The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-30
BEAR GROWS JEALOUS
ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT Is
PRIME CAUSE OF THE
TROUBLE
EMPEROR'S PALESTINE TRIP
Russia Regards 1t AS IN AttemDt
to Damage Her Interests in Tur-
key-Russian Minister for For
eign Affairs Puts PaIpabIe
Slight Upon Berlin Sultan
Gives William the Glad Hand.

Copyrighted the Associated Press.
copyrighted the Associated Press)
BERLIN, Oct. 29.-The official rela-
lions between Germany and Russia
have been ruffied recently. This fact,
although denied by the government or
gans, was obtained from a person in
high authority, and one of the most
striking proofs of the accuracy Of the
statement is that Count MuraVieff, the
Russian minister of foreign affairs, has
just visited Paris and Vienna, but
ignored Berlin. The government news
papers remarked this. and have COM
mented upon the omission. Other sig
nificant facts are the almost outspOken
hostile tone of the entire Russian press,
In which rapprochement between Ger
many and Great Britain is declared an
underhand plot against Russia, which
the latter Is justified In resenting on ac-
count Of her friendliness towards Ger
many in China and the recent tariff
negotiations. Moreover, the visit Of
Emperor William to the Orient Is char
acterized as an impudent attem1t to
unsettle Russian influence In Turkey,
and the position OF the Orthodox church
in Palestine. The Russian clerical au-
thorities fear German Protestant rule
In Jerusalem, where the Orthodox pill
grims are ten times more numerous
than those Of all the other creeds to-
gether. 1t is said that Russia, In order
to counterfeit the Anglo-German agree
ment, has come to a closer agreement
with Austria, by which those two coun-
tries and France will jointly oppose the
increasing influence of Germany in the
Orient, and will in no case permit Turk
ish cessions to Germany. The bulk
of the German newspapers express the
opinion that Emperor Williams trip
will yield little tangible good. but will
create much jealousy upon the part Of
the interested powers, who will en-
deavor to destroy any German projects
in Asia Minor.
The German comic papers are also
poking fun at the emperor and his new
crusade, leading In some cases to pro-
secutions on the charge Of lese majeste.
The police confiscated the last mum Der
Of Simplicissimus owing to it's publica-
ton of a poem entitled SIN the Holy
Land, ironically congratulating Pales-
tine upon receiving such august visit
ors, and saying that Golgotha will be
able to boast not only Of hearing the
last words Of Christ, but the present
words of Emperor William.
sULTAN'S GENEROSITY.
The German newspaper correspond
ents with Emperor William highly
praised the lavish hospitality Of the
Sultan Of Turkey, which, however, has
created intense satisfaction among
the Turks. Placards have been posted
on the MOSQUE and in the streets of
STEAMBOAT, denouncing the extraordi-
nary sums spent on the emperor, which
money, 1t is further pointed out, comes
out OF the Mohammedan pocket 1t is
said the sultan offered to present En-
peror William on the occasion Of the
latter'S arrival at Jerusalem with the
famous Chamber Of the Last Supper"
but that the German emperor thanked
the sultan and declined the proposal.
The building also contains Turkish re-
l1gfous relics. The emperor, 1t is fur
Their said, will accept some other valu-
able present instead. Another report
says the sultan insisted upon bearing
the entire expenses Of the emperor's
tour out Of his own private purse The
German newspapers, in asking for a de-
NAL of this report, declare that while
the emperor was at Constantinople he
had, for reasons of policy, to be the
sultan's guest But, they add. as soon
as his majesty set foot on the Holy
Land as a Christian pilgrim, there was
no longer anything in common between
him and the sultan, and he could not be
the latter's guest.
1t appears that the progress Of the
emperor and empress through Palestine
has been very fatiguing, especially to
the empress. There has been plenty
Of color and picturesque tableaux, but
the heat has been intense. Thursday
was an especially trying day, and the
terrible march lasted thirteen hours.
The Turkish cavalry escort lost four
horses. Their imperial majesties have
been receiving addresses from the Ger
man colonies at each town they have
visited. Replying to the Germans at
Sarona, the emperor said he was pleas
ed to see that the good relations he
had maintained with the sultan and
the Ottoman empire had benefited
his German subjects In the East gen.
orally. Continuing the emperor re-
marked that the more the Germans
in the East chung to their native coun-
try, the more would they constitute
a civiliZing and useful influence in the
Turkish empire, and 1t was in recogni-
ton of this fact that the sultan had
extended his benevolent protection to
the German residents.
WHERE JOSHUA FOUGHT.
The march of the imperial party
from Bahr- el-Wady to Jerusalem was
especially interesting, as the route fol-
lowed the famous valley of Ajalon,
where Joshua defeated the five kings
Of the Ammonites. Their majesties
also saw the cave Of Makkedah, where
they hid after the battle. So the trav-
elers passed the spot Jabron, where
Dimas, the penitent thief, was born.
The French crisis is anxiously watch
ed In Germany. In the Fashoda ques-
ton the German government as well
as the German newspapers distinctly
WI rQnf prft oiv ft1t7
dominion over the Soudan Is held to
be in every respect for German inter-
eSts, especially from a commercial
standpoint. The German foreign Office
and Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial
cha ncellor, have received several me-
MORALS from the German chambers Of
commerce, including that Of Cologne,
calling attention to this fact and urg-
ing German support Of Great Britain.
There has been considerable excite
ment in Berlin owing to the plague
news from Vienna and the govern
ment deemed 1t necessary to allay pub
lie anxiety by announcing that no ex-
periments, similar to those which led
to the outbreak at Vienna, had been
permitted in the Berlin laboratory.
DANCE rouS experiments, in spite Of this
announcement, are known to have been,
and are still being, carried on at q
number of laboratories, and private
researches for germs Of Asiatic cholera
are being carried on at number of
private laboratories like Prof. Virchow,
Leyden, Kerch and others, and the
Cologne Gazette urges the government
to take measures to prevent infection
by requiring an official permit for such
experiments, which, it is claimed,
ed buildings.
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