St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-19
Prince Bismarck Refuses to
Heed the Counsel Of His
Physicians.
He Insists Upon Coaching His
Allies for the Electoral
Conflict.
Socialism Is Gaining a Firm
Foothold ALI Over the
Fatherland.

Centre party by Baron Huene to exempt
from military duty all theological stu
dents was rejected by 12l to 80, but the
propositions of Van Kleist and Harrdoft
for mitigating the terms of service OF
such students were accepted. Suisse
quently Dr.. Windthorrt's proposition to
repeal the law of 1874, giving authority
to eXpel from Germany any priest whom
the state has dismissed from his hold
ing, had its third reading. There was
great interest taken in Friday
debate on the subvention of an Afri-
can steamship line. DR.. Bamberger,
for the German Liberals. energetically
opposed the bill on the ground that the
condition of Africa did not promise a
fair field for commercial enterprise, aud
he cited in support of his views the
poor results that had followed the es-
tabliShment of similar German COM
munications with Samoa and Corea. He
said the government might better give
the money at once to Maj. WiSSmann or
the East African company, as in that
way the nation would at least reap some
solid advantage from It's expenditure.
DIR. Windthorst spoke from the midst
of a fragrant and beautiful bank of
flowers placed around his seat. 1t
WAS HIS SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY,
and the congratulations of his personal
friends and political admirers had come
to him in this pleasant form. He said
he thought the bill was being unduly
fastened: that it should be submitted
to the country, and further couSidera-
ton of it be left for the newt reichstag.
Prof. Vircnow denied that it was pos
sible to cOl0niZe Africa with the men of
Europe, because OF the deadly climate.
DR.. Won Stephen. minister of posts and
telegraphs, argued i'll favor OF the bill.
and said it was measure toward aug
mentng and completing the alleady
successful work of Maj. Wissmann. He
announced that lines of telegraph
would soon be constructed in East
Africa; and declared that the Trans
vaal, or South African republic,
was so much interested in the projects
they had under consideration that it
was prepared TO defray a portion of the
SubVentiOn upon the condition that the
steamers touched at port accessible to
them. EX-MiniSter Hobrecht practically
insured the pass lge of the bill by prom
Using the support of the National-Lib-
erals upon the second reading of the
bill, which was fixed for Monday. 1t is
solved at the end of next week. DE-.
Schwenniger. Prince Bismarck's physi-
clan, cOunsels him to remain az Fried
richsruhe. but it is asserted that he ill
SistS upon going to Berlin in hope to
force the passage of the socialist bill
and to give an 81
INSPIRATION AND A WAR CRY
for the electoral conflict to the govern
ment parties. His intentions. however,
are wrapped in mystery and produce
greater anxiety than the coming cleo
tons themselves. The Westpllalian GA
Zette repelS the accusation of the Ham,
burger Correspondent that the strikes
throughout Germany are fomented 10y
French agents ans Kept going by French
money. 1t is not Unlikely that this is a
sort of inspired suggestion, and that
Bismarck himself will advance an argu-
ment related to this idea in favor of the
passage of his socialist bill. because in
this guiSe he would be asking authority,
not to eXpel from the country Germans
driven to desperation, but an awfully
! wicked lot of Frenchmen sent iI to make
| unhappy an otherwise prosperous and
contented people. Everything depends,
of course, upon Bismarck's presence.
Unless he comes the bill will be
dropped. The passage in the royal
| speech in the PrusSian diet that re-
| ferred to the strikes. is adversely crti-
ciSed by the socialist organs. The VoIks
Zeitung says that since that is the view
| the government takes of the situation of
| the wOrkingmen. 10 wOrkingman can
| possibly vote for government candi-
| date. An active new socialist paper
has app AIRED at Offenburg, named the
| Frankfurter Volkstimme. The social
| ist organs at Munich. Dresden and
Erfurt have been enlarged and appear
| daily or three times a week. Herr
| Singer addressed an enthusiastic meet
| ing of his supporters in the Fourth
electoral district on Friday. Thousands
were unable to obtain admission. Many
of the leaders are addressing great
| gatherings of voters every day. The
Herren Bart, Herms, Parisins, Richter.
Reckert and Schrader, has issued an
election
MANIFESTO APPEALING FOR FUNDS.
Prof. Virchow, in addressing his con-
stituents, declared that 1t was his inten-
ton to propose i'll the next reichSag a
general international disarmament as
the true solution of the troubled colldi-
ton of Europe and their vote overbur-
dened people. In addition to the
kaiSer'S order against the admission of
the Kreuz Zeitung into any royal pal
ace, his majesty has made a similar
order against Stoecker's Volk and Rich
ter's Freisinnige and against the Volks
Zeitung. His majesty says: ''Stop my
paper to every one of these organs
now bubbIing and boiling over with
popular politics of a vigorous variety
that naturally shocks all royal taste.
In all official quarters there is a general
denial of the Figaro'S story that
Portugal had appealed to Bismarck
against England's action as violation
of the treaty of Berlin. Nobody here can
see what relation the treaty of Berlin has
with England's bullying Portugal, or
any other little state which she NAV
bully with perfect safety. People are.
however, just little inclined to wonder
what would happen if bad torpedo
should explode under a British ship in
the Tagus. We cannot decide whether
the British army would say, as Farra-
gut did, ''Damn the tOrpedoes: go
ahead" or whether he would 20 to sea.
If he did go to sea, then England would
be reduced to the extremity of making
landing somewhere with the regular
10000 men under Lord Wolsely, an
army which
MIGHT CUT 4 QUEER FIGURE
before the end. 1t appears that the
only possible foundation there could
have been for the Figaro's story was
that the Marquis de Penafield. the Por-
tuguese ambassador, had an interview
with Count Herbert Bismarck last
week. But at this interview the sub
| ject was not the treaty of Berlin, but
Portugal's request that Prince Bis
marck SHOULD mediate between Eng
land and Portugal. But the marquis
was not successful. The government is
determined to maintain an attitude of
absolute neutrality. and it will only de-
part from this in the very unlikely con-
tingency that England shall also re-
quest the mediation of Ger
many. With England the govern
ment desires to 90 hand in hand
in colonial affairs as far as possible. The
National Zeitung announces that the
miners in WestphaIia and in the Lower
Rhine districts demand an increase of
wages of 30 per cent day and reduc-
ton of time TO eight hours, to be
counted from the time of entering the