Omaha daily bee., 1890-09-14
PROLONGED TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
Emperor WiIan Acq uiesces at The Request
Of the Austrian Gov eminent,
COUNT KALNoKyS FINE ITALIAN HAND.
The Rem ncwa1 of the Treaty Due In n
Great Measure to His Eff0rtS-
Compliment to Prus.
sian Nalor,

FpBr0at TsUbD M New ror-I. AssoctrteI Press
BERLIN, Sept. l3-The extension OF the
triple alliance to May, 1897, has been accepted
by Emperor William at the request OF the
ustrian government. The revised treaty
Increases the guann tees Of both Germany
and Italy tosuppOr Austria in the event of
Russian invasion Of the Balkans. ModiGca-
tons Ofthe treaty virtually confirm Austria's
possession Of b osnia and II Herzegovina The
renewal of the treaty sOon g before its ex
piratiOn i ) due TO the assistance Of Count
KalnOky, who feared that the italian cleo
tons would cripple Sis gnor Crispi and cause a
change in GMy's foreign policy. 1t is prOba-
bic that the Austrian prime minister also
dreaded the estabs hment Of an entente bss-
tween Emperor William an d the car Signor
Crisp accelerated the negotiations, having
reason to suspect that king Humbcrt un-
Known to his ministers, had exchanged
views with the car adverse to
the dreibund through the prince
Of apIes during the princess recent visit to
St. Peters burg. Emperor William will there
fore greet Empepr Francis Joseph on the
nth inst. with Increased cordiality the mu-
mal trust tending TO induce Aus TRAN assent
to Emperor Williams schemes to mcify
Russia
Semofficial cOmmunica lions in st. Peters.
burg announce that Russ ian political circles
are confident that Emperor William, in con.
ference " ih Francis Joseph, Will endeavOr
to prevail upon him to rmOnizC his policy
In the Balkan PENN ula with that of Russia.
SignOr Crispi before agreeing toa prolOnga-
ton of the treaty. tried to obtain a
pledge from Kalnoky that he would
cede Italy part Of Trentlno. EN-.
peror Williams refusal, however
to permit the triple compact to bein any way
dependenton italian tired enlist claims made
kalnoky more resolutei in his refusal.
Empress Augusta Victoria is encente
The events expected to take place carly in
February
The emperor has been witnessing the
mancavers Of troops at diGere mt points, but
Will be at the grand review Wednesday in
the presence Of Emperor Fran els Jos eph and
the king of SaxOny. The movement o troo ps
will extend over a country every part OF
which is ahistoric battle field.
Emperor William in his after din.
ner .toasts makes con tant references to
the past deeds Of Pmssians Dining
withthe officers of a regiment OF cui rassiers
he alludedto the battles around Breslm dun.
in g the period ofPruSsia's deepest humilia.
tion when SIleSa presented tn o mostsignal
example of the virtues of fidelity,
devotion and valor unto death
At the state banquet last night
he went back tothe decdsof the Prussians
under Frederic ok the Great In concluding
he said: when / think of the heroic
figure of that other Frederick, my father,
my heart Is full to bursting
with emotion, and especially when
VI remember how eight years ago,
looking in the full bloom ofhealth, he led his
corps past my imperial grandfather. These
heroic forms still live in the hearts Of the
army
The proposal, which was approved at
socialist meetings. held here and
in Hamburg, 10 have lIumnat ions
on the night OF October l in honor of the ex-
piration Of the an nttsocialist law is opposed
by the modenes. The gov eminent does
not take the proposal seriously but
will prepare for the rigorous suppress.
sion OF any public iublation An
immense effortto extend the socialist propa
ganda othe smaller tow MS and among ru raj
populations Will begin on the first of next
month. Overcome hundred small papers de-
voted to the cause will appear on that date
1t is intended to penetrate into districts
hitherto cosedagainst socialism. Lecturers
will be sent every where and elections for
members of provincial diets and In
local communes will be consisted when
ever possible, A preteAtious Anonymous
pamphlet which is supposed to have been
issued with imperial sanction, appeals to the
workmen to guard against the socialist
utOpias and aairms the government ts in ten
tion to reform tax alton in the direction of re-
lieffor the workin 6 clas ses and to ameliorate
the condition Of laborcrs as regards their
dwellings ard reorganize every industry in
theintemsts Of the working men,
United States Minister Phelps and wife
sailed today on the steamer Elbe for h0m g on
a vacation.
Mr.. William Walker Phelps the United
States minister, and Mrs. Phelps sailed
today on the steamer Elbe for home This
is the ministers first leave of abs ence fora
year Hewillspcnd most of his vaCationn
New jersey, on his estate at Teaneck. On
Sunday last Mr.. and Mrs. Phelps visited
Oberaumergau TO witness the Passion
play. The burgomaster ASSIGNED the
minister and his wife 10 the
royal box with Count Poppenheim, who
recently married Miss Wheeler Of Phla-
dcphia Count Poppenheim afterw ards
dllu fnelpS at his castle
OF Etto, near0benu.
Diphtheria Is epidemic in this city, and
there are numerous cases of typhoid fever
The hospitals are crowded with patients.
This condition of affairs is largely attri buted
to the high price oimeat driving the poorer
portion of the populace to eat garbage and
diseased food. A similar condition
exists in other populous places. 1t
is believed that the govern ment
will be espeediy forced TO rescind the prohbi-
tion on American pork and other meat I'M
ports.
Herr Won Maybach, minister Of public
works, Is i'll.
Baron WisSman has withdrawn the con-
tract for buildin < the vessel which Is TO be
placed on Victoria Ny;nm from the
English firm, and has given
the contract to III err Jansen oiHamburg.
The admi rally has drawn upplans for the
construction Of . fortified breakwater in
lleligoland.
The Late Card ina1 New man.
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