The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31
PETTY QUARREL OF KINGS

La VOnhNLL VI niNuO
EMPEROR AND REGENT CAUSE
A SCANDAL IN GERMANY
Majority of the Newspapers Uphold
the Regent Upon Whom the E,,s-
pcrOr Put II Slight That Grieved
the Minor Monarch Sore{y--Tha
End Not Yet ia Sight--GerEmans
Misinterprei American Temper
Copyright by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. July 3O.-Whle the quarrel
between Emperor William and the re-
gent of Lippe-Detmoid is only a storm
in the tea pot over a miserable ques-
ton of court etiquette it has occupied
the attention OF the press to the ex-
ciusion Of everything else. A member
of the ministry has briefly outlined the
facts in the case to the correspondent
of the Associated Press. They are as
follows: The regent was already Of
Tended on account of various alleged
Sights, fer which he blamed the en-
peror, when the general commanding
the troops in the principality ordered
his soldiers hencefUrth not to make the
salute prescribed in the case OF ruling
SoVereignS. nor to show the customary
marks Of respect to the regents fam
lily. The regent, thereupon deeming his
rights under the military convention
of 1873 to have been sighted. appealed
to the emperor il Il personal letter for
redress. This letter contained several
passages which were construed by mis-
majesty TO be personally offensive,
whereupon he sent the regent a tele-
gram. which traVersed a dozen hands
and thence Teachedthe newspapers sub
stantialy verbatim. Then followed the
deeply offended regents appeal to the
SCVereignS of Germany and to the bun
deSrath. The matter is expected to re-
main i'll Statu quo for some time. The
correspondent Of the Associated Press
learns from another source that En-
peror Williams anger was particularly
aroused by certain references in the
regents letter - the empress and her
family, a parallel being drawn to the
question Of rank in both cases. and lis
lnajesty's IRE was increased by the fact
inIt-tle legislature of Lippe-Detmold
at the REGENTS hehest and without
awaiting the decisl0a of. the bundles
rath, passed a law in March PrejtrJlrc-
ing the chances of the succession of
Prince AdOlph, of Schaumburg-L ippe.
Emperor Williams brother-in-law The
majority If the newspapers uphold the
regent. a Bavarian editor, Herr Nom
mitinger. who published the story, pub
hcly declares that he only refrains from
patriotic reasons from publishing
further details of the goings on at Ber-
lin"
AMERICANS MISUNDERSTOOD.
The newspapers continue to misun-
derstand or to misinterpret the tenn
per of the Americans They assert
that the latter are ready for peace on
almost any terms, providing Cuba is
granted independence, and that the
war is most unpopular notably in
business circles, and in spite of the
phenomenal successes the Americans
have already secured the military edi-
tors continue to assert the United
States will find it more and more diff
ticult to achieve an ultimate success,
especially in Cuba.
AS a reason for the delay in pressing
the German merchants claim for dam
ages, which are alleged to have aris-.
en- through the war in the Philippines,
1t is explained that the German gov
eminent considers that to push the
claims now when the Americans are
more or less incensed against Ger
many" would prejudice a favorable
settlement of these claims.
The recent general prohibition of
meat imports has caused a rise in
prices, and $50 butchers of Hamburg
and its vicinity announce their ina
bility to sell meat except at 10 to 20
per cent increase in price. A similar
increase has also become effective in
Berlin.
BERLIN GOSSIP.
The sensational suicide of Gen. Won
Pechmann, the commander Of the
Fifth Bavarian cavalry brigade, at
Dues, Lorraine, is much commented
upon. 1t is said this act was due to
depression, caused by the malevolence
of a high parsonage who has repeat
eddy defeated his advancement to
higher rank.
The empress is much interested in
Photography. and has taken a picture
of her seven children, on horseback,
in a row. which She considers to be
her masterpiece. She sent the photo
graph to the emperor, at Bergen, Nor
way, where, by the way, M. Emile
lola arrived on July 80. on his way to
visit Bjornstjerne Bjornson, the Nor
Wegian writer.
All the Socialist papers in Germany
were confiscated this week on their
publication of cartoons ridiculing the
emperor and the police. Some of the
papers viii be prosecuted on the
charge of lese majestic.
Herr Liber, the Centrist leader, has
started for the United States
The attendance at the Berlin funniest
was the largest on record, there being
$4,000 persons present, some $4,000 ap-
pearing in the different parades. The
German-Americans won a number of
second and third prizes for jumping,
fencing, football and wrestling At
the closing banquet a toast to the Ger
mans in America was heartily re-
ceived.
Emperor William has ordered Pres