The herald., 1897-02-28
IN THE kA|yER'S REALMS
Williams Cretan Policy Not
Well Received
1T ENTAILS MUCH EXPENSE
And May Lead to Consequences Sti1
Less Desirable
The Government Already Agitating an In
crease of the Army In Addition TO the
1T ENTAILS MUCH EXPENSE
The Government Already Agitating On In
crease of the Army In Addition to the
Naval improvements
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
BERLIN, Feb. 26-(Copyright, 1877
1t Is the opinion in German political
circles that the emperor and the govern
ment have needlessly entanglsd Ger
many in the Cretan question and its ern-
barrassing developments. A reichstaQ
Conservative leader, referring to the
subject, said to a representative Of thu
Associated Press today: ''The admits.
sion of Baron Marschal Won Bisberstein.
the minister for foreign affairs, that
German interests are in no wise involved
In the Orient, argues plainly against thA
course of the government, which win
make us no friends, but only enemie4
and which will entail considerable ep-
pense to us If it leads to nothing
worse"
This opinion is shared by nine out OF
ten men one meets privately. irrespec-
tive of party 1t is generally said thiu
new departure in foreign politics is radj-
cally opposed to the old Bismarck
ian ideas. Even the Centrist press
although ti-Bismarckian, recalls ths
sounder policies of the Bismarck TO-
gime.
The Hamburger Nachrichten strongly.
| protests against the governments pol
| ity in articles evidently from Bismarck's
| pen, and the only class which expresses
| satisfaction with his majestys proceed
| ings are the colonial enthusiasts, who
also favor his gigantic naval schemes.
Delegate Aucker and fifty-seven others
| have introduced a resolution in tho
| reichstage granting members q per diem
| compensation. This time the Agrarans,
| besides other factions, support It. There
| Is little doubt that 1t will be passed by
| the majority. 1t will then 60 to tho
! bundesrath.
Both houses Of the Prussian ddet have
now approved the bill raising the saE
aries of teachers in public schools. which
will be enforced in April. The new law
provides an average increase In the
salaries of twenty per cent and hxes the
minimum at 800 marks. ~ fon 81 rlrs
The government already has begun an
agitation of the measures 1t desires to
| pass during the next legislative period
| Of the reiohstag. The most important
| is an increase Of the German army on q
peace footing, besides the big naval
| projects. The increase in the army
| amounts to q, 900 men, mainly to COM
! prise the third battalion, added to the
| new forty-two regiments which will b
| formed on April /.
Great indignation prevails among Ber-
lin folks at the police order fqrbiddins,
after March 8, all traffic In the streets
leading to the site of the William monu-
ment, which Is to be unveiled on March
20. This Is interpreted as meaning that
all except a favored few will again be
rigidly excluded from the unveiling
| ceremonies. Even the loyal NationAi
zeitung rebels at this. Enormous prices
will be paid for places from which to
view the ceremonies. Eight thousand
marks has already been paid for a hak
story Of large house overlooking the
scene. Eight hundrede marks have
been paid for single windows and two
hundred marks for single seats.
The abscess upon the emperor's kneo
has been giving him excessive pain,
and he had to have lamentations night
and day In order to reduce the swelling.
| The pain commenced fortnight ago,
| and his majesty was unable to stand up-
| right for several days. 1t is comments
ed that this is the emperor's third cash
within four years. Professor BergMann
| removed a small abscess from his lef1
shoulder in 1894 with the knife.
The Leipsic government buildings
which have been thoroughly renovated
| and rebuilt, will be rededicated with
| grand ceremony in the presence OF
the king of Saxony and number OF
princes on June Is.
There has been an epidemic of in
fuenza In the military barracks QS
Prenzlau. Two hundred and fifty men
| were Frustrated The same condition
of things prevails at the Berlin. Span
dau, Breslau and Koenigsberg bar
racks.
The sharpshooting practice Of the
guard corps is now proceeding along the
line of the Potsdam railroad, and on
Wednesday for a distance of four miles.
bullets were whistling past the passing
trains One passenger was mortally
wounded
On the occasion of the cen .rar ~
March % the emperor will sU- aA
amnesty decree, the provisions ~
only exclude murderous and
jeste offenders. Robert Kne es- la
American horseman, underi aaS ii--
prisonment for racing the ma belia}
on the German turf under tn aai1e a
Nellie Kneebes, will probab 20 ia'
cluded in the list of pardonS.
Countess Won Griebnow, forT erl. Miss
Ada Rhodes of Savannah, = tAs
first lady in Germany to tnte- irr
trotters for this years races.
Count Won Rottenburg, cur tor g ths
Bonn university, and son-ln- s Af sS@
late William Walter Phelphs ss ncnn
red the wrath of the whole Centrist press
and party by paper on "Melanchton
and Liberty of Thought in University
| Teaching" The Volks Zeitung and the
Germania fiercely attack him.
There have been many recent cases OF
expulsion of American citizens from the
Reichsland, and in every instance the
United States embassy has been power
less to effect revocation OF the oroer
of expulsions, as the Reichsland Is ROT
included in the treaty of 1868 with the
North German federation. Some
the cases Of expulsion are deserving OF
sympathy and special consideration
but nothing could be done. For IN
stance, a youth named Reno Guirand.
of Colmar, was visiting his dying paT-
ents when he was turned owl OF ~
noiice Guirand is naturalizod Amert-
can citizen, residing at Worcester MASS.