The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-02

the correspondent of the Associated
Press that Emperor William is firmly
determined to carry out the project of
doubling the size of the German navy.
The official alluded to has had re-
Qeated conversations with Emperor
William on this subject during the
past three weeks. and he asserts that
during the coming summer the plan
for the reorganization Of the new
navy VIII be drawn up. The present
programme for slowly charging the
navy must remain in force for the
next two years. but in the meanwhile
the new plan viii be adopted, the pre-
hminary steps will be taken and the
means 10 execute it win be secured.
His majesty is convinced that this is
absolutely necessary in order to secure
to Germany permanently her position
as great power. and especially as a
rising colonial power. Hence. all
THE EMPEROR'S ENERGY
viii be bent to that end. Something.
however, must be done Immediately,
and if the present reichstag refuses to
grant large sums for the building and
equipment of a fleet of fast cruisers,
the nation viii be appealed to and
an attempt wiz be made to raise the
money for this purpose by popular
SUBS oription.
Already a score Of German mobiles.
especially merchants. have declared
Their readiness to subscribe 5000 900
marks TO form the nucleus of the fund.
Among them are John Albrecht of
Alecklenburg, the Duke of Sake Mem
lngen, Prince Frederick Leopold of
Prussia. Barons Bleichroder Stumm
ana hrupp, and a number of Ham
b1rg and Bremen exporters.
1t IS further stated that Prince Bis
marck had expressed to the emperor
us belief in the necessity Of creating
a strong German navy. The fact that
Prince HohenlOhe the imperial chan
cellor. and some of the other members
OF th5 cabinet do not acquiesce in these
views, mas, it is asserted. caused his
majesty to seriously consider
THE ACCESSIBILITY
OF making changes in the ministry.
The emperor's intention. however. is |
not to hasten this change but to await !
favorable opportunity Prince Ho- !
henlohe'S successor it is thought in |
court circles viii be Count Philip Won
Eulenhurg, the German ambassador at |
Vienna who. with his brother. is q |
great favorite of his majesty
1t is significant that the Hamburger
Nachrichten, Prince Bismarck's organ. I
in an article published on the emper-
or's birthday, denounced the cabinet. |
and charged it with obstructing his |
M Jesty's plans. Admiral Won Hou- /
man, naval secretary Of state, who is |
l7Rown to differ from the emperor upon I
the plans of the navy, has already /
handed in his resignation. The fact |
that Russia and France took pains to |
lanf-. r~ssA 4
many upon the occasion of Emperor I
William birthday, is generally COM
mented upon. For the first time in
twenty-five years the French embassy
IN the Parisser Platz, was splendidly
illuminated, and the Russian ambassa- (
dor. in presenting Emperor William
with the
CARS CONGRATULATIONS
and handing his majesty a beautiful
present conveyed the cars high graf
ification that the entente cordials be
tween Russia and Germany had been
rendered during the important crisis Of
last year.
The el'nstag. on March .. 3, TO cole
rate the signing % the preliminary
peace of 1871 hI grand demonstration
10 which Prince Bismarck and other
statesmen and generals of
Uar time have been invited.
In the reichtstag Yesterday. atten-
ton was called to the fact that bac-
terra has been discovered liz imported
rye. Herr Kohler, director of the i'm
perial board of health. explained that
an examination bad been made II Ger
man, Russian, Austrian, Romanian
and Turkish samples of rye, with the
result that it was demonstrated that
the American cereal had the least i'm
purities. He ADDED that experiments
proved bacteria could not resist baking
and boiling and that those found in
grair are mucous.
A PREVENTIVE.
In the lower house of the Prussian
diet today the minister of husbandry,
Baron Won Hamme de-
clared that government measures re-
garding the import Of cattle and meat
were exclusively intended to prevent
the danger of infection. He further ex-
planned that the shOrtness of the period
in which arrivals of cattle from north
srn countries were kept in quarantine.
was due to the fact cattle diseases
were least prevalent there.
Mr.. Dean D Mason. vice-consul for
the United States at Vienna has been
to Main.
The news received here from New
York that German war vessels have
been ordered to Venezuela is denied at
the foreign Office But an official of
that department said to a representa-
tive Of the Associated Press:
"Assuredly, however. Count Won Rex
the German minister to Venezuela)
las received instructions enabling him
% bring the Venezuelan government
% terms President Crespo cannot in
yoke the aid of
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
n this matter The doctrine may serve
n frontier quarrels. but it does not
extend far enough to shield a wilfullv
'ecalcitrant debtor against the lust
Claims Of a European nation. Ger
many certainly intends after waiting
more than reasonable time. to collect
he debt due to her citizens. and a ma
1al demonstration may finally have to
De made in Venezuelan waters. But
ust now nothing has been ordered
The relations between Emperor VIII
Jam and Prince Luitpold the regent
II Bavaria. have improved lately. and
IN the imperial birthday the regent
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