The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-16

Emperor iiliam Stsll Mod
BERLIN JAN. i5-lnc Emperor wn-
liam all takes tho deepest interest IN tho
Bundcsrath incident and hold freQucnt
conferences ON the subject with the for-
eign secretary, Count Von Buelow The
matter was uudpr conederation today
and the correspondent OF the Associatcd
Press was informed after thc conference
that the emperor is stan furious rbout
the seizure. which me- regards as practi-
cally ungrocefull ana uncalicd for on the
part OF Great Britain inasmuch ae he
was led to believe hurting his recent visfl
that England would hereafter DO everv-
thing in her power o. preserve az .8Slo
relations In Wow Of all this. his maj-
esiy regards the seizures Of German ves-
ssels as apparent bad faith on the part
of Lord Salisbury"
The German aml,a ssador IN London
Coun Won Hotzvcldt has Informed tho
I German government that the seizures
were made upon The order of tho Bril-
ish admiralty and not Of ,ho forcign Of
fee The kaiscr however, considers this
"a mere suhterfugc 10 ls believed ln court
court circles that while the vst OF Rear
Admiral Van Iondon Bicbran chief of
tho imperial marine cabiuct win retain
a strictly private character. DE viii dfop
word OF The above tenor On the proper
quarters.
The seml-onicial demenu az the pollti-
cal mission attributes 20 Frciherr Won
| Ienden-Bicbran's visit which the foreign
office reiterated today. is dlscreditcd in 70
section of the press inclFfing tl,e Dout-
schc Tareszeiiung. and the staots Buor-
ger Zeiung the larter rcmarSirg that
"tho times arc too critical "a think OF
roc9tt8s"
At The fore ,gn office today % was as
scs od iu rcuy to inquiry that the report-
90 discovery of "a quantity Of rifles IN tho
rareo Of the Rundesruth, was unimpor-
tant since it was already known through
the mauifesr. that there were several
cascs Of hunting rifles aboard
/ The press still continues 10 assert that
Germany ie trying TO acquire Macao. but
/ the fore pn offices cnarao,erizes the
statement as utterly Ridiculous and the
/ inveution of certain colonial enthusiasts.
/ The postonlce department in view OF tho
! British cable regulations published a
circular advising the public to write for
/ African cables IN the English language,
avoiding ciphers The S9otdln. authorities
notify vessels that they should display
their Gags when passing warships This
order is interpreted In connection with
the recent seizures.
The shipping steamers in the east Asia
trade have presented application yo the
government IN favor Of the establishment
Of consulate AT Saigon. capitol OF tho
French Cochin China, which Is rendered
necessary. the petitioners declare, In con-
sequence OF the vigorous MEASURES OF tho
French authorities IN Cochin China for
the prevention OF smugp lng. The imepr-
ial health officer has adopted plague pre-
cautions hut the fact has not yet been
made public here. Fritz Plank Of he IA
nous Bayreuth WaEncrian sirgera. who
recently fell thirty e. in The royal theat-
ricaI Clrlsrup died today. as the result OF
hls injuries
Emepror william has commissioned
William Pope 10 paint picture ~ ninem-
orative Of the recon New Years rNu~s
reception. Ambassador White will figure
IN the painting.