New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-01
THE SOCIAL EVIL IN BERLIN.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS STERN MEASURES.
WHAT THE REICTsTAG WILL HAVE TO ooNsIDEx
Mr. rHELPs's DINNER.

WHAT THE REICHsrAG WILL HAVE TO coNsIDEk
Mr.. rHELPss DINNER.
Copyright; 1891 BY the New. York Assoeia'sd ry.m.
Berlin. Oct. 31.-FolIow1ng up the recent reecnpt
the Emperor has instructed the Ministry Of Justice to
prepare report the laws relating the social evil
and to formulate measures 10 extend the supervision
over ii. TIE police going beyond the law To act
in accordance with the rescrips in clearing the streets
Of women and their bulHes.- Pastor stoecker's
memorable estimate which placed the number OF
fortunates in Berlin at $4,000 which questioned
when it vas first announced. is now considered too
low. The other reta.ners OF vice number probably
another $4,000, and the Criminal Code is insufficient
To deal with them. The press approves Of the spirit
prompting the edct. though questioning the wisdom
Of unconstitutional methods OF interference. The ad
vice that barrsters should refuse to defcrd immoral
and the suggestion that the public be excluded
during the trial Of especially assatled
backward steps In legal procedure, tending tn i'm
peril the pure administration Of the law.
BuISEsS TO COME BEFORE THE REICHsrA6.
The outcome Of the agitation s expected TO be the In
PRODUCTION In Parliament Of severely rpressfve
measures including Jogging ard extended terms OF i'm
pisonment ut hard labor. some papers venture To
suggest Wholesale system of state regulation Of Woo.
To his, however, the Emperor will never consent.
When the Rechstng resumes sittings, November
IL this Social Purity bill the Austrian and Italian com
mercial treaties. and the demand for military
credits will constitute the principal business 20 be
sdcred. The military credit, which It rs expected win
amount TO 1sO,oOO,OO0 marks and will be distributed
several years. will be asked the ground that
there is necessity for reform the artillery service
and for changes in the clothing outfit of the army
OPPOSITION TO RECIPROCITY WITH AMERICA.
The report that n treaty is being negotiated with tho
United States involving reciprocity American grains
and pork and German sugar and other products exces
the anger Of tho agrarian party Their opposition h
<.inr Anuhl IN fhA
tag II treaties with Austria and America pro
sented simultaneously. The Ccntrists who hold the
balance of the voting power. Will be with dhcuity
Induced TO support Government proposals having this
wide range.
German importers Of American pork occasionally ex-
perience difficulty in getting their goods through
the Custom House, owing to defects in the wording Of
the American certificates Of inspection. In cases
where the wording Of the certificates Is at all inexact
the customs authorities detain the imports.
Mr.. PHELPS OFFERS HIS GUESTS CoRNBREAD.
At grand official dinner given this evening by
william Walter Phelps. the United states Minister
To Germany, the features Of the menu different
preparations Of american and bread made of Q
xture Of corn and rye -four In different proportions.
Among those present Baron and Baroness
Marchal Baron Won Berlepsch. Minister Of Commerce.
and baroness Bcrlepsch, Herr MIGUEL Imperial Min
lst,r Of Finance Baron Won Rottenburg Baron and
Baroness MaEahn. Mr. and Mrs Poultney Bisclow,
and Mr.. and Mrs samuel l. Clemens, Baron nnd
Baroness Zedwitz, sir Edward Malet the British
Amba ssador and the Misses Currie. Duke and Hat
stead.
GERMANS STARVING IN THE voLGA DISTRICT.
Advices received here state that 10000 German
colonists In the famine cken districts Of tn, yosa
distributed among twenty nine parishes. pershng
unaided. The German committee formed at Riga are
awaiting the dEatory assent of the St. Petersburg
authorities send relief the ooonists under t1Istv
persons The NOga districts also being ravaged
by scurvy and typhus fever. Tie starving peasants
attack houses and all other building: in which they are
likely to find punder 20 food. The authorities
endeavor TO suppress all information
AN ORIENTAL EXCURSION.
The Hamburg American Packet Company has de-
cidcd TO send # their steamers Oriental
curson. The steamer will sail from Hamburg Feb
r,lay IL and Will call Gibraltar, Alexandria Jara
Athens Corfu aud Malta.
Among the passengers by The Augusta Victoria,
which sailed from Hamburg yesterday for Sew-Ycrk,
were Claus spreckels, the sugar manufacturer. aD1
Mrs. and Miss spreckels