passed were built
TO Keep out the east"
Ihen Won Bismarck commented on
ekFicnltural matters. had noted the
fact that the fields were In many places
ilIled 90 the edEe 81 the highWay-no
waste % clutter anywhere.
Yes" he said. we German farm.,.
respect the soil too much 20 waste H."
lie spoke OF the great tracts reserved
Tor shooting In England and Of places
which their proprietors look upon only
a. ~i9Nurles 20 b. enjoyed IN the summer.
call that a degradation o. the
land" be said. adding. IT seemed 10 me
= dreadful thing when an E~ngiishman
who had lived for fifty years In York-
shire and also had forty farms in ireland
sold seventeen Of those farms al =
stroke Of h pen without ever having
That must bo a fine country my
Ensiish friend said to me after the sale
but surely you know I said.
No he replied. 4 have never been
And yet my friend had been in Art
ca Asia, and Canada"
Won bismarck said the same science
end system which make german farm
ing - rrohtable we're applied 10 German
forestry. The publicly owned tracts
are a source q grest. revenue 20 the
privately owned tracts b. controiisd ~
TIE state. No owner IL allowed a.
slaughter his woods.
A. fast as he cuts he must plaet
end each year he r. allowed to cut only
Srisin Pr9porton OF The various
constantly renewing itself the rainfsii
= not diminished and the water courses
are not dried up.
There are no potato bugs IN Prussia
said bismarck.
mute details. 20 the end that srsat thinss
may Be accomplished. charactarfses az
goNernmente direction 81 tha service 70
which Won bismarck now heionga
There a. much drifted snow IN hs re-