The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15
KAISER PRAISES
AMERICAN NAVY
Comments Regarding
It's Efficiency.
LIKES UNCLE SANS SEAMEN
GENERAL HARRISON TALKS TO
THE EMPEROR.
Ex-President of the United States
Warmly Received by the Mem
bers of the Royal Family
at Berlin.
GENERAL HARRISON TALKS TC
THE EMPEROR.
Copyrighted, 1899. by the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Oct 14-The papers hav.
many articles regarding the Samoan oUes
Ton, reiterating the statement as to ?
partition A leading Foreign Office official
referring to the matter, said:
All these statements are mere guess.
work and without foundation in fact. The
powers are negotiating with a view OF
eliminating the difficulty and there is lit.
Tie likelihood of any further trouble be
tween them' as settlement satisfactory
10 al concerned probably will be reached
SO far as the damage question goes. ar
agreement has already been reached be-
tween Germany and Great Britain and thc
tinted states Is not opposed on principle
70 the same idea of settlement"
On the same authority the Associated
Press learns that a strong wish is felt al
st. Petersburg that the principal repre-
HentatiVes of the powers participating in
Inc peace conference at The Hague which
are willing to sign the agreements
reached there should proceed to the cap
stal of The Netherlands and afiiX their
FORMAL signatures in that city. Italy and
Austria have already done so, and Ger
many will soon join them after the re-
moVal of certain formal obstacles. United
States ambassador White says he is still
awaiting instructions from Washington
regarding the matter.
The visit of General and Mrs. Harrison
has created an excellent impression, the
newspapers commenting pleasantly and in
q tone of hearty hospitality. The Lokal
Anzeiger says:
General Harrison will take home IA
vorable impression of Germany and EN-
peror William. Let us hope that he will
utilize his visit Tor the purpose of i'm
proving the relations between the two
countries. With his influence and the es-
TEEN IN which he is held it ought not to
be difficult for him to destroy many err
Joneous opinions held by his cOuntrymen
regarding Germany"
10 a fellow guest at the court fere on
Monday IN honor of Queen Wilhelmina
OF the Netherlands General Harrison
Emperor William is most agreeable in
conversation and surprisingly well in
formed regarding men and things in the
Cnited States He spoke at length and
with the greatest interest Of the United
states navy and expressed his admiration
uI the patriotism and far-SightedneSS OF
American public men and of the action
OF Congress in so quickly and at such a
sacrlfce creating so powerful and eff
Client navy. The Emperor said that af-
ter thorough study of the naval oper-
auons during the war between the
Cnited States and Spain he had formed
the highest opinion of the businesslike
efficiency of the officers and men of the
American navy, remarking that it was q
splendid feature Of American character
TO fairly worship the nations hero His
Majesty spoke in English and put MANY
onhand questions as to men and mat
ters.'
The Empress also showed the greatest
attention to Mrs. Harrison, with whom
she conversed in English. Queen VIII
helmina spoke repeatedly during the fete
to General and Mrs Harrison.
The visit of the Dutch monarch has
puzzled the entire press. The fact that
the German Minister of Foreign Affairs
Count Won BulOW, hurried back from his
vacation and had several long private
conversations with her, subsequently re-
ceiving one of the highest Dutch decora-
tiOns, has given rise to the Supposition
that her visit had something to do with
politics.
The socialist convention in Hanover
has resolved to move in the Reichstag
next month for the abolition of the leSe
majestic paragraph of the penal code.
The Socialist members of the ReichStag
have collected striking material in sup
port Of the motion.
The Prussian Government has author
ized a lottery which it is expected will
produce 100000 marks, to be applied in
embellishing the Siebengebirge of the
mountains skirting the Rhine from Bonn
10 Coblenz. Three hundred thousand tick
cts will be offered, of which 1900 will
draw prizes, the highest being 125,00(
marks.
The Berlin police have just been hauled
over the Goals for failing to discover the
perpetrators of a number of sensational
murders. seven of which have been com
mitted during the present year. The
charge against the force is of too much