The herald., 1896-10-04
The Eastern Question Attracts
Much Attention
STRENGTH OF THE DREIBUND
Increased by the Accession of Greece
and Roumania
Affairs in Africa Causing Anxiety-Im-
mense Damage Done by Winter
Storms-Bismarck Sued.


Associated Press Special Wire
| BERLIN, Oct. 3.-(Copyrght, 1850
The sensational news that Roumania
| and Greece have Joined in the dreibund,
and that the formal agreements to this
end were signed at Bucharest during
the presence there of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria, after the opening Of
the canal through the iron gates of the
Danube, is being discussed in political
circles here. The statements made are
! believed to be correct, and are received
as being of prime Importance, for the
dreibund will thus have valuable allies
in these two countries in the event of
| the disruption of Turkey or any seri-
| Gus complications in the east. King
! Charles of Roumania has long been anX-
ious to join the dreibund, but it was
only lately that a binding bargain, ac-
ceptable to all parties was drawn up.
1t is expected that Servia will also adj
here to the dreibund as soon as the III
huence of ex-Queen Natalie, who is a
Russophile, is overcome.
The general uprising of the Watches,
| the powerful and warlike tribe of Ger
man East Africa, is causing some anx-
! iety in colonial circles here and else
where. The Wahehes, who met with a
crushing defea. from German troops
couple OF years ago, have this time
| been melted by Arab chiefs, and they
have excellent weapons and equip
ments. The rebellion seems to be
spreading around the whole Tangan-
| yika region, and the troops available
are much too weak to cope with it. In
the meantime Governor Wissman is lin
| gering here, unwilling to return to his
post in East Africa, owing to his shat
tered health, though he is being urged
| to do SC. Moreover, the government is
not inclind to ask the reichstag for a
| large increase of the German East Afri-
can troops, in view of the big colonial
budget, although the present forces are
quite inadequate.
A convention representative of all the
Prussian cities of over 5000 inha bitants
was held in Berlin, and a permanent or
ganization was effected The purpose
Of the assembly was to formulate oppo-
sition to the growing tendency of the
| Prussian government in favor of agra
rian interests, at the expense of the in
terests of the cities, and to obtain the
abolition of privileges enjoyed by gov
| eTnIIlenl OliCldlS, lllcii anu tSeSAi-
ers in municipal taxation.
Emperor William has had excellent
sport at Rominton this week, killing
big stag every day. On Tuesday he
shot 220-pound stag, the biggest killed
in Germany for ten years past, and he
royalty rewarded the gamekeeper who
enabled him to bring it down. His maj
esty shock the man warmly by the hand,
sent him a bottle of champagne to drink
his health, and also presented the other
foresters with a copy of his majesty's
latest allegorcal picture, "St. Michael
standing guard over the blessings of
peace" Ten thousand of these pictures
have been reproduced, in the imperial
printing office.
The storms of the past two winters
have done an immense amount of dam
age to the dunes and dykes of the
coasts of Heligoland and East Prussia.
The government intends to ask the diet
for a large grant of money to be de-
voted to building new works and re-
pairing old ones. Two million marks
will be expended in this manner forth
with.
Prince Bismarck has been sued by his
rural neighbors of the village of Witt
hove because of his closing the right
Of way through the Sachenswald. The
point at issue between them originally
was the rebuilding of the bridge over
| Billie creek, Prince Bismarck Offering
to pay half of the cost and the villagers
holding he should pay the whole.
The Socialist convention will open at
Gotha tomorrow and will probably last
week. The delegates will discuss
sixty-nine motions.
A sensational pamphlet has been pre-
pared anonymously, purporting to be
an open letter to Emperor William, ask
ing his majesty to dismiss his
unconstitutional advisers in his
civil and military cabinets, and instead
listen to a select body of members Of
the reichstag representing the various
factions of the body The pamphlet has
been seized by the police in Berlin,
Schleswig, Leipsic and elsewhere, but
thousands of copies are still in circula-
ton.
Emperor William has granted COM
Portable pension to the wife and daugh-
ter of the historian, Treitschke, who died
penniless.
His majesty has added another to the
already large numbers of sensational
pardons granted since his accession.
This time sergeant and an officer of
: police, Rheydt, were sentenced respect
lively to three and five months imprison-
ment for brutally ill-treating prisoners.
They were pardoned before serving a
! day in prison and even the court costs
were RENTED. Papers of every shade
of opinion have been discussing these
pardons, and it is certain the action OF
the crown in this respect will be discuss
ed by the diet and in the reichstag short
ly.
During the past fortnight a couple OF
American swindlers styling themselves
Captain George Hubbard of New Or