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BRITISH LION GRINS
Thinks American Ease's ' with Him on
Chinese Question !
LOOKS FOR AID FROM THIS QUARTER
Expects Help in Pichting Battles in the
Far Eist.
LONDON EDITORS JUMP AT CONCLUSIONS
Ihink United Elates is Heady to Ton
Fighting Olot'io ? .
SALISBURY'S ' SPINALCCL'Jf.H IS WEAK
I'ulille HellovOH III ? Will I >
Xolhliitr IJnli'NM Ahioliitely
Foreeil Ael I" l' lt
( u J'lirllitment.
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LONDON. Feb. & . ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) The pcrfervbl
professions ulth which expressions of sym
pathy by the American press with Ilrltaln'ti
policy of commercial equality In China have
been received by the English press and pub
licists U a notable feature of the develop
ment of the far custom crisis. All Jump
nt the conclusion that thcso approving dec
larations by American Journals reflect a dls-
pctiltlon of the Washington government to
give not only oral , but material support to
the Hrltlah policy If circumstances thouM
demand It. No better exemplification of this
phase of pollUcnl feeling hero Is possible
thwi Is afforded by a signed article by Henry
Norman , In the Chronicle. Referring to the
policy of commercial equality , he writes :
"In this demand we are Irresistible. At lao'
the people of the United States have learned
that we are not land grabber , ? , gold nciium
* and monopoly hunters that some of their
western senators and Irish politicians have
represented us to bo. They have realized
that our alms are their alum ; that what we
want they want also ; free access to the great
untouched markets of the cant. They tic-
Biro that commeice bo untrammcled by thu
Jealousies of the continental nations. Thai
la precisely what we , according to the chan
cellor of the exchequer , arc ready to fight for
In order to secure for ourselves nnd for
them. "
Japan , who will fight Russia tunic day
cs surely as tomorrow's sun will rise , who
confidently alms at becoming a great tradIng -
Ing nation , Is of necessity on our side In
such a demand.
"The German people , whatever the po
litical Intrigues of their government may
be. are with ua. Fiance will follow Russia
subserviently for a while longer , but not
very long , as this is the only line of per
sonal security for the present ministry.
Sooner or later she will clvc way In certain
directions , or we must fight her. "
The Ilrltlsh public is in a fog respecting
the preclpa amount of backbone In the atti
tude of the mln'stera. Gerald IMIfour , the
only minister who has spoken eXico the an
nouncement of the abandonment of the
Talleu Won eruditions , asserts that the
government Is maintaining a llrm , courage
ous attitude , but public confidence In Lord
Salisbury's pluck U ecrlously shaken and his
supporters sorrowfully express the belief
that he never , except when actually driven
to the wall , will take the responsibility of
war.
Every ono hero Is looking forward with
anxious expectancy to the opening of Parlia
ment on Tuesday , when the ministers will
bo compelled to give some Indication of the
trend of the negotiations and their future
policy.
JOHV liri.I. STll.I. STAXHS FIH.M.
HUH Not llneked Ilinvn from Any 1'onl-
tlnii lli-lil Toivnnl China
( CVniyi Ml. U9S' . by OIB AfBoclntc.l 1'rcts. )
LONDON , Feb. 15. It Is probable that but
llttlo further reliable Information regarding
China will bo obtained until the ministers
have a chance to round on their assailants
In the course of their debate In Parliament
In consequence of the reply to the speech
from the throne. The matter furnished
Thursday lent Is sufficient Insight Into the
facts and shows that the press has wasted
n considerable amount of hysterical alarm ,
which curiously enough Is more prevalent
among the government supporters than
among the opposition papers. After nil the
perturbation will not have been wasted If
it sorvcH to convince the government of the
earnestness of the country over the matter ,
and how It will resent any weakness or
bungling.
It must bo remembered that the whole
Tallen Wan story never received a
shadow of official sanction. As cabled
Thursday last Great Urltaln has never con
ceded that Tnllen Wan was n treaty port.
It was merely ono of the suggested con
stituents of the bargain , and If It should bo
withdrawn It can only bo because It Is a
barrier to the negotiations for the loan. The
object of the condition was to checkmate
any schema for the transformation of Port
Arthur Into a closed Russian port , and the
object was equally secured by exacting from
China and Ituesla a pledge In regard to Port
Arthur similar to the pledge exacted from
them In regard to Corea before the evacua
tion of Port Hamilton , and this will probably
bo the upshot ,
The semi-official statements distinctly point
thereto , notably the specific utterance early
In the week In regard to the temporary na
ture of the Husslan tenure of Port Arthur ,
which was accompanied by the friendly assurance -
suranco that Great Urltaln Is not bound to
Japan by any warlike alliance. In short ,
there In every reason -to believe that Great
llrltatn does not Intend to recede an Inch
from the position which has been oillclally
taken up by Messrs. iDalfour , Chamberlain
and Hlcki-neach In the name of the mar
quis of Salisbury.
