5 SEPTEMBER 1903, Page 2

Simultaneously with this assurance of the Kaiser's interest in the

physical welfare of his Army comes the report explain- ing the forthcoming resignations of the Crown Prince of Saxony and General von Treitschke of their commands of the 12th and 19th Army Corps respectively. It appears that General von Treitschke, as President of a Saxon Military Court of Honour, decided that it was not necessary for the Crown Prince to vindicate his honour by fighting a duel with his divorced wife's brother, the Archduke Leopold. This decision, it is asserted by the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail, has so incensed high military authorities in Berlin as to render the position of the General and the Crown Prince untenable. Here, however, there is no sign of intervention on the part of the Kaiser.