St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
HIDING His PLANS
EMPEROR WILLIAM NOT DIyULG-
ING HIS INTENTIONS REGARD
ING THE TTlANsvAAL.
RElcHsTAG TO KEEP QUIET.
GERMAN PUBLIC, HOWEVER,
sIsoWLEG IT'S ANTI-BRTTIsH
FEELING.
rAL. ENGLISH DISCLAIMERS.
Tie Kaiser Said TO BE Fully Deter
mined to Keep HIS Promise
to Kruger.

BERLIN, Jan. 11.-Throughout the
week the TransvaaI question has mo-
nopoliZed public attention. 1t is the
unanimous feeling in Germany that
the jameson raid was due to conniv-
ance on the part of the British gov
eminent, in spite Of official denials,
and all Germany is intensely anti
English. This feeling is finding vent
in resolutions passed by the colonial
and other associations in favor of
Transvaal independence, and the en-
tire press is expressing hostility to
England. The big German Colonial
society will hold a monster demon
stration Jan. &c. when resolution
bearing on the Transvaal will proba-
bly, be adopted. In the reichstag,
however, the Transvaal matter will
not be ventilated in consequence of
hint received from the minister of for
eign affairs, Baron Marchal Won
Bieberstein, that the government does
not want TO show it's hand, and that
1t would be Inconvenience by a dis
cussion of the subject. To that end the
foreign budget, which was to have
been discussed in the reichstag yester-
day, was postponed indefinitely. 1t
is generally believed here that Russia
and France are. supporting Germany
in the latter's efforts to preserve the
independence of the Transvaal, rea-
sons outside of colonial policy making
it desirable that Germany should stop
the British advance in South Africa.
Emperor William felt bound to as
sure President Kruger of Germanys
sympathy, and if necessary support,
and he deemed himself bound to take
this step by the verbal appeal of Pres
ident Kruger, during his stay in Ber-'
lin, to the emperor's grandfather, Will
lam l., and to Prince Bismarck in 1894,
for help in the hour of trouble, to
which appeal Emperor William I. made
a half promise of support.
BRITISH INsoLENCE.
The attacks made on the emperor by
the London press are regarded here
as being typical Of British insolence,
and the claim of SuZerainty rights on
the part of Great Britain is answered
by quoting the words of the conven-
ton of 1884, in which the British crown
expressly waived all rights save on
one point. This is also the view taken
of the situation by the German govern
nent, and minute and frequent instruc-
ambassador at London, Count Won
Hatzfeldt- Wildenburg, to act in strict
+ accordance with it, An official of the
German foreign office said today: mo
serious trouble is expected. The main
quarrel is one picked by the British
press, and not by the British govern
ment Germany insists simply on the
statu QUO which will suffice for the
Transvaals to develop it's independence
and resources. All speculation beyond
that is baselesA In insisting on the
independence of the TranSvaal Ger
many is backed by the whole of Eu-
rope, and Great Britain does not dare
disregard this warning to keep her
hands off the soil of that brave little
nation"
Several of the newspapers point out
that Germany has big commercial in
terests in the TranSvaal. For instance,
the National Zeitung recalls that the
Delagoa Bay railroad was mainly con-
structed by Dutch ind German capt.
tai. while 600 marks are invested
in the best TranSvaal gold mines. In
addition, many important factories
have been built in the transvaal by
Germans, and the SiemenS company
has erected there the most important
electric power transmission plant in
the world, producing 1000 horse pow
er. It is limited that the reichstag will
shortly be asked to vote several million
marks with which to substitute a line
of steamers between Germany and Del
agoa bay.
BISMARCK'S HEALTH.
It was semi-officially announced to-
day that Prince Bismarck will not be
able to come to Berlin on the occasion
of the celebration of the anniversary of
the proclamation Of the German en-
pire, Jan. IS. He has been compelled
to ask his majesty to excuse his alb
sence on the ground that his health
would not permit him to undertake the
journey.
A new step has been taken in the
agrarian campaign against foreign
competition. The agrarians will exert
powerful pressure in favor of eXclud-
ing all foreign cereals containing an
admiXture of weeds or other sub
stances, it being held that this makes
them unfit for food Prof. Heimsich,
of Rostock university, and other ex-
perts have made a series of micro
scopic examinations of Russian,
American and Roumanian cereals, with
results it is claimed, which show a
large admixture Of deleterious foreign
matter.
Emperor William has now begun the
execution Of his design to erect a sculp-
tured ancestral gallery in the Thier-
garten, near the column of Victory.
The scupltors. Schott and Unger, have
been entrusted with the carving of the
first two statues All the statues will
be Of Carrara marble.
The death OF Prince Alexander OF
Prussia, vii lead to the curtailing OF
court festivities for the next three
months. The hunting parties arranged
for this month will be cancelled.
His majesty, assisted by the min
isfers OF war, Gen. Bronsart Won Schel-
endorf, and aided by a body of military
experts, is considering the Introduction
of a new helmet for the army in view
OF the fact that sInol1eless powder rem
ders the metallic ornaments of the
present helmet visible at great dis
tance.
A ROYAL BRUTE.
The Quarrel between Emperor Will
Lana and Prince Frederick Leopold of
Prussia, arising out Of the latter S
treatment OF his wife while she was
suffering from the effects OF sudden I'M
mersion in the water, having fallen
through the ice while skating, is much
talked OF. The prince was arrested ana
confined under guard in his palace but
no newspaper here dares TO take the
risk of publishing all the facts III the
case. It is stated that the prince had
o violent alteration with the princess
ard that he even used & horse waip
,li4en her. AS the princess is a sister Of
the empress ii is not astonishing Jlat