The record-union., 1896-10-12

invitations to the gala opera perform
ance and were not asked to be present
on the occasion Of the Cars entry into
the city or to attend the luncheon at
the Russian Embassy, the religious cere-
nlOny at the Russian Church, the ban
Quet at the Palace Of the Elysee, the lay
ing Of the foundation stone Of the bridge
Alexander Ill, which was really the be-
ginning Of the preparations for the exhi-
bition to be held in Paris in 1900, the
visit of the Czar to Versailles or the per-
fOrmance at the COmedie Franchise.
After all, or nearly all, of these func-
tions were over the diplomats received
invitations to attend the grand military
review at Chalons, and the attaches of
the various embassies and legations
only obtained these in consequence Of
the remOnstrance made by Count Won
Munster, the German Embasador to the
Foreign Office. 1t is possible that the
officials of the Foreign Office did not
relish the quarter from which the de-
mand for invitations to attend the great
military spectacle of the review of the
French troops came, for they promptly
disclaimed any responsibility for the
omission to send invitations, and re-
ferred the ambassador to the Elysee
Palace, from which quarter the invita-
tiOns eventually emanated.
According to a special dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette" from ST. Petersburg,
President Faure will not pay visit to
the Russian capital, as has been sug-
gested, but Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria will return the Cars visit to
| Vienna, and the Emperor and Empress
of Germany may also visit ST. Peters,
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Kaiser, unless the expected accouch-
ment Of the Czarina should compel a
postponement of the imperial visits.
The German Colonial Council will
hold a meeting on October 9th. The
programme of the meeting embraces
discussion of the colonial budget and
the questions of slavery and slave-trad-
ing, the military obligations of settlers
in Southwest Africa, the training Of
colonial officials and the matter of penal
procedure regarding natives.
In addition to discussion of these
questions the recent events at Zanzibar.
including the matter of the removal
from Zanzibar Of Said Khalib, the
usurping Sultan, by a German warship,
will doubtless be considered. The more
extreme members of the Colonial Coun-
ell regard the removal of Said Khalib
to Dares-S Salam as an important score
in favor Of Germany and against Great
Britain, and are chuckling at the furi-
Gus language of the English jingo press
in regard to the incident.
The extremists profess to regard the
Said Khalib affair as being fraught with
most valuable results to Germany, and
believe that something serious is immi-
nent from the facts that the British
| warship st. George, the flagship Of the
Cape and West African Station, which
sailed southwark from Zanzibar on
September oath. has been ordered to re-
turn to Zanzibar, and the cruiser Glib
raltar from Salonica has been ordered
to join her. The Gibraltar is now pass
ing through the Suez Canal.
Colonel Trotha, commanding the Ger
man troops in German East Africa has
had another engagement with the Wa
hehe tribe, with the result that he has
completely routed them, making pris-
oner of the Wahehe chief and carrying
him off to Dares-Salam.
The BurgomaSter Of Sauerlich, Bava-
ria who was recently arrested in con-
nection with the endeavors of the au-
thorities to break up the "haberers,' or
"moonlighters, of Upper Bavaria, has
been released upon the strength OF a
medical certificate showing that his
health was being impaired by imprison-
ment. A large number of additional ar
rests of 'haberers" have been made
this week and the prisoners conveyed to
| Munich for trial. The persons arrested
| include every male between the ages Of
90 and 60 residing in the village Of
Grub. The trial of the prisoners will
begin in Munich in November.
The Munich socialists resolved to
move at the Socialist Congress which
met at Schieblichen, near Gotha, to-
! day, that the congress hereafter meet
cnly biennially as the results of the
! meeting are in no no degree equivalent
| to the enormous cost of holding con-
crosses annually.
Doctor Rafael, the German Assessor
at Dares- Salam, German East Africa,
| who has been proposed by an agree
ment between Germany, England and
the United States for appointment to
the office Of President of the Municipal
Council at Apia, Samoa, as the sue
cessor Of Herr Schmidt, has made an
excellent record during his term Of SER
vice in German East Africa. He is
known as perfectly equitable Judge
and Is highly regarded by both whites
and natives.
The officials who have been charged
with the duty of considering the emf
grafton question are agreed upon the
principle of the establishment of a
special office, forming a sort Of Board of
Emigration. The matter of emigration
it's now normally under the supervision
Of the Home Office. which lacks the
| means of dealing with the question ad-
| equately. One of the functions of the
| new board will be to direct German
emigration into proper channels. In
plain language this will be to divert
| emigration from America and Australia
| to the German African colonies.
DR.. Nansen, the Swedish Arctic ex-
plorer, will pay a visit to Privy Coun-
cilOr Neumayer in Berlin in a few days
and will be entertained at a banquet
| by the German Geographical Society.
| A dentist has been arrested and fined
in this city for displaying upon the door
of his office plate describing him as
| doctor of dentistry with the appro-
| baton of an American dental college.
The court held that it was against the
| law for him to use foreign title in
| practicing In Germany.
| The North German Gazette" says
that Germany has become convinced
that Russia has no intention to exploit
| her entente with France for warlike
purposes. Germany, the paper adds,
has no political interests which are op-
posed to those of Russia
The "Vorwaerts,' the socialist organ,
says that the Cars last speech in
France was a great political event and
| stamps the meaning Of his majestys S