The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1895. WALLER IS N FRANCE. Arrival of the Deported American Citizen at Marseilles. SENT FROM MADAGASCAR Tried as a Spy and Sentenced to Twenty Years’ Im- prisonment. FRANCE TO BE CALLED DOWN. Friends of the Ex-Consul Will Cause a Thorough Investigation of the Case. MARSEILLES, Fraxce, April 20.—The steamship Djemmah, from the island of Madagascar, has arrived here, having on board John L. Waller, formerly United States Consul at Tamatave, who was re- cently tried by court-martial and sen- tenced to twenty years’ imprisonment on the charge of having been a spy in thein- terest of the Hovas. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.—While the action of the French Government will only add tothe amount of indemnity it will be called upon to pay, should Mr. Waller's friends show the charge upon which he was sentenced is baseless, it will still facilitate the efforts of the State Department to fully develop the facts in the case, as it can mnow communicate directly with United States Embassador Eustis in- stgad of being obliged to accept the tedious course of acting through an in- ferior consular office in Madagascar, out of reach by cable communication. Mr. Eustis has been instructed to pursue the matter to an end and make a most thorough examination of all the facts at- tending the punishment of this American citizen. He will also make a special ex- amination into the legality under treaty stipulations of that trial of a citizen of a friendly nation by court-martial instead of by the regular civil tribunals. Moreover, the case involves the iight of France to exercise jurisdiction over the internal affairs of Madagascar, from which she appears to have been expressly ex- cluded by the treaty of 1885. The Washington friends of Mr. Waller are bringing all the influence possible to bear in his behalf upon the State Depart- ment. Among other prominent men who have displayed an interest in the case is Senator Voorhees, who has had one or two interviews with Secretary Gresham | and has presented to him in a strong hght | the importance as well as the propriety of the United States investigating fthe question of Weller’s treatment. Afterhav- | ing seen the Secretary, Senator Voorhees | said he found the Secretary quite as much | interested in the case as he was, and proposed to have it probed to the bottom. The Secretary said he had already placed in the hands of Embassador Eustis at Paris all the facts that had come to his knowledge, and had given him instruc- tions to thoroughly investigate the case. There can be no doubt that the Waller incident will be oneof the most difficult hat this administration has had to con- | tend with in its treatment of foreign affairs and that fact is fully realized here. The principles involved are | of the utmost importance, and should the statements of Waller's friends be well founded the Government of the United States under no circum- stances can admit the correctness of | French officigls without thereby admitting its indisposition or inability to protect our citizens in foreign countries from oppres- sion and ill treatment. The information reaching Washington giues the details of the charge under which Waller was convicted as a spy. The French soldiers had determined to make a descent on one of the large Hova towns. It was to be a night attack and was in- tended to be a decisive stroke. The ar- rangements for the movement were guarded with the utmost secrecy. In some | way, however, Waller learned of the movement and is said to have conveyed full information to the Hovas. The latter quickly armed the threatened town, so that when the French soldiers appeared they were met by an effective resistance. | Instead of taking the place by surprise, | they found every one alert to the attas | The alleged treachery was closely inves- | tigated and it was claimed traced to Wal- ler. Aside from the chagrin to which the French forces were put by having their plans miscarry it is said to have seriously delayed the progress of the French expe- dition in Madagascar. The French Embassador at Washington has not yet been informed of the Waller proceedings. Mr. Gresham is dealing with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs through our Minister at Pa | RUSSIA OPPOSES IT. Does Not Want Japan to Get Any of the Mainland of China. . ' ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 20.— | The newspapers here are unanimous in disapproving the conditions of peace be- tween China and Japan. They are opposed to the Japanese ac- quiring territory on the mainland of China. Novoe Vremya declares that Rus- sia cannot tolerate the cession of territory | north of the Gulf of Pechili, adding: | “Japan may have Wei-hai-wei and any territory in the south. . “Revision of treaty by European powers is necessary, as we believe England in- clines to separate the understanding with Japan.,” Finally, Novoe Vremya says emphatically . that Russia cannot allow Japan to acquire Liao Tong peninsula. The newspaper mentioned then urges prompt action upon the part of Russia, The Novoe favors the summoning of a European conference to consider the treaty, but doubts the solidarity of its powers. TIENTSIN, Cuixa, April 20.