The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-26
THE EMPEROR AND THE BURGOMASTER
SHAKE HANDS.
THE CITY AND THE PALACE
Heal the Breach and Put am End to the
Long-Continucd strife The Emperor
Takes the Initiative In Making Peace.
German Public Sentiment on the Bocr
War More Favorable to the English.
Total Collapse Of EnGiand'~ Military
Power Predicted.
Copyright by Associated prcss)

D
Berlin December 23.-At the cers-
mony at the unveilng ~ the mouu-
ment TO Elector George William. In no
sieges- alice today. at which the corre-
spondent ~ the ASSOCIATED Press Was
present, the emperor ,o1i.ed hale ana
hearty. with rtIddy checks The c-sre-
mony was brief. There wert no
speeches, but the occasion was rem
dered memorable by his majesty az the
close. stepping brisilly - Herr KirSrh-
nor. the chief burgomaster 4 Berlin.
shaking hands with him co-i ally and
handing him his long expected conflr-
nation as chief burgoma ster, consist
ing or documents with big seas attach
ed. The emperor congratulated the
burgomaster and said he wished him
many years OF successful admnistra.
tlon or Berlin, adding loud esough 10
be heard some distance:
"A city for which / feel great aflec-
tfon and entertain the highest hops
which | know you Will help me to real
ize."
Thus ends happily this matter.
which, for n long time. has keps the
emperor and Berlin on a quasi war
footing.
Crisp cold white Christmas weather
prevails here. The Spree in frozen
solid and the big mueggelsee IL alive
with skaters. and everybody is Busy
with preparations for Christmas
The change in public opinion in IA
vor of Great Britain which was re-
ferred to in the Associated Press dis
patches from Berlin on Friday night,
continues. Even the Hamburg Mach
richten, which hitherto has been m
tensely Anglophoebe, prints a commu-
nicati0n today from a Hamburg mex'-
chant, protesting against blinden Eng
laenderhass )bind Anglophoebia.)
The papers are fun OF commnnica-
tions from literary writers on the sub
ject Of the war. The Neuste Nachfich-
ten today contains an article pointing
out that the military success OF the
Beers. numbering 200. against ma
ton which at home alone numbers 80
100000, is explainable becausa the
Beers are armed with the best Md
ern rifles and know how to use them.
The British, the writer adds, un Iarval-
ued their adversary and failed To ap-
pear on the seat Of war with = nurneri-
cal superiority, while their strategy was
largely ordered in London. Agalr. he
points out, all the British gen, als
| neglected reconnofterng and were d,
cient in the A, B, c, OF field ,ervlr..
To this, he continues. must be adj
the fatal frontal attack. while the Ma,
| ser gun has brilliantly stood the tes /.
OF this campaign. On the other ha- 1
| a military writer in The Boervenc, L. :
| rfer maintains, that no modern war has
been so devoid OF interesting features
of theoretical and strategic lessons and
| that the British have proved their
| stupendous "assinity as a military ma
ton in an unparalleled manner"
| The papers alone continue TO disc,rss
the problem as to what WIZ be Greet
Britadn's position hereafter, since they
claim her total collapse as a military
power has been proved by this war.
| The usually well Informed Kreux
| Zdetung contains q ketter from a high
| parsonage at st. Petersburg claiming
! that the question as to whether IL -
| advisable TO use Great Britairps pres
! ent powerlessness In again being sert-
| ously considered In Russian govern
ment circles. The military party ~
urging the timelineBs for an AsiatSc
vance. The correspondent of the A.
| sociated Press can assert, however. on
high authority, that as concerns Ger
! many, no such step will be Joined in
under any circumstances, but hat full
| neutrality Win be maintained To the
end.
A sensational trial has tust been
ended by the sentencing OF Herr Joa-
| chin Gehlser, editor OF a Chariotten-
I burg paper to eighteen months I'm ian
for systematic blackmailing financial
| ly insecure banks and similar instftu-
| thOns.