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THE TREATY WITH GUSS. An Interesting Object Lesson in Reciprocity. Washington, Dec. 19.-The friends of the reciprocity treaty recently nego? tiated between the United States and Cuba, have been assured by members of the Senate committee on foreign relations, that the treaty will be taken np by that committee as soon as orac . ticable after the Christmas holidays. There were several conferences on the subject at the Capital today, which resulted in this understanding. The terms of the treaty require that it shall be ratified by the 31st day of January. The treaty makes more liberal pro? vision for the importation of American articles into the Republic of Cuba than has been stated heretofore, there being given for reductions in some cases of as much as 40 per cent, in others of 30 per cent, and in still oth? ers of 25 percent. On all American grown or American-made articles, except tobacco, imported into Cuba, and not specified in the '25 30 and 40 per cent classes, there is tc be a uni? form tariff redaction of 20 per cent In return, the United States agrees to a uniform reduction of 20 per cent without exception on all importations ?rom Cuba. The new island republic does not agree to any reduction* on tobacco grown in the United States or in the territory of any of its posses? sions and imported into Chiba. The products of the United. States, which are to be admitted into Cuba at a re? duction of 25 per cent, frori the rates of the existing Cuban tariff include pottery, salt fish, copper made ma? chinery, cast and wrought iron and steel, "and articles- manufactured of them ; glass, cotton and some cotton goods, ships and boats, whiskey and brandy. The 30 per cent, reduction .includes, cutlery, shoes, plate ware, drawings, photographer engravings, etc ; materials used in making labels -and bands for tobacco, common soaps, preserved vegetables, butter, drugs, bottled beer, etc; mineral waters, arti? cles made of hemp and kindred fibres ; -musical instruments and writing and printing paper. The list of American importations into Cuba on which a 40 per cent reduction is made, includes watches, umbrellas, knit cofcxms, pre? served fruits, perfumery, woollen and silk goods. There is a specific declaration to the effect that the rates fixed for each of the two countries by the other shall be preferential in favor of each party to the convention, as against all other coon tries. The treaty is to .go into effect ten days after its ratification by ^ the au -thorites of both countries. Havana, December , 19.-President Palma sent the Cuban-American treaty ia the Senate today with a message, urging that early action on it be taken. Al' H?HEST ?EBT. B?sels That the State of South Carolina Should Pay. Columbia, Dec 17.-The bill gener? ally known and referred to as "the Lord bond bill" will eome up again "before the Legislature at its meeting next month. Afr the last session a resolution was adopted instructing the State Treasurer to write these bonds off his books, bat Gov. Mc? sweeney will veto the. resolution, because he holds that the bonds are a just debt of the State, and ought to be paid, and because the resolution amounts to repudiation. This will open the whole matter again, though if the resolution had been signed by the governor that would not- have prevented those interested from again making application for payment of money justly due. It has long been a source of wonder that the legislators refused to* pay these bonds, amount? ing to about $37,0CO, when those rightfully entitled to them offer to secure the State against all loss should the lost bonds ever turn up again, and thus prevent a double pay? ment of them. Perhaps the members have not clearly understood the situa? tion, but this year they will have every opportunity of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the case. Mr. H. A. M. Smith, receiver, and Messrs. Mc Crady & Bacot have issued a pamphlet giving the full history of the case, the findings of tbe Court, Legislative action, opinion of the Attorney Gen? eral as to the justness of the claim and the messages of the Governors on the -question. It is a - thorough ex \ position of the ^ whole matter, and is being sent out rn advance to Legisla >rs, so that they may be thoroughly i&ted when it comes up next session. Noncluding the interesting portion of4p^9pamphlet it is said : ?Jr\undersigned, the receiver of the StaK?ank and the attorneys of the credits of the bank, assured of the absolut^ustice of the claim they represent-a Maim upon which the Attorney Gene?!, the Hw officer of the State, has gh?n it as his official opinion that it constitutes ?' an existing and adjudicated part 0f the o*bt of the State;" a claim, which the high ?3t courts of the State h*vye recognized as legitimate and binding upon it, and to which his excellencyVthe gov? ernor, has so earnestly and repeatedly called attention, urging upon tae leg? islature its duty to meet and provide for the same-take this method of lay? ing before you ia advance a statement of the case upon which your [action will be required very soon after the meeting of the General Assembly in January, 1903.' 