, 1891-12-27

Copyrighted 1891 by n. Y. Associated Press
BERLIN, Dec. 26.-The emperor and
empress on Christmas evening presided
at the distribution OF presents at the new
palace at Potsdam. Each of the little
princes had his own table and tree loaded
with a variety of gifts. Yesterday
Emperor William sent to his own companv
a large pepper cake made by the court
conf-ctIoner. This pepper cake. a disuse
of which has long been desired by many,
continues to be one of the solid %institu-
tions of the season.
A report of a startling nature is in cir
c~ulatlon and obtains credence in diplo-
matte circles. 1t is to the effect that
Count Won ~SchouvalOff, the Russian am
bassador to Germany, is to be transferred
to Moscow as successor to Grand Duke
Sergieus, brother of the car, as governor
general. The car has given Grand Duke
Sergius peremptory leave of absence for a
year and it IS looked upon as certain that
the grand duke will not return to his post
at the expiration of that period, and 1t is
more thar likely he will be sent out of
Russia or be placed under surveillance at
some post in Central Asia
The grand duke, it Is alleged, has been
tampering with the allegiance of officers
high in command at Moscow. Warsaw.
Wilnaw and other military centers. The
count has been ordered to proceed to
Gatschiua to confer with the car
Galician papers arc filled with articles ad-
vocatlng a renewed enforcement of repres.
sive measures against the Jews in Russian
Poland. A large number of persons
have been arrested in Warsaw and i'm.
mediate vicinity.
The %czarina is suffering from influenza.
The Metropolitan Michel is also i'll with
the disease. The epidemic of influenza
still prevails IN Galica. Eastern Prussia
and Berlin. An address recently deliv
cred by Prof. Nothnagel of Vienna upon
the origin aud treatment of the disease is
the talk of the hour among medical men.
Prof. Nothnagel, in his address, de-
clared the malady distinctly miasmatic
in character and certainly infectious and
possibly contagious. He also stated that
persons having cardiac affections and those
suffering from tuberculosis have most
cause to fear a fatal result There is no
specific means OF cure, the professor says.
The treatment by antipvrine. a~ntifebrine
and phenacetine is unadvisable where the
disease is accompanied by any form of
congestion of the lungs or weakness of
the heart.
Such cases are better treated with
stimulants like digitalis or brandy or the
sub %cutaneous injection of camphor.
When the reichstag esumes sitting a bill
for the repression OF Drunkenness, Bourse
regulation measure, aud discussion of thu
commercial treaties with Switzerland
Servia. Spain and Roumania will be tn,
-e-% iAndtaO has under consideration
a new educational measure. Olua-Sor
servatives hope to be revengcd for tn
defeat on the tariff question in the reich
stag by a rejection of the educational bill
now before the landtaR and thwarting o
the financial reform Of Herr Miguel, tn,
imperial minister of finance.
Socialist leaders being conscious of q
falling off in the number Of their adher
ents. have made arrangements for a series
of congresses, the first to be held in Bre,
men at the end of January, to organize a
propaganda among the peasants of the
northwest provinces; the second of these
congresses will be held at Coblentz on
the 3lst of January and the third at Neu'
minister in February. The successive de,
feats of strikes which have been begun
under socialist guidance have strongly
preiudiced the position of the party.