The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-21
EMPEROR WILLIAM DISPLAYS A
FEVERISH INTEREST IN THE
CRETAN SITUATION.
CANCELS HIS ENGAGEMENTS.
HE DEVOTEs HIS TIME TO PRINCE
HOHENLOHE AND THE AMBAS-
SADORS.
FRIENDLY TO TURKISH MINISTER
This Treatment i'm Marked Contrast
to That Accorded the Represent
tatiVe of Greece.

BERLIN, Feb. 20-On the receipt of
the alarming news from Crete EN-
peror William Cancelled 4; number CT
private engagements and plunged into
feverish political activity. He even alb
sented himself from the fetes at Pots
dam given in his honor by the Hussar
Guards and had instead a two-hour
conference with Prince Hohenlohe. His
majesty also had a lengthy conference
with the leading ambassadors on Mon
day and Tuesday, and it was remarked
that on Wednesday evening at the
subscription ball at the opera house
he drew the Turkish ambassador aside
and animatedly conversed with him in
friendly way. This was in marked
contrast with his treatment of the
Greek minister, whom he las ignored
since Monday. AT the wish of the
government the German newspapers
generally have been extremely eau
tious in discussing Eastern matters,
and there will be no discussion on the
subject in the reichstag until the naval
budget is reached. Only a few of the
German papers have advanced def
mite proposals. The Staatsburger lei
tung advises Germany to occupy Crete
herself until Greece has paid her Ger
man creditors.
The annual meeting of the federation
of husbandmen in Berlin this week was
even more violent in tone than that of
last year. The president, Herr Won
PlOetZ, a Conservative member of the
reichstag, in his opening speech ex-
pressed confidence in Emperor Will
liams promise to aid agriculture. He
condemned the whole cabinet, who, he
asserted, were intriguing for a radi-
cal revolution of parties to undermine
royal authority.
The Prussian and Saxon govern
ments took an important step this
week. They have forbidden the state
railroad employees to join the national
union in Leipsic, and their associations
have been diSbanded by the police. A
mass meeting Of the workmen on the
Prussian roads on Wednesday, near
Hamburg, protested against this pro-
hibition, as being unconstitutional, and
claimed the right to strike and form
associations.
There has been a great surprise in
the discovery that German pork, duly
Inspected and stamped by a govern
ment officer as free from trichinae, has
nevertheless been found tc be infested
in several cases in Berlin and Spandau
The proposal before the Berlin mu-
nicipal council to contribute 100, 900
marks to the William I. centenary
fetes, Of which sum 100000 marks is
to decorate the streets, is meeting with
UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION.
The twenty-one Friessinich members
have formulated declaration that i'll
stead Of wasting the money in this
manner they ought to devote it to
charity.
DR.. Ahlwardt declares he is satisfied
with his American trip where, he says,
he formed seventeen anti-Semitic clubs
and founded a newspaper with 80, 900
subscribers from which he is drawing
large profits. He refuses to resign his
seat in the reichstag and intends to
resume his anti-JeWish agitation forth
with.
At the opera house ball, Emperor
William did not converse with the
United States ambassador. Edwin F.
Uhl, with Mrs. Uhl, or with the other
Americans as he has done in previous
years. About fifty Americans were
present. including the stats of the
United States embassy and consulate
Mrs. Winthrop. Of New York. and
Princess Lyno. At the big costume
ball at the Schloss on Wednesday next
the empress will appear in an exact
counterpart of Queen Louise
While taking his daily constitutional
with the empress in the Thiergarten
on Tuesday the emperor passed a
laborer who stared at him, but did not
salute. His majesty returned called
upon the man to halt and then,
touching his hat in military fashion,
he said:
my man, If you do not wish to
salute your emperor, at least you
might pay proper respect to the en-
press" then turning on his heel left
the man standing in a state of con-
siderable establishment.
The Influenza epidemic has now
reached a climax in this town There
have been few fatalities. but thousands
of cases have been reported and whole
families have been Frustrated
The American students gave a Low
ell celebration on Friday, at which the
Prof Hatfield. of Evanstown univer-
sfty, gave interesting "reminiscences of
James Russell Lowell. Bayard Taylor,
Bancroft and Longfellow.
Washington's birthday will be more
| extensively celebrated here on Monday
than usual. The United States ambas-
sadOr will give a reception, and in the
evening. under the auspices CT the en-
bassy, there will be a dance and con-
| cert at the Kaiserhoff.