The record-union., 1896-03-02

A1AeAI4Ns MdTcn I.-OpOrl the re-
sumption of the discussion the sugar
bill in the Reichstag tomorrow Count
Won Posadowsky-W Wehner, Minister of
the Imperial Treasury, will make an an
nouncament that the Governments of
the Southern German States and their
representatives will offer no opposition
TO the proposed alterations of the law.
but ON the contrary, some of them are
wiling to support a measure fixing a
premium even higher than that pro-
posed. Bavaria, however, continues to
oppose the bill, but the probabilities are
that, despite this opposition, the bill
will pass
The emphatic declarations recently
made py F'reiherr Marschall Won Bic
oeste1n, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
that the Government has no intention
OF making any increased demands for
the purpose of strengthening the navy.
nave failed to convince members of any
political party that the idea of enlarge
ment Of the navy has been abandoned.
1T is clearly understood that the En-
peror is determined to obtain an en-
larged naval estimate, and the hope is
entertained in official quarters that the
val plans made by George J. Goschen.
First Lord of the British Admiralty, in
ms speech at Lewes, together with his
insulting allusions to Germany, will SO
thoroughly excite the Indignation and
resentment Of the members of the
Re1chstag as to cause them to grant any
increase of naval estimates that NAV be
demanded
The ''Weiser Zeitung'' of Bremen is
authority for the statement that Alt
Deutscn Verein, with the approval of the
Emperor and the highest naval authori-
ties and experts of the empire. propose
TO demand vote of 200. 900 900 marks
for the construction of new warships.
and if the Reichstag refuses to author
ize the grant the Ministry will be dis
missed and the Reichstag dissolved.
In the meantime the feat in the high
est official atmosphere against England
is becoming intensified. In an inter
view upon the subject with a represeta-
tive of the United Press yesterday a
prominent German diplomat defined the
situation briefly as follows:
England" he said, lis rapidly an
preaching a state in which she must
fight for her position as an empire
Germany has no i'll feeling toward
Great Britain, and has no wish to see
her dismembered. But the other ma
tions. now seeing her weak points
everywhere on the globe, think the time
has come to square mp England's old
accounts. Germany won't initiate the
light, nor has she any desire to make an
anti-English alliance On the contrary
she will stand aloof and let England
demonstrate that she is still entitled to
the supremacy she claims. These may
be all words he said, but they echo
the exact opinion of the Emperor and
the leading statesmen of Germany. who
have arrived at the conclusion that
England must SO prove that she pos
sesses her supposed vitality as a great
Power
The arrest of the absconding Berlin
lawyer, Fritz Friednlann in Bordeaux
yesterday is now the absorbing topic of
interest and discussion in Berlin.
Friedman, after leaving Berlin. tray
eled from pointt to point through Europe
ip company with a Berlin woman of the
town, but in spite of this fact, and the
other scandalous and criminal acts of
the lawyer, the press treat the couple
as though they were the most reputable
persons in the land. Since his arrest
friedman has disclosed how he dis
posed of the other documents compro-
missing other people which he held in his
possession when he fled from Berlin.
1t transpires that he caused the publi-
cation in Paris of the whole of the scan
dalous letters which figured in the Won
Kotze scandal some time ago. and
caused the dismissal of the gentleman
from the office of Court Chamberlain.
No publisher would dare to produce the
letters III Germany, as they are too dis
gusting to bear reading Most of the
letters are addressed to the Countess
Fritz Hohenhau.
The Berlin Government is endeavor-
ing to arrange some terms upon which
the letters can be bought, as although
the statements contained in them are
for the most part untrue, their revela-
tions would be altogether too over
for society to withstand. The
French police have seized the entire
Paris edition of the letters and turned
them over to the German Embassy.
For obvious reasons it is not probable
that Friedman will be extradited to
Germany.
1t is stated that a firm in Montana has
contracted to ship to Germany 2,50OO0
bushels of barley, and if the venture
pays the men in the deal, they will ar
range to ship much larger consign-
ment of barley.
The Berlin 'Nachrichten' makes the
statement that the revised decree in re-
gard to American insurance companies
shows clause declaring that all United
States companies will be locked out of
Prussia unless the German companies
are granted equal facilities with other
companies in the United States. This
implies that New York State must re-
peal its recent legislation affecting Ger
man companies.
The lack of enterprise characterizing |
the German press is shown by the fact |
that not single newspaper has as yet |
commented seriously upon the action of |
the United States Senate in regard to |
Cuba. Instead Of discussing this, the |
most important and interesting topic !
OF the day, the papers have devoted |
their space to the publication Of attacks |
upon Englands monometallic policy. |
1t is currently reported that the EN- |
peror, in an interview with the Chan
cellor, Prince Hohenlohe, expressed a |
desire TO send communication in re- |
gard to the American Senate's action to |
the Queen Regent of Spain, but was