The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-18
CABTENEWS FROM GERMANY
.yr CARS FAITREUL POLICE ARE
GREATLY SURPRISED.

n, O2eoior Ball-Gany Members OF
~. .B.st Society" In Attendance-The
r,.r,s Dispieasuro Visited Upon Them
n, Mourning for tho Duke or Clarence
81. rmv.ror.s Vicious StaiIion-A Binck.
.u,,s Burenu In Munich Downfall OF
n.rter-Beriin Lodging Houses.
p,,,r Ian. 17.-Berlin society is discussing
In b,,cd breath st. Petersburg scandal to
-h,ch mono dares refer openly. Most OF the
sov ar moro principals are Russians. but a
,ov q, them are aristocrstic Germans. some OF
.b.r In tho highest diplomatic offices and
lin honorable records In the officers corps OF
tho German Army.
Tho 81. Petersburg police recently informed
The Cxsr that many mon In his counsels and in
russian official life attended frequent Mill
ustic meetings at a mansion In fashionable
street. Those gatherings were peculiar
,or tho largo number OF foreign diplo-
rati.ts, especially Germans. who went
~ them. The visitors arrived between and
1,p.M and struggled away at or o'clock
IN tho morning. The police watched the house
t,ur weshs before thoy received orders to raid
q They wero then sure that a tremendous
Nihilistic plot was Matching. and force OF
200 poice was called out to make 1t certain
Tint not a single participant escaped. The
nolice we're supported by four companies OF
soldiers within call. and were directed BY
Con, dresser and q small body OF detectives OF
tho political division.
The house in which tho meetings were held
vas surrounded on last Monday night by this
little army. At midnight when the usual
number OF visitors had been seen to enter.
Gen. Gresscr who had carried the password.
gained admittance to the vestibule. He was
closely followed by his detectives. The door
keeper was thrown down and gagged. tho
inner door was smashed with an axe. and.
with drawn revolvers. detectives and police
mon. led BY Gen. Gresser. burst through.
They were astounded to And thcm-
selves. instead OF amid tho sombre proceed
ings of q revolutionary meeting. at the open
entrance OF a brilliant ballroom filled with
music and flowers and gay with the national
colors Some forty men and women in light
flowing Grecian costumes we're dancing. At
small tables in the corners half-intoxicated
couples drank champagne. and in small pri-
vate rooms at the back several more couples
were found dining and drinking freely.
To the surprise and dismay Of Gen. Gresser
the fifty or sixty persons participating in the
orgies were found to be men and women in the
highest st. Petersburg society. Several OF the
women were known to DO received with
favor ct court and among the men
we're Russian officers OF high rank and
representatives OF foreign legations in the
capital To relieve the mutual embarrass-
ment temporarily. Gen. dresser took the
names and official titles Of all the men. and tho
names and official titles Of the husbands OF all
the women. and then hustled everybody out Of
the house No prisoner was taken to jail by
tho police. ALL however. received on the next
day paternsl admonitions or cuffs. according
to his greater or less enjoyment OF imperial
favor from the Gar.
The fashionable house at which the orgies
we're held was found to be owned by Russian
Jew. who rented 1t to the principals In the car
nivals as the affairs were politely termed.
The police had been deceived as to tho nature
Of ths gatherings there by the fact that every
attendant entered in male attire. for a rule of
the society was that. for the sake OF safety. the
women must come in coats and trousers.
Each carnival was devoted to the imitation OF
the dress and customs OF particular nation.
On the night OF the raid everything was cast
in Grecian mould.
Gen. Gressor went to the Car with his re-
port in the expectation that his sovereign
would DO relieved and pleased by the explosion
ofthe theory OF a dynamite plot The Car.
however. was in rage when he heard tho de-
tails Of tho corruption prevalent among the
noblemen In his army. The result OF his ex-
animation of the names submitted by Gen.
Gresser was that many Russian officers and
officials We're transferred to places in the prov
inces and that two Secretaries Of Legation
were compelled to take long vacations. Two
married women. who participated in the
Grecan night have been excluded from court.
and another left the city before she was asked
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scandal was sent by the Gar to Emperor Will
liam. and the hope was expressed in the Cars
accompanying letter that the offenders would
DO punished severely. An inquiry will DO
made into the St Petersburg matter and into
the night life Of the Berlin officials whom the
Emperor suspects OF similar immortality. as he
has shown In several Of his communications
and remarks to commanders OF garrisons In
large cities.
The death OF tho Duke OF Clarence. It is
thought. will consummate the reconciliation
between Emperor William and the Prince OF
wales. Tho Emperor had high respect for the
dead Duke on account OF his com paratively
oiameless life and the general conformity Of
his department. outside OF military matters
with tho rather puritanical Hohenzollern
IDEAS. In his long letter OF coincidence to the
rr!n"o OF Wales the Emperor closes with these
words May God help you all to bear this
great alliction"
Berlin society has fastened to take its cue
from inc imperial leader and display its re-
Easd Tor the dead Duke and his relatives. The
Impress Frederick has received scores Of tell
ecFams and notes Of coincidence. and hun
asods have signed their names on the visitors
oook at her palace. On the day when the news
mthe Dukes death became known carriages
sympathetic friends blocked the streets
near her door. recalling tho scenes ut the
usa'h OF her husband and father-in-law En-
pe'os William. in Difference to the sensitive
ness OF his mother. ordered that all
.esu'as DO postponed for month. al.
.aouGh tho official period OF mourning
sslne RUSSIAN court is but ten days. When
Me court marshal respectfully protested
.sa'nst the postponement, the Emperor in
s.ea out the Empress Frederick. upon hear
10y OF the difficulty. thanked the EN- peror and
, ,su'a WIN the court marshal. Consequently
we lestiyals will proceed es usual. except that
m''s VIII be no music. There is general sat
.S S4ac.'on that the order first contemplated by
Me emperor was not given. as this Is the be-
s'anlhs OF Germany's great carnival period.
, "uu much money has been spent In preparing
~. Tue decorations and general celebrations.
asu'e chapel Of the Black Eagle tomorrow
'en'ns about two thousand persons will be
"Dseht' but without music.
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