Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
STORIES THAT VARY.
Discrepancies in the Statements of Balfour
and Prince Hohenlohe.
DIFF eReNCE MORE APPARENT THAN REAL
New York's Action is a Surprise to the
Prussian Government.
SEE NO OCCASION FOR RETALIATION
American Engineer Examining the Canals
of the Old World
SOCIALISTS ATTACK ARMY REGULATIONS
Likelihood of a Split In the Colonial
Party Over the Radical views
of DIR. Petcrs-WOrlSmcn
Win n Victory.
ZEE NO OCCASION FOR RETALIATION
American Engineer Examining the Canals
of the Old World.
SOCIALISTS ATTACK ARMY REGULATIONS

Copyright, 1885, by the Associated Press)
BERLIN, Feb. 22.-The conf citing state
ments made by the first lord of the treasury,
Mr.. A. J. Balfour. in the British House of
Commons, and the imperial chancellor, Prince
Hohenlohe in the Re.chstag, the former on
February co. saying 1t was not true that
Germany had approached Great Britain with
the proposal of monetary agreement, and
the latter announcing on February that
he had learned from preliminary negotiations
with the British government that the open
ing OF the mnts was not expected. have
caused great surprise in this city. 1t was
gathered from Mr.. Balfour's remarks that
the British government is not averse to the
opening of scheme for monetary reform
while the construction placed on the Ian
guage of Prince Hohenlohe was that Great
Britain had refused to take the matter into
consideration.
Count Won Kardoff the German silver
champion, questioned the government on the
subject this afternoon and pointed out that
Mr.. Balfour's statement was at variance with
that of Prince Hohenlohe.
The minister of foreign affairs, Baron
Marschell Won Bieberstein, replied that
Count Won Hatzfeldt, the German am
bassador at London, had been di-
rected to inform the government
of Great Britain that the imperial chan
cellor was about to announce in the Reichs-
tag that it regarded the opening of the
Indian mints as a necessary precedent to
international negotiations regarding bimetal-
lsm and that it understood that the reopen
ing of the mints was not anticipated within
a measurable period.
The government of Great Britain responded
by acquiescing in this statement.
Count Won Kardoff complained that Prince
Hohenlohe had acted contrary to the Reichs-
tag resolution of 1895 in making this in
aury In London. But. as Prince Hohenlohe
did not reply, the incident was dropped.
The conflict in Mr. Balfour's statement
and the reply of the government are more
apparent than real. The government said
that 1t did not anticipate opening the mnts
as a precedent to the international negotia-
tions Mr. Balfour merely stated that the
government would consider the reopening Of
the mints in any satisfactory currency
scheme.
SURPRISED THE PRUSSIANS.
The minister of the interior for Prussia,
Herr Eek has asked the representative in
this city of the Associated press II 1t is
true that the legislature of New York state
is taking steps to exclude Prussian insurance
com, an'a and If congress has also taken
the matter up. He said he failed to see
what just reason the United States had for
so doing, inasmuch as nothing more was
asked of the American companies than OF
the Prussian. Furthermore, the decree of
December Is last offered a thorough re-ex-
animation of the whole affair, and the result
would be known in due time This reply
tallias with one given to Mr.. B. Jackson,
the United States charge d'affaires, to the
effect that Prussia does not contemplate re-
taliation.
Colonel Ludlow the military attache of
the United States embassy at London, is
now examining the Baltic and North Sea
canal He has Just returned from similar
exhaustive examination of the Suez and
Corinth canals. The colonel has collected a
wealth of data, which will be useful in
building the proposed interoceanic canal
across Nicaragua. He finds that the Suez
canal is paying II per cent on nominal
capital and that the Corinth canal, which
has not been wisely built, is paying its way.
After having completed his examination of
the Baltic and North sea canal, Colonel
Ludlow will have a special audience with
Emperor william, who has taken a lively
interest in his mission. The colonel will
then study the large canal of Holland, and,
after returning to his post, will draw up
a report, which will be forwarded to Wash
ington in time for the present session.
The radicals and socialists seized upon the
debate on the military budget to make fierce
~
the alleged abuses in the army, the NAL
treatment of socialist recruits and the pow
der monopoly ring, of which association the
Vorwaerts published long history, tend
ing to show that the ministry had confed-
crates in the ring.
Herr Bebel made similar charges in the
Reichstag. which the minister of war. Gen
eral Bronsart Won Schellendorf, has most
emphatically denied.
Herren Bebel and Leuseman declared the
emperor was not right in severely dscipln-
ing the socialist recruits without reason, but
the minister of war maintained that 1t was
the unqualified right of his majesty to main
tain discipline in the army by any means
he saw fit to employ.
VICTORY FOR WoRKMEN.
It is now estimated that 10000 men and
women employed in the clothing and dress
goods industries Of Berlin have been out on
strike. The men obtained all their de-
mands on Wednesday. including Is per cent
increase in their wages, and negotiations are
pending between the work people aud the
women's clothing department, with the pros
peet OF an early settlement. In Hamburg
and Altoona the clothing strike has ended
In favor Of the men.
The socialists lave declined to take part
in the Rechstag peace jubilee on March 21,
owing to the fact that the participants are
TO toast the emperor, The c-ntrlsts threaten
to follow suit unless the toast to Prince
Bismarck is framed SO as not TO be offensive
TO them.
Prof. Quidde. author OF the famous "CalIgua
Pamphlet" has been indicted by the Munich
authorities for lese majeste.
The German colonial party is likely TO