The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-15
HIGH TREASON TRIAL
TT MAY INVOLVE FRENCH Of
FICIALS IN SERIOUS COMPLICA-
TIONS WITH GERMANY
AN ARREST MADE AT METZ
Suspected Pole Had Just Reached
There From Paris Some Stir
Caused by German Government
Years Military Service Rule Has
Proved u Failure.

Organs Charging That the Two
Years Military Service Rule Has
Proved u Failure.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Jan. IA sensational
high treason case has been fixed for
next month, before the supreme court
of Leipsic. A Pole named Goldhumer,
| claiming to be a dealer in precious
stones. was arrested in Metz, on his
arrival from Paris. 1t is said that the
evidence collected directly duplicates
number of high government and mill
tary officials in France
Some stir has been caused by the
| government organs, the North German
Gazette and the Kreuz Zeitung and
other inspired organs, this week, pub
llshlng articles stating that the two
years military service system adopted
in 1895 has not proved success.
The exceptionally large number of
officers retired from the Wurtemberg
army CORPS at the instance of the en-
peror has caused deep-seated dissatis-
faction. The Wurtemberg local news
| papers point out that there are now
LOO retired army officers, many of them
under thirty-five years of age compar-
ed with seventy-seven in active service
| Ihere is some anxiety in official cir
cles at the exceeding stringency of the
! money market. which ii is feared in
some circles may endanger the coming
| German and PrusSian loans. These
| loans, it is stated are set at less than
zee, 900 marks. which it was expect
| ed would be the original sum. Some
evaporation is felt at the remarks of
the English press at the condition of
the German financiers, especially at the
TACT that some London financers re-
| fnCpd To q L;
hgure These statements are declared
to be utterly false, and intended to in
| Huence the German bourses with re-
spect to the intended loans. The Ma
t1onal Zeitung, in an inspired article,
pen out that the present financial
| tlgntness IS solely due to the extra
ordinary expansion of German inter-
ests, which have absorbed immense
amounts of capital, adding:
RMS led to rise in discount, and
sl1ght fall in Prussian and imperial
loans. If, however, the firanciers allow
tlne Tor regeneration Of capital, for
Whlch the most favorable conditions
are at hand. and if the German finan-
clal undertakings abroad are restrict
Ell Tor short period to rate of dis
| count, which from perfectly natural
causes is higher in Germany than
france and Great Britain. it VIII speed
NY diminish. In the meanwhile there
| IOCaIlOnS
| ana there is no reason why the rate of
interest should be raised above the
| present per cent"
| FactS have come to the German gov
| eminent showing that the Austrian
premier, Count Won Hohenstein. has
| oeen centering his attacks on Germany
| IN the relchstag, and has been secllr-
ing every evidence to show that Ger
many had expected treaty powers in
eXpeMng Austrian subjects. A decree
requesting frontier officers to watch
and report all such cases was issued
by the Austrian authorities as early as
september, and the facts collected by
the Austrian premier has been used
| most artfully. The German authorities
claim that the fact that Count Thun
Hohenstein desired to pick a quarrel
! with Austria's ally some time ago.
demonstrated the fact that he is not
the proper person to be at the helm
of Austrian politics.
SOME SOCIAL EVENTS
On Tuesday the grand chapter Of the
Order Of the Black Eagle will be held.
when all the new knights of that high
est Prussian decoration, Including the
octongenerian artist. Manuel, will be
initiated with imposing ceremonies.
On Wednesday will be held the so
called schlepenkor. at which large
number Of distinguished men and many
young debutanteS will be presented to
the emperor and empress. For the first
time Mr. and Mrs. c. Stiles, Col. Whe-
Ian and Countess Won Goetzen will be
presented upon this occasion, while the
! Whole personnel of the United States
! embassy will attend the ceremonies,
| Which conclude with a ball.
| The birthday of Prince William will
| be celebrated on Friday
Count and Countess Won Waldersee,
| the latter formerly Miss Lee, of New
York. will celebrate their silver we'd
! ding on April Ia. 1t is understood the
! emperor is planning to mark the event
! by a special distinction.
Prince Max, Of SaXony, who re-
| nounced his chances to the throne in
! order to become a poor priest, has fall
len dangerously i'll Of typhoid fever, at
Dresden, While visiting relatives.
The young crown prince. Frederick
William, is becoming a fine marksman.
He was out shooting last week, when
! the emperor arranged a circular hare
drive as a holiday treat. Out of
total Of $50 hares. which panned out
26 per gun, the crown prince himself
killed forty.
Young Prince Hohenlohe, who figured
in a shooting affair here and on be-
! ing sentenced to six months imprison-
|
! emperor for a suspension of the SEN
tence, submitting a medical certificate
| that on account, of his nervous tenn
| permanent he is not fit to enter~upon his
| punishment.
Ambassador White has accepted the
| presidency Of a banquet to the new
consul general. Mr.. Mason. 1t will be
| held on Washington's birthday, when
| Mr.. Mason will be presented with a
| loving cup.
| MEAT INSPECTION.
The United States ambassador Mr.,
Andrew D. White, said to the corre-
spondent Of the Associated Press today
for publication:
"Our relations with Germany are
| good and are steadily improving. I
look to the proposed meat inspection
| as step calculated to help rather
than to hurt US. What thinking men
on each side wish to secure is a single
inspection, which will be valid through
| out the empire, and supersede the To-
cal inspections, which are often
prompted by a panic arising from iso-
lated trichonsis cases, justly or I'M
justly attributed to foreign meats. We
have been laboring to obtain this In
spectfon for long time and now
have strong hopes Of a successful is
sue. There are unreasonable men on
both sides Of the Atlantic, but we be-
lieve the reasonable men here and in
America are greatly in the majority.
ana they are more and more under
| standing the Importance Of good rela-
lions between the two countries.
Regarding the question of acouisi-
lions