The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-23
At Kiel He Is Most MaSterful
in the Great Art of Con-
Citation.
PACIFIC DESIRES OF GERMANY.
There Can Be No Mistake as to the
Significance of the Naval
Celebration.

| without hitch that the most captious
could cavil at. The concord displayed by
the officers and men of the various fleets
assembled was perfect, and is regarded as
the strongest pacificatory augury for the flu
ture that could possibly be made.
Upon all sides the Emperor is congratu-
lated upon his tact and diplomacy, and it
is universally admitted that he has on this
occasion added the keystone to the colossal
arch of his successes. He has certainly
proven himself to be most masterful in the
art of Cancellation and is receiving his full
due of encomiums. The German press
generally il echoing and re-echoing ex-
pressions of satisfaction at the way things
have gone, ard declare that the proceed
ings, as a whole, could not be surpassed as
q series of events beneficial to the empire,
and ought to prove to the world the pacific
character of the German nation and the
supreme desire for peace which finds ex-
preston through the Emperor's words, and
the popular demonstration which accom-
panied them.
The Tageblatt says that although the
opening of the canal was accompanied by
formidable displays of naval strength the
real significance of the celebration could
not be mistaken. The Emperor placed the
enormous power of the country at the ser
vice of peace and international COM
merce. There is no warlike ambition, but
its aim IS enterprise.
The Vossische Zeitung says the display
on the occasion of the new waterway is a
symbol of cooperation of all nations in the
work of civilization. The whole aim of
the imperial Government is to enrich Ger
many and the rest of Europe with works
tending toward the mutual prosperity of
the nations.
Those who took part in the Holtenau ban
quet and the admiralty ball at Kiel gave
the palm for briiliancy and interest to the
latter OF these functions. While 1000
persons were invited, and scarcely any of
them failed to attend, there was no con-
fusion, although there was tremendous
crush. At 10 O'Clock the Emperor, with
the four eldest of the young Princes, made
his appearance and few minutes later
the Empress, robed in satin of heliotrope
color and ablaze with diamonds, entered
the ballroom.
Her Majesty seemed much fatigued, and, ,
after walking in the imperial procession
around the main hall, stood near the
Princes and the ladies of the court. Later
the Emperor made a tour of the rooms,
chatting with one and then another spend
ing much time in conversation with Adj
miraI Kirkland and Lord Walter Kerr the
admiral commanding the British squadron,
and subsequently exchanging few words
with the Italian and Austrian admirals.
In the meantime, Admiral Menard of the
French squadron. NJ. Herbette (French
ambassador to Germany and the Russian
Admiral, Skrydlov, formed group, which
the Kings of Saxony and Wurtemberg
joined. The Empress asked to see Admiral
Menard, and the French admiral was es-
corted to her side. Her Majesty and the
admiral chatted together for a few min
utes, the Emperor in the meantime ex-
changing greetings with Admiral Skrydloy.
Those who were looking on thought, how
ever, that the greetings were rather formal
on both sides. The assembly dispersed
amid torrent of rain.
In contrast to the almost general con-
cord of congratulations upon the success of
the fetes and the general expressions of
satisfaction, some of the members of the
Relchstag complain of having been neg
1ected. Herr Richter, the Freisinnige leader
in the Reichstag, at the banquet in Ham
burg found himself seated by the side of
his bitter political opponent, Rector ALL
wardt, the notorious anti-Semite deputy
Herr Richter is very indignant at this and
charges the officials with having purposely
insulted him.
For the yachting week at Kiel 214 of
the yachts entered are in the bay. OF these
fAr1 lie1, \
Dakotah and Mrs. Bigelow's Konigin
Louise, are American. The races, which
take place June % to June %. have 425
entries, which include the Kaiser's Meteor
formerly the Thistle), the Verena, the
Viking, the Corisande and the Lorna.
The course to be sailed over on Monday
will be twenty-four miles, on Tuesday
forty-eight miles-an outside triangular
course. The course for Friday will be from
Labre to the Trayemunde and back, eighty
miles. On Wednesday and Thursday
prizes will be sailed for. In this contest the
American yachts are not entered.
The progress of the inquiry into the
charges of cruelty against the monks con-
Quoting the Mariaburg Asylum tends to
diminish the strength of the accusations,
The Franhurter Zeitung reports that the
most rigorous examination of the rooms of
the monastery. the closest questioning of
the inmates and the most exhaustive scru-
tiny OF their persons by commission COM
posed of two State Councillors two Govern
ment physicians and two police commits
sioners disclosed nothing that would SUBJ
stantiate any of the serious charges made
against the brotherhood of monks conduct
ing the asylum, and the commission has
telegraphed Herr Won KoeIler, Minister OF
the Interior, to this effect. The result of
the inquiry has given the Catholic press
an opportunity to comment upon what
they characterize as an unseemly exhibition
OF public fury arising out of the charges
and the consequent inquiry and it's revela-
tions. The truth is, the papers assert, that
cruelties, such as they were, were practiced
upon some of the insane patients in the
institution by few members of the dis
tinct fraternity governing the asylum
without the knowledge of their associates.
This being the case, the fraternity as a
body cannot be held responsible.
The confirmation of the infant Princess