The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
A HAPPY ROLE
UNITED STATES WON GERMANY OVER
TO PLAN OF ARBITRATION.
In Spite of Pessimistic Views of Ber-
lin Press, the Peace Confer
ence Was a Success.
GERMANY'S NARROW ESCAPE
ATTITUDE THREATENED TO ISOLATE
HER FROM OTHER POWERS.
Emperor Would Have Been Held Re.
sponsible II Conference Had
Turned Out a Fiasco.
PARIS AND BERLIN FLIRTING
CONCILIATORY ACTION.
Prussian War Minister Expected to
Resign-ExpOrts to United
States Falling on.
Emperor Would Have Been Held Re-
sponsibIe II Conference Had
Turned Out a FiascO.
PARIS AND BERLIN FLIRTING
KAISER CONTEMPLATING FURTHER
CONCILIATORY ACTION.
Prussian War Minister Expected to
Resign-ExpOrts to United
States Falling on.

| BERLIN, July 29.-The papers this week
| have been giving their verdicts on the out
| come of the peace conference at The Hague.
| The tone of the comment of papers friendly
| to the conference generally Is one Of dis
| appointment that so little has been accom-
| plished, while those opposing indulge in
| gleeful Fluctuations that no more was &C.
| complished. The Tageblatt considers that
the form of arbitration adopted marks ar
important step toward securing the peace
| of the world, and adds: Whoever knows
the toilsome way in which progress of inter-
| national law is made will be satisfied with
this result"
| The Post says: 1.-THE result shows that
| those who had been neither too optimistic
nor too pessimistic in expectations were in
| the right" The most important result the
Post sees is that method is now open to
| nations for settling difficulties, saying:
while the conference has not ushered in
the millennium. still it shows that the powers
| are earnestly striving to preserve for the
peoples the blessings of peace
The National Liberal Borsen Zeitung
calls the final protocol j funeral grafton
and says the results equal zero. The Kreuz
Zeitung, referring to the United States and
England, says: THE nations that boosted
| resistance to really practical humanitarian
| propositions"
The Kreuz Zeitung further points out
that, while England and the United States
stood together in opposing the prohibition
| of bombs filled with noxous cases. the
United States backed up England's refusal
| to abandon the dum-dum bullet. 1.-THE pla-
| tonic declaration of the conference for the
| principles of the Cars proclamation" the
| Kreuz Zeitung continues, Introduces abso-
lutely no change in existing conditions" The
| Agrarian Deutsche Tages Zeitung makes
| merry over the friends of peace, whose
| cherished hopes are far from being realized.
| The Socialist Vorwaerts gives the confer
ence parting shot, calling 1t comedy.
THE hardest work of the MEMBERS" this
| journal says, was to refrain from laugh
| ing In each others faces at their own in
| sincerity"
| The Hague correspondent of the Frank
furter Zeitung says: THE American dele
| gates are quite satisfied with the achieve
| ments of the conference. They played a
very happy role. which they were able to
do through their conciliatory position. 1t
was chiefly due to this position of the Amer
| leans that Germany was finally won over to
| the plan Of permanent arbitration bureau.
| Mr.. Hollis and others told the correspondent
| that after Professor zorn's speech, in which
| Germany's opposition to the permanency of
| the arbitration court was emphasized, the
| situation had grown critical and it seemed
probable that the conference would dissolve
prematurely and nothing be accomplished,
which would have brought the odium of the
fasco upon Germany, and have the effect
Of isolating her in her relations with other
powers s"s
| The press of Berlin devotes much atten.
( ton to the Arons case. DR.. Arons is a pro-
fessor who lectured on physics in Berlin
University. and a social Democrat whose
presence in the university has given great
offense to all favorable to drastic measures
for combating socialism. The Diet passed
a law year ago, called by the press the
Arons law, making it possible for the gov
| eminent to proceed against and dismiss So
cialist professors. Under this the philo-
sophical faculty, week ago, tried Professor
Arons and unanimously declared that they
saw no occasion TO take action. The states
attorney appealed the case to the Ministry,
| who, 1t is regarded as certain, will dismiss
Professor Arons. The papers of all parties
discuss the case at great length. The Pan
Germanic Deutsche Zeitung says the facul-
ty of Berlin University has shown the same
incapacity for consideration of state affairs
that was shown by some professors in treat
ing the Danish question last year. The
Kreuz Zeitung reproaches the faculty with
holding that Social Democrats should be
treated on an equal footing with other par
| ties and formIiates the attitude of
| the Conservatives as follows: "It Is impos-
| sible 20 treat party that declares war on
the state and the existing social order as
| having the same political rights as other
parties" The Dresdener Nachrichten re-
echoes this sentiment, adding that the idea
of political equality for Socialists is against
public welfare. and hence it Is the duty of
| judges everywhere to take into account this
| fact in the administration of justice.
The Liberal papers side with the faculty.
| holding that their decision was the only one
| consistent with the freedom of university
instruction. The Centrist press defends the
| faculty on the ground that Professor
Arons. as professor of physics, does not
| handle the question or socialism in his lee
| lures.
1t is observed that since the president OF
the Reichstag has permitted discussion of
| the Emperors utterances. IL they are
printed in the official Reichsanzeiger, the
Kaiser's kilograms no longer appear in that
paper, but in the semi-official Nord
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
A westphalian paper reports that nego-
tiations have been proceeding between
Paris and Berlin the past ten days prepare
| tory TO the visit of the Emperor to Cher
bourg or Brest, on his return from Norway.
Nothing apparently. is known OF such
plans in Berlin. where the preparations ara