The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23
MAX PAIL WILL SUE
LIN DRAWING, AND WANTS
HIS MONEY.
DRAWING DECLARED VOID.
TECHNICAL ERROR ALLEGED
DOES NOT HAVE MUCH WEIGHT
WITH PAAL.
MILITARY oABAL is CONDEMNED.

Held by German Press to Blame for
Won ScheuendOrff's Fall, and
Present Crisis.
BERLIN, Aug. 22-The German
press has rarely been SO unanimous as
at present in condemning the CANA
rilla which caused the downfall of Gen.
Bronsart Won Schellendorf former min
lister for war. and the present crisis
Even the conservative newspapers, ex-
cepting the Kreuz Zeitung and the
semi-off1cial press, join in denouncing
Emperor Williams military cabinet,
which exercises his majesty's influence
beyond it's constitutional prerogatives,
thus paralyzing the constitutional
rights and functions of the ordinary
ministers. The civil cabinet Of the en-
peror is also saddled with a share of
the blame for similar reasons, and even
the strictly legal Conservative news
papers, like the Reichsbote, as we'll as
the papers inspired by the imperial
chancellory, like the Hamburger Cor
respondent, speak derisively of the
auxiliary government which runs the
emperor'S private cabinet and points
out that this means a grave infraction
Of the constitution which is bound to
end in trouble.
The true story Of the retirement of
Gen. Won Schellendorf leaked out this
week. The emperor and his cabinet, it
In oh no
1uvenation of the army as well as the
civil administration, and it is due to
this that not only all the elderly, ex-
perienced generals and officers Of the
generals staff have been gradually re-
placed by new and untried men, but
the courts and all the civil offices are
similarly suffering. In the imperial
court eight judges have resigned with
in a very short time, as the emperor
will not allow any judge to remain in
office who is older than sixty-five. 1t
appears that before Gen. Won Gossler
was offered the portfolio of minister
of war it had been offered and refused
by Generals Won Collas and Bork
Gen. Won Gossler has the reputation of
being more of a courtier than a SOL
der, and he is, moreover, the author
of the unfortunate half battalion
scheme, and only favors very mild re-
form in the military trial procedure.
His majesty referred Gen. Won Schel-
lendOrff's scheme to Gen. Won Gossler,
with instructions to modify it and in
sert in it, as one Of the principal fea-
lures, the imperial right of confirming
the sentence of every military court,
a right which the constitution only
gives him as king Of Prussia, and not
Of Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtemberg.
In this Connection, 1t is interesting to
note that the emperor, addressing the
First Guard regiment at Potsdam,
during the week. said: Never forget
that you have sworn obedience and
fidelity unto death to me, your war
lord. Let no other considerations ever
interfere with this, your highest duty"
The same day the aide de camp of
the king of Saxony handed the en-
peror an autograph letter from the
Saxon monarch in which the latter is
understood to have mildly and firmly
protested against the present crisis
and to have exhorted Emperor Will
liam to leave more freedom of action
to his constitutional advisers.
1t appears that the emperor's differ
ences with Prince Hohenlohe include
the labor policy Of the government. his
majesty wishing to end the period of
Cancellation, so far as the Socialists are
concerned, and the naval programme,
the emperor desiring the passage of a
bill providing for an increase of $780,
100000 marks in the expenditures The
chancellor insists that the passage of
the latter measure is impossible, if the
military reform bill is shelved Prince
| In1 lob
| office until he has conferred with the
car and Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky
the Russian minister for foreign affairs,
on the state of Europe and the future
| policy of the empires.
| The Hamburger Correspondent in an
| inspired article speaks of American
'fntrigues" in Samoa, adding: There
is a strong feeling in the United States
in favor of annexation, and German in
terests demand prompt and decisive
action
The health of Prince Bismarck Is less
satisfactory than could be wished. He
has a growing sense of his physical
weakness, his deafness is increasing
and his eyes have weakened when
compared with his condition six months
ago. There is little change, however
in his intellect, although Dr. Schwenin-
ger considers his physical langor to be
an ugly sign.
The government physician, Dr. E.
Urbansez, who has been touring East
Prussia, reports an increase in leprosy,
especially on the Russion frontier. and
advises the establishment of a special
leprosy hospital.
DR.. MIGUEL, minister of finance, has
recently been occupied with the opera,
lions of the oil trust in Germany. and
he proposes in order to cope with the
Standard Oil company that the govern
ment purchase all existing oil wells of
Prussia and systematically bore new
wells as we'll as encourage the introduce
! ton of new iliuminants.
There are enormous crowds of
strangers now in Berlin and they in
clude about 10000 Americans. Several
Americans were among the winners at
the industrial exposition, whose draw
ing has just been declared illegal owing
to technical error. One of the Ameri-
can prize winners, Max Paal, of ST.
Paul, Mimi, who won 81, 200, intends
to go to law about 1t.
The United States ambassador, Ed
win F. Uhl, and Mrs. Uhl, and the wife
Of the United States consul general,
Mrs. Charles De Kay, are taking the
waters at Nauhein.
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