The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-06-19
OLD WORLD NEWS
Spicy Gossip From the English
and %erman CapjiOIS

y
and German CapitOls.
Copyright a 1899 by the Associated Press
Berlin, June 17.-rhe canal bin en-
crossed attention this week and the pa
pers had much to say pro ard con. ac
cord'ng to party standpoint The ui
innate fate Of the bill coineru America
as the construction Of a net work of can.
oils Joining the three largest rves in
Prussia, the Elbe, Rhino aad Wes-r and
tho far eastern province those bordine
on the German ocean Will cheanens and
facilitate teh freights OF American TX.
ports. notably cereals, meats. cotton and
other bulky goods. Another point in.
teresting to America SIS the fact that the
PrusslGn Agraians and those parties af.
nliated with them. the conservatives
relchspa-tei and portion 90 he center
have made the bu a test oi strength
between the government auj almost a
personal contest between them. and the
emperor who. with the entire Prussan
cabinet IS pledged for Oh, canal His
majesty LETT no doubt this vaak chat he
strongly wished the great canal to be
built Tuesday he summoned the crown
council Tor the purpose of agreeing with
the cabinet on a line of action BOO the Diet
and personally drew up declaration.
which was read in the diet ou Thursday
promising compensation to individual
and 90 provinces especially 7Heeo h-
nanci1ny injured by the cauaI Tbe
pas age of the bin through the .awar
house wall therefore be signal defeat for
tine Agarians. Who are nVay ihc most
hostile 10 American iutererfs lu Ger
many The liberal pres stood united
for he bill
Thc CORE pond@t here ot the Assaci
atei Press tearns on mrh government
authority chat The acceptance f he bin
hy the lower house of teh li.t dl uat
mean its adoption by the Hpuor house.
where the government expect d.trm 'n-
ed oppos don us the AeartH interests
are predominant I'm Chat body lr aa is
most likely. the majority of the upper
house opposes the bill, teh emp.rr dee
termined to resort TO The 5NpeIient OF
forcing its final passage. which has not
been tried in Prusslan politics for gene
GRAFTON. This Will be s'-caHel
pairsschub The emperor aakug Of
Prussia VIII create q sunicient uumber
or new peers to secure One desired ma
Jority
The recent developments at the peace
conference are commented upon here and
the statements Of foreign papers. paric-
l"arly the English that the German rep-
resentatVes at the Hague are opposed to
aroIration' nave ben uoted witn deep
dlspleasure Almost the entire press OF
Germany gives Indignant verso to what
the papers term English intrguea iu or
der 10 prejudice the world agalust Ger
manys pacific intentions
An imoprtamt Foreign Office official
sad Z" the correspondent here OF the As-
eoclated Press;
me incomplete and usually distorted
pafu ana reports or the doines of our
repreaentaiiVe5 at the Hague which have
appeared for week. ia the foreign. not
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