Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-19
WILLIAMS NEW WHIM
The German Emperor Wants Europe
to Sbeathe the Sword and
AGREE TO EARLY DISARMAMENT.
Thousands of People Suffering for Food
Throughout Germany.
A MANUFACTURER On LABOR LAWS
fBr puNLAp,s CABLE COMPANY.

fBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANYi.
BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-The few words sent
The DISPATCH last week disclosing the
Emperor Williams intention to devote him.
self this year to the question of European
disarmament have been cabled back to
Europe. Some harm may have been done
by this indiscretion. The polemic which
has arisen through the possibly premature
announcement of the Emperor's intention
has been the cause Of certain amount of
unpleasantuessln In diplomatic circles here, and
the controversy in the newspapers may re-
tard, though it cannot prevent the Kaiser
from carrying out a scheme which he hon.
estly believes will rebound more to his glory
than second Sedan.
The Emperor, on the occasion of his visit
to England this year, intends to lay his en-
tire plan before his grandmother, and if
Queen Victoria is able to bring about an ar
ranpement with the Duke of Cumberland,
the Emperor's plan will be promulgated to
the world at large.
The Dukes Enormous Fortune.
The Kaiser is ready to throw overheard
Prince Bismarck's policy of confiscating
forever the enormous fortune which the
Prussian kingdom has taken from the Duke
of Cumberland, as King OF Hanover. That
fortune-the price OF kingdom-would
have been restored long ago but for the fear
that it would be utilized as the sinews of
war in the event of renewed attack by
France for the dismemberment of Germany.
The hopes of the disunIonist princes have
vanished with the lapse of years. and the
theory of disarmament can now be proposed
if Queen Victoria is willing to guarantee
that the Duke of Cumberland shall unre-
servedly renounce all pretensions to the
throne of Hanover, in consideration of the
restitution of the enormous wealth accumu-
lating for him in the Prussian treasury.
While the Emperor's guests are feasting
and making merry, the Emperor's lieges OF
the humber sort are at their wits end to
earn single square meal in the midst OF
the bitterly inclement weather which pre-
walls. 1t is computed that no fewer than
5000 houses of the working classes are empty,
the former occupants having been driven to
the Jail and the workhouse. Among those
who have managed to keep root over their
heads the wolf is always at the door.
Thousands Living on Potatoes.
Thousands of workmen who depend upon
the capitalist Tor the labor which gives them
their daily bread, bricklayers, carpenters,
joiners, are reduced to a scarce and costly
diet of potatoes. For this exceptional dis
tress the hard weather is not alone respon-
sible, for il must be said that strikes have
been frequent and not uufrequentlv unrea-
sonable, and the capitalists are frightened
and disguised. A manufacturer with 30
years experience In the textile branch, has
risen to protest against attempts to regulate
the wages and hours of worknen by legisla-
tion. These are his arguments:
"We find it iDj furious to workmen as we'll
as employers to regulate wages and working
hours in accordance with the conditions of
trade. The manufacturer ought rather to
produce less than attempt to compete with
the overstocked market by cutting down
the wages of his hands and increasing their
working hours. Their hours should repre-
sent whole days work. The employees in
textile factories work as many hours day
as ten years ago, although the improved
machinery OF to-day requires twice as much
attention. The hours of work must be
shortened if the workman is to be saved
body and soul from degeneration: