Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-10
The kaiser'S New Temperance Bill Is
Received by the Germans
With Very Wry Faces.
NEVERTHELESS IT is A SURE GO.
France to Do Her Kicking Alone Against
English Occupation of the
khedive'S Country.
PRINTERS HANG on LIKE BULL DOGS.
Berlin Doctors Have Just Found Out the Existence
Of the Grip Bacillus
rooPYKIeHr 1sa2, BY THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATED
PRESS.l

fCoPGRIGTIT, 1872, BY THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATED
PRESS
BERLIN, Jan. 9.-The Reichstag next
week will debate the bill for the repression
of drunkenness. The Bundesrath has ap-
proved the measure as originated by EN-
peror William, only modifying the severity
of the penalties to be imposed upon offend
ing public housekeepers.
The Ministers, it is known, consider the
proposals with disfavor, and the members
of the Bundesrath express doubt as to their
practical value. However, the Emperor
having set his heart upon trying the effect
upon drinking of legislative restrictions
has obtained from them a hesitating assent.
The fate of the measure in the Reichstag
is doubtful. The Conservatives and Ma
tional Liberals will support the bill,
while the Freisinnigge and Socialist parties
will oppose it, mainly because its provisions
will invest the police authorities with ex-
ceptional powers of interference in the pri-
waite life of citizens.
Tough Ifedicine for the Topper.
The clause of the measure which has
caused the most widespread objection, en-
powers the officials to prosecute all persons
denounced 10 them as habitual drunkards,
and to cause them TO be imprisoned until
thev shall have obtained medical certificate
stating that they have been cured of the
liquor habit Their property, also, may be
seized and applied to the support of their
families and of themselves during their i'm
prisonment.
The bill fails so entirely to define what
proof will be sufficient to warrant the arrest
and sequestration of a person denounced as
being a habitual drunkard, as TO enable
malicious or prejudiced prosecutors free
scope The measure if it becomes a law,
will inevitably give rise to host of mali
cious informeps, and blacSmailers will con-
tinually busy themselves in LAYING traps for
the keepers of places of public resort who
stand in readiness to blast the reputation of
private individuals.
Taking Temperance With a Wry Face.
No enthusiasm is shown in support of the
proposals. On the contrary, the prevailing
opinion seems to be that they will never
operate successfully in any large section of
the Empire. When the bill was before the
Bundesrath Chancellor Landmann, of Ba-
varia, induced that body to discriminate
between the various forms of drunkenness
1t was found practically impossible, how
ever, to classify drinkers of comparatively
harmless beer and wine apart from the
drunkards who are poisoning themselves
with potato spirits
Prosecuting under the bill will follow
when two witnesses of the offense shall de-
nounce the culprit, and should the measure
ever come into active operation in this city
there will be a mighty swarm of con-
victions.
The Center party is divided upon the
question of the wisdom of the measure, the
majority leaning toward the bill as moral
legislation approved by the Vatican. The
result depends upon the Centerists and,
therefore, the bill is likely to pass.
Germany Supports England in Egypt.
The Emperor will open the Landtag in
person Thursday next 1t is expected that
the speech from the throne upon that occa-
sion will contain declarations in relation to
the internal and foreign policies of the Gov
ernment.
With regard to the Egyptian question,
the concord between the German Govern
ment and that of Great Britain is perfect
and no trouble is anticipated in official cir
cles in consequence of the accession of Alb
bas Pasha II the French revive the ques-
tion Of the British occupation of Egypt
they Will receive no support from either
Ruisia of Turkey. The Gar at present is
solicitous that Europe should remain tran
quill, and the Porte is adverse to French in
terference.
Regarding a regency, on which subject
the French press is greatly excited, the
Sultan's fireman establishing the succession
of the eldest sons of the Khedives, also
provides that if deceased Khedive has not
culv appointed a regency the Ministers
shall elect regent from among themselves,
the Ministry forming a Council of Regency
Anv regent will be a mere instrument of
British policy.
More of the Stolen Pittsburg Thunder.
The discovery bv DR.. Pfeifer, the son-in-
law of Prof Koch, of the influenza bacillus,
has caused considerable excitement in medi-
cal and scientific circles. The public ask of
what practical use these revelations can be
until principal for the destruction of the
bacilh shall havee been obtained? Tine dis
covery of bacilh brings no comfort to the
sufferers.
The Japanese physician, Dr. Kitisato,
who is assisting DR. Pfeifer in his investi-
cations, has, it was recently announced,
discovered a cure for tetanus, but the rem
edy has not yet been tested.
The report of DIR. Pfeitfer, which was re-
Gently read at the Charity Hospital, details
how the doctor traced the influenza bacillus
and describes its special character as dis
tinct from that of other bacilli. The report
concludes with the single recommendation,
10 prevent infection by removing and de-
stroving the sputum of persons suffering
from influenza, and by keeping surround
ings clean and disinfected.
The Printers Strike Still On.
The strike of the printers is still partly
on in Berlin. LEIPZIG, Frankfort and
Munich. The strike leaders state that ], 900
men are still out. The leaders claim that
if assisted from abroad the men will be able
to hold out until their movement is crowned
with success. A number of master printers
in this city have conceded the demands of
the men, and 1, 400 of the strikers have been
enabled to return to work. The condition
Of the strikers in Berlin is hopeful, but the
men in Munich, LEIPZIG and Stuttgart. where |
there is less prospect of an immediate re-
turn TO work, are suffering greatly.
Public meetings have been held in every
provincial center to express approval of the
movement but material support fails. If
the men had not associated their cause with
socialism, popular aid would have been
more readily secured. As matters now
stand, unless further foreign help is re-
ceived the movement must collapse
A Limit to federation of Talk.
Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader, in an ad- |
dress to a conference of workmen at Null |
house, at which 1000 persons were present,