The herald., 1896-03-01
German Hostility to England a
Permanent Factor
FRIENDSHIP WITH RUSSIA
Shown by Promises to Attend the Coro-
nation Fetes
Demands for Economic Reform Continue and
Convictions for His naiesty Increase
Ludlow's Inspection Of Canals


BERLIN. Feb. 29.-(CopyriRhted, 1896,
by the Associated Press. THE conviction
is fast growing here that Great Britain's
hostile attitude toward Germany must be
considered political factor of permanence
and that the friendly entente, which has
recently grown out of events between Ger
many. Russia and France. must be made
. lasting feature of Germany's foreign
policy. The correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press in this city has been informed
by an official of the foreign office that the
emperor gives tangible expression of his
desire for closer and more amicable rela-
tions with Russia and intrustn9 to Gen.
Won Wcrder, formerly German ambassa.
dor at st. Petersburg, and now the guest of
the czar, an autograph letter to Nicholas
Ill, in which Emperor William expresses
bis friendship for the car and promises to
attend the coronation fetes at Moscow.
This is most significant, as it is the first
time in history that German emperor or
king OF Prussia hos personally witnessed
the coronation of car.
The emperor's determination to render
the German navy more formidable, and to
push the colonial policy of the empire. is
patch OF congratulation on the subject
from the Hamburg colonial secretary. In
this telegram his majesty spoke of the me-
cessity of 'adequately protecting our
transoceanic interests" and of "creating
such protection speedily"
The reactionary parties throughout Ger
many are aiming to modify the constitll.
tional election franchises, and in Saxony
the end will be first practically attained.
A bill 10 before the Saxon diet. and is on
the point of becoming q law. 1t divides
the electors into classes, according to their
taxpayinR grades. and each class is en-
titled to the same number of delegates.
Thus ninety per cent of the poor electors
are doubly outnumbered by ten per cent
Of the wealthier glasses.
At large Socialistic meeting held at
Leipsic, fifteen Socialist delegates 10 the
diet resolved to resign and leave the leg
islation entirely in the hands of the capi
talist delegates.
Fifteen socialistic meetings recently held
have protested against the slow progress of
the city reform plan pending there, and
DR.. Stoecker and his following have organ
ized, at Frankfort-on-Main, new Reform
Socialist party. Two hundred delegates
from places throughout Germany attended.
Resolutions in favor of economic reform
for the working classes and against the &C.
emulation of capital by monopoles were
strength of 100000, mostly Conserva-
tives and National Liberals. 1t has been
favorably remarked in Catholic circles re-
Gently that the emperor has lately made
number of large gifts for the building or
restoration of Catholic churches in Ger
many: He gave 10000 marks to two im-
poverished parishes of Posen this week.
The number of convictions for lese mai
este has been especially large during the
past week. A butcher of Kiel was SEN
fenced to years imprisonment, and
girl at Potsdam, for speaking disrespect-
fully of her empress, was sentenced to six
months confinement in prison.
1t is considered improbable that the
fugitive lawyer. DR.. Fritz friedman for
merly counsel for Won Kotze, the court
chamberlain, and who absconded from
Berlin leaving debts to the amount of
million marks). who was recently arrested
at Bordeaux. France, will be extradited.
His baggage. when examined by the police,
ives found to contain q sensational work,
written in French and making startling
revelations concerning Emperor William
and his court.
Friedman intended to publish the story
in serial form in the Paris Figaro and with
the proceeds to start a German newspaper
In Baltimore, Maryland, where he was 60
ing when taken into Gus ody.
Emperor William has received in an au.
dience Colonel Ludlow, the United States
military attache at London. and has ques-
toned him minutely as to his conclusions
after the examination which Colonel Lud.
low has just made of the Baltic and North
Sea canal. in addition to his examination
of the route of the proposed Nicaragua ca
nal and bis inspection of the Suez and Co
rlnth canals. Colonel Ludlow reports that
the Baltic and North Sea canal is the finest
piece of work ever finished. The receipts
are still 40 per cent below expenses, but
they are growing steadily.
Prince bismarck, in addressing some
visitors few days ago, spoke of colonial
matters and declared that the traders must
go ahead and that the stale should follow.
He expressed himself, however, as being
opposed to the extension of the Prussian
bureaucratic system in Africa, and de.
clared himself against the unconditiona!
abolition Of slavery, saying that he thought
it should be the natural outgrowth of cir
cumstances.
The prince also said that he did not be-
leve in the equality of race. and provi-
dence, he added, had given the negro
another destiny than that given to the
whites. He opposed the ill treatment of
negroes. however.
The ReichsanzeiRer tonight published a
decree empowering the imperial chancellor
TO take the necessary measures to regulate
jurisdiction over the natives of German
Africa.