The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-26

c11b SocentIy. One member, : Prussiau
ssksso4 ne1eA vca Bxedcw. was caught
yas forced % rssdm fron the club and
ne army ana - sem3grnse % Annerica, bat
Was not punished legally.
- 1ntFoooee WhsDD6m9 Pests.
IN the Prusslan h&rrenhaus there was .
Youkess for ths purpoas 81 fore.ddinx per-
eono u both oexn undef H years Of are
fren vislsinE drams6sps Of Lawns thsir
naase place without permission, and re-.
introducing punishment By whipping.
Ih.s feature OF the bill has been referred
Il i claimed tina, most of those VINO we're
Introducing whipping had agrsed that il
n necessary, and added that II seemed
IN most cases 10 be more humane and
~ wnoaesoue than imprisonment.
Ine German newspapers. In discussing
Ihe commercial relations between Ger
many and the United States. complain
more OF less bitterly Of the alleged fact
% bring about an Improvement, Germany
being willing TO eacrfaee something 10
ynaf ends no reciprocity has been shown
20, even the calm and moderate part Of
the press does rot recommend any steps
IN that direction A score Of articles writ
ten in this tenor have appeared In many
OF the papers- IL is believed that they
were inspired by the government for !
purpose The most plain-spoksn article
MAS suossss-9 10 the Cologne votks Z~at-
greatly mistaken II they srsaxfned that
all the yielding In the efforts to arrange
treaty would be dcne by Germany.
Rhodes Mission . Failure.
The result OF Mr.. Cecil Rhodes mission
70 this country - generally spoken Of By
the press az equivalent TO a failure. The
financial papers laugh at the idea that the
government viii furnish guarantees OF the
nnansfai success OF that part OF the pro-
1eeted Cape 10 Cairo railroad which u to
pass through German East Africa
Why the Emperor hacked Dewn.
Respecting the reasons which prevented
the emperor from d3ssoIstng the reachs-
tag. u now appears that the whole bund-
eSrafh. Prussia alone excepted was
against him Not only the king OF eax-
personally advised his majesty against =
dissolution, and II the emperor had In
siSed. in the hundesrath. IA putting the
motion for a dissolution. II would have
been Overwhelmingly defeated. The
hundezrath today accepted the relchstag
form OF the military bill.
WaAt Ne Foseign-Born Princes.
There H. a strongly growing sentiment
In favor OF excluding foreign-born princes
from succession 10 German thrones.
The death Of the hereditary prince OF
Saxe-coburg and Gotha and the question
OF the succession TO the throne OF Sall-
Cohurg and Gotha have started dis
EusHsoh WHtch mas takeE a violent form
In some Of the papers.
The Munich NNsse Nicarlchten takes
vigorous exception 10 the fact that tine
succession was decided By family coun-
ell OF Engllsh-speakinE princes presided
ever by Queen Victoria. and says.
III II intolerabIe that snch q decision
should be made by Englishmen. We do
not blame the English branch Of the CO.
bugs for having turned entirely English
nor do we blame young Connaught. He
may be the incest fellow in the world: but
u remains that an knxiisaman Is out OF
pace on German throne"
The paper mentioned then advocates
passing Law regulating the succession
to German thrones In q way 20 forever
exclude the rights Of succession held by
foreign born persons.
This In by all means the most violent ex-
preston al opinion Even some OF the
newspapers close TO the government spoke
In = similar sense. but with more caution.
Germans FiGAt Oar Battles.
The Alice Dentsche Biaetter In fam
Ing article. depiores the facs that - nauy
Germane fought on sea and land under the
Yankee nag In the late war and says that
Americas young colonial empire will be
paid for with German blood. just as the
French conquered In the same way Tom
kin. Madagascar and DAhomey.- II adds:
The Yankees with their coarse Dragging
threaten 10 lick US, IL Is only because
they know their own skins are safe In any
case. With their dollars they would nnd
enough German asses and renegades to
light their own motheriand."