Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14
THE RElcHsTAe AND BUNDEsRATH.
The Emperor's Proposed Visit-To Review
the MiIitary-Goiny TO Metz.

BERLIN, July l3-It is expected that the
autumn session Of the Reichstsg will be
| GIN about the middle Of October. II Will
| be the last session Of the present Reichstag.
! The Bundesrath will resume business Al
the end of September, dealing first with
/ the press regulations and revising the So
| cialist law The PrOgresssts intend TO
| dilate upon the abuses III the military adj
| mlnistratiOn.
The corruption disclosed by the Kage-
| mann trial furnishes abundant material to
show the prevalent practice among the
! officers Of levyIng TO any extent thcv can
upon supplies. In accordance with re-
! quest of Emperor Francis Joseph he Will
meet with the Quletest possible reception
on his coming visit 10 Berlin. There VIII
| be no court festivities and the city Will re-
! ton. He will pass through the capl-
| tai on his way TO POttsdam. The
municipal authorities will present him
with an address at the railway station
There viii be 40 fffeS The visit of the
I Emperor viii be devoted TO witnessing
military reviews and mOnnuyres, while
Count Kalnokv palavers with Prince Bis
marck. The official hopes that the Gar
will come to Berlin have been abandoned.
Even a meeting of the sOvcreigns at klel IS
doubtful Prince Bismarck has ceased
his combinations with st. Petersburg
regarding an interview since hearing
that tho Car had expressed an uu-
willingness to come 10 Berlin SO
long as the Government organs assailed
Russian credit and the War Office
kept massing men along the Russian
frontier After the Austrian Emperor's
visit Emperor William goes TO Metz to lay
the fOundatiOn-stOne Of "A monument 10
his grandfather, thence 10 Westphalm 10
witness military manmuyres. and thence
10 Athens. where he will attend the mar
riage Of his sister, Princess Sophie, and
the Duke of Sparta. During the Emperor's
sOj0urn in England the Empress Will 90 TO
Mona 10 meet the Queen of Italy.
Adyices from Munich announce the Sui
eide Of Lady Acton, the sister Of the Ger
man Minister at Washington. She was re
siding with the family of Count Dreschel
IN the villa adjacent TO Iegern"See. Yes
terday she took "A small boat and went row
ing alone on the lake and when she was
some distance from the shore she jumped
into the water. She had previously shOwn
symptoms of mental disorder. Her hus-
band died recently.
Court circles are talking about the con-
version of Empress Augusta Victoria to
the Catholic Church. She made "A profess
sion Of faith before Able Rsdijewski, who IL
attached 10 the household OF Prince kadsl-
well. Count RadsiWel, the Empress 3
Grand Marshal. himself a Catholic, wit
messed the ceremony. in company with
Prince Radsiwell The Emperor had pre-
viously been appriscd of her intention.
The Catholic Electoral Congress az Mu-
mich has been postponed until September
18th. Prince Werthelm Will
preside. Local committees are being form
cd in every village throughout the south,
giving promise of the most vigorous and
best-organized campaign that the Centre
party has ever known.
Tho Berlin press Il absorbed III dispute
over the relative positions of Prince Bis
marck and Count Won WadeIsee. The
North German Gazctie, IN which Count Won
Wal1ersee WAS attacked rs trying to infu-
ence German foreign policy finds II neces-
sary to announce that the article in ques-
ton was not officially inspired.
The Cross Gazette the organ of Count
Won Waldersee. accused the North German
Gazette of trying to iniure the reputation
Of the chiefs of the army and Of melting a
feeling of contempt that tended TO relax
discipline, hence the disclaimer.