The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-29
SIGNIFICANT.
GERALANY'S ATTITUDE ON THE
EGYPTIAN QUESTION.
Significant Sign of the Times is
That German Warships Are For
hidden TIC Touch at English Ports.

BERLIN, March 2S.-The attitude of
Egyptian question has been preeminent
in public attention during the past
week and the press utterances in Great
Britain, Austria and Italy have been
closely watched. Germany's action in
the matter is misconstrued in Great
Britain and Austria, according to the
German newspapers, which deny that
her object in supporting Great
Britain's proposition to use the Egyp-
tan reserve fund for the Nile expedi-
ton was in any way to aid the latter
country. They declare that Germany s
attitude was solely determined out Of
concern for Italy and add that the
Austrian statesmen apparently con-
strued her aid as an important pre-
cedent, as 1taly's African reserves no
wise constituted a cauSus foederis.
as defined in the terms of the dreihund.
Consequently, Germany is held to
similarly aid Austria in her Oriental
policy. This view of the case, how
ever,
IS FLATLY REPUDIATED
by the German government, and a
German statesman who is thoroughly
qualified to express an opinion on the
subject said:
Germanys policy is not changed in
the least. In spite of recent events
our relations with England remain the
same. Germany distrusts England and
her ambitious schemes. and Germa nv,s
support of the proposal to send an ex-
petition to Dongola in no way engages
US In the future. Russia fully under
STANDS this, though our friendship for
Italy obliges us now to take contrary
views to Russia and France. More
over, we could not engage to Austria
IN any ambitious move in the orient"
A SIGNIFICANT SIGN
of the times is that German warships
are forbidden to touch at English
ports, and Emperor William, it is now
said, has determined not to visit Eng
land this year On the other hand. the
friendship between Russia and Ger
many is not impaired, as shown by the
TACT that the car and czarina will
visitrBerlin Immediately after the coro-
nation fetes at Moscow.
After the return of the emperor from
the Mediterranean, his majesty will I'M
veil the statue of his grandfather,
William /, erected at Frankfort-on-the-
Main
spring mas commenced throughout
Germany abnormally early. The
weather is warmer than it has ever
been at this time of the year since
1S4S. Navigation was re-opened on the
Baltic, even to the farthest north, ten
days ago, and there have been several
cases of sunstroke in south Germany.
The thermometer registered 90 degrees
in the shade at Munich on Wednesday
last, and so degrees in Berlin.
1t is now announced that the i'm
perial court at Leipsic has ordered the
case of
RICHARD F. KNEEBES,
the American horseman, to be retired
10 the lower court, and that fifty-one
American witnesses will be summoned
and the mare, Nellie Kneeoes, will be
brought before that court Bail, it is
added, was again offered and refused.
The imperial chancellor, Prince Ho-
ihenlohe, win be n years of age on
Thursday next. The emperor viii send
him an unique present, consisting of his
own portrait framed in the antlers of
stays shot by his majesty.
The socialist press has been bitterly
the government for the
wholesale, discharge OF ship builders
from the naval docks at Kiel.
Miss Catherine Parsons, daughter of
Colonel Parsons, is engaged to Count
Alexander Won Gersdorff. son of the
imperial chamberlain. The Gersdorf
family owns a fine manoria1 estate,
which is heavily encountered.