The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-30
BITS FROM BERLIN.
The New Years Reception
Awaited with Anxiety.
WY THE EMPEROR Is PACIFIC
Prince Bismarck Ill More Money
Needed for the Emperor's Private
Establishment.

BERLIN, December 29-[Copyright
1888 by the New York Associated
Press. 1.-The New Years reception at
the court is awaited with anxiety. The
impression is prevailing that the En-
peror will sieze the occasion to give ut
terance to the coming years policy.
Nothing like speech can be expected,
the court precedent being against any
thing beyond formal reception to di-
plomatist officials, and of Hofgeisele-
schaft generals, but some few words con-
veyiug a message of peace to the world
are certainly looked for, the Emperor
readily finding chance. None will
doubt the character of his utterances.
The North armenian Gazstte is pro-
duced in large type.
The Emperor's words, on receiving
wreath at the Vulcan ship works, were:
''THEsE ARE LAURELs OF PEACE"
Semi official newspapers concur in
the announcement that notwithstand-
ing the preparation in France and Rus
STA, Germany remains on the defensive,
in the meanwhile perfecting her arma
ments
The National Gazette, summing up the
situation: ascribes the quiet TO the fact
the arming of every side will be ter
minated and the fever of preparation
will be replaced by calm, conscious
readiness TO do battle. On the other
hand. in the opinion of the MilitGire
Zeitung and Kreuse Zeitung the express
sions of the Emperor are pacific because
the army is
IN A STATE OF TRANSITION.
New infantry drill regulations and
radical changes ia the defense are neces
sary to meet the recent explosive in
ventions and a reform in cavalry
weapons combining to render advisable
another year of preparatory activity.
Concerning Prince Bismarck's health,
it has become to disturbing factions.
The Chancellor was better st the de-
ginning of the week but authentic ad-
vices from FREDERICKSBURG are that
since Wednesday he has suffered re-
currence of govt in evere form. DR..
Sen Eoininger is in attendance mon
him, but at the instance OF Count Her
bert Bismarck, DR.. Bardle had been to
see him on Thursday.
MORE MONEY FOR THE EMPEROR.
The question of making additional
state provision for the imperial family
comes up in the Reichstag some time
in February. Apart from his income
the allowance OF the Emperor from i'm
ricl FIN ia nnlu G7S0 nm riU
1t is reported that the Chancellor
will inform the Reichstag that an aG-
ditional $3.50 700 is required, owing to
the additional expenditures involved
in the increased duties of the head of
the Empire a census OF opinion is
that some such provision is necessary,
and the sum ment ioned is req sonabie.
Early in February the Imperial tour
will be resumed. A programme has
not yet bsen decided upon, put pre-
parations now being made indicate the
Emperor will visit Alsace Lorraine.
Court marshal Liebenan las been sent
to STasburg, to arrange for reception
there.
A NEW EXPLOSIVE.
Secret experiments with a new ex-
plosive proceed f1c3essfuily near
Thorne. Exports are convinced that
the explosion can destroy forts like the
French Fort Darrell on the frontier
within a few hours. The powers of the
explosive will revolutionize the whole
fortress system, making useless the
great fort works and necessitating the
less defensive works to be inclossd in
iron ciads. Recent fort work changes
in France and Russia indicate that
both these nations have obtained
knowledge of the explosives. Warsaw
dispatches state that the system OF
Toaleben will be completely abandoned;
that orders have already been issued to
stop the works at Kowel, and to form,
instead a triangular system of walls
around I.iterls li and Ra1lac st nck cnr,-