The New York herald., 1874-10-10
GERMANY.

Occupations or Kaiser Wilhelm and
Kaiser Franz Joseph-CathoIic Perse-
cutions-Appreciati OF American
Medical ScIence.
FRANKFORT, Sept. "a, 1874
Everybody that can think OF just now seems
happy The OLD Catholics are happy and believe
that their is progressing especially after all
the religious spread-eagleism at Freourg To-
day Professor Doinger Is happy down at Bonn.
on the Rhine, where he has collected together
number Of wel meaning religious people, who be-
heve they can bring about . unity OF the Christian
churches by returning to the doctrines and formu-
laries OF the nrst i've or six centuries, and who
yet refuse to treat with ultramOntanes and the
so-calied ''sects" They are engaged In . task
which Kladderadatsch solemnly believes win be
accomplished about the time when perpetual
motion shau be discovered. or some genius shall
succeed in squaring the circle. Well, as said,
DR.. Dolinger is happy, and the Old Catholic lead
ers are still happier, because the old gentleman
has been switched OF their track and is now en-
gagged on an Utopian task which will occupy his at
tenton as long as ne lives, and prevent nil xromre-
eeding from the so-called ''reiormers, who by the
way, neither increase nor multiply as the Bible
commands Kaiser Wilhelm Is happy, too, and is
reviewing the troops engaged At the man9uvres
near Hanover. He was at Frieburg, near Nau-
helm, in the Taunus, few days ago, and reviewed
20, 600 troops In q drencning shower In the cas-
tie court mounted on his lavorite charger, he sat-
severely military. for three hours, while his stan
ana he, too, became Grenched to the skin. The
Austrans are in great glee just now because the
Payer-Weyprecht North Polar Expedition has re-
turned. after having been given up for lost. The
CZechs are happy at having enticed Francis 10.
seph visit the ancient seat OF Bohemian roy
atty and are again dreaming OF king Bismarck
lnuk
heard about him his participating in the festival
OF 'harvest home" on his estate. The German
peasants and the vine growers are happy. the for
mer in having secured good hsrvests, the latter
in the beautiful autumn sunshine that is giving
the last delicious flavor to the grapes on the Rhine,
the Main and the Sadla.
RELIGIOUS PROSECUTIONS
Perhaps from this amount OF happiness you may
imagine that Germany is indeed country to be
envied. But then there are great many people
and classes who are very unhappy. For instance.
the hotel keepers, who wonder whether all their
American visitors have gone to Iceland or have
stayed at home to read the Beecher-Tliton scan
dal which is, by the way, largely reported here
in as piquant light as possible. The social demo
Gratis are likewise unhappy, for they have much to
| suffer from the hands OF stern paternal govern
1 ment Not less unhappy and discontinued are the
\ German Catholics. who begin to wonder when the
| day OF justice will come, wnen the days OF their
prosecutions win cease. In the nrst ten days OF
September there was an almost Incredible number
OF petty prosecutions OF the ultramontanes re-
ported by the German press and am sure 4 viii
interest some OF your readers TO have list Of
them. Not that the catalogue is complete, but IL
shows you what is going on every week or 50 In
i. Rector Esch, OF Bayenthal. near Cologne. SEN
fenced to one months Imprisonment ior infringe
2. Printer Lutzeler, or Mnnlheim on the Rhine,
fined SO ior emitting to send to the police for In
spection copy Of dying saeet directed against
5. Chaplain Thielen, OF schweich, fined 500 or
three months Imprisonment Tor breaking the Nav
! T. General Vicar DR.. de Lorenzi OF Treves fined
ten silver groschen ttwenty-0 cents for not an
nouncng to the police the arrival OF the Bishop Of
5. TWO persons OF Bernkastel imprisoned and
nned-one OF them three weeks Imprisonment
| and Q fine OF $40, and the other one weeks I'M
prisonment and $l0-f0r infringement OF the laws
4 regulating public assemblies. -s ..
! Kaes OF Kess; the priests Doormanns, OF Weeze
and Plagge, OF Ginderich, expelled their respec-
I. Confscated-The property OF the vicarage or
| st. Agatham at Roruge, the vacant rector's office
ut Klndernaus, the living OF liter, the reclor's
| ONCE In Endenbacn, and the vlcarage OF Herken-
rath In the last instance the Keys OF the ytcarage
were taken possession o. BY force
g. Closed by the pollce-The Catholic Citizens
! Union and the MAyence Cataolic Union in Breyell
1 the Catholic Reading Society and the Maye
Ca,holc Union 10 S.cn.sn sna 'ae nd Myence Enn;n
hOfen L
! In Voerst at the houses OF the managers OF the
houses Of the chief members OF the Catholic Read.
Kevelser, at the houses OF members Of the Catholic
! Citizens Union in Breyell, az the house OF the
K%empen, % and as the houses Of the President and
Cashier OF the Catholic Cisizeas Union 81
Aempcm. "~....ao -. th. ,onov,r0 worro nrh
nsned by Romen, OF voerst:-"The Catholics In
the German keichstag,u by Bishop Ketteler; 1.-The
ana yetoes the
manus Lactantius. In the book publishing house
OF Hamel In Dueren, the police searched ior Bo.
Kreuz,r mot to Canosss,r the ''Soest Brochures
for 1872" bur they did not succeed In indlna any.
account OF an article about the Kullmann affair.".
IL Press processes were instituted against the
marcK and against the Bocholt Volksotau ior con.
nscated article entitled "Aut-auLn
IL. Removed from onnce-Prlest DR., Beissing, In
spector OF schools, IN the city district OF Essen
Priest SCHROEDER, in viersen; Priest Genlen IL
HeIenabrunn; Priest Funke, Of the House OF Cor
scneid, was excluded from the school Committee
ps Seg e s
caused there W the arrest OF the priest OF Ram
closed @ the assemblies S Of the Mayence CatnoliSS
onion. The directors OF the westphalian Railroad
have prohibited the sale OF the WestphallaI
Courier and the Berlin Germdnd at any or thelI
restaurant bookstails.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The social, democratic Voiksstdnt asserts thai
the hesse- Darmstadt government has issued
circular urging the police TO a stricter oversight o.
the utramonta The VOitssfdat further states
that 1t has the best authority for saying that the
Indictment to this step proceeded first OF all from
Prussia, and that ukases OF similar tendency have
been sent to the police or Prussia and ali the
smaller North German states. The Hessian ukast
SAYS that the ultramontane press is growing
constantly more violent In It's struggle against
| tue State In favor OF the Church. In this openly
declared CONFLICT against those In authority the
utramontane press seeks to impress the lower
cases OF the popula tion with the belief that the
state is prosecuting and depressing the Church
with all the means at Its command, tnus exciting
the hatred and passions OF its readers against the
powers tnat be. Tine Grand Ducal government
therefore, considers 1t to be its duty 70 stem tns
tide OF danger resulting from THIS source by al