The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-04
BUDGET FROM BERLIN.
Emperor Has Been Moving About at Q
Great Pace.
A SIGNIFICANT SPEECH TO HIS SAILORS
One of His Personal Friends Pre-
sided at Meeting Which Consid-
cred the samoan Matter.


week the emperor mas shown extraordinary
activity. On Sunday ne received the Ger
man and foreign delegates to the tubercu-
losis congress and conversed with them
several hours, showing an intimate knowi-
edge OF the proceedings and demonstrated
that he has an accurate idea Of the whole
subject.
To a German he said tersely: More
soap; still more soap. That is what is
needed to check the advance Of infectious
diseases"
His majesty was not pleasant to the
Americans and inquired with special in
terest as to the meaning OF the American
college robes which DR.. Won Schwenitz
donned for the occasion. The two great
spring parades, Tuesday on the Templshoi
and Wednesday at Potsdam were mor9
brilliant than usual, owing to the pres
enoe OF many distinguished guests, IN
GLIDING Archduke Francis Ferdinand heir
to the Austrian throne; Duke Nicholas of
Wurtemburg. Prince John George OF sax
ony and a score of others. There were
more Americans present than on any for
mer occasion Besides the personnel OF
the United States embassy and consulate
general, Major Sherman and his niece,
Mrs Wyberg; DR.. Boyd, Dr. Vaughn, Dr.
Nuttall, Prof, Stelz, Dr. Won Schwenitz,
DR.. Gahan and Dr. Donohue, of the tuber-
culosis congress- Willard Merrill of Mil
waukee, George Starr, George p. Lies and
Naval Attache Beehler were among the
guests at the parade dinner in the evening
at the royal castle. Lieutenant ,Commau-
der Beehler was also present at the
launching OF the warship Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse at Kiel on Thursday. On both
occasions the emperor went out of his way
TO show him attention.
The launching was a scene OF great
splendor Besides the older imperial com
pany and Grand Duke and Duchess of la
den, a number Of the highest generals and
admirals were present.
Emperor William paid a brief visit to
his new estate at Caidenen on Friday,
putting the whole place in working order
He went TO Dohonna Schlooitens for hunt
ing. He will return to Fotsdam during the
middle OF next week.
The new irorclad launched on Thursday
is OF 1000 tons. She is lis meters long.
has 20 meters beam, 1900 horse power
and will have a speed of eighteen knots.
She will be armed with forty-six guns OF
various caliber ana eight machine guns
with six torpedo tubes Her armor ex-
tends her entire length and she is built
on steel throughout. The emperor is es-
pecially delighted at the fact that the
whole material is Bremen made. The YES
sci will be one of the most powerful in the
| German navy.
| It is said that a marriage has been ar
ranged between Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand and Princess Mathilde, daughter Of
/ Prince Ludwig of Bavaria. The archduke,
/ as heir to the Hapsburg throne, had the
/ warmest reception from the German empe-
/ ror during his stay in Berlin this week.
~
A guest at the KEEL festivities tells the
correspondent here of the Associated Press
/ that one of the incidents was the visit Of
the emperor to the new gunboat Jaguar,
which is leaving tomorrow for the purpose
of joining the German feet in Chimes
waters. Assembling the crew, his majesty
addressed them, saying he hoped they
would try to rival the glorious crew of the
Hits in fidelity to country and emperor,
adding And don't let the Chinese out
there spit in your face"
The crew responded with tremendous
cheering.
At the annual meeting of the Colonial
society this week the Samoan question
was discussed and it was resolved that the
deep indignation aroused by the occur
rences at Apia can only be obli.erated by
the full maintenance of German treaty
rights there. This Is significant from the
fact that Duke John Albrecht of Mecklen-
burg, an intimate confidential friend of
the emperor, presided.
\ \
The press is agitated about the recent
utterances of the emperor and the grand
duke of Baden, denying Prince Bismarcb
had in share in unifying Germany. Most
OF the papers take vigorous exception tC
these statements. Even the moderate Ma
,ticral Zeitung says today: Ideas are
what determine men and things, and tht
ideas which shaped the Prussian policy
from 1863 to 1870 were Bismarck's. III.
German peoples veneraton of William
is deep and Interchangeable. but he is only
called William the Great in ofhca
spheres National sentiment and also his.
tory will not apply the title"
~
!, high official tells the correspondent Of
the Associated Press that the acquisition
of the Carolines is a valuable rounding o
the German colonial possessions. at the
same time injuring no other power bu
! rather the contrary
J He added THE negotiations began a.
soon as it became known that the United
States would obtain the Philippines. Tn,
United States and Great Britain did not
raise any objections"
Officials Of the United States embass,
tell the correspondent OF the Associated
Press that the United States government,
! has been kept informed of every ster
taken by Germany since the autumn anC
that German ownership OF the islands il
no way interferes with American plans and
policy in that quarter.
II is reported In diplomatic circles tina,
Germany pays 10000 pesetas for the is
lands.
Responding to a statement OF the Ionsor
STANDARD that the cession Of the Caroline,
is Germany's reward for diplomatic SCI.
vice rendered by her to Spain, the Berl,ns,
Neuste Nachriehten says that the insinns'
ton is more than eounterbalanced Nv ~.
nueh more reasonable utterances Of IN,
Times and Morning Post reFarding th'
eesslon II adds that the ascertain 10
4 GeImany did not show equal honest mar.
trality 10 either side during the snsnish.
| American was as well as the untr,ss So
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