Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-13
\ ALI EYES ON THE BILL.
Ecr1nan Diet May Pass the Canal Measure
ssssSS This Week.
(By Telegraph

1889. the Associated lrcS@-'
#sBERl.IN, Aug. 12.-The Diet viii re
$3.50 asssHs.se,rible on August 16. Prince Non
&1SSfenloe, the imperial chancellor. ana
$1ector Won Miguel vice president OF
s Efsss council and minister of finance
@EaH return in time to attend the Sos
mons which will decide the fate OF incl
bill and will throw the combined
Freight Of their influence in favor o. the
#Ssisasure. The government now hopes
ssaafe bill will-Dass by 4 sufficient MAJOR
81 fty.: especially since Emperor William
Hook the occasion OF the the opening oi
khe sDortmund- Ems canal to emphasize
&Ayain the great need Of such Il ne" Eet
$syork of communication.
WILL ALL BE THERE.
SggssvTyhe whole cabinet has been invited to
sssttcnd the opening sitting and the chief
B members have interrupted their va;;-
SsiDns and hurried hundreds OF mites IN
z$ssSsr1er to be present. GermdnyS r2'a-
sssRibns with Austria Hungary are The
RTheme, Of much newspaper comment
egsKf.is week The fact that Prince Won
ss dohenloe, contrary to custom. since lie
sDecame chancellor, has not met Count
#RSillchU,ysky the AuStrO- Hungarian
SssAor eign minister this year to talk over
The foreign policy of the two empires
sSsszfId the further fact that the Emperor
sEraIIcis Joseph in passing through Aus
E#eaS did not find time to get Of the rail
E|SSToad train to Welcome the German
H.,
sssast1rriedly greeting the chancellor FROM
sahe car and chatted with him only seven
saninutes, are regarded in political cir
sGles here as proof that the relations
Germany and Austria Eiun-
gary, despite the continuing of the NOM
s#inal alliance have ceased to be really
ssamtinate.
S ssSSs* POPULAR FEELING BITTER.
Sss Newspaper comment and popular
feeling throughout Germany have been
SSEs5sfDr some time most bitter because Of
ssHiia growing Slavic aSccndancy in Aus
Esasari Hungary. 1t is asserted that EN-
Sneror William shares this view, since
sEhe persecution Of the German element
ssssl1as become Il part of The settled sys-
#fein.
Samoa is still occupying u good deal
'sss0f attention. ana the press is fun of
sSepmment, the bulk Of the criticism
s#sssfUWevcr, being directed against Eng
AgsfsF'rOm selni-Oilici;l reports it appears
SsaEl1at the German claims for property
III Samoa during the troubles
asssssarc not so large rs hitherto believed
ggEEaElamely 100000 marks.
The recent utter;inccs Of Baron Won
E6teingel Of the Munich University, who
saVas second III rank i'll Gcrnanys d.l"-
Mgation at the peace conference. regard
gang the Hague gathering. arr. almost
diSAlyprovcd III Germany.
The National Zetung says Baron Won
#Etengel S private views arc his own ana
88nlust not be confouitlcd with the
Essiews of tho government
H. H. PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION.
ssssssSsyTlle sending Of Delegates IN! models
sao the Philadelphia exhibition has been
Ssssi iscussed warmly i'll the press thia
gssFeek. a number of chambers OF COM
sagEerce OF the lthenish provinces. brand
ssenburg and Saxony, decline to pa:ti Il
saa,ate, as have also number of prrmi
sSMent merchants. The argument nasty
Els that participation means the foster
Eesing of American competition
sssssssS5The elevation OF Count Won Munster
EEsssLedsnburS. the German amip;. SS;,uor 10
to the rank ana title OF Prince
nav on Der Neburg. is attributed gencr-
ssslaIiy to his patient ana Successful en-
ssdeayors to render the relations between
ss#sier1nany and France gradually more
n NJ p pheasant Most OF the papers approve
ssssaaIle action.