The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-26
CABLE NEWS FROM GERMANY
lRxsMARCK n EXPECTED 10 MAKE POL
IT1Cs LIVELY THIS WINTER.

soWething WroAg w1sh seo Soiohssi pys-
teu-Ths Emperor and Empress Take
Daily Jauats On Observation-Disclosures IN
Dress Salts ~ the Enpress's Command
Russia's Hostile Atetude Toward Ger
.a.y-Count 70. Arco-vsiiey's ssccessor.
BERLIN, Oct. 25.--Almost all the royal nnd
Imperial Ministers are back in the city pre-
paratory to tho opening Of the Reichstag in
the middle OF next month Unusual activity
Is noticeable among the high Prussian Office
holders, although tho Landtag will not be
convened until two months later. This is un-
doubleday due to the fact that the work Of the
two parliamentary bodies will be largely in
terdependent during the coming sessions. es-
pecially in all matters directly concerning the
Clericale.
Tho disposition Of the everlasting Guelph
fund. primarily Prussian matter. IL is now
announced. will be aGitated In tho Reichstag
in connection with the perennial appropriation
Of 4sOOO marks for "secret purposes" The
reason why this sum for the secret service is
40 small Is that the interest OF the Guelph
fund. now amounting to fully 16OOO.O0O
marks Is diverted to defray most Of the OK
pensos OF Government espionage and similar
enterprises
On this issue Clericals. both in the Reichstag
and Landtag have determined to support
each other by persistent opposition until the
Guelph fund be restored to its proper uses.
K A similar Parliamentary agitation will be
conducted in favor Of the return Of the Jesuit
orders to tho empire. and Chancellor Won
Caprivi is said to have communicated to the
Pope recently that the Government will offer
no resistance to this movement.
Among other important measures before the
Reichstag will be the trade treaty with Aus
tria, In the discussion Of which Bismarck Is
expected to lead an opposition party against
tho Government: the bill for the suppression
OF drunkenness. especially among working
mon: the naturalization Of certain rights to
electricity as means OF Communication and IL
Elimination. and the administration OF. the law
for workingmen's protection.
The Reichstag session Is expected to de-
velop but two features Of special interest. and
they are the opposition OF Bismarck and the
fight OF tho Clericals for the Jesuits and
Guelph fund. In the last two matters will be
finally revealed the nature OF the loyalty to the
German empire recently claimed for the party
by the leader. Count Ballestrom. and denied
them BY Bismarck and his organs.
Jack the Ripper is thought to have begun
his work In Berlin this morning. Shortly after
8 o'clock Hedwig Nitsche. o woman Of the
town, living in the Holzmark Strasse, was
found by her roommate. returning from a
carousal. dead on the floor Of her room.
Nitsche's throat was cut from ear to ear.
Her arms and legs had been unjointed
with knife. and the body was other
wise mutilated. as was the case in
the Whitechapel murders At about2 o'clock
the night Waterman and two Of Nitsche's
neighbors saw well-dressed young man OF
about 70 years. slender figure. and light COM
plexion. leave the house in which she had q
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walked with nervous and springy step. The
police have y detailed. description Of him
which they have ALREADY telekraphed to Ant
werp Bremen. and Hamburg. and all cities In
the interior Of the empire.
Tho Imperial Council assembled yesterday
to deliberate on the unsatisfactory state OF
affairs In the German colonies. and to discuss
the subsidies proposed in the imperial bud
get Tho appropriation for the Cameroons.
heretofore 10000 marks. will probably DO re-
duced to $4,000 For southwest Africa the
appropriation contemplated is 292.3OO marks.
1t is noteworthy that no regular budget has
yet been established for East Africa. requiring
the largest sum OF all. This item appears I'M
der the heading OF homecoming expendi-
lures. and it is now believed that separate
budget is contemplated. because an imperial
force has replaced the protective force at Bag
amoyo.
Germans are beginning to realize that some-
thing Is wrong with their colonial system and
that Bismarck's famous declaration. Il am not
one of your colonial enthusiasts" had consid-
cradle hard sense back OF 1t. Too much mon
ey is spent by the German Government. people
say. for intangible results: there is too much
bloodshed and too little commercial profit
Tho idea that Bogamoyo would soon surpass
Zanzibar In its trade with Europe Is fading
away. The success Of England's colonies is
also thorn in the Germans side. The British
Cabinet, installed In Zanzibar. handles the
Sultan as II he were puppet, and the increas-
ing prosperity OF the country is a constant
and disagreeable reminder to Germans OF its
possibilities when relieved OF all Arab rule.
The Emperor. whose interest In his colonial
possessions grows as tho general discomfort
becomes more apparent. especially in the Bis
marck organs. does not miss an opportunity
to point to Great Brtain's successful colonial
system as worthy Of emulation. He even sug-
gested recently to his Ministers that
the imperial Government employ band
of capable Engllshmen to develop the
German colonies In Africa according to
the English plan, but the suggestion
was at once pronounced unfcasible on account
OF tho Jealousy it would excite In the Father
lands colonial companies. Offers OF British
syndicates to purchase German trade conces-
sions In Africa have been declined for the same
reasons. although heretofore the German trado
ventures in this direction have proved I'M
profitable. excepting the steamship lines.
which arc generously subsidized.
The Emperor and Empress have for the last
ten days or two weeks been in unusually good
health. They take daily jaunts on horseback
together. to the delight OF tho people. for
hardly more accomplished horsewoman than
the Empress can DO found on the Continent.
Hcr costume is picturesque 1t consists Of
dark broad brimmed hat and fawn-colored
or white habit. which sets of her magnificent
proportions to advantage She rides with
spirit. always at quick gait and never fails
to return to the palace with red cheeks and
glowing eyes.
Despite her lovo for riding. which German
matrons are inclined to consider somewhat
masculine and improper. the Empress Ia ex-
ceedingly prudish. and continues to develop
her minute code OF etiquette IN her homo and
at her receptions as rapidly as the Emperor
stifYens the Formally Of ull social and offlcial