The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-31
A STORM IN A TEACUP
Quarrel Between William and
the Lippe-D etmold Regent.
QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE
The Newspaper Misinterpret the Tenn
per of the Americans-want Peace
De Any Terms-An Attempt to
Abridge the Franchise.

Copyright 1888 by Associated Press.
Berlin. July 3O.-While the quarrel be-
tween Emperor William and the regent
OF Lippe-Detmold Is only a storm in a
court etiquette. IT has occupied the
press to the exclusion Of almost every
thing else.
A high official of the ministry Of the
interior has briefly outlined the facts
in the ease to the correspondent Of the
associated press. They are as follows:
The regent was already offended on ac-
count OF various alleged sights for
which he blamed the emperor. when the
general commanding the troops In the
principality ordered his soldiers hence
forth not TO make the salute prescribed
in the case of ruling soverigns or to
show the customary marks OF respect
TO the regents family. The regent.
thereupon, deeming his rights under the
military convention of 1873 to have been
sighted. appealed to the emperor in a
personal letter for redress. This letter
contained several passages which were
construed by his majesty to be pur-
posely offensive, ~whereupon he sent the
- sthA NAASh -
dozen hands and hence reached the
newspapers substantially verbatim.
Then followed the deeply offended re-
gents appeal to the sovereigns of Ger
many and TO the bundesrath. The mat
ter is expected to remain In statu quo
for some time.
The majority of the up
hold the regent. A Bavarlan editor.
Herr Momminger, who first published
the story, publicly declares that he only
refrains for patriotic reasons from pub
fishing further details of the goings-on
at Berlin
The pers here continue TO mis-
understand or misinterpret the temper
Of the Americans. They assert that the
latter are ready for peace on almost any
terms, providing Cuba is granted indie
p~endence. and that the war is most un-
popular, especially In business circles.
and In spite of the phenomenal successes
the Americans have already secured,
the military editors continue TO assert
that the United States will find IL more
and more dificult to acquire AN ulti-
mate military success, especially In
Cuba"
As a reason for the delay in pressing
the German merchants claims for dam
ages which are alleged to have arisen
through the war in the Philippines, II Is
explained that the German government
considers that to push the claims now
while the Americans are more or less
ncensed against Germany" would pref
udice a favorable settlement OF the
claims.
1t is now certain that the government
will make a determined effort in the
coming reichstag to amend the consti-
tuition In the direction of abridging the
franchise in several important particu-
lars, especially In raising the age limit
from 20 to 30 years. Not only is the
conservative and reactionary press Wig
orously advocating this as a necessary
step in fighting the increasing spread of
socialism, but the government press has
Joined In the same hue and cry.
1t Is also certain that at the next
session of the diet and reichstag the
agrarians will vigorously assault Amer
lean agricultural products. The agrar-
ians are now collecting "A mass of evil
dence tending TO show the injury which
has been caused to the home market
by the continued importation OF Amer
lean products. Among their arguments
they allege that so per cent. of the
trichinosis in Germany Is due to Amer
lean pork, although the latter il only
one-fortieth of the total German con-
sumption. They also claim that Amer
lean pork is LAG times more trichinous
han the German. and they allege that
III SPift VI Nh' Aatl AiidA III n pOEh
Is officially testified to be free from
trichlnae. the Hamburg authorities
have officially reported l73 cases of
American trlchinous pork during the
last six ont
The agrarians also assert that Amer
lean our is arriving in a more and
more frequently grossly adulterated
condition, adding that the prevailing
mediums OF adulteration are mineral
ins. which they assert. are openly ad-
vertised In American trade papers.
Finally, the agrarians say that an in
creasing large percentage Of American
canned and preserved meat OF every de-
scription is arriving in a state INIT for
human food. The agrarians claim 10
have abundant proof Of their allega-
lions, and will ask the government to
totally exclude from Germany all the
products mentioned.
The leading organ of the agrarians,
the Deutsche Tages Zeitung. asks
whether lin view of the fact that Amer
lea means TO refuse Germany the rights
of the most favored nation. after con-
Guiding a new tariff bargain with
France, the government does not think
II time 10 open a spirited tariff war"
pointing out for one thing that Amer |
lean bicycles ought to be taxed TO a
prohibitory duty"
The recent general prohibition OF
meat imports has caused a rise i'm prices
and $50 butchers Of Hamburg and vicin-
ity acknowledge their inability to sell
meat except at 10 to 20 per cent. in
crease i'm price. A similar Increase has
already become effective I'm Berlin.
The sensational suicide OF Gen. Won
Pechmann, the commander OF the 9Th
Bavarian cavalry brigade. at Dieuze,
Lorraine. Is much commented upon. Ii
is understood that his act IL due to de-
preston caused by the malevolence Of a
very high parsonage who repeatedly
his advancement to a higher
rank.
All the principal comic papers in Ger
were confscated this week on ac-
count Of their publication Of cartoons
the emperor and the police.