In the course of an Interesting address
at llradford before the Chamber of Commerce -
merco of that place on Thursday last the
United States consul , Krastus S. Day , ap
plauded tbo marquis of Salisbury's doctrine
of free trade In China. He said that
America bad every sympathy with It and
ho said the people of Great Urltaln and the
United States ought to load In shaping tha
world's acclon ami "thought. Continuing , he
enld they had the opportunity to achieve
gri'it things , would they unite to achieve
lasting benefits to tbeniselvcn and to the
world ?
Speaking of the tariff , Mr. Day said -the
overwhelming preponderance of sentiment
in tbe United States was In favor of tbe
protective theory , The Wilton bill , be
added , had Blekened the people of the "tariff
for revenue only" theory , and It would not
bo wUo for the manufacturers of Bradford
to hope for the speedy enactment of another
Wilson bill , "which closed too many mills
In the United States to be retried. "
When the evidence Is sifted It appears
that the Globe Venture syndicate's descent
upon the Sus coast of Morocco , announced
In the dispatches January 31 , closely re-
Bcmbles Dr. Jameson's Transvaal raid. The
pretended Ignorance of Sir 'Edward ' Thornton ,
chairman of the syndicate , ami formerly
Ilrltlsh ambassador at Washington , U
wholly untenable , for It Is known that warn-
Ingn were received nt London at Christmas
to the effect that If the Tourmaline , the
v ( cl of the expedition , persisted In Ita In
tention to land arms and ammunition on the
Sus coast , It would meet a warm reception
by the troops and ships of the sultan.
The Saturday Hcvlew protests against
"such buccannccrlng expeditions , hazarding .
Imperial prestige for the benefit of a band j
of needy adventurers and unplctureaquo freei
hooters , " and expresses the hope that the
sultan will press a claim for damages "foe
this flagrant breach of international faith ,
even though the dignity and pockets of ex-
dlplomatlats suffer accordingly. "
DOI.VCH OF AMI'.ltlC V.VS IN PAULS
AnteeeilentN of ( he .Mini Whom I'Mltli
( 'nrner Will Hurry.
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PARIS , Fob. 5. ( New Vork World Cable
gram Special Telegram. ) Count Leon
Moltko Hultfeld , whore engagement to Miss
Edith Garner of New York Is announced , Is
the Hist secretary of the Danish legatlot
here. He belongs to the Schlcswlg-Holsteln
branch of the Moltkcs , being n grand nephew
of the great Von Moltko , who married sa
happily an English woman , whom he met In
Heligoland. The Moltke family rotate Is
clcno to Kiel , where Count Leon Is a land
lord on a largo scale. Ho has there n fam
ily mansion and estate covered with dairy
farms stocked with GOO cows. Ills house is
exactly like Hlsmarck's nt Frlcdrlchsrtihe
While it Is as c-old ! and substantial as an
Kngllsh country gentleman's mansion It is
as ornamental ns a French chateau.
On the Kiel estate live Count Leon's two
unmarried mints , from whom he has large
expectations. Close by Is the rotate of the
Hantzy-Ileventlow family , one of whom mar
ried nismarck's only daughter after the
death of her original finance. Count Leon
has the reputation or being ai very goad fel
low and particularly fond of sport. Ho Is
a member of the French Jockey club. He
hao turned 40 , Is tall and blonde.
There Is" " u good deal of talk In American
circles about a painful Incident at the Hotel
Normandle. A few days ag-3 the people In
the hotel were aroused by cries of "Villlan ,
vllllan , go away , you have deceived me , "
coming from a retired passage leading to
the elevator. In the hotel I saw a violent
struggle ( between a young married woman
proved to bo a Mrs. Howard o Philadelphia
and her youthful husband. The woman was
In the act of throwing a small shower of
I5ank of England notes at the man , repeat
edly shouting , "Vlllian , take your monej
back. Keep him away. "
- The huuband had struck his wife and as
she was entering the elevator she gave him
a push which caused him to lore his bal
ance on the slippery hall floor. She gel
safely Into the elevator and 'the man tried
to get In after her , but was seized by pome
Englishmen. The woman went up alone ,
shrieking down a torrent of reproaches. In
quiry led to the discovery that -the r-ilr had
been In the hotel a week and both had fallen
victims to the absyntho habit , large quan
tities of which they consumed amicably each
morning. Eventually the man was turned
out of the hotel. The wife left later In the
day.
OAVis.vmsii oous TO VPIMSH XII.K
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lOver OrKiinlr.eil.
