The record-union., 1899-07-16
Despite Emperor williams Word to Help
the Measure Along.
Is Generally Considered Another OF
the Kaiser's Unfortunate Med
dlings With Party Politics-So-
cialist Press Seize Upon His
Telegram to DR.. Hinspeter, Re-
ferring to the Bill, as Excellent
Agitation Material for the So
cial Democracy.

copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press)
BERLIN, July 15.-Emperor Will
Jams telegram to DR.. Hinspeter, the
former tutor of his majesty, furnished
the press with welcome relief from the
midsummer dullneSs. His majesty'S
assertion of his unshaken determine
tion to continue, in spite of all resist
ance, in the way he considers right,
is generally interpreted as referring to
the anti-strike bill, but it is not be-.
lieved the Emperor's word will help
the measure, which all agree is buried
beyond hope of resurrection. The tel
egram has not been well received out
side of the Conservative press. 1t is
generally considered another of his
majesty's unfortunate meddlings with
party politics.
The Socialist press at once seized
upon the telegram as excellent agita-
tion material for the Social Democ-
racy.
The "Voerwaerts" regards it as the
Emperors answer to the Reichstag
vote on the anti-strike bill, adding that
''the Emperor has not been convinced
by the sentiments of the people. and
is following aims to which the people
are passionately opposed, and which
even the Ministry are unwilling to in
dorse."
The "Voerwaets" also interprets the
incident as showing that the struggle
against the bill has only begun, and
says that his majesty's words have
produced waves in the stream of con-
stitutional life which will not soon dis
appear
Now that plan for arbitration has
been adopted at The Hague, and the
articles regulating warfare on land
have been published. the press is de-
voting much attention to the work of
the peace conference. Notwithstand-
ing the tone of skepticism with which
the conference is generally treated, the
opinion is fully expressed that the re-
suits viii be considerable and .perma-
nent. 1t is admitted that the exag
gerated hopes INDUCED in by some
that the conference would do some
thing to make war we'll nigh impossi-
BILE in the future have not been full
filled, but it is pointed out that the
conference is not failure by any
means.
The Cologne Gazette says: cal
though the conference does not offer
guarantee against wars, it has erect
ed a barrier which in many cases may
prove effective"
The Cologne Volks Zeitung" calls at
tention to the continuous increase of
exports from the United States, while
the imports are continually declining,
and confesses that the United States
is growing more and more independent
of foreign countries 1t says: I'm the
iron industry already the United States
is strong enough to beat England and
Germany
The Empress of Germany arrived at
Berchtesgarten Wednesday, where she
will spend some weeks with her chill
dren. She travelled incognito as Coun-
tess Won Ravensberg.> Her majesty
was received at Berchtesgarten by 200
children in alpine costume.
The officials of the Caroline and other
islands have already been selected.
They will sail from Genoa July 25th Ly
the North German Lloyd liner via
Singapore. whence they will go to the
Bismarck archipelago, where they will
raise Melanesians as troops for use in
the Caroline Islands.
The casting of the Bismarck monu-
ment, which is to be unveiled in front
of the Reichstag in 1901. is nearly fin
ished. The figure is 26 feet high. Herr
Begas will receive 100000 marks as the
artist of this monument.
Elberfel and Barmen are to be con-
solidated into city containing S00,CJ0
souls.
Richard Bartholdt, Congressman
from Missouri, will attend the interna-
tional parliamentary peace conference
at Christiania on August 81. Forty
eight members of the Reichstag AMI
Prussian Chamber will, attend.
The exports as reported from four
teen United States Consulates and the
Berlin Consul Generalship to the Unit
ed States for the fiscal year were $4S.-
726, 71S, against $42, ,3O6.334 for the pre-
vious year.