The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
OFFIGTNI 5 1 ISIS

OFFIGIAI llsEslsssS SILENT.
The Cologne vo1ks zsssung< claims that
it is the old fight between the pro- Rus.
sian and pro=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 arI Is evidently await
ing the Emperor'sz reAnrn and intima tion
Every German paperztllat has in any way
referred to Anglo7Gef1nan relations, has
secuted the idea. OF IAN Anglo-German
alliance.
Several 4Ininisterial 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 and caused al general Eonslaught
Z upon Coufnt Won, Bdelow By ,liheraE press,
: which claims that lle7shas become a gfar-
ian :aEd jeopardtzes the cbapces of new
commercial treaties. Then there were
Commercial Minister Brefeld's remark
calling the coal dealers necessary evil
and Minister of Justice Schoenstedts
statement that the Jewish candidates for,
government o41iees cJaftlA Sniy Ybeg5 consid-
cred exceptionally. Both remarks have
stirred up the whole liberal press, which
points out that the Pnussian constitution
guarantees equality in these respects
The Vossfsri1eF ZejtlagS t64ay mentions
tiiehI IiIO Qu1te TCCSHIly JOlQ f1Srl-
Balm, a director of the Hamburg-Amer-
ican company who is q Jew, that this
made no difference With him and he
wanted to see; Herr eBalIn -inna shigher
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 unfavorably.
TffEATItR CENSORSHIP.
In the Reiehstag this week the subject
of theater censorship was thoroughly
ventilated. A snumhshE@f most anus: ny
plumbers by censors7dMere mentioned
. The liberals are deIntshl3ingea cancellation
of the censorship, which the right and
center oppose - Nv % g. asnGs -
During a discussion in the diet, Count
Lehrenderf chief ctffaf6ts~o Of. horse breed
ing in Prussia admitted fthat the quality
of horses is on the sdoWngrade. owing
TO low prices and foreign competfti n
A large sum was defna aided by the gov
ernment for premiums to feals. :. On.
Monday in the diet, WasTrhad the reading
of the canal bill, Whose chances arr
small unless the government satisfies the
Conservatives and Atsstiaf5ans by tariff
The Reichztag tiihqtaeetin honor of the
Emperor's birthday Oscars on Monday
night. se7 aai ri. - :
It has oceasioned FHiififazement in mill
tary circles that Gem *6nS Puttkamer, re-
tired, had published a ipEamphlet strngly
condemning he German drill regula ions
which he claims are artiquated and not
adapted for actual warfare, pointing
number of cases. The military press IS
now full of replies, pro and con-
The German press publishes from
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 DIR yes She
receives Enelish news every second day
by special courier.
Mourning services We're held today in.
the English church DIT Homburg
Miss Jane Oakley ef4 San Francisco,
has become engaged to Baron Schel'na,
an officer of the guards.
Prof William Ehne.' of Heidelberg, eel
ebratcs today his @eightietiT anniversary.
Complaint is heard 4hsBerlin about the
court mourning, by which dancing for
the young people i: greatly restra ned.
They have been deaths with subsequent
court meurniar. almost without eAcep
ton FOR a number Of lfiid-win ers past.
United S ates AnkaSsador White and
Mrs. White, J. B. Jatksoh and FL. Perez
val Dcdee, secretarte :. Of the legation,
| attended -the memSffaa ssrv:ce for
queen Victoria. II asd
Frank H. Mason, consul general for the
United States at Berlin, has Just received
a diplomatic honor Ehser6 the Marseisles
Society for tho, Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals, which he fbu1de1 w. lie nsul
there '' al n9t1 -
a shipment of hosSftal apparatus has
left FerIin for thelIsuffa1o exposition.
Consul General MasefPfke making speeial
efforts to advertise he disposition.
-Paynaas ter G erfeTaInof tfe Navy j.
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