LONDON , Feb. 5. The Cavendish expedi
tion , which is about to leave London , Is ono
of the mcst striking examples of how young
and wealthy Englishmen with a fondness
for sport and cxploiatlon combine the ( antes
with empire making. Henry Cavendish , a
relative ofthe duke of Devonshire , has al
ready spent 300,000 In preparation for the
expedition.
Although nominally private. Its alnw are
on the Upper Nile , where the French ore
supposed to too operating , and are well
known to high government officials. As a
matter of fact the route adopted was sug
gested by the chiefs < of the Intelligence de
partment of the war office , and the foreign
office had the scheme under consideration for
Borne weeks.
The force which will accompany Mr. Cav
endish will bo 'better ' armed than any body
of men which has over entered Africa. It
will toke with It 350,000 rounds of ammuni
tion and a number of 7-pound Maxim rapid-
fire guns. It will 'be ' well provided against
surprises.
Mr. Cavondlsh expects to reach the Upper
Nile In three or four months , and may con
tlnuo to Khartoum after the Dervishes have
been beaten.
Dr. Donalds-on Smith , the American ex
plorer , recently telegraphed to the Royal
Geographical society from India announcing
his roadlnew to explore thn Upper Nile , but
tbo society replied that the matter had been
settled .by . Mr. Cavendish's going.
miTi.i.vn OF.OKA'S nnFUXsn.
Wlmt HIP Prenc-h Writer Will Al-
temiit to 1'rove.
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PARIS , Feb. D. ( New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) "They will
see , " said Zoli today. In speaking about his
trial. "Franco Is not yet under martial law.
That U all I eon say now , "
I heard from n person very close to thu
great novelist ttat the defense t the trial ,
which will begin next Tuesday , will be as
follows : Zola will show first that all the
continental embassies In Paris , without ex
ception , have denied most solemnly that they
had anything to do with Dreyfus or the docu
ments referred to In the Bordereau. Ills
next aim will bo directed against the ir-
tegular nature of the Dreyfus court-martial ,
to show that no evidence was produced be
fore the court arrived at its decision except
ttio evidence of graphologists , three of whom
testified to the handwriting being that of
Dreyfus , two testifying that It was not.
Zola's trump card , however , If he tucceeds
In ( ilaylng It. will be the arraignment of
Colonel IVity du Clam , the head ot the In
telligence bureau of the war office. In that
connection Zola will undertake to prove that
Esterhozy not only hod something to da
with concocting the llonlereuu. but through
out uas tile cat'ti-i'uw of Clam , who'owing
to an undeniable leakage of late years In
the ministry ot war , had to find a scape
goat for the carelessness for which Clam , aa
the chief , was rc-tpouslblc ,
Commit Sailor * Hrotvueil ,
KIEL , Feb. 6. Ily the capsizing of a navy
launch here today nine bailers and three
workmen were drowned.
TRANSMISSISSIPPI AND iMlERNATIONAL EXPOSITION , Omaha , 1S9S.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
The building erected by the United Slates government IB situated at the west end of the grounds at the head of the basin and tins the peat of honor of the exposi
tion , facing as It docs the main group of buildings. It was designed under the general direct Ion of the supervising architect of the Treasury department at Washington ,
D. C.
C.The
The building partakes of the claoslc style , the Icnlc order being Used. It Is arranged In three sections , that at the center having a frontage on the lake of 203
feet atid a height to top of balustrade over cornice of fifty-eight feet. It will have a depth of 150 feet.
The main entrance facing the center of the basin will be reached by a bread flight of steps and through a colonciado. This entrance , along with the entire center
section of the building , will be very richly treated in color. The entrance is Hanked on cither side by pavilions capped by richly decorated domes.
The main building will be mirmounted by a colossal dome , which will tower far above all other buildings. This dome will bo capped by a heroic figure representing
"Liberty Enlightening the World , " and at night this figure will be lighted by electricity ; the torch will be 17S feet above the ground.
The side sections , which .are scpaiated from the central portion of t'.ie building by colonnades connecting with the Agriculture building on one side and the Kino
Arta building on the other , each has a frontage of 148 feet and Is 100 feet deep ; height , forty-four feet to top of balustrade. This makes the total length of building 501
feet , and height at pinnacle 178 feet. The floor space devoted to exhibits will approximate 50,000 equare feet.
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Duchess of Marlborough Much Given to
"Speakiug Pieces. "
HER FRIENDS SPEAK OF IT WITH IRONY
Hardly n ( Intherliw of the Swell Set
Occurs Without Her A IHIIMI i-lnji
with Some Sort at
lleeltulloii.
