The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-10

Berlin, Feb. 9.-[Copyrighted 1895 by
the Associated Press. Throughout
Germany during the past week, the
cold has been intense. and in several
places the thermometers have regis
tered 20 degrees below zero, fahren-
heit. The Rhine, Neckar and the
Main are frozen over for long dis
tances, and the southern part Of the
Cattegal is also frozen. Heavy snow
drifts have completely stopped traffic
about the Eiffel mountains and the
Rhineland, where the snow is six feet
deep.
Great Misery Caused.
Great misery has been caused in
many parts of Germany and numbers
of people have been frozen in the
country districts, and even near Ber-
lin. Railroad traffic is especially dis
organized. There have been several
cases in which the tires of wheels have
broken on account of the extreme cold
and have thus caused the derailment
of trains.
From Altkirch, Alsace, it is reported
that wolves in some cases, driven by
the extreme cold. have come to the
villages in order to seek food, and in.
other provinces the same occurrence
is recorded.
Steamers have experienced the great
est difficulty in forcing their way
through the great belt of ice along the
coast, and the mail service from KieI
to Kosor Iceland. was suspended to-
day.
The Loss of the EIhe.
For some time past a distinct feel
ing of luminosity towards Great Brit
ain has been evidenced by a~large sec
ton of the German press, and the
Elbe disaster has been the occasion
for quite display of AngIophobia,
The Kreuse Zeitung led the onslaught
with highly prejudiced article, in
Which it was claimed that the catas-
| trophe has again shown that the Eng
fish have brutal disregard for other
peoples rights, the blame of the col
lision entirely falling, according to the
kreuse Zeitung, on the British steamer
| Grathie.
Other newspapers followed with Sc
we're denunciations of the Crathie. en-
bellished with a shower of abuse
against England, and the statement
| appeared in some Of the newspapers
and remains uncontradicted, that the
| - i'SAOA' OA RECEIVING ICll pdfIlCOlarS
| OF the collision, Characterized the con-
duct of the commander of the Crathie
as ruft1anly and inhuman.
In the Reichstag, this afternoon,
Baron Won Stumm-Halberg introduced
| the subject of the loss of the EIbe by
asking the governmnt what steps
would be taken to prevent loss Of life
and shipwrecks. In 50 doing, he ex-
pressed the opinion that the conduct
of the captain and crew Of the Elbe
were irreproachable. He added that
! the construction of ships ought to be
supervised by the state and that the
rule Of the road on the high seas
should be definitely regulated.
| Grief of the Nation.
The chancellor. Prince Won Hohen-
lobe, in replying, said that the federal
governments were directing attention
to the subject of insuring the sea-
worthiness of ships by state control,
and he hoped that all the mercantile
nations, before next winter, would
give effect to the decisions arrived at
by the international conference at
Washington in 1889, in regard to rules
of the road at sea. The chancellor
also said that the federal governments
share IN the grief of the nation at the
horrible action which has befallen the
EIbe, adding that the reproaches
heaped upon her officers by the foreign
lpress were quite unfounded
Herr Jebson, National Liberal, who
is a shipowner, objected to state con-
troll of the construction of ships, and
proceeded to severely denounce the con-
lduct of Captain Gordon, master of the
British steamer Crathie.
Regulations For Navigation.
Dr. Won Boetticher, imperial secre-
tary of state for the interior, said that
a knowledge Of the regulations for the
prevention of accidents at sea was
incumbent upon every seaman. In his
opinion, the governments proposed
supervision of ship construction,
through the insurance and technical
land maritime associations was the only
practical system. However, if ever this
system was shown to be faulty, state
control would be introduced, but in the
meantime the present course should
have a fair trial.
Herr Lieber expressed the view that
the main thing was to secure interna-
ltional regulations for navigation, as
Iseaworthiness, he added, would not
iavail a ship when a British vessel
dashed saYagely into her and ran her
down.
To this DR.. Won Boetticher added
| lllelI Iuc lIll6IldLlOudl IGSu1dIlO0S
would come into force in the autumn.
The Crathie, he added, ought to have
given way, and in Germany her master
would have been deprived of his GER
tificate.
Baron Won Manteuffel, Conservative
condemned the attitude of Great Brit
ain in the matter of rule fop the road
! and advocated state control of ship
, building and reduction of the rate
Of speed.
Received Cold Comfort.
Baron Won Stumm-Halberg, during
the early part of the week, paid a
, visit to Prince Bismarck at Freidrichs.
, Iruhe in order to seek the veteran
/ statesmans advice as to the best
method of pushing the anti-revolutior
bill. But he received cold comfort, for
} Prince Bismarck declared that the
? measure was still-born child, which
) while intended to restrain one danger
{ Gus element of the population threat.
Iened the liberties of all, and hence was
l acceptable to none.
$ Preparations for the celebration OF
the seth birthday of Prince Bismarci
on April l, are proceeding on a large
: and general scale everywhere in Ger
l many The students of all the univer.
stiles and high schools have been of.
: fered prize for the finest ode to Bis
lmarck From all over Germany adj
1 dresses will be sent to Prince Bis