Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-28

The meeting of the Reichstag Is look
ed forward to with apprehension. The
reopening of that body was announced
to-day for December 6, and domestic
problems will have to be faced Whlcn
will require most tactful and HDeral
craftsmanship to solve satisfactorily.
The anti-SemiteS are ciamOrlng TOT
measures against the Jews, the JunkerS
Gemand legislation to arrest the grown
of the Polish population and to oppose
the steady march of the Slav races
westward, the Socialists are clamorous
for recognition and extension OF the
rights OF the working classes, the Rad
icals are insisting on whole pro-
gramme OF reforms, the Danes In
North Schleswig are bitterly resentlng
the expulsion of Danes, the Alsatians
a-e opposing a dictatorship in Alsace-
Lorraine and the Agrarians are goadlng
the government into a reactionary tar
if policy.
Such is the stormy sea of conflicting
demands and interests which the Ger
man government has to navigate dur
ing the coming session of the imperial
Diet.
1t was hoped the Emperor would
visit the three South German rulers
On his way home and assist in the
task of the government by allaylng
some of the ill-feeling which is still
| task of the government by ailaylng
! The fact that Russia is not on very
| friendly terms with Germany, and that
Emperor Williams visit to the Holy
! Land has made matters worse, is
RECEIVING CONFIRMATION
in more than one quarter. Prince
| UkDtomsky, the Cars close friend
and confldant, in the St. Petersburg
! Vedomosti, violently expresses Russia S
| disapproval OF the trip, calling En-
! peror William renegade and accus-
| ing the whole German nation OF being
his accomplices Moreover, the fact
that the Gear, contrary to common ex-
| pectation, has not given a sign him
| self during the German Emperor's trip,
| is held here to be clear evidence OF
| strained relations existing between the
| two courts.
The Emperor and Empress Of Ger
many returned home terribly sun
burned, but they have both been bene-
fitted in health.
During their majesties' trip, the or
chestra of the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern performed on several occasions
a symphony composed by the Emperor
and while at Messina, Sicily, the sym
phony was performed at the opera
house. But the audience did not appre-
ciate it's beauties and gave unmistak-
able signs of displeasure.
Emperor William presented Queen
Margaret, of Italy, with birthday glf'
of four costly Oriental rugs from the
Sultan's factory. incidentally, the Sui
tan's presents to the Emperor and EN-
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the Sultan gave the Emperor on learn
ing of the latter's love for rowing.
Emperor William has sent the Sui
tan bronze table, in the centre OF
which is portrait of the Kaiser in the
uniform of the guard du corps, and he
has also sent the Sultan two oil paint
| inn tpt Nv ir,ca1f no
representing types of Turkish soldiers.
A SENSATIONAL STORY
is related by German named Fischer,
who has returned home after five years
served in the French foreign legion at
Saba, province of Oran, Algeria, and
elsewhere in Algeria. Fischer, it ap-
pears, deserted three months ago, sue
ceeded in reaching Morocco and from
| there travelled to Hamburg. He has
now informed the military authorities
/ here that a German has been kept in
! severe imprisonment il a tower at
! Saida ever since the Franco-German
| war. According to the Vossische Zeit-
ung, the German foreign Office has TAX
! en- steps to secure the release of this
soldier who, apparently in defiance OF
all international law, has been a pris-
oner for nearly thirty years.
Official statistics show that German
cattle everywhere are suffering from
tuberculosis and other diseases. In the
district of Aix-la-Chapelle, one instance
thirty-three communes show that 749
farms are so infected. 1t least forty
per cent. OF all the German cattle have
tuberculosis and in some districts the
percentage is as high as 70 per cent
A young American scientist at the
HYGIENE institute here. DR.. Nuttall,
has created a sensation in scientific
circles by the publication Of a pamphlet
in which he cites strong evidence in
support of the contention that Prof.
Koch, who is now investigating the
malarial baccilli, has taken credit for
himself of alleged discoveries in vari-
Gus cattle diseases and in malaria.
which discoveries were really made by
American scientists years ago.