Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-19
THE WHOLE WORLD AT WAR.
DEATH sTRU80LE or fSPEFfALiS~
AND DEMOCRACY DsPIOrED.
Tho Dec,s,yc Hattie Of tho Faturc- Tho boys
IN Min. ur.ss,ns Up tho watch ON the
Rhine England. France an" tho
uo,,sd states Against Ross'n,
Austr,s and Germany.

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Tho advance sheets are out OF book TO he
pubiI.hed, entitled Bietigheim." Like the
!" Battle Of Dorking" and other iic,ions thai
followed that work, this book undertakes to
deal with the future, In which Europe and
America In this example are Jointly arrayed.
The author OF" Bietigheim" deals with the
great issues OF nations, not with the passions
Of individuals. His dramatis personG in
cludes Germany and Russia, England,
France and the United States. The motives
Of action are imperialism and democracy |
The scene is tho battle field. In all this |
there Is an undeniable fascination. The |
scope of action, the largeness OF the events |
and the plausihility OF treatment, ingeniously
wrought out OF current facts, excites and In |
teres,s that is far deeper than the old charm
of "The Arabian Nights" n not ~ poetical.
" i'ietigheim" attempts to tell tho story OF
tho crisis of 1890 and how II came about The
reader is asked to look over the historical
events In the United States which led up to
It. lie IL reminded that after Cleveland's
refusal to stand for second term there grew
up q strong public sentiment In opposition
to the abuse OF the naturalization laws a
widespread doubt ~ to the wisdom OF leav-
ing our doors open to the emigration of the
world, and still stronger public sentiment
IA favor Of the protection to American citi-
zsns abroad. The National party Of lsss
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payment VI aPoi-HA AZ requirements ioi
fo'e'gners naturalization. The country was
at peace and more prosperous tbsn 1t had
ever been before when In 1889 An act, trivial
enoupb i'm view Of tho awful results, pro-
voked an outburst OF popular feeling
One Christian Reinhardt, y native OF Ger
many, who had become a citizen OF the
United States revisited his home and birth
pIace MulheIm on the Rhine, for the pur-
pose Of bringing back his aged father and
mother. Immediately alter his arrival In
Germany he was ordered to report as de-
serter from the German army. When he
showed his passport as an American citizen
no was told that that paper was Of no avail
there. He sent word at once to the United
States consul at Cologne, who in turn tele-
graphed them TO Mr., Pendletop our min
is.er a, Rerlin. who had already given much
a,,a,,ion. m sucb nna.,io,a a. No din,o
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maic ac'ion couiu DC hken III the mat'er
until an arrest had been actually made or
fine collected, the counsel was instructed to
go personally To Mulheim, and report
p,onn,,v ali tho, oocnrroa m, tho tonrtb
aav Reinbardt was in tho nraseuc. Of ,he
coGnsel. taken nv forra from hIs ,nothsr's
bon,e hv . tIa ii fsoidIar. and nn,, npar;,,
resi.tance to the arrast ,,,s shnt daad 49,
iba no, as a cold hIonJa1 ,,n,Jas ara 40
mandsd the immeaiate arrost Of the soldier
MAS set unon hv . noh and ba,eiv es,,an.a
with his ii,n *, raacning coIn,,,,.. no IL
uranbea tho f,c,s Ia the iasa,J,n. Nr pen
CIeton lost M Tina i'm c,lling ar tho Garn.,
foreign of,ice tn demand an immadista dis
claimer Of the ontrays and a nromise NJ,
prnnpt ren.r.,,nn ar sha sa,na ,i',a ,a1i,n
10 Wasbinv,on s,atament of tho aniirs
affair and ri his ac,Ion A ren,y fron, Tho
president sustained his course. and instrunt
ed him TO press his demand and mske no
concessona ~ "
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IN AAtHicA'
Upon one preteNt or another the Berlin
government temporized and after repeated
calls at the foreign Office our minister
was ab,a IN oh,.i, ,o,bi,,, s,,t.,.o,or,, NJ,
~ .,nari,s ,na ai,s.',
m n, 'ne ~ eNc'soihen. was i"ues-
criohoie. bismarcR was burned IN efhgy, the
naturalized German element taking the lead
In the demonstrations Mass meetings were
held all over the land. In ST Louis placards
were carried declaring that Germany must
apoiosihe or hght Caoiegrams poured in
from every state upon the American mis-
lster urging him to stand hrm. The new s.
papers hemed with instances oil arrogance
Oh the herman authorities towards American
% el,,zsns anu II was discovered that thou
sthus OF complaints OF a similar character
hai oeeh pgeon-holed at the Berlin lega-
ton through the indifference or sycophancy
OF former ministers Ihe popular demand
'.~t''a wv
10 call an extra session of Congress. Rein
harut had been shot late In August On the
i2th OF september Mr.. Pendleton, our mis-
ister, demanded his passports and withdrew
70 London. Congress assembled in October
fortunately IL was composed OF good ma
terlai, and was not unduly influenced by the
state OF pubiic feeling There was a clear
DIVISION on the question OF policy in treating
"ih Germany' The war feeling ran high
anu the special message OF the president
called ior such prompt action a. might he
deemed Just ana best hitting the honor nf a
great hAtlon. continuous sessions OF long
duration were held, but when the debate was
AZ us height proposition was received from
tue government OF Great Britain Offering the
meditation and arbitration OF Queen Victoria
~ was only after Tour days skirmishing that
the Rouse came To the yeas aud nays on this
proposition, which WAS finally accepted by
scaht lnsJority oi hve. The country acqui-
esGed reluctantly.
o.rI' a. In,, VI ,Oon oi.'atio1 az. met IN LONDON
ing representsd bv DR.. Woisay "r ~ III u.
the Hon. WIN. NJ. Evarts. The sessions
lasted month without any good result
me position OF Germsny was still arrogant
s',a anu .hn ueut suuueh ana unex pected turn
of EnvIana from the copyo;, tpe A A"i'uuIaWaI ,,, wal
brought about by the com plication ensning on
the continent One morning in January the tel
graph flashed the news that Russian army
corps had occupied Herst. England re-