—Viceroy Li Hung Chang has arrived here in good health from Japan. Russia’s Press Gag Taws. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 20.— The Czar has rejected the p ion of seven journalists and literary men in favor of the modification of the press laws. The com- mission, consisting of the Ministers of Jus- tice and the Interior and the Procurator of the Holy Synod, to which the document was referred, reported adversely upon it, pointing out that the presenting of collec- tive petitions is legally prohibited and that the press laws are not antiguated, but have been repeatedly amended. o T To Cease the Persecution. CONSTANTINOPLE, TurkEey, April 20. Sir Philip Curie, the British Embassador at Constantinople, has made representa- tions to the Turkish Government regard- ing the conduct of the authorities who are continuing the oppression and persecution of Armenians. He pointed out the danger of continuing this policy, and urged the necessity of a change in the Turkish em- pire. In reply the Turkish Government agsured the British Embassador that it would send instructions to the Provisional Governors in the sense desired. S ECRE RN Off for Acapulco. CITY OF MEXICO, MEX., April 20.—The American warship Monterey left Acapulco to-day for the south. -~ g . ADMITS THE STEALINGS. A Relative of Seely Also Robs the Shoe and Leather Bank. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 20.—A sequel to the sensational stealing of $35,000 by Samuel C. Seely from the National Shoe and Leather Bank came to light this even- ing by the announcement that another shortage had been discovered in the same institution. The culprit, strange to say, is a brother- in-law of the convicted defaulter. His name is Samuel E. Aymar. He has been employed by the bank for many years and occupied a desk adjoining that used by Seely before he fled. The discovery was made this afternoon after the closing of banking hours. When Aymar was arrested he expressed surprise that his crime had been discovered. He admitted the robbery and said he could not tell how much his stealing amounted to. It had been going on several years. ——— EUGENE WARE'S DEATH. The News Has Just Been Received by His Father in Colorado. DENVER, Coro., April 20.—A special to the News from Montrose, Colo., says: It has just come to light here that Eugene ‘Ware, who was mysteriously killed at San Francisco, was the son of H. V. Ware of this place. Mr. Ware did not know that his son was killed, but had wondered why he did not get any letters from him. Ware does not know what action to take in regard to his son’s death, though it is expected he will try and have the mystery solved. reset ey RUBE SMITH DEAD. The Notorious Bandit Passes Away in a Conviet’s Cell. COLUMBUS, Onro, April 20.—Rube Smith, the leader of the celebrated Bur- oughs gang, who was sent to prison in 1890 | to serve a life sentence for attempted train robbery, died this afternoon in the venitentiary hospital of Bright's disease. He was charged with the murder of five men, and it was the popular impression that his hands were stained with the blood of many more. ALL RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. Three Men Were Murdered on the Shore of Utah Lake. SALT LAKE, Uram, April 20.—Last Wednesday the body of Harry Hayes was found on the shore of Utah Lake riddled | with bullets. He and his two cousins, Andrew John- son and Alired Neilson, had been missing from their homes for a month. To-day the bodies of the other two men were found on the lake shore. Both had been murdered. Officers are working on clews. =S e Mrs. Parnell’s Condition. BORDENTOWN, N. J., April 20.—Mrs. Parnell is unable to converse intelligently. Owing to advanced age her condition is regarded as critical. What the physicians fear most is the injury at the base of the brain. That the skull was not fractured seems almost a miracle, as the blow was evidently terrible one. There is no clew to the assailant. Attached by the Pastor. WICHITA, Kas., April 20.--A novel suit has been filed in the court here. The Rev. L. A. Hall, pastor of the First Baptist Church, has been unable to receive his pay for some time back, and to-day attached the communion set, bibles, hymnbooks and furniture of the church. — Chief Arthur Sails for Europe. CLEVELAND, Osnro, April 20.—P. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers, will sail for Europe with his wife next week. He has been granted six months’ absence, with pay. ——-——— Execution of a Murderer. COLUMBIA, Tex: pril 20.