Notes

Jacob Gould Schurman, until recently U. S. Minister in China, arrived in Berlin to begin his duties as U. S. Ambassador. Several of the Embassy staff were at the station to meet the Ambassador and Mrs. Schurman, including Herr Koester of the German Foreign Office, who handed Mrs. Schurman a bouquet of orchids. The Ambassador declined to be interviewed and left the station almost immediately for the Embassy on the Wilhelmplatz, where a dinner party was held. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Prussian victory over the Swedes at Fehrbellin, the ex-Kaiser wrote from Doom to the celebration:

'Unshakable cooperation between monarch and people together with self-sacrificing patriotism laid the foundation for Brandenburg and Prussian greatness. Only a return to Prussian virtues can liberate us from the madness of slavery. Fifty years ago at the 200th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Fehrbellin my late father was present. Today, his grandson, my son Prince Oscar, brings you the greetings of the Prussian royal house. Into the dust with all the enemies of Brandenburg."

The Volkszeitung, violent antiMonarchist journal, somehow or other obtained a copy of the letter, expostulated:

"Prince and people no longer must stand together today. It is enough now if the people stand together. Now we manage our own affairs. Has not Wilhelm grasped that yet?"

At Stuttgart an exposition of anti-German War propaganda was opened under the auspices of the Minister Presidents of Bavaria, Baden and Wurttemberg. Chancellor Luther was present, read official greetings from President von Hindenburg. Occasion was made to intensify the movement for purging Germany of the "war-guilt lie."

Berlin barbers debated whether or not to increase their charges for hair-cutting by 33%. Fear was expressed that such a move would serve only to popularize the already widespread habit of skull-shaving.

Dr. Albert Einstein, author of the theory of relativity, arrived in Berlin from a visit to Brazil and Argentine. Press representatives from all parts of the world awaited, but he modestly refused to be interviewed.

In Paris arrived Jack Dempsey, pugilist, with $22,000 and a tale about having to pay $6,000 for income tax and a special Experts' Plan tax. Said he, having earned in a fortnight for exhibition work the gross sum of "I am a victim of the Dawes Plan."