The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-09
Waterway of Great Importance That
Required Eight Years to Construct
and Cost $3S,5OO,OOO.
IT'S MILITARY ADVANTAGES
VICTORY AND DEFEAT FOR PRO-
GHESsIvE WOMEN OF GERMANY.
Equal Rights AgitatOrs Fined and
Their Society Observation-Disclosures
Gus Treatment of Lunatics.

Copyright, 1895. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, June S.-The trial trips through
the Baltic and North sea canal made this
week by the imperial yacht Hohenzollern
and the Hamburg-American line steamer
Palatla with Chancellor Prince Hohen-
iohe, the Prussian Minister for the In
terror, Herr Won Keller; the Imperial Sec
retary of State for the Interior. DR.. Won
Boettcher. and the Minister of Foreign Af-
fairs, Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein
on board, showed that the canal is in con-
dition for the passage of a small fleet on
June 10 and 20. The Palatia just touched
bottom between Rondsburg and Holtenau,
but it was nothing more serious than
stirring up the mud. 1t transpires that
when landing from the Palatia at Holtenau.
Prince Hohenlohe had a narrow escape as
he slipped and would have fallen over
board but for Herr Won Keller, who
caught hold of him and succeeded in pulling
him upon deck. According TO the pro-
gramme, the Kaiser-Adfer. with Emperor
William on board, will head She procession
of sixteen German and foreign vessels.
which will pass through the canal during
the evening of June 19. The Marblehead
will represent the United States during
the passage of the Elbe, from Hamburg
to Brunsbuttel. and the canal will be closed
TO traffic until after the ceremonies are
over.
The great canal which joins the Baltic
sea, to the German ocean costs S3S, 500, 900,
and has been eight years in building. 1t
intersects the peninsula OF Scheswig-Ho
stein from Brunsbruttel, near the mouth of
the river Elbe. to Holtenau, on Kiel bay,
about fifty-nne miles. The entrances at
both termini have been provided with
dock gates. each of which is 27ls yards wide.
The lowest possible depth of water at the
Brunsbuttel end is about five fathoms.
and at Holtenau the water is a trife
deeper The dock gates are operated by
hydraulic power and the whole canal is
lighted by electricity. Steam tugs will be
stationed at each main gate Of the canal in
order TO assist in the passage OF vessels.
At several points the canal is crossed by
large bridges, which. when opened. leaves
free space of fifty-four and one-fourth
yards. There are also number of ferries
and two finely constructed permanent rail-
way bridges. The military advantage OF
the canal is the fact that henceforth in
time of war the German navy cannot be
a,vlded psitie ana the pIovisioning of either the
rupted or rendered impossible.
SENSITIVE FRENCHMEN.
The agitation in France against the
Frerch war ships at Kiel hosting the Ger
man imperial flag bearing the sinister date
1870 has induced the Emperor to decide
not to visit any foI eign war ships during
the celebration of the opening of the canal
and if he visited any of them he would be
compelled to visit the Hoche, the French
flagship, which would thereby be bound to
hoist this standard. The cause of the
French excitement about this matter ap-
pears to be due TO the fact that Prince
Bismarck, during the course Of a speech
which he made in reply to the address of
a deputation in april last, SAID that ,Sf. the
but that nobody would listen TO him until
the. French war indemnity. gave him where
withal to carry out the scheme.
The speech which Emperor William is to
make at the Holtenau banquet on June q
is awaited with curiosity. The French ad-
miral, Monard is to sit on his Majesty =
right hand and the Russian admiral. Skryd-
loff, is to sit on his left hand. Thus it will
! be difficult for the Emperor to avoid a
! special allusion to France as the most hon
1 ored guest.
The foundation stone of the big Bis
| marck monument to be laid by the German
student corps was laid on the summit of
the Rudelsberg last sunday
| In spite of the fact that the Emperor is
| known to be aggrieved a some of the re-
cent utterances Of Prince Bismarck TO
| deputation of Schleswig- Holsteiners, be-
cause they reflected on the father of the
! Schieswig- -Holstein Sunderburg- -Augusten-
burg DR.. Miguel the Minister of Finance,
Prince Bismarck next week. and Count
| Won Rantzau, the ex-Chancellor's son-in-
law. will. at the experation of his six
| Prussian minister at Hamburg, so as to
enable him to be near his father-in-law.
d the vs to e1 KssnSen in order to take
| the waters will not be required this year.
The Prussian Minister of Education, DR..
Besse, has just sanctioned the admission
of a daughter of a Silesan ecclesiastic to
! the arblturianston examination at the
! Prussian gymnasium. This examination en-
abes the successful ones to enter the uni
| tain professions. The Minister overruled
! the decision of the provincial board of ped
| agogues, who refused the necessary per-
| mission. DIR. Besse's decision has caused
great rejoicing among the Prussian advo-
Gates of the higher education OF women;
| rights of women has just been decided
against them. An antiquated law still ex,
! ists which prohibits women scholars and
| apprentices from joining a political society.
| a few women recently formed in Berlin a
woman's agitation committee, having for
its object to obtain for women equal political
rights with men. The leaders of this move
/ ment were arraigned by the public prose-
| cutor, and the MAGISTRATE before whom
| they were brought sentenced the women
| TO fines ranging from 80 TO 80 marks, and
| ordered the society to be dissolved
The postal authorities of Frankfort-on-
| the-Nair have decided that the government
| need not pay damages for the losses of the
! registered letters which sunk with the
| steamship Elbe the United States not hav-
! ing ioined in the International postal regu-
! lations of 1891 bearing on that question
/ Some exceptions. however, Will be made
voluntarily. -
ANTI-SEMITES.
| The Anti-Semite Peoples party. of which
| Ahlwardt and Boeckel are the leaders
| adopted their platform at a meeting this
week The chief plank naturally is a prop
| aganda to exclude Jews from all public
offices and honors and also from the press.
| law and medicine. In addition, separate
| schools for Jews under State supervision
| and control are demanded The meeting
/ resolved that every person is to be regarded
| as Jew III his or her ancestors of the past
| three generations include one person of
Jewish blood Persons who have married
| Jewesses are included in the same category.
In view of the quantity of Jewish blood
| among the members of the aristocracy and
| i'm banking and commercial circles. the
! achievement of this programme would cause
\ considerable inconvenience
The case of perjury which was pending
against the Countess Perponcher, nee
! Dress the American lady whose troubles
have so long oeen before the pubic. has
/ been stricken off the lists. the court being
satisfied that the evidence agsinst her was