St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-14
He Is Greatly Worried Over
the Geffcken and Morier
Affairs.
This Explains His Unexpected
Arrival at the Capital of !,
Germany.
German Newspapers Continue.
to Attack the British Min !
lister to Russia.
Menaeing Letters From Switz-
erland Received at the I'M
perial Chancellerie.


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BERLIN, Jan. 12.-Prince Bismarck
was met On his arrival at the Berlin sta
ton by Count Herbert Bismarck and
DR.. Schweniger. He appeared to be in
good health, but he walked stiff1y, lean
ing heavily on stick. He was accom-
panied by two large dogs. The chan
cellor will address the reichstag Tues
day in the debate on the foreign office
estimates, some of the items OF which
were postponed until his arrival in Ber-
lin. There is little doubt but that he
would have remained longer at Fried
richsruhe had not anxiety as to the pos
Sible bad effects which recent incidents
might have on public opinion urged him
TO come to Berlin, in spite of the fact
that he had barely recovered from the
indisposition traced to his eXertion dur
ing the recent fire at Friedrichsruhe.
Immediately ON his arrival last night
he summoned Lieut.. WiSSmann
to conference on the East Africa
bill. Herr Won Bennigsen was also
present, and the chancellor acquainted
himself with the disposition of the
reichstag on the subject. The chancel-
lor willpersonally defend the bill, which
will be submitted to and passed by the
bundesrath without delay, and will
probably be disposed of by the reichs
tag by the end of the week. The ques
zion of its adoption is certainly insult
fcient to account for Prince Bismarck's
fastening to Berlin. The preparations
being made convey the impression
that the provisions OF the bill are being
theoretically pushed without waiting
WiSsmann will follow the quickest land
route. embarking at Brindisi or Trieste.
He is receiving numerous offers to join
the new colonial corps. The explana
ton of the chancellor's anxiety to re-
turn to Berlin must be sought in the
outcome of the -
MORIER AND GEFFCKEN AFFAIRS,
though no attention should be paid to
the rumors of the foreign press that his
resignation is iminent. The attacks
upon Morier have by no means ceased,
and the apparently endless publications
thereon are becoming wearisOme and
even disgusting to an impartial public.
The statement that letters from Morier
had been discovered urging Gaffcken to-
publish Emperor Frederick's diary will
fail of effect unless the text of the let
tiers is published; otherwise the pnbllcs
will not believe the statement, or, att
the most. will suppose that the letters.
were simply acguiescent replies tos
Geffcken's limitations of his intention
to publish the diary. Nobody believes
that Morier urged the publication of
the diary to spite Bismarck. The KOl-1
nische Zeitung. returning to the charge
fodoy cooEc RI throw pipibn npOp4
Morier's paltical character. 1t says:
''There exists in England powerful party
which adv locates an Anglo-Russlan under
standing, and Morier, who was formerly held
in esteem by Queen Victoria and Empress
Frederick, forfeited their favor by the de-
cided opposition he offered to Battenbergisms
in the interests of,this party" sae2 e
The Norddeutsche Zeitung. which has
hitherto, to a great extent, held aiOOfs
from the dispute, tonight inserts the
thin end of the wedge. With the view
OF showing to what extent the intentions
of Emperor Frederick differed from the
tendency of the Liberal party, it pub
fishes an autograph letter from Emperor
Frederick to Prince Bismarck on the
occasion of the jubilee of the chancel-
lor's entry into the army. The letter is
as follows:
do not wish to-day to enter upon a long
discussion of the statesmanlike merits which
have bound up your name forever with our
history: but one thing l must point out,
namely, that whenever there was question
of assuring the well-being of the army and
perfecting its defensive power and fighting
capacity, you never failed to take up the
struggle and carry it through to the end. The
army. with its commander-inchief at its
head, therefore thanks you for the blessings
you have conferred upon it, which it will
never forget.
The reichstag to-day, after a some
what stormy debate, confirmed the cleo
ton of Herr GOetz, National-Liberal, as
member for Leipzig. The Socialists ac-
cuse the government officials of illegal
practices to secure his triumph over the
Socialist candidate. The emperor will
open the laDdtag on Monday. Yester-
day he attended dress rehearsal of
Wagner's "Das RheingOld" at the
opera house. Only bis personal suite
and Count Hochberg accompanied him.
The emperor congratulated Kappel-
meister Sucher, and instructed him to
convey his congratulations to the art
lists. In the evening the emperor and
empress gave a musical
PARTY TO SEVENTY GUESTS.
representing diplomats, court and mill
tary circles. On the birthday of the
emperor the Berlin university will hold
a festive meeting, at which Sig. Surins,
the emperor'S former tutor, will give an
address. The emperor has ordered that
the best boys and girls in the Berlin
schools, both high and low, shall be
treated on the evening OF the Goth inst:
to performance at the opera house of
Wildenbruch's patriotic play. .'Die
Quitzows." The two oldest sons Of the
emperor will be present at the per-
Torrance. The Official Gazette an
nounces the betrothal of Princess
Louise, sister of the empress, to Prince
Leopold of Prussia. Prince Leopold
commands a squadron of the grena-
diers. He is handsome quiet, polished
gentleman, who has travelled eX tell
sively, but is much less keen soldier
than his father. He is immensely
wealthy, and lives i'll a splendid palace
opposite Prince Bismark's, in the:
Wilhelmstrasse. Heisa frequent guest
of the emperor, who is affectlonately dis
posed toward him. Despite the official.
denials from London and Darmstadt,
which were expected, the Post main-i
tales the accuracy of the rumOr of the
betrothal of Princess AliX of Hesse to-
the czarewitch. The paper states that
the Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess,
AK Will ICiHoiu az Ct. 4 CtCl SUulS ; uuIh
the end of February. The denials are.
held to indicate simply that the an
nouncement is premature. The caution
of the emperor regarding the crowding.
of the populace about the carriages of
the imperial family while their majes--
ties are out driving is explained by tine
fact that menacing letters from
Switzerland have been received
at the imperial chancellerie. In
addition to this Herr Kruger, di-
rector of the detective department., has
reported that an agitation is being car
ried on by
SOCIALISTS AND ANARCHISTS,
and he advises that extra precautions
be taken to protect the emperor. In
formation has been received that a
Frenchman broke the windows of the