The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25
Claimed to be Proper Thing IN
German Army.
FAVORED BY EMPEROR
PROMPTLY PARDoNs THOSE
CONVICTED OF oFFENsE.
Bitter Tariff War Threatened Be
tween United States and Germany
Feeling at Berlin Gradually
Going Over to England in Her
Contest With Beers,

Copyright 1900. by the Associated Press)
Berlin, Feb 24.-The reichstag this
week was engrossed with army af-
fairs, Herr Bebel, the socialist leader.
and a few others uncovering a number
Of abuses which had hitherto remained
in the dark. The war minister, Gen
eral Won Gossler. replied lengthily and
succeeded in explaining satisfactorily
most Of the cases. though a few Of the
worst remain. General Won Gossler
even had the courage to defend them,
though not a single party in the reich
stag sided with him.
Won Gossler rather defended the
army duel as an Institution hallowed
by traditions. and with all its short
comings, the best system to extend and
preserve esprit de corps and the high
standing of personal honor in the army.
He showed that the number of duels
was steadily diminishing, and that the
same is the case in the number of sol
diers committing suicide because of
cruel treatment.
A number of centre speakers strongly
pronounced themselves against duel
/ ing. Herr Dasbach putting a large part
of the blame upon the emperor, because
| the latter usually pardoned duellists
who are sentenced to a short term in
/ fortress for killing an adversary often
under peculiarly atrOciOus Circum-
4 stances. to several Of which Herr Das-
/ bach replied
While this debate viii show de-
! crease in these happenings, it will show
the army is in an enViable condition
/ as a whole, the officers being animated
/ by the best spirit. Nobody even limited
! at corruption. and nobody showed evil
/ dence Of favOritism.
Bitter Tariff War.
! The receipt Of news from Washington
/ intimating the cessation Of the COM
mercial negotiations with Germany,
/ has created a sensation here. Mr.. An
drew D. White, the UPited States am
/ bassad said to the respondent Of
/ the Associated Pres
I L interpret the Washington
/ action as due TO Il recent shape
/ of the meat inspec i. If the bill
| is adopted in its p. shape it will
cause a bitter tart "a. n between the
! United States and Go. many, in which,
/ / believe, the latter viii set the worst
I OF it. The United state could cause
/ the greatest trouble by.fopening every
l bottle Of German wine and investigat-
I ing any stocking, etc. OF course, II
would be a mere pretext. but it would
l be no worse than they have done with
4 our meat. which the world recognizes
! as excellent.
! The German government officials al
/ ready express satisfaction with the
! American inspection, and we would not
object to another stringent inspection
/ here. if il is done for sanitary reasons.
and not as a hindrance to trade.
! understand the German government is
! opposed TO the present form of the
bill"
The correspondent understood from a
member Of the embassy that the for
eign Office did not know the actual
status Of the negotiations in Washing
/ ton. and asked the embassy few days
since for information on the subject.
A responsible foreign Office official said
I to the correspondent today;
Favors Conciliatory Spirit.
I have no information regarding q
] hitch in the proceedings in Washing
ton but don't attach importance 10 the
/ latest news. The negotiations viii pro-
coed in a conciliatory spirit as here
/ tOfOre. Germany recognizes that some
I of the United States agricultural prod
ucts are necessary for Germany, like
cotton and others The American gov
eminent, at the commencement of the
negotiations, was in favor Of secrecy
till definite results were reached. That
was the only reason for preserving ST.
lenCe here
The German press is now convinced
| that the British have really defeated
/ General Cvonje and that the latter
Z position is desperate. Sympathies here
| remain on the Boer side Even Herr
/ Eugene Richter. the radical leader, in
an editorial, speaks admiringly OF
/ General CrOnje's gallant resistance
[ against a fOur-fOld force
The Neuste NachriChten and many
other papers scoId the British generals
for the lack of chivalry shown to the
enemy. 1t is plain, however, that the
current Of German feeling is gradually
but steadily changing in favor OF Great
I Britain. The semi-Official press is ex-
| erting itself to that end and even the
/ Kre1Itz Zeitung, the army and court
organ. which until recently was anglo
phObe. now strongly points out that
il is to Germany's interest TO remaia
| friendly with Great Britain.
I The paDer enumerates the reason by
which il is impossible for Germans 70
love the British as a nation, especially
after their inimical neutrality in 1854
1866 and 1870. and the consistent en-
nifty the British have shown Ger
many's colonial policy and the rising
German commerce. The paper Their
says:
Disadvantage to Germany.