Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-29

lieved that the bill will not pass. Germany,
Italy and England will not recognize the
the Brazilian Republic until it is sanctioned
by an election.
BERLIN, December ISL Copyrighted. j
Prince Bismarck Is under the weather, but
he is apparently not one of the victims Of
influenza. His condition does not occasion
any alarm. but he is i'll enough to compel
him to give up almost entirely the effort to
transact official business and to prevent his
presence at court on New Years Day. His
doctors oppose his desire to resppear in the
Reichstag and take part in the debate on
the Socialist law or the military credits, OF
any subject likely to irritate him.
In Responding to compliments at the
diplomatic reception on New Years Day,
the Emperor will make a short pacific
declaration, the presumption being that the
royal and imperial word on this occasion
gives ray of hope for Europe for the year.
A CHRISTMAS TREE APIECE.
On Christmas Eve there were assembled
in the new palace only the Prince and
Princess Leopold of Prussia. The Duke
and Duchess Of Saxe-Meiningen are at
Potsdam, but the Illness of Princess Feo-
dora, their only child, prevented their at
tending the family party. Each one of the
Emperor's five sons had large Christmas
tree all for himself placed on a table in the
Schell hall, the tree of the Emperor and
Empress being on another table in the CEN
ter of the hail.
The whole Bismarck family celebrated
Christmas at Friedrichsrhue. Count Her
bert has the influenza slightly, but it did
not prevent his presence at the family
gathering.
Tonight the Empress Augusta gave a
special reception to Mr.. Phelps, the United
States Minister, in the presence of her full
court. The Empress in the course of q
cordial conversation with Mr.. Phelps ex-
pressed herself her lifelong interest in
American affairs and her great desire that
the people of the United States should use
their immense resources always in the inter-
est of the peace of the world.
A NOTABLE SOCIAL EVENT.
All society is now intensely interested in
the coming fancy-dress ball, which the EN-
peror is to give at the Sehloss, where everyone
of the guests must appear in an Oriental
costume Another notable social event will
be the ball at the Opera House on February
II. This is patronized by the Imperial
family. The nominal price Of tickets is 20
marks, but the price has risen so that tickets
are now selling at 120 marks.
An exceedingly interesting discussion is
carried on in private life everywhere, and not
without much heat, over case fuSt made
by queer proceeding Of the Emperor in re-
mitting fine of 400 marks inflicted upon
an editor by the courts Dr. Baehler, the
editor of the StddtsbHrger Zeitun0, Con-
servatiVe sheet, hbeled Herr Singer. 1t at
tackled him very vigorously, because he
posed publicly as q Socialist and friend of
the people, while. in fact, he is the head of q.
factory for making Women's cIoaks and
similar garments in which the sweating sys-
tenn is practiced at the expense of many
girls employed by him.
PECULIAR PRocEEDING.
Singer appealed to the courts, the editor
was condemned and paid his fine in August.
This fine was returned by the Emperor on
Monday last. Such use of the royal
prerogative naturally surprises people.
Hitherto the exercise Of royal clemency has
been restricted to state cases. For the EN-
peror to thus interfere and stand between
justice and an accused person in mere case
of private interest in an ordinary violation
plain substitution OF royal caprice for the
law of the land that everybody can under
stand it, and therefore everybody Is pro-
foundly moved by it.
The journals cannot ignore the subject.
but they are obliged to touch it with greatest
caution for fear of prosecution. The Liber-
ais of all shades discuss it in private, how
ever, and it is a universal theme. The Ma
tionslists intensely regret the incident. as it
plays into the hands Of the Progressionists
and the Socialists on the eve of an election.
with clear demonstration of gross abuse
of power.
A COMPROMISE OFFERED.
This incident will confirm the National
Liberals in their inclination to refuse to
vote as 1t stands the expulsion clause of the
Socialist bill. This party now proposes as
a compromise that it will vote for the ex-
pulsion clause if the application of that
clause is limited to Socialists proved to be
engaged in conspiracy against the State
and If it shall not apply to mere advocacy
of socialism in the press or on the rostrum.
It is improbablA that Prince Bismarck
will accept this compromise and the imme-
diate political future will take shape from
this as a starting point. The liberal spirit
of the National Liberal party, quickened BY
the Bachler incident, will make it impossi-
bic for that party to yield on this expulsion
clause Without this party it cannot be |
carried. Prince Bismarck will, therefore,
Withdraw the bill and dissolve the Reichs-
tag.
IN REGARD TO BRAZIL.
An exchange OF views with the English |
Government regarding the decree of the Pro- |
visional Government in Brazil concerning |
has caused Prince Bismarck |
to abandon the intention to take any imme- |
diate action. The Chancellor favored from |
the first absolute non-interference and a re-
fusal to recognize the change in Brazil as
valid until it should be ratified by an cleo |
ton of the people; but he was willing to act !
in concert with England and Italy in any
measures necessary to protect the financial |
and commercial interests and personal rights
of the subjects of each power.
Recent dispatches from Rio Janeiro have
the three powers to agree in
ignoring the naturalization decree and |
other irregular acts OF the revolutionary
leaders. The general conviction grows here
that the new government is merely a |
military junto, which is unstable and will |
be swept away even before the date to
which il has postponed the elections. The
semi-oficial press locates the revolution as |
the work of group of ambitious politicians,
imposing themselves upon the country by
sheer audacity and regard it as impossible
.hst anv constituted power can hold rela-
ions with handful Of adventurers calling
themselves a government.
NO FEAR OF AN UPRISING,
The fear Of republican rising in Portu-
yal consequent upon an extension there of
he ferment originating in Brazil is much
less since the character of the movement in
Rio Janeiro has been revealed. Advices
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