( Copyright , UDS , by Press Publishing Company. )
LONDON , Feb. 5. ( New York World Cable
gram Special Telegram. ) The duchess of
Marlborough's reciting proclivities s > ccm to
bo spoken of with a certain amouut of Irony
by her friends. That such performances
have become a fad with her Is an undoubted
fact , and down at Melton , where she now
Is hunting with the duke , their parties , however -
over small , are rarely passed without the
duchess giving a sample of her histrionic
powers. The latest gossip from that center
OL fashion Is that the duchess has a most
stlrrk-ig recitation in preparation , "The
Death of the Fox , " with which it Is fully
anticipated she will be the sensation at .all
the select hunting parties. She appears
to be assuming the position of grand pa
troness of musical and theatrical genius
among her set. It is stated that another
well known woman amateur has Just com
posed a scng and polka dance , "The Who
Whoop , " \vhlch the duchess has undertaken
to Introduce at the approaching ball at Ulen-
helm palace.
Lady William Dercsford ( Lilly , duchess
of Marlbourough ) Is suffering from the ef
fects of a severe knee sprain. She Is on
crutches anj likely to bo so for some time ,
for knee trouble Is proverbially tedious ,
Mrs. Ronalds Is very anxious about her
mother , Mrs. Carter , who has been 111 some
time. This Is the reason why the pleasant
parties at Cadogan Place , usually a feature
at this season of the year , have not begun.
Lord Warwick has sailed for Madeira for
the benefit of his health. Ho has been In
a precarious state for some months with a
combination of kidney and liver troubles. Ho
Is accompanied and nursed by his mother ,
the dowager countess of Warwick. His wife
Is coming to London shortly for an Interest
ing event , after the lapse of twelve years.
Shu ban taken a splendid suite of rooms In
thu fashionable Coburg hotel , Mayfalr , for
thu occasion. Lady Warwick Is becoming
moro and moro devoted to public work , par
ticularly the promotion of the Interests of
women , social engagements playing quite a
( secondary part In her lifo now-u-days.
IIOS3LYN AS ACTOR.
Her half-brother , Lord HoMljo , who ii
playing In Plnero's comedietta at the Court
theater , has taken to his now life with
tremendous gusto. Ho declare * ! that the
five weeks of rehearsal "were among the
happiest of my life. " Young as ho Is , he
las had a few purple patches In his career ,
but ho seems determined' ' to work. Iluforo
applying for a theatrical engagement hu
offered himself ( concealing his rank ) for a
clerkship In the city of London at 1C a
week , but was Ignomlnlously rejected for
not being a stenographer. Then ho applied
or an engagement to Charles Wyndham , who
did everything to dissuade him from the
stage. He went next to George Alexander ,
who gave him a letter to Plnero , which se
cured him a part In "Trelauncy. " It Is a
remarkable coincidence that the character
10 plays resembles In many rcepcpts his
own career. Plnero had completed the
play months before Hosslyn even thought
of adopting the theatrical profession.
U seems that we are caly on the triage
of the Tatton-Syltes lltlgatlcci. Two other
ciecs pending are oven more serious than
hat already disposed of. Two Insurance
companies sue Sir Tutton for large sums ad
vanced on the security of bills and letters
of authorization tendered by Lady Tatlon.
which ho avers are forgeries. Should these
suits go the canto way an the flmt , Lady
Tattcni cannot escape criminal prosecution.
Another case of a similar klad Involving
ho daughter of an English ambassador , who
married Into a family closely Identified years
ago with the prince of Wales' household , ! wo
ust been cettled out of court. Thin woman ,
oung and handsome , went to a bsnk an < l
irwcnted for payment a check for J10,000.
mrportlng to be signed by the head of a
; rrat brewing firm. The bank manager said
le should like to get the signatory's per-
tocwl authority before paying go largo a
urn , whereupon the woman produced a letter
of authority from her pocket. The man
ager , still apprehensive , said he would tike
be check to the alleged signer hlmnell be
fore paying It. Hut the wonian clinched the
matter by producing a burjilng love letter
to her from the drawer of the check. In
due course It was discovered that the check
and lettera were all Impudent Jorgcrkw , but
through the personal Intervention of an ex
alted personage the scandal has been "ar
ranged , " thanks to the extreme good r.aturc
of the eminent brewer.
I hear from Cairo that Princess Chlmay ,
formerly-Clara Ward of Detroit , Is to bo
seen dally on the terrace of Sheppard'e hotel
smoking cigarettes and holding a little court
of Egyptian nobles. Hlggo Is with her.
ASTOR'S KXCLUSlVENESS.
