The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-24
TARIFF IS UNDER DISCUSSION
IMPORTANT EXCHANGE OF VIEWS OF
WHICH NOTHING CAN BE~sAID.
Threat from the krux Zeitung-Wil-
helms Relations with the Regent
of Lippe-DetmOId Strained.
(cOpyrlght, lsas BY the Associated Press.)

ment relative to any Spanish colonies said
Mr.. Andrew ID. White, the United States
ambassador, in an interview here with the
| correspondent of the Associated Press.
| Besides, continued Mr.. White, there has
| been no question at any time between this
| embassy and the German Foreign Office
relative to the German desire for coaling
station in the Philippines, nor for possession
of any Of the islands there; neither has
there been any discussion of Germanys
wish to secure any other Spanish colonies.
To express such wishes which we are I'M
aware of. would be. at the present moment,
above all too premature. There have been
| important negotiations begun between the
| United States and Germany. but it is too
| early to talk about that now
From another source the correspondent of
the Associated Press hears that the negotia-
| tons to which Mr. White refers relate to
| the tariff, but he has been unable to obtain
ar official confirmation of this at the Ger
man Foreign Office.
Emperor William is kept continually in
formed of all events connected with the war
between Spain and the United States and
of the departments at Washington, Madrid
and Berlin. Regular reports are sent to him
to points on the Norwegian coast, where he
y.
A large batch of dispatches containing the
latest news of the war was sent this week
| by special courier TO Kigorumolon.
Baron Won Buelow, the minister for for
eign affairs, is still absent on summer leave,
| but he is expected back in a fortnight. The
| tone of the German press this week is less
| friendly tc the United States than the week
before and the latest developments in the
war have been in many cases commented on
| in a rather sarcastic spirit. The Liberal
| press though has adopted, generally speak
| ing, a fair and more neutral tone. The
Vossische Zeitung printed an editorial in
which it admitted that it wished the United
| States speedy successes and referred to the
| unbroken friendship existing for so many
| years between the two countries. Other
| Liberal papers of Importance, like the
Magdeburg Zetung and the Weser Zeitung,
express themselves in the same vein. 81
| Referring to the failure of the late sugar
conference and to the agreement between
France and the United States regarding
! tariff reductions, the Kruz Zeitung says:
| Should America refuse to grant those tariff
| reductions to Germany and the other Eu-
ropean states, as well, in spite of the most
| favored nation treaties, there will be seri-
Gus complications. To refuse this to Ger
many would be all the more unfair since
America was made to share, when con-
| cluded our commercial treaties of 1892 in
the large reductions that were then in force,
without being asked to grant us any eQuiva-
| lent"
| 1t is a well-known fact in diplomatic cir
| Giles in Berlin that the relations between the
| regent of Lippe-Detmold and the Emperor
| of Germany have been extremely strained
| since the Emperor's brother-n-law, Prince
| Adolph, of Schaumburg-Lipp was ousted
| from that office, owing to the final decision
rendered against him by the court of arbi-
| tration, presided over by the King Of Sax
| ony and alleged instances of the Emperer's
| i'll will towards the new regent of Lippe-
| Detmold have been current for some time
past. But matters have now assumed
| pass which makes this affair one of ma
| tional magnitude. Count Ernest, the pres
| ent regent, has been repeatedly sighted by
| the Emperor lately, in such way as to
| have induced him to seek redress before the
| forum of the Bundesrath before which the
Emperor is no more than the regent of
Lppe-Detmold. The delegate of Lippe-
| Detmold has, therefore, brought his sover-
eigns complaint formally BEFORE the Bun
deSrath, begging that the Emperor may be
held to render to the regent of Lippe-Det-
mold the measure of respect which the Con-
stitution of the empire says is his due. The
regent, at the same time, sent strongly
worded detailed autograph letters to all the
other rulers of Germany, in which, after set
ting forth the instances of serious slight to
which he claims to have been subjected, he
summons ali the Germans to that justice
! is done him. He also says that what has
happened to him may happen to them next,
and that the Emperor, by outraging the
principle of legitimacy in his case, endan-
gers the very foundation on which all the
German sovereigns rest. The Emperor has
| recalled the Prussian representatives at the
court of Detmold.
The last straw. the one which induced the
regent of Lippe-Detmold to appeal to the
BundeSrath, was brought about by the re-
fuSal of the officers of the Dermold garrison
to pay to the members of the family of the
regent the honors the latter considered due,
whereupon he vainly appealed to the general
Ia command, and the latter referred the
whole matter to Emperor William, who sent
the regent the following reply: My general
has orders to render to the regent what be-
longs to the regent; nothing more AS for
the rest, object to the tone in which you
have allowed yourself to couch your letter..
In spite of the various reports on the SUBJ
ject, the arrangements for Emperor Will
lian's trip to the east in October have not
been finally settled. AT the office of the
court marshal the correspondent of the As
ISOLATED Press here was informed that the
programme for his Majesty's journey will
not be settled until after the Emperors re-
turn from his northern trip, and 1t was add
ed that the statements hitherto published on
the subject are all faulty. 1t is not even GER
tain that the Empress will accompany him,
and in any case the imperial party in Ho-
henzollern will be quite small.
A comprehensive bill, providing for a num-
Der of important changes in the German
army, is still being drafted by the minis
tries of war and finance, and it's provisions
are in no way settled. However, whatever
changes in the army the Reichstag may be
asked to sanction will be for five years. The
Emperor and the War Ministry are greatly
elated at the recent returns of the French
general staff. showing France has reached
the utmost limit with her regular army,
while Germany could easily enlarge her
army 25 per cent. more than France, If such
step is deemed advisable This, ii is said
is not contemplated at present, the plans
being rather to improve the compositions
of the regiments last created and to increase
the efficiency of both the artillery and cav
airy, as well as to enlarge the technical
branch.
The officials Of the War Department are
annoyed at the fact that half the skilled
gunmakers employed at the government
works at Spandau have left their employ
ment there and are working for the extern
sive private gun manufacturing concern of
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