The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-30


Ready for Descent ON ChiDa-Russ1A ana
Austria Assur- Her If Free Swing in the
East - Acknowi- dgement of American
Friendly Intervention In Haytt-Afr"fd
ofa tariff War on America Standard Oh
Company Monopoly
(C,opvrighted by the Associated Press)
Berlin. November N.-The presence OF
Emperor William at Kiel upon the occa-
sion Of swearing in the naval recruits
had the expected effect of clearing the
situation, so far as Cermany's attitude
towards China and Hayti is concerned.
Within two months, a squadron or elghl
fine cruisers, having on board 5,J0o Iiieh,
will be assembled in Chinese waters and
the fact that Prince Henry, OF Prussia,
a brother of his majesty, is to command
half the force lends probability to the
reports current in government circles
that hot work is expected, as Prince
Henrys great ambition for years past
has been to win naval laurels Further
more, the correspondent here Of the AS
sociatod Press has been told by gentle
men who were at Kiel upon the occasion
referred to, that Emperor William in
conversation with Admiral Won knorr,
communicating n-chief of the Imperial navy,
and with Prince Henry, made use or the
expression: 1--WE must forestaI Eng
land" This remark was made while the
emperor was enlarging on the situation
in China and dwelling on the fact that
the advantage gained by the quick ac-
tion OF the German naval forces IN \lao-
Chou bay must be followed by an ade-
1uate strengthening of the squadron by
7he forces available.
In this connection, the correspondent OF
the Associated Press learns that within
Cf rpcfiDt
of the murder of the German mission
aries, the emperor, through the German
ambassadors at Vienna and st. Peters
burg, made confidential inquiries as TO
whether Germany would be opposed in
Chinese waters in case circumstances
should render the seizure of territory
necessary. The replies obtained were
wholly satisfactory. 1t was because OF
Russia's assurance that a free hand
would be given Germany that Emperor
William was extraordinarily attentive
to Prince TOnsky, the commander of the
Russian cruiser Vladimir Mononach,
which vessel was at kiel upon the occa-
sion of his majesty's visit to that port.
The German newspapers are almost
unanimous in demanding that Germany
seize the present opportunity to OBTAIN
adequate and tangible compensation for
her support of China in the peace ne
gotiatons with Japan in 1886
In regard to the trouble between Ger
many and Hayti. the imperial warsnlp
Gefion will proceed there so soon as she
can be fitted for sea and will enforce the
demands of Germany, backed up by the
two German government schoOlships,
Gneisenau and Stein. Somewhat late,
the German press now does justice to the
assistance received in this matter
through the intervention of the United
States minister at Port au Prince. The
semi-official Hamburger Correspondent
says: 1T is certain that If the United
States, at the critical time, had assumed
an unfriendly attitude, the situation
would have become more dangerous. The
opt Of
shows that Americas influence is para
mount at Port au Prince. The appear
ance in this instance of an American
fleet would have sufficed to intensity
1aytfs opposition to GermanyS de-
mands, as the Haytians would have seen
therein an indirect assurance of sup
port
In spite of the action of the South Ger
man dealers. after the announcement
that the Mannheim Pure Oil Company, a
competitor of the Standard Oil Company,
had purchased an island in the Rhine,
on which it is proposed to build gigantic
tanks, to exclusively patronize the
Mannheim Pure Oil Company, the i'm
preston prevails in commercial circles
that the German representatives of the
Standard Oil Company have won the
fight and will crush all competition.
OF the petroleum import of the current
year America furnished 3S5 GAP tons and
Russia furnished $4,000 tons. Reports
from Bremen and Hamburg show the
Standard Oil Company Is now virtually
The appeal of the Austro-IIungarian
minister for foreign affairs. Count
Goluchowski asking Europe to unite
against American competition. Is very
yariously commented upon here. The
liberal and radical newspapers condemn
such a 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 abso-
Iuteiy need for their daily bread the
cereals Of America. India an Australia
would have to sacrifice untold millions at
the altar Of international agrarianism
That is the meaning Of it,"
The Vorwaerts says: "A tariff war be-
gun on the United States by Europe
would be arrested by closing the markets
of the United States OF America. The
first count OF the measure OF the power
full big republic across the ocean would
be the embracing of all American coun-
tries, including perhaps the English col
onies there, into a pan-American tarlti
union by which the United States would
create large and assured fields for supply
and sale and would narrow the export OF
their adversaries still further"
The Cologne Gazette. discussing the
continuance of the deficit in the receipts
of the United States. says: THE new
office of Commissioner Kasson Uhe
United States reciprocity commisSioner)
under these circumstances, appears to be
more than a regular recruiting office tC
induce nations to come there, for com
mercial treaties would of course stimu-
late the imports of the United States anG
consequently the tariff receipts.
United States Consul General Gold
schmidt says the present export figures
for the United States show an unmistak
able increase
J. f. Willard, resident of Berlin and
a nephew of Miss Frances E. Willard has
started on an expedition to Bokhara and
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 and the Russian newspapers
commend the enterprise.