The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-12
THE GUELPH FUND
William Criticises Bismarck's
Financial Administration,
ORDERS FOR SHORTER SERMONS
The Kaiser Says Those for the Conrt MIST bs
curtailed-The Bellicose Speech
Dusseldorf

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Cable
Berlin, May 1.-THE report which the
frelslnninge party circulated that the En-
peror mad personally written to Prince Bis
marck accusing him of closing his eyes tc
the Guelph fund populations is untrue. But
the Emperor did express himself in very
severe terms on the subject at dinner party
gwen at the royal castle and also on q SINH.
Lar occasion at the house of Minister Beet.
tlcher. mat gentleman, by the way, was
also the recipient Of an autograph letter
from the Kaiser in which the distinguished
correspondent handled Bismarck's finan-
cal administration without gloves. Your
correspondent understands that Herr Won
Boettlcher has permission to lose this
precious letter one of these fine days in the
presence OF somebody who will be pnscru
pulous enough to make the very best use OF
IT, rms would seem to indicate the Kaiser
Is not above taking his cue from Bismarck.
The latter has threatened to publish the
Emperor's correspondence during the i'll
less OF Frederick the Second. The letter
10 Boettlcher IS kind OF Damoclss' sword
suspended over the head of the EXCHANGED
Tor. 1t is case OF mine and counter mine.
Inc cologne festivities have not been en-
tlrely Tree from unpleasantness. 1t appears
the managers of the Gurzenich banouet
contracted with a firm of French cham
payne growers for a supply OF that particu-
lar VINE which the firm agreed not to
charge for on the condition that no other
brand or champagne was to be drunk on
that occasion. The Kaiser heard of the
arrangement, which was in disregard of
MS own incredible passion for German fiz,
and at the last moment ordered that onIv
Oh a.
Inc French firm has threatened to sue the
committee for breach of contract, and the
progress OF the action is being eagerly
watched.
The Kaiser has given great offense to the
orthodox community by ordering court
chaplainS to curtail the length of their
sermons, which ia future must not exceed
fifteen minutes, whatever may be the occa-
sion. The Emperor instances several occa-
sIons upon which he has been detained in
church from five to seven minutes beyond
the time allotted for divine worship and
he adds: This is not to occur again"
There was party Of infantry reserves
at t'rledrlchstrasse railway station yester-
day. They were waiting for the train to
take them back to their homes. One of
their number, an elderly man. was indig-
nant with the newspapers for talking sc
ghbly about the coming war" and the ag-
gresSlve policy which 1t was Germany,s
duty to adopt" 81 have fought at Koen-
igsgratz and Sedan" he said, s'but that was
mere child's play to what the next war will
be. That new rife which we have lust
been testing is almost too horrible a
weapon TO use against shy enemy" The
bullet, which is scarcely an inch long and
about as big around as a good sized cigar
cite, will pierce earthworks of 20
cenimetre thickness at distance of $50
metres. At 40 metres distance it made a
passage through five full knapsacks Fired
from distance of 1850 uatres the bullet
will penetrate the human body.
Among the young men who reported
themselves for military duty at Elbe in
Hungary last Tuesday, seven exhibited
freshly inflicted wounds on their right
hands on the superstition that the Injuries
tncapacltate1 them for military service.
In this they were mistaken. The authori-
ties are by no means unfamiliar with these
attempts to eyade the obligation of mill
Jary service. The penalty for this form of
self-maiming is the addition of one years
service to the regulation term of three
years.
Friedrich Spielhager's drama, 'Iron
Times" which the royal play house re-
jected because of the severe criticism it
contains on a friendly power, namely.
France, was played at the Ostend theatre,
second class house, last Monday, but
failed to achieve the hoped for success.
The vineyards of BIuden have suffered
greatly from hard winter and the harvest
prospects in the Markgraffer and KAISER
smuhl districts are very gloomy. The I'M
fortunate wine growers who have been dis
appointed for many seasons are in despair
and anxious to sell out at any cost.