The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
Government TO Extend Aid to Com
mercial Museum.
IT WILL BE A SUCCESS
LITTLE OPPOSITION EXPECTED
FROM ANY SOURCE.
Deep Traces of the Last Days of the,
MISUNDERSTANDING That the
Naval Bill Will Pass-Germany
Agreeable to An Open Door In
China

Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press-)
Berlin, Dec 16.--With government
aid, including financial assistance, the
projected commercial museum may
now be regarded as secured for Ger
many. The correspondent of the AS
ISOLATED Press today made special
investigation of the subject when con-
sui General Mason regards as the most
important matter in the commercial IN
tercourse of the two nations that mas
happened for years
AS a result of the inquiries it may
be said that the plans have not yet
been developed in details. 1t may be
decided to establish several branch in
situations, one at Hamburg, another at
Stuttgart or Frankfort and one central
in Berlin However the fact is that
Germanys commercial museum VIII De
under imperial government cohtroi'
with financial support from the en-
pire.
Geieimrath Wermuth, Germany's eX-
commissioner at the Columbia exposi-
ton in 1885, has special charge OF the
project for the empire All the re-
naming large industrial associations
among the Bundles Industriellen, JOIN
ed the movement yesterday. PRAGUE
ally there is no dissenting voice.
Movement Regarded Favorably.
The foreign office regards the move
ment most favorably as also does
Count Posodowski- Wehner, the min
lister of the interior, who after the re-
converting of the reichstas, Will make
a communication on the SUBJECT A
noteworthy feature is the intention to
ask the leading agricultural represen-
tatives to join the movement by ADVICE
thus frustrating possible aGrarlan OPP
position to the project.
The members of the reichstag are
now home for the Christmas holidays,
but the four days of budget DEBATE
have left deep traces. The main re-
suits were the open rupture proclaimed
between the conservative party and
Primo Hohenlohe in which ii Will pc
interesting to see which wins; second
ly the Miquel-Lieber duel, in which
Dr. Won MIGUEL gave some hard knocks;
thirdly, Herr Richter's speech amount
ing to a general arrangement OF tne
emperor and. the government ana
fo,lrthly. Count Poaodowsll-Weh nerS
remark about German relations with
the United States and Great Britain
Count Posodowski- Wehner said he re-
GREETED that "our commercial relations
with America are not wholly good, but
| am convinced that right and justice
in this are on our side.
Then talking about the necessity Tor
a larger German navy, he said: The
real propelliny cause is that the COM
merce of the world undivided. should
not go wholly to England and America,
for which purpose we must be pre-
pared to be similarly strong as these
powers
Agrarians Are Ridiculed.
Another remarkable feature of Count
Posodowski- Wehners speech was the
part in which he ridiculed the agrarian
roesiake who had upheld the Boer
states as political economic ideals for
the German nation.
Herr Richters three-hour Grafton
was replete with witticisms as usual.
One of the most effective was when
referring to the groundless rumors
about the Danish West Indies, he
said:
mo wonder. with 100000 paid for
the Caroline islands that we are bull
ing the market and prompting all other
countries TO ponder whether they have
not some old cast-off pair of islands to
SELL
Herr Rickert, who spoke in the name
of the pro-navy radicals, pointed out
that the proposed naval increase was
popular movement, adding: Things
which the people do not want, not even
the mightiest monarch, or the might
est statesman can carry"
The deepest and most lasting i'm
preston was produced by Count Won
Buelow's solemn and pathetic declara-
tions when the reichstaG adjourned.
The attitude of different parties to-
wards the naval bill is not yet clearly
defined. but from inquiries made by the
correspondent of the Associated Press
among the different factional leaders.
it can be said that the chances of the
bills passage are most bright.
Open Door In China.
From an authentic source the cor
respondent hears regarding the open
door in China that the Washington
government has not yet asked any
other power besides Germany to fur
nish assurances verbal or written, 10
maintain the open door, but now that
Germany's answer is entirely favorable
all the other powers interested will be
asked, including France, Russia, Italy.
and Great Britain. 1t is expected all
of them will answer favorably. except
perhaps Russia. but it is hoped that
strong moral pressure can then be
brought to bear on Russia to yield.
Severe cold weather and snow storms
have prevailed throughout Germany
this week, and this has produced con-
siderable suffering. From all the lar
ger cities there are reports to that
effect and there have been many deaths
due to exposure. In Berlin alone there
were eight deaths from exposure dur
ing the last four days. The tempera-
ture was lower than for years past.
At Koenigsburg it was % degrees be-
low zero; in Berlin IS degrees below,
and at Bleslau % degrees below.
Steps are being taken to erect
monument to Emin Pasha in Oppeln,
his native place.