The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-29
William.


BERLIN. Dec 2S.-(Copyrighted, 1895,
by the Associated Press.)-German feel
ing in the Venezuelan difficulty seems to
be veering round, although the govern
ment studiously refrains from an ex-
preston of opinion. From an official of
the foreign office, however, it has been
learned that several diplomatic attempts
have been made by Great Britain during
the past week to get Germany to join
in a movement looking to combined dip
lomatic action opposed to the latest APP
plication of the Monroe doctrine. These
efforts have, thus far, met with non
committal answers and unless things as
sumo a much more serious aspect, Ger
many will keep officially aloof from the
whole question.
Popular feeling is certainly more ia
vorable to the United States as the cause
OF the whole trouble is coming 10 be IN
derStood.
The Christmas meditations of the Ger
man press are with few exceptions,
rather melancholy, dwelling upon the I'M
satisfactory state of German domestic
and foreign politics and the economic
situation.
Christmas Was Quiet.
BY the imperial court, Christmas was
celebrated quietly. The distribution of
gifts took place in the Schell hail OF
the new palace at PotSdam, where each
of the imperial princes had tree to him
self and their parents had grand tree
to themselves. Among the gifts received
by the empress, was miniature tree
of maiachlte from the car. The three
with miniature rifles OF the type OF 1883,
made especially for them at the Span
deau factory, with which arms they
viii learn their military drill.
Presents were also exchanged betN sen
the emperor and his allies, the sSoVereignS
OF Italy and Austria and the German
army, through the commanding captain
and a delegation of his own company
of the guards presented his majesty
with a package of Christmas cakes.
New Steamers.
A few days ago the emperor received
DR.. Wiegand Of the North German
Lloyds steamship and Admiral Sanden-
Biberan. chief of the marine cabinet,
to examine the detailed report plans of
the new North German Lloyd steamers
now building at Stettin, which with the
steamers OF the same company at pres
ent undergoing reconstruction, Will be
built on lines and plans designed TO make
them Servlcedble IN war time, as auXll-
larry cruisers. The emperor showed HIM
self to be thoroughly informed on all
points of naval architecture.
An alleged expression OIL MS majesty >
during his visit to Breslau is now So
ing The rounds of the press. Speaking of
the regimental, he is quoted as having
said: 9TH ecowardly German bourgeolse
cannot be relied upon in warfare against
socialism"
DR.. Fritz Friedman, one of the best
known lawyers of this city, who, as
cabled to The Associated Press on De-
cember %, is missing from Berlin, with
a scandal attached TO his absence is UNI
derstood to be in London, where he is
writing an authentic story of the Count
Van kolze case for publication. Dr.
when the latter about eighteen months
ago. was arrested as the result of four
years police investigation, charged with
being the author of the series OF anony-
nous letters which had been sent during
that period to members of the highest
ariStocracy in Germany. The affair caused
quite a sensation at the time, as Won
kolze was one Of the masters of cere-
monies of the imperial court, and moth
ing seemed too bad for the anonymous
writer to intimate. In fact, the anony
nous mlSSiveS are said to have caused
the most serious family troubles. Won
kolZe was afterwards released from GUS
tody and has apparently been cleared CT
the charges brought against him.
DR.. Eriermann went to Paris as Won
Kolze's legal representative in order TO
of woman who protested to have a
thorough knowledge of the whole affair
DR.. Friedman's book, it is understood IS
TO be full of sensations rejecting upon
distinguished persons moving in the
highest circles of Berlin. Gambling debts
are stated to have influenced DR.. Fried
manns departure.
Extradition Treaty.
Diplomatic negotiations have been re-
sumed between the American embassy
view of settling, one way or the other,
the proposed changes in the eXtradition
treaty The United States claims that
extraditible crimes should be, more pre-
ciSely defined. The presence here Of Mr..
Poultney Bigelow, as the representative
of the American insurance companies to-
gether with the energetic representations
of the United States embassy, during the
Koeller, the PruSsian minister for the in
terror, who was the prime mover in the
unceremonious exclusion OF the Amer1-
can insurance companies from doing
business in this country, are looked upon
here as hopeful signs that the matter will
be finally and amlcably adjusted, though
this will probably take much to accom-
plish.
Mrs H. C. Squires, wife of the second
secretary of the United States embassy
gave a large children's Christmas party
in. the German fashion on Wednesday
last.
The United States ambassador, Mr..
Theodore Runyon, Prince Ghika and
Baron Leets were among those present at
Mrs. SQulreS Christmas party.
Mrs. Charles De Kay, wife of the
United States consul general is to give a
ball on January IS
Pope to William.
The pope has conveyed to Emperor
William his acknowledgment of his
majesty's readiness to grant the permits
sion necessary for the interment of the
of the late Cardinal Paul Mich
ers in Cologne cathedral.
1t is stated that it is now settled that
Prince Henry of Prussia will represent
Emperor William at the approaching
coronation of the car at Moscow.
RIGHT OF TURKEY.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2S.-The cable