The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-25
ENCLAND'S GRAB IN AFRICA
The Kaiser Induces Britain and BEL
GUM to Yield TO France.

Powers Interested - Talk of a
Franeo-German Alliance to Drive
England Out of Afrioa-A Scandal
in the Army-opinions Conflict as
TO Kotzo's Alleged Sending of Sour
rilous Letters to Members of tho
Emperor's Encourage.
Berlin, June 24.-Before starting for
Kiel, Emperor William celebrated little
diplomatic triumph in the settlement of
the dispute over the Anglo-Belgian agree
ment. He influenced Belgium and Eng
land to come to terms with France and
thus prepared the way for the pacific con-
clusion of the whole incident 1t has
been arranged that revised con-
vention shall be signed in Brussels
shortly by the four powers concerned.
The emperor has been reproachod on the
one side with pursuing a narrow German
policy, and on the other with showing
strong English bias, but when the pro-
tocols shall be made public everybody
will see that the reproaches of both
classes are entirely unjust The dispute
was settled in harmony with the recog-
nized principles of international law and
in the spirit of previous African
treaties The English dynasty ex-
perienced reverse, and England's
land grabbing policy must be
laid on the shelf temporarily. However,
the English government, retaining the
good will of Germany and allaying the
hostility of France, relieved itself of
much painful embarrassment in European
politics, Commander Monteil's African
expedition was ordered to start from
Ba2Zarville on June 81 for the Upper
Ubanghi. 1t win proceed, but will be di-
vested of its warllke features through
reduction of the fighting force, and is
likely to become a mere exploring party.
HOW THE PRESS LOOKS AT 1T.
The readiness of England to abandon
the Anglo-Belgian agreement has been
variously explained The most likely of
the theories broached here is that she
feared the calling of an African confer
ence in which France would make every
effort to introduce the Egyptian question |
The old tory Kreuz Zeitung, while finding
much fault with the settlement of the |
dispute, expresses JOY that England has
received moral check, and exhorts the |
government to show the same energy in |
dealing with the Samoan question. |
France, moreover, is advised TO pursue
her own policy in Siam regardless of En- !
glish schemes.
The details Of Deputy DR.. Arendts in
terview with the French reporter on
England's foreign policy have been repro
duced generally by the German press land
his plan of a French German alliance to
drive England out of Africa, not even ex-
cepting Egypt has been the subject of in
Vulnerable leaders.
is pernicious dream. Giving Egypt TO
France, 1t says, would never surrender
French claims on Alsace-Lorraine. He
has caused a sensation by his projects
uniqueness.
A SCANDAL IN THE ARMY.
The Colmar Zeitung and the Reichsland,
announced on Friday that Lieuts.
Albrecht, Baldinger and Karl Bren-
Finger had been convicted of sCandalous
conduct. The trial was held in Camera,
in Strassburg. Many other officers were
compromised by the discoveries
which led to the arrest of Lieuts
Baldinger and Brenzinger but
the majority of them fed to Switzerland
The local newspapers hint that several
commissioned officers in the Strassburg
garrison are in trouble on account of rev
Citations made at the trial, and that an
other series of disclosures and arrests is
at hand. These scandals, together with
the Hanover gambling cases, the Farkas
trial and Herr Won Katze's fall, have
afforded the social democrats and anti
Semites texts for many reflections on the
foulness of high society in the empire.
THE YACHTING REGATTA.
The yachting regatta which opened to.
day in kiel will end next Friday. Young
Prince Adalbert, who accompanied his
father to Kiel, will be presented to the
naval battalion as the youngest lieutenant
in the German marine service. Deputa-
tions from all German ports have gone 10
Kiel, but they cannot restore the interest
which the races lost through the with
drawal of all the Danish and several OF
the Swedish yachts. The police, who
provoked this Danish and Swedish boy
colt by excluding Danish actors from the
Schleswig theaters, are severely cen
sured
Emperor William will start northward
on the Hohen7ollern on July !. He will
leave behind a superb silver cup TO be
given to the winner of the international
amateurs rowing match on July IA. Herr
Kiderlen-Waechter the Prussian minis
ter to Hamburg, will present the cup in
the emperor's behalf.
CALL ON BISMARCK.
Recently Herr Kiderlen- Waechter filled
his official obligation to call on Prince
Bismark He remained but few min
utes at the castle, and was not urged 10
prolong his call The old chancellor is
said to haze shown plainly his belief in
the Kladderdatsch stories that Her Kid
erlen-Waechter had made business of
prejudicing the emperor's mind against
him.
The iron rolling manufacturers Of
Silesia proposed recently to the Austrians
in the same business that an Austo-Ger
man iron ring be formed at once for the
period lS94-'96, The Austrians assented
TO the proposal on condition that the roll !
ing mills of all Germany be brought into |
the combination. aThe Westphalian |
manufacturers refused on Wednesday TO |
Join the ring, and the whole project has |
collapsed.
KOTZE'S INCARCERATION.
Opinions differ greatly in the case Of
Herr Won Kotze, who is in prison, charged |
with sending scandalous letters 10 the
members of the emperor's encourage.
One court party, in which are most Of
the slandered persons, maintains that he
is innocent. An equally strong party pro
claims his guilt. The emperor evidently
sides with the latter, for he has refused
all appeals in Herr Kotze's behalf He
has examined all the documents in the
case and has declared that the legal in
quiry must proceed without check or
hindrance from anybody.