The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-14
In BERLIN.
Gossip About
Emperor.
NOTES OF HIS TRIP.
Current Press Comment on
Various German Matters.

the United States, will try to dispose of
her few remaining colonies, notably the
Mariana islands, the Caroline island
and Pala islands, and it is reported that
the Spanish government has already
been cautiously approached by Ger
.hnnany for the purpose of ascertaining
.lllow much these groups would be worth
ojto Germany.
The officials of the foreign office
here admit that the acquisition of these
Spanish colonies would be a consider
able value to Germany. in view of their
proximity to Gernlany's Australasian
possessions; but they give no mixing as
to their intentions in the matter.
The announcement that Emperor
William will call at Spanish ports on
his way home from the holy land has
given rise to all sorts of political specu-
lations especially in view of the state
ment that the queen regent of Spain
has decided to send the Duke of Soto
mayor, with an autograph letter to Car
thagena, inviting the German emperor
to visit Madrid and to rejoin the inn
perial yacht Hohenzollern later at
Cadiz
Such an invitation, however. could
only be made in accordance with court
etiquette, if its acceptance had been
previously secured, and it is certain up
to the present that this acceptance has
not been obtained. On the contrary,
while it is evident that Spain is keenly
DESTROYS that the emperor should visit
Madrid and, in fact, attempts are al
ready being made to make capital out
of the mere fact that he will visit Span
ish ports, the foreign Office here is
doing everything to throw cold water
on the idea that his majesty had any
politicaf end in view in touching at
Spanish ports
The foreign office appears to be anx-
ious to avoid any steps calculated to
wound public feeling in the United
States, which, it is fully recognized
here, would resent visit of the empef-
or to the Spanish ports while the peace
negotiations are still unconcluded.
II has now become known that En-
pefor William, among other objects in
view, desired to utilize his trip to Jeru-
salem and reunite German Protestants,
now split intO.7a score of factions, and
establish his Office of summus episco-
puSlow held merely lover the Evangeli-
cad Church of Prussia, over the whole
OF Protestant Germany.
~ Before starting for Palestine. the en-
peror thoroughly discussed the idea
with the highest dignitaries of the
Prussian church, Drs Won Barhausen,
Drysander and others, and also APP
preached the church authorities of the
other German states. The emperor firm
~ believed hec could realize his plan.
but. nevertheless the project utterly
mlseafried. The grand duke of Baden
represented to the emperor that exist
ing circumstances made it impossible
Tor the other Protestant princes of
Germany to WELD to the emperor's
wishes. This abortiye idea of his mai
esty, il appears, was responsible for the
fact that none of the reigning German
princes was willing to accompany him
TO Palestine, although they so far yield
ed as TO send in behalf of each of them
an authorized representative of the
state church. The emperor, however.
sun cherishes the hope that his scheme
Will eventually realize and he has fire.
quently reverted to it during his trip.
N his dispatch to the grand duke of
Baden his majesty went to the extent
of speaking Of the Evangelical Church
OF the country" which really has no ex-
istence.
The leading evangelical ossAn. %
Nolm, says; We are convinced that
such q scReDpe-STill never be realized
ioI Emperor Williams trip to Jerusa-
ZEN has itself demonstrated how ire
concilable are the offices of temporal
ruler and spmmus episcopus of the
state church,
Damascus. made a speech in which he
exalted Saladin as one of the most
knightly rulers of all ages, and begged
Sultan Abdul Hamid and his three hun
dred million followers to accept the as
suranee that ne, the emperor would
always be their friend. His majesty
also commanded his military attache
to lay a wreath on Saladin's sepuIchre
inscribed Ito the memory of the brave
and knightly sultan"
The German emperor's enthusiasm
for Sultan Saladin does not appear to
be shared by Germany. The Vorwaerts.
at 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 this
same Saladin, whom the ruler of the
new German empire now tremendously
glorifies. The friendship between Islam
and the kaiser calling himself Chris
tan is now so ardent that the latter.
after offering a prayer at the sacred
birthplace of Christianity, now giorifies
as hero and knight, without fear or
blame, the eonqueror of the holy
sepulchre, the bitterest enemy of Chris
tianity and the exterminator of Chris
tian rule in Palestine"
1t is said that Emperor William dur
ing his visit to Jerusalem was greatly
struck by the many French flags fly
ing, and remarked:
France has great many buildings
mere, Dui there is room Tor OInerS.'
1t transpires that an extraordinary
incident occurred when the emperor
left Constantinople. The sultan was
returning from bidding farewell to his
guests, when a man rushed through the
escort and placed a large linen bundle
in the carriage, at the sultan's feet
Prince. Abdel-Kader, the second son of
the sultan, who was with the latter in
the carriage, jumped to his feet and
shouted:
'They are going to murder NV faith
er!"
There was a scene Of intense excite
ment until an ide-de-camp snatched
the bundle out of the carriage and
found that instead of explosives. il
contained baby. The man who placed
the bundle in the carriage was arrest
ed. He declared he was poor official.
that he had not received any salary
for months and that he was on the
verge of starvation, and threw the child
in the carriage in order to draw the
sultan's attention to his condition The
sultan. on hearing the mans story, or
dered his salary to be paid and the
child was taken into the household of
Prince Abdel- Kader
Whether it is solely or partially due
to the Anglo-German understanding, il
is an undeniable fact that there is a
decidedly friendly feeling for Great
Britain in the leading circles here, not
only among government officials, but
among the navy and army officers.
Nevertheless, q sensation was created
by the complete right-about turn upon
the part Of the Kreut Zeitung, hitherto
the most venomous foe Of Great