A QUESTION OF UNIFORM..

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 77, 2 April 1910, Page 14

A QUESTION OF UNIFORM..

INTERESTING TRIAL. An interesting trial, in which L .'ic Foreign Office and the Ministry oi ,; ar appear as plaintiffs, begap in Vienna on 14th February before a jury. In addition to tho two Ministerial departments mentioned, the plaintiffs include several high military officials and heads of departments at the Foreign Office. Among them are General Treidler (President ot the Court Martial), Brigadier-General Schleger (Commandant of the Transport Carps), Freiherr yon Rhemen (Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary), and Baron Berger. The defendant is an Austrian named Clemens Koliseher, who was formerly in the Persian finance service, and was tho holder of a monopoly of Persian textile manufactures, and of several railway concessions. After maaiy years' service Horr Koliseher received the rank of a Persian General, with the title of Khan. When he came back to Austria and made his appearance

in the uniform of a Persian General, which is very similar to that of aH Austrian General, several misun<Jerstandings arose, in consequence of which the War Ministry forbade him to wear the uniform in that country. Repeaced conflicts arose between him and tho War Office on account of this prohibition. Herr Koliseher also complained that while he was on duty in Persia the Vienna Foreign Office had thrown every hindrance in his way, and in the course of his campaign in the press he called the functionaries of the Foreign Office "traitors," while the officers lie dubbed "dishonourable," and unworthy to wear the Emperor's coat. The Military Court of Honour was in particular the target of his attacks. At the opening of the trial Herr Koliseher delivered a long speech, describing the difficulties which Austrian, subjects encountered abroad, owing to the fact, as he alleged, that Lhey got no assistance from Austrian diplomatists. He declares that ho will prove thes« assertions. The trial was arousing much interest.