—Matthew Calloway, the nezro who murdered Jim Walters (colored) at Santa Fe in July, was hanged here to-day. He confessed on the scaffold. Fakes in Organ Stops. Of all the musical instruments known in the present day the organ is undoubtedly the “king.” Not only in its complicated and ingenious mechanism or its wonder- ful control by one performer, but in its powers of expression and imitation of the various instruments of the orchestra it is unexcelled. Unlike other instruments that are perfected both in voice and sim- plified methods of playing—such as the violin, flute, clarionet, etc., the organ as it now stands, is still open to considerable improvement, both in mechanical and acoustic principles, says the Providence Journal. The word ‘“stop” means a ‘set” or “rank” of pipes—one to every key on the keyboard. The word does not refer in an way to the “knob” that the organist pulls out or pushes in. It seems necessary to explain this, as many persons are unaware of it and are dazzled by the amount of “knobs” they get or the money, and say, “Oh, our organ has thirty stops, and cost so and so,”’ and “such a one’s has thirty-six and cost. on half that sum.” Now, in almost every specification received from organ build- ers a certain number of “fake” stops are announced, in order to make it appear a great deal for the y. Among them are certain ‘“‘me- chanical” contrivances, which produce cer- tain effects on the mechanism only, while others are used to affect the speech of the pipes. Others again are mere *‘claptrap.” and as a rule where these are inserted the tender may be put in the fire, as the builder is untrustworthy. An idea may be formed of the useless- ness of some of these by the number of them run into a parlor organ. In the lat- ter one may find eleven ‘‘stops,” and actu- ally only two rows of reeds, 122 in number, therefore really only two stops, divided into treble and bass to swell the number to four—the remainder being made up of me- chanical “claptrap.” ——— Piano Adrift at Sea. _A piano adrift at sea was the strange sight recently witnessed by the crew of tfie ilot-boat J. H. Edmunds, Where it came rom nobody knows, but it was undoubt- edly a portion of the cabin furniture of some foundered craft whose name will some day appear on the list of missing vessels. ‘It was badly damaged by the sea, but the interior was "intact. The maker’s name was not distinguishable. The Joca- tion in which it fwas seen was about ten miles east of the Five-fathom Bank Light- ship.—Philadelphia Record. Hot milk is a regularly rgugnized drink money. in some of the German cafes. It is served in a cup with a saucer and two lamps of sugar always accompany it. The drink has several things to commend it, since it has none of the dangerous qualities of tea, coffee or alcoholicdrinks, and it is actually an excellent remedy for disorders of the stomach arising from certain forms of in- digestion. . b WORSE THAN RUSSIA The Hawaiian Oligarchy Inaugurates a Rule of Despotism. REVOLUTION TALKED OF. Grave Fears That a General Outbreak Will Take Place Very Shortly. JAPANESE BOAST OF CONQUEST. An Attempt on the Part of the Gov- ernment to Coerce the Citizens’ Guard. HONOLULU, April 13, via steamer Aus- tralia.——There are ominous mutterings of impending evil in the air. Whence they come no one knows or seems to care. Cer- tain it is that many of the stanchest sup- porters of the Government are much dis- satisfied with its course, and more espe- cially since the late so-called revolution. One cause of complaint is the want of some efficient head to the military department, which at present is under the command of Colonel Whiting. This gentleman resigned his position as Judge of the Circuit Court to take that of Colonel of the Hawaiian army in order that he might preside over the recent military commission, and by his judicial dignity and knowleage of law at least give it some semblance of a court. This he did, and it is dug to Colonel-Judge Whiting that the praceedings of the mili- tery commission were conducted with due and proper decorum. /But this is all over and Judge Whiting is tired of military honors. Of course he will be reappointed to his'old position as Circuit Judge. In the meantime there is considerable friction between the various military or- ganizations here. The regular force, con- sisting of about 100 men, has no com- mander of experience, and the volunteer companies are insisting that some one with at least a small modicum of military knowledge be imported and given the posi- tion of colonel. This position carries witn it a salary of $250 a month and perquisites. Another semi-military organizatign is the Sharpshooters. These people are all fahcy shots. They can nearly all hit a bullseye once in a while and some of them can do it seven times out of ten. They made a great record in the late “‘war’’ and the whole town has been laughing at them ever since. They are good shots even at 1500 yards, but the man is yet to be found who saw any one of them go closer to the enemy than 1800 yards in the January trouble. In fact it is just what some of them say and glory in the saying, “We didn’t go out there to take any chances.” After three or four days of so-called fighting, Captain Parker and a handful of native police went out and brought all the “rebels” in. There is much mere truth than poetry in Joaquin Miller’s writings about Honolulu and the late revolution. The potent factor in the late uprising, and which really quelled it, was the Citi- zens' Guard. At that time it was an un- known quantity. No one knew, outside of the members, its strength or purpose. It was supposed to consist of a couple of hundred men, half of whom could not be relied on to turn out. The revolutionists themselves all acknowledge that they could ascertain nothing about the mem- bership or the objects of the organization. When the revolution did break out they found out all about it so quickly that they were simply paralyzed. It