The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
CALLS IT A COMEDY
COMMENT OF BERLIN NEWSPA-
PER UPON THE PEACE con-
FERENCE AT THE HAGUE
INsINCERITY IS ALLEGED


America Given Due Credit for the
Part Played in the Cars Peace
Gathering German American
Trade Relations Still Causing
Much Friction Ina the Former
COuntry-Butchers Out of Business
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. July 29.-The papers this
week having been giving their verdicts on
the outcome of the peace conference at
The Hague, the tone of the comment of
the papers favorable to the conference
has been one of disappointment that so
little has been accomplished, while those
opposing indulge in gleeful fluctuations
that no more was accomplished. The
Tageblatt considers that the form of ar
bitration adopted marks an important
step towards universal peace for the
world. and adds:
Whoever knows the toilsome way in
which progress of international law is
made will be satisfied with this result"
The Post says:
The result shows that those who had
bten IelllleT TOO OpllnlSllC nor 700 p6SSI-
mistic were in the right.
The Liberal Boersen-Zeitung calls the
final protocol a funeral Grafton. The
Kreuz Zeitung, referring to the United
States and England, says:
The nations that boasted loudest of
their humanity made the stoutest resist
ance to really practical humanitarian
propositions"
The KreuZ Zeitung further points out
that, while England and the United
States stood together In opposing the
-Vraposition of bombs filled with nOXious
gases, the United States backed up Eng
lands refusal to abandon the dum-dum
bullet.
The platonic declaration of the confer
ence for the principles of the cars proc
lamation," the Kreuz Zeitung continues,
Introduces absolutely no change in ex-
listing conditions"
The Agrarian Deutsche Tages Zeitung
makes merry of the friends of peace,
whose cherished hopes are far from being
realized.
CALLS IT A COMEDY.
The Socialist Vorawerts gives the con-
ference a parting shot, calling it a COM
edy. THE hardest work of the mem
bers, the journal says, was to refrain
from laughing in each others faces at
The Hague correspondent of the Frank
furter Zeitung says:
The American delegates are quite sat
isfed with the achievements of the con-
ference. They played a very happy role
which they were able to do through their
conciiatory position. It was chiefly due
TO this position % the Americans that
Germany was finally won over to the plan
of a permanent arbitration bureau Mr..
Hollis and others told the correspondent
that after Prof Zorn's speech, In which
Germanys opposition to the permanency
of the arbitration court was emphasized,
that the situation had grown critical, and
It seemed that the conference would dis
solve prematurely and nothing be ac-
cOmplished which would have brought
the Odium of the fiasco upon Germany,
and have the effect of affecting her in
her relations with other powers"
ARONS' CASE.
The press Of Berlin devotes much atten-
ton to the Arons case. Prof. Arons is
professor in the Berlin university, who
lectured upon socialistic topics, and was
a Social Democrat who advocated drastic
measures against society. He was pros
ecuted under the law making it possible
for the government to dismiss socialistic
professors. Under this the philosophic
faculty tried Prof Arons and declared
they saw no reason to proceed against
Prof. Arons. The states attorney took
the matter before the ministry, who, 1t
is almost certain, will dismiss Prof.
Arons.
The papers of all parties discuss the case
at gerat length. The Deutsche Zeitung
says the faculty of Berlin has shown the
same amount of incapacity for consid-
GRAFTON of state matters as was shown
by some professors in treating the Danish
question last year. The kreuz Zeitung
reproaches the faculty with holding the
"a
an equal footing with other parties, and
formulates the attitude of the Conserva-
tives as follows:
1T is impossible to treat party that
declares war upon the state and the eX-
listing social order as having the same
political rights other parties"
The Dresdener Nachrichten re-echoes
this sentiment adding that the idea Of
political equality is against public vel
fare, and hence it is the duty of judges
everywhere TO take into account this fact
fin the administration of justice.
The Liberal papers side with the facul-
ty, holding that their decision was the
only one consistent with the freedom of
university instruction. The Centrist press
defends the faculty on the ground that
Prof. Arons, as professor of physics does
not handle the question of socialism in
his lectures
ENIPEROR'S VISIT.
A Westphalian paper reports that nego-
tiations have beeen proceeding between
Paris and Berlin the past ten days, in
reference to the visit IF the emperor to
CheTbourg or Brest on mis- return from
Norway. Nothing apparently is known of
such plans in Berlin, where preparations
are being made for the arrival of the en-
tire imperial family at Wilhelmshohe next
week
The empress is recovering rapidly from
the effects of her accident Thursday
evening she was able to witness. from
the balcony Of her hotel, fireworks and
celebrations in honor of the birthday of
Prince Oscar. 1t is rumored that the
Prussian war minister, Prof. Won Gossler,
viii resign soon, and that he viii be sue
ceeded by Baron Won Gemmingen, now
commanding a division ut Erfurt.