St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
Prince Rudolph's Death Re-
garded as a Misfortune
for the Alliance.
The Chaneellor's Latest Of
Tense Against the Liberty
Of the Press.
Countess Won Waldersee, the
Pretty American, Has a
Pull at Court.

between Germany and Austria, the is
sues of that event have already engaged
the anxious attention of Emperor Will
lam and Prince Bismarck. Since yes
terday morning the emperor has had
two long interviews with the chancel-
lor, who has been in constant commu-
nication with Prince Henry of Reuse,
the German ambassador at Vienna,
and Count Kalnoky, the subject of the
correspondence being, it is reported,
the succession to the Austrian throne.
The removal of Crown Prince Rudolph
is regarded by the official circle here as
misfortune for the alliance. The cur
pent reports that he was an opponent of
the alliance, which had their origin in
the French press, are declared to be
meudaciouS absurdities. The truth
is that Rudolph. although he
had recently Quarreled with En-
peror William and was no special adj
mirer of Bismarck, he upheld the al
lance as political necessity. He wrote
to Count Kalnocky, when the terms Of
the alliance were revealed, that he re-
garded the Austro-German treaty as the
grandest achievement of Austrian
statesmen for many years. His legit-
innate successor, Karl Ludwig. cannot
be relied upon as friend of the
alliance. Throughout his fifty-tive
years of life, he has not
taken an active part in
politics, leading a quiet existence as
president of numerous benevolent and
artistic societies. He is of an amiable
disposition and devout Catholic, but
both he and his son Franz, in whose
favor he has practically decided to alb
dictate, are known to incline to an anti
German policy. favoring rather an en-
tente with Russia. The family holds
large properties in VOlhynia. Carl
Ludwig has been a frequent visitor to
the
COURT OF THE CAR,
toward whom he entertained a feeling
of strong personal friendship, while
Franz is credited with even stronger
Russophile sentiments. Their near APP
proach to the throne, therefore, gives
the government here cause Cor anxiety.
Nothing can be done to ascertain offl-
cially the views of the present emper-
Or's Successor until the family agitation
over the catastrophe subsidies. But the
opinion in official circles here is
that Prince Bismarck will seize
the earliest opportunity to obtain,
through Emperor Francis Joseph, a
definite assurance of how the heir pre-
sumptive regards the alliance. The
moral fortitude of Emperor Francis
Joseph IN allowing the publication of
the fact of the crown princes suicide
ELECTS general admiration. In his mes
sage to Emperor William he plainly
stated the cause of death. Emperor
Williams short response was: Words
cannot console; Gods help alone can
do so. [ weep with YOU" The Aus
trian flag now waves at half-maSt over
the Schloss, beside the German impe-
rial flag. Emperor William has ordered
the officers of the Grenadier guards, of
which Emperor Francis Joseph is hon
orary colonel, and the Eleventh Uhlans,
Crowd Prince Rudolph's regiment, to
wear mourning for week. Deputa-
tons from both regiments will attend
the funeral. The reichstag treated the
third reading of the East Africa bill
with indifference. The attendance was
thin. The only incident was the an
the Polish members who voted against
the second reading had decided to sup
port the measure
ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS,
in view of the fact that it was directed
against slavery. The Socialist SAILOR
repeated the old arguments against the
measure, and DIR. Windthorst and DR..
Stoecker those in favor of it. No min
lister spoke. Capt. WiSSmann went TO
Hamburg on Thursday to arrange con-
tracts. Tonight he has gone to Halle
to bid farewell to his family. Notable
among the recent incidents in
the reichstag were the efforts of
the Progressists and Socialists to
obtain an enlarged inspection OF the
condition of workers i'll factories. Herr
Bebel commented Oh tine inadeQuacy of
the inspection, single official having
to overlook a district so extended that
it was impossible to give the same even
a cursory examination. He urged an
increase in the number of inspectors
and the extension of the inspection to
small workshops and household in
dustries. He also favored pub
fishing full reports on the
state of the working classes instead of
extracts arbitrarily selected by Of
fcials. Minister Won Boetticher CURLY
refused to agree to these propositions,
and at the same time referred to the
prOgreSSists' attempts to obtain trade
councils composed of wOrkmen and
emplOyers-aS an inconvenience and
PERIL TO THE DEVELOPMENT
of a commercial spirit. Herr Won Boet-
ticher's remarks again proved that the
social reforms of the, government are
designed to place Workmen, as far as
possible, under state tutelage. The
Frankfurter Zeitung asks whether
workmen will sell their birthright for
pottage of lentils. Prince BiSmarck's
feud with the Conservatives
threatens to ALLEVIATE a number of
his hitherto ardent supporters. Search
has been ordered of the offices of
the KreuZ Zeitung and the house of its
editor, Herr Hammerstein, for the
manuscript of an article attacking the
chancellor'S conduct of the Geffcken in
quiry. This order is condemned even
in the Cologne Gazette as an Offense
against the liberty of the press.
The Kreuz Zeitung, despite the
fact that the conservative leaders
recently disavowed its sentiments, re-
turns to the charge that Prince Bis
inent by the Geffcken process. The
ReichsbOte supports the Kreuz Zeitung
in this position. These and other Symp-
toms disclose the decided growth and
strength OF
THE ANTI-BISMARCK PARTY.
Reunions which occur at the resi-
dence of Count Won Waldersee unite the
partisans of the eX-empress and the
ultra conservatives, whose common aim
is to weaken the influence of the chan
cellor, Count Eulenburg. DR.. Stoecker
an Herr Koedel appear at these re-
unions. Count Nesselrode also appears
as the representative of the ex-em-
press. The chancellOr'S enemies de-
clare that his reign is nearing its close:
They assert that besides his physical
of governing, his domestic influence, all
potent with the emperor, is fast weak
ening Bismarck's hold, and that
the empress, who is a close friend
of Countess Won Waldersee, sympa-
thizes with the opponents of the chan