St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-05
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From the Sunday Globe
Especial Berlin Cable Letter Copyright ed
1894 by the Associated Press
BERLIN. Feb. 3.-Every day adds to
the urgent desire of the emperor to
have it understood that his attitude to-
wards Prince Bismarck Is changing his
old admiration into friendship. His
thanks. officially announced in the
Reichsanzeiger, his special thanks to
the municipal authorities, his renewed
letter to Prince Bismarck and the inter-
view with the minister of war, Gen.
Brensart Won Schellendortf, all bear
testimony to this point.
: Gen. Ven Schellendorff, when pre-.
senting his report Thursday last,
thanked his majesty on behalf of the
army for arranging the reconciliation
with Prince Bismarck. This caused
the emperor to eXclaim in tone of sur
prise and pleasure:
I'm the name of the army, too?'
Even those who at first were dis
gusted with the change of policy are
beginning to recognize it. as fact that
while Chancellor Won Caprivi himself
opposed Intrigue. in whatever shape it
might show itself, there is certainly
among his men in the foreign office
some who, fearing that change in the
direction of Bismarckian era would
injure them, did their best in times past
to grin at what they suppose to be
A DEAD LION.
The Associated Press correspondent
unnoh h,f
port is widely circulated in parliament
airy circles that duel was near at hand
between Count Herbert Won Bismarck
and Count Won HOlSteln, of the foreign
Office, and that it was only prevented by
the mediation of prominent men, who
pointed out that this was not the time to
create new excitement.
The movement to erect monument
in honor of Prince Bismarck in front of
the new reichstag building is being
pushed forward. ard it is hoped that the
cornerstone will be laid OH April /.
In anticipation of the commercial
treaty with Russia, quite number of
Russian buyers for importing houses
are now here for the purpose of study
ing German trade and preparing orders
which will be placed as soon as matters
warrant it.
Confidence in Italian finance is again
returning, and Italian rentes, as we'll as
italian railway stocks, show steady,
even if slow, rise. Most of the leading
German newspapers express the opinion
that Premier Crispi Will fluid a way to
smooth the difficulties which may still
remain in the way of restoring financial
stability to the kingdom of Italy.
Under the direction of the emptess,
the court marshal of the empress, Count
Won Mirbach, has been pressing the
municipal authorities of Berlin to vote
the sum of 100000 marks, which is still
needed to finish the
EMPEROR WILLIAM MEMORIAL
church, upon which 100000 marks
have already been expended With
this object in view, Count Won Mirbach
visited the aldermen personally. and
the appeal of the empress now seems
likely to induce the opposing municipal
authorities to relent and provide the
funds necessary for completing the
church.
The Kreuz Zeitung declares that the
report that Dr. Won SchelIing, minister
OF justice. is about to be replaced by DR..
BosZ, minister of education, is un-
founded.
The royal opera ball last night was
the only ball attended by their majes-
ties and their guests. The Hon. Theo-
dore B. Runyon, United States ambas-
sador, and Mrs. kunyon were present
for the first time in the portion of the
house reserved for ambassadors. The
United States attaches, Messrs. Cole
man and jackson, and their wives were
in attendance upon MIR. aud Mrs. Ruiz
yon. Emperor William made the round
of the ambassadorial circle, conyersing
with every member present.
Before the provincial committee of
Alsace-Lorraine Friday, Dr.. Petrie,
National Liberal, pleaded for the forna-
ton Of the reichsland into a sclf-de-
pendent federal state. DR.. Petrie COIL
tended that 1t was only after being
placed upon footing of equality with
other states of the empire that it would
be possible to repeal the existing eXcep-
tional laws.
DR.. Won Puttkamer, in reply, said
that the fulfillment of this wish was
impossible, as it meant a grave consti-
tutional change, involving a modifica-
ton of the
RIGHT OF SOVEREIGNTY