Show TURKISH discussion IN BERLIN they dont exactly approve mr address tha armenian lecturer arof thou mayan while not exactly expelled from germany has the axe hanging over him the ber illers intimate gladstone was treaties the subject with levity copyrighted 1898 by the asso poesies Pr esies berlin cepl 2 the anti turkish speech delivered by mr gladstone at ast thursdays faaea meeting in liverpool baa been widely published here and generally commented on by the newspapers a majority of which speak of the add i ess unfavorably the Vos sische the moat indulgent ol 01 any the leading journals in ilal anti ciame coca no further than to express the hope that the words ot the former prime minister of great britain will have a sobering effect on the sultan and the palace clique behind him at the same time the suggests the possibility that the almost violent language employed by sir gladstone may reawaken the fanaticism of the moslems and the armenian lutio inele and their followers leading to the very results which he so petronely etro nely denounces among the other leading german pipers the con census ot option is that the speech is more likely to encourage a renewal ol 01 the massacres in the sultans domain the north german gazette in an article in criticism ol 01 the speech says it must be painful to many englishmen to find that mr gladstone do not know of any other remedy for the turkish atrocities than to threaten the eoltan while at the same time confessing that the threats could not be forwarded by action the national Z and of the other journals accuse mr gladstone with treating a situation with levity the practical expulsion from berlin a few days ago of prof Tho the armenian lecturer who came germany for the purpose of organizing anti turkish meetings has bad a tendency to dampen the purpose of the with the armenians Armen ians in the official mind prof is a mere ael who politically is indistinguishable from the hind and most fanatical or armenian revolutionist according to the version of tho incident published io tin cologne prof Tho lah to the ambassador to turkey who in big behalf when the professor wag sentenced to death a conspirator in armenia and procured a representative on the strength of Thou mayans undertaking to abandon hie anti turkish agitation nevertheless despite the fact that he repeated warnings from the berlin police continued his attacks upon the kultan aud bis crown ing offense was committed in his declaration at a recent anarchist meeting that the porte itself had arrain ged the affairs of taking possession of the ottoman bank in recounting the details of this incident however the gazette omits mention of the fact that prof theuma yan went to the meeting mentioned in company with a well known and highly respected berlin clergyman for the main purpose ot refuting the statement which had been made in anarchist oratories that the armenian movement was purely anarchistic dr lindauer the leader having repeated this declaration prof Tho denied the truth 0 the al It pation with mud warmth he repudiated all connection with the revolutionary manifesto which had emanated from london and having disposed of this matter to denounce the sultan and the higher officials of the turkish government the meeting was somewhat Bome what disturbed by the professors expression of his sentiments and beveral sneakers who adl lowed him declared that he was a paid agent of the russian police pro OS PAGE jac imi TURKISH 1 BERLIN CONTINUED FROM 1 PAGE I 1 lessor Tho las not yet been actually expelled though he is constructively under the ban he having been informed that the threat of hia expulsion from germany will be immediately executed if he makes another attempt to address a public meeting the death of frau katharina klatzky lohse tho prima donna which occurred in hamburg last tuesday ia greatly re grated here add the circumstances circum at bendine her demise are being widely discussed her friends are highly indignant at the medical treatment which she received and declare that she was the victim of the incapacity of the ham burp physicians who attended her the etory 0 the cause of her death haa many versions but the one most generally accepted is that while she wa singing in the united states she was struck on the head by a toppling cupboard which caused a painful an fn flam mation of the scalp she never fully recovered from the effects of the mishap and later abe pain became almost unbearable the hamburg physicians diagnosing abe case pronounced her afflicted with tumor of the brain which could only be relieved by the operation of trepanning which the doctore decided to resort to the operation was performed with the result that it disproved the tumor theory but killed the patient the fact was that her ailment was really of a comparatively trifling nature frau funeral which took place on friday was attended by a large number of her professional and private friends the body in accordance cor dance with the wishes of the deceased lady was clothed in the white robe of penitence worn by her in the character of elizabeth in the chorus ot tn macic flute was sung at the grave madame klaffky was the daughter of an obscure hungarian shoemaker and she married a a jewish tradesman in leipsic before she became prominent as a singer after her marriage she abandoned her profession but her husbands failure in business compelled her to return to the stage after which she rapidly ro ee to celebrity suspicions lire expressed within the circles ot the german colonial party that abe british are fomenting the trouble which has arisen in german east africa into which the tribe have made inroads from english territory more cerious than this bow ever is the rising of the tribe who hava erected abe fort at which the germane had previously destroyed and have also driven the small detachments ot german trompa out of the country an expedition consisting of men lisa been bent to punish abe and if this measure Is not successful baron von wissmar Wis the governor of german east africa who is now in Berhn will return to africa immediately with a large force the gale which prevailed friday and saturday caused great damage to property and considerable docs of life near the north aea coast and far iland the river elbe rose twelve feet on friday as a result of which abe cellars of many buildings near the river were flooded and scores of vessels were carried away from their moorings the rivers ems was also forced over its banks and thousands of acres of land were submerged A barge was capsized by abe force of the wind in the upper elbe and six persona were drowned mr J B jackson first secretary of the united states embassy gave a farewell dinner last week R kevana the retiring military to the embassy and mrs evans at which a large gathering of friends of the captain and hia wife were present when captain and mrs evans took their departure a large party of friends gathered at the station to see them off among those present were the members ot the staff of abe american embassy and consulate a number of the attaches of abe other embassies and legations mrs uhl wife of the united states ambassador and a host of social friends who brought with them flowers sufficient to ahlf fill the compartment of the railway carriage which the captain and bis wife occupied ambassador uhl was suffering from an attack of catarrhal cold and was unable to be present mr chas Coleman who was mr jacksons predecessor as secretary of abe american embassy ia in berlin as the guest ot vice consul zimmerman mr H G second secretary of the embassy and mrs will return to berlin on tuesday from their vacation which was spent at He general thomas wilton is among tho numerous american here mr F ritsell Rit sehl vice congui 0 germany in new york sailed for america friday on board the steamer augusta victoria additional newspaper criticism of mr liverpool speech the anti campaign which the german press have entered into bae reached a high detate of io flam the rth german gazette in o 0 i printa the entire speech tr S tj verbatim and attacks mr aglid 11 1 viciously in its accompanying 0 orial the german paper a t also much ecung by the banut 0 russian journals which are it is that germany which ahna ii been parading its military great ln and readiness for war now u i to be more awed than any 0 the powers before the of et a consequence of an attempt to ll 11 the sultan these journals cont their taunting of germany by dclark that neither austria nor italy bean such a degree of nervous eaernest ea ernese hinder all practical steps goly the turkish problem yet interests in the mediterranean are indirect |