New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-18
EMPEROR WILLIAMS PLAN.
puRPOSED ASSIMILATION OF ALSACE-LOR-
RAINE WITH THE REST OF GERMANY.
sKILrr.L pOyTooN OPERATIONS on THE RHINE
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE TRIPLE AZ
LIANCE-DIsINFECTIoN OF EMI
GRANTS-GERMAN FAIRS.

Perrin Sept 17-Before leaving Stuttgart on SAT
urdav evening Emperor William had a long CONFER
ence with Chancellor Won Caprivi. The subject -
said to have been the projected assimilation VI
Alsace- Lorraine with the rest OF the empire Inv
.Fronkfort Gazette" says that the Emperors pur-
nose is no longer limited to the mere aboluoh vi
exceptjonal laws. His desire now Is to have Alsace
INCORPORATED in the Grand Duchy Of Baden whose
people have almost the same dialect. customs anu
even traditions with the Alsatians. Lorraine WIZ
be treated differently. 1t is inhabited by people Vi
French tendencies and language, ana mas hl'e III
common with any German state. It, therefor
will be annexed to Prussia although its AFFAIRS Will
be administered by a special department pIoo-
ably in Berlin. This plan originated with on zap
rivi IL is agreeable to the Emperor. who WISHES
TO mark his sojourn in the provinces pN sol"e "0'
sienifvng that Germany has taken definite posses
sion Of the territory, despite all hopes OF the frech
to the contrary.
A crowd OF Germany's great men gathered at 'he
station at Stuttgart to say goodby 10 'he i'''
neror Besides the King Of WurtcmDerg' 'hd"
ceor Won Caprvi and General laeseler, there were
nrcsent about fifty OF the highest officers III the
Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Army corps
which have made up the armies mahoeu'iilIs
around Metz and in Baden and Nurtcmpers' !"
talking with these officers the Emperor spoke
critically Of several incidents of the manoeuVres
He referred especially to the pontoon operations OF
have struck the Emperor's imagination with pc
culiar force and he dwelt at length on the mpof-
lance Of this class OF engr eering lie director ina"
the passage OF the river be made again IN the sah'
manner and on the same scale. ana mat an exact
statement of the time required for the work he
sent TO him. The opinions OF the military experts
present when the bridge was thrown across the
Phino agree that the Fourteenth Corps performed
the task with admirable quicness and skill In the
fleet used there forty wooden ana forty-t"o
galvanized iron pontoons. At point where the
stream runs six miles an hour and Is 80 yards wide
the boats were placed in exactly two hours. From
beginning TO end there was not hitch In the
work In the next three hours the whole Four
tcenth Corps marched across
The "Koeinische Zeitung.' "Kreuzzetung, ana
several other illustrated journals stll harp on the
entente between Great Britain and the Triple Al
lance The Earl OF Rosebery Is said here TO nave
overcome Mr. Gladstone's opposition and to have
Got the Cabinets consent 10 pursue SALISBURY
policy on the Continent. The Duke of Connausht"
presence at Guens is regarded by many as evidence
of the new understanding between Great Britain
and the Triple Alliance.
The "Nord- Doutsche Allgemeine Xeitung' says
England has friendly feelings toward the Triple
Alliance but she has never shown a remote IN
tention Of joining IT," This sem-ofiical statement
shows what hopes the German Government mas VI
getting Great Britain as an ally
DIR. Darlington Health officer at the American
Consulate in Hamburg. has been IN Berlin inspect
ing the processes of distinction and sanitation loi
emsrants on their way TO the United states. me
emigrants. he says. are isolated and taken To MS
injecting shels in Spandau. where they their bag
oage and their clothes are fumigated thoroughly.
They mass through a series OF rooms during the
opera ton. and upon coming out from the Iast one
are hurried into special cars. which carry thcn 10
Rrrncn Nowhere in transit are they allowed 10
come I'm contact with other passengers Dr. Car
ring,on says he is satisfied with the precautions
Many rich merchants in Rerlln recently former an
ssociafion called tho Union 1895 FOR the purpose
Of creating annual fairs in Berlin OF North German
manufacturers. The enterprise has been success
fuI This month the transactions Of the fair have
amounted to several million marks. and Lcipsic
hitherto the centre Of the fair trade IN Wool
bronze ceramics leather cloth goods ana toys. u
in mourning for her lost custom The president OF
The MON said at a dinner held to celebrate the
success Of the enterprise. that he hoped TO see
American buyers come in force TO the Easter faF'
1891