The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
REICHSTAG TAKES 4 REST
MUCH PREPARATORY WORK HAS
BEEN DONE BEFORE THE
HOLIDAYS
PRESS HARPING ON KRUGER
Anti-Briti~h Sentiment of the EN-
pire Stronger Than the Impe-
rial Government Had
Counted Upon.

BERLIN, Dec. 15.-The reichstag, after
months of hard work, has adjourned for
the holidays. Besides contributing large
~ TO clearing the political atmosphere,
II did much preparatory work
important interpretations on the coal
famine, increasing the pensions of vet
Grams and relative to the PesadoWSky-
Bueck incident eliciting valuable govern
ment information regarding government
DIS, like the supplemental appI opria-
ton for China; the bulge, private in
surance and the reOrganizing and reor-
sanitation Of mariners provisions, have
All gone to committees, with the assur-
ance of their final passage.
The clear showing of the secretary of
the imperial treasury, DR.. Won Thicl-
mann, of the highly satisfactory condi-
ton Of the empires finances, occas 'onaG
stormy debates, and an enormous
amount of press comment, which is not
Vet over. The influential Center party
through its leader, Herr Mueller-Fulda.
pronounced against continuance OF
the habit of mourning loans"
1t was interesting to note that Count
Won Pesadowsky-Weh minister of the
interior, who, under Prince Hohen.ohe.
maSnitied the danger of American COM
petition 10 Germany, especially in the in
creaslng American manufacturers and
imports. under Count Won Buelow, has
minimized this danger. although the lat
ter have since doubled Referring to
American coal. he said that at the most
within few Years, America would be
able to supply part of the deficiency dur
ing famines
One unpleasant feature was shown i'll
the reichStag stronger than ever After
the opening day the attendance in kSe
house dwindled frequently to not over
score, even when there We're important
transactions.
THE KRUGER INCIDENT
Count Won Buelow is still bitterly at
tackled by majority of the pres an ac-
count Of the non-reception OF Mr. Kruger
here. Evidently the ant.-British senti-
ment is much stronger In the nation
than the emperor and Count Won Bueow
suspected.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA
Comment has been aroused by the fact
that Russia s commercial! representative
IN Germany, Timirkaseff in a series of
interviews, has warned Germany not to
try to increase the Diet es upon Russian
agricultural products in the coming COM
merclal treaties, as Russia will not sub
nit to it. The German Economic Cor
respondence replied that Russia would
better not take so high a tone, since
statistics prove that for a decade the
imports from Russia have amounted to
b,55OOOO,0V0 marks against 2%500-O000 ex-
ported to Russia. Hence Russia s most
interested In reaching a satisfactory I'M
outstanding with Germany.
THE STERNBERG CASE.
The presiding judge in the Sternberg
case announced in open court TODAY thct
Herr Popp, SteRI2erg's bureau chief and
MISS Souchard, Important Witnesses had
lied to parts unknown. The testimony in
the case was concluded tonight and the
tria! Will end during the coming week
referring to the awful state eff fouln. ~
which the Sternberg case has shown to
exist the papers comment on the EN-,
pires official statistics for 1S@9-19OO. show.
ing an increase OF IS per cent, since 1897
SO, in immoral crimes against children
There we're 1868 sentences for such Of
fenSes atone.
MEDAL FOR A QUEEN.
The Reichsanzeiger announces that
Emperor William has awarded the queen
of Portugal a life saving medal for re.
Gently saving the life of a German
marine
Selma schnapka, the woman who at,
tempted to kill Emperor William, Nov.
is, by throwing g Ratchet at him, has
been definitely installed in an asylum for
the insane at Breslau.
After most stormy passage, during
which several lives were lost the
squadron Of German warships command
ed by Prince Henry Of Prussia has ar
rived al KEEL from Norway.
The crown prince of Germany, William,
is developing into an excellent shot. Yes
terday he shot eight boars
c. Joachim, the youngest of the inn
perial princes, will be ten years old next
Monday when he will tremendously
enter the First regiment of foot guards
at Potsdam, according to Hohenzollerin
tradition.
Count Won GOet2en has been ordered to
receive 4 brief training at the foreign of.
flee until he leaves. in March, to assume
the gOvernorship of -Es-Sa1aam. Be,
fore leaving Emperor William. with
whom the count studied at school and at
Bonn university. will promote him to the
rank of major to overcome rank trOub es