The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-05
EMPEROR WILLIAM PROMISES III
ATTEND THE CORONATION
OF THE GEAR.
.B|SMARCKS OPINION OF THE NEGRO
It Is Not Very Flattering to the Colored
Brethren-A Young Girl lncareerat-
ed for Speaking DisreSpectfully Of
Her Empress.

Berlin, Feb. 29-(Copyrighted. 1876,
| by the Associated Press. The conVlc-
ton is fast growing here that Great
Britain's hostile attitude TO Germany
must be considered 4 political factor OF
permanence and that the friendly en-
tente, which has recently grown out oil
events between Germany, Russia ana
France. must be made lasting feature
of Germany's foreign policy. g.,
The correspondent OF the AsSeclateu
Press in this city has been informed 10y
an official of the foreign office that the
emperor gives tangible expression Of MS
desire for closer and more amlcaO.e re!a-
tons with Russia in entruStins 10 GeneT-
al Won Werder. formerly German amoa>-
sadOr at st. Petersburg. ana now tAe
guest of the car, an autograph .ct.yS 10
Nicholas Ill in which EUuc-1- imam
expresses his Friendship -t- TIE ear anu
promises to attend .-e tu-l--l..l -v'Ss
at Moscow.
This is most significant - II : the 1rSI
time in history that = German emperor o:
king of Prussia has pvr>oCaLy witnessed
the coronation of ear, and the emperor
will thereby testify openly 10 his wish Tor
more llllllllult IAlIS>t-NlN- A-As--A
General Won Werder will also be the
cars guest throughout the coronation.
The emperor's determination 10 render
the German navy more formidable and 10
push the colonial policy Of the empire IL
shown in his telegram replying to a as
patch of cOngratulation on the subject
from the Hamburg colonial society. In
this telegram his majesty spoke of the
necessity of adequately protecting our
trans-oceanic interests and OF creating
such protection speedily.
The reactionary parties throughout Ger
many are aiming 10 modify the cGnstltu-
tional election franchises and in SaXony
the end will be first practically obtained.
A bill is before the Saxon diet and on
the point of becoming a law 1t divides
the electors into classes, according TO their
tax-paying grades and each class Is en-
titled to the same number of delegates.
Thus 80 per cent of the poor electors are
doubly outnumbered by 10 per cent of the
Weather class.
1t is stated that the estrangement be-
tween Emperor William and his brother.
Prince Henry of Prussia, has been
bridged over and that affectionate letters
have been exchanged between them dur
ing the past month.
Prince Henry has abandoned his pro-
iected visit to Queen Victoria. 1t has
been favorably remarked in Catholic cir
eles recently that the emperor has lately
made a number of large gifts for the
building or restoration of Catholic
churches in Germany. He gave 10000
marks to two impoverished parishes of
Posen this week.
The number of convictions for lese
! majestic has been especially large during
the past week. A butcher of kiel was
sentenced to years Imprisonment and
girl at Potsdam for speaking disrespect-
fully of her empress was sentenced TO
six months confinement in prison.
Incendiary fires in Berlin and its sub
urbs continue at the rate of three or four
daily, in spite of the large rewards Of
fered by the police and House Owners
association. Although n score of arrests
have been made the real culprits have
not yet been traced. Circumstances
point to well organized band of incen-
diaries.
Emperor William has received in audi
ence Colonel w. Ludlow, the United
States military attache at London, and
has questioned him infinitely as to his
conclusions after the examination which
Colonel Ludlow has made of the Baltic
examination of the mouth of the
proposed Nicaragua canal and his inspec-
ton of the Suez and Corinth canals.
Corinth 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 are
growing steadily.
Colonel Ludlow has received every
courtesy possible at the hands of the au-
thorities He will leave for Holland next
| week.
! The flags were lowered on Monday last
in honor of the late ambassador of the
United States to Germany. Gen. Thee
dore Runyon, whose funeral took place
| on that day in Newark, y. j.
The American ball on Tuesday was
| n great success. 1t was held on that
day in honor of Washingtons birthday,
as the German-Americans of Berlin gave
Il banquet in honor of the same event
on the previous Saturday. There was
a large attendance.
| Prince Bismarck, in addressing some
friends few days ago, spoke of colonial
matters and declared that the trader
should go ahead and that the States
should follow. He expressed himself
however, as being opposed to an extern
sion of the Prussian bureaucratic system
in Africa and declared himself against
the unconditional abolition of slavery
saying he thought it should be the nat
ural outgrowth of circumstances.
The prince also said that the did mo-
believe in the equality of races. Prov
idence. he added, had given the Negro
another destiny than that given tn,
whites. He opposed ill treatment of tn,
negroes who, he said, had something o
the horse, of the dog, but even with then
the system of blows is antiquated."
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