9 Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-Voltairine Le Cieyre, a noted aanrchist and a teacher of languages, was mysterious? ly shot and mortally wounded today by Herman Helscher, a former pupil. The woman is dying in a hosiptal and Helscher is in custody. Unrequited love is said co have prompted the deed. When arrested Helscber's only ex? planation was the following : "We were sweethearts, she and I: she broke my heart and deserved to be killed." Mr. Bryan's newspaper is said to be Successful financially, giving him a profit of thirty thousand dollars a year, 'ine circulation is given as more than one hundred thousand. Mr. Bryan is healthy, wealthy and waiting. He thinks that if the Democratic party gets away from him in 1904, it will -?come back in 1908, and he is young enough and prosperous enough to look ADVOCATE DEALS WITH THE NEGRO. Sarcasm Dealt Out to its Chica go Contemparary. i - In the Christian Advocate of this week there appears an editorial deal? ing in rather a sarcastic manner with certain utterances of the Chicago Christian Advocate, and incidentally making a by no means complimentary reference to John S. Wise, of New York. The discussion by the Advocate is over the assertion by its Chicago con? temporary that Moses married a .'negress" and that "God justified that action," making Miriam a leper for laughing at the black woman "as a punishment. " The Advocate of Rich? mond wants to know of the Advocate of Chicago if Moses fell in love with a 14genuine African woman, flat nose, thick lips, kinky wool and musky odor," and also "what became of the .yaller' progeny of Moses and the .negress.' Did this superior man, Egyptian prince, law giver, leader, hero, leave in Palestine a lot of mulat? toes of high station?" The Richmond paper wants to know what became of them. From this point the Advocate branches off into a discussion of the negro problem. It says in part : AGREAT WRONG. "Mr. Lincoln did them a great wrong in taking them from such envi? ronment-from the industrial training of the patriarchal and Christian civil? ization needed for 400 years by the race, the selected ancestors of Jesus. "One of the glories of our Southern Church is the number of Christians among the 'servile progency of Ham,' as Wesley styled them. When their training was disrupted their morals were far superior tb their character now. They protected the homes of their absent masters in days of war. They now, rather their sons, ruined by 'freedom,' license, idleness, are committing hideous crimes, unheard of in the days of their regulated lives and religious schooling by devoted white missionaries. By their friuts we know civilizations. The negro, left to his own guidance, goes back. Hayti at our doors, illustrates. JOHN WISE'S SYMPATHY. "The dominant race of this con- j tinent, in part mistaking a negro for black Caucasian, is shedding its fan? aticism and gauging the African, by : his record. If left to himself he is a i failure. Never race had such coddling ; as the Southern ex-slave. Money by millions, teachers by the hundreds, ] enthusiasm riant-all at his service. ? In health, moral fibre, decent be- . ha vier, he has retrograded. Here and * there a white man with negro blood, ' like Booker Washington, made progress ? and became a show negro. The * animal in the African has grown over < the civilization gained under the ? pupilage of the Anglo-Saxon. J "The fate of the negro in America 1 is dark. Slowly but surely it is com? ing to balanced men that the negro < peon of the South will in the end be- J wail the day when 'freedom' made him the victim of a pitiless and 1 masterful power. 1 "Last week a lawyer of New York ? lamented that he only, in all the land, : cared for the 'rights of the negro,' and fehe sap of his sympathy flowed only 1 when warmed be a fee that emptied the i pocket of the race in Virginia."- J Richmond (Va.) Times. # UNDER THE0HI0. s Bluefield, W. Va., Dec. 19.-Every acre of coal land in West Virginia j fronting on the Ohio River has been 1 sold and there is considerable con- 1 troversy as to the ownership of the coal 1 seams under the river, which, if not ; settled by the legislature and the courts of this State, will come before the United States Supreme Court. West Virginia inherited from Vir? ginia the jurisdiction of the Ohio Riv? er, the West Virginia State line ex? tending to the lower water line on the opposite shore, hence the State of Ohio will not figure in the remarkable controversy that has suddenly sprung np. The issue is whether the State of West Virginia or the abutting proper- j ty owners can give title to the coal : under the waetr. From the apex of Hancock county, 1 which touches Pennsylvania, down to 1 the Big Sandy river, the Kentucky 1 boundary, there are 225 miles of West Virginia fronting the river, and there is a great acreage under the river that ' is valuable almost beyond estimation, ? and land owners along the river are considerably interested. Why the South is Solid. