The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-29
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Emperor William Cool at Al
bert for Questioning It.
TALK OF FAURE'S VISIT
FRANCE STILL YEARNS FOR ALI
SACELORRAINE.
NADeQuAcY OF THE GERMAN NAVY

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Proposition for Appropriations for Naval Con-
stuction to be Opposed in the Reichstag--
Attempt ca Empea's Life--Mr.
White Confined to His Bed.
Copyright 1897, BY Associated ePress.)
Berlin, Aug. 2S.-The visit OF President
Faure to Russia has been very calmly
commented upon in Berlin, though there
is a distinct undercurrent of nneasiness
which tends to show that the newspapers
do not believe what they are printing on
the subject. The opinion is expressed,
however, that the Car has again made
it plain to France that Russia cannot be
dragged into following a. policy of
''Revanche," and the conviction becomes
all the time more widespread, as IT is
industriously pressed in every quarter
that France will relinquish the. idea of
revenge upon Germany and the recon
quest of Alsace- Lorraine, and will grad
ually become more friendly to- Germany.
Doubtless, however, the wish in this case
is father to the thought
An unpleasant surprise has been created
by the naval correspondents of the
Kreuz Zeitung Rundschau, reporting the
naval manoeuvres near Dantzic4 during
the past fortnight. Iney describe the
eyolutiOns of the German war vessels
as having been total failures so far as
quickness and manoeuyripg ability to re-
sist torpedo attacks are concerned. On
Tuesday last, off the Port of Beia one
iron clad division narrowly missed run
ming aground while manoenvering to
escape torpedo boats. The correspondents
who were themselves naval men. and
who were on board the. vessels engaged
in the manoeuvres attribute this lack of
skill to the want of modern equipments
on the German ships. The government
will argue from this that more
cruisers are needed for the German fleet
and will urge the necessity for more.
The. new chief Of the Navy Department,
i Admiral Won Eierpitz,, paid visit TO
Prince Bismarck during the week and
consulted the ex-chancellor on naval mat
ters, especially as to the need of a larger
German navy Prince Bismarck con-
ceded the necessity Of strengthening the
fleet, but he strongly dissuaded the Adj
miral from making that the principal
issue in the Reichstag during the coming
session of that body. On the following
day Admiral Won Tierpitz went to Viii
helmshohe to report the result of his visit
to the Emperor 1t is said on high au-
thority that His Majesty still clings to his
intention to force the Reichstag to grant
larger appropriations than hitherto Tor
naval construction. But the Centre and
the Liberal factions still stubbornly OPP
pose the proposition and the newspaper
organs of these parties never miss an op-
portunity of repeating their opposition to
the Emperors pet project. 80 u
There is a decided coolness between the
Emperor and the King Of Saxony. The
Emperor blames King Albert for the lat
ter's recent decision in the Schoumburg-i
Lippe succession case, as calculated TO
destroy belief in the Divine right theory.
Because of this GOODNESS King Albert
has refused to- be present at the army
manouevres next month and has ac-
cepted the invitation Of Emperor Francis
Joseph, of Austria to witness the army
manouevres in Hungary.
The investigation into the recent de-
railment of the Hamburg-Berlin express
near Celle, which led to loss of life and
the destruction of considerable property,
has Welded sensational results The Ber-
lin detectives have ascertained that the
accident was due to a criminal plot IN
which at least five persons, evidently
foreigners, were concerned. Dynamite
cartridges were placed near the tracks
and lighted fuses were attached to them.
The political police of Berlin have furth-
er learned that FIVE anarchists, evidently
the same five persons who left Paris for
Germany week before together and
they were seen at Celle the night before
the accident They made inquiries in
broken German regarding Emperor Will
liam's trip over that road, but did not OBJ
tain correct information. 1t is now be-
lieved the plot was an attempt upon
the Emperor's life.
In Eastern Prussia infectious inflama-
ton Of the eyes is epidemic among the
school children, seventy of whom are
now in the hospital from this cause at
Koenigsberg.
Goluczi, the Hungarian who murdered
the wealthy widow Schulze and her
daughter in this city, is believed to have
fed to America on a steamer from Ham,
burg. The Berlin police have cabled a
minute description Of the man to New
York. The sole heir of the murdered
woman is a step-son of the widow
Schulze, who, when last heard from, was
foreman of st. Louis brewery. The
estate is worth several million marks.
The Lokal Anseiger prints an interview
with Mehmed Nouri Bey, of the Turkish
foreign office at Constantinople, in which
he is quoted ss saying: ''The Armen-