The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28
Ibs German Emperor So Remarked Con-
csrnlng The Chinese Situation.
NO INTERFERENCE is ANTICIPATED.
-s. German Press Recognizes the services
of,his Country in the Hay'ian An"'r
T,rln on sugar and petroieu"
live Issues just Now

recruits has had the 'Nf'''~N
clearing the situation so far as Germany
altitude towards China and Hayu Is CON
e.,ocs Within two months that squad
70, OF eight fine cruisers. having on board
sslo men. will be assembled In Ch'hcse
.,.,ers and the fact that Prince Henry
-, prussia. brother Of His Majesty Is
- ,ofouand half this force, lends propa-
brtty 10 the report In government CIR
,iee that hot work IS expected as frince
1l,nrys great ambition for years past
has been TO win naval laurols
Durs.r FoREsTALL ENGLAND.
Furthermore, tho correspondent "a ,,,
Associated Press here mas bceu W" ~
,,,,tic,,on who were at kicl upon the oO-
$50, se'',', ,,f.rrod 10 that Emperor william
-, c,.r,crsation with Admiral Won hhoiP
,.,,r,andcr-in-chiof Of the Imperial navy
and With Prince Henry made use Oh 'ho
expression; -, oroi, bi
.t,veir muessen allemania Elm prom p1
,oon" C\Ye must forestall England.
,rtis remark was made while the Ein-
,,.,or vas enlarging on the situation IN
tb,na and dwelling On the fact that 'he
>.s,..n,,,c Gained by the quick action ~
-. Ccr,nan naval forces in kiao-Chou
-, must be followed by an adequate
etrenpthcning Of the squadron py INC
forces available
l., ,bfs. connection the correspondent OF
,be Associated Press learns that "ithln
,breo davs OF the receipt OF the news Vl
.be murder OF the German missionarles
,he Emperor. through the German AM
y k-ssadors AT Vienna and St. Petersburg,
Xrp fri a WnRLntI
Ntermanv would be opposed in Chinese
,,aters in case circumstances should rem
AZ, these issues OF territory necessary
Tha renlies received were wholly sats-
Factory. 1t was because OF Russlas as
surance that a free hand would be gwen
Taermanv that Emperor William was SO
N,traordinarily attentive TO Prince ION
stv the commander OF the kussihn
cruiser Vladimir Mononach when Nesse'
~,as NJ Kiel upon the occasion or Ills Md
testy's visit 20 that port ..
rrba German newspapers are almost
,,nsnirnous in demanding that Germany
seize the present opportunity - oD'sln
hdeouate and tangible compena ition TOT
her support OF China In the peace ne-
ROTATIONS with japan in 1896.
THE HAYTIAN TROUBLE.
In regard TO the trouble between Ger
snany and Hayu. the Imperial waIShlp
Eefon will proceed there so soon as
LIE can be fitted for sea. and viii en-
korce the demands Of Germany backed
lp bv the two German government sehooi-
Ibin- Gnciscnau and stein. somewhat
later. The German press now does JUS
sice 20 the assistance received IN tnls
matter through the Intervention Of the
United states Minister NJ Port-Au-Prlnce'
The semi-oficial Hamburger correspon-
dent says.
~ is certain that II the United states
~ the critical time has assumed an un-
favorable attitude. the situation would
have become more dangerous. The mere
fact Of its geographical situation shows
that Americas influence IS paramount az
Port -Au-Prlnce. Tho appearance in this
instance of an American fleet would have
eufiiced 20 intensity Hayus opposition 10
Germany's demands as the Haytians
would have seen therein an indlrect as
surance of support
The tarif on sugar and petroleum is oc-
rupying the attention Of the press in Ger
many The negotiations between the
German sugar syndicate ana the owners
% tho renneries. after pending Tor
months. have ultimately failed and the
plan 20 form a pool has been definitely
dropped al least. FOR the present, as many
OF those interested had decided to remain
outside.
I'm spite OF the action OF the South Ger
man dealers. after the announcement that
the Mannheim Pure oil Company, com
petitor Of the Standard oil Company had
purchased an island In the Rhine, on
which IL is proposed to build gigantic
tanks, 10 exclusively patronize the Mann
helm Pure oil Company, the impression
prevails IN commercial circles that the
German representatives Of the STANDARD
oil Company have won the fight. and viii
crush an competition. OF the petroleum
import OF the current year. America fur
nished @26i2 tons and Russia furnished
$4,000 tons. Reports from Bremen and
Hamburg show the Standard oil Company
IS now virtually alone In the field.
AMERICAN COMPETITION.
The appeal of the Austro-liungary
Minister for Foreign Affairs. Count
GoluohowsH asking Europe 10 unite
against American competition is very va
riouslv commented upon here. The Lib
erai aud Radical newspapers condemn
such q step.
The Volks Zeitung says: 1T is easily
seen who would have TO pay the bill
when all the European Agrarians are
united The people OF Europe who alb
solutely need for the daily bread the
cereals OF American, India ana Austria
liza would have 10 sacrifice untold mill
mons az TIC etfAttt va AtaN'.' 'tt- -N''N''
anism. That is the meaning OF II.
The Vorwaerts. says: a tarin war
beettn bv the United States on Europe
would be answered by closing the mar
kets Of the United states OF America. The
nrst count OF the measure OF the power
ful big republic across the ocean would
eoe the embracing of all American coun-
tries. including perhaps the English
colonies there in.O Pan-American tar
IN union, thus the United States would
create large assured fields FOR supply
and sale and would narrow the export
OF their adyersares still further
The Cologne Gazette. discussing the
question of the deficit IN the receipts OF
the United States says: The new once
OF Commissioner kassOn. under these cir
cum tances appears TO be no more than
a rel iar recruiting office TO induce ma
tons 10 come there for commercial treat
ies. would OF course stimulate the I'M
ports OF the United States and conse-
Quently the tariff receipts"
United States Consul-General Gold
schmidt says the present export figures
for the United States show an unmistak-
able Increase. ]. Willard a resident OF
Berlin and nephew of Miss Frances r.
willard. has started on an expedition 10
Asiatic Russia for the purpose Of study
ing the habits OF criminals and vagrants
The Russian government has furnished
him with free transportation throughout
the empire Nind the Russian newspapers