The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
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NEW YEAR EVEN BERLIN
EXTRA POLIOE ON DUTY TO DEAL
WITH TIE ROWDY MOBS.

Tha Old Time Custom of Crushing
Hats and Tearing Coats No Longer
Looked Upon as Practical Joke by
the Authorities - How the Day
Passed at the Palace.
Copyright. 1893, blythe " Y. Associated Prsss.l
BERLIN. Jan. Bleak winds and drench.
ing rains ushered in the new year. Such
miserable weather, OF course, had somI
effect upon the celebration Of the day.
Rowdy mobs, which had been privileged
every New Years eve to hold the leading
thoroughfares against quiet folks and to in-
dulge in such practical jokes as crushing
the hats aud tearing the coats Of well-dressed
passers-by, found a partial check In speciai
reinforcements Of police, but neither the
| inclement night nor the strong forcs
of police quite restrained the recurrence
Of the old-time rioting. Mountea
constables rode along the pavement dis
persing unruly groups About 100 of ths
brawlers were arrested for molesting sober
persons of respe,tabiity. They are await.
ing fine OF imprisonment. The court
functions on New Years day were the sams
as usual
THE EMPEROR AT BERLIN.
The emperor and his family moved into
the royal castle at Berlin from Potsdam
early in the week. The band Of the Second
UhIans played in the year by several cho-
rails from the summit of the cupola on the
castle chapel. The imperial family
attended morning service in the chapel.
A levee was held subsequently,
to this service iu the castle, where all the
commanding generals. government officials
and cour5 officers filed past the throne The
crowd attending the levee was so numerous
that the halls set apart for their reception
were filled to Overlooking At noon the
emperor rode to the arsenal to perform the
usual New Year ceremony of giving parole
TO the troops. Everybody here expected
him to make important utterauces on thii
| occasion. but he said nothing beyond
! few words in addressing a group OF
| officers. He advised them to speedily &C,
quire knowledge of the power and use OF
the latest military improvements The
absence Of Princes Leopold and Arnold OF
| Bavaria from the levee was incorrectly at.
tributed by some persons to a dispute with
! the emperor. AS a matter of fact theiI
absence was due to friendly arrangement
with the emperor by which their presence
at the formal proceedings was not needed.
| FRANCE DEnIND TIME.
The French government is too late in try.
ing TO meet tho drelbund's zollverein by
| commercial alliances with various European
Sweden, Denmark, Greece and Italy, are
| perfectly known In Berlin.
TEese overtures till now have resulted in
| nothing further than an agreement with
Greece and Denmark both, these allies of
Russia getting the minimum French tariff
tn exchange for Favored naion" treatment
| TO France. Negotiations for treaty with
Italy have in the meantime ceased
and it Is not likely that they will be re.
newed. With Sweden, France stands a bet.
ter chance, but nothing the Paris govern
lnent now can do caa weaken the drelbund's
zolverein, which ere long will include Bel
gium, Holland, Roumania and Seryia, aud
probably Spain.
CONCESSION TO THE CHURCH.
For the solid vote of the centrists in the
Reichstag, which enabled the government
| to pass the commercial treaties, that party
is about to obtain the long desired cOnces,
sion granting the clergy greater control OF
instruction in the primary schools. Count
Won Sledlitz, minister OF public
worship, will submit to the
Landtag project conferrinR power
on the clergy to examine candidates
| for teacherships on religious questions. Ths
| Catholics regard the concession as one
which will enable the clergy to control the
| schools through the teachers. The project
will cause bitter fight in the Landtag,
| as the conservatives hold that it will per-
vert the character Of the volksschule
The influenza has claimed another victim
| among the diplomats in this city. Marquis
de Penafel, the ambassador Of Portugal td
| Germany, died here to-day from that dis.
ease.
ILLNESS OF THE CzARINA.
| Advices from ST. Petersburg are that tha
illness Of the czarina is low fever and thai
it is partly due to worrying over the plot
against the czar, in which the highest court
and imperial personages are suspected of
being involved. Private letters state thai
some Of the plots are aimed at obtaining
constitution by whicl the mobiles and land
holders will appoint the members Of an as
sembly.
Rumors are current that negotiations ara
proceeding to obtain the adhesion of Rus
sia to the commercial convention, but there
is no foundation for them. There has been
10 meeting of German and Russian
diplomats, as has been reported in the
foreign press, and no such meeti & is con-
templated The foreign Office authorities
authorize a denial that the question of
reduction of the Russian tariff has even been
mooted.
Among the new year articles appearing
in the German press is one III the National
ZettUng which specially comments upon the
growth Of the American union as decisive
factor Of the century.
The Frankfort Gazette announces that
immense quantities Of wheat and rye has
been stored in the Rhine fortresses. Wheat,
it says, was chiefly imported.
The American legation here is busy with
the cases Of American citizens Of German
birth who have been arrested in this coun.
try for desertion from the army. MinisteI
Phelps and Secretary Coleman fine the
governmentiready to accede to any reason.
able demand for the release Of returned de-
serters, even when the laws would permit
of their retention, but it would be better il
men liable to prosecution on this charge
should remain in their adopted country.
HADN'T LEARNED TO OBEY ORDERS
a Rein stated Naval Cadet Dismissed
the second Time.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Jan. 2.-Naval Cadet