was planned that hundreds of natives and white royalists were to rise in Hono- lulu and meet others who were to come in from the outlying districts; but when, upon the first alarm given on the killing of Charles L. Carter, 700 members of the Citizens’ Guard, all armed with rifles and with abundance of ammunition, turned out, the jig was up. These men turned out to protect themselves, their wives and families and their property and the repub- lic. They did not go out of any personal regard for the Government or the members composing it, for individually, with the ex- ception of President Dole and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hatch, they are decidedly unpopular, and more so now than ever. ‘While it cannot be said that the Citizens' Guard suppressed the revolution—there being none to suppress—it can be truth- fully said that it prevented one, and this is fully recognized by the Government and Advisory Council. So pleased was the Cabinet with the support received from this organization that soon after the rebel- | lion (so called) was suppressed it took steps to turn itinto a miiitary organiza- tion, formulating a set of rules and regula- tions for it, among which were trials by court-martial and various other obnoxious clauses. The force was to be subject to various military regulations and to be cap- tained and officered like a regular military company. The members, or rather a majority of them, did not see it in that light and they protested vigorously, and are still doing 80. Squad 8, numbering some fifty mem- bers, utterly refused to be governed by the new regulations, .and the result is they have been consigned to the waste-paper basket, They claimed, as do other mem- bers, that they only joined for a certain purpose, which was to assist the Govern- ment in preserving order in case of emer- gency. They were given commissions as special policemen and were armed, but the commissions expressly stated that they should not be required to leave their own districts on any account. The Govern- ment has been trying to upset this arrange- ment and make the organization purely military, and it has met with an ignomini- ous failure. This, of course, has created much dissat- isfaction among the members, and many of them have threatened to threw up their commissions and guns. It might safely be predicted that if another revolution broke out to-morrow not one-half of the Citizens’ Guard would turn out for duty. And there are serious rumors abroad about another outbreak to occur almost at any time. The royalists say, 2s do many of the supporters of the present regime, that the January outbreak was only a flash in the pan, and that the real oneis yet to come. There are good reasons for believing this to be true. Thereis general dissatisfaction here over the labor question. Only last week nearly 900 Portuguese contract labor- ers came here on one steamer from the Azores, and the week before 700 Japanese from Kobe. In spite of every opposition possible from white laborers and me- chanics, the Government still keeps on im- porting more cheap contract labor. There are hundreds of white men walking the streets of Honolulu to-day who cannot ob- tain any kind of employment whatever, while the Japanese are becoming daily more and more arrogant. 1t was only yes- terday that the editor of one of the Japan- ese papers here said to a friend of the writer: “When we get through with China we will take Honolulu and after that San Francisco.” And the man hon- estly meant what he said. There is no doubt about Japan’s ability to take Hawaii any day in the week, but when it comes to taking San Francisco even Pfesi- dent Cleveland might be induced to put on a little war paint. There is a little combination here, known as the Planters’ Labor and Supply Com- pany. Its objects are implied in the name. There is not a plantation-owner or mana- ger who does not belong to it. It is a close corporation, but it controls ‘he des- tinies of the}Hawaiian Islandsall the same. It does its work in a very smooth, slick sort of way, but it gets there all the same. It is said that three members of the present Ministry are directly under its control. The Aftorney-General is a prom- inent member of the company, and is in- terested in a host of enterprises which are subservient to it. The Minister of the In- terior is simply a figurehead for the firm of Wilder & Co., which owns the steam- ship line which carries sugar from the other islands to the ships in Honolulu harbor. The Minister is, and has been for a long time, the superinte ndent of that company. The Minister of Finance is the manager of the bank of Bishop & Co. It would not do for & man in his position to antagonize the Planters’ Labor and Supply Company and he does not. In fact, it is general talk here that Mr. Damon is working for Damon first, Bishop & Co. next and the dear people later on. Much indignation has been created here over the action of Jonathan L. Shaw, the Tax Collector of the island of Oahu, who has just awarded the printing of the delinquent tax list to the Chinese News. This paper is printed wholly in Chinese, employs no whte labor, and very few people were even aware of its existence. Mr. Shaw did not like the bids submitted by