The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-20

LONDON, Jan. 1e.--The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times in the course
Of q long special article, recalling tho
splendid enthusiasm OF the victory OF
1871, says:
"can it be said that the heart of the
German nation responded yesterday
with the same enthusiasm or in that
many minds the splendid memories OF
the past were not to some extent DIM
med and marred by disappointed ez-
pectntIous and uneasy apprehensionsl
The death Of the two emperors has
made room for a sovereign Of n strange
ly different type, Of whom NIL that can
be safely said that in this year OF MS
npe and the eight of his reign. his chief
characteristic is his youth"
The correspondent then proceeds 70
refer to the absence OF Prince Bismack,
the king of Saxony, the grand dtfke OF
Baden and General BlumenthaI from
the fetes, and reviewing the 4nternal
troubles and menacIug outlook abroad,
'Few Germans can look forward
without apprehension to the issue OF
the great conflict upon which IT Is uni
vcrsally felt the destinieS OF this young
en1plre still hang. Between the lines OF
the dithlcambric leading articles. one
may read even to-day something OF the
disappointed weariness md uneasy
regtiessness which have cast over tho
Glorious memories OF the past the
shadows of the anxious future. The ap-
neal 10 aid him in binding the greater
German empire across the sea, tho1gh
formulated at Saturdays banquet FOR
the first time In such impressive and
emphatic form. has probably possessed
the kaiser's mind for long time, and
probably furnishes the key 10 Ger
Iuany's recent action in China and the
Transvaaf.
Yesterdays ceremony was invested
with every element OF spectacular pomp,
but even In the moderate papers, COM
plants are rife that It partook more
OF the character OF state pageant than
a national festival. The Kolnische Zei-
tung and the National Zeitung are bit
terly sarcastic over the exclusion OF
the press"
The Times has a dispatch from vien-
na, which says:
ION the whole, the German festival
ELECTED no remarkable outburst OF en-
thusinsm In Austria
A Berlin dispatch 10 the Times says
that the new William order has been be-
slowed upon the Countess Won Walder-
see. the Baroness Won StuIum and DIR.
HintZpeter.
The Times this morning has an edi-
torial eulogiZing Germany's peace poll
cy, which concludes as follows:
I'VE are the friends Of peace through
out the world, and we look with equal
eyes on Germany and on her great rival,
who has risen so wonderfully after her
defeat, SO long as neither threatens TO
disturb It"
The Chronicle believes that both Eng
land and Venezuela win institute In
quiries into the settlements and ces-
sIons OF land In the disputed territory.
This will present q basis" the Chrorli-
Gle thinks, "for the renewal Of negotia-
tIons. 1t Is now most probable that ar
bitratfon will be resorted to-"
The Daily News has q dispatch from
Berlin which says: There is not the
slightest reason to believe that the ab-
sence OF the princes from Saturdays
fetes had any political reason or sig
nificance; but It was unfortunate and
viii cause unpleasant comment"
The Standards Berlin correspondent
says: prince Bismarck received over
600 congratulatory telegrans includ-
ing one from Emperor Francis Joseph
and one from King Humbert, and near
ly all the German soverelGns."