The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
= oFFIeIAIs..l 3.ssss SILENT.

Emperor for his 6psed visit in Eng
land, latter sayiTigss IS
OFFICIAL SILENT.
The Cologne Vo1ks zsftung claims that
it is the old fight between the pro-Rus-
sian and pre=British parties in. Germany
while the correct thing would be to pre-
serve good relations towards both. The
semi official press during the week has
been rigidly silent ana Is evidently await
ing the Emperor's rexnin and intimat.on.
Every German paperktlia has in any way
referred to Anglo7G6f1n relations, has
secuted the idea of an Anglo-German
alliance.
s Several 4rainisterial utterances have
caused much press comment this week
Count Won Buelow's declaration in the
Diet that increased cereal protective du-
ties to aid German agriculture are GER
tain ard caused 8. { general tonslaught
: upon Count Won, Bdelow hg 1iheraT press
which claims THAT lIe7shas become Agrar-
ian and jeopardizes the chapces of new
commercial treaties. Then there were
Commercial Minister Brefeld's remark
calling the coal dealers a necessary evil
and Minister, of Justice Schoenst edits
statement that the Jewish candidates for
government offices cJa only bee5Consid-
cred exceptionally. Both remarks have
stirred up the whole liberal press, which
points out that the Prussian constitution
The VossfsCI1eE Zejtunaa tt{iay mentions
that the Emperor quite recently told Herr
Balm, director of the Hamburg-Amer-
lean company who is q Jew, that this
made no difference With him and he
wanted to see. Herr BALM ina higher
place still Press utteraneess from Aus
tria Hungary and Russia are reprinted
here this week, showing that Count Won
BueioW's tariff words are interpreted
there unfaVOrablV
THEATER CENSORSHIP.
In the Reicl1stag this week the .subjsct
of theater censorship was thoroughly
ventilated. A@numhsaF6f most amus:ng
plumbers by -censors7dMere mentioned
The liberals are deIndrt3ing,a cancellation
Of the censorship, wf1ach the right and
center oppose r. " % a. as@1s r..
During Il discussion in the diet, Count
Lehrenderf, chief cttfat6ls Of. horse breed
ing in Prussia admitted fthat the quality
Of horses is on the @doWngrade, owing
to low prices and Foreign competfti n
A large sum was dema aided by the gov
eminent for premiums to feaIs. On
Monday in the diet, Was'had the reading
of the canal bill, Whose chances arr
small unless the government satisfies the
Conservatives ard AgpafTans by tariff
compensation. - istGa"!
The Retchztag t.{hq{4ePtin honor Of the
hmperor's birthday fo26qrs on Monday
night ;ez adj III. - :
It has occasioned 'Hf1nfazement in mill
tary circles that Gem *6nl Puttkamer, re-
tired, had published a pamphlet strngly
condemning [ he German drill regula ions
which he claims are antiuuated and NOT
adapted for actual warfare pointing a
number of cases. The military press S
now full of replies, pro and con.
The German press publishes frcm
Mania private letters of the end of De-
cember describing tha situation in the
Philippines as deplorable and that paci-
fication is far off The losses OF Ameri-
cans are said to be much greater than
officially admitted. Americans now
treat the Filipinos, it is said, no better
than the Spanish did. The let ers also
mention alleged cases of cowardice
among the Americans, even the officers.
The Empress Frederick is momentarily
better and is taking long dr. YES She
! receives EneIish news every second day
by special courier.
Mourning services were held today in
the English church at Homburg.
Miss Jane Oakley. cfs San Francisco,
has become eng jagged to Baron Schelsna,
| an officer of the guards
Prof William Ehne;' of Heidelberg, eel
ebratcs today his "eightieth anniversary.
Complaint IS heard ih"Berlin about the
court mourning by which dancing for
the young people i: greatly restra ned.
They have been deaths with subsequent
court meurninr, almost without eAcep
ton for a number Of fiild-win ers past.
United S ates ambassador White and
Mrs. Waite, j. B. Jatksoh and H. Perc:-
val Dcdae secretarte = Of the legation,
attended -the memGffN s-rvce for
Queen Victoria. Il -"
Frank Fl. Mason, consul general for the
United States at Berlin, has just received
a diplomatic. honor FfF5ra the MarseiIles
| Society for the Preventitn' OF Cruelty to
Animals, which he founded w lie nsul
there 1. 4! son -.
A shipment of hos@ftal apparatus has
! LEFT Berlin for tte1IsuffHlo exposition.
Consul General MaseftsdE9 making special
efforts TO advertise ttfesfto1position.
Fx-Paymasters tfsneTalnof tae Navy j.
A. Smith is iii at thd Kaiserhef.