The Anaconda standard., 1896-02-02
IN THE OLD COUNTRY
What They Are Talking About on the
Other Side.
THE EMPEROR AND HIS NAVY
He Is Anxious to Make a Grand
Naval Display Some Day-Lon-
don Cossipers Are Busy
Studying Politics.
THE EMPEROR AND HIS NAVY

lCopyrighted 1896 by Associated Press).
Berlin, Feb. IA high official of the
colonial office informed the correspond
ent Of the associated press that Emper-
or William is firmly determined to
carry out the project of doubling the
size of the German navy. The official
alluded to has had repeated converse
tions with Emperor William on this
subject during the past three weeks.
and he asserts that during the coming
summer the plan for the reorganization
!, of the navy will be drawn up. The
present programme for slowly enlarg-
ing the navy must remain in force for
the next two years, but in the mean
time. the new plan will be adopted, the
preliminary steps will be taken and the
means to execute 1t will be secured
! His majesty is convinced that this is
absolutely necessary, in order to secure
TO Germany permanently her position
as a great power and especially as a
. rising colonial power. Hence, all the
Z emperor's energy will be bent TO that
end. Something, however, must be
z done Immediately and II the present
reichstag refuses to grant large sums
for the building and equipment of
! lleeI Oh last lne ndllOn VIII DS
appealed to and an attempt will be
made to raise money for this purpose
by popular subscription.
Already a score of German mobiles
especially merchants, have declared
their readiness to subscribe 100000
marks to form a nucleus of the fund.
Among them are John Albrecht OF
Mecklenburg, the Duke OF SAKE Mein-
In IOrfp oF
Prussia, Barons Bleichroder, Stumm
and Krupp, and a number of Hamburg
and Bremen exporters. It is further
stated that Prince Bismarck had ex-
pressed to the emperor his belief in the
necessity of creating a strong German
navy. The fact that Prince Hohenlohe
the imperial chancellor, and some of
the other members of the cabinet who
do not acquiesce in these views has, IT
IS asserted. caused his majesty to seri-
ously consider the advisability of max
ing changes in the ministry. The en-
peror's intention. however, is not to
hasten this change, but TO await a ia
vorable opportunity. Prince Hohen-
lohe's successor, II is thought in court
circles. Will be Count Phil Won Eulen-
burg. the German ambassador at vi
emma, who. with his brother, is great
favorite Of his majesty.
1t is significant that the Hamburger
Nachrichten. Prince Bismarck's organ,
in an article published on the emper-
or's birthday, denounced the cabinet,
and charged II with obstructng his
majesty's plans. Admiral Won Holl-
man, naval secretary of state, who is
known to differ from the emperor upon
the plans of the navy, has already
handed in his resignation. The fact
that Russia and France took pains to
show their friendliness to Germany up
on the occasion of Emperor williams
birthday, is generally commented upon.
For the first time in % years the French
embassy on the Parisser Platz. was
splendidly illuminated, and the Russian
ambassador, in presenting Emperor
William with the cars congratulations
and handing his majesty a beautiful
present, conveyed the czar's high graf
ification that the entente cordiale be-
tween Russia and Germany had been
renewed during the crisis of last year.
The reichstag, on March 2. is to cele-
brate the signing of the preliminary
peace of 1881 by a grand demonstration
to which Prince Bismarck and other
surviving statesmen and generals OF
war time have been invited. In the
rechstag yesterday attention was
called to the fact that bacteria has
been discovered in imported rye. Herr
Kohler. director of the imperial board
# health, explained that an examina-
tion had been made of German. Amer
lean, Russian, Austrian, Roumanian
and Turkish samples of rye. with the
result that il was demonstrated that
the American cereal had the least i'm
purities. He added that experiment
proved that bacteria could not resist
baking and boiling and that those found
in grain are inocuous
In the lower house of the Prussian
diet to-day the minister of husbandrv.
Baron -Loxten, declared
that government measures regarding
the import Of cattle and meat were ex-
clusively intended 10 prevent the dan
ger of infection. He further explained
that the shortness of the period in
which arrivals OF cattle from northern
countries were kept i'm quarantine was
due to the fact that cattle diseases were
least prevalent there.
incidentally during the next session
Of the Bavarian diet. the insane king.
otto. is to be declared civilly dead, and
Prince Luitpold will be chosen king OF
Bavaria.
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