The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
Emperor Williams Reference to
the Iron Chancellor .ArOuses
Adverse Comment.
CHINESE MISSION A FAILURE.
German Press Asserts That the
Emperor's Troops Had Bet
ter Been Kept at Home
Berlin Gossip.

- SSOSA A6D 1nESS.
Berlin. June 22-This has been a week e
speeches and regattas. favored during the
last half by fine. sunny weather. 1t began
with the unwilling Of the Bismarck Memo
rial In front Of the Reichstag building. SUM-
cay. which drew to Berlin scores OF thous-
ands Of people. from every part Of Germany
and several thousands of foreigners. :nclud-
Ing many American tourists. Count Won
Bue!ow's grafton on that occasion greatly
surprised the Emperor. because the whole
tone. differed from his Majesty's conception
Of Bismarck's achievements. in which the
Emperor only sees q servants doings at mis-
Majesty's direction. This. his Majesty again
emphasized at the time by the Inscription
on the wreath deposited at the foot OF the
statue In his behalf. It read:
To the Great Emperor's great servant"
When silence Was Golden.
Whereas at the unwilling of the Bis
marck statue the Emperor did not open MS
lips. his Majesty made two noteworthy I'd
dresses at Cuxhaven and at Kiel. the for
mer being the more important. The En-
peror used Count Won Buelow's happy
metaphor. saying Germany had Won for
herself a place in the sunshine" and dweit
10 emphatically on the German commercial
and national expansion.
The Liberal press has considered there
from that II Il possible to grant Agrarian
dem: ;ds. which mean that the renewal Of
the commercial treaties will be rendered
most difficult.
| The Agrarian press has denied this. cau-
tiously. and the Conservative press has
kept silent. The whole press was agree
ably affected by the Emperor's statement
that peace IS now secured for a number
Of years to come.
China Expedition . Failure.
The Cologne volks Zeitung to-day criti-
cally reviews his Majesty's Cuxhaven speech
and says:
THE Emperor has. by his words. corrobo-
rated what Is claimed by the Center. name
~. that the China expedition has been a
total failure. for. II the Chinese War Il
really ended, what has Germany achieved
actual outlay. and certainly not the enlarge
ment Of her Chinese possessions. nor has II
brought about harmony among " In
China 1t Is notorious that there have been
almost constant wransling and jeaiousies
among them. It would have been better II
Germany had. alone. punished China for
Baron Won Ketteier's murder. No Power
could nave objected, and the punishment
would then have been adequate to the
enormity Of the crime"
The Regatta Week.
The so-called Kiel week. which began
Thursday. has thus far been interesting.
although the wind has been unsatisfactory.
Yesterday. at the great yacht race, all OF
the seventy-four yachts contesting were be-
claimed when but a few hundred yards from
the goal, after three hours splendid gall
ing. The Emperor. who had personally
steered the Empress's yacht. the Iduna.
came In fourth. losing a prize. His Majesty
entered a protest against the winner. The
Comet. but the judges decided against him.
The fact il that the best boats have been
unable to show their good points because
Of the unfavorable wind conditions.
Another French steam yacht. the Freya.
has entered the race. Among the foreign
ships which have arrived In Kiel narbor
for the occasion IL the Russian arm pred
cruiser Svietlana. commanded by the Grand
Duke Alexis. to whom the Emperor showed
special attentions.
Gernany's Neutrality Project.
The German press has not commentsl On
the Washington Red Books statements re-
garding the s~panish-American war and Ger
many's nondeclaration Of neutrality. but
the correspondent OF the Associated Press
has been Informed In Official circles that
|Germany's action In not issuing a declaration
Of neutrality was simply in accordance with
German policy. established since Bis
marck's time. and does, not have any I'M
friendly meaning. either towards the United
States or Spain. as the subsequent attitude
OF germany CIcSriy ucuIUfiStI3tSU.
Germany has now secured twentv-two
steamers for the transport home OF her
troops in China. winding up August 81. for
Shanghai. with the Princess Irene.
Cabinet Possibilities.
1t 10 significant that the entire German
press Is discussing the chances OF Doctor
Won Siemens. director Of the Deutsche
Bank, and Herr Bellin. director Of the
Hamburr-American line. both Of them out
spoken Liberals. entering the Cabinet at the
Emperor's wish. The vossische Zeitung,
Independent Liberal. says neither Of them
can afford. II as Il would mean degradation
from their exalted position Of royal mer-
chants" to comparative ofncial insignia
canoe. The paper cites Herr sIoeller, the
Minister Of Commerce. who. though . Lib
eral. has not the courage to displace his
present Conservative assistants. which will
paralyse their chiefs intentions.
After yesterdays large pro-Bismarck
demonstration at FREDERICKSBURG. those
who took part in ii wired to Henry La
oouchere: God bless all honest English
meo who champion the justice and truth Of
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