The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-14
ALSO DEMANDS GUARANTEES
AGAINST FURTHER WRONGFUL
SEIZURE OF MERCHANT VESSELS,
Asks for a Clear Definition of econ
treband Of War"-Happenings
I'm France Last Week.
(copyrIght. 1sOO. by the Associated Pressl

the Associated HreSS learns from an OF
fetal source that Germany has addressed
a second protest to Great Britain, urgent
ly requesting the release Of the German
steamer Bundesrath and expressing aston
ishment at the undue delay. The protest
also demands guarantees from Great Brit
ain against recurrence Of such evident
wrongful and excessive applications of a
combatants rights against neutrals." 1t
also requires Great Britain to define the
meaning of contraband in manner
ceptable to the nations not concerned in
the war.
An Interpolation about the seizures will
be introduced the coming Friday in the
Reichstag and Count Won Buelow, the
minister of foreign affairs, will answer i'm
mediately an Interpolation introduced by
Herr Moelherr, National Liberal, all the
parties signing it. The seizures have had
the effect of intensifying and generalizing
anti British sentiment in Germany. 1t
would be difficult to-day to find German
here or anywhere who dares profess An
glophilism. All the anti-German utterances
in the British press are circulated here.
One which causes great enlightenment is
Punch poem starting: Little Germany
talks" which is reprinted everywhere. Re-
ferring to this the semi-official Post says
to-day: at must be said that this is an
unusually impudent piece of impotence by
the same English who did not know how
enough to fatter our Emperor when the
question was to prevent his abandoning
the idea of his visit to England"
Rumors are current that Germany has
begun negotiations with Portugal for the
purchase of Macao as coaling station.
At the Foreign Office the correspondent Of
the Associated Press obtained neither a
confederation nor denial.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press interviewed the United States am
bassador, Mr.. Andrew D. White. to-day.
about the present status of relations be-
tween Germany and the United States.
Mr. White said:
1.-The Samoan question between the
United States and Germany the insurance
question and sundry minor matters have
been happily settled. The main questions
which remain are the commercial treaty
and the proper inspection of American
meats The former will be mainly con-
sidered at Washington. The latter must
depend on the action of the ReichStag.
Though the Agrarian party shows bitter
hostility to the alienation of the present
arTdnSGmeDl, So OppltSSlNC W <hiiSi ASdh
interests it is hoped that the proposal
made in President McKinley's message
for the appointment of special commits
sion may be accepted. There is no doubt
that the government. apart from the Agra
rianS, would be heartily glad TO see some
such fair settlement. This was foreshad-
owed when the Emperor expressed at con-
siderable length to me on New Years day
not only his own personal satisfac-
tion but that of the German people at the
part of the message referring to Ger
many. 1t is also an open secret that Prince
Hohenloe and Count Won Buelow were
specially anxious to see some such solu-
ton of this most troublesome OF all the
questions now pending between the two
governments.
Politically the week was interesting in
several respects. The Reichstag was dull,
but the coming week foreign affairs will
be thoroughly discussed. Count Won Bue-
low. the minister of foreign affairs. the
Associated Press correspondent is informed
will review recent events and furnish
some inside information. In the Diet, the
governments complete moral defeat dur
| ing the debate on the dismissal of political
officials for voting against the canal bill
is considered to be of great Importance
In internal politics as it shows the Con-
servatives still intended to bitterly OPP
pose the Emperor, especially on the new
canal bill, which does not please the Agra
rians, in spite of the fact that IL con-
tains enormous improvement projects for
the eastern provinces of Prussia
Count Won Buelow's speech at the launch
ing of the Hamburg-American line steamer
Deutschland. especially the terms Of friend
| ship he devoted to the United States, is
much commented on by the German press,
| and. with few exceptions, approvingly. 1t
is understood that Mr.. White to-day ex-
pressed to the Foreign Office the apprecia-
| lion the authorities at Washington felt at
A Ef1A do
Wednesday.
The German Training Ship Society was
| formally organized to-day under the pres
burg, in the presence of representatives Of
| the shipping and commerce societies. 1t
| will start with the equipping of one such
| ship.
The official report of the Frankfort con-
| sulate general of the United States for the
last quarter shows that the exports to the
| United States were $40, 5S3, 946 an increase of
g. 397 $50 For 1899 the figures are $3S, ZOO ITO,
| being an increase against 1898 of ,325.
1 The chief gamers were Neuremburg 81 572, =
IA; Kehl, $1,265,5S5, and Frankfort s1,2lO, 4S6.
| Prussia has now begun appointing fe-
male factory inspectors The budget con-
tains appropriations for their salaries. 2.4Oo
| marks each.
| A test occurred to-day in Vilbel near
| Frankfort, of a newly invented smokeless
| and noiseless powder. Among those pres
| ent were the French naval attache at Ber-
| lin, the American consul general Mr.
| Guenther, representatives of the Prussan
| War Department and Prussian army, and
| representatives of the powder works at
| Cologne and Breslau. The inventor claimed
/ his powder possessed ten times the ex-
| plosive and propelling force of ordinary
| smokeless powder. at a cost of ten cents
i per kilo and that IL left no residuum The
| test however, turned out rather unsatis-
| factory.
The social event tonight was ball in
| costume, given by the German Colonial
| Society, comprising everything stylish in
/ Berlin. 1t took place at Krolrs Theater
Amateurs. among them Princess Won
| Lynar, Princess Won Ploss and Baroness
/ Won Mirbach. performed the colonial COM
| edy, "Ninga's Wedding. The Empress and
| nearly the whole court attended.
BUDGET FROM PARIS.