The record-union., 1896-05-25
MORE MEN FOR GERMAN
SOUTH AFRICA.
4 Popular Resolution Passed by the
ReiChStas.
Belief That the Natives Rising Was
the Result of British Intrigue.
The Beers Will Indirectly Receive
Support - Chamberlain's Speech
Denounced by the German Press
international Chess Tournament
at Nuremberg DR.. lrmer Pays
High Tribute to American Mis-
siOnaries - Cause of ArChduke
Ludwig's Death.

Ludwig's Death.
BERLIN. May 24-The resolution
which was passed by the Relchstag last
Tuesday granting the Government
credit of 100000 marks for the pur-
pose of adding 420 men to the military
force in German Southwest Africa, met
with very slight opposition. The acton
OF the house fitted admirably with popu-
lar feeling and has delighted the CO.
lonial Jingoes, who continue diligently
to advance their South African boom.
The increase authorized by the resolu-
ton will give Major Luetwin, the ad-
ministrator of affairs in German South
west Africa. command of 900 effective
troops which are regarded as ample to
suppress the rising of the natives in that
territory. The origin of the outbreak
among the natives has not been offi-
cially explained, but the uniform belief
of the Colonial party that the rising
was fomented by British intrigue was
given expression during the debate on
the credit resolution in the Reichstag
last Tuesday by a member of the right,
and the German press in articles on the
subject denounce the English leaders
who have been supplying the natives in
South Africa with arms for years past.
It is not the prospect of crushing the
negroes in Southwest Africa, however,
that elates the Colonial party in Ger
many. The "Nueste Nachrichten,"
which is the foremost of the Colonial
organs, makes no concealment of the
hopes of Colonials and reveals perhaps
more of the aims of the Government
than are obvious upon the surface. The
paper after remarking that there is a
community of interests between the
Transvaal and German Southwest
Africa, despite the fact that the two
territories are separated by Beuchaland,
adds that by means of the force of 900
men which Major Leutwin will have at
his command, Germany will acquire a
position in Southwest Afgica, the lnfiu-
ence of which is already felt in Cape
Town. The general situation, the
"Neuste Nachrichten'' continues, has
undergone change and the Beers now
indirectly receive support.
The annual meeting of the German
Colonial Society will be held here on
May Both, when a resolution will be
submitted promising the support of the
German Government in promoting the
neutrality of the Boer Republics as es-
sential to the furtherance of German
interests. This expression, however,
will hardly have the effect of satisfying
the more advanced of the Colonials,
who indorse the demand of the ''Neuste
Nachrichten'' for the establishment of
an offensive and defensive alliance be-
tween Germany and the Transvaal The
speech made by Joseph Chamberlain,
British Secretary of the State for the
Colonies, upon the occasion of the South
African annual dinner at the Hotel
Metropole in London Thursday evening,
in which he sharply criticised the action
of the Transvaal Government in their
vindictive treatment of the Johannes
burg Reform Committee prisoners, is de-
nounced by the German press, the Ma
tiOnal Zeitung" expressing regret that
President Krueger should have shown
SO great a degree of magnanimity to-
ward the prisoners
A great international chess tourna-
ment is to be held at Nuremberg, be
ginning on July Goth. The first prize
viii be $500. the second 1910 and the
third 5000, besides which there will be
four smaller prizes. All of the best
European chess masters are expected
to be present and it is hoped that leading
American chess players will also take
part
American purchasers of German
manufactures are devoting a great deal
of attention to the industrial exhibition,
which is now running smoothly. Sew
eral orders have been lodged by Ameri-
cans with one of the largest German
firms engaged in the manufacture of
machinery, aggregating 100000 marks.
Exhibitors of dry goods, however, COM
plain of an utter lack OF American
orders
A great deal of interest is being taken
in the Hungarian millenial celebration
at BUDAPEST. to which it is expected
that a large number of people will go
from Germany during the summer. Re
ports received here say that there We're
more than 200 Americans in BUDAPEST
last week, the majority of whom went
from there to Moscow TO witness the
coronation of the Car. Before going.
however, they ordered rooms reserved
for them pending their return.
Hon. John WanamalIer of Philadel
phia, formerly Postmaster-Genera of
the United States, during his recent
visit here entered into negotiations for
-
painting, "Ecce Homo" but with what
result is not known.
The Khans. trotting-hors owners of
Hamburg, have purchased the Ameri
can trotters Bullet and Gloria, and the
Berman Brothers of Charlottenburg
have bought DR.. Austin and Lucy W,
The horses will go into possession of
their owners after the close of the West
End races. in which they are entered.
DR.. Irmer. Governor of the Marshall
Islands. in the Pacific Ocean, takes oc-
casion in report recently received
from him by the Colonial Department
of the Foreign Office. to deny the truth
of the attacks recently made upon the
American missionaries stationed upon
those islands. DR.. Irmer pays high
tribute to the maligned missionaries.
who, he says. are peaceful and quietly
devoting themselves to Christian work
holding themselves aloof from all agi-
tation.
A great deal of regret is felt in court