William Waldorf Astor'e ideas concerning
rights of property are again bringing him
Into disagreeable conflict with English feel
ing. Ever since ho Bought Cllverden , a
beautiful place on the Thames , ho has been
steadily curtailing the privilege the public
had enjoyed there for generations. He first-
attempted to abolish the public ferry which
had a landing place pn his estate. Falling
In that , ho prohibited picnicking In Oliver-
den woods , a privilege granted to boating
parties from time Immemorial. An Indignant
letter now published In the Chronicle under
the title , "An Aubo of Hospitality , " notes
that ho has surrounded the park with a
hideous wall covered with broken glass , pre
venting public access to a spring which had
been free for a century. He has now filled
with a dead wall the oho remaining opening
through which It was possible to get n
gllmpso of the park.
This excluslvencss Is contrasted with the
liberality of Cllverdcn's two former ducal
owners Sutherland and Westminster.
Sutherland built a summer house for picnic
parties near the spring injhe woods , which
Astor baa closed. Westminster not only
gave the public free access to the woods , but
on certain days to the house and art treas
ures as well. The owner ? of two other fa
mous parks adjoining Cllverden Dropmore
and Hedsor allow the public to participate
In the enjoyment of them , but Astor re
fuses permission even to parties from the
adjoining town of Maidenhead to come
within his gates.
Very bitter feeling has thus been gener
ated , despite Astor'a liberality in subscrib
ing to local charities ; and steps are being
taken to obtain a legal opinion respecting
the possibility of rcaaaertlng public right of
way across Cllverden p3'rk , though' that
right be In abeyance for 300 years , The
strength of the feeling provoked by Astor'a
proceedings Is shown by the concluding
sentence of the latter to the Chronicle :
"When wo see so gross a violation of the
ordinary rules of courtesy In English
life , I should like to ask whether
we may not fairly take advantage of n
law Intending to keep the enjoyment ami
use of travel -over E'nKllsh , soil open forever
to the English peopleanil give a' Imson to
very wealthy strangifrs who would not
I dare to strain tho'ghU of property to
excessive limits In tlitlr , $ wn countries ? "
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UllOKICH'S MIrii6l > ! ( I'.MMHMII.AIl.
Will Illlliiintcly 'lliiiUln ' HU litulnrl-
. OIIH Ocfwit' " '
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DUDLIN , Feb. C. ( .Nfew York Worm 'Cable
gram Special Telegr m.ftManager''Crok -
cr's Caesarlne methods of'dealingwith the
strike on the Cork & Squth Coast railway
threaten to bo attended ijvlth serious com
plications for his company. He continues
to absolutely refuse'all consideration of the
men's claim ! ) , even declining peremptorily
to refer the dlsputi to an Impartial board
of arbitration. At Borne- taw stations the
men applied for reinstatement , but Crokcr
had already filled their placcB with Imported
Englishmen. His action has excited intense
bitterness generally among the population
cf Cork. A movement is now afoot among
the shopkeepers ana merchants in the dis
trict served by Croker'd road to boycott It '
until he dismisses the 'Englishmen and ac
cepts arbitration. U la certain that ulti
mately ho will be beaten , for his Insolent !
refusal of arbitration bas iMtranfed- support - |
port from the company. ' His relationship to'
Tammany's boss has been discovered by the j
English press dispatches. j ' i
COI.OMIIIA .MUST HUH It V AXI ) IMY.
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HOME , Feb. 5 , In the Chamber of Dopu- \
tie * today Count Honln , under secretary of
slate for foreign affairs , announced In reply
to questions as to government's Inten
tion regarding the delay of the Republic of
Colombia in currying out the awurd of
President Cleveland ' In the Cerrutl affair
that courtesy Impelled the Italian govern '
ment to give Columbia tlmo for coiulde-a-
lion. Hut , ho added , the government bid
Informed Colombia that Italy felt it Us duty. I
to make the award respected. ] i
SHUT OUT THE CRUISERS
Good Way to Retaliate on tha German
Government.
JUSTIFIED ON GROUND OF PU3LIC POLICY
i'H 'I'll ron ( H of Jli'tiillntlon
Cnusc a Hull 011 the lnrt of
the Authoi-KlcH of
lU-lllNChlllllll.
( Copyright , 1S9S , by I'rc.'g Tubllslilnj Company. )
UEHLIN , Feb. 5. ( New York World Ca
blegram. Special Telegram. ) The best re
taliation on Germany for the exclusion of.
-American prolucts would bo to stop the
coming to Xew York of such German steam
ships as arc fitted out as armed cruisers
and manned by those who have served In
the German navy. This would be Justified on
the ground of public policy and would
tcarccly dluturb American commerce.
