The morning times., 1896-11-08
BISMARCK FULL OF FIGHT
Defends His Position Regard
ing Treaty Disclosures.
DEFIEs THE GOVERNMENT
Ex.chancellor Has No Fear That
the Reichstag VIII Impeach Him.
Anti-Engiish FurOr Again Aroused.
Doinps of Americans in Berlin.
Steamship COmpany's Subsidy.

steamship CoihphHS Su"'S'
Berlin. Nov. THE Reichstag, which
will resusme business OH November D, Will
have a short session, but II VIII neHcrthe-
less have an extremely exciting one III
The discussion OF PROMISED interpretations
by various political leaders upon The ques-
tIon of the right of Prince. bismarck, or,
for that matter, any eX-chancellor Or miii-
isler, to disclose State secrets.
The truth concerning the revelations
made through the meuium of the Ham
burger Nachrichten, especially regarding
the Russo-G erman neutrality treaty, al
legged 10 have been maue at tnt foreign Of
lice in Berlin, is that only Prince Bismarck,
Count Scliouvalofr, the Russian ami assa-
dor 10 Germany, and the late emperor or
Russia, Alexander Ill, had any knowledge
Of lie understanding until after the ac-
cessiou in 1888 Of the present emperor OF
Germany, who first became aware OF the
agreement between Russia and Germany
through Information which he received from
Vienna The Freisinnige Zeitung and
many other politically biased ncWsi apers
are having n great deal 10 say about the
Reichstag Ilnpeaching Prince bismarck Tor
making The disclosures, but that sort or
talk Is arrant nonsense.
Even if public sentiment does not quite
approve Ilutt StoW HSpi
stand his motives, the public still so in-
plicity rely upon the ex-cbanceilor pa
triotlsm that the government could not
possibly face the national uprising which
would manifest itself against his prosecu-
ton. Prince Bismarck is well aware that
the country has complete trust in him, and
makes use OF this iniiuence as shield
to defy the government
BISMARCK Is DEFIANT.
,ntl.. t,vh a.
organ, the Hamburger NacDrichten, is still
firing his big guns Of defiance and an
article III that paper today, While 1t does
not in the least alter the position OF the
controversy, shows that the prince has
no disposition to back down.
Prince Bismarck's opponets in this
matter" the Nachrichten maintains, ARE
not the people OF Germany, but the party
newspapers. Everything that the prince
has ever done has been for the bestinterests
of Germany
This utterance is regarded al pretty CON
elusive evidence that the old chancellor
has no fear of the result OF the submis-
sion OF the whole matter OF his official
acts and the subsequent disclosures thereof
To the verdict OF the German people.
After the interpretations in regard to the
Bismarck disclosures are disposed OF IL is
| the intention OF Herr Richter, the radical
leader OF the Rechstag, to raise debate
upon the question or the suppression of The
practice of duelling n nd In the Course of the
discussion to demand of Prince HohenIohc,
the imperial chancellor, an explanation or
the murder of Herr Sicbem ann, at Carls-
ruhe, few weeks ago, by Lieut.. Baron Won
i.rusuvitZ, for which crime the lieutenant
received from Il military court the nominal
sentence of four years confinement in n
fortress and dismissi II from the army. a
sentence which nobody believes was In
tended to be carried out.
ANTI-ENGLIsH FURORE.
Beside discussing the qu, s.ions the Reich
stag Will also deal before the holiday recess
with "a bill for the conve rsion of 45O 600 900
| marks of 4 per cent bonds into 3 l-2 Per
cents, the bill running parallel with
similar measure In the Landtag, convert
| ins three and Il liaiT iniiIiards oi marks ui
Prussian per cents into 1-2 per cents.
The anti English furore which prevailed
| in Germany a short time ago, has been
again aroused by the publication here of a
| wired summary of the speech delivered in
| Edinburg last evening by Lord selbourne,
parliamentary secretary OF the British
| colonial office, and son-in-law OF Lord
| Salisbury, in which he declared II was well
| that the world knew that Great Britain
| would never admit a rival in South Africa,
| where the prcdominaEce OF the queen was
permanent.
| Commenting on the language used by
| Lord Selbourne. the North German Gazette
| denies the existence of any English right
| or performance in South Africa, and The
| Neueste Nachrichtcn says that the English
| claims to prcdominance in South Africa,
| which will always he contested, are based
upon nothing beyond lingo pretensions.
| The National Zcituns says: English
politicians may continue their arrogant
| shouts about British predomnance, but
| they must know that England is destitute
| of power to enforce 1t. Tie talk of Lord
Selbourne and other English politicians
| is mere pothuuse language
| INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS.
| The bill which has been approved by
| the Bundesrath increasing the annual gov
| ernnnent subsidy to the North German Lloyd
i steamship Company by 100000 marks
| in consideration of the establishment by
that company OF rortnightly mail service
| to China. continues the contract of the
| company with the government fifteen years.
Since the North German Lluyd's Company
was first subsidized, in 1888, the amount
of goods shipped by their vessels has risen
from 74,O0O,OU0 marks To l40,OO,O00
| marks annually.
Chaplain Dicksee, OF the America Church
in Berlin, and his wife, gave a reception
| TO the American colony at their residence
in Kurfurstenstrasse on Tuesday. The at
tendance was a yertible crush, all of
social circles being present. Mrs. Dicksee
was assisted by Mrs and Miss Uhl and Mrs.
Paterson, wife of j. c. Paterson, the
Governor of Manitoba.
The American baritone, Arthur Van
Eweyk, will give a concert on November
10. at the Saal BcchStein. Miss Groenwilt
protege of Miss Uhl, gave concert thii
evening.
Mr.. A Loreher, of Chicago, has two
busts on exhibition at Schulte's Art Salon
They have been very favorably criticised
by the Berlin press.
| MISS UHL'S ENGAGEMENT.
Mr.. James l.. Taylor, the general Euro
pean passenger agent OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad, with headquarters in London
has been visiting Berlin and has had al
interview with Herr Thielen, PrussiaI
minister of public works, being introduced
to the minister by Mr.. j. B. Jackson, frs,
secretary of the United States embassy.
1t was Mr.. Taylor who made the ar
rangements for the transit through tn,
United States recently of Prince Hilkoff
the Russian minister OF public works an(
rail ways, and assisted him in getting hi
special saloon carriage across the Russian
| frontier upon the occasion of the minister!
late tour of inspection of foreign railways
Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, United States am
bassador, requests the United Associated
Presses to correct the statement made b,
some correspondents OF American paper
that his daughter. Miss Lucy Uhl, is en-
gagged to be married to q student in Yale
University. The genuIemen to whom Mis-
Uhl is engaged Is Prof. Guy Thompson. 6
| rnpmhpr of the fHculty of Vale JJpivorc II v