St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-06
SHREWD Won SCHELLING.
The German Minister of Justice
Hoists the Progressists With
Their Own Petard,

BERLIN, Feb. 5.---In the reichstag to-
day. ON the third reading of the budget,
Herr Munckel, Progressist, raised the
Geffcken affair, contending that the
publication of the Indictment against
Geifcken, at the instance of Prince Bis
marck, was quite incompatible with the
laws of the empire. Herr Won Schell-
ing, the new minister OF justice, re-
minded the house how the ProgreSsist
journals had at first clamOred for the
publication of the indictment. Their
demands, he said. had not influenced
the course taken by the government,
which perceived that it was only by
giving publicity to the document that
the country would be enabled to see
that there was no material divergence
of opinion between the public
prosecutor and the imperial trib-
unal, and that the tribunal regarded
the objective existence of treason as
proved. Although the document pub
Iished was called an Indictment, it was
in reality. an objective statement of
facts. The tribunal only differed with
the new public prosecutor on minor
points. If there was any flaw in the in
dictment it was due to there being no
law to bring the accused to justice for
committing an uneXampled breach of
trust. Herr Won Seedlings response
impressed the house with his tact and
elearneSs of exposition in dealing with
such difficult matter. The question
of the succession to the Austrian throne
is causing increasing excitement in Of
fetal and diplomatic circles. The pa
pers quote an article from the Italia,
the official journal of Signor Crispi, the
Italian prime minister, declaring that
the Salic law has been virtually abol-
ished in Austria-Hungary since the
Pragmatic sanction: therefore Crown
Prince Rudolph's daughter is the heir
to the throne. 1t is certain that Premier
CriSpi does not relish the prospect that
the heir of Duke of Modena, who was
dispossessed by the uniticatiOn of Italy,
should become the presumptive heir to
the throne of Austria Furthermore,
both Archduke Kari and his son Franz
are ultra-Catholic foes of the house of
Savoy and
ENEMIES OF ITALIAN UNITY,
and are ardent allies of the Vatican.
Apart from these enmities, even if class
interests did not raise the question OF
succession, it would be doubtful if Off
cial opinion here would maintain the
right of Emperor Francis Joseph in fol-
lowing precedent to declare. through an
act of succession, the Princess Eliza
beth the heir to the throne. Advices
from Pesth say that the question al
ready engages the anxious attention of
the ministers, although no official nOti
fication respecting the succession will
be made until the end of the year. The
government organ, the PeSther Lloyd,
vaguely suggested yesterday the right
of Princess Elizabeth to succeed to the
throne. The Vienna press. in the
meantime, treats the right of Archduke
Karl as inconteStable. Austrian poll
ticians share in the existing derange-
ment of the public mind. When the
excitement abates and clearer
vision comes of the results of Ru-
dolph's death, it will be seen that it
involves probability of a formidable
conflict over the succession. The re-
ductiOn of the Reichsbank rate. as fore
told in Sundays dispatches, enlivened
the bourse when announced, but arti-
semi-offlcial papers, attacking Gen.
securities to-day advanced 4 per cent,
which were unsteady. Roubles re-
Anglo German Bank of Hamburg will
increase it's capital by 100000 marks.
The staff of Capt. Wissmann has been
completed. 1t numbers sixty persons.
Capt. Wissmann will stop in Egypt. and
try to recruit detachment of SOudan-
csc for his expedition. A second expe-
ditiOn, commanded by Baron Craven
reuth, will leave some weeks after
WiSSmaOn'S deDarture