the Star, Bul- letin and Advertiser, and instead of throw- ing them out and advertising for new ones he tried to peddle the job out. He ap- proached J. M. Vivas, the editor of a Portuguese journal here, and offered him $50 to be allowed to put the tax list in as a supplement, the Tax Office to furnish the same ready printed. Mr. Vivas replied that he could not use his paper for any such purpose. After exhausting himself in endeavors to get some decent paper to pub- lish the delinquent Iist Mr. Shaw finally gave it to the Chinese News, which took a $450 contract for $80. The Honolulu Typo- graphical Union has called a special meet- ng for to-night and proposes to make it interesting for the Tax Collector. No single act of any Government official since the formation of the Provisional Govern- ment has called forth such universal con- demnation as this. The Tax Collector is directly responsible to the Minister of Finance, but Mr. Damon was on the coast while the work was done. It is expected that he will order the republication of the list, there being serious doubts as to its legality in a Chinese paper. Just as the steamer sails it is reported that the Government officials have broken into and taken possession of the Holomua office. This paper hasalways been a thorn in the side of the Government and for fear that some one would start it up again the mighty Hawaiian Government bought up a mortgage held by H. A. Widemann and took forcible possession of the office a few minutes since without recourse to law or anything else. It is hardly safe toopen one's mouth in Honolulu now except in prayer. . Volney V. Ashford was expected to de- part on the Australia, but he failed to do so. Shortly before the steamer sailed he was released from prison, on the under- standing that he should leave the country. He was too ill to leave on the Australia, but may depart on the next steamer. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Henri Rochefort, who has taken part in a good many affairs of honor, has finally come to the conclusion that duelhng 1s ignoble slanghtering.” " Euphrates Esculapius Endymion Mec- Jimsey is the name of a clerk in the Re- corder’s office of Marysville, Mo. He signs his name with a rubber stamp. A Sioux City (Iowa) gambler, Jack Kerry, who ran away from his home in Treland fourteen years ago, has inherited $300,000 by the death of his father. Two electricians at Gratz, Austria, claim to have invented an arrangement by which a newspaper can be printed by telegraph in any number of places at the same time. A maiden lady in Newburg keeps a parrot which swears and a_monkey which chews tobacco. She says between the two she doesn’t miss a husband very much.—Atch- ison Globe. The owner of sheep is justified in killing adog to stop him from mangling them, but he cannot kill the dogafterward. Then the law gives him other redress. So de- cides a Maine Judge. Among the signs of the times is the fact that the Union League Club of Brooklyn devotes certain evenings to serving to members and guests of the gentler sex a table d’hote dinmner. It is a saying in Kentucky that a house with two chimneys is a colonel’s house: but then there are a few houses of any ac- count in Kentucky with less than two chimneys, and there are plenty of colonels to go round. There were 17,864,714 bunches of bananas consumed in the United States last year. Jamaica, Cuba, Honduras and Colombia supply most of the fruit. Tt is within the easy memory of people of middle age when a banana was a rarity. It is a well-known fact that the milk- maids in Switzerland who can sing get bet- ter pay than those who cannot sing. The reason is that a tuneful maid who sings at her work coaxes a fourth more milk from a cow than a songless milker can extract. One of the amazing manifestations in the Far West is the character of the clubs in'some small cities. Such clubs are Juxu- riously furnished, well managed and pros- verous. Strangest of all several such clubs support flourishing restaurants, a thing that no ciub in small Eastern cities attempts. A New England Episcopal Bishop met a young minister at a social gathering and was introduced. “Ah. Mr. —, am pleased to meet you. Iam told thatyou are a Congregationalist.” *“Yes, Bishop, T am a Congregationalist.” ‘“Ah, well, Mr. ——, excuse me, but while I recognize you as a gentleman, I cannot recognize you as aChristian.”” That is all right,Bishop. While I can recognize you as a Christian I cannot recognize you as a gentleman.’ The story is an old ‘one, and the chances are that it is not trne. “‘A new journal,” says the Philadelphia Record, *‘has been launched upon the edu- cational world in the shape of a Latin monthly. It rejoices in the title of Preco Latinus, and it has for its aim_the dissem- ination und encouragement of Latin speech and the cultivation’ of Latin literatnre. One-half of the periodical is printed in Latin and the other half in English. An interesting feature of the paper 1s the pub- lication of ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ translated into Latin by F. J. Goffaux. A general glossary is attached, giving the meaning of those words used in the translation which are likely to be unfamiliar to the average Latin student. One page is de- voted to the publication of numerous testi- monials from subscribers who have writ- ten in Latin their expressions of deep re- gard for the master mind responsible for the publication.” (N WILLIAM'S DOMAIN Wheel of Parliamentary Politics to Resume Work. MEASURES ON THE LIST. Greatest of All the Bugbears Is the Anti-Revolutionary Bill. LIBERALS ARE DISGUSTED. On the Whole the German Govern- ment Appears to Be in a Great Dilemma. BERLIN, GERMANY, April 20.