Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
GR6ELY ON HIS TRIP
Observations of the Chief Signal Officer in
Europe.
Germnny's Good Feeling Americas
Advent in the Orient-security of
the Peace of the Continent.

the army, has returned to this city from a
trip TO Europe, where he attended the
geographical congress at Berlin, where he
had an opportunity to observe the trend
of sentiment III Europe on public questions
of interest in the United States In the
course of conversations with the imperial
chancellor Of Germany, Prince Hohenlohe.
and the misiSter of finance, Baron ThieI-
mann, he learned the views of those repre-
sentative officials of Germany on the
American advent in the far east Gen.
Greedy said today:
German Military Balloons.
''As to the military branch of my obser-
vations, the German emperor accorded spe-
cial privileges for noting the entire opera
ton and equipment of the military balloon
ing department Of the German army, an
experience of great value. The German
balloon equipment and methods are un-
questionably the best in the world Their
operations are conducted with a celerity
precision and completeness that must
forclbly impress any military expert who
observes them. The dragging balloon, a
German invention, enables ascents to be
made and observations taken even during
the highest winds One of these balloons
was secured for the American service some
time ago, and is now at Fort Myer, Va.
The Geographical Congress.
THE geographical congress at Berlin was
extraordinarily successful, although the
English-speaking delegates formed an in
considerable part of the congress, number
ing about seventy. Naturally. however, the
geographical changes wrought by the war
with Spain, the extension of American in
terests in both hemispheres and the ma
turing of the South African crisis with its
many possibilities Of geographical change
attracted unusual attention to quarters in
which the English-speaking countries are
concerned. The delegates to the congress
were mostly men of distinction
The city of Berlin entertained the con-
gress in the most lavish manner, and later
the Hamburg Geographical Society enter
tanned for two days 2o0 invited guests. At
Hamburg a dinner was given in a building
constructed specially for the occasion to
1,20O guests. An evening reception at the
Rathshaus, or city hail. was rendered by
the city of Hamburg. and breakfast to 600
guests was given by the Hamburg-Ameri-
can steamship line. Among the notable
official attentions in Berlin was a dinner
given by the imperial chancellor Prince
Hohenlohe. to eighteen representative men
of different nations. l presume that mod
eSty should lead me to refrain from saying
that l was among those honored with an
invitation.
Cordial Feeling Toward America
Il had d long conversation with Prince
Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, and
with Baron Thielmann, imperial minister of
finance, who will be remembered as am
bassador at Washington few years ago,
in which they expressed the opinion that
the advent of the United States in Asiatic
waters would be followed by no withdraw
al, and that the country would carry out
successfully its civilizing plans for the fu-
ture advancement of the Philippine Islands
They expressed the most cordial feeling to-
ward the United States, and made it evil
dent that whatever rivalries might arise
between the two countries would be along
business and industrial lines
Industrial Prosperity in Germany.
Gen. Greedy, in answering a toast to the
English-speaking races, at Hamburg, ex-
pressed his opinion that the recent state
ment of the Emperor of Germany that his
large army stood only for peace was the
greatest security that could be given for
a continuation of the astonishing state of
industrial prosperity that now exists in
Germany
This opinion was received with most en-
thusiastic approval.
The general says the universal sentiment
among the scientists at the congress- in
Guiding those from Sweden and Norway
was that the balloonist Andree was lost
and would not be heard from except