Wichita eagle., 1889-12-29
THE BERLIN BUDGET.
A Reception to Minister Phelps Influenza
Christmas and Political Gossip.

BERLIN, Lee. ~o.-fIIuco oiSmoISA -
under the weather, but he is apparently
not one of the victims of influenza His
condition does not occasion any alarm.
but he is ill 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 appear in the reich
stag and take part In the debate on the
socialist law or the military credits, or
any subject likely to irritate him. !.
On Christmas eve there was assembled
in the new palace only the prince and
Princess Leopold of Prussia. The duke
and duchess of Saxemeiningen are at Pots
dam, but the illness of Princess Fedora,
their only child, prevented their attending
the family party. Each one OF the en-
peror's five sons had large Christmas
tree all for himself placed on a table In
the shell hall, the tree of tho emperor and
empress being on another table in the
the greater part Of Christmas eve assist
ing in the decoration of the trees and
frolicking with the children and left the
party to 60 to Barnay's revival OF liam
let"
On Christmas day the emperor and en-
press and the Grand Duke and Duchess OF
Baden dined with the Empress Augusta
and her family. The grand duke did not
remain but was compelled to retire on &C
count of his illness with influenza. The
whole Bismarck family celebrated Christ
mas at FREDERICKSBURG.
Count Herbert has the influenza slightly,
but it did not prevent his presence at the
family gathering:
Tonight the Empress Augusta gave
special reception to Mr.. Phelps, the United
States minister, in the presence OF her fun
court. Countess Berponcher. the first lady
of honor. attended the empress, and Count
Messelerode, assisted by Baron Won Eude,
made the presentation. The empress, IN
course of cordial conversation with Mr..
Phelps, expressed 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 In
terest of the peace Of the world.
An exceedingly interesting discussion is
carried on in private life everywhere and
not without much heat over a case just
made by queer proceeding of the .emper-
or in renting fipe Of 400 marks inflicted
upon an editor by the courts. DIR. Dachter,
the editor Of the Stats Burger Zeitung.
a conservative sheet, libelled Herr Singer,
. socialist member Of the reichstag. 1t
attacked him very vigorously, not for his
bad singing, but because he posed public
ly as a socialist and friend Of the people,
while in fact he is the head of a factory for
making woman's cloaks and similar
garments, in which the sweating
system is practiced at the expense OF many
girls employed by him. 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. Hitherto the exercise of royal Glenn
ency has been restricted to state cases.
Fer the emperor to thus interfere and
stand between justice and an accused per-
son in a mere case of private interest in an
ordinary violation of one mans rights by
another man, is so plain substitution
of royal caprice for the law of the land
that everybody can understand it, and;
therefore, everybody is profoundly moved
by it. This incident will confirm the
National Liberals in their inclination to
refuse to vote for the expulsion of the So
cialist bill. 1t is improbable that Prince
Bismark will accept q compromise on this
bill, and the immediate political future will
take shape from this as a starting point.
An exchange of views with the English
government regarding the decree of the
provisional government in Brazil concern
ing naturalization, has caused Prince Bis
marck TO abandon the intention to take
any immediate action. The chancellor ia
vored from the first absolute non-interfer-
ence and refusal TO recognize the change
in Brazil as valid until it
s should ratified ndna1e b Hn+ an a. e 1sss
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 de Janeiro
have influenced the three powers to agree
in ignoring the naturalization decree and
other irregular acts of the revolution
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 it has postponed the cleo
lions. The semi-oficlal press treats the
revolution as the work of a group of
ambitious politicians imposing themselves
upon the country by shear audacity and
regard it rs impossible that any constitut-
ed power can hold relations with hand
full of adventurous calling themselves a
government.
I4The fear of republican rising in Portu-
gal consequent upon An extension there of
the ferment originating in Brazil is much
less since the character of the movement
in Rio de Janeiro has been revealed. Ad-
vices received here from Lisbon indicate,
in fact, that the republican propaganda
mere mas O6eu paT6lyZcO Oy tHc QoSpOtIC
doings in Rio de Janeiro and that there is
a strong popular action in favor of the
monarchy. The epidemic is rapidly de-
creasing here but is spreading in other
places in Germany.
PROTEST AGAINST NATURALIZATION.
LONDON. Dec. pa vast number of the
foreign residents Of Brazil have protested
against the naturalization scheme of the
provisional government. A number of
French, Portuguese. German and Italian
merchants residing and doing business in
Brazil have applied to their respective
governments for protection. They say
they do not wish to interfere with Bra
lillian politics. and they will not submit to
the loss of their national rights. Should
the provisional government dispute these
rights they will leave the country after
disposing OF their business to the detri-
ment of Brazil Baron Depenedo, late
preparing phamplet in which he will re-
veal the intrigues of tho Republicans
prior to the overthrow of the empire.
A REVOLUTION IN SAN SALVADOR.
LA LIBERTAD. Dec. PA revolution has
broken out in the department of Cuscattan.
San Salvador. IL headed by ex-command-
ant Gen. Rivas, who has a strong force IN
der him The departments of La Paz, San
Vicente, ChalatenanRo and San Salvador
have declared in a state of siege. The gov
eminent has sent about 5000 men to cap
ture Cejutepeque and suppress the revolu-
ton.
Perfect tranquility prevails except around
Cejutepeque, the capital of the department.
of Cuscattan and the center of disturbance.
The strife is not expected to last more than
two or three days. According TO the latest
reDorts no serious fighting has occurred