The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13


Gus, made a speech in which ne exalted
Saladin as one OF the most knightly rulers
OF all ages and begged Sultan Abdul Ham
Id and MS 800 11o.oo followers to accept the
assurance that he. the emperor, would al
WAYS be their friend. His majesty also
commanded his military attache TO lay a
wreath on Saladin's sepu,chre, inscribed:
ITO the memory Of a brave and knightiy
sultan"
The emperor's enthusiasm for Sultan
Saiadin does not appear TO be shared by
many. The vorwaerts. al the risk OF being
prosecuted for lese majestic, says: Times
have changed. A former German emperor,
Barbarossa. lost his life in the Christian
cause against tais same Saiadin. whom the
ruler OF the new German empire now cere-
Ynon.ously glorifes. The friendship be-
tween Islam and the kaiser calling himself
a Christian Is now SO ardent that the latter,
after offering a prayer at the sacred birth
place of Christianity. low glorifies as a
hero and a knight. without fear or blame,
the conqueror of the holy sepuichre, the
oitterest enemy OF Christianity and the ex-
terul.na tor Of Christian rule in Palestine"
1t is said that Emperor William, during
his visit to Jerusalem. was greatly struck
by the many French flags flying, and re-
marked:
France has great many buildings here.
but there is room for Others
It transpires that an extraordinary Incl
dent occurred when the emperor left Con-
Stantinopie. The sultan was returning
from bidding farewell 10 his guests when
a man rushed through the escort and
placed a large linen bundle In the car
rage. jumped to his feet and shouted:
They are going TO murder my father"
There was a scene OF intense excitement
until an aide-de-camp snatched the bundle
cut OF the carriage and found that instead
OF explosives 1t contained a baby. The
man who placed the bundle In the carriage
was arrested. He declared that he was
poor official; that he had not received any
salary for many months. and that he was
on the verge Of starvation and threw the
child into the carriage in order to draw
the sultan's attention to his condition. The
sultan, on hearing the mans story, paid
his salary and the child was taken into
the household Of Prince Abdul-Kader
Whether ii is solely or partially due to
the Anglo-German understanding, it is an
undeniabie fact that there is a decidedly
friendly feeling here for Great Britain.
Nevertheless sensation was caused by
the complete right-about turn of the
kreuz Zeitung. hitherto the most venomous
foe OF Great Britain, but which this week
came out with strong pro-British edi-
toEial In which 1t said: I'VE have for
years past resisted ill plans aiming at an
Angio-German treaty, giving as our rea-
sons that England Is not strong enough on
iand or sea TO be helpful to us. But cir
cufnstances nave now fundamentally
changed England has made extraordI-
nary efforts with her army and navy. and
the Souoan campaign has shown that Eng
land Is able to stand her ground in the
field While We have no reason to seek
for treaty. We heartily approve Of an
understanding"
rms utterance on the part Of a newspa-
per which has the closest relations with
the court and army il deeply significant.
There are other indications In the Same
line, and it is said the ex-empress of Ger
many was made acquainted by the empe-
ror. before he left. with his resolution To
resume negotiations with Great Britain ror
the purpose Of broadening and extending
The Anglo-German understanding.
The German minister of foreign affairs.
Baron Won Buelow, who, OF all members
or the cabinet. exerts the greatest infiu
ence over the emperor. warmly supports
the pro-Brltish policy as an Offset TO the
coldness on the part OF Russia
The imperial meat inspection bill. which
viii be most prejudcal to American I'M
ports, has now reached the buntesratb
where It meets with almost unanimous
approval! There is no doubt OF its being
presented 20 the reichstag at an early ses-
son.