The age-herald., 1900-08-06
GERMANY HAS BEEN
 QUITE TALKATIVE Emperor's Sermon and Speech
 Caused Comment. HIS ADVICE TO LAB0RERS His Indignation Against the Chinese is Still as Strong as Ever-Foreign
 Office Thinks the Minis
 ters Still Alive
HIS ADVICE TO LABORERS

Berlin, August Emperor William this week has been unusually talkative, es- pecially during the authorization of the China troops. Besides delivering a regu- lar sermon to a large body of departing troops aboard ship promising from a pas sage in the second book of Moses about the struggle between the Israelites and the Amalekites that so long as the troops and those remaining at home prayed hard for success against the Chinese victory would be theirs. The Emperor yesterday even- ing addressed a number of Lloyd work men. The Lokal Anzeiger states that the Emperor decorated personally. He said that by remaining at their posts in spite of the strike of their fellow workers the timely authorization of troops had been made possible. Next the Emperor severe ly condemned strikers and those respon- sibe for lockouts in Hamburg and else where for leaving the Fatherland in the lurch in such critical times.
 Besides these talks a number of the En- peror's utterances made privately this week at Bremerhaven have become cur rent, all showing that his indignation against the Chinese is still as strong as ever.
 A Socialist member of the Reistag named Molkenboro, has been sentenced to pay fine of 600 marks and to month in jail for criticising army officers. Herr Tocrave, the Captain of the steamer, has been appointed in his place.
 The Emperors Baalbec exploration ex- petition under the leadership of Professor Puchstein, has arrived at the scene of its labors. The excavations will require three years.
 Willie Astor at Hamburg
 William Waldorf Astor has arrived at Hamburg, where the Prince of Wales is also expected within fortnight.
 Bandmaster Sousa, who despite inclement weather this we1A, played to enormous crowds, today gave q concert, the pro- grammme of which was given up to Berlin ana New York composers, the latter being Mcdowell, H. K Hadley Bartlett, Sousa Kerry Wills, Gustave Kerker and George Rosey.
 General William Ludlow today said that While his work of studying the general staff had been somewhat delayed through the Emperor's absence, he had seen the Min lster or War, the chief of the general staff and other officers, all or whom he found extremely kind and communicative He spoke Tn the highest terms of the German War College, which gives technical military courses to picked officers to train them for general staff work. The General said he thought the United States plan for gen. eral stan will embrace some post graduate study like the War College. "AlI the world, he added, 'goes to school to Ger many in military matters"
 Discussing the China situation, General Ludlow said he doubted the success of the movement upon Pekin with the present forces, owing to the rainy season. The Gen. eral remarked that the troops must follow the railroad, which must be rebuilt and then guarded, to secure communica tion with Tien Tsin.
 General Ludlow said he doubted whether the members of the legations were still alive, since the dispatches purporting to be rom them are of doubtful character and contain nothing that Chlnamen could not nave written. It is incomprehensible to him, General Ludlow said, that ministers can send messages giving such meager in- formation, and the only possible theory is that China has either emasculated the dis patches or invented them outright On the other hand, the German foreign office main- talns the authenticity of Secretary von Buelow's message from Pekin, since a Ger man consul who knows the 5secretary's S handwriting cabled the letter from Von Buelow.
 The foreign office also thinks the minis- ters are still alive.