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 19.-Hon. Emory Speer, judge of the United States court for the soathern district of Georgia, was the guest of the Inde? pendent club at its second annual dinner tonight. Two hundred guests including Mayor Knight and other prominent men of the city listened to an address by Judge Speer on the subject "The Solid South." It is undeniably true, the speaker said, that the political attitude of the southern people toward the govern? ment is directly ascribable to the swift bestowal by the reconstruction acts of unlimited manhood suffrage upon the members of the African race, whicb^ he asserted, was no part of Lincoln's plan for the restoration of the union. The solution of the race problem, said Judge Speer, will be found in the enactment of impartial-1 laws for white and black men alike, j which will admit to the franhcise the intelligent, the upright and the re? sponsible of both race? and exclude the venal, the ignorant and worthless. Martinez, Cal., Dec. 21.-As a result of a rear-end collision between the Stockton flyer and the Owl train on the Southern Pacific at Bryon tast night !6 deaths already have been re? corded and there are fears that the total will reach 20.-Most of the wounded passengers who were too severely injured to be taken to their homes, were taken to the Southern Pacific hospital at San Francisco today and on the way to that place five of the victims died. Twenty-two of the injured reached the hospital, where it was announced tonight that R. W. Post of Fowler, Cal., and Lee Sou, a China? man of San Francisco, probably would succumb. Of the 22 patients only three were permitted to receive visitors, so seriously were they suffer BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. The Most Active Holiday Trade on Record. New York, Dec. 19.- Bradstreets to? morrow will say : Wholesale trade is quieting down as the stock taking pe? riod approaches, and activity is noted bj jobbers in forwarding supplies of goods needed to reenf orce stocks of re? tailers, depleted by what is conceded to be the most active holiday trade on record. Cold weather north and west has helped sales of furs, heavy cloth? ing and sleighs, and further stimulated general retail buying. Holiday buy? ing, it is noted, is for a rather more expensive grade of goods than ordi? narily experienced. There are, of course, some drawbacks, such as un? settled weather or bad roads at the south, the coal shortage at the east, and the continuance of the railway congestion at the west, affecting the movement of coke, bituminous coal and general freight, but taken as a whole, .the mercantile community con? templates the approach of the end of the year with complacency and satis? faction. Knowing as it does, that most lines of trade will show gains over 1901, and therefore, *o ver any pre? ceding year, the feeling is that the year has been a good one, while the fine wheat crop outlook and the volume of orders already booked for next year gives promise of future good conditions. Even the knowleldge that some manu? facturing plants are, like many domes? tic consumers, short of coal and are contemplating a rather earlier than usual holiday shut down, fails to arouse the pessimistic feeling noted earlier in the year when the fuel shortage was more talked about. Business failures during the week number 225, against 262 last year. Hester's Cotton Statement. New Orleans, Dec 19.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement is? sued today shows for the 19 days of December a decrease under last year of 126,000, and a decrease under the same period year before last of 176,000. For the 110 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days last year 128,000 and ahead of the same days year before last of 105,000. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 351,731 against 398,635 for the seven days last year and 407,382 year before last. The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to have been 4,433,311 against 4,276,670 last,year; overland across the Missis? sippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to ?orthern milk and Canada 484,506 against 532,842 last year: interior steel's in excess of those held at the :lose of the commercial year 468,675 against 525,713 last year; southern mill takings 744,500-against 670,168 last year. The total movement since Sept. 1 is 3,130,992 against 6,003,393 last year and 6,025,615 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 200,761 against 197,861 last year, making the total thus far for the sea? son 3,085,878 against 3,125,800 last rear. The total takings of American mills north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 1,642,211 against 1,597,813 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centers have increased during the week 38,871 bales against an increase during the corres? ponding period ?rfst season of 93,857. