Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-16
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liams telegram to DR.. Hinspeter, the
former tutor Of His Majesty, furnish
ed the press with welcome relief from
the midsummer dizziness. His Majes-
tvs assertion of his mistaken determl-
nation to continue in spite OF all re-
sistance, in the way he considers right,
is generally interpreted as referring to
the anti-strike bill, but it is not be-
lieyed the Emporer's words will help
the measure, which all agree is buried
beyond hope of resurrection. The tel
egram has not been well received out
side of the Conservative press. 1t is
generally considered another of His
Maiesty's unfortunate Weddings with
party politics.
The Pan-Germanic Deutsche Zeitung
regrets the telegram. while sympathiz-
ing with its object, and asks why the
responsible ministers do not take such
work off the Emperor's shoulders. 1t
also questions whether the personal
ltterances of His Majesty tend to pro-
mote the interests of the bill, and de-
MES that these utterances promote the
welfare of the monarchy.
The Conservative Post regards the
telegram as a symptom of the imperial
government being determined not to
leave the path of the late Prince Bis
marck followed in dealing with labor
and social questions
The National Zeitung calls the tele-
gram a purely personal and private
utterance.
The Socialist press at once seized
upon the telegram as excellent agita-
ton for the social democracy.
The Vorwaerts regards it as the EN-
peror's answer to the Reichstags vote
on the anti-strike bill, adding: "The
Emperor
HAS NOT BEEN CONVINCED
by the sentiments of the people and is
following circumstances to which the
people are passionateiy opposed and
which even the ministry unwillingly
endorse"
The Vorwaerts also interprets the
incident as showing the struggle
against the bill has only begun and
says that His Majesty's words have
produced waves in the stream of con-
stitutional life which will not soon dis
appear.
Now that plan for arbitration has
been adopted at The Hague and the
articles regulating warfare on land
have been published the press is devot-
ng much attention to the work of the
>eace conference. Notwithstanding the
tone of skepticism with which the con-
ference is generally treated, the opin-
ion is freely expressed that the results
will be considerable and permanent.
1t is admitted that the exaggerated
hopes INDUCED in by some that the
conference would do something to
make war well night impossible in the
future have not been fulfilled, but it
Is pointed out the conference is not
therefore a failure by any means
The Cologne Gazette says:
Although the conference does not
offer guarantee against wars it has
erected a barrier which in many cases
may prove effective"
The Pan-Germanic Deutsche 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 ar
bitrate
THE CASE WITH SPAIN
and Great Britain's refusal to settle the
Transyaal difficulty are mentioned by
the Kreuz Zeitung and National lei
tung as inconsistent with their posi-
ton at The Hague"
The papers also comment on the
United States refusal to arbitrate the
Hazelton (Pennsylvania) affair, Gas
requested by Austria), as being incon-
sistent with the attitude of the Ameri-
can delegates. Otherwise the work of
the American representatives is referr-
ed to in complimentary terms.
Great Britain's role at The Hague is
commented on with much less approx
al The refusal to abandon the Dunn
Dunn bullet causes bitter remarks on
the subject of what the papers style
"Englands uncivilized methods of
warfare"
The Cologne Volks Zeitung calls at
tention to the continuous increase of
exports from the United States while
the imports are continually declining,
and confesses that the United States is
growing more and more independent of
foreign countries. 1t says:
I'm the iron industry already, the
United States is strong enough to beat
England and Germany"
The Agrarian Deutsche Tages Zeit-
ing prints an article claiming that the
asserted superiority of American agri-
cultural methods is an error. adding
that the only advantage the American
has over the German farmer is in the
abundance Of virgin soil and lower tax
alton.
The publication of President McKin-
ley's letter at the dinner given ia New