The German liberal press Is not pleased
with the action excluding American fruits
from Germany , and American threats of re
taliation have made an Impression. In 1S05
Prussia excluded American life Insurance
companies for the flimsy reason that they
were swindles on the German public. The
plea was absurd , but It was believed , be
cause the German papers were filled with
Inspired articles which demonstrated ( to
their satisfaction ) that American life Insur
ance companies in general wore a danger to
Germany. It Is well known that American
meat is vastly purer than that "made in
Germany. " Yet -for years Germany has violated
lated the spirit of Its treaty with the United
States by excluding our pork on pretexts
as transparent as those which caused her
to stop the supply of American fruit.
American diplomatic representatives In
Berlin are treated with less courtesy than
their colleagues of other countries , not
merely because the German government dis
likes republics , but because we do not Insist
upon the rights duo to us and our repre-
BentatlvcH. POULTNEY DIGELOW.
\AVAI , HIM , is nmii.vn IT.
1'rolillilflvt' Dicrcion Fruit IN Miule
for 'AKrnrliiii ' Vote.
( CopyrleM , 1SSS , by tbe Associated 1'ress. )
HERLIN , Feb. C. The freedom which the
Reichstag and the Prussian Diet conceded
this week to the agarlana. who formulated
numerous wishes and complaints , Is signifi
cant. The minister of agriculture , Uaron
von IIammersteln-Lcxton , promised the gov
ernment would grant as many of their de
mands as possible. At the moment he a
making this declaration measures were pre
paring to stop the Imports of American
fruits , and the decree In that connection bad
already been Ironed ,
The entire liberal press openly disap
proves of the policy and asserts It was n gov
ernment trick to obtain the vote of tup
agrarians for Emporer WIlllam'H naval hill.
The leading commercial Journals point to the
ill will and Indignation such measures are
bound to produce in America , and to Uie
futility of prohibiting the Importation of an
article Germany does not produce with
sufficiency. The newspapers say the only
result will bd that fruit will be Imported
from the south of Europe at a higher co
than Is now being paid for American fruits.
Dr. Frledrlch von Kueger of the Agricul
tural High school , upon whoso report the
authorities hero are understood to have
acted , has been making an extcn&Ivo scries
of experiments and examinations of tbe
American plants und fruits supposed to bo
Infected by the San Jose bug. After many
failures he finally discovered the bug In
three specimens of peaches and pears.
Dr. Helnrlch Dorhru , president of the
Entomological society of Stettin , writes that
the San Jose bug Las long been known In
Germany as the blut-laus , and has devastated
orchards In various part of the country ,
especially In the neighborhood of Frank-
fort and Stettin. Ho adds : "Tho present
tcaro Is as unjuatlfied as the late Colorado
bug scare. "
The United States embitay Is continuing
HH remonstrances as a protest against tbe
unfounded rumors alleging that It was
weakening.
Several of the newspapers express the
opinion tl.at the decree will not be perma
nent , and that It was only Intended as a
temporary act of retaliation for American
treatment of German sugar. Inquiry made
at the foreign olfice and at the I'russtcu
Agricultural department , however , shown thu
e'eps taken to be only forcrunncro of others
of more Importance ; the government having
concluded that something mutt bo done to
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Wccr Forecast for obrnskn
p 1'nrlIJr Cloii'ly ; Wnrmi-r ; Southerly
1. iiigliinil : I.onlliito America for Alii.
Iuclii'Hi : of Miirllmrougli'x Inte t I'ail.
Kctiillutliiii on tlid Ci-riiiuiiN.
Unri-st Aiuoii ) ; the ( irrmiiu I'eiisiintry.
S. University' * i\i : | < > iUl < > ii Ivxlillilt.
3. Irrigation In NchrasUii.
Curtlngiiiniu on tint I/tigoon.
I. l. : xt Week In Onmlm'x Sin'lnl Whirl.
1'riiRri-ss of In.itrli-.Mi.orcK Content.
MIKS Kxtullo Ki-ol Tallin to Thu Hue ,
Council Hindu Loral .Matters.
Imv.-i anil thu Poullng Illll.
SfttlliiR KIIIIHUH IMflllo AffalrH.
CYlcbratloM of an Anniversary.
Cut Kate * Held In Alii'.yancc.
8. Poor I'ollen 1'roliTtlon.
City May Have an Ainliiilancu.
1O. In thcJJonmln of Woman.
11. Coininerrlal anil rinanelal Neu-o ,
1U. Cilltorlal anil C'omini'iil.
13. Home Life of tint Carlyles.
Anp.'ialt ax a raving .Material.
1-1. In tliii Wiirlil of Amti4iMiiiitH. !
. Muah-iil Ituvlcw of the U'rulc.
Krhm'H of tint Auto Itooin.
10. "llruvn .Marlr "
, hy Karl Mayo.
Olil Iloinii of the MeltinleyH.
