The record-union., 1896-08-24

the harvest there is an absolute failure.
The crops in the great southern area
are firm, but the general average is
very bad. 1t is reported that famine
exists in the Kherson districts Of South
ern Russia, and that the local author
tiles are appealing to the Government
for relief else the people must die from
starvation.
The "Schurmarkt," the organ of the
German shoenaye.s, calls attention to
the report forwarded to the State De
rartment of this Government by w. II.
Mason, United States Consul
at Main, and declares
that not a single American shoe store
exists in Berlin.
The paper declares that there is no
demand for American shoes in Ger
many.
The United States Consular Agent at
keil has informed the representative of
the United Associated Presses that the
United States Attorney General has
taken up the case of the steamer Her
mann, which shipped at Librau Russia,
on January 80, 1896, thirty emigrants
who We're put on board the ship and
treated in such an inhuman manner
that six of them died and the others
narrowly escaped the same fate. It
appears that the six men who died were
locked in a close compartment of the
vessel and expired from suffocation a
few hours after the ship left the har-
bCr of Librau. The bodies of the dead
men were thrown overheard and the
survivors were threatened with being
brought back to Russia if they re-
vealed the fate of their companions.
The Emperor gave luncheon to the
Third Regiment of Foot Guards yester-
day after unveiling monument to the
memory of the soldiers of the German
army who had fallen on battle fields
and in the course of the entertainment
made rather lengthy speech ending
with his never-ceaSing theme of i'm
plicit obedience to the King. Il hope"
he said, that this regiment, in case
should be forced to call upon them to go
10 war will go as dutifully to death
for me as they did for my grandfather,
the great Emperor William 1"
The 'Deutsche LandsWirthschaft
Presse' demands that the Government
issue a decree completely knocking out
from Germany all agricultural animals,
from horses to poultry, coming from
countries where protective measures
against Germany exist
The "Volks Zeitung," in an article
commenting upon this demand, says:
IF this piece of madness is carried
out the people will be starved for the
sake of fattening the landlords"
The Hamburg Correspondent" a
semi official organ, demands that en-
getic steps be at once taken to protect
German interests in Samoa against the
encroachments of American adventur-
ers. The paper asserts that Americans
are actively seizing the trade in Samoa,
ignoring the international arrange
ments entirely. The "Freissinnige
Zeitung," replying to this article, says
that Samoa is not worth quarreling over
with the United States and England.
The Russian police viii cooperate
with the Berlin police in the matter of
guarding the Car and Czarine upon
the occasion of their coming visit to
Breslau. A large number of members
Of the Russian secret service police will
arrive at BreSlau several days before
the arrival of the imperial party. The
railways touching Berlin will suspend
freIg ut traffic during the presence of
the Gar in Germany and special
watch will be kept at Hamburg, Bre-
men and other ports to prevent an en-
try of suspicious persons or explosives.
These precautions are being taken up
on the strength of reports that the an
archists in London have been plotting
against the Cars life.
The Government requests Americans
desiring to visit the German schools
to make their application for permits
through the Government at Washing
ton instead of making them through
the United States Embassy at Berlin,
where there is an inevitable delay
which often prevents the use of the
permits.