The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-05
ALLIANCE With TURKEY
RUMORED TIL AT SHE HAS JOINED
THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE


The German Government Deter mined on
an Increase of the eNavy-Mysterious Visit
to Bertfn Of German Ambassador to
France-Emperor William and the "1m.
pudent Bicyclists''-An American Lady
Wins tho Mendelssohn Stipendium.
(Copywright by the Associated Press.)
Berlin October 2.-The entire German
press is speculating upon the new naval
bill which is now being considered by the
cabinet. Both Mr.. MIGUEL, the vice presi-
dent of the council of ministers and the
bundesrath have approved the measures
bu- before it reaches the reichstag it may
still be somewhat changed. The bill asks
for a total appropriation of 410,0000O0
| marks to be distributed over seven years,
and contemplates the construction of a
score of vessels, of which ten are to be
large ships. If the reichstag refuses to
grant this amount of money it will be
sent home by the government and new
elections will be ordered forthwith, in
which the naval plans of the emperor will
be made the principal issue, in spite OF
the whole agrarian party's advice, who
in that case fear defeat.
The reports in the Turkish newspapers
to the effect that Turkey is negotiating
! with Germany for a special offensive al
lance and that Turkey is on the point of
joining the dreibund are denied emphati-
cally at the German general office. The
correspondent of the Associated Press,
however, learns from diplomatic circles
that approaches to that effect have re-
peatedly been made by Turkey during
the past three months, and there is
| variance of opinion between Emperor
William and Baron Won Buelow, and
Prince HOhenlOhe, the imperial chancel-
lor. the latter distinctly rejecting all
such overtureS.
The hurried arrival in Berlin of Count
Won Muenster-Ledenburg the German am
bassadOr to France, and his subsequent
movements have created a sensation.
Immediately after the ambassador arrived
| here from Paris on Monday, he had a
Prince Hohenlohe being still away, and
| the same day he started for Romingten
| to see the emperor. After the ambassa-
doris return to Berlin on Wednesday,
| net and Count Won MISUNDERSTANDING
| then returned to Paris. There are many
surmises regarding the mysterious move
ments Of the ambassador, but nothing
definite has been aScertained concerning
them.
In Bavaria, the democratic peasant
| federation is rapidly gaining strength.
During the past week two hitherto hostile
| branches of the federation have united
| and adopted joint platform of the most
radical nature. 1t demands entire liberty
| of association meeting and of the press,
reform of the judiciary system, a COM
p1ete division of church and state, a
| diminution Of the military burdens, and
the assumption by the state OF all rural
mortgages The leaders OF this newly
! formed party expect to sweep Bavaria at
| the next elections.
The emperor is having poor sport at
Rominten from which place he has sent
A x1,Ny ,ao Dnuk Ia
majesty has prohibited bicyclists having
access to the whole Of Rominten district
| and forests the reason being. that on the
day of his majesty's arrival hords of
| bicyclists were ''impudent enough to race
! along the road both in front and beside
| his carriage, soaring the horses and out
| speeding them" Emperor Williams was
so annoyed at this disrespectful behavior
upon the part of the bicyclists that he
| summoned the first policeman he met
| and ordered the officer to arrest the
worst offender.
| At Woerishofen, there is bitter strife
/ between DR.. Baumgarten and Urior Reile,
| each trying to become sole successor Of
the late Father Kneipp in the manage
ment of the famous water cure establish
| ments.
Official statistics of the imports and
exports Of the empire show a large in
crease for August compared with the
| same month in 1895 and 1885,.
Herr Klefisch, wholesale dealer in
hams and pork at Cologne is being tried
for regularly selling spoiled or trichinous
goods. Other dealers, Ccholles. Zorn &
Co., and Oswald, are also implicated.
| Klefisch, when arrested, claimed the
| goods were of American origin and in
| their original packages. The evidence at
| the trial disproved this. All the spoiled
hams, 1,490 altogether. the prisoner ad-
| mitted, had been imported from Servia.
Miss Leonore Jackson, the young
American violinist who has just won
the much-coveted music prize known as
| the Mendelssohn stipendium, formerly
resided in Chicago. She was sent to Ber-
| lin by Mrs. Grover Cleveland and other
| study music under Joachim. This is the
| first occasion upon which the prize,
| amounting to ], 500 marks, has been won
by an American. The competition
! aroused the keenest interest, representa-
| tives of a sdDre of countries and of all
parts of Germany, taking part in it.