17. Spurting ICcvlciv of the Week.
18. A Week Among Illcjlo Cranlu.
Il . "Simon Dale. "
SO. KurollccUiinx of Moody.
Slii'trhrs of dm Uoiitio of l.i > nln.
ICeiliniinil and the Irluli Itelii-lllon.
Teinnerntiire nt Oinnhiii
gratify the agrarian demrnd for rctallatlcn
on the United States.
There was an exemplification In the Heidi.
C'tag on Tuesday when Dr. Kahn , a friend of
Prince Ulsmarck , demanded the prohibition
of American horses , claiming the Imports
had Increased In 1897 tol,279,0 ( marks ,
and that something must bo done "to show
these overbearing Americans that an ener
getic German government cxlhts. "
The views of the Prussian cabinet are
gaugcablo by a declaiatlon made yesterday
by the minister of agriculture , Uaron von
Ilammersteln-Loxte'n , In the Diet , who de
clared that American horses developed In
fluenza after Importation , adding : "If the
Importations Increase we shall certainly be
forced to adopt a suitable quarantine In or
der to protect ourselves. "
The total exclusion of all living cattle nnd
h'3gs ' Is also under consideration.
The sugar producers have petitioned the
Imperial chancellor demanding that no tariff
agreement shall bo accepted unless the
United States tariff on German sugar Is re
duced 20 per cent from the present scale ,
and an assurance given that no other coun
try will bo more favorably treated.
iaris'i : > DF.CIIIOI : is IMIIIMSIIKII.
Teil of ( ; erimin > 'H Order
Krnlt IH ( ilven Out.
HEIIL1N , Feb. D. The llelchsanzelger this
evening publishes the text of an Imperial
ordinance ! dated today and worded aa fol
lows :
In order to prevent the Introduction of
the San Jose Bhlc-ld louse , thu Importa
tion of living plaiilH and fresh plant refuse
from America , nlso barrels nnd IIOXCH nnd
other objectH lined In the packing or keepIng -
Ing- thereof , Is prohibited until further no
tice.
tice.The
The Fame prohibition applies to the dlH-
patch of fresh fruit and fresh fruit re
fuse , whenever the examination rnudo at
the place of entry may establish the pres
ence of thn Ban JOHO louse ,
Tbl prohibition does not apply in any
way to goodH which enter by whips and re
main on the ships. The Imperial chancellor
Is empowered to Brant exceptions nnd < o
take the necessary precautionary measures.
WASHINGTON , Feb. B. The following ca-
blcgvam from our ambassador at Iterlln ,
which was received late In the afternoon , contains -
tains all of the IIOU-B of today concerning the
fruit exclusion decree :
liEHLIN , Feb , 0. Sherman , Secretary ,
Washington : Hamburg consul reports ex
amination commenced and all frcnli fruit
udmltU-d except tiehty-one CAKCH , where
claim Is made xcale Insect was found. No
trouble about dried fruit.
( Signed ) "WHITE. "
Velvet Will Ili-lmi .Supreme.
LONDON , Feb. 0. Lady Violet Grevllle ,
whose tips to fashion are always accepted
as goipel , writes from Paris saying that
velvet will reign supreme In the fashionable
world Uiis iprlng.
UKREST IN GERMANY
t'otty Oppression Dr'v33 the Peasants tt
Solf-Protcotion ,
INTMDATION BY GIVEN * MINT POLICi
Mnzttra Along Enstrri Frontier
Against Fcrnur Masters ,
WANT RIGHT TO U3E OWN LANGUAGE
I
Neutral Students 'Tavo HarJ T.'nn to Got
nu Education.
FIGHTING IS OF DAILY OCCURRENCE
TlinurVliu Woulil l.lUo to Hour a
Quiet I.eeture OeeitHlotiully Seek
(1
liieirecfiinll- the
Oliioriinty. | ,
( Copyright , IMS , by Press Publishing Company. )
LONDON , Feb. r. . ( Now York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram. ) Thu Mazurs ,
Inhabiting the enstenimost rcctlon of Germany -
many , on Hussl.in-Pollsh . frontier , linvu
been politically Intimidated hitherto by the
government i > ollee , but now they nro or
ganizing against their old masters. Tlio
main significance of this movement lies In
the fact that their fight Is mainly for the
right to their own language , thus creating
one more obstacle to the Oermanl.-.atlon of
the fatherland. They number a trllle moro
than 100,000 and their uniuo might never
have been heard but for the 1'olka Mazurka ,
which this people originated.
