The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-08
GERMAN WAR GOSSIP
Discussion of the Recent Italian I'm
brogliO Leads the List.
SPANlSH-AMERICAN DISPUTE
The "LokaI Anzsiger" Fires a
Shot at Cleveland-The Sugar
Bounty ELL - Williams
Pleasure Excursion.


Berlin. March THE defeat of the
Italians at Adowa is warmly discussed
in political circles here and the opinion
prevailing is that 1t will lead to a prac-
tical IL not a formal dissolution of the
dreibund. That Emperor william has
telegraphed his sympathy to King
Humbert does not alter the fact that
international politics will take on a
new shape.
Count Goluchowsky, the Austrian
minister for foreign affairs, who is
coming ITO Berlin for three days next
week, is undoubtedly visiting this cap
ital on an important political mission.
which may include readjustment or
modification of the dreibund and the
expression of Austria's wish for a rap
proohement with Great Britain. A
conservative leader of the reichstag,
who is in touch with the foreign Office,
informed the correspondent of the as
ISOLATED press to-day that the with.
drawal of Italy from the dreibund was
inevitable, as bankruptcy stares her in
the face. He added: I'm the event of
a great war Italy would be financially
important. Besides her disasters in
Africa have shaken German confidence
in the usefulness of her army. The fall
of Signor Crispi will also bring
strong anti-dreibund sentiment in
Italy on top. The dreibund, however,
may continue until the expiration of it's
present term, but 1t will then lapse"
The Spanish-American disput has
been somewhat driven into the back
ground by the Italian imbroglio. Some
papers. however, still comment on II.
The Lokal Anzeiger. for instance, says:
'It is the irony of modern history that
at the present moment war chauvinism
nowhere flourishes as In the United
States. the land of the militia system
and countless peace societies. Europe
will know hereafter what to think OF
those hollow pseudo-humanitarian
phrases which Americans are forever
shouting so long as the disputes do not
touch their own interests. When these
are touched, the peace loving republic
behaves more impudently and unjustiy
than any modern autocracy. The most
laughable feature is that II is Presi-
dent Cleveland, the leader of the party
styling itself The apostle of peace
who famed American chauvinism"
1t is possible that the sugar bounty
bill will not pass the reiohstag, as even
the agrarians are not UNANIMOUSLY in
favor of 1T. The feature of the bill to
which objection is made is a proposed
increase in the consumption tax of from
Is to "a marks. 1t has been repeatedly
stated in the reichstag that higher
bounties would simply cheaper German
sugar in America and England at the
expense of Germany.
The big navy plan is attributed to
Admiral Dibran, chief OF the emperor'e
naval cabinet, DR.. Peters and EXAM
bassador Brand, while his majesty's
opposition to reform in military pro-
cedure Is said to be fathered by Gen.
eral Won Hahnke. The latter subject
will not now be submitted to the reich
stag, in spite of the government prom
ises
The imperial yacht. Hohenzollern.
starts for Abbassis to-day, where 1t will
be met by the emperor and his family,
whose absence is fixed at eight weeks.
Trips will be taken on board the yacht
and the imperial family will probably
visit the czarovitch at La Turhoe. 1t
is considered fairly certain that there
will be a meeting between Emperor
William, King Humbert and Emperor
Francis Joseph during the spring.
Herr Wermuth, the German commits
sioner to the worlds fair at Chicago,
renewed this week his formal COM
plants to Washington at the non-de-
livery of the medals and diplomas
awarded to the worlds fair exhibitors.
The latter are indignant at the delay