The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-23
KEEL AND THE CANAL
Berlin's Prominent People Attended
the Celebration.
CRITICISMS AND GOSSIP
The Emperor's Pacific Utterances
Commended-Monetary Confer
ence VIII Probably Be Called
In the Fall-American Meat.
copyrighted 1896 BY the Associated rress.

Copyrighted 1886 by the Associated Press.
Berlin. June 2s,-Publlc interest. as
might be expected. has been monopo-
iized during the past week with festivi-
ties at Hamburg and at Kiel upon the
occasion OF the opening OF the Kaiser
Wilhelm canal and Berlin has been
deserted by nearly all the prominent
men. The newspapers have devoted
pages every day to the canal celebra-
tions and everything done and said has
been literally commented upon. En-
peror Williams speech at the Ham
burg banquet was enthusiastically re-
ceived here. and the stress laid by him
on the peaceful significance of the
event caused general pleasure. So has
the fact that most amicable entente
seemed to exist between Emperor WILL
lam and all German sovereigns. His
majesty's pacific utterances have also
been very well received In Austria.
A dispatch from Vienna states that
Herr Dumba, reporter OF the budget
committee. speaking to the Austrian
delegation to-day. referred TO the
speeches of the emperor. saying
"These assurances of peace BY our
august ally finds a mighty echo in Aus
tria. which Is in perfect harmony with
those words Of peace, The creation of
such n work Of peace as the Baltic
canal is proof that both state and peo-
pie nowadays are engaging In a widely
different struggle. and that the compe-
titlon in tho worlds trade Is now
purely confined to the domain Of
economy" Emperor william took two
of the leading marine painters, Herr
Borhdt and Saltzmann. with him to the
opening of the canal and they will exc
cute series OF paintings representing
the most striking views of the cere-
monies, which paintings will be pre-
sented Ia the National gallery.
During the fetes a corps OF picked
detectives OF this city surrounded the
emperor night and day. These pre-
cautions were taken on account OF the
fact that threatening letters from
anonymous anarchists and others
reached his majesty during the pre-
vious fortnight. come OF these letters
came from France. and the writer's
threatened the emperor with death.
The naval correspondents of the Ger
! man and American newspapers have
highly commended the appearance OF
United States war vessels and crews,
They style the New York the finest
vessel Of her kind at Kiel. The Amer
lean warships also aroused more Gu
riosity than all the others. as they
we're visited by thousands Of people.
The officers Of the United States squad
ron showed wonderful good nature In
welcoming every one and In trying 10
talk German. The critical comparison
Of the various warships at Kiel made
by an English naval expert is especially
interesting. Omitting the British feet
from comparison in order to avoid a
semblance of Partially. he expressed
the opinion that In respect to value
and efficiency. the various crews nigh,
be placed in the following order: One
Germans: . French: 3. Americans; 4
Austrians: 3. Russians; 6. Italians: 4
| Swedes: s. Dutch; .. Danes. 10. Rou'
manians; IL, Portuguese; L.. Spanish
The French squadron. he says, con-
tanning the flower of the French navy
/
show. A German officer. commenting
on the French squadron. said that both
the French ships and the French peo-
pie were trlfle extravagant and exag
gerated. The Russian ships have toe
much top hamper. although In n lesser
degree than the French ships. while tn,
personnel OF the Russian vessels wa
pronounced to be far inferior to thai
Of the French.
Among Emperor Williams special
guests at Kiel were Lord Lonsdale and
Poutney Bigelow. The latter went q
Kiel in his canoe from the city in five
days.
II is expected that an international
monetary convention will be called by
Germany before October Is. The bun,
dezrath, after receiving replies from
the various federal governments
stands 4e 10 Is in favor Of such a con
ference. The opposing Is members
come from the three South German
states and the Hanz towns Of Ham.
burg, Bremen and Lubbock. while Per
sIa, Saxony and the middle states IA,
vor the calling OF a monetary confer
cnce. The only point still unsettled
Is to what extent Germany. In calling
the conference. is to engage herself
whether she is 10 state the purpose as
being the ultimate restoration Of hi
metallism or only TO fix upon a new ra'
ito between gold and silver.
In Lichtenheld. a suburb Of Berlin
a new sect has been formed under the
leadership of Princess Won Blucher
and other high-born Berlin danes. The
new sect Is spiritualistic. rejects the
clergy as being unconverted and pre-
tends to believe in visions and ecstatiC
prophecy.
| The German Butchers Gazette
charges American meat packers with
using aresnic in preserving American
meat imported into Germany. and call.
upon the imperial health department tc
stop the importation OF American meat
J.J CORBETT.
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