The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-24
England for Badgering and TransvaaI
for Allowing it.
LESS DREYFUS EXCITEMENT.
Since Ills Pardon 1t Has Generally
Subsidcd-T Emperor j. Stirred
by the Revelations Of Espinn-
age Between France aud
Germany aud l. Anxious
Fora Rcmcdy.


BERLIN. september 23.-An outbreak
Of war IN the Transvaal is regarded here
as a question OF a few days, or at the
most of weeks The whole press devotes
considerable space to the matter. Neither
the attitude OF the people or press mas
changed materially. Without exception
they disapproye Of such a war and blame
! Great Britain for badgering the Trans
( yaai beyond endurance. The liberal press
also blames the Transvaal for It's hosi-
/ cal stand I'm first sancuoning Great Brit
aims attempt at Interference in its inter-
nal affairs and then rejecting such at
| tempts and making thereof casus BELL.
| Thus argues the Vosische Zeitung, Co
logne Gazette. Tagebatt and others. The
whole conservative. jingo, anti-semite'
! Agrarlan, ulua-Montaine, and Centre
press sides with the Beers.
A foreign official here said: "Of course
| Il Is in 40 sense TO our interest TO have
| England and the Transvaal 90 TO war.
! That little BOer nation Will inaly sue
| cunb and probably will be wiped put or
| existence il IS only too likeiy mat tlls
! viii diminish our prestige in South Al
/ rica and injure our not lnconsideraR.e nia-
/ terial interest there fOr our trade win
/ the B0er States IS increasing and is only
next T. that of England. Other atrests
/ will also be jeopardized or injured r. such
/ q struggle Still there f. no occasion and
no political or moral right for us to in
/ terfere So long as our undOubted rights
! ara respected by the belhgerents We shah
not interfere
/ The informant Of the correspondent re-
/ fused 10 say whether II was distinct,
| formal understanding with Great Britain
or whether the agreement Of year ago
on tho subject 81 South Africa Included
/ German neutrality I'm the event Of war
/ with the TransvaaL
! Experts are beginning 10 speculate on
| the probable outcome of the war and the
! losses on both sides
in the ankf0rt Zetung General Won
/ B0guslaWsky. "a military writer OF note,
| predicts that fhe British Will sustain
| enormous losses in The Transvaal owing.
mainly. TO the inferiority OF their officers
| and their inability 90 understand or apply
/ modern tactics
LESS INTEREST IL DREYFUS.
The Dreyfus excitement has largely sub
! sided here since the pardon though many
/ PAPERS express the belief that the mys-
terry surrounding the case will be one day
removed Others say the end is wholly
| unsatisfactory. In military and diploma
/ tic circles the opinion seems 10 prevail
| that Dreyfus was indeed a spy, but for
! Russia. This has found uiterance in many
! papers
An interesting outcome Of the case IS
| tLr fact that the Emperor. who has been
/ deeply stirred by the revelations made at
/ Rounes of the espionage system between
/ France and Germany. of the extent aud
| elaboraieness of which DE has hitherto
been ignorant has instructed General Won
| Hahnke chief of his private military cab
met t0 thoroughly investigate .ihow and
| Go what extent the system can be abolish
| ed or reduced 90 a minimum.
ID is learned reliably that His Majesty
above an. was startled boy the fact that the
military attaches of both countries. while
personally men of the incest sense OF hon
or had been so deeply involved In the
scandal and he instructed General Won
Hahnke 90 ascertain 81 it were possible
for Germany 20 take the initiative m
ab0lishing eXtra-territoralty for at
taches and other members OF the embas-
sizes. thus aboiishing the most heinous and
dangerous form OF espionage. 10 is un-
dersio0d that General Won Hahnke has re-
ported that 30 is impossible for one state
and especially one 20 do this alone lie
gave many potent reasons FOR this view.
The government this week. exerted
strong pressure 10 induce German indus
try and commerce % abandon an move
ment against the Paris Exposition. Chief
Commissioner Richter sent a note 90 all
the leaders of the movement giving strong
| reasons why it would be unwise for Ger
many and injurious 20 her interests not
| fo appear as strong as possible at Paris
urf.f hon n1.H
effect and it may be said that the anti
Exposition movement I'm Germany IS en-.
trely dead.
A curious feature Is that the note dwelt
on the fact that the Exposition IS not q
political but purely an economic enterprise
and that the mistake Of 1850 which se-
rously injured German commercial pres
tlee. must not be repeated
The Emperor Is wroth at the Berlin
municipalities refusal 10 cooperate with
his plan FOR the embellishments Of the yl-
clniiv Of the royal castle. by the removal
OF all the ne'ghborlng old ramshackle
buildings. The municipality, Of which
Herr Singer and other Socialists are prom
inent members. iustifes its refusal by the
plea that the millions required 20 carry
out the plan cannot be spared. as they
are needed 20 meet the increasing de-
mands OF the municipal treasurer FOR the
assistance Of ,he poor and for communal
schools His Majesty Is convinced that
The real raason FOR the refusal Is the DOM
ination OF the Radical and revolutionary
element
An EXAMPLE.
The movement 10 erect a suitable mon
ument over the grave OF the victims OF
the revolution Of lSiS. which the Emperor
calls "glorfying the revolution he con-
sders a good example OF man domina-
TON. As sign OF his disr'easure, the
Emperor has instructed the Minister OF
the Interior 10 withhold the confirmation
OF the new Chief Mayor Herr Kirschner.
although the latter Is a moderate In
politics) and was elected June 1898. until
there IS a visible sign Of the improved
nolitjcal attitude of Berlin or force the
election TO the office OF man wholly TO
the Emperor's taste.