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BERLIN CABLE. LETTER
Passages in Emperor Williams Speech
Widely Commented Upon.
lCbnNllGht. 1898. bN the ASSO(.la ia,5

Passages in Emperor Williams Speech
Widely Commented Upon
Copyright, 1898. ~ the Associated
Press.)
BERLIN, March Sin the Reichstag
tlas Week, during the debate On the re-
form of the military code, remarkable
statements We're made by Baron Won
hertling, the Bavarian Centrist leader,
and CCIlnl Won LerChe4nfeld. the reps-
sentative of the Bavarian Government.
Both asserted that if Bavaria was not
allowed - retain a separate highest
military our there WaS danger of a
Neiy serious crisis.
The R~eichstag, nike the Bu~nsiesrath,
supported Bavaria's Gains.
At d dinner which rha Imperial
Chancellor, Prince HohenNohe, gave to
tba parliamentary leaders the same
evening he asked the Bavarian repre-
sentative what was the actual feeling
and deceived the reply thai Bava,ia for,
soane time HAS been decidedly Prusso-
dthobic. the regent and tbs, whole Bava-
ria court sharing 'this feeling.
Passages in Emperor Williams speech
at the swearing I'm of the naval recruits
ar NilhelmSaaven recently, already
calbIed To the Associated Press, and one
intimating the IGIoXimlty of Il lava
war, in Which Germany would be con-
eerned, III Which HIS Majesty saII that
when the day comes when Germany
VIII have to show her purNer at sea,
rope and trust all IF you Will fbe
iNaiy 10 spill your blood, as your fore
Gathers did are much commented up
on. The address Was impromptu, arld
The correspondent of the Associated
Press ,eaGns That on the E.mperor's re-
turn Prince ~IIohen.ohe, at this first OPP
purtSunlty. mofletr rated with His Ma
j@sty. pointing out chat his
We're ted 10 seriously disturb
Germ1ny'S good EOt<.ign re!atiHns.
- ,h- >.,.,r -. - Wa u, n rTaA
Emperor WiNGam al n long ~conversa-
ton With the United States Alnhassa-
dor, Mr.. Andrew D. White. on the sub
jet cf Captain Mahan's books. His
Majesty said he had read them all with
the CREATES interest, had induced his
ministers to 80 the same, and expressed
the opinion that the Captain had rem
It-te1 a great service TO all nations
to Germany as much as to the United
States.
\. discussion is processing between
the Emperor and the Evangelical Coun-
Gil of Prussia relative to the programme
and aims OF the trip TO Palestine in Oc-
tobcr. the cnuh't-marta. fixing adj the
GEtaAlS. which will be submitted to the
Emperor before they are adfJptei. One
Of His Majesty's main objects is to de-
ternine authoritatiVsiy the exact sites
Of Golgotha, the temple of Jerusalem.
the c~lTuc.1ixion. the pretorium and SIM
ilaI. places.
There have been large strikes in a
number of German cities. In BeIilin
II, 900 Shoemakeus have struck for a uni
form sca.e of wage and 1t is thought
that the. shoemallers elsewhere viii
JON. The cebinstmakers of Hamburg
and Altoona have struck for nine hours
per day. and at Dresden 5000 cigarette
makers have gone out on strike. There
are similar reports from Charlotten-
! burg. S~uettin. k~tAanigSb5rg and Surau.
and big strikes are impenliing in the
RlenisNh mining districts. At Baron
Won Stumm's request. a detachment
of troops has been sent to the Sorau
district to preserve order.
The United States Embassy has d
dressed mother strong remCnstrance
to the German Government calling at
tention TO the Epfair methods adopted
at many OF the revenue stations in re-
gard to the i'm pNTtation of dried Arler.-
can fruit and f,tl'yt refuse. The COM
plaIints come mainly from the Rhine
districts.