The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-20
THE KAISER IN BAD HUKOR
His Tea Party Noticeable for the Alb
sence of Important Guests.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE UNSHAkEN
Robert kncebs and Ills Trotter Are Liable
to Cause Strained Relations he
tween Germany ard the United
States A Fresh Consul.

Berlin, Jan. 19.-The absence of Prince
| Luitpold, regent of Bavaria. the king
| or Wurtcmberg and other South Ger
| man princes from the celebrations which
took place in Berlin yesterday upon the
occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the founding of the German em-
pire. has been widely commented
upon as indicating the existence
| Of some tension in their relations with
the kaiser. The explanation given by
Prince Luitpold in response to the en-
peror's invitation. explains the absence
of the others as well as his own failure
to be present. Prince Luitpold, in re-
GREETING his inability to attend. informed
the emperor that he was under obliga-
tions to preside at the local celebra-
| tiOns held I'm commemoration of the
coronation of King William of Prussia
as emperor of Germany. This was GER
tainly a good reason for his non-appear-
ance but 1t was nevertheless highly dis
pleasing to the emperor. who had de-
sired to make himself the center of a
grand state function, at which all of the
heads of the federal states should be in
attendance.
Therefore his majesty sent his highest
court Official, Prince Won Hohenlohe-
Oehringen, to Munich with a pressing
invitation for the prince regent to be
present at the Berlin celebrations. but
the prince regent returned a courteous
refusal to alter his plans. Similar re-
fusalS We're received from other prncely
quarters and these put the emperor in
the worst of humors. from Which state
of mind he recovered, however, on re-
ceiving promises from Prince Luitpold
and the other princes that they would be
present at the fetes on the occasion of
the birthday of the emperor ON Jam
uary o. This function will be the cul-
minating point of the season.
All thestories In circulation to the
effect that the triple alliance has been
shaken through England's hostility to
Germany are semi officially declared
to be utterly without foundation. None
of the powers concerned, according to
this authority, has suggested the
slightest modification of the terms of
the dreibund, or intimated any desire to
withdraw therefrOm. Both the Berlin
and the Vienna governments are in
terested in the ventures of Italy in
Abyssinia and are fully conscious of the
consequent drain upon the resources
which are weakening her as an ally, but
that is held to be no sufficient reason
why the stability of the triple alliance
should be shaken.
Case Of the Horse Jockey.
INe CdSe VI tHe American morse own
er, Robert II. Kneebs, who was con-
victed last Monday and sentenced to
nine months Imprisonment and to pay
fine of one thousand marks for start
Ing on the German tracks an entry al
ieged to be the mare Bethel under the
name of Nellie Kneebs, has taken de-
velopments which may lead to diplo-
matte communications between Berlin
and Washington. One of the German
rIu,t I1., Iy,,sX
in certifying to the signatures append
ed to the dispositions of some of Kneebs'
witnesses, characterized the witnesses
as unworthy of belief and declaring
that their testimony was only worth
so many dollars. implying that they
We're paid for what they had sworn to
and had sworn to only what they had
been paid for. Such statement ac-
companying the documents received
here is held to be breach of the law.
The consul, 1t Is contended had no
right to communicate to his govern
ment his personal ideas of the char
acter Of the American witnesses, nor
had he the right to take any other
course than to send the papers to Ber-
lin for what they We're worth and with
out comment.
The authorities are somewhat puz-
Zled to know what to do with the mare
bttHtl, VI ANtlllt hHeeDS, WHICH
ing to the judgment of the court, was
forfeited to the state. Kneebs has
given notice of appeal against the ver-
dict and sentence against him land
pending the decision of the imperial
court upon the appeal, the mare which
has been seized in accordance with the
judgment of the court of trial. must be
kept at the expense of the authorities.
If Kneebs succeeds in his appeal he will
claim damages from the authorities
for any deterioration in the form or
condition of the mare and if he can
prove that there has been any, there
can scarcely be any successful appeal
against such finding. Kneebs says
he was very much surprised at the
verdict of the jury in his case, and de-
clares that he will produce the real
Bethel which is now in America before
the imperial court when the hearing
of his appeal comes up.