The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-05

under the Americans, VIII QUICKLY become
a dangerous competitor with the German
sugar industry and recommended the Ger
mans to form a sugar trust and raise
home prices.
Desire Treaties Abolished
The agraran leaders, Mendalsteinfe and
Won Wagenheim, were more violent, call
ing on the government to abolish the COM
mercial treaties and exclude American,
Russian and Austrian agricultural products.
The official Reichs Anzeiger has repro
duced most of the new Cuban tariff regula-
lions and the German press is greatly
dissatisfied with them, claiming the regula-
tons are so framed as to favor American
imports at the expense of German and
other European imports.
The Boersene Courier the leading COM
mercial organ, dwels particularly on the
fact that the German staple exports, such
as textiles and wines are most unfavor-
ably treated, and concludes an article on
the subject with saying:
1.-THE tariff regulations made by the
United States for Cuba know no open
door,. Surely something will have to be
said about them in the future"
The establishment of a company to lay a
direct cable between the United States and
Germany now seems definitely assured. The
capital, 100000 marks, has been furnished
by number of banks and private capital
lists. The Deutsche Zeitung concludes an
article on the subject as follows:
Step Towards Freedom
'Thus the first step is taken to free Ger
many from the British cable monopoly
which in the event of war might become
fatal to u.s.
With reference to the gambling debate in
the reichstag, a story is told showing the
Of
When he was crown prince and in COM
mand of the Garde du Corps he strictly
prohibited it and old Emperor William
asked him to withdraw his orders. But the
grand son replied:
LAS long you entrust me with the
command of the regiment l will not do So
l would rather ask you to relieve me of my
post"
The debates showed that in spite of EN-
peror Williams efforts gambling is still
much in vogue among the officers of the
German army.
The Leipzig Neusstrichten says lot of
letters from the late Prince Bismarck to
General Won MANUEL, then governor of
the Reichsland containing spicy items of
court and political gossip, were sold on
Manufels death to German banking insti-
tuition having profitable business relations
with the emperor and court. The banker
it is added paid 900 marks for the letters.
A Leipzig writer wanted to use the letters
for a historical work and the banker at
first promised to lend them. Later, how
ever he refused on the plea that it would
cost him his valuable clientel, having re-
ceved an intimation from the court cham
berlain to that effect.
More Bismarck Memoirs
The Bismarck press chronicles this re-
gretfully, and adds that third volume OF
Bismarck memoirs really exists, giving sem
sational information regarding the present
reign. The manuscript, 1t appears, was sent
to England before Bismarck died.
His majesty this week ordered that the
park and gardens surrounding the Monbijou
chateau, in the center of Berlin, be closed
to the public. This is due to a startling
incident which has only just become known.
Last Sunday the emperor and empress left
the church opposite the palace and walked
towards the carriage which was waiting for
them just inside Monbjou park. An enorm-
GUS crowd had assembled and was so dense
that their maJesties had great difficulty in
reaching the vehicle. When they succeeded
in doing so the coachman was unable to
drive off, being hemmed in on all sides.
Thus the emperor and empress were obliged
to listen to the personal comments of the
populace, and it is claimed that insulting
epithets were slung at the imperial couple.
Finally reinforcements of police made a line
through the crowd and their majesties
drove off amid hooting and cat-calls.
1uere were forty-eght trials for lese maj
este in January, and sentences totalling
seventeen years in prison were inflicted
A socialist paper calculated that 1900 years
of Imprisonment have been pronounced in
the German courts for lese majestic during
the past ten years.