Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-06
WOMEN TO BUY TORPEDOES War Fever in Norway and Swe-
 den Still Raging
 TIE DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANA
German Editors Must Sit Without the bate al
 the Kel Eete.
WILLIAM FEARS THEIR HANDY PENCILS
A xuooner Festival at Berlin in Ausus'' American Horses Entered for 'he Hoppcgarten and Dresden Races
 The Lawn Tennis Match.

Berlin. May 5-Last week uispa'e"e' from Christiana and Stockhoiih eo" that inc fear of war between Norway and sweden does not abate me Sn'i' .,ano defense committee has decided to order torpedoes in Germany. Iorpeooes .,,,u he used to protect the harpor Ill oasa the Swedish fleet should attemp. to a+toclx the city. They will be paid TOT ,,,,tb money subscribed to by Norweeiaii ,yomen for the national defense
 rba Iberal and radical newspapers ,,,,o ;nstructed something like a relereil- dnm regarding the anti-sociallst oiii
 The Frankfurter zeitung will send to .,,a .a;obstap 2. petition signed by 2l,Ooo of it's readers who oppose the piii'
 Berlin. Tagablatt has similar peti'ioii with nearly 100000 signatures ana seV, oral other newspapers have gatheieu from 25 900 to 10000 each. ,
 The German editors are not accustoiheu .o nouch courtesy from the governIiihl oe;o;ole IJsually they are not treateu sn well as even the foreisn eoiio snondents. who think they nave coii'' cause for complaint. .otorv of
 Freiherr Won Marschal, secretary V. affairs, LHeTtlOiN oninions on all sides when he proihiseu tla+ avery arrangement for the coiiHeh- sa,,oa of the prss should be made as .iie xi.l fetes. Now the programme Ui | fetes has been published III oethn e aa tba editors declare they nave peen u ceived They say that Marschai nd ises were broken as soon as Lihue, .ha
 sa ,ntanded only to conceal rom .,ie M foreipn newspapers the systema.,c l traatment to which German oiliGisis Yr,ls subiect the German press. a.,t reason for this outbreak IS appa Gnr s only to those who nave ne nea.u thot his re- man editors old complaint tha. niS
 norters are excluded from the DIE p%l 1n, puets under official patronage. lne grievance is of long standing' anu nenS slaos, all the newspapers were indignant ",ioa Mno they learned that although pIoyreu n.tor ..s.i a snacial train and a special letter tbair men will not be allowed to atleiiu the dinner to be given to the eHipelo. M inc Hamburg town hall Dy the ci.y senators and burghers. Despile ene .yrlmbling it is evident that the govern n,ent has really made unusual eXertiohs tn treat inc German press properly, that if ie according to it's idea of proprlety.
 A chartered steamer will take the cor resnondents round the Ulster basin to see inc illumination of Hamburg. Ihe core, spondents will be carried Ill spee'ai t tra;n at the governments expense 10 TIamb,lrp and Kiel and on the second uay of the fetes will be taken to all points where they can observe all the pest prep arations for Emperor William recep- tion. They will not be permitted, how ever to pass through the canal wltn the ,varshins or to be present at the embarka- tion at the Bruins Buttel. They arc in- vited to the naval ball to be gwen III the Relvedere garden, but will De eXcluoeo from the banquet room in the huik or the old training ship Nobe, where the em-
 tad n sneech. The general rule seems to pc that no representatives will be allowed at places where Emperor William piahs 'o make after-dinner speeches. inc reasoh for this precaution may pc iouiio .n ,ue ,i emperors unlucky experiences With ms after-dinner speeches in the hrst three or four years of his reign ...
 The rush of correspondents for accom- modations at the fetes has been enor- mousse enormous that dozens oi appii, natsnns have been refused by the special nress committee on which the govern fnent unloaded the responsibility ana ooi- nm for the press arrangements
 The North German Lloyd and Ham . burg American packet steamers lo' which the German admiralty has con. trantad as auxiliary cruisers in case of war. are the Aller, Saale, Trave, Lann fJaveI Spree, Fuerst Bismarck, Augusta Victoria, Normannia and Columpia. Eacn ,s to carry eight guns of 10 centimetres' fOur guns or lZ12 CeitiihCtiNS, NO~ fire and four revolving guns, VesSel with the armament will be tested at the naval maneuvers of the Stettin ana Swinemunde.
 The battleship Kaiser, which em- barked her crew and marines at Wli- helms Haven last week, sailed yesterday to join the German squadron in Asiatic waters. She carries GA sailors and ma rines. who will raise the total or the German force in Chinese waters to 2ooo men. Before the Kaiser sailed Emperor William sent his portrait aboard
 The cycle of all of Richard Wagner s operas will begin at the Royal National theater on August 8. The singers have been selected from almost all the oper- atic stages of Germany, and are expected to give such performances as are not seen outside Rayreuth. Among them are Frau Klafsky of Hamburg, Frau Meilsa of Karlsruhe, Frau Sucher of Berlin and Ternina and Wekcrlin of Munich.
 American and Egyptian horses have been entered for the lIcppcgarteh races, which will be run here on Monday and Tuesday. A few of them rye: Warren's Carey, Wauck's Merry Windsor, Fad den.s Game and Set. Miles. Mark Twain, I,indner's Alleyr,ght Scpp's Minister, LumIey's Struck oil. Longs 1rumpeter, Miller's l.cr,! Of the Valley. and Loves Castle den still more important