The San Francisco call., 1896-03-02
GOSCH[N'S WORDS
ANGER GERMANS,
They Have Aided Williams
Plans for a Large
Navy.
RESENT THE INSULT.
Members of the ReichStag Are
Ready to Grant Money
for Vessels.
THE KAISER'S LATEST WHIM.
DiSsuaded From Sending an Anti
American Letter to Spain'S
Queen Regent.

BERLIN, GERMANY, March Upon the
resumption of the discussion of the sugar
bill in the Reichstag tomorrow Count Won
Posadowsky-W -Wehner, Minister of the I'm
perial Treasury, will make an announce
ment that the Governments of the South
ern German States and their representa-
tives will offer no opposition to the pro-
posed alterations of the law, but on the
contrary, some of them are willing to
support measure fixing a premium even
higher than that proposed. Bavaria con-
tinues to oppose the bill but the probabili-
ties are that despite this opposition the
bill will pass.
The emphatic declaration recently made
by Freiuerr Marschall Won Bieberstein,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the Gov
eminent had no intention of making any
increased demands for the purpose of
strengthening the navy have failed to con-
vince mem bers of any political party that
tie idea OF enlargement OF the navy has
been abandoned.
1t is clearly understood that the En-
peror is determined to obtain an enlarged
naval estimate, and the hope is entertained
in official gu arters that the disclosures in
regard TO the British naval plans made by
George j. Goschen, First Lord of the
British Admiralty, in his speech at
Lewes, together with his insulting allu-
sions to Germany will so thoroughly ex-
cite the indignation and resentment of the
bers of the Reichstag as to cause
them TO grant any increase OF naval esti-
mates that may be demanded.
Tho Weser Teitu0u of Rrenoar Ia au-
thority forthe statement that AItdeutscher
Verein, with the approval of the Emperor
and the highest naval authorities and ex-
perts OF the empire, proposes to demand
vote OF 200, ,000.0 900 marks for the construc-
ton OF new warships, and if the Reich
stag refuses to authorize the grant the
Ministry will be dismissed and the Reich
stag dissolved.
In the meantime the heat in the highest
political atmosphere against England is
becoming intensified. In an interview
upon the subject with a representative OF
The United Press yesterday prominent
German diplomat defined the situation
briefly as follows:
England" he said, sis rapidly ap-
proaching-a state in which she must fight
for her position as an empire. Germany
has no ill-feeling toward Great Britain and
has no wish to see her dismembered, but
the other nations now seeking her weak
points everywhere on the globe think the
time has come to square up Englands old
accounts. Germany won't initiate the
fight, nor has she any desire to make an
anti-English alliance. On the contrary,
she. Will stand aloof and let England
demonstrate that she is still entitled To
the supremacy she claims. These may be
tall words,n said he, ''but they echo the
exact opinion OF the Emperor and leading
statesmen of Germany, who have arrived
at. the conclusion that England must soon
prove that she possesses her supposed
vitality as great power"
The arrest OF the absconding Berlin law
yer, Fritz friedman, in Bordeaux yester-
day is now the absorbing topic of interest
and discussion in Berlin. friedman,
after leaving Berlin, travelled from point
to point through Europe in company with
a Berlin woman of the town, but in spite
of this fact and the other scandalous and
criminal acts of the lawyer the press
treats the couple as though they were the
most reputable persons in the land. Since
his arrest friedman has disclosed how he
disposed of the documents compromising
other people which he held in his posses
sion when he fed from Berlin. 1t
transpires that he caused the publication
in Paris of the whole of the scandalous
letters which. figured in the Won Kotze
scandal some time ago, and caused the
dismissal of the gentleman from the office
OF Court Cham berlain. No publisher
would dare to produce the letters in Ger
many, as they are too disgusting to bear
reading. Most of the letters are addressed
to the Countess Fritz Hohenau.
The Berlin Government is endeavoring
to arrange some terms upon which the
letters can be bought, as, although the
statements contained in them are for the
most part untrue, their revelations would
De altogether too Overwhelming for society
to withstand. The French police have
seized the entire Paris edition of the letters
and turned them over to the German en-
bassy. For obvious reasons it is not prob
able that friedman will be extradited to
Germany.
Itis stated that firm in Montana has
contracted to ship to Germany 100000
bushels of barley, and if the venture pays
the men in the deal they will arrange to
ship much larger consignment of Mime
sofa barley.
The Berlin Nachrichten makes the state
ment that the revised decree in regard to
American insurance companies shows
clause declaring that all United States
companies viii be locked out of Prussia,
20 unless the German companies are granted
equal facilities with other companies in the
United States. This implies that New
York State must repeal its recent legisla.
ton affecting German companies.
The lack of enterprise cnaracterizinp the
German press is shown by the fact that
not sin lie newspaper has as yet COM
mented seriously upon. the action of the
United States Senate in regard 10 Cuba.
Instead of discussing this, the most i'm
portant and interesting topic of the day,
the papers have devoted their space to the
publication of attacks upon England mo-
nometallic policy.
1t is currently reported that the Emperor
in an interview with the Chancellor, Prince
Hohenlohe, expressed a desire to send
communication in regard to the American
Senate's action to the Queen Regent of
Spain, but was dissuaded by the Chancel-