The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30
RUSSIA VERSUS GERMANY
UNFRIENDLN ACTS DURING THE
KAISER'S VISIT.
Two Russians Killed in Quarrel with
Germans-The Emperor Friendly,
but the People Hostile.


though a brief announcement has
been made of the fact that a German
sailor who had used his saber to Kill
a Russian comrade at Cronstadt dur
ing the visit of the Kaiser to st. Pc
tersburg had been hanged as a MUIR
derer two days after Emperor William
had sailed for home, vet IL is only now
that the Novoe Nremya. the leading
Russian newspaper, ventures to call
public attention to the fact that the
airray between the German and Rus
sian sailors at Cronstadt was by no
means the only incident of the kind
that slgnalized the kaiser's visit to
the Car,
William was not welcome. and had
come self-invitcd. and although he was
received with every conceivable cour-
tesy by the Car and CZarina, yet the
general public, and in particular the
military men. did not hesitate TO show
by their behavior how little they APP
preciated the visit of the Germans.
The latter were exposed to every con-
ceivable annoyance and slight when
ever they appeared in public.
INSULT TO GERMAN PRIDE.
One evening a number of German
officers of the Emperors encourage
were being entertained at one of the
city gardens or parks by number of
Russian officers of the Imperial Guard.
who had been assigned by the Car
himself to this by no means congenial
duty. Suddenly the band which was
playing struck up the "Marseillaise,"
whereupon all the public attending,
including the Russian officers present
rose from their seats and barred their
heads in compliment to the country
which has adopted this inspiring song
and tune as its national hymn.
The German officers, as guests of
their Russian comrades, had no alter
native but to do likewise. But they
did it in such an ungracious and sheer
ing manner and gave such undisguis-
ed signs of evaporation that the pub
lie present became distinctly hostile
in its manifestations. and when the
Germans were passing out of the gar
dens a man deliberately got in the
way of one of the officers. iostled him
and trod on his foot without apologize
ing, and with the obvious intent of
insulting him.
RAN THE RUSSIAN THROUGH.
Without a moments hesitation the
officer whipped out his sword and ran
the Russian through the body, mort
ally wounding him. According to all
military ethics in the monarchical
countries of continental Europe he
had no alternative. This was realiz-
ed by the Russian officers, who crowd
ed around him to prevent him be-
ing torn to pieces by the Infatuated
crowd, then escorted him on board his
ship, where, after the matter had
been reported to the Kaiser, he was
placed under arrest until the SQUAD
ron sailed.
Had the affair happened in England
or in the United States a demand
would have been made for his imme-
date surrender and any plea the Ger
man Emperor might have been tempt
ed to make on the ground that a
reigning monarch on his travels was
entitled to the same prerogatives and
immunities from local jurisdiction as
his ambassador-imm that are
eXtented to the Suite-would have
been examined and passed upon by
the tribunals
CAR DECLINED TO ACT.
i'ut INC NZdl uttlllltU 10 raise any
such controversy. He knew that his
own officers would have been expected
to act in precisely the same way had
they been subjected to any such in
suit in Germany. Moreover William
would have refused to surrender the
officer, of whose behavior he approx
ed. So the matter was hushed up,
and, although everybody in st. Peters
burg was talking of it, the newspapers
were forbidden to publish anything in
regard to it for the time, telegraphic
dispatches to foreign newspapers in
reference to the matter being barred
by the censor.
The whole affair serves to show how
very strained are the relations be-
tween the Germans and the Russians.
and at the same time deserves to be
placed on record as an incident unique