Omaha daily bee., 1888-04-08
HATE AND JEALOUSY
Feelings That Seem Paramount in
German Politics.
A BITTER STRUGGLE GOING ON.
Newspaper Attacks Openly Made
on the Grown Prince.
DOCTOR MACKENZIE is LlONlzED.
Progress of the American Church
Building in Berlin.
DOCTOR MACKENZIE is LIoNlzEr
HOW THE FUNDS ARE RAISED.
Pews to Be Sold ut the Rate of
One Thousand Dollars Each to
American Colleges - Cos
sip From Berlin.
CrImination and Recriminatfon.

CrImination and Recriminatfon.
copyright 1883 bu James Gordon Bennett
BERLIN April 1.-TNew York Herald Cable
Special to the BEE.l-The German poll
tical pot is boiling at a furious rate, yet so
noiselessly that only an occasional lid lifts to
disclose the seething hatred and iealously
which the pot contains. Once in while
some i'll advised liberal paper bitterly attacks
the crown prince. One such paper even in
| snuates his recent famous army corps speech
| in praise of Bismarck was unauthorized,
playing to the aristocratc boxes, and in
| tended to create such wave Of enthusiasm
| for the chancellor as would reduce the sick
emperor to nullity in his own administra-
| tion. To this one conservative paper retorts
| it is disgraceful to have an address to the
| empress carried for signature from house to
| house by persons as persistent and trouble
| some as book agents. Privately the most
| scandalous and shameless stories are eagerly
| circulated The lower classes will believe
| such inventions, when the Prussian news
| papers openly attack their crown prince and
| the empress. Very little knowledge of Ger
many is needed to understand the bitterness
| of the struggle going on.
Doctor Mackenzie is gradually having JUS
tce done his skill and ability, though the
more this is shown the more certain por-
tion of the people hate him. OF late he has
been cheered repeatedly by Berlin crowds,
and dined by Berlin surgeons. Could he
| guarantee the emperor five years of life, then
much of the present excitement found would
| cease and there would be an end to the irritat-
ing occurrences which tend to keep alive and
increase the discomfort with the new order of
affairs. The truth. is the people miss the
constant watchful ness of the old kaiser,
and feel all the changes brought about by
the change of administration, because with
the new ruler has come at first a tightening
| of the governmental coils Of red tape. Time
| has been found for instance to change the
name of the new palace at Potsdam to Castle
| Frederick, but the police are still allowed to
| keep the emperor's loyal subjects far away
from his Charlottsburg palace, and through
out Prussia, on the pretense of national
mourning, the police forbade the simplest
easter festivities to an extent which must
make the dead kaiser sleep restless. A new
cathedral is to be built, but meanwhile i'm
port duties are charged up on the wreathes
sent from abroad to be placed upon the
kaiser's coffin. Such trifing incidents cause
intense irritation, but would soon be for
| given if there were II certainty of long
| reign to hold intrigue in check or if these in
triguers would give the royal family credit
for the amount of self respect and loyalty
which its leading members undoubtedly
possess.
During the week considerable progress has
been made with the plans for the proposed
American church building in Berlin. 1t is
intended TO raise Sl0000O The Countess
Waldersie, her mother, Mrs. Lee, of New
York, headed the list with a subscription of
$1,000. w. NJ Griscom, of Reading, Pa, also
gives 81 900. Among the special features
will be a sale of pews at 81 600 each to col
leges and other institutions in America, such
pews to bear always the name of the college
purchasing them, and be reserved for such of
| IuelT uS HdppcHcu W ut III
Memorial pews are also to be sold--for
instance, Countess Wadersie's subscription
goes probably to endow Kaiser William pew.
In connection with the new church building,
there will be IA christian intelligence office to
furnish freely American students and tour
lists all desired information regarding board
ing houses and methods of living in Ger
many
Miss l.. w. Spooner, of Philadelphia, has
sent her encyclopedia of modern French
artists to the English publisher. She has
already begun work on the modern German
| artists.
Miss e. l.. Perry, of Cincinnati, authoress
of Life in Germany" is now preparing a
new volume of European travel. She will
soon start for Italy.
Rev. A. McGiffort, of Union seminary, who
has been for some time in Germany prepar-
ing Eusebin's volume of the Early Christian
Fathers series, leaves soon for home.
Mrs Agnes Sheffield of New York, who
spent three years in Berlin with her son and
daughter, has gone TO Paris. She returns
thence to America.
Berliners are startled at a piece of mill
tary discipline, by which it is reported in the
papers runaway soldier was shot down in
the streets by his guards.
The North German Gazette reprints the
address of the Memphis TetonIa verein re-
garding the kaisers death.
Americans will be startled to hear the
government granted pension to the widow
OF the inventor of the telephone whose name
TO the Germans is Refs.
Distrust of American Securities.
ICOpWi0ht 1855 bv James Gordon BenRett.I
Il LONDON April 7-fNew York Herald