| Show BY r TELEGRAPH I 1 E LE G 11 AR 14 pit tn W WESTERN UNI amo wa LINE I 1 FOREIGN robetoy roBE Tey BER BERLIN LINSan tan I 1 emperor william today to day celebrated the eightieth anniversary of his bis entrance into the pros sian aiau aray arr V by receiving his corn com mau mandog dirig generals headed by crown prince frederick william the crown prince addressed the em emperor eror as to follows the army celebrates with your majesty the day upon which eighty years ago you entered the army ua on several occasions we have been fortun ate in coming before our chief in war tt th thank him for leading us through severe struggles to glorious victories today to day however ha wever your majesty can look back upon sixteen years which have been richly blessed by peace years above al all dedicated to the undisturbed development and strengthening of an empire which was only ea established after long wilting waiting and struggling this work woric has succeeded because your Maje competent and active leadership raised the capability of the aam atm army y to that state of perfection of which chic every german soldier is justly proud the prussian principle that no difference exists between the people and the army because both are always ready to D DEFEND FEND THEIR COUNTRY has by your Maje care become the property of the whole german nation in this national course lles lies our greatest security security ti for the maintenance of peace may I 1 then again tell your majesty that our strong and united nation in grateful grat efu love and faithfulness ul always ready for sacrifices trusts to in its emperor and in war wak looks with oaf joyful qa confidence upon open him as the preserver kirver of peace and cherishes the wish that gods blessing in iii fullness may rest upon him zie the emperor replying referred to his father who he said avowed him to enter the army in the hope that he would experience better belter times than prussia then permitted him h m to see such happy times in the fullest measure anese better days were especially due to the successes C of the army here the emperor much moved e embraced the crown prince and general von moltke to whom lie he spoke in an earnest macnei maciei thanking him tor for his bis umpai alleged services finally turning to the other om officers rs pre present serit he said he hoped hokd to meet them agam again on the first day of january 1884 LONDON jan I 1 mr air hartington joseth joseph chamberlain and sir henry james held eld a long conference anceto today to day the weight ot opinion was in favor of mr goschen accepting office goschen thereupon waived all personal distastes and arote wrote to lord salisbury that he be would enter his cab 4 inet under certain conditions he will holda hold a conference with salisbury on monday MADRAS dec 2 the fire in the reserved enclosure at the peoples park ft E ark on friday fridae lasted only 15 minutes tt is now ascertained that persons lost their lives being either burned to death or suffocated while the number injured is placed at the same figure the commander in chief and first prince of Tra who were present escaped uninjured among the victims were two european women and many european children are missing the tire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin LONDON jan 2 toe ane post in announcing nouh noun ing cing that mr goschen has agreed to succeed lord randolph churchill in a the leadership of the house hous of commons expresses the fear that his appointment will lead to the abandonment of the tory democratic policy upon which it is necessary to fight the conservative battles the po st aduain urges upon lord salisbury the imperative pera tive necessity of seeking seeking some means to regain lord randolph even if mr Gos chens occupancy be final sir Will william ifan vernon barcourt and mr arnold morley vh cited mr goschen today to day it is rumored the latter was san by mr gladstone to advise goschen not to leave the literal liberal party toe the burmese ruby merchants merchant maintain a friendly attitude towards the british A proclamation has been issued ordering I 1 all inhabitants to surrender their arms arins within five days it Is expected the troops will be compelled to leave the ruby mines in consequence of toe scarcity of water and tile the prevalence ol of fever the camp of a native prince has been surp surprised risea by british troops the prince himself and forty follo follower were were killed ST petersburg jan 2 general Geu Gou beloff has been appointed to sue huc aeed general kaulbars as military to the russian lius embassy at vienna V LONDON jan 3 an explosion of gas occurred yesterday ia cambridge barracks at portsmouth doing co considerable i 11 sid erable damage four men were killed outright and others L till were buried in tae debris and it is not known whether they are alive or not the number injured asfar as far as known is 13 and some of these it is eared f are fatally hurt LONDON jan 3 8 blowitz paris correspondent of the times positively confirms his recent statement that russia and germany have concluded a direct alliance blowitz bays that by the terms of this new russia binds herself to remain neutral in the event ot of a war between france and germany aad germany binds herself to remain neutral in the event of a war between russia and austria he further frays bays that while there can be no doubt about the existence of this imperial compact there boere are two stories as to the manner in which the treaty was effected one stoby is that it was negotiated by the czar and emperor william eb personal correspond eum enie the other is that bismarck and de giers contrived the alii alliance ance by persona I 1 discussion |
