PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913. GE1M, III FEAR OF II SL NATION, HAS GREAT II Victorious Balkan Allies Be lieved to Be a Seri ous Peril. 'T Is not so many years siuco the kaiser drew with his own hand n caricature showing United Japan and China, represented as a huge dragon, reaching westward to devour Europe, and wrote underneath, "Euro peans, protect your most sacred pos sessions!" Today the yellow peril is forgotten in the presence of the now Riant that has arisen in the cast. It is the peril of the eventual Slav domination of Eu rope. This is npparent in Germany's great military preparation. Since the days of Bismarck Germany has realized dimly the potentialities of the vast districts eastward, but it took the lessons of the Balkan war to awak en the Germans thoroughly to the pos sibilities of the rise of this great pow er in Asia and the near east. And so, in days of great financial stringency, when the markets are al ready depressed and Germany and Prussia are floating loans of 5.T0.000. 000 marks, comes the startling an nouncement that 1,000,000,000 marks, or $230,000,000, will bo asked for im mediate armament purposes and a permament addition of 200,000,000 marks to the yearly military budget. The immensity of the contribution asked can bo understood when it is considered that the annual savings of the entire Gorman people amount only to about 4,000,000,000 marks. The amount asked for military purposes, therefore, will absorb a quarter of this, to say nothing of the regular annual expenditure added to the permanent budget. Demands Stagger German Public. It is not alone the immensity of the sum demanded that has staggered Ger mans and tho whole of Europe as well, but also tho recollection that when the nddition of somo 30,000 men annually to tho standing army was asked last year the military authorities assured tho nation that tho increase asked would sufllco to make Germany stroug enough to resist all aggression that could he expected and to protect all her interests. Yet now they come with nn unprecedented demand for 1,000, 000,000 marks and an increase in tho number of the army which it was at first understood would be 50,000 year ly, but now, it is understood, wlil amount to 84,000, raising tho standing army to a peace footing of more than 800,000. As an explanation of this the semi official Cologne Gazette comes out with tho statement: "For tho present our armament is sufficient. What is asked is provision for the future. In the bloody hours before Kirk Klllso the face of affairs began to change, and an alteration in conditions began which will become history with the signing of tho peace treaty. "This drives Germany to strengthen her military forces. It is not tho sud den threatening turn in tho aspect of affairs that demands a stronger mill- ARTIFICIAL MEAT PRODUCED. I Oil I Belgian Chemist Invents Curious Sub stitute For Usual Food. A Belgian chemist, Effront, has suc ceeded In making artificial meat, ac cording to tho testimony of several prominent doctors. They say the new product is easier -to digest, more nour ishing and fnr cheaper than tho real thing. It tastes about the same. Beef, mutton and pork can be turned out to order. The component parts of "vrandln," as it has been christened, are hardly appetizing. Malt is tho main Ingredi ent, and It is treated with various chemicals. A test is about to bo made in regard both to taste and nourishing powers. W-1-I-HH-H-H-W-I-H- WHO WILL BE THE THIR TEENTH WHITE HOUSE BRIDE? Who of tho Misses Wilson will be the thirteenth White House bride. They are nil charming girls and of eligible ages. The record to doto is: 1811 Lucy Payno Washington to Judge Todd. 1812 Anna Todd to Represent ative John G. Jackson. 1820 Mario Monroe to Law ronco Gouverncur. 1820 Helen Jackson to Jehu Adams. 1820-37-Delia Lowls to Al phonso Vver Pageot, Mary Ens' ton to Luclen B. Polk and Emily Marlin to Lewis Randolph. 1842-Elizabeth Tyler to Wil liam Waller. 1874 Nellie Grant to Algernon Snrtorls. 1878 Emily Piatt to General Russell Hastings. 1890 Frances Folsom to Presi dent Cleveland. 1000 Allco Roosevelt to Repre sentative Nlcbolus Longworth. Next? Kaiser's People Forced to Give One-fourth of Savings i For 800,000 Army. -oo tary force than would have been neces sary had things remained as they were before the war, but it Is the fact that with the notional and military rise of the Balkan states and tho temporary elimination of Turkey ns an armed power a shifting in relative strength lias taken place to benefit the entire Slav nation.'' Kaiser's View Altered. It Is an opuu secret that the kaiser has been averse to any Increase in the army which might appear unwarrant ed. In fact, many army officers have been known, when conversing with friends on whose discretion they de pended, to say more or less bitter things about the emperor's love for peace and to make dire predictions as to whither his very real aversion for war was likely to lead the country. It Is now reported, however, that the kaiser has become convinced that the time to act has arrived and that tho new proposal was Inspired by him. It Is fairly certain, In any event, that he Is tho author of the proposal that 1,000, 000,000 marks be raised by taxation on tho country's great fo; tunes and that tho princes surrender for this purpose their ordinary exemption from taxa tion. The emperor has pointed out that Jhe year 1813 was a year of unex ampled sacrifices by the people and that no bettor way could bo found to celebrate the anniversary of tho free ing of Prussia from the foreign yoke than by this sacrifice. The extent of the sacrifice proposed can be judged from tho fact that the entire tnxablo valuation of the Ger man empire probably docs not exceed 200,000,000,000 marks, or $.'0,000,000. 