The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
SENORITA ELSIE TOBINO.
The Daughter Of the Spanish Army in Cuba, So
Named by the Captain General.

in force Tor tho next two or three years,
hut IN The meanwhile the new plan " III
be made
Ills majesty Is convinced tina, this IS
absolutely necessary In order 20 secure
10 Germany permanently her position az
great power and especially as rising
colonial power. Hence all the empesor's
energy VIII be bcnt TO that end. Some
thing. however. must be done Immediately.
ana II the present rcichstag refuses to
grant large HHms Tor the building and
equipment; % neet OF FAST cruisers. the
nation VIII be appealed 70 and attempt
viii be made to raise money FOR this pur-
pose by popular subscription Already a
score OF German uobles and merchants
have declared their readiness 10 subscribe
5.t0q. go marks TO form the neucleus fund
Among them arc Duke Albrecht OF Meek
lenbprg: the duke OF Saxc-Melnengen.
Prince Frederick Lcopoll of Prussia
Barons Bleichroder. stuuin and Krnpp
and number OF Hamburg aud Brerncn
exporters
II IS further stated that Prince Bis
marck has expressed TO the emperor his
belief Ia the necessity OF creating a strong
German navy. The fact that Prince No.
henloe. the imperial chancellor and some
OF IN" other members OF tho cabinet 30
not ncquiesce In these views has It is as.
serted caused his majesty 20 eerlnusiy
consider the advisahiiIty OF making
changes r.. the ministry. Thu cnperor's
Intention. however IS not to hasten thl.
chanEe but to await more favorable
opportunity.
Prince Hohenlcc's successor. It is
thought in inner circles, viii be Count,
Philip Won Fnlonhurr. tho German am
haAsador at Vienna, who, with hts brother
is great tsv'orite with his majesty.
u s. significant that tho Hamburger
Nachrlchten, Prince Biamarck's orgap. In
an H. .
birthday, denounced the cabinet and
charged II with obstrucilug his meIesty's
plans Admiral Won HOLMAN, naval sec
rotary ~ state. Yho Is known to differ
with the emperor upon the pians Of navy
! reorganization, has already handed in HIS
resignation.
This fact that both Russia and France
took pains 10 show their frlcndllnesa
towards Germany upon the occasion of
| Emperor williams birthday Is generally
commented unon For the Arst time In
twenty fiyo years tho French embassy on
| the pariscr plat2 was HnlcndiilY ilhmi-
| mated and the RusNln Ambassador IN
presenting Emperpr William with tho
cZar's congratulations and handing his
| n ajeSy a beautiful present. conveyed tho
| cznTs high qualification that the entente
cordiale between Russia and Germany had
been renewed during the important crisis
OF last year.
The reichstae on March Is 20 cele-
hrate the signing OF the preliminary
peace Of lTl by q grand demonstration,
TO which Prince Bsmtrck ana other SUR
wing statesmen and generals OF war
times have heen invited
In the rcichstag yesterday attention was
called TO the fact that hacterin had been
discovered in imported rye, Herr Koehler,
director OF the imperial board OF health.
eNpialned that an examination had been
made of German. American. Russian, Aus
| H0nmQnlan And Lea. -
rys with the result that II was demon
s'ra,ed that the American cereals had the
least impurities.
Mr, Dean d. Mason, vice consul for
Ine .mNea States at Vienna, has been
The news from New York that the Ger
man war vessels storch and zumba have
been ordered 10 Venezuela. Is denied at
the foreign office. but n representative
Of that department said to a reporter OF