The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-29
BISMARCK IS UNDER
The Weather, but Apparently not
From Influenza.
THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY
Assists in Decorating Christmas Trees-The
Reaction Against the Revolution in Brazil
With Portuguese Republicans.


BERLIN, Dec. Copyright, 1889, by
the New York Associated Press. Prince
Bismarck is under the weather, but is ap-
parently not one of the victims ofinfiuenza
His condition does not occasion any alarm,
but he is i'll enough to compel him to give
up almost entirely every effort to transact
official business and to prevent his pres
ence at the court on New Years day. His
doctors oppose his desire to re-appear in
the reichstag and take part in the debate
on the Socialist law, or the military cred
its, or any subject. likely to irritate him.
In responding to the compliments of 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 occa-
sion gives the keynote for Europe for
year. On Christmas evening there were
assembled in the new palace only Prince
and Princess Leopold, of Prussia. The
Duke and Duchess of SAKE Meiningen are
at Potsdam. The illness of Princess Fen
dora, their only child, prevented their
attending the family party. Each one of
the Emperor's five sons had a large
Christmas tree all for himself
placed on table on the side of the
hall, the tree of the Emperor and Empress
being on another tablet in the centre of the
hall. The Emperor passed the greater
part of Christmas evening assisting in the
decoration of the trees and frolicing with
the children, and left the party to 90 to the
theatre for Banay's revival of Hamlet"
On Christmas day the Emperor and En-
press and Grand Duke and Duchess of
Baden dined with Empress Augusta and
har To iurbt
gave special reception to Mr.. Phelps,
United States minister, in the presence of
her full court. The Empress, in the course
of a cordial conversation with Mr.. Phelps,
expressed her lifelong interest in Ameri-
can affairs and her great desire that the peo-
pie of the United States should use their
4 Immense resources always in the interest
: of the peace of the world All society is
now intensely interested in the coming
sgfancy dress ball which the Emperor is to
give at the Sehloss, where every one of the
guests must appear in oriental costume.
An exceedingly interesting discussion is
being carried on in private life every
where, and net without much heat, over
the queer proceeding of the Emperor
in remitting the fine of 400 marks
inflicted upon DR.. Bachler editor of the
StddbUrger Zeitung, a Conservative sheet,
which ibelled Herr Singer. The Socialists
attacked him vigorously because he posed
people while in fact he is the head of fac
tory for making woman's clocks and sim
liar garments in which the sweating
system is practised at the expense of many
girls employed by him. Bachler appealed
to the court. 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 natur-
ally surprises the people. Hitherto the
exercise of the royal clemency has
been restricted 10 state cases. For
the Emperor to thus interfere and
stand between justice and an accused per-
son in a mere case of private interests, is
so plain a substitution of royal caprice for
the law of the land that everybody can
understand it and therefore every
body is profoundly moved by it. The
journals cannot ignore the subject,
but they are obliged to touch it
with the greatest caution for fear of prose-
cution. Liberals of all shades discuss it in
private, however, and it is the universal
theme. The Nationalists intensely regret
the incident as it plays into the hands of
Progressists and Socialists on the eve
OF an election with clear demonstration
nj great abuse of power. This incident
will confirm the National Liberals in their
to refuse to vote, as it stands, |
the expulsion clause of the Socialist
bill This party has now proposed |
q compromise that it will vote for the ex-
pulsion of the clause if the application of |
that clause be limited to Socialists proven |
to be engaged in a conspiracy against the /
state, and if it shall not apply to the mere |
advocacy of Socialism in the press or on
the rostrum. 1t is improbable that Bis |
marck will accept this compromise, and |
the immediate political future will take |
shape from This as a starting point. The |
liberal spirit of the National Liberal party /
has been quickened by the Bachelor Incl |
dent and will make it impossible 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.
An exchange of views with the English |
government regarding the decree of the
provisional government of Brazil concern |
ing the naturalization has caused |
Prince Bismarck to abandon his inten |
ton to take any imme late acti |
Recent dispatches from Rio de Janeiro |
have influenced England, Germany and
Italy to agree in ignoring the naturaliza-
ton degree and other irregular acts of the
revolutionary leaders. The general con-
viction grows here that the new govern
ment is merely a military junto which is
unstable and will be swept away even be-
fore the date to which it has postponed the
elections.
The fear of Republican rising in Portu-
gal, consequent upon the extension thereof
SEed the ferment originating in Brazil, is
m1ach less since the character of the move
uieat in Rio de Janeiro has been revealed.
Advices received here from Lisbon state
in fact that the Republican propaganda has
been paralyZei by the despotic doings in
Rio de Janeiro, and that there is a strong
popular re action in favor of the monarchy. |
The epidemic is rapidly decreasing here,
but is spreading in other places in Ger
many. The malady has very seriously |
affected the Christmas trade Vienna |
doctors say the disease has reached its
climax there.
Soxvduqt rhuto Evs,Tnsinu