St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-28
1T WILL NOT TAKE LONG.
Bismarck Will Settle the Samoan
Difficulty in Short Order.

bismarck VIII Settle the Samoan
Difficulty in Short Order.
BERLIN, April 27.-The members of
the commission to consider the questions
concerning Samoa have seen Prince
Bismarck and Count Herbert Bismarck.
The former briefly expressed his conf
dence that the conference would be
harmonious The foreign Office appears
to be assured of an early termination of
the negotiations. The commission. how
ever. expects that the sittings will be
protracted for several months, es-
pecially if the charges against Klein,
involving claims against the Wash
ingtOn government, are brought
up, Prince Bismarck certainly
intends tn place the evidence of Her
rem Brandeis and Knappe and others
before the conference, but he has aban-
dOned the claims for indemnity arising
from
This concession ought to shorten
proceedings. The claim against
the Samoans for plundering Ger
man traders and painters will
be maintained. There is rea-
son to believe thatEngland supports the
principle of the German demands. and
it is trusted that the American dele
gates are empowered to admit it. The
amount of the indemnity is not likely
to give rise to any disagreement, being
merely a question as to the
scented. The foreign officers methods
of levy present difficulties. From the
nature Of the communications between
Count Herbert Bismarck and Hamburg
firms interested lii Samoa, it is SurmiSed
that the indemnity will take the form Of
extended land concessions super
vised by land court COM
posed of representatives from Samoa
and Germany, England and the
United States. Mr.. Bayard's scheme of
government, which includes royal
council and legislature composed of
two houses in which the three powers
will be represented,
WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED.
Prince Bismarck adhering to the prin-
ciDle of n0n-interventiOn with the local
government. The official papers rather
affect indifference toward the confer
ence. The Cologne Gazette concludes
that a favorable result is already
assured. a strongly phrased arti-
Gle in the Magdeburg Gazette, a
national liberal paper, is i'll marked coll
traSt with the reserved tone of the gen.
eral press. This paper declares that
German honor requires the punishment
of the asSailants of Dec. Is, and it de-
mandS protection for the planters by
permanent settlement of the whole
Samoan group, on the lines fol-
lowed by England in Egypt. In its
expansive chauvinism, the article mis-
represents both official and public feel
ing. Count Herbert, after an informal
greeting to the American delegates,
held an official reception to all the COM
miSSiOnprS a nrnUra NINA has haar,
arranged for the opening of the con-
ference on Monday. Messrs. Kasson
and Phelps have already made
favorable impression on the German
and English officials. The idea pre-
walls in the foreign office that Mr..
Phelps will become chief of the Amer
lean legation. The family of Murat
Halstead has been here during the Win
ter. The Austrian government is pre-
pairing to
INCREASE ITS FORCES
of cavalry and artillery Oh the Galician
frontier i'll consequence of a fresh
movement of the Russian columns.
Already three full army corps are
stationed in Galicia. The landwehr
cadres throughout the empire have been
ordered to be doubled. The war Office
believes that the limit of war prepare
tons has been nearly attained, and
llldu AuSlIld Is Iedtty lOI any huSSlal
surprises. The st. Petersburg military
papers announce that modifying ar
engagements have been perfected for a
weeks maneuvers in the autumn in
Warsaw. Ninety battalions of infantry,
SlXty-twO squadrOnS of cavalry and 240
guns will take part in the maneuvers.
The Kreuz Zeitung states that the per-
secution of Germans in the Baltic PROV
inces is increasing. The governor of
Riga. replying to an appeal from a
society of lawyers against banishing to
Siberia a German solicitor named
Burger. said that they must bear in
mind that Burger was justly sen
fenced, and that he was going
TO Siberia. Protestant conSistor-
les, which were being held at
Riga, Reval and Arensburg, have been
dissolved. The police have prepared
lists of Germans, and have ordered that
all who fail TO become Russian subjects
shall report weekly under pain of ex-
pulsion. The Hamburg ripper muir
derer has been identified. A witness to
the mutilation of the boy promptly
identified him. He is a shoemaker
named Benthien.