Show BALLOONS FOR THE ARMY I I Gen Grecley Greatly Pleased With His Observations In Germany Washington Oct 21 Brigadier General I Gen-eral Greefey chief signal officer of the army has returned from a trip to Europe I Eu-rope here he attended the geographical geograph-ical congressat Berlin and in that connection con-nection had an opportunity to observe I the trend sentiment in Europe on public questions of interest the United Unit-ed States General Greeley said As to the military branch of my observations I ob-servations the German emperor accorded ac-corded special prjviligea for noting the I entire operations and equipment of the military ballooning department of the German army an experience of great I value The German balloon equipment and method unqu Gtionably the best I in the world Their operations are conducted con-ducted with a celerity precision and completeness that must forcibly impress im-press any military expert who observes them The geographical congress at Berlin was extraordinarily successful Nearly all the geographical changes wrought by the war with Spain the extension of American interests on both hemispheres hemi-spheres and the maturing of the South African crisis with its many possibilities possibili-ties of ceoeraDhical changes attracted unusual attention to quarters in which the Englishspeaking countries are concerned I had a long conversation with Prince Hohenlohe the imperial chancellor chan-cellor and with Baron Thielmann imperial im-perial minister of finance who will be remembered as ambassador at Washington I Wash-ington a few years agc in vhich they I expressed the opinion that the advent i of the United States in Asiatic waters I would be followed by no withdrawal and that the country wouk carry out successfully its civilizing plans for the future advancement of the Ihilipoine Islands They expressed the mot or dal feeling toward the United States and made It evident that whatever rivalry ri-valry might arise betwian the two countries would be along business and industrial lines The general says the universal sentiment I sen-timent among the scientists nt tile f congress was that the balloonist An dree was lost C = I |