The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-07
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THEGERMAN CORNLAW.
Socialists Wage Vigorous War
on the Government.
PRICE OF GRAIN ExoRBITANT.
Jews Not Only Expelled From Russia,
But Wounded and Killed.
PRICE OF GRAIN ExoRsITANT.
Victory for the French workmen's PEN
sion Bill - Tho Anglo Portuguese
Treaty Ratified Starvation in Spain
German Conquest OF Africa.

BERLIN, June 6.-TAssociated Press,
copyrighted 1891. Elf popular discomfort
were allowed to manifest itself on free
lines against the governments order to
maintain the corn duties, Germany would
be ablaze with. demonstrations. Since
Chancellor Won Caprivi surprised the
country, including the agrarian party,
with his declaration that the existing tariff
must remain until at least treaty negotia-
tions with other nations are arranged,
the dissatisfaction among the working
men has become the inspiration of politi-
cal parties, which are open to popular
emotions and which become penetrated
with a sense that. the government has
made mistake and must ere long recon-
slider the decision in the face of the
increasing prices of cereals, espec-
tally rye, which forms the staple
of the peoples food. Even the
official press speaks in an
apologetic tone of the attitude of the gov
ernment. The North German Gazette stands
almost alone in sustaining energetically
the ministerial policy.
As the landtag will close within fort
night there is small chance that the
opposition will get time to conduct par
liamentary agitation. They are therefore
preparing for the campaign in the country.
The socialists are active. They value the
situation and will give energy to the oppo-
sition movement in every populous center.
Many meetings have been held this week.
The socialists met with an enthusiastic re-
sponse when they branded the ministers
as starving the masses to the advantage of
the classes. Within the cabinet it is re-
ported that dissensions are strong.
The union of industrial associations,
after prolonged debate on the proposed
international exhibition in 1896, appointed
a special commission to visit Chancellor
Won Caprivi and ask him to ask the gov
ernment for its approval of the scheme.
A scandal attaches here to a well-known
professor of the University of California,
who is charged with sending his young
wife and two grown daughters of his first
wife to Germany and leaving them with
out support and refusing them the money
necessary for their return home. It is
possible that the professor has an explana-
ton which is not known to people here,
who are interesting themselves in the
family.
Emil Seiffert, an American German adj
vIiituASis iOtCibAy SChbCiCCu W TWO EARS
imprisonment for defrauding Mrs. Nc
Guire, of Detroit, Mich, has succeeded in
getting new trial. AS Mrs. Mcclure has
returned to the United States and refuses
to appear against Seiffert, it is likely that
he will go free. Seiffert met Mrs. Mcclure
in California and made love to
her. He induced her to visit
Europe, and then defrauded her
her of large sums of money. He subse-
quently eloped with Miss Flanagan, of
Washington City, Mrs. McGuire's COM
panion, and married her in London. He
returned to Berlin after this and COM
menced blackmalling Mr.. McGuire.
He tripped up on his black
mailing scheme, however, was arrested
tried and convicted and sentenced to two
years. Mrs. Mcclure then returned to
America, thinking Seifert was disposed of.
Colonel and Mrs. Montgomery, of Port
land, Or, have left Berlin for Marienbad.
They gave a dinner Wednesday before
leaving