The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-03-18
GERMANS KNOCKING.
Press of the kaiser's Dominion Would
Like to See Britain and Rus
STA at War,

Berlin, March 1.-THE Berlin press
has been giving prominence to pessi-
mist rumors regarding relations be-
tween Russia and England. 1t seems
to register with a certain pleasure the
various phases of the newspaper wal
now going on between the two coun-
tries, but the most sensational of all
recent rumOrS is one given currency by
the Berliner Tageblatt.
According to Colonel Gndke, the Ber-
liner Tageblatt's military correspond-
ent, at present in st. Petersburg, in
military circles In the Russian capital
the outlook regarding the relations with
Great Britain in the future is still pessi-
miStic.
The general idea is that val with
England will be the natural conse-
quences of the Russo-Japanese con-
llict and preparations are already being
made for this ~ventuality, so much so
that by the order of the minister of
marine for the coming season visits on
the island of Katlin are strictly pro-
hibited, or must be broken off, since
the island is required by the admiralty
for the erection Of Notifications.
a similar prohibition also applies to
various localities on the Finnish and
Baltic coasts.
The Alarmist Reports.
News from a reliable source Is ais.
to hand of arrangements or the from
tier of Turkestan. These reports are so
extraordinary that under ordinary cir
"umStances they would be passed over
as mere invention, but Colonel Gadke
is an officer of distinction, who ranks as
one of the leading military writer's in
Germany and as he writes above his
signature one m a assume he thorough
ly recognizes the gravity of the state
InentS he makes,
Further communication from the
Caucasus, which are regarded even by
the T~aggeblatt as exaggerated, express
the conviction that prevails here that
Russia is fully prepared to march
against India, but that it is not de-
cided whether the advance will be made
through Persia or through the Pamirs.
Berlin newspapers also give prom
inence to the statements Of the Move
Vrelnya that trouble is growing in Per
STA n that Teheran is full Of English
secret agents. who are seeking to eX-
cite the population against Russia by
exaggerated reports of Japanese vic
tories.
The semi-onicial press continues to
lay stress on the close friendship Hc".,
existing between Germany and Rus
Germany" says the Post, was
for many years s%landered by the Pan
Slavist press. but now Russia realizes
VI" "a LIutSl lIieHu is Ief11lany. IL
Germany n Russia stand together,
they have nothing to fear from any
Franco-Anglo-Italian coalition"
Rivalry for Persia.
st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE rivalry
of England and Russia for Persia is
each day accentuating. The Birschewa
Wjedomosti publishes a special dispatch
dated Askabed, which says: ''Siestan
and khorassan are full of English Sc
cret agents who are spreading lies OF
japanese victories with a view to de-
troying Russian prestige"
The Novoe Vremya says, apropos OF
the declaration of friendliness to Rus
STA made in the Guild hall of London
by the former lord mayor, Lord Joseph
Dimsdale, whose great grandfather was
a surgeon to Catherine the Great: we
can scarcely accept such an idea, in
view of the English expeditions to
Thibet. The declaration that England
is sending the latest type of improved
cannon and rifles to Its Indian from
tier, and to its having subsidized
steamers of the Canadian Pacific line
and armed and warned them to be-
ready for immediate service"