Mexico Missouri message., 1917-12-06

OF COnulLIOnS III tue empire A6 tOI-
lows:
Just before left Berlin the details
OF che mutiny in the German army,
OF which 80 much had been whispered
in the past, had come to light.
One whole division Of Prince Rup-
precht's army, it is declared. refused
to move from their posts when a
counter attack was ordered after the
battle OF Broodseinde ridge.
Prince Rupprecht, a stern discip-
linariaL, inflicted upon the division
the clas sical punishment invented by
julius Caesar.
He caused every hundredth man to
be executed.
The total number Of noncommis-
stoned officers and men from the
ranks thus punished is variously esti.
mated at from 20 to $50 men,
Among the Bavarian and Saxon
troops, according to the steries cur
rent in Berlin. the murder of officers
during the progress Of fighting is par
ticularly prevalent.
AS a matter of fact, the mutinous
division which was accorded such
Spartan punishment by Prince Rup-
precht was a regiment of Branden-
burgers.
Seldom Allowed FurIough.
The German soldier is seldom now
allowed home leave, although ne OBJ
tains respite from the trenches on
t,rIn oh h. -
sending him to some part of the coun-
try with which he is unfamiliar.
The object is twofold. In the first
place, the privations the soldier must
endure are hidden from his own fam.
lily, and so the warweariness which
the government so much breads is
checked.
The second reason is the deliberate
encouragement Of the sort Of polyg-
amy which is euphemistically de-
scribed in Germany as the double
household" to promote which a num-
Der Of medical and scientific men
have banded themselves into league,
Of which the Herr Professors Ost-
wald and KARL are the presiding
geniuses.
Losses by war and disease, and the
remarkable fall in the German birth
rate, have caused the population to
decline for the first time in the his.
tory Of the German empire.
Kultur's remedy for this state Of
affairs is an elaboration of promiscu-
Gus intercourse which is serious
subject for debate among the Ger
man clergy.
Encouraged by the freedom with
which the subject is discussed and
by the toleration of the authorities,
an amazing crop of bigamists Of both
sexes are openly defying the laws Of
the various German states.
One of the objects of the league
above mentioned is to force the state
to care properly for the offspring Of
these unions when the war is over,
for their temporary nature is con.
ceded by the propagandists.
Judge Approves lnfideIlty.
An astonishing instance Of the per-
version Of this doctrine Of the re-
population Of Germany was recently
given in the divorce court.
An erring wife, whose soldier hus-
hand sought relief on the ground of
infdelity, answered with the excuse
that he had been absent from home
more than twelve months.
She declared she had a higher duty
to the fatherland than her duty to her
husband and her marriage VOWS. ITO.
day the father1ands needs soldiers;
tomorrow she will need children" she
cried.
She was heard sympathetically, and
acclaimed by the persons In court as
a true patriot; and the case was ad.
1ourned in order to give her husband
a chance to reconstitute their rela.
ttons on an amicable basis.
Unimaginable CONSERVATION has
fallen upon the large class of people
in Germany who still retain their old
faith in the Zeppelin airship, because
OF the capture of an uninJured shir
with all its secrets intact by the
French.
All members OF Zeppelin crewr
swear a solemn oath to destroy the
secret parts OF the mechanism, and
the exact instruments by which the
vessel Is steered. This the crew ol
the captured ship failed to do, a fail
ure which has caused them to be
branded as traitors.
The Zeppelin fiasco adds fresh point
to the movement in favor Of large
aeroplanes, which is making great
headway in Germany.
The new type OF bomb carrier
which has been successfully tried
carries more powerful engines by fal
than the Gotha, and Just twice tn,
weight in bombs.
1t will be news that the creates
weight OF bombs 1t is thought saf,
to- intrust to Gotha on a Londor
raid is 140 kilos, or less than Soi
.