The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-25

sanitary reasons. and not as a hindrance
to trade. I understand the German gov
eminent is opposed to the present form
of the bill.
The correspondent understood from a
member Of the embassy that the foreign
office did not understand the actual status
of the negotiations IN Washington, and
asked the embassy few days ago for In
formation on the subject. A responsible
foreign Office official said to the CORE
spondent today:
''I have no information of a hitch in
the proceedings in Washington, but do
not attach Importance to the latest news.
The negotiations will proceed in con-
ciliatory spirit, as heretofore. Germany
recognizes that some of the United States
agricultural products are necessary for
Germany, like cotton, and others. The
American government, at the commence
ment of the negotiations. was in favor of
secrecy till definite results We're reached.
That was the only reason for preserving
silence here"
ARMY AFFAIRS.
The reichstag this week was engrossed
cialist leaders and few others exposing
number of abuses which had hitherto
remained in the dark. The war minister,
Gen. Won Goesler, replied at length, and
succeeded in explaining satisfactorily
most of the abuses, though remaining ST.
lent on others. Gen. Won Goesler had the
courage to defend them. though not
single party sided with him. Won Goesler
defended the army duel as tradition hal
lowed by custom, and, with all It's short
comings, the army should be encouraged
to preserve its esprit de corps and the
highest standing Of personal honor in the
army. He showed the number Of duels
was steadily diminishing, and that the
same is the case in the number of soldiers
committing suicide because of cruel treat
ment.
A number of the Center speakers
strongly expressed themselves against
duelling, Herr Desbach putting large
part Of the blame upon the emperor, be-
cause the latter pardons duellists wf6
are sentenced to a short term in for
tress for killing an adversary. often I'M
der peculiarly atrocious circumstances,
to several Of which Herr Desbach re-
ferred.
Though it is expected this debate will
succeed in showing reduction in the
percentages of such abuses, the general
impression nevertheless was that the
army, as a whole, is in an enviable con-
ditiop, the officers being animated by the
best spirit Nobody even limited at cor
ruption, and nobody showed evidence of
faVoritiSm.
The German press are now convinced
that the British have really defeated
Gen. Cronje, and that the latter's posi-
ton is indeed desperate. Sympathy here
remains on the Boer side. Even Herr
Eugene Richter, the Radical leader, in an
editorial, speaks admiringly of Gen. Cron-
je's gallant resistance against a four
fold force.
PRO-BRITISH SENTIMENT.
The Neueste Nachrichten and many
other papers scold the British generals
for lack Of chivalry shown to the enemy.
1t is quite plain, however. that the cur
rent of German feeling is gradually but
steadily changing in favor of Great Brit
ain The semi-efficiai press is eXerting
itself to that end, and even the Kreuz
Zeitung, the army and court organ,
which until recently was Anglophobe,
now strongly points out that 1t Is to Ger
manys interest to remain friendly with
Great Britain. The paper enumerates the
reasons why it is impossible for Germans
to love the British as nation, especially
after their inimical neutrality in 1864, 1866
and 1870, and the consistent enmity" the
British have shown Germany's colonial
policy and the rising German commerce
The paper then says:
Notwithstanding this, England $ down