The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18

Cause III-Feeling in Berlin.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 1.-THE canal bill en-
crossed attention this week, and the pa
pers had much to say, pro and con, &C
cording to party standpoints. The ulti-
mate fate of the bill concerns America,
as the construction Of a network of can
ais joining the three largest rivers in
Prussia, the Elbe, Rhine and Wesser and
the far Eastern provinces, these border
ing on the German ocean will cheaper
and facilitate the freights Of American
exports. notably cereals, meats, cotton
and other bulky goods. Another point Of
interest to America Is the fact that the
Prussian agrarians and those parties af-
fIliating with them, the Conservatives,
Reichsparteie and a portion of the Cen
ter, have made the bill test of strength
between the government, and almost
personal contest between them and the
emperor, who, with the entire Prussian
cabint, is pledged for the canal His
majesty left no doubt this week that he
strongly wished the great canal to be
built. Tuesday he summoned the crown
council, for the purpose of agreeing with
the cabinet on line of action in the
diet and personally drew up a declara-
ton which was read in the diet on Thurs
day, promising compensation to individ-
uals and to provinces, especially Silesia,
financially injured by the canal. The
passage Of the bill through the lower
house of the diet will therefore by
signal defeat for the Agrarians, who are
always the most hostile to American in
stood united for the bill, and it is con-
fidently expected the canal will give
powerful impetus to German industry, es-
pecially in the highly developed Rhine
and WeStphalian districts, and will create
a more extended and more uniform mar
ket for agricultural products.
The acceptance of the bill by the lower
house of the diet does not mean it's adop-
ton by the upper house, where the gov
eminent expects determined opposition,
as the Agrarian interests are easily pre-
dominant in that body. If, as is likely,
the majority of the upper house oppose
the bill, the emperor Is determined to
resort to the expedient Of forcing it's
final passage, which has not been tried in
Prussian politics for a generation. This
will be so-called pairsschub. The en-
peror, as king of Prussia will create q
sufficient number of new peers to secure
the desired majority.
EMPEROR DETERMINED
The emperor's intentions remain a Sc
cret. known to few Of his intimates, but
they will bezcarried out in the event Of
the contingency arising, as he is deter
mined to demonstrate that the AgrarianS
are not strong enough to defeat impor-
tant legislation required for the country's
good. 1t is reported his majesty Is in
censed at the fact that the leading Agra
vic Il ,@fr, L.
surance to state openly and pofntedly
last week that they meant to make trou-
BILE, and prove their political predomi-
nance. Immediately after Thursdays
sitting. Prince Hohenloe, the imperial
chancellor, the Prussian minister Of f.
nance, visited the emperor. who insists
on a dissolution If the bill is rejected
The committee will begin the discussion
of the measure June %. The Centralsts
demand the passage Of the municipal
election bill before action is taken on the
canal bill. The many claims for compen-
sa.tion greatly complicate the situation.
The recent developments at the peace
conference are generally commented upon
here, and the statements of the foreign
papers, particularly the English, that the
German representatives at The Hague
are opposed to arbitration, have been
noted with deep displeasure. Almost the
entire press of Germany gives indignant
voice to what the papers term English
intrigues in order to prejudice the world
against Germanys pacific Intentions
A foreign office official said: ''The in
complete and usually distorted partisan
reports of the doings of our representa-
tives at The Hague, which have appeared
for weeks in the foreign, notably the En-
elish and French, press, are calculated
to make false Impressions. It was on
account of this fact that Count Munster
proposed that fuller accounts Of the
transactions from day to day be given
out to the press. The fact that such q
proposition was made by Germany shows
that we have nothing to hide, and have
no fear of correct and full reports. AS
regards English proposals for a perlna-
mont court of arbitration this goes be-
yond Russias proposals. Aside from that
wo miss several seemingly essentials feat
ures. such as rules providing for absolute
impartiality. AS soon as guarantees of
| such impartiality are given Germany will
be able to assent to propositions going be-
yond the scope of the original Russian
proposition. Some method will probably
be found to improve on the incomplete
| and unfair reports of the meetings of the
conference now in vogue, even If incom-
plete reports have to be printed in the
official organ Of the German govern
ment.''