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 66,346,066 against 6,363,080 for the same period last year. A FAMINE IN FINLAND. Great Distress Caused by Short? ness of the Crops. St. Petersburg, December 21.-The average grain crop gathered in Finland is valued at $30,000,000. The esti? mated value of the 1902 crop is $20, D00,000. While this loss is generally distribtued' throughout Finland, it is almost total in the northern third of the country. Peas and beans generally have fail? ed, and the potato crop has not been gathered : the hay has rotted or been swept away by floods. The disaster is due to the late spring, the nearly con? tinuous chilly rains and the early frost, which was recorded on August 10. In the north ther6 have been only half a dozen days when it did not rain. The rains also spoiled the fish? ing. So complete was the failure of vegetation that dead birds by the hun? dred have been found in the forest. The crop failure is the worst that has been experienced for the last fifty years.. It is hoped, however, that better methods of communication will facilitate the work of relief and avoid wholesale deaths by hunger and typhus. Count Bobriokoff, Governor General of Finland, has issued an appeal for help in Russia, and a voluntary relief committee has been throughout the country, The Anglo-Saxon Church here is" affiliated with the committee. St. Petersburg, December 21.-The Russian Government has drawn up a comprehensive plan for feeding the people who today are in a state of semi-starvation as a result of crop fail? ures and generally relieving the dis? tress which is widespread throughout, the ten governments of Eastern Rus? sia and some of the districts of Sibe? ria. The sum of S3,381,500 has been already expe.ided in relief work, but further great sums will be necessary to support tho populace of the afflicted districts and enable them to resume farming in the spring. ? Florence, December 21.- Alton B. McLeod, a young flagman on the Atlantic Coast Line, while walking over tiie top of an incoming freight train, fell between the cars, and his body was fearfully mangled by the wheels. The young man was walking along thc track near the transfer sta? tion on the freight yard, and, in oder to save a walk up-town to his boarding house, boarded a passing train and was waklingon top, going towards the engine, when he fell between the cars. Several cars passed over his body. TRY?NG TO ARBITRATE FOR VENEZUELA. England and Germany Ask Secu? rity for any Award That May ?e Made by Arbitrators. Washington, Dec. 19.-Secretary Hay has received partial responses from the governments of Great Briain, Ger? many and Italy respecting the proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulties. Great Britain is favorable to arbitra? tion with proper safeguards; Germany accepts arbitration in pinciple but finds a multitude of small adjustments to be made before entering into the agreement ; Italy, as the junior part? ner of the allies declares that she is favorable to arbitration, but will be bound probably by the action of the senior partners. To secure these results the Am?rican embassies at London, Berlin and Rome have been working energetically to carry out the instructions of Secre? tary Hay to ascertain how the proposal would be received. As far as England is concerned, the safeguards referred to are believed to relate to the question of guarantee which is full of difficul? ties. In this connection some consid deration is again being given to the feasibility of the assumption for res? ponsibility for any award assessed against Venezuela by responsible private agencies, but the United States government is determined net to allow ?oelf to be drawn into the position of a guarantor in this case, for the precedent once established, might require the United States to be? come the financial backer of all South ?and Central America. However, if private concerns can be -induced to enter the field the United States gov? ernment will do what it can to reduce their risks. Secretary Hay, Sir Michael Herbert, the British ambas? sador, and Senator Depew were in conference today and it is suspected that this phase of the case was touch? ed upon, although no confirmation can be had at this time. The German position presents the greatest difficul? ties for not only does it involve a de? mand for apologies which are ex? tremely- repugnant to Venezuelans, but also presents so many points re? quiring adjustment that it is evident that many days or perhps weeks must elapse before that adjustment can be affected and the case prepared for arbitration. And the danger of delay in the face of a blockade which seri? ously cripples neutral commerce and invites [hostile collisions with the Venezulans cannot be over-estimated. The efforts of the United States there? fore must be directed toward hastening Germany's action on the arbitration proposal. The Italian position is, of course, of less concern than that of the other allies The Italian ambassador here, in his intercourse with the state de? partment, has been extremely moder? ate and considerate, giving Secretary Hay the impression that he is