The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-08

BERLIN. March Copyright, 1896,
by the Associated Press.)-The defeat
of the Italians at Adowa is warmly
discussed in political circles here and
the opinion prevailing is that it win
lead to practical if not formal dis
solution of the dreibund That
Emperor William has telegraphed his
sympathy to King Humbert does not
alter the fact that international poll
tics will take on a new shape
Count Guluchowsl1y, the Austrian
minister for foreign affairs, who is
coming to Berlin for three days next
week, is undoubtedly visiting this CAPT
tai on an important political mission
which may include a reimbursement or
modification of the dreibund and the
expression of Austria's wish for a re-
approachment with Great Britain. A
Conservative leader of the reichstag
who is in touch with the foreign Of
flee, informed the correspondent of the
Associated Press today that the with
draWal of Italy from the dreibund was
inevitable as national bankruptcy
stares her in the face. He added: In
the event of a great war Italy would
be financially impotent. Besides her
disasters in Africa have shaken Ger
man confidence in the usefulness of her
army. The fall of Sgnor Crispi will
also bring a strong anti-dreibund SEN
timent in Italy on top. The dreibund,
however, may nominally continue I'M
til the expiration Of it's present term,
but it will then lapse"
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The Spanish American dispute has
been somewhat driven into the back
ground by the Italian inrbroglio. Some
papers, however, still comment on it.
The Lokal AnZeiger for instance, says:
1T is the irony of modern history that
at the present moment chauvinism
nowhere fourishes as in the United
States, the land of the militia system
and countless peace societies. Europe
will know hereafter what to think Of
those hollow pseudo humanitarian
phrases which Americans are forever
shouting so long as the disputes do
not touch their own interests. When
these are touched the peace-loving re-
public behaves more impudently and
unjuStly than any modern autocracy.
The most laugha'ble feature is that
it is President Cleveland, the leader of
the party styling itself the apostle Of
peace who famed American chauvin-
ISM
1t is possible that the sugar bounty
bill viii not pass the reichstag as even
the agrarianS are not unanimously in
favor Of it.
The feature of the bill to which OBJ
lection is made is proposed increase
in the consumption tax of from Is to
"a marks. 1t has been repeatedly
stated in the reichstag that higher
bounties would simply cheaper Ger
man sugar in America and England
at the expense of Germany.
GERMANY ON THE SEAS.
The big navy plan is attributed to
Admiral Dibran, chief of the emperor S
naval cabinet, DR.. Peters and EXAM
lbassador Brand, while his majsetys
opposition to reform in military lpro-
cedure is said to be fathered by, Cen
eral Won Hahnke. The latter subject
will not now be submitted to the
reichstag in spite of the government
promises. The imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern starts for AbbaSsis today.
where it will be met by the emperor
and his family whose absence is fixed
at eight weeks. Trips will be taken
on board the yacht and the imperial
family will probably visit the care
witch at La Turboe. 1t is considered
fairly certain that there will be a
meeting between Emperor William.
King Humbert and Emperor Francis
Joseph during the spring. Emperor
William during the past fortnight has
practiced with a, select company of
court ladies and gentlemen, at tennis
and football in the large hall of the
exposition building in the Moabit quar-
ter. His majesty intends to compete
in the army lawn tennis tournament
at Hamburg this summer.
THE WICKEDEsT GOT AWAY.
The espionage trial at Leipsic is at
tracing considerable attention. The
chief defendant is a, Lumenburger
named Schoren, but it has been shown
that the most important culprit, a
Frenchman named Monitor, has avoid
ed arrest. The prisoners were tools
and Monitor received his orders direct
ly from the war ministry at Paris. The
inquiry into the premature publishing
of the amnesty decree of January in
the Vorwaerts- has resulted in the ar
rest of three men who stole a copy
from the printers of the German
foreign office.
Herr Wermuth, the German commits
sioner to the Worlds fair at Chicago,
renewed this week his formal com
plants to Washington at the monde
livery of the medals and diplomas
awarded to TIE Worlds fair exhibitors
The latter are indignant at the delay.
Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow, the mill
tary attache of the United States at
London, after three days visit to
the canals of Holland has returned to
the British capital
The charge d'affairS of the United
States embassy, Mr.. j. B. Jackson, has
had several meetings this week with
the authorities here in regard to the
insurance matter and they have pro-
missed to expedite a denomination Of
the case of the American companies.
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