The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-12
MANEUVERS A FAILURE.

What was begun at Homburg amid
the panoplies of war, the emperor will
complete IN Hungary, where he ar
rlVeS tomorrow, and where added force
can be given to declarations by the
presence of more of the soldiers who
would eventually have to carry them
out. The Fomburg maneuvers. how
ever, are universally declared to have
been failure. Excepting in some few
particulars, the original plan, so far
as the main strategic. and tactical
features are concerned was not car
rled out. There were almost incessant
rains and number of cloudbursts
over the territory, rendering the en-
ployment of cavalry of which an un-
usually large contingent was provided,
impossible, and preventing the artillery
from playing decisive part. The roads
were in horrible state, many OF them
being quite impossible. The infantry
on beth sides was exerted to the ut
most. The PruSsians out did the
Bavarians in marching, but the Bava-
rians eXcelled their opponents in dash
ing attacks.
The army bicyciists in spite of the
bad weather and terrible roads proved
beyond question their splendid avail
ability for campaign purposes. Their
speed ard general usefulness, even over
rough ground, far excelled that of the
cavalry. Nearly all the information
about the enemy upon which both the
western army (Prussians) and the
eastern army Bavarians) relied, was
furnished by the bicyclists Each
Bayarian regiment had twenty hi
cyclists, besides a number of indie
pendent bicyclists corps.
Another reason for the admitted
failure of the army maneuvers was
the strong anti-Prussian feeling per-
vading the whole Bavarian army,
which feeling found expression upon
numerous occasions. Fights occurred
in several localities. The worst one
was on Monday. in the vicinity of
Hanau. at which a score of serious in
juries were reported. This will be the
subject of an investigation.
The unpopularity of the emperor in
Bavaria was strikingly manifested ct
Nuremberg. While passing through
the streets in company with the prince
regent of Bavaria, Emperor William
was verbally insulted several times by
persons in the crowd. One man shout
ed: 1--WE want no Prussians in
Bavaria" Arrests were made by the
police, but the real culprit escaped.
TREASON ARRESTS.
At Wurzburg, Bavaria, number of
persons were arrested on the charge of
high treason. The prisoners included
young German-American lady, Annie
Funk, of Cleveland, O., who was visit
ing relatives there.
It is difficult to say whether Prince
Bisn2arck's tip that Germany might
regret harra ssing Great Britain. will be
taken in high quarters, CT whether the
alliances, the dreibund and the zwei-
bund (the Russian alliance)
arc now contending for Great Brit
aims friendship. The Cologne Gazette
eoitorially is attempting to bring
about better understanding be-
tween Germany and Great Britain, de-
claring that Emperor William has al
ways had the highest respect for the
British court, and deploring the pre-
vailing hostile feelings which it de-
clares. if unchecked, may result in a
hatred difficult to smother. Stimuli
tareGusly, the Berlin correspondents
CT the London newspapers have begun
writing in a similar strain.
The epidemic of accidents on the Ger
man railroads is prompting sharp crit
icism of the government control of the
roads The Reichsanzeiger publishes
statistics of the accidents on the Ger
man and Bavarian lines. In July, it
appears from these figures, 35 trains
were derailed, there were Is collisions,
173 other accidents occurred, go per-
sons were killed and 1874 people were
injured In order to allay public
anxiety, a semi-official explanation is
published in the ad interim report Of
the special commission on the subject
appointed by the minister of public
works, Herr Thieler. The commission
admits that the accidents were due to
the carelessness of the railroad en-
ployes and officials. An accident was
caused by broken rail at Vohwinkel,
which ought to have been replaced.
The commission recommends the ap-
pointment of more employees and the
! replacing Of old and defective ma
terial.