The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13
Final Outcome Of the Emperor's Pet
Measure Still in Doubt,
Though the Government Hopes to Pass Il
by a Safe Majority.
The Session Of the Diet Will Re-
sumo ON the Sixteenth Instant,
When the Bill Will Again Come
UP for Consideration-Much
Comment Over the Relations Of
the Empire With Austria-Hun-
gary in Newspaper Circles.

gary in Newspaper Circles.
copyrighted 1899, by Associated Press)
BERLIN, Aug. 1.-THE Diet will re-
assemble on August 10th. Prince Won
Hohenlohe, the Imperial Chancellor,
and DR.. Won MIGUEL, Vice President of
the Council and Minister of Finance.
will return to attend the sessions which
will decide the fate of the canal bill
and will throw the combined work of
their influence in favor of the measure.
The Government hopes the bill will
pass by the sufficient majority, espec-
tally since Emperor William took oc-
casion at the opening of the Dortmund-
Ems canal to emphasize again the great
need Of such new network of COM
munication.
The ceremonies at the opening of the
canal yesterday were quite imposing
and were intended to mark the i'm
portance of the new waterway. The
canal is 21O kilometers long, over 8 feet
deep and SO feet wide at the top and
81 feet wide at the bottom. It will
enable vessels of 800 tons to go direct
from the Baltic, Bremen and Hamburg
to the new Dortmund harbor, where
they can discharge their cargOes 100
kilometers inland.
Germany's relations with Austria
Hungary are the theme of much news
paper comment this week. The fact
that Prince Won Hohenlohe, contrary to
custom, since he became Chancellor,
has not met Count Goluchowski, the
Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minister, to
talk over the policy of the two en-
pres and the further fact that En-
peror Francis Joseph in passing
through Aussee did not find time to
get off the train to welcome the Ger
man Chancellor, but contented himself
with hurriedly greeting the Chancellor
from the car and chatted with him only
seven minutes are regarded in political
circles as proof that the relations be-
tween Germany and Austro- Hungary,
despite the continuing Of the nominal
alliance. ceased to be really intimate.
Newspaper comment and popular
feeling throughout Germany have been
for some time most bitter because of
the growing Slavic ascendancy in Aus
tro- Hungary. 1t is asserted that En-
peror William shares this view, since
has become part of the settled system.
A large and influential portion of the
press this week has riterated senti-
ments and the Government organs do
not confirm or deny the above state
mentS.
Samoa is still occupying a good deal
of attention, and the press is full of
comment, the bulk of the criticisms,
however, being directed against Eng
land. The Cologne Gazette" in an
inspired article, ridicules the notion
that Germany is making enemies of
all the Powers over trifling differences.
The paper claims that the agrarians
stir up trouble with the United States
in order to render impossible the con-
clusion of commercial treaties, and this
for their own selfish ends. From
semi official reports it appears that the
German claims for property destroyed
in Samoa during the troubles are not
nearly SO large as hitherto believed,
namely 100000 marks.
The recent utterances of Baron Won
Stengel, of the Munich University, who
was second in rank in Germany's del
egation at the Peace Conference re-
garding The Hague gathering, are al
most unanimously disapproved in Ger
many.
A duel between two officers of the
Tenth Uhlan Regiment, Count Solms
and Count Shulenberg, was fought this
week near Konitz, Prussia. Count
Solms was mortally shot in the abdo-
men. The motive for the duel was
jealousy. Both the participants were
among the Emperor's favorites.
Throughout the week hail and light
ming have done great damage to life
and property, especially in East Prus-
STA, the Rhine provinces and Wurtem-
burg. Lightning destroyed nearly every
house in Obra, in the province of Po-
sen. Near Thorne, West Prussia, an
entire forest was burned and at Oberk-
hinge three bricklayers were killed. In
the Berlin suburb of Wendischnose a
party of excursionists We're struck by
lightning and two of them were killed
Near Myslowitz hail destroyed the en-
tire crop and great damage was done
by hail at Zedorf, Aulda, Rheidt and
Ilmenau The crops were destroyed
also at Starolenka, Gluschin and Tulce
and POsen.
The semi-official "Post" states that
new colony of Kiao Chou.
The representative of the Associated
Press learns from Government sources
that the Government conditions IN Shan
Tung and the immediate vicinity of
Kiao Chou have by no means improved
in the last few months. Kaumi is now
forcibly held by strong German de-
tachment but north of that point there
is open rebellion and work on two rail-
roads has been stopped.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press here learns at the Naval Depart
ment that by the new year three small
cruisers and one large cruiser will be
stationed on the east coast of the
United States.
One hundred soldiers of the Ninety
second Regiment stationed at Bruins
wick, were poisoned there from eating
stale preserves. The condition oe
score Of these men is serious
The st. Paul Makes Fast Passage.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The Ameri-
can line steamer ST. Paul. Captain
Jamison, from Southampton and Cher
bourp arrived here early this morning