The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-12
KAISER AND KIPL|NG
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German Ruler Great Admirer Ofthe
Author.
READS JUNGLE STORIES
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HIS MAJEsTY'S GRATITUDE TO
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
Mr.. White Thanked For His Efforts
In Establishing More Cordial Re
lations-Agrarian Make Capital
Gut of the Embalmed Beef Testi-
mony-Van Knorr's Retirement.

Copyright. 1892 by the Associated Press.)
Berlin, March 11.-At the annual
diplomatic dinner given by the emperor
| of Germany on Wednesday, his majesty
! again warmly thanked the United
for his efforts in establishing more
cordial relations between the two coun-
tries. Mr.. White, in replying, said the
emperor's gracefully expressed anxiety
regarding Rudyard Kipling had an ex-
cellent effect in the United States. His
majesty thereupon started to converse
on the subject of Kipling and his works,
saying that the jungle stories were ia
vorites with him, the hunting eXcur-
sions, especially. The emperor added
that he admired Kiplirg's keen, quick
insight into nature, human or other
wise. surrounding him.
Emperor William then talked OF ar
chitecture and sculpture, with special
reference to Berlin. His majesty looks
more robust and stronger than ever.
He has fully recovered from the eff
fects of his Palestine journey.
Although Mr.. Robert P. Porter since
his arrival here has repeatedly an
nounced to the official world and to
the press that his mission is in no wise
authorized by the United States gov
considerable attention and is produc-
tive of good results. Mr.. Porter ex-
plains to the correspondent here of the
Associated Press that a serious dis
crepancy exists between the figures of
the imports and exports of Germany
and the United States furnished by
the United States treasury and those
apparently drawn from German off,
cial sources and quoted in the agrarian
press.
The fore part of the week was spent
by Mr.. Porter at Madgeburg, studying
the sugar question from the German
point of view. A man principally inter-
ested in the industry told Mr.. Porter
that he hoped the United States would
waive the discriminating tariff on Ger
man sugar as a preliminary condition
to the conclusion of commercial
treaty. He also furnished statements
apparently showing that the large Ger
man manufacturers can produce sugar
as low as cents a pound, which, il
true will enable them 20 compete per-
fectly with Cuban sugar.
EMBALMED BEEF TESTIMONY.
The testimony in the Miles-Eagan
dispute at Washington as furnished
the agrarian press here with welcome
material for the war on American meat
Some of the comments are extremely
uncomplimentary to the American
packers. The Kreuz Zeitung says:
Since the testimony of General Miles
has proved that the packers are so con-
scienceless as to furnish totally unit
meat to their own soldiers at the front,
they would certainly not scruple to sell
similar meat to foreigners. We hope
these facts will not be lost sight of
when the new meat inspection bill is
considered in the reichStag."
AS the reichstag adjournS for Easter
on March o. the meat inspection bill
will not be discussed until the middle
of April. The chances of its passage in
the present shape have diminished lat
terly, owing to the revelations of Cen
eral Miles and also to the vigorous aS-
itation of the agrarian press.
Changes which have been contem-
plated in the administration Of the navy
which have been considered for a long
time the correspondent is informed,
will go into effect on the retirement
of Admiral Won Knorr, the present
chief of the navy. The emperor will
then assume command of the navy, as
he has exercised that OF the army; an
admiralty and general staff will be Gre
ated, with functions similar TO the
army general staff, the admiralty staff
TO have a separate chief while the
functions and Importance Of the COM
manders of the naval station at KEEL
and Wilhelmshaven will be enlarged.
The naval cadet system will be reor-
ganized and the number of cadets will
be doubled.
Some of the newspapers said that Adj
miral Won .Knorr is retiring because of
personal differences with the emperor
on the subject of changes in the cadet
system. This the correspondents of the
Associated Press is informed is untrue.