Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-25
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tried to shake hands with him. A friend
of Hartmann's who was present, says that
Hussen met his victim at the entrance of
beer hall and told him to report to his
captain for not saluting him. Hartmann at
tempted to pass on, when Hussen rushed
at him. struck him FIRST with the fiat Of
his sword and then ran him through the
back. This incident grows in significance
when taken into consideration with other
things that have been happening in the
German army. Much anxiety has been
caused by the great increase lately in the
number of suicides among the privates. In
Hanover in the last six weeks four soldiers
have committed suicide, three OF them In
one regiment. Hereditary Prince Bernhard
OF Sake -Meiningen, commander Of the Sixth
Army corps has issued a general order
strongly condemning the existing condi-
tions and ordering that any complaints OF
ill-treatment made by soldier shall be
forwarded Immediately to the commanding
officer, who shall take steps to protect the
transfer him into another company or regi-
ment.
Recent cable dispatches dealing with
Cretan affairs require explanation. There
are two sources of discomfort in the island.
For the past year or so the Mohammedan
population has been gradually concentrat-
ing around Gambia. The outrages COM
mltted upon II by the Christian residents
the other day was apparently the result Of
a sympathetic demonstration aroused by
the receipt Of the news of the massacre OF
Christians In Macedonia by the Turkish
soldiery. There is no doubt that the new
judicial system Of the island inaugurated a
year ago by Prince George, the high COM
missioner, will be adequate to deal with
the affair. An antagonizing influence, how
ever, is found in the presence Of O German
gunboat and a newly-appolnted German
consul general. Germany, 1t will be re-
called refused to join the concert of pow
ere which rearranged the affairs of Crete
after the late Graeco-Turkish war. In
these circumstances the presence OF a Ger
man official with pronounced Mohammedan
sympathies is resented on the part OF the
Christian inhabitants Fhe other question
which is disturbing the entire island is the
conflict between the party of autonomy and
the party which desires union with Greece.
Their antagonism toward each other Is as
bitter as that between Moslems and Chris
tians before the Intervention of the powers
Should the Greek party be triumphant at
the coming assembly elections the position
of Prince George as the steward Of the
powers, 30 to speak, would be seriously
compromised.
writer in the Paris Steele assails Ger
many in trenchant fashion for the support
which she has extended to the sultan. Who,
he asks, has most encouraged the latter,
who has profted most by his recklessness
and extravagance7 Ibid not Prince Bis
| ho
to Constantinople a confidential agent to
induce Abdul Hamid to arm against Russia
and to procure armaments in Germany2 II
the fact is denied, the name Of the dele
gate can be given, as also details of his
negotiations Did not Radovitz in a memo
rable document remind the sultan Of a su-
perannuated treaty of alliance between
| Turkey and Prussia negotiated during the
| reign of Abdul Hamid /, and did he not
insist upon its coming into force again, so
| that Turkey might be drawn within the
| sphere of the Triple Alliance? Did not the
| emperor go to Constantinople and embrace
| the sultan in the middle of the Armenian
massacres7 Has he not just sent his heir to
| do homage at Ytldiz Kiosk7" He then con-
| cludes: at is a we'll known fact that the
| Turk is neither a merchant nor q manufac-
| turer, nor yet financier. Indeed, he is
scarcely any longer tiller of the soil, in
consequence of his military obligations.
Germany, by allowing the Christian popu-
lations to be annihilated, will some day
perceive that she has deliberately tolerated
the destruction of the source of her rev.
enues. Unfortunately 1t will then be too
! late"
The Italians are Jealous about the Sc
curity which their flag ought to afford to
foreign political offenders, and are excited
over the notion that their government has
| been too obsequious to Russia in the mat
ter of the arrest OF the man Gotz on sus-
| piclon of his having been concerned in the
murder of NJ. Sipiaguine. The matter was
brought up in the chamber and hot de-
bate followed. Signor Giolitti minister OF
the interior, said that he had been Informed
that Gotta was a dangerous person, and SO
the latter was arrested with view to his
| expulsion. 1t was true that the Russian
consul was present, but his presence was
| a mere matter of routine, and In the In
terest of the arrested man. 1t was untrue
that he was allowed to examine Gotz's pa
pers, which were transmitted directly Il
the Italian minister for the Interior The
fact that the Italian foreign Office received
at the same time a note from the Russian
|
formal demand for the extradition Of Goti
for his alleged share in the assassination
Of the Russian minister, M. Sipiaguine, waG
a mere coincidence. Whether extraditioI
should be granted was a question to be de-
cided by the judicial authorities. This ex
PLANTATION was received rather coldly, and
II the courts should decide that Gotz mus
be surrendered, there is likely to be trouble
for the ministry,
, Lord Curzon, one of the most oratorica
Of Indian viceroys, talked for more than Al
hour to his council the other day abou
the state of the country. The present bud
, get, he said, contained the first serious at
tempt at a reduction of taxation that ha
! been made for twenty years. India, he de
5 clared, was making progress. The cost G
D the Durbar was e1SO,000, which was onl
one-sixth of a penny per head Of the pop
ulation, while the patriotic effects OF
. were incalculable. Reform was urgentl
3 needed in eight directions-in education
l. irrigation, police, railways, the separatio
0 OF the judicial and administrative services
agricultural research, agricultural bank
: and a commercial bureau. He spoke OF II
| momentous change in India's foreign rels
= tions, which were drawing her into tt
, vortex Of world policies. The annexatio
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