To Illustrate the petty political Intimida
tion In Prusrla , on SumMy , January 30 , the
peasants of Kalontschln , an Insignificant vil
lage of eastern Prussia , had arranged for a
meeting to discuss their economic and po
litical condition. Ono speaker wan to use
German , the other 1'ollsh. The governor of
the district Issued the following letter to ( ho
gendarmes of the village : "The place of
this political meeting mi'st correspond to the
legal requirements. Thus , nil doors must
open outward. There must bo a square yard
of space for every thiee people. There must
also bo an abundant water supply on the
spot In care of lire. Perhaps you can Influ
ence the landlord to the extent of making
him refw-'o to hire his hall for this pur
pose. " .
The government hopsil by In.ilsthig . tnon :
requirements suitable to a big city to frus
trate the galhcrlng of a handful of poor
peasants In one. room of a country tavern.
Fortunately. In this case the meeting was
held , but It Is a tjnlcal rasa of that form of
officialism which makrs Prussian rule dlb-
llked In spite of Its many virtues.
HARD , TIMR3 FOR NEUTRALS.
These are hard times for neutral students
In countries where -the German language Is
struggling with the Ilohemlaa or Slavonian
elements. In Prague the German students
have been forbidden to wear the ribbons of
their guilds , which correspond roughly to
society badges In our colleges. Out of re
venge the German students of the Vienna
university try to prevent t'.ielr Slav fellows
Tcom wearing their distinctive drciss.
Fights are of dally occurrence , In the
midst of which the Hebrew students , who
care nothing for the quarrel , but very much ,
for the education , seek Ineffectually for a
quiet lecture. Hut the German students are
out on strike and will allow no one to lec
ture until their grlov'.ncis are redressed.
There would be more sympathy for the Ger
mans In this matter hn 1 they not shown
themselves devoid of political generosity In
the treatment of the Prussian Poles.
The German eirnress has become a member
of a club. Thifl Interesting fact has just been
communicated by clrcukr to every member
of the German Iirncrlil Yacht club , and of
course It Is regarded as a most Important
on rwn rn irnnmnt t n tint utinr t Tint * tn.iInn - 11
once told mo that she was much opposed to
canoeing as a recreation for her boys , but
since then evidently her faith In boats or
the Almighty has become stronger. Heating
In Germany has flourished most abundantly
under William II , and whatever sportsmen
of ttio Fatherland may think about their
kalser'fl politics they all unite In praising
him as their oatron afloat. The year ho
ascended the throne. (1S88) ( ) thei'o ' were four
teen regattas , with 271 outrigger boats en
gaged. In 1890 the number of hoat.i had In-
cceased to 708 and last year 712 first-class
racing boats started. No wonder that the
chief organ of the German water sportsmen
devoted a full page to praise of the emperor
on his birthday last week.
GEH.MANY'S FOUEIC1N TUAD13.
The foiolKii trade of Germany wan never
so prosperous as now , and the geneial nails-
faction of the ( jbrm.ins is but slightly dam
aged by the fact that dunng this emperor's
reign 1,000 ywra of Imprisonment have been
given for lese majestc.
The grateful Helchstag has even Increased
the salary of Prime Minister Ilqlieiiloho , al
though It would have been better had an
Increase been made In the ( salaries of the
half-starved school teachers anil railway
servants. The salary of the German prlmo
minister already wcu too hlg , for since
Ulsmarck and Caprlvl , the emperor bus been
his own prime minister and has hadl no HBO
for any but clerks , who copied his lottcra
end posted them for him.
Edwin Jsham and Dcvol , two American
opera singers , Blgned today a contract to
sing in Arthur Sullivan's now opera , whlcU
la to bo produced In .May.
SALISI1UHY IS WHATIIV.
The facility enjoyed by thu kaiser for
locking up Indiscreet editors has a uldo
which Lord Salisbury JuU now highly ap
preciates. The HrltlHh prlmo minister Is ex
ceedingly angry at the I mlon Times for
publishing the alleged Icons of thu pending
Chinese ) loan , thua gravely embarrassing the
English government anj Inviting Interfer
ence by Kiiuula , France and Germany. How.
over , Lonl Salisbury should console himself
'by ' reflecting that as .bribery Is the final
argument In Chinese politics there IH good
reason for supposing that Itucsla know all
that was to bo known ijullo an teen aa the
Times did. The government la dally g vlns
thu strongest assurances through tbo
opeoches of cabinet ministers that Knglatul
desires no territorial conquest. As thu chief
secretary for Ireland ald Friday night :
"Our responsibilities In Afluri the way ot
ruling Asiatic populations are sufficiently
large already , and for Or oat Urltaln to an
nex Chlneco tenltory would ulmply bo to
accept an Immense additional 'burden with
out corrc prnJ.nj ; nlvaniajjc. Our treaty
rights secure to u.i oiuallty of ppportunltlc *
In al | matters relating ; to trade and convj
niorco. Wo ( boultl not secure u ro tiiaj *