The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-08

sage or the canal, 1t will be wholly useless
as means OF rapidly uniting the Baltic
and North Sea fleets, as warships will not
be able to pass through unless the canal is
deepened and widened. In the meantime,
the military value of the canal will be very
small
The National Zeitung beseeches the Gov
eminent to explain the conditions of affairs
at once, and frankly avow the errors in the
construction Of the canal, rather than to
allow the country to indulge in dangerous
discussions. The Zeitung predicts that
until the canal is enlarged at heavy cost,
it will never be able to pay its working ex-
penses.
The great mass of Berliners began their
holidays on July 1. The schools are all
closed for the vacation season, and the city
is fast being deserted The exodus during
the past week has been enormous, and the
stream of travel has chiefly been directed
toward the Baltic and North seas. The rail-
ways are now making a considerable redue-
ton within the German borders, and have
in this way been successful in diverting the
annual stream of holiday travellers from
Italy and Switzerland and directing it
toward the north. The excessive heat
which has prevailed throughout the week
has added impetus to the general flight of
holiday seekers
United States AMBASSADOR Runyon left
on Thursday for Carlsbad, where he will
drink the waters. From Carlsbad he will
go to Switzerland. Secretary J. B. Jackson
will be in charge of the embassy during
Mr.. Runyons absence.
Professor Joynes of South Carolina is
here studying the scientific institutes.
Mrs. William Walter Phelps, widow of
the former United States Minister to
Germany and Miss Boardman are the
guests of Mrs. Phelps daughter, the
Countess Won Rottenburg, whose accouche-
ment is expected within the month.
The Rev. Mr.. Owen will retire from the
chaplaincy OF the Church of St. George, in
Berlin, next October and will join his son
in Vancouver.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has
promised Emperor William that ne will
be present at the review of the troops on
Tempelhoferfeld on Sedan day, September
l. This is regarded as an offset to the
Russo-French demonstration at Kiel.
Emperor William will also go to Rome on
the occasion of the celebration of the
twenty-tfth anniversary of the entry of
the Italians into Rome on September 20,
1870.
The Vorwaerts (socialist) asserts that
two journalists who were present at the
Kiel fetes were arrested by the police at
that place as pickpockets.
The correspondent of The United Press
at Buda-Pesth obtained an interview with
Premier Banffy yesterday. Baron Banffy,
in the course of the conversation, spoke of
the political situation generally, and re-
ferred especially to the recently enacted
ecclesiastical laws, which, he said, would
be strictly enforced. The correspondent
asked the Premier, on behalf of the Hun
garian Literary Society of New York, if on
the occasion of the Millersium celebration
in 1896, Hungarians in America who are
unable to return to Hungary because of
their not having fulfilled their military
duty, might not be amnestied. Baron
Banffy said that the Emperor was strict
disciplinarian, and he (Banffy) of course,
could not say what action his Majesty
might take. He suggested, however, that,
if the interested persons were to make
proper application, amnesty might be
granted to them within a certain limit.
The ACCOMPLISHMENT of the Czarina is ex-
pected at the end of October.
Prince Lobanoff- Restovsky, the Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is going to
Paris on July % to remain several days.
From Paris he will go to Contrexeville for a
course of the mineral waters, remaining
there three weeks. His soiourn in France
is believed to be connected with the pro-
jected treaty of alliance between France
and Russia. Prince Lobanoff will return
to Russia in September.
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe visited the
Strasburg exhibition on Friday and from
there went to Alt Aussee to join his family,
with whom he will spend his holidays.
The socialist Deputy, Herr Won Vollmar,
is steadily recovering from the brain dis
order from which he has suffered for some
time past, but the doctors have ordered
that he must have absolute rest for some
time to come, and have positively forbid
den his resumption of work.