Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-24
PEACE IN BERLIN,
Kaiser and BuTgonastGr at
Last Shake Hands,
CHRISTMAS A WHITE ONE,
The Spree is Frozen Solid, and Skaters
The Spree is Frozen Solid, and Skaters
Are Many.
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE WAR
Change in Favor of the Former Con-
tinues-Newspaper Claim, However,
of Britain's Collapse rs n Military
Power.
Special Berlin Gable letter.


Copyright. 1899. by the Associated Press)
BERLIN. December 23.-At the cere-
mony Of the unwilling Of the monument
to Elector George William IN the seges-
Alice to-day at which the correspondent
of the Associated Press was present, the
Emperor looked hale and hearty, with
rudy cheeks The ceremony was brief.
There were no speeches, but the occasion
was rendered memorable by his Majesty
at the close, stepping briskly TO Herr
Kirschner. the chief burgomaster OF Ber-
lin, shaking hands with him cordially,
and handing him his long-expected con-
firmation as chief burgomaster. consist
ing OF documents with big seals attached.
The Emperor congratulated the Burgo-
master and said he wished him many
years Of successful administration of Bsr-
lin adding loud enough to be heard some
distance: - city for which I feel great
affection and entertain the highest hopes,
which [ know you viii help me to real
ize."
Thus ends happily this matter which
for a long time has kept the Emperor and
Berlin on a quasi war footing.
Crisp, cold white Christmas weather
prevails here. The Spree is frozen solid,
the big Alueggelsce is alive with skaters,
and everybody is busy with preparations
for snas.
BRITAIN AND THE WAR.
The change in public opinion I'm favor
of Great Britain. which was referred 10
in the Associated Press dispatches from
Berlin Friday night. continues. Even the
Hamburg Nachrichten, which hitherto
has been intensely Anglophobe, prints a
communication to-day from a Hamburg
merchant. protesting against "Blinden
Englaenderhass" blind AnglOphobia).
The papers are fun of communications
from literary writer's on the subject of
the war The Neuste Nachrichten to-
day contains an article pointing out that
the military success Of the Beers, num-
boring a quarter Of a million. against a
nation which at home alone numbers
$1,000 900, is eXplainable because the Beers
are armed with the best modern rifles
and know how TO use them The British.
the writer adds, undervalued their adver-
sary, and failed 10 appear ~ the seat OF
war with a numerical superiority. while
their STACEY was largely ordered in LOu-
don. Again, be points out. all the British
generals neglected accommodating, and
were deficient i'm the A, y. G., of field
service. To this, he continues. must be
added the fatal frontal attack while the
Mauser gun has brilliantly stood the tests
Of this campaign.
on the other hand a military writer
in tho Boersen Courier maintains that
no modern war has been so devoid Of i'm
teresting features, or theoretical and
strategic lessons, and that the British
have proved their stupendous "assininity"
a a military nation ia an unparalleled
manner.
GREAT BRITAIN'S FUTURE.
The papers also continue 10 discuss the
problem as 10 what Will be Great
Britain's position hereafter, since they
claim that her total collapse as a mill
tary Power has been proved by this war.
The usually wcll-informed KreuZ
Zeitung contains a letter from high
parsonage at ST. Petersburg claiming
that the question as TO whether IL is adj
vsablc to use Great Britain's present
powerlessness is again being seriously
considered i'm Russian Government cir
cles The military party is urging the
opportunity for an "Asiauc advance
The correspondent of the Associated
Press can assert, however, on high au-
thoIity. that as concerns Germany, no
such step will be joined in under any
circumstances. but that fun neutrality
will be maintained to the end
FIGHT AGAINST HOHENLOHE.
German Internal politics continue 10 be
as mixed as ever. The whole Conserve
tive party, including their Court sympa-
thizers exert themselves 10 the utmost
TO impress the Emperors mind with the
face that Prince HOhenlOhe is the foe OF
agricultural interests that the Conserva-
tives have lost all confidence in him, and
that il will be impossible for the govern
ment to maintain itself against that
party. In order TO carry out this pro-
gramme. the united Conservative press
WAGES war against Prince Hohenlohe, but
the statements made are wOrded cunning
H. SO that the Emperor may not take Of
fence
His Majesty is regularly made to see
the clippings Of all these anti-ChancellOr
arguments, but thus far they have not
produced the desired effect Prince Ho-
henlohe desires TO conclude his days as
Chancellor. and the Emperor concurs in
his desire.
SENSATIONAL TRIAL
sensational trial has just been ended
bv the sentencing Of Herr Joachim Gehl-
sen. editor of a Charlottenburg paper, TO
eighteen months in JAIL for systematic
Matchmaking OF financially insecure banks
and similar institutions. Herr Gehlsen.
during Prince Bismarck's time. headed
the press campaign against Prince Bis
marck. instigated by number Of his
court-cliqu6 enemies.
HUNTING IMMORAL
The latest administrative measure
against Prussian public teachers Is an Or
der forbidding them 10 go hunting. on
Inc ground that 1t is an immoral pastime.
BRVFSEWITZ WITH THE Beers.
Former Lieutenant BrueseWitz, VINO. as
a German army officer murdered civil
IAN workman. has gone TO join the Beers
a private letter from him says he has
been appointed commander OF battery
in the Transvaal.