—The wheel of parliamentary politics will resume active work on Tuesday next, when the Reichstag reassembles with a big pro- gramme before it, including amendments to and changes in the tariff law, the socialist bill defining and enlarging the rights of association and coalition and plenary discussion of the anti-revolution- ist bill. The measure last alluded to is the bugbear of the Liberals, Radicals and Socialists, and has been rendered even more stringent in committee, at the instance of the members of the Center party who are angling for the repeal of the anti-Jesuit laws. The Clerical pro- posals, however, in some respects are very radical, but the Government hesitates to accept them, fearing to overstep the mark and furtherintensify popular resentment. The National Liberals, who at first favored the bill, are now disgusted with the reactionary character it is assuming and have deserted to the side of its oppo- nents. Thus its adoption depends entirely upon the support of the Center party, the mem! bers of which demand that the bill be passed as they shaped it or not at all. The Conservatives, on the other hand, declare they will not consent to place German Protestantism under the heel of its heredi- tary enemies. The Government is thus in a dilemma, forif it refuses the demand of the Ceuter pafty the anti-revolution bill is certain to be rejected, whileif it consents to the demands of the Centrists the Govern- ment will alienate its conservative supporters. As a solution of the situation those who fear both clerical re- action and socialist encroachments appeal to the Emperor to intervene, as he did in the case of the withdrawal of the Seedlitz education bill in 1892, and bring about ghe withdrawal of the anti-revolution bill. Such interposition, however, would be un- constitutional, as in the case of an im- perial measure the Bundesrath alone has this power. The dispute between Great Britain and Nicaragu being watched here, and the opinion of those competent to pronounce an opinion upon the matter is decidedly against allowing Nicaragua to get off too cheaply. Moreover, the idea of in- tervention on the part of the United States is not received here with enthusiasm. The Vossiche ' Zeitung, commenting on the situation, say: “England represents not only the British, but Europe, in this. The Central American republics have been guilty of repeated acts of law- lessness against foreigners, and they deserve to be taught a lesson. If the United States claim to extend the applica- tion of the Monroe doctrine to these unruly neighbors they must also undertake to bear the responsibility of the fulfillment of their international obligations.” The treaty of peace b en Japan and China is favorably eri ed in leading political circles, and the sending of two additional German warships to the far ©East is generally ap- proved. The Kreuz Zeitung, refer- ring to the dispatch of the two warships to re-enforce the German squadron in Chi- nese waters, says, *“‘Let us salute this measure as the beginning of a radical change in our transoceanic policy.” The Vossische Zeitung declares that “Germany’s place, while observing strict neutrality, must be on the side of Japan.”” The North German Gazette this after- noon asserts that thereis no ground for the fears expressed in some quarters that Germany would intimate her intention not to interfere in the settlement of the terms of peace arrived at betweeun China and Japan even before the powers an- nounced their views upon the matter. On the contrary, the North German Gazette remarks, the Government is fully alive to the grave danger which might arise for Europe, politically and commer- cially, as a consequence of the new order of things in Eastern Asia. . Germany’s interests are so important there that the Government would be guilty of serious neglect if it were not determined to push her claims to the fullest extent. The Hamburger Borsen-Halle to-day declares that, contrary to published state- ments, no working arrangement has been arrived at yet between the Stan- dard Oil Company and the Russian oil interests. It is added, how- ever, that negotiations are proceeding and the proposed agreement is now before the Russian M ter of Finance for examina- tion. His decision will not be given before the end of the month, LINCOLNS LAST ADDRESS It Followed the Surrender of General Robert E. Lee. He Spoke With Little Attempt at Oratorical Manner or Effect. President Lincoln’s two last public addresses were made from the historic cen- tral window in the second story, frout, of the White House, on Monday and Tues- day evenings, April 10 and 11, 1865. On Sunday morning, the 9th, the day on which Lee surrendered, the President had returned from City Point and Richmond to Washington. At5 o’clock on Monday