The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-14
FROM THE FATHERLAND.
TIE FREIsINNIGE PARTY TO CON-
TINUE ITS GaAIN LAW FIGHT.

Has Ruined the Crops-The Connec-
ton of the Prince of Wales With the
Baccarat Scandal Cond smned.
Copyright, 1891. By the N. Y. associated Press.l
BERLIN, June 13.-Undaunted by the
overwhelming majority which supported
Chancellor Won Caprivi on the cereal duties
question in tho Landtag, the members of the
freisinnige party last evening held mass
meeting, at which the party leaders, amid
fervent EXPLANATIONS, announced their in
tention of prosecuting more vigorously
than ever the anti-grain law agitation.
Figures published by the liberal press show
ing that the stores of cereals in Germany
were nearly exhausted elected the official
statistics given in to-days issue of the
ReichSdnzeiger, which aim to prove that
the grain harvest of 1890 was not short, but
ON the contrary was better than that OF
1889. being equal to the average harvest of
the last ten years. The figures are ad-
mittedly based on rough compilations.
They show that the crop of 1890 yielded
2, ,S39, 600 tons of wheat and 5,ST7, 900 tons of
rye, against 2,372, Alb tons of wheat and
5.363, ,426 tons of rye in the preceding year
and an average of 2,479,000 tons OF wheat
anu D, tUD,UUU tOUs VI rye 1Ot
the past decade The potato crop of 1890
amounted to SO, 800. .005 tons against an an
nual average of q, ,SS4, 600 tons, for the past
ten years. The ton in these statistics signifies
1000 Kilograms or 1877 pounds. Allowing
that the figures of the Reichsdnzeiger are
accurate the fact remains that the high
price Of bread presses heavily upoa the
working classes, who, while feeling the
pinch, fail to understand the arguments of
eha min hat Fam abolition nf
the tariff would rot relieve the existing
distress. The speculations Of Chancellor
Won Caprivi that the crops In Germany are
in better condition than is generally sup
posed have been contradicted by reliable
reports from several quarters OF
the empire received by telegraph
to-day. These reports are to the effect that
In Western Prussia severe cold weather and
night frosts during the current week have
ruined the crops. A cold wave appears to
have extended over Silesia, Saxony, Ba-
varia and Moravia.
SNOW IN THE ALPS.
Telegrams from Vienna announce that
there has been heavy fall of snow in the
Eastern Alps, covering the plains Of Styria.
The prospects that the weather will blast
every promise of favorable crops is already
disturbing official circles. 1t is understood
that Chancellor Won Caprivi to-day,
upon which he had based the
assertions made during the debate in the
lower house of the Prussian diet, has actual
lY asked the customs officers and other
functionaries to furnish fresh statements.
In the meantime memorials from Munich,
Hamburg, Dresden and other centers reach
the chancellory pressing the necessity ofa
reduction of the tariff on grain.
The session of the Landtag will be brought
to close next week, when the liberal men,
bers Of that body will carry the agitation
into the country districts.
THE CARD SCANDAL
Military and social circles are equally
amazed at the revelations regarding the
condition of society in England. The ad-
mission that the Prince of Wales has been
involved in q gambling scandal is the prin-
cipal topic of conversation. At ali the
military casinos and clubs the action Of the
prince in the affair is emphatically CON-
demned. 1t is impossible, it is stated,
to conceive of high Prus-
sian officer condoning the offense of
cheating at cards or of screening person
who had been found guilty of such an act,
and no instance is known in the army
where an officer has parleyed, publicly or
privately, regarding similar charge The
newspaper press draw comparisons be-
tween the habits of the Prince Of Wales and
tQO80 OF tO0 hulD6EOE- w WnOh6
strong condemnation of gambling In the
German army has greatly assisted to check
the practice Of playing for high stakes The
emperor, it has long been known, entertains
no warm feeling toward the Prince OF
Wales, but the papers generally refrain
from harsh criticisms of the conduct of the
heir apparent to the English throne.
The Kleine-Journat goes so far in allud
ing to the relations Of the Princess Of Wales
f<Nu ar1 horh htrc nd n that gha ia
neglected for women of the dent monde,
and her sole consolation IS the respect with
which the English people surround her.
A GERMAN SCANDAL.
The suit for libel now being tried at
Bochum continues to excite the country.
The prosecution has asked the Essen tribunal
to sentence Editor Fuscangel to two years
and Luennemann to one years Imprisonment
respectively for accusing Herr Baare,
the director of the Bochum iron
works, and friend and finan-
ciel adviser OF Prince Bismarck.
with falsifying his income for the purpose
of escaping the income tax. The grave
charge that Herr Baare for sixteen years
has been sending out from his WORKS steel
rails which have not been properly tested
and which bear a forgery of the govern
ment stamp, which could not be
affixed by the government officials
under the ClECuLusLauCSS, DuOuRQ
declared by the public prosecutor not to
have been proved, remains the subject of
keen general discussion. The Bochum
iron works is the largest factory Of the kind
in Germany. with the exception of the
Krupp works, aud export many thousands
of tons of rails and locomotive
axels. The suspicion which has been
aroused that Herr Baare has originated a
system of supplying German and foreign
railways with poor material, fraudulently
stamped as having been officially tested,
will not be set at rest without an open gov
ernment inquiry, which certain officials are
accused of trying to prevent.
RUssIA's ATTITUDE.
The Post asserts that the French govern
ment's demand that the czar make definite
declaration as to the attitude which he
would assume in the event of a Franco
German war has obtained only the vaguest
response, committing Russia to nothing.
At conference of Hebrews held here,
which was attended by Delegates Adler Of
the Anglo-Jewish Association, Evangler
and Loeb Of Paris, and Stern Of Vienna it
was resolved to form an international emil
grafton committee for the purpose Of
supervising the emigration of the Jews
from Russia. Only refugees who have
been compelled to leave their homes will
be assisted aud those will all be
sent to their ultimate places Of settle
ment. At these conferences ample
evidence was adduced to show that the