000. It is proposed, however, to ex empt small fortunes up to perhaps GO, 000 marks from the tax. This would eliminate a considerable part of the whole and impose a really tremendous burden on tho richest. No Serious Objection. Tho German nntlon has a right to bo proud of tho fact that thus for no se rious objection hns been urged against tho scheme, although It must be ad mitted that the Prussian "Junker" or gans nppoar rnther lukewarm regard ing the matter. In general, however, tho response has been gratifying. But tho effect on the financial situation of the empire and ns a consequence on the financial world generally is bound to bo to a considerable extent disas trous. Tho money mnrket is already very tight. Peace in the near cast will give rise to now demands for money, naif tho now Prussian and imperial loan subscriptions, amounting fo 275,000,000 marks, must bo paid on March 27. A great many cities have been awaiting n favorable time for floating loans, which will now probably have to wait still longer. Tho 1,000,000,000 marks asked for are to bo spent mainly on fortifications along tho eastern frontier. SAYS HE CAN CONTROL SEX. i--i-,i Paris Physician Astonishes Medical Fraternity With Alleged Discovery. A controversy rages in Paris over the announcement of R. Robinson that ho has found a way to control the sex of tho unborn. Ills experiments have been mado in collaboration with Dr. Carlo Basilc of Rome. Briefly, their theory is that an in jection of lecithin or of cholln will cause the offspring to bo a female. Willie tho injection of adrenalin will Incline tho offspring to bo of the male sex. Lecithin is colorless pnosphorlz ed fat obtained from tho cells of ani mals and vegetables. Cholln is nn al kaline from the bile of nnimnls, and it is obtained also from egg yolk and from animal nerve tissues. Adrenalin is an extract of the glands which Ho above the kidneys without any known purpose. Lecithlu and cholln, according to Robinson and Baslle, destroy the mnlo element in the mnternal cells, and ndrcnalin de stroys tho female element In tho cells. ONLY GIRL BABIES WANTED Evidence of Female Superiority Shown In Odd Way. An extraordinary manifestation of tho alleged growing interest in the su periority of women was told to tho woman's party at Chicago recently by Mrs. Julia Way, superintendent of tho Illinois Children's Homo and Aid so ciety. "Wo find now." said Mrs. Way, "that there is no demand for boy babies. Families that wish to adopt babies in variably ask fbr girl babies. Tho hos pltals and asylums aro full of healthy boy babies, but no ono wants them. Girl babies are .as scarco as feathers on a cat. They are seized in their swaddling clothes by persons anxious to adopt them. "What we shall do with tho male babies is n pressing question that has found no solution as yet. I know it is heartltss to discriminate against them, but such is tho fashion of the day." SNAPSHOTS AT STATE NEW All Pennsylvania Gleaned for Items of Interest. REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy In Every Locality Churches Raising Funds for Many Worthy Objects Items of Busi ness and Pleasure that Intoroci. Morrisvillo will organlzo a villago improvement society. After cutting tombstones at North Wales for forty years, James Billiard is retiring from the marble business. Eggs are a drug in the West Chester markets, and aro selling at 17 and 20 cents. "Congress rules tho country and drives prices up," said Joseph Brower, of North Coventry, under Court ex amination for naturalization. Perkaslo demands a town flower, and to get tho sontiments of citizens tho First National Bank bos sent out blank coupons. Building permits for work aggre gating $150,000 have been issued since tho first of tho year by Building In spector T. T. Williams, of Chester. St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Easton, has purchased addltonal ground ad joining its property for a larger church. Robert Klotz, member of a prom inent Easton family, is under arrest on a charge of embezzling funds from an insurance company. At West Chester, Burgess Jefferis caused the removal from billboards of pictures advertising the Rosenthal murder case at a local moving picture show. Charles Tate, a grocer at Devon, was arrested for selling an adulteration called olive oil, that contained 95 per cent cottonseod oil, and was finod $60 and $14 costs. Quakertown High School students have been offered a prize of $2 by the Woman's Club for the best essay on "How to Make Quakertown an Ideal Town." Having been arrested for embezzle ment, ex-Prothonotary Stephen K. At kinson, of Newtown, pleaded guilty to tho bill in the Judge's chambers and sentence was suspended. Water mains burst at Yardley, and it was necessary to shut down for a time the powerhouse of tho New Jer sey & Pennsylvania Traction Corpora tion, the building becoming flooded. A bad landslide occurred on the Eastern Pennsylvania Street Railway between Mauch Chunk and Nesque honing, delaying traffic for several hours. Raymond Cattell, a young man of West Chester, has brought suit against the Sharpies Separator Works for $5,000 damages for injuries received when his arm was badly mangled in a machine. West Chester residents say that among tho most pressing needs of the town are: Trolley connections with Wilmington. Government by com mission. Terminal facilities for trol loy freight. Moro prompt payment of small bills. "Dry" weather at the clubs. Four playgrounds at different sections of the town. More strict en forcement of the anti-cigarette law. Walter Rose, of Tarontum, has do parted for South Rumania, Europe, whore he is to be In the employ of the Standard Oil Company to look after its ltnerests in tho oil fields. Mr. Rose will have charge of the drilling and teach tho art to the nativos of that country. He sailed from New York yesterday, and it will require 12 days to make tho trip. Mr. Rose has a three-year contract with the Standard Oil Company. Harry Painter, a 23-year-old Perry county citizen, had his first ride on a railroad train to Harrisburg. He has lived all his life Just ouUside of New Bloomflold, where he has heard the lo comotives on the Susquehanna & Western Railroad, but ho never wan dered near enough to uso the trains. What makes it all the more remark able is that Perry county has had railroads for almost three-quarters of a century, and New Bloomflold has been a railroad station since before Painter was born. The report of tho city superintend dent shows that 1,000 pupils were ab sent from tho public schools of Ches ter in one month on account of the measles. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty, of the Knights of Columbus, will bo one of the guests at the Knlfchta of Columbus convention, to be held in Scranton in May. 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