, 1888-05-24
Grand Preparations for a Royal
Wedding.
bismarck and the Empress
Again at Outs.
Russia Threatening War;
Other Powers Preparing.


after four o'clock the people assembled IN
front OF the palace were gratified by the APP
open carriage. The three princes fol-
lowed in second carriage and in II third
were Doctors Mackenzie and Gen eral Win
terheld. The imperial carriage moved
ve~y slowly and enabled many
pa0pie ooysrs to come forward ara and pre
and empress who received them till the
carriage was heaped with them. The
weather was bright and the heat was almost
of midsummer. The emperor still bears
marked traces OF fever, but his appearance
daily improves. The drive was continued
to Schooling lodge and Green lodge.
Every day this week showed a
pERoEprrBLE INCREASE
OF general strength. While walking he
looks very frail and he is Obliged
taken is taken with evident effort.
He takes a strong Interest in the prepara-
tons for the wedding of Prince Henry and
Princess Irene. Three hundred and twenty
guests have been invited, including the
Prince OF Wales, King of Saxony, Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden, Prince
and Princess of Anholt, the Crown Prince
Of Greece and all members of Hohenzol-
lern and Hesse. The family's wedding
dinner party will consist of
forty royal personages and covers
Marscbadfel for The household and suites of
royal guests. The wedding ceremony will
be performed in the Polish chapel where
special accommodate ions are being prepared
for the Emperor and Do.wager Empress
Augusta. Princess Victoria, Sophie and
Margareth and Princess Alex Of Hesse, will
be bridesmaids
QUEEN VICTORIA
has sent the bride an entire trousseau of
n mn n
diamonds, emeralds and pearls. The re-
lations between the empress and Prince
Bismarck are again strained. Before the
chancellor went to Varsn, the empress
submitted 10 the emperor the names Of
several court officials on whom she desired
to have conferred distinguished orders.
Prince Bismarck protested and the whole
ministry signed the protest stating that II
the orders were conferred they would re.
sign. The empress then withdrew the
names. The feeling OF bitterness
between the court and Prince
Bismarck and their partsians is
intensified. The chancellor will
return to Berlin at the end of next week.
The situation is to critical to permit of fur
| ther rest for him. The war drum beats
with snbdued resonance, but ever and anon
the official press re-awukens interests by
| some fresh alarm.
| Russias preparations are now omi nous.
| The news of the week is to the effect that
| terms for loan. Vishnigradski, the Rus
! sian minister OF finance, first ruptures the
| negotiation with the Compte d 'Escolp pte,
angrily revoking the proposals as a reflec-
| ton upon Russia's solveDcy. Though the
| details of the negotiations which have
been concluded are very meagre, enough is
| known to show that Vishnigrads ii sent word
| to the syndicates of his acceptance of the
! condition. No German house or any
other government organization have re.
ceived information of the renewal of ne.
| gotiations by Russia. Hence the accusa
| ton that the Cars agents are seeking to
| foment revolution in Macedonia. Austriad
| officials state that General Rebborg carrien
u traders passport but was really spy upon
| the new Notifications at Pezemyst, which
| is now the centre of defense of Eastern Ga
licia. Alter q detention of Is hours, Genei al
| Rihporg was permitted to proceed to Cra-
| COW, under surveillance; from thence, re-
turning to Warsaw, General Rihborg's ar
rest following the detention ofthe Russian
| general, KIM, at Carcow, evoked threats
| from the Moscow press and as a matter of
fact reprisals have already been taken
| The
AUSTRIA WAR OFFICE
has advces OF the disappearance of several
officers on tour in Vol
hynia, Poland, with open pass
ports. The Austrian press appears to have
received orders to keep silent in regard to
incidents occurring on the frontier. The
arrival at Vienna on Thursday last of a
number of staff officers under General Won
Panitz, chief of staff of the 18th Germany
army corps, is too pregnant and signi flea mt
to be overlooked. General Won
Planitz, with his staff, goes on
a tour through Gaices and Transyl-
varia in obedience TO plan of cam paign
| long since desired and approved by the Ber-
| lin and Vienna war officers, and the Saxon
army corps will fight by the side of the
| Austria Hungarian troops. 1t is asserted
| that French officials are purposely insult
ing German subjects, and appear to be au-
thorized to do 80 by high French authori-
ties; These insults, the press holds, must
lead to reprisals.
General Vanschellondorf, war ninister,
has approved the new method of
INITIATING WAR BALLOONS,
BY which gas is produced on the spot when
ever wanted Military attaches of tue
European powers who were present at the
experiments at Furstenwalde concurred in
the opinion that It was an important
advance in scientific warfare. The North
German Gazette gives prominence to the
complaints of Germans who are an
! noyed by French frontier officials. re,er.
| ring to-day to all incident of a German
commercial traveller being forbidden TO
journey through France. Rigorous sur.
| villiance Is carried ON to prevent the Snug
| Cling Of prohibited papers, and it is report.
ed that the Swiss police even have consented
to assist in the preparation of "a list of soci.
alist refugees who are suspected of spread.
| ing their doctrine.
| A forest fire is in progress near Tuns-
bruck, which threatens to destroy the val
ley Of Jenboct and Tratz zberg castle. Three
hundred soldiers are engaged in an at
tempt to check the flames.