well disposed to second any efforts of the United States to terminate the^present dangerous situation. The French government has served notice that without abating her claims, the payment for which have been ar? ranged, she also claims the right to have the claims of French citizens which have arisen since the adjust? ment above spoken of, considered by the joint tribunal which wili adjust the Venezuelan debts on a basis of equali? ty with those of the other nations. This contention is strongly resisted by some of the allied powers and is one of the points which is likely to lead to the consumption cf much time and which must be disposed of before a final ar? rangement can be made to arbitrate the case. ROOSEVELT ASKED TO ARBITRATE. The President First Suggested The Hague Tribunal. Washington, Dec. 20.-President Roosevelt has proposed to the allied powers that the Venezuelan dispute be submitted to the arbitraton of The Hague tribunal. The powers have re? plied with a counter proposal that President Roosevelt himself arbitrate the issues. The development over night in the Venezuelan matter and they seem to justify the prediction made in these dispatches that the critical point had been passed. President Roosevelt does not wish to act as arbitrator in this dis? pute for as such it is felt here the would bo at once, judge, jury and constable and would be under the moral obligation to exercise hie own judgment. The president feels that a reference to The Hague tribunal would vastly strengthen the cause of arbitra? tion. Still rather than see the present dis? pute proceed to extremes, it is prob? able the president will reluctantly as? sume the duties of arbirator. It is fully realized that any decision render? ed by him in that capacity would be sure to bring him the enmity of one or the other of the parties to the con? troversy and this fact was pointed out to the president early in the week by a leading senator who had been called into consultation. Nevertheless to prevent bloodshed and the destruction of property and interference with great commercial interests that would result in loss it is believed that the president would assume the charge, providing his own view cannot prevail. An important fact developed today is that the punitive measures about to be instituted, and in fact now in force in some degree, will not be suspended by the allies until a definite agreement is reached as to arbitration. Venezuela also has been told through Minister Bowen that the president would welcome a reference of the dis? pute to The Hague tribunal. While no direct reply has been received it is not doubted that the reply would be favor? able if the other parties consented to such reference. If an agreement is reached on arbit- j ration the procedure would be for Mr. Bowen, representing Venezuela as a plenipotentiary to sign with the repre? sentative of the allies a protocol, stating that the case is to be submitted to arbitration : that Venezuela admits the right of li pl?mate intervention in behalf of a claimant, a principle she has always resisted, and that the de? tails of the arbitration shall be ar? ranged in a formal treaty which she plfcdegs herself to sign. This treaty will provide in the greatest detail for the security of foreign interests against vexatious and ex:ortionate interfer? ence on the part of the Venezuelan government and will insure the ad? ministration of exact justice in the set? tlement of claims and especially will it relieve foreign residents of Venezuela from forced loans and persecution in the times of revolution. London, Dec. 21.-It is believed that President Roosevelt's answer to the proposal made by the allied powers that he arbitrate the Venezuelan issues has been received in London. The strictest secrecy with regard to every phase of the negotations is preserved, however, but such indications as ar6 obtainable point to President Roose? velt's acceptance of the office of arbi? trator. A constant interchange of cablegrams is proceeding night and day between the United States embassy here and the state department at Washington. It is believed that the president's answer will be submitted formally to the foreign office tomorrow. By Wed? nesday unless some unexpected com? plications arise, it is believed the negotiations will reach a stage assur? ing a definite arrangement and obvia? ting hostilities. It must be said that the acceptance of the office of arbitrator by President Roosevelt would greatly surprise the foreign office, which always has been doubtful of the issue of the abritration negotiations on account of the belief that President Roosevelt, or the Unit? ed States, was not wiling to undertake the responsibility thereby involved. La Guayra, December 21.