St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08

in political circles here, and the opin-
ion prevailing is that it will lead to a
practical if not 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 GOluchowski, the Aus
trian minister for foreign affairs who
is coming to Berlin for three days next
week, and who will be banqueted at the
palace, and by Prince Hohenlohe, is un-
dOubtedly visiting this capital on an
important mission, which may include
readjustment or modification of the
dreibund and the expression of Aus
tria's wish for a rapprochement with
Great Britain. A Conservative leader
of the reichStag. who is in touch with
the foreign office, informed your corre-
spondent today that the withdrawal of
Italy from the dreibund was inevitable
as national bankruptcy stares her in
the face. He added: "In the event of
a great war, Italy would be financially
impotent. Besides, her disasters In
Africa, have shaken German confidence
in the usefulness Of her army. The fall
of Signor Crispi will also bring a strong
arti-dreibund sentiment in Italy on
top. The dFeibund, however, may nom-
inally continue until the expiration of
Its present term but it will then lapse"
The Spanish-American dispute has
been somewhat driven into the back
ground by the Italian imbroglio. Some
papers, however, still comment upon it.
The Lokal AnZeiger, for instance, says:
''It is the irony of modern history that
at the present moment
WAR CHAUVINISM
nowhere fourishes as i'll the United
States, the land of the militia system
and countless peace societies. Europe
will know hereafter what to think of
those hollow psuedO-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 re-
public behaves more impudently and
unjustly than any modern autocracy
The most laughab1e feature is that it
is President Cleveland, the leader of
the party styling itself the apostle Of
peace" who famed American Chauvin-
ISM"
1t is possible that the sugar bounty
bill will not pass the reichstag, as even
the agrarians are not unanimously in
favor of it. The feature of the bill to
increase in the consumption tax Of
from Is to 24 marks. 1t has been re-
peatedlY stated in the reichstag that
higher bounties would simply cheaper
German sugar in America and Eng
land at the. expense of Germany.
The big navy plan is attributed to
Admiral Dibran, chief of the emperor's
naval cabinet; Dr. Peters and exam
bassador Brand, while his majesty's
opposition to reform in military trial
procedure is said to be fathered by
Gen. 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 Abbazis today, where it will
be met by the emperor and his family
whose absence is fixed at eight weeks
Trips will be taken on board the Yacht
visit the cZarewitch at La Tourbe 1t
will be a meeting between Emperor
William, King Humbert and Emperor
Francis Joseph during the spring.
The espionage trial at Leipsic is at
tracing considerable attention. The
chief defender is a burger named
Scoren, but 1T has been shown that the
most important culprit, a Frenchman
named Montier, has evaded arrest
The prisoners were his tools, and Mon
tier received his orders directly from
the war ministry at Paris. The main
object of the espionage was to obtain
samples and detailed knowledge of the
new German rifle of the type Of 1855.