The record-union., 1896-10-18
German Newspapers Not Backward in
Their Denunciations
OF Great Britain's Selfishness and
ArrOganCe-Yett the Foreign Office
at the German Capital Asserts That
No Differences OF Importance Exist
Between the Two Governments.

change in the courteous relations
which for some time past have existed
between Germany and Great Britain,
the sudden outburst of strong anti
British opinion, which has been joined
in by the German newspapers Of all
Parties, has become the leading topic
CT discussion in political circles. De-
nunciationS of Englands selhshnesS
ard arrogance, illusions to her isola-
ton and suggestions of how to dimin-
ish the pretensions of Great Britain ap-
pear in the North German Gazette" :"
the Cologne Gazette" and other papers
Of less importance, With a degree of
unanimity which gives the idea that
the utterances emanate from some COM
mon and responsible source. If these
attacks had in reality any official ORR
gin, their line of argument would be
worth quoting, but it is emphatically
denied at the Foreign Office that there
is the slightest foundation for the pre-
vailing rumors Of an alteration in the
plans between the German and English
Governments.
Apart from such denial by the For
eign Office, scrutiny into the cause OF
the present boiling over of the German
press proves that it is not founded upon
anything whatever that is going on be
tw cen the Berlin and London Govern
ments, but that it is purely and simply
a case of newspaper war in which the
journals are allowed unlimited license,
the Government not caring how far
they may go.
What these newspapers are saying
now arose from the publication Of arti-
cles in the leading London papers re-
porting the possible establishment of an
English, Russian and French alliance
with the detachment of Italy from the
G. eibund. The German journalists
who are guiding the tone of the best
papers in Germany are quite convers-
ant with the truth of what an English
Premier, now deceased, once said, that
England has politics If not guided by
such hare-brained chatter and ire
sronsible frivolity.
But coming on the heels of the jubi-
liant articles Of the French papers in
view of the recent visit of the Car and
Czarina to Paris, the style of the COM
ments INDUCED in by the British press
was felt to be intolerable, and TO de-
mand some notice. The significance of
this volcanic eruption of criticism on
the part Of the German papers, how
ever lies in it's tendency to highten
German hatred toward England, en-
abling the Government an oppcrtune
moment to get the country to act in
open hostility toward England.
When calmed toned paper like the
Cologne "Volkes Zeitung,' now the
leading organ of the Centrist party in
7 no xUoc+ Of Corp,apv 1anoI1pcac Tn
land as conspiring against Germany at
the Quirinal, and exciting the Italian
Government to desert the dreibund,
while the Berlin "Tageblatt," the Ber-
lin post" and other organs urge the
immediate oUSting of the British from
Egypt, it is evident that German feel
ing is ripe for anything against the
English.
The story published in to-day's issue
cf the Vienna "Neue Freie PreSSe," al
legng that the Russian War Office has
ordered all of the regiments in the dis
trct of Kieff Odessa and Charkoff to
be at once put upon a full war footing
and that all officers on leave of absence
and the retired list have been recalled
to service, is utterly discredited here
Nothing is known in official circles
here showing that Russia is mobilizing
troops. and the assertion of the "Neue
F'reie Presse' that the Porte processes
to be aware of a "step toward the COM
plete mobilization of the Russian forces
and portends that Russia will receive
a European mandate to occupy Con-
stantinople," is regarded as too absurd
to be worthy of notice.
The 'Pesther Lloyd and the Vienna
"Politische Correspondent" concur in
stating that a concert of the Powers
has agreed upon the probable basis of
the maintenance of territorial status
quo in Turkey, but upon European con-
troll of Turkish administration This
statement concurs with the advices re-
Gently cabled in these dispatches, which
were obtained from official sources
The official programme of the Reich
stag, the opening of the session of which
will take place on November 9th. in
cludes bills dealing with immigration,
an amendment to the working mans in
surance system and measure provid-
ing for reform of the system of mill
tary jurisdiction. The necessity for the
latter measure is shown in an incident
which occurred in a cafe in Carlsruhe
last Tuesday evening. A civilian named
Siebmann, upon entering the cafe, jos
tied against chair upon which a Lieu
tenant named Brusewit was sitting
The latter rose from his seat and rough
ly pushed Siebmann away, at the same
time demanding that he apologize
Siebmann replied, Leave me alone"
W whereupon Brusewit drew his sword
ard threw himself upon Siebmann. Sew
eral persons who were present inter
fered and Siebmann for the time es-
capped. Brusewit searched the cafe for
him and finally found Siebmann in
a passage, when he locked the door,
barring all egress or ingress, and ran
him through with his sword. Brusewit
pleads justification, maintaining that
the etiquette Of military service re-
quired him to punish civilian interfer-
ing with him. and it remains to be seen
whether the military authorities will
uphold him in his cowardly act of MAX
ing an armed assault upon defense
less man.
The bimetallists have determined to
renew their conferences and agitation
when the Reichstag meets. It is report