The morning times., 1897-01-11

River to the Yang g-TSe-hiang, the EnsiiSn
indefinitely south of the Yang -Tse-klang,
and the French northward from Yunnan,
meeting the English sphere.
The partition was suggested rather as
commercial than political division, in
which, it will be observed, the American
interest was ignored Not a shred of
truth. not even Of probability justifies this
romance.
The Russian ambassador at Pekin, Count
Cassini, who is credited with achieving
tremendous diplomatic triumph by first
securing the Russian sphere or influence
in the north, has, according to st. Peters
burg advices, obtained nothing beyond
dlminution OF frontier dues by Gne-tlird us
a concession in connection with the East
ern Chinese Railway.
1t is questionable whether this privilege
can be worked without its being granted
to all countries having commercial treaties
with China containing the most favored
nation clause.
The committee of the Deutscher Segler
verband has fixed the Kiel international
regatta for June 25, extending to July i,
inclusive The Nord Deutscher Regatta
Verein meets at CuXhaven on June Il ana
again at Kiel on July and 4. The inter
national regatta promises to be the greatest
event of the kind seen in German waters.
Oppose Any Reduction.
The members of the Reichstag VINO
represent the sugar interests do not IN
tend TO endanger what they nave Sot ns
asking for more. They will oppose any
reduction in the bounty grants, or altera-
ton in the arrangement for 1S96-S7, and
they have a ma jority OF the Relchstag
with tn EN-.
The export OF German raw sugar to the
United States has assumed enormous pro-
portions in the past year. From January
to n oy ember last the totals were 2,3S7 ,1Sl
double, or meter, hundredwelght, as
against 473,154 in 1895, and 675,057 in
1894. The raw sugar exports to Eng
land during these periods has largely
fallen off.
All of the German states have approved
| the sediment expressed in the recent edict
of the emperor i'll regard to duellng In
! the army, and have adopted his majesty's
suggestions in regard TO the referring or
| disputes to courts OF honor instead OF q
resort TO independent action on the part
of the principals
The youthful imperial princes visited and
| in their peculiar way inspected the new
ReichStag building on Tuesday. The
| youngsters were conducted by Councillor
Knark.
Like SchoolboyS.
Their visit was some what formal at its
| beginning but when the boys reached the
| spacious lobbies and later entered the hall!
| in which the sittings OF the Reichstag are
held. they ran about like schoolboys at
| play. as they really were,
When they were ushcred into the session
| hall and had it's uses explaincdto them the
| imperial children expressed their as
| tonishment at its arrangement, which re-
quired men of middle and advanced age to
| sit at desks all in a line like sChoolboys and
laughed heartily at the idea.
The boys were presented with photo
graphs of the session hall and other parts
| of the building, but paid little attention
to Counsellor Knark's description OF the
I character of the great building.
The North German Gazette, an inspired
organ, asserts that the German govern
ment has no intention of interfering in
the case of Cuba. whatever the final issue
OF the insurection in that island or the
| differences growing out of it between the
United States and Spain may be.
Must Promptly Suppress.
| A debate took place in the PruSsan
| lower house yesterday upon the question
Of the dissolution by the police of meet
| ings held in PruSsian Silesia, in which
the Polish language is spoken.
Freiherr Won Der Rccke Won Der Horst,
minister of the interior, took an, aggrcs-
sivp part in the debate and advocated the
adoption OF energetic measures against
agitation on the part OF the Poles, the
growing signs Of which he said Prussia
must promptly and energeticaily suppress.
Prof. Rudolph Falb, the meteorologist Of
Vienna, is lying bed-ridden in that city.
He has a wife and five children and The
entire family are in state Of extreme
destitution. A number OF Berlin sci
entists and savants have started a fund
for their relief.
Mrs. William Walter Phelps, widow OF
the late United States Minister TO Ger
many, is visiting her daughter, the Countess
Won Rottenburg, whose husband is curator
| of Tho university aI Bonn,