Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-09
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Meiningen) pointed out that the re-
marks made last week by Gen. Won
E,inem. minister of war, when he de-
MED that the prince had resigned or
been dismissed from the army were
worded in such a way as TO misieao
public opinion.
Can you disprove," Herr Mueiier
asked Gen. Won Efnem, the statement
which was circulated in the press that
the prince received letter IN the
handwriting of Emperor William de-
handing that he revoke his order on
the subject of the ill-treatmene.Qf SOL
liers and that thereupOn the prince
handed In his resignation? This order
saws that the demand made by the
prince that soldiers be reminded of
their duty to lodge complaints when
ul-treated should be rectified to read
have a right to complain when i'll
treated This was the sharpest kind
of disavowal OF the princes act. His
removal caused the most painful i'm
preston among the entire German
people and hundreds of thousands Of
people now believe that any army Off
Ger who tries energetically to stop the
in-treatment of private soldiers will
be disciplined"
Herr Mueller further declared that in
the Bavarian army there were many few
or cases Of maltreatment than IN the
Prussian army, explaining this statement
by saying that the military courts had
long been held In public and that strin-
gent measures against maltreatment had
been in force for several decades.
Herr Mueller went on and described the
discomfort existing among army officers
Of civilian BIRTH saying they complained
Of the preference given members of the
nobility In the matter of appointments
and advancement and declared in cOnclu-
sion:
Never before has there appeared much
unfavorable criticism Of our military ad-
ministratiOn as Is now being printed in
newspapers of all political parties
To Herr Mueller. Gen. Won Einem re-
piled by first reading verbatim his re-
marks made on this matter March 4, AT
ter which ne said.
when Herr Mueller says that the
prince was dismissed because of his gen
eral order against the ill-treatment of sol
diers, | must answer that this is an I'M
disguised attack upon the highest officer
in the army. He speaks as If His Mai
esty had not proceeded personally. with
all possible energy. against the iil-treat-
ment of soldiers. and as If the Emperor
had dismissed this officer for acting in ac-
Cordance with his own principles
Referring. to the complaint that army
officers belonging to the nobility Were
given preference over civilians. the min
lister OF war said there We're many Off
GERS of civilian origin in the general staff
of the ministry of war and that many
regiments had officers without titles lie
declined to be drawn into the further
debate with the Socialists and reply to
the remarks made earlier in the day by
George LedebOur Social DemOcrat. who
had said:
You want to Illustrate our ideals with
force of arms: but wait until We get a
majority and have the power to realize
our ideals. Then the German people VIII
not be restrained by a coterie or 'JunkerS
and military men from carrying out its
will
.'Jf the minority resists our majority
I can assure you that the majority viii
be man enough to master your minority.
Toxic. March 8.-The Marquis Ito is
going to Corea on a special mission for
the Emperor. but the purpose of the
trip Is not understood here by those
outside of high officials circles. The
Marquis Ito will carry an autograph
letter from the Mikado to the Emperor
of Corea. He will depart on the 18th
instant and will be absent about three
weeks. Count TsuZuko. secretary OF
the privy council. General Usagawa
Admiral SakamOtO and ViscOunt Piga-
shizo will accompany the marquis.
Shanghai March S.-The rigid censor
ship placed by the Japanese authori-
ties on all Geographic dispatches. both
press and private. has caused many OF
the foreign correspondents to seek a
field OF news on the mainland. Cor
respondents who have reached here
from Toxic report that the censorship
Is more perfect than they have ever
encountered and is exercised on inter-
communication as we'll as on foreign
matter. Traffic on the wires has
trebled and their original carrying ca
capacity reduced because the war de-
partment and the foreign Office have
each taken one of the main trunk lines
that run south through the empire. The
exactions of the censorship and the diff
, ficulties of inter-cOmmuniCation has
served to largely obscure the view of
the correspondents and probably has
resulted in much conflicting news OF
the various points. 1t is anticipated
that when corps Of newspaper repre-
sentatives, who are now at Toxic. are
finally allowed to go to the front, a Sc
riOus congestion of Geographic service
will result as the military and availa-
BILE land lines are not adequate to the
service they will be called upon to per-
form.
Well-informed newspaper men, who
have reached here. express the opin-
ion that there will be no extensive land
operations until the naval operations
are conclusively decided, unless the
Russians should cross the Yalu and
start south. thus forcing the hands of
the japanese. From the best Informal
tion obtainable. however. the Russians
are not in shape to make such n move
in force. 1t Is generally held by the eX-
perts that should the Japanese sweep
the sea three large forces will be put
in operation, one against Port Arthur.
one through Corea and across the Yalu
to cut the Russian center 20 the rail-
way. and the third against Vladivos-
took.
Berlin. March S.-The Porte has thus
far met the requests of the Russian
ambassador to Turkey. M. Zinovieff.
to permit the Black sea fleet to pass
the Dardanelles by naming conditions
wholly unacceptable to Russia. One
OF these conditions naturally is that
Russia shall hroal- nv -. a.