Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-08

The Prospects of War With Musician All.
Tutors Discontinue.
Special Cable Letter from Berlin.
Despite the present activity o. the reichstag,
the most absorbing topic in official circles here
| is the relations between Germany and Russia.
The King Of Denmark encouraged the peace
party here last week by delivering to the en-
peror an autograph letter from the car in an
swer to the emperors letter Of coincidence at
the time of the Grand Duchess Pauls death.
The emperor's letter expressed to the car,
then hurrying through Germany on his way to
the funeral at Moscow, Williams sympathy in
warm terms, md regrets that his absence from
Berlin prevented his uttering his coincidence
IN person. The cars reply Is understood to
be equally cordial, although giving 70
promise Of an approaching meeting between
the sovereignst The hopes aroused by this
correspondence have been raised still higher by
the emperors words to the recruits shortly
after his recent interview with NJ. de Giers:
The prospect is that you will have only In
peace an opportunity to show your courage and
loyalty" Other indications of the same sort
as regards the Russo-German relations are the
reports recently started from St. Petersburg
that Russia is making an effort to alleviate the
present strain on the intercourse between the
two empires. This has, however, less PROM
ising side The Pol,tische Corresponds, the Of
the pacific reports from St. Petersburg are
known to be spread only as means for inducing
Germany to encourage her financiers to relieve
Russia's need Of money The emperor's speech
to the recruits is said, moreover, to be merely
the ebullition of his mercuria! temperament
while still under the influence of the willy Rus
sian premier.
Great things are hoped by many Of the
meeting OF the sovereigns in Copenhagen upon
the occasion of the Danish kings golden we'd
hrry -, =. Al.
has accepted his invitation to attend the jubi-
lee ard that the empress and crown prince will
accompany him. The cZar, czarina and care
witch and the prince and princess of Wales
and their family are known to have indicated
their intention to be present During the cell
ebration the Danish king plans to reconcile the
estranged soveregns, and to this end has Sc
cured the cooperation of the czarina. Few
persons here, however, believe that this at
tempt at reconciliation viii be snecessfuf, az the
old contest for social precedence between the
German empress and the cZarna is likely to be
revived in Copenhagen and to upset all ar
rangements for a better understanding between
their husbands. Many prophecy also that be-
fore the day for the celebration in Copenhagen
war either will have broken out or will be SO
imminent that its advent cannot be prevented.
FARMERS OPPOSED TO DEMOCRACY.
A remarkable meeting Of Brandenburg
farmers was held in Friedeberg on Friday. The
purpose of the meeting was to convert the
rural population to the extreme radical vie VS.
OF the democrats and the social democrats, the
pet plan of Liebnecht, the social democratic
leader, Deputy Iiebermann, Berlin agitator,
was the speaker, The audience was fairly quiet
during Liebermann's opening remarks, but
groaned and jeered when he proposed a reso-
luton to the effect that all Germans were born
democrats. peasant shouted: "You are ly-
ing. We are loyal Brandenburgers, and not
democrats or socialists The crowd cheered,
Liebermann tried in vain to put his resolution
to vote and the meeting broke up in riot,
during which the deputy and two friends, whom
he had taken out with him from Berlin, were
thrown down stairs.
cAPRIvI AND THE CLERIcALs.
An important indication of the success of
Chancellor Won CaprivTs overtures to the
clericals is found in their demands that his re-
cent speech on the governments policy be
printed in pamphlet form and be distributed
as a political tract among the people. The
clerical press does not weary of praising the
chancellor's astuteness and courtesy, and COM
pairing the ease and quiet that mark his admin
istration with the storm and bitterness of; the
time OF Bismarck. This expression of approval
shows conclusively that the new regime has
converted the clericals from their persistent
opposition. and may depend upon them for
support in the debates OF the present session Of
the reichstag
VARIOUS BERLIN NOTES.
Dr. Herturg, meat inspector in. Berlin, has
published in the Adgen,eins FIeischer Zeitong
an article on trichinosis in American pork.
While admitting that the German consumer has
been benefited by the admission of the Ameri-
can hog he contends that its sale in the empire
should be made contingent upon minute
microscopicai examination, the present tests
having been shown to be insufficient.
Gen. Knamin, governor Of Warsaw. has been
ha rtfi rod iiof hec he.
urgent in his appeals at st. Petersburg for re-
lief of the distress among the famine-stricken
people of southern Poland.
Joseph Steiner, teacher in the eighth COM
munai school house here, has been arrested for
habitual window smashing. For the past few
weeks he has walked the streets almost every
night, throwing stones through plate-g glass shop
windows whenever he found himself ut safe
distance from, all policemen. He pleaded
guilty in preliminary hearing and said thath he
was impelled by resistless impulse.
In the hospital at Minden $50 soldiers are ill
OF typhoid fever and II have died. Bad drain
age at the barracks is supposed to be the cause.
The Florentin Company's spinning mills in
the Ruprecht strassc were burned last week
and 900 of its former employees are now with
out work.