-The Ital? ian crusier Giovanni Baus?n has cap? tured a sloop, which was coming from the east. The British cruiser Tribune left here at noon today for Port of Spain, Trin? idad, with the schooner Mercedes in tow. The German training ship Stosch left port this afternoon to take Mme von Pilgrim-Baltazzi, wife of the Ger? man charge d'affaires, to Curacao. A German cruiser, supposed to be the Gazelle, passed this port today, towing two large schooners in the di? rection of Trinidad. One of the results of the blockade is that the harbor corporation and ship? ping firms here have dismissed their laborers. Over 500 men are therefore out of work. ROOSEVELT MS NAMED. lt is Generally Regarded as a Shrewd Diplomatic Move to Ensure the Collection of Claims. Washington, Dec. 22.-President Roosevelt has not accepted the position of arbitrator of the controversy in which the republic of Venezuela is in? volved with Great Britain Germany and Italy. In fact, when the official day closed, he had not received form? ally or officially a request from the European powers that he act as arbi? trator of the dispute. These state? ments are made on the highest authority. In an informal manner, the presi? dent has been notified that the Euro? pean powers, intimately concerned in the present South American difficulty desire that he should undertake the responsibility of acting as arbitrator of the points at issue between them and Venezuela. Thus far, they mere? ly have been taking "soundings," with a view, probably, of ascertaining how he would recieve a formal proffer to act as arbitrator. It can be said that, in response to the suggestions he has received, the president, from the first intimation he had that* he was desired as arbitrator of the Venezuelan controversy, has ex? pressed emphatically his judgment that the matters to be arbitrtaed should be referred to The Hague tribunal. His view of the suggestions made has been conveyed to the European powers, together with a strong presentation of his reasons for the view be holds. To this latest phase of the Venezuelan question, no response of a formal nature has been received. The president and Secretary Hay had a long conference today after the former'3 returnfrom his Virginia trip. They went over carefully the situation as it had developed since Saturday, but it is understood that nothing has prison during the past 48 hours to war? rant the president in changing his opinion as to the undesirability of his acceptance of the position of arbitrator. The acceptance the powers of the principle of arbitration as applied to the Venezuelan question is a matter of great gratification to the president and nis cabinet. That all the powers have intimated too, that they would prefer that the president should arbitrate the present dispute than chat it should be referred to The Hague tribunal is taken as a notable compliment to the personality and to his administration. It is the hope of the president and his advisers, however that, while there is precedent for his acceptance of the post cf arbitrator, the powers will con? sent to a reference of the controverted matters in the Venezuelan question to the tribunal at The Hague. The United States goverment is awaiting the reception of formal ans? wers from the allied govrenments to the president's last suggestion that the Venezuelan dispute be referred to The Hague. So far those responses have not come to hand but it is pretty well understood that they willhold out for the arbitration of President Roosevelt himself. Signs point to the president's ultimate acceptance of the trust though nothing positive is yet known on this point. The state de? partment has learned that President j Castro would welcome the selection of President Roosevelt as arbitrator, and as all the parties interested are united the pressuA will be hard to resist. Opinion varies as to the termination of the blockade of the Veneuzelan ports. In some quarters it is assumed that if President Roosevelt accepts the duty of arbitraor the allies will call off the'blockade at once. On the other hand it is pointed out that custom re? quires the terms of the abritration to be pretty accurately defined and this will consume time, pending which the blockade will continue. It is quite evident from the develop? ments here that Germany is the origin-1 ator and promoter of the suggestion that President Roosevelt act as arbi- I trator. Great Britain and Italy. . it ? is believed, incline toward arbitration ! by The Hague Tribunal, but of course j they would not indicate any preference ; officially in the matter if President . Roosevelt gave the faintest intimation ', of accepting the ' charge. Indeed, j officially the allies stand on record as j supporting the German lead in this I matter. SOFT WORDS FROM GERMANY. Germany Will be Wei! Satisfied With Roosevelt as Arbitrator. Berlin, December 22.-The blockade of the Venezuelan coast will continue until a definitive arrangement for arbi? tration has been reached. Germany will be well satisfied if President Roosevelt undertakes the task. His acceptance would be considered a suffi? cient guarantee that Venezuela would pay if she lost. Asking President Roosevelt to arbitrate was the Empe? ror's personal suggestion. An indi? rect inquiry three or four days ago not eliciting a refusal from the President, a request has now been made in direct form. Although Germany is ready to submit the case to any impartial tribu? nal, she would prefer President Roose? velt, for the reason that President Castro is more likely to accept the decision of the President of the Uni? ted States than that of The Hague Tribunal. If President Castro evades payment under President Roosevelt's award, the people of the United States, it is claimed here, would with positive pleasure see the allies compel him to pay up. The United States are considered here as emerging from the affair with all credit. The Monroe doctrine has been acknowledged by two of the greatest Powers of Europe, President Roosevelt has been accepted as arbitra? tor by all the parties concerned, and the South American States have been persuaded by events that the United States is the only Power between them and Europe. The only annoying thing to the German Government has been the alleged readiness of Americas to suspect Germany of secret designs. The reported extraordinary distrust of Germany has been a painful sur? prise to the Emperor and to the Cabi? net. GROWN PRINCESS DISAPPEARS. A Tremendous Sensation in the Kingdom of Saxony. Dresden, Saxony, December 22. The Crown Princess of Saxony fled from her home on the night of D?cem? bre ll. The Dresden Journal of today says: "The Princess, in a state of intense mental excitement, suddenly deserted her famliy at Salzburg and went abroad. The Saxon Court functions for the winter, 'including the New Year's r?ception, have been cancelled. ' ' The foregoing paragraph in today's official journal, which was inserted by order of the King and Crown Prince of Saxony, has turned into truth what for several days past has been regard? ed as an incredible tale. The Crown Princess of Saxony, surrounded by her ladies in waiting and numerous atten? dants and servants of the royal house? hold, has vanished so utterly that the police of every kingdom of Europe have for ten days been unable to trace her. The official announcement was made in order to obtain the aid of the general public in finding the Princess, and because the Court fiction that she preferred to remain in retire? ment at Salzburg rather than to re? turn to her husband and children at Dresden can no longer be maintained. Accompanied by the Crown Prince the Princess went to the castle of Em? peror Francis Jose,f near Salzburg, a month ago. A week after their arrival at the castle the Prince broke his leg while hunting and was brought back to Dresden. The Princess, however, re? mained at the castle. Why she did so the people of the Court did not know, except that with gloomy tenacity the Princess usually does what she pleases. For a little while this explanation sufficed, then f ragments of gossip began to reach Dresden. It was said that the Princess had surrendered herself to periods of nervous excitement and that her eccentricities of deportment caused much concern to her suite and to some of her Austrian kinsfolk, who were staying in the castle with her. It is now "believed that she was under surveillance, and if this is true it makes her disappearance the more ex? traordinary. The narrative of the events at Salzburg, during the night of Decem? ber 11-12, as told in Dresden, is that the Princess, who appeared to^ be in an unusually tranquil mood, retired be? fore 12 o'clock. Three hours later, when a maid looked into the royal bed chamber, something in the ap? pearance -of th6 bed prompted her to go closer and examine it. Instead of the Princess the maid percieved a dummy figure. She awakened the lady-in-waiting, and the latter, with other members of the Princess's suite, searched all the neighboring apart? ments, then the entire castle, and finally the grounds of the castle for the Princess, but no trace of the mis? sing woman was found. At dawn the police of Salzburg were informed of the disappearance, and inquiries were made throughout the whole country side, but with no tangible result. A number of what had seemed to be traces of the Princess were shown to be with? out foundationu pon careful examina? tion by the police. The inquiry by the end of that day had extended to all parts of the Kingdom of Saxony and on authority from Dresden, by the end Df the second day, to all Europe. The theory of suicide was suggested and a fruitless search for the Princess's body was made. All the ponds and other pieces of water in the vicinity of the castle have been dragged without result. The disapearance of the Princess will doubtless cause the circulation of many stories. It is already related that she eloped, but inquiries have brought out nothing to substantiate or support this statement. Mexico City, December 21.-The superior board of health, with offices in this city, has sent a commission to study a mysterious disease which has alarmed the people of the Pacific port of Mazatlan. Nineteen persons have died there and the local physicians regard the disease as the Asiatic plague, presenting all the symptoms of the cases which occured recently in San Francisco. Neighboring towns are forming a local quarantine against