The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
CHRISTIANS TO RULE CRETE.
GERMANY MAY TAKE THAT STAND
WITH TURKEY.

-..d In Russia-CrueI Case of
Captnin's Inhumanity on ship
po,rd-Others Affairs of Interest
=, the old World.
p.-,f7 Aug. 23.-Before the Reichstag
-....sr,bles it is certain that there will
=. important changes in the cabinet If
.,5ss5 an entire revision Of the minis
does not take place. Despite the per-
-.s.s-- semi-official denials that Prince
,,...-iora the imperial chancellor is on
-...vs of retirement from office, the Bo-
o Zatung hits the mark squarely in
s.s-ira that the chancellor asked the en-
..-o- for his dismissal at the time of
lis recent visit to the kaiser at Wilhelms-
,,ss knowing that the Hahnke Lucanus
oss,l prevailed against him, but the en-
r.ror induced the prince to remain in Of
-,s until after the visit Of the czar and
czarna 10 Breslau.
The Fress.nnige Zeitung CradicaD, in an
article discussing the character Of the tu-
tYre cabinet. asserts that during the en-
raror.s recent trip to the Nordland, Count
Botho Zu Gutenberg, master of ceremonies
at the imperial court Of Germany, accom-
panied by his cousin, Count Doenhoff, fol-
lowed the kalser's route throughout his
majesty's tour and kept up constant
communication by telegraphing to his
brother. Count Phillip Gutenberg, German
ambassador to Austria, who accompanied
t1a kaiser's route throughout as the rep
resentative of the foreign office. Ihe mo-
tive Of the Freissinnige Zeitung in max
ing this statement is to exhibit the en-
perOr as the central figure in the In
frieues for a change in the chancellor
ship and this opinion of the matter has
obtained the ready support of a large
number Of persons in and out OF the or
fetal circle. The feature of the exist
ing embroglio is that two parties exist
within the government which are fight
ing each other desperately. First, there
is Field Marshal Won Beiberstein, minis
ter of foreign affairs, whose inspi1ed or
gan. the Cologne Gazette, declares that
it is impossible to consider the kaisers
military cabinet as identical with the en-
peror himself, and. second, there is the
practically governing Gen. Won Hahnhe,
the chief of the kaiser's military cabi-
net who through the medium of the
Reichsanzeiger, the official gazette, states
that the military cabinet only exercises
the emperor's behest
Field Marshal Beiberstein himself
seems destined to be elbowed out of the
cabinet, and DR.. Lucanus the chief Of
the emperor's civil cabinet, is mentioned
as having a very good chance of being
promoted to a higher office. Nobody con-
neCted with the semi-official press, nor
anybody connected with the government,
has hitherto supposed that DR., Lucanus
held the inside of the track, but that
Parsonage is now credited with being
fully informed of what the kaiser intends
10 do.
Several newspapers, which pretended to
be officially inspired, were woefully dis
comhted over the matter of the retire
ment OF Gen. Bronart Won Schell-
endorf from the ministry of
war. Instances of this are shown
in the fact that the Berlin Tageblat
and the Courier, at the same hour that
the announcement Of Gen. Schenendorf $
resignation was published in the Reich
sanzeiger, appeared with their alleged in
spred announcement that the minister of
war and the kaiser had become recon-
ciled and that the minister will retain his
post.
The Berlin government continues to ac-
lively support the initiative of Count Col
luchowsky, Austrian minister of foreign
affairs, toward the solution of difficulties
existing in Crete. Since Lord Saiisbury's 5
rejection Of the proposal to establish a
blockade around Crete, Count Goluch-
oWsky has urged that the porte be asked
10 grant new constitution to the island
the main features of which are the an
lontment Of Christian governor and
me establishment of Cretan
financial autonomy which is par
amount to the payment of tri-
Dule 10 the sultan under the general guar
enlee Of the European powers.
Inc foreign cOunsul at Canea communi-
Gated the terms of Count GoIuchowsky's S
proposal to the Christian deputies of Crete
Oh Friday, and although the fighting be-
tween the Christians and the Turks on
'l7 island is still in progress, 1t is the
oPhlon IN diplomatic circles here that the
OHlIsudns will accept the conditions
Nnlch really amount to autonomy with an
annual payment of tribute to the porte
Island. u nv
although the statistics of current har-
.'s1s are still incomplete abstracts from
H4ihper of the reports have been receiy-
- - az me department of agricultural, up
~, ~ MHlch TO base an estimate that there
r'' oe medium crop of wheat\and rye
- ~ Germany, and a fine harvest Of both
" 'lese grains in Austria-Hungary. The
&C d.! failure of the grain crop in Rus
o ~a' ana the proportion of time operations
~ .le Dourse and in Germany, are lead
as as ~ speculative transactions in improv-
f o,ders upon the change A demand
,5 ,Ol t.e grain thus purchased will spring
" Inc aSrar1an. newspapers are ad-
-.s nome producers to hold on to their
-'- ana a with the hope of bank advances,
kso. '"e position points to a reaction with
oinpetition between the home grow
ana imported grains
ss O.Lyerning the state of the crops in Rus
ha-,,g consensus of opinion is that the
oro mere is an absolute failure. The
b,. III me great southern area are fair.
ar5 ~ ~ .Ae basins along the Volga, Dniper
T. Do"' the general average is very bad.
Eb. epofted that a famine exists in the
-bs, 5H districts of Southern Russia. and
n 81, 'Ne local authorities are appealing
nls Government for relief. else the Deo-
MN, b'-Isl Ole from starvation.
Has 0HiJed States consular agent at Kiel
I-ri.e5 informed by the reporter of the
So associated Press that the United
cae- attorney General has taken up the
re5 me steamer Hermann, which shin
Tb,r. Lhau, Russia. on Jan S0 1895
the i. migrants, who were on board
rna.'p' We're treated in such an inbunan
o-rl- lnat six of them died. and the
I- narrowly escaped the same fate
lo-l. aIs that the six who died were
So, -h a close compartment Of the ves
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