The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-06
1--WE GERMAN TOPICS
rrR1IC CONSCIENCE Is AT LAST
AWAKENED.
ILLEGAL ACTS IN CHINA
suo,EN ASTRONOMICAL INsTRU-
MENrs TO BE RETURNED.

-,.rer. Have Suddenly Walked
lin to the Disrepute Which At
taches to the Act--A Case of Naval
characterization Causes Much
TaIk-The Emperor's Refusal to
permit the Crossing of the Inter
dan Linden by a street Railroad
and Hungary's Protest Against the
Pronosed German Tariff Also
Cause Talk.
Rerlin. Oct 5.-The most lively topics
If the week here have been the ques-
tion of the return of the Chinese astro-
nonical instruments taken from Pc
hin the proposed crossing of the Inter
dan Linden by an electric railroad, the
reported protest of the Hungarian pre-
,nier. Kolomar deSzell, against the pro-
ncsed German tariff. and the cruiser
Gazelle incident.
The whole press practically agrees
that the astronomical instruments were
Illegally carried off. Even the Kreuz
Zeitung criticises the action of the Ger
mans as follows
1.-The instruments were manifestly
taken unlawfully. The perpetrators un-
dcubtedly acted in good faith, but that
does not settle the affair. The least that
can be done is to deduct the value of
the Instruments from the Chinese in
demnity."
The statement made some three
weeks ago that the instruments were
purchased and not looted has not been
officially refuted. The Ncuste Mach
richten says it is not sufficient to place
the instruments at the disposal of the
Chinese, and proposed to offer to trans
port them back to China and replace
them at Germany's expense, on the
spots from which they were taken. if
China is unwilling to do so, and de-
duct the amount from the indemnity.
The Vorwaerts triumphantly ex-
claims that China intends to leave the
illegally acquired goods in Germany,
as continual remembrance of how Ger
many respects international law, and
says that the honor of Germany de-
mands that the instruments be taken
back to China. ,....
The Berliner Zeitung refers to the
unpleasantness of seeing the instru-
ments placed near the historic wind
MILL which reminds people of the best
traditions of Prussian justice.
Cases of characterization, which have
occurred on board the German cruiser
Gazelle recently, have been much ven
tilated in the press. The secretivenss
of the officials on the subject is con-
demned, and the natural result is that
tNnxe has been considerable exaggera-
tiCn. The Hallesches Volksblatt $50
cial DemocraD, claim there was a
mutiny on board the vessel, which is
commanded by Capt. Neitzke, a severe
disciplinarian. The sailors, who had
served in China paIlod IN
perform the strictest service, and they
complained that their food was not
satisfactory. The captain one day
found a letter in his cabin requesting
that a change be made, and notifying
him that otherwise he would be thrown
overheard. an inscription on the door
read: at,s
"Neltzke- take care. Remember the
Krosigk case"
The hrosigk case referred to Is that
Of Capt. Won Krosigk of the German
cavalry. who was mysteriously shot
and killed in a riding school in JAN
uary, last, as result of which two
on-commlssioned officers were tried
on the charge of murder. They were
acquitted, but were subsequently tried
again, and one of them, Marten, was
sentenced to death.
The moderate newspapers ask
Tor the publication of all
the details the connected with the al
legged mutiny.
The North German Gazette says:
The Gazelle affair has been inves-
ugated showing that parts of one of
the guns are missing; that threat
enlng letter was posted and that these
acts were probably committed by
somebody familiar with quick firing
guns. One sailor is under exanlina-
ton"