The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-18
Will Attempt to Force the Passage of the
Anti-Strike Measure.
UNFAVOR ABLEPRESS COMMENTS
On the Emperor Attitude Regarding This Of the
Effect Of President McKnley's Recent Letter
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Berlin, July 15.-Emperor Williams 9
| telegram to DR.. Hinspecter, the for
| mer tutor of his majesty, furnishes
the press with welcome relief from the
| midsummer dullness. His majesty's
assertion of his unshaken determine
| ton to continue in spite of all resist
| ance, in the way he considers right, is
generally interpreted as referring to
| the anti-strike bill, but it is not be-
| lieved the emperor's word will help
! the measure, which all agree is buried
beyond hope of resurrection. The tele-
| gram has not been we'll received out
side of the conservative press. 1t is gen.
F.. orally considered another of his ma
iesty's unfortunate meddlings with
party politics.
The pan-German Deutsch Zeitung re-
grets the telegram, while sympathizing
with it's object and asks why the re-
spOnsible ministers do not take such
work off the emperor's shoulders. 1t
also questions whether the personal
utterances of his majesty tend to pro-
mote the interests of the bill and de-
nies that these utterances promote the
welfare Of the monarchy.
The conservative Post regards the
/ telegram as a symptom of the impe-
rial government being determined not
to leave the path the late Prince Bis
marck followed in dealing with labor
and social questions.
The socialist press at once seized
upon the telegram as excellent agita-
ton material for the social democracy.
! Now that a plan for arbitration has
been adopted at The Hague and the
articles regulating warfare on land
have been published, the press is de-
voting much attention to the work of
the peace conference. 1t is admitted
that the exaggerated hopes INDUCED in
by some that the conference would do
something to make war well-night i'm
possible in the future have not been
fulfilled, but it is pointed out that the
conference is not, therefore, a failure
by any means.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
The pan-Germanic Deutch Zeitung,
referring to the arbitration plan, is
exceedingly uncomfortable over the
thought that Germany may be caught
in this trap and says it thinks the
permanent bureau will become the
arena for English intrigues.'
In treating the question some of the
papers point out that the United States
and Great Britain have not shown in
practice as much zeal for arbitration
as they have displayed at The Hague.
The refusal of the United States to
arbitrate the case with Spain, and
Great Britain's refusal to so settle the
Transvaal difficulty are mentioned by
the Kreuz Zeitung and National lei
| tung as inconsistent with their posi-
| ton at The Hague.
| The nanarS also comment tha
! United States refusal to arbitrate the
Hazelton Pennsylvania) affair, (as
| requested by Austria), as being incon-
sistent with the attitude of the Amer
| lean delegates. Otherwise the work OF
| the American representatives is re-
| ferred to in complimentary terms.
| Great Britain's role at The Hague
is commented on with much less ap-
proval. The refusal to abandon the
dum-dum bullet causes bitter remarks
on the subject of what the papers style
"England's unciviliZed methods OF
warfare"
MCKINLEY PLEASES THE GER
MANS.
The publication of President McKin.
ley's letter at the dinner given in New
York to the German insurance commits
| sioners, has been received here with
great satisfaction. The fact is especial.
| ly emphasized by The Tageblatt thai
the presidents words are all the more
valuable as they were spontaneous
where an omission could not have beer
| remarked.
The announcement that Russia Is
about to order field guns in the United
States is received with doubt here. The
| Neuesten Nachrichten asserts that ii Ii
| the product of American imagination
| and love of advertisement, and adds
"The Russian artillery staff is too seri-
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to a land that in this branch OF man
! ufacture has not yet thrown aside its
| baby shoes
The empress of Germany arrived a.
| Berchtesgaden Wednesday, where she
| will spend some weeks with her chill.
| dren. She travelled incognito as Coun-
tess Won Ravensberg. Her majesty was
! received at Berchtesgaden by two
hundred children in Alpine costume.
UNPOPULARITY OF PRINCE BIS
MARCK.
Since the death of his father, Prince
Herbert Bismarck has been doing much
| to make himself unpopular. Hambur-
| ger excursionistS to the Saxon forest
| complain that many Of the favorite
paths are now forbidden to the public
| and that the only walk whence a view
Of the castle and room in which Prince
/ Bismarck died could be had has beer
! closed. The ladies Of Hamburg raised
I14.OOO marks for a wreath of silver oak
| leaves for the Bismarck mausoleum
but when they took il TO Frederfchruhe
| Prince Herbert refused to accept It,
| explaining that no wreaths We're to be
| laid on his fathers grave He offered,
l however, to take 1t for the Bismarck
| museum at Schonhausen. This the
ladies declined and have decided 10
| hang the wreath in the city hall OF
Hamburg.