The record-union., 1896-07-06

BERLIN, July 5.--The Emperor, be-
fore starting on his months tour of the
North Seas, gave orders which are un-
usual with his majesty upon such oc-
casions, that communication with Ber-
lin should be kept intact throughout the
route which he had mapped out for his
trip and also gave instructions that in
the event Of his going to any point which
was not linked in the telegraphic circuit
reaching Berlin, a dispatch boat should
be sent to that point with dispatches
and for the purpose of conveying re-
turn communications to the nearest tel
egraphic station, to be wired to Berlin
Besides Count Won Gutenberg, German
ambassador to Austria, the KAISER S
suite is composed of Admiral Won Hen
den-B -Bibran, Chief of the Marine Cabi-
net; the Deputy Chief of the Military
Cabinet, Count Won Moltke; Court Mar
Shal Baron Won Lyncker, Counts GortZ
and Won Hulsen, and Aides de Camp
Won Kessel, Won Sohol, Won Arnirn and
Won Moltke. No repose is expected by
amy of the Ministers during the touq, of
the Kaiser, except in the case of the
head of the Home Department, in which
affairs are quieter than in any Other.
branch of the Government. On thk, other
hand the Foreign Office is in a state of
a.nxiety over the developments in Mace
donia and Crete.
The 'KreuSe Zeitung," usually we'll
informed upon official matters and par
ticularly those connected with the For
elgn Department, claims TO know upon
authority that the Foreign Office is
chiefly concerned in the situation in
Macedonia and that the alliance of
Servia, Montenegro and Bulgaria under
the approval of Russia means Russia's
dasertion Of the Porte. If, tine "Kreuse
Za1tung' continues, the rising in Mace
donna should become general, it will
check Austria's long proposed advance
TO Salonfca, which por. the Austro- Hun
garfan Government has coveted posses
sfon of for years, and this would be
likely to involve war.
The officially inspired press in Berlin
touch the matter with a great deal of
diffidence. The Vienna ''Frernden-
blatt, an official organ, however, de-
clareS in an article in its issue of yes
terday that all of the powers are de-
sirous that the trouble in Crete shall be
settled at once, all Of them being aware
that general uniheaval in that island
would lead to the breaking UP of the
Turkish empire. Therefore, the "Fren-
denblatt' continues, the powers are de-
termined to maintain the status quo at
all hazards The paper adds that neither
union of Crete with Greece nor the
granting Of autonomy to the island. as
claimed by the Cretan Radicals will
receive the assent of the powers
The "Vossischle Zeitung'' has received
advices saying that the Turkish war
ships in Cretan waters are totally inn
potent TO prevent the landing Of expedi-
IICrs from Greece and narrates the cap
ture Of the Turkish torpedo boat Edger
by a PARTY Of thirty-five Cretans. The
Edger was built at Darltsic for the
Turkish Government and was capable
Of developing a speed of twenty-five
miles am hour. She was surprised dur
ing the might by the band of Cretans
who killed all of her crew except one of
her engineers, a German.
The Enperor's speech ON the occasion
Of the launching Of the new German
l.aittle-shIp Kaiser Friedrich III. at
WilheImsfaven last Wednesday has
met with an echo of hearty approval
throu g'nout the empire, which foreshad-
ows popular assent to a large increase
of the German navy. Cne of the Chief Of
the Kaaser's desires.