The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
SOAP IS THE PANACEA
Will Check the Advance of In
fictitious Diseases.
TWO BRILLIANT PARADES
Germany Has Little Liking for the Pro-
posed Arbitration Scheme--Acqui-
sition of the Carolines--No
Objection Was Made.
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.
Berlin, June 3-Throughout the week
the emperor has shown extraordinary
activity. On Sunday he received the
German and foreign delegates. to the
tuberculosis congress and conversed
with them several hours, showing an
intimate knowledge of the proceedings
and demonstrating that he has an accu-
rate idea of the whole subject. To
German delegate he said tersely:
More soap; still more soap; that is
what is needed to check the advance
of infectious diseases"
His majesty was most pleasant to the
Americans.
The two great spring parades. Tues
day on the Templehof and Wednesday
at Potsdam, We're more brilliant than
usual, owing to the presence of many
distinguished guests, including Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the
Austrian throne: Duke Nicholas OF
Wurtemburg Prince John George of
Saxony and score of others. There
were more Americans present than on
any former occasion. Besides the per-
and consul general, Major Sherman and
I,his niece, Mrs. Wyberg Boyd, DR..
Baughn, Dr. Nuttall, Professor Stiles,
DIR. Won SchweinitZ, DR. Gahan and DR..
Donohue of the tuberculosis congress;
Willard Merrill of Milwaukee, George
starr, George Plies and Naval Attache
BeehIer were among the guests at the
parade dinner in the evening at the
royal castle. Lieutenant Commander
Beehler was also present at the launch
ing of the warship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse at Kiel on Thursday. On both
occasions the emperor went out Of his
way to show him attention.
A guest at the Kiel festivals tells the
correspondent here of the associated
press that one Of the incidents was the
visit of the emperor to the new gunboat
Jaugura which is leaving tomorrow
for the purpose of joining the German
fleet in Chinese waters. Assembling the
crew, his majesty addressed them, say
ing h. hoped they would try to rival
the glorious crew of the 1.-the in fidelity
to country and emperor, adding: And
don't let the Chinese out there spit in
your faces The crew responded with
tremendous cheering.
The Hague peace conference has
largely occupied public attention this
week All the papers have freely COM
mented on it's doings. The news that
international arbitration came as
great surprise to many. The leading
papers at first refused to believe it.
The Kreuz Zeitung, often the reflector
of the views of the army and Official
circles, said that Sir Julian Pauncefote
and Andrew D. White have planned a
clever game on M. De Staal and then
declared that the idea of arbitration of
such a sweeping nature as Great Brit
ain proposed was untenable and out OF
the question so far as Germany was
concerned, as it would open the door to
constant foreign interference in the in
ternational affairs of nations. The pa
pers also doubt the correctness of the
version making M. De Staal accept the
British proposition, as it considers it
would be going too far beyond the
czar's instructions. 1t also reminds
Russia of her Polish and Finland and
Great Britain Of her Irish questions,
and expresses the belief that neither
power is willing to accept in principle
such courts as Sir Julian Pauncefote
has outlined, which, it is claimed, would
make weak masters strong and reverse
the natural order of things. The article
has attracted much attention, as 1T Is
believed it reflected the opinions OF the
government.
The correspondent of the associated
press learns from an excellent source
Leyds, the minister of the Transvaa
here, and Baron Won Buelow, the minis
ter of foreign affairs, was not of very
cordial nature. The foreign minister
emphatically told the Transvaal repub
lie that the wisest and best course fo1
the Boer government was to maxi
peace with Great Britain and, above all
to speedily grant reforms. This did no
leave a doubt in DR.. Leyds' mind tina
Germany also wishes to see the reform
introduced.
At the annual meeting of the Colonia
society this week the Samoan question
was dicussed and it was resolved tina
1.-THE deep national Indignation aroused
by the occurrence at Apia can only b'
obliterated by the full maintenance O
our treaty rights there" This is sig
nificant from the fact that Duke join
Albrecht of Mecklenberg, an intimate
confidential friend of the emperor, pre-
sided.
There have been several conference:
this week between Secretary Jackson o.
the United States embassy and Unde
Secretary Righthoven of the foreign
office concerning the proposed CONNER
cial treaty. The matter is making littl
progress, as Germany still insists OF
claiming under the most favored nation
clause, all advantages resulting from
last years French treaty withou
granting any equivalents. The United
States government, however, is no
prepared to admit the claim.
The creation of a German trust a
Breslau leads the Tageblatt to remar
that thereby the International an
home price of German sugar will b