St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-16
initial Meeting Of Delegates
to the International La
bor Congress.
Baron Won Berlepseh, Bis
mapek's Right Bower, Is
Elected President.
Five Plenary Sittings will
Suffice to Register Sec
tional Decisions.
The Chaneellor's Vain Efforts
to Secure a Majority in
the Reiehstag.

berlin, Marcn 10. L ue lHltIIdllOlldl
labor conference assembled at 2 o'clock
this afternoon in the famous congress
hall of the chancelor's palace. The
proceedings were of the simplest char
acter, and were not attended by any
ceremony. Most of the delegates went
to the palace on foot. The French
members walked over from the Kaiser
hot. and the British delegates from their
embassy. An immense crowd outside
of the palace watched the arrivals
in silence. There was no demOnstra-
tion of any kind except slight cheering
when the British members passed
through the lines kept by the police. 1t
was noticed that the blinds of the hall
were kept lowered as significant of the
Chancellor's desire to keep the results
of the sittings private for the present.
Shortly before the time fixed for the
conference to open the emperor VISIT
ed Prince Bismarck and had a long
interview with the chancellor. Baron
Won BerlepSCh, the PruSSan minister of
commerce, was summoned to the con-
ference. and received Instructions be-
fore going to the congress hall. His
opening address to the delegates had
No DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER
lie referred to the Swiss proposal for
q conference as prelude to the emper-
Or's. whose programme WOnld be con-
sidered simultaneously with that of
Switzerland. In the view of the en-
peror. he said, the labor question de-
manded the attention of all civilized
nations, since the peace between the
different classes of the populations ap-
peared to be imperiled by the indus
trial competition. 70 seek solution of
this question was not only duty
of humanity, but also the duty of
task deyolyed of providing for the well
fare of the citizens, and preserving to
them the inestimable blessings arising
from centuries of Christian civilization.
All the nations of Europe were in
similar situation, hence an attempt was
justifabe to bring about an agreement
between the governments in order to
meet their common dangers by COM
bined preventive measures. The pro-
gramme of the conference will be so
framed as to elicit technical discussion.
Its decisions will be subject to the APP
proval of the governments represented.
He trusted the deliberations would not
be without results. The plenipoten-
tiareS and delegates in attendance were
noted alike for their wisdom and eXpe-
riencc, and we're in the highest degree
fitted to give opinions on questions af-
fecting Industry and the position of
Workingmen. In conclusion, he eX-
pressed his conviction that the laEor5 OF
the conference would have a
BENEFICIAL. INFLUENCE
throughout Europe. The delegates
proceeded to elect officers Baron Won
Berlepsch was chosen president by ac-
clamation and Henry Magdeburg. Prus
sian under secretary OF state,
for commerce. was made vice
president. An administrative bu-
reau was appointed consisting Of
Fuerst, councillor of legation: Du-
maine. secretary of the French embassy
here, and Count Won Arco-Valley, sec
retary of the German embassy
daily at IL a. m. Prince Bis
marck declines to permit an official re
port to be issued until the proceedings
Shall have been protocOled. The pseudo
secrecy of the SittingS will not prevent
the securing of reliable accounts of the
proceedings. Baron Won BerlepSch to-
day spoke in French. In his reference
to the plenipotentiaries he alluded to
the professional diplomats among the
delegates-Sir Edward Malet: the Bel
gian Baron Greindi, the Dutch represen-
tatIve. Van der Hoeven, and the POrtu-
gueSe. Marquis Penafel, who only takes
q formal part i'll the conference. On
Monday sections will be formed to dis
cuss special questions. Plenary slttlngs
will be held afterwards for recording
the resolutions of the sections. fhe
emperor will give grand reception to
the delegates and the whole
diplomatic body. 1t is expected
that five plenary Sittings will
suffice to register the see
tional decisions, most of which will
have an academic character. The con-
ference will terminate at the latest on
March 20. The negotiations over the
formation of Cartel-Clercal majority
progresses. The emperor accorded an
audience to DR.. WindthOrst, thee lerical
leader, on Wednesday, and Prince Bis
marck and DR.. WindthOrSt had pro-
IOnged interview on Thursday. The
terms of the entente urged by Dr..
NindthOrst included intervention in
favor of the
POPE AGAINST THE QUIRINAI.
The emperor is credited with advising
Dr. WindthorSt to use discretion in his
demands, saying that he must not forget
that he was a steadfaSt ally of Italy.
The North German Gazette favorably
discusses the prospects of ConServa-
tive-CentriSt alliance. The hamburger
Nachrlchten, in a Semi-Otficial article,
alludes to the overtures made by Prince
Bismarck to Baron SChorlemer-AlSt,
the leader of the Conservative
section of the Centusts, and says that
the move is directed against DR.. Wind
thOrst if he persists in refusing to agree
TO an entente, unless he obtains an al
teratiOn of Germany'S policy toward
Italy. The baron attaches less imme-
diate importance to thew Vatican-Quirinal
question than to the restoration OF the
privileges of German Catholics. The
Kreuz Zeitung published pretended in
tervieW with a Socialist chief, in
which it was announced that the
Socialists would support the emperor
and monarchism if they obtained the re-
forms forshadoWed in the imperial re-
scripts. The press generally drew flat
tering conclusions from the announce
ment of cessation of the socialist agi-
tation. The Volksblatt, Herr Beb-
els organ, denOunces the interview
as false, and says that the Socialists do
not dream of abandoning the princi-
pies of
THEIR LINE OF CONDUCT.
They would support the emperor or
any one else promoting Social reforms.
A strong section of the party recognizes
the absolute impOssibility OF arriving
at any compromise between the mon
archy and the Social democracy, The
debate in the lower house of the Prus-
sian diet disclosed the fact that the
Conservatives are alarmed over the
emperor's course i'll favoring work
ingmen. To-day Herr Berger asked
who had induced the emperor
to receive the deputation from the
WestphaIian :minerS, who sent three
noted socialists to represent them. The
complaints of the striker, according to
Berger. are unsounded, and have affect
ed the trade of the whole country. The
emperor's countenanee, he declared,
has assisted in strengthening the social
lists. Herr von Eynern followed i'll the
same strain. He feared the work
mems committees would produce
permanent war between the en-
employers and employed. Count Lin
burg-Shrum defended the emperor's
action He said that the fact that q