The sun., 1891-06-21
CABLE NEWS FROM GERMANY
TIE CENTRAL EUROPEAN CUSTOMS
LEAGUE BECOMES A FACT

Cameron williams Speech st the Close OF
the Lnndtae-Tho Holy Coat" Said 20
Have Beeu Worn by the saviour WIN
Be Exhibited ut Troses-Onr Tourists.
o,r,ioh. is0i. ~ Mc Ht,o Fork Assoctdted fress
BERLIN. Juno 20.--Tho formation OF ercat
centrsl European customs league Ia an nc.
complished fact. Acknowledged by the ofY1cial
circle. Tho exchange OF communications
bstwecn Germany. Austria, Hungary. Italy.
and Switzerland has resulted In tho basis OF an
agreement which became known here to-day
Tho terms will be kopt secret until after the
,dcuipotontinries prepare tho draft Of tho
treaty. A conference for this purpose will
mect at Berno on July 20. The league Ia to be
an intimate commercial alliance. in which no
ono OF the contracting powers will be prlvi-
leerd to form q trade treaty with any other
outside tho Union unless II ilrst obtains the
assent OF the other parties 10 the alliance.
The Emperor closed the LandI nG to-day in q
Characteristic manner. He congratulated
himself and the country on getting from the
rpper md Lower Houses OF tho Landtag
nearly all that his Ministers hnd demanded.
During tho course Of his speech Ills Majesty
raid:
view have not hecn wholly attained. and my
pcopls may nevertheless derive Just sntisfac.
ton from the fact that necessary and valua-
tho cystcn Of taxation and primary conditions
have been b. law determined for tho improve
ment Of communal institutions in the rural
districts ul russia.
no Gppo House werS snsa 70
IN gloomy siiOhce.
The Ifiirsror thon proceeded TO express the
ine unsettled would lind nm equally satisfae-
Tory settlement. Ho trusted that the. nowiy
%b du esaa 10 aa @ Ss.
This. he said. wil' SECURE the ievelopnionts Of
Touching ppon ecclesiastical affairs the En-
' 10 G n0'.t &snSs Sn cSs4s o hs that ssi e
ihio Kntnrtnmpi wns resulting in an essential
SMsn he n S STATE sna ss IL
the mAinten4nco OF re!icious peace. no be-
Sstion ss !" rnsed sroSnJ. That the Claims the the
sr,n nt to BE- e
AlludinR to the foreign situation. his Majesty
Considering that the session now about to
and my people may cherish the hone that these
s eoninus to en- enjoy The 81. ssinss 81 pSses WITCH
hsTs no and Ss bs In
q garden party Mt The Emporor's palace at
great religious function will open at
cont viii b cyhIbi,ed in tho GatRed raj Of II.
coat is relic which has boon preserved with
and Is cs. eeme,l US its greatest troasnre, 1t is
SAVIOUR. 1t Is said I" have been discovered -
vieit 10 Palestine In the fourth century.
After numorous ytcissttudes the coat WAS
deposited in the Cathedral "t St Potter and st.
Helen; and since the year 1896 has: at exceed
!nR!y long intervals. been exhibited to the
faithful, Miraculous curative properties arc
a.cribed to the relic Tho exhibition of the
holy coat In 1874 is memorable ::for the reac.
tion which II produced leading tn tho seces-
sion Of the Konee and German Catholics from
the Church Of Rome The exhibitions have al-
ways been attended by almost countless
thronRs. and an enormous influx Of pilgrims Is
expected In August The Rhine railways are
preparing for the service. They exp poet to carry
10000 passengers daily.
Mr.. Porter. tho American Minister to italy.
is At present sfRht htseeing In Berlin. Ho will
ahortly 60 to London to meet his daughter.
Vice. Consul @. N. Wood will ACCOMPANY him.
Thev were given . lunch to-day by Mr.. vii.
liam Walter Phelps the American Minister
here.
Senator Mcmillan Of Michigan, with his
daughter. Mr.. eld Mr.. Rust Of Chicago. and
Dr. sheerer and his wife. also Of Chicago. have
arrived in this city.
Walter Damrosch has engaged Herr Protsky
Of Lsipsic for his New York orchestra