evening some two or three hundred per- sons, acting upon a rumor circulated through the city, assembled in front of the White House. The President had been out to ride in his carriage, as usual, in the afternoon, and returned about the time they began to come together. After he had entered the house it was reported that the family were at dinner, and that he would not speak. The people, however, were unwilling to disperse, and, in excel- lent humor, continued to wait for the President, says a writer in the Chicago Inter Ocean. At length, unwilling to dissappoint them altogether, he came. It was *he first time I had seen him. Iheard the somewhat elaborate paper which he read on the next evening to a larger audience, and which is preserved among his important papers; yet, the impromptu and somewhat reluc- tant speech on Monday_ evening, in which his purpose was to reciprocste the genial greeting of his hearers, but to utter noth- ing otherwise significant, afforded a far more interesting presentation of the per- sonality of the man than the more formal address afterward. He came forward brisk and cheeriul, offhand and elastic, as from a good dinner, and exceedingly well sat fied with the condition of things in geners There was a dash of exuberance in his manner. It would seem to one seeing and earing him_to have been the happiest e day, the culmination of his life. The strongest impression made was the fullness of his satisfaction. It was not manifest in anything obtrusive, but was a simple, solid, thorough-go- ing satisfaction, apparent in every feature and movement. He spoke with a good quality of voice, and with a clear, distinct and deliberate _articulation. Standing before the large window he did not seem as tall as he would elsewhere. His movements and gestures had much freedom, elasticity and force, and his countenance_beamed with cordiality, as if he were speaking with old acquaintances, all of which made him seem younger than we had expected him to appear. A shrewd intelligence, as of one long accustomed to read men, gleamed from his relaxed feat- ures and almost laughing eyes. At the same time there was a quiet and unpreten- tious air of self-reliance which was unmis- takable. One who had never before seen or heard of the man would feel entirely as- sured from his five minutes’ appearance at that time that he was no novice. He spoke as follows: “My friends, I am informed that you have assembled here this afternoon under the impression that I had made an appoint- ment to speak at this time. There's a mis- take about it somewhere. I have made no such appointment. More or less persons have been gathering here at different times during the day, and in_the exuberance of their feeling—and for all of which they are greatly justified—calling upon me to say something, and I have from time to_time been sending out what I supposed was roper, to disperse them for the present. FLuughter and applause, elicited by the genial and humorous twinkle of the eye, and the good-natured manner with which the above words were spoken.] “I said to a larger audience this mornin, what I desire now to repeat. It is thi That I supposed in'consequence of the lorious news we have been receiving lately there is to be some general demon- stration either on this or to-morrow evean- ing, when I will be expected, 1 presume, to say something. Just here I will remark that I would much prefer having thisdem- onstration take place to-morrow evening, as 1 would then be much better prepared. to say what I have to say than I am now or can be this evening. [A voice: ‘“‘And we will then have heard from Johnston."f “T therefore say to you that I shall be quite willing, and I "hope ready, to say something then, whereas just now I am eady to say anything that one in my sition ought to say. Everything I say, you know, goes into print. |Laughter and applause.] If I make a mistake [A voice: “You haven’t made any yet”] it doesn't merely hurt me, it hurts you and hurts the country. I therefore ought at least to try not to make mistakes. 1If, then, a general demonstration be made to-morrow even- ing, and if it be agreeable, I will endeavor to say something and not make a mistake, without at least trying carefully to avoid DO; it. [Laughter and applause.] Thanking you for the compliment of this call, I bid you good-evening.” This brief address exhibits many of the characteristics of the martyr President | which are now well known to the world, His bow as he retired was free, elastic and even graceful. There was more of the suave in his manner on this occasion than the representations of him generally made would imply. A stranger would have had no doubt that he was a surerior man in respeet to intelligenee, self-reliance and force. He appeared as a common man, but of uncommon penetration and vigor of mind and then and there conscious of hav- ing doneé well and succeeded in_his work. The mobile and expressive lips which spoke these well-remembered words to us as we Jooked up from near the steps of the ‘White House thirty-seven days before had uttered the immoral words: “With malice toward none; with charity for all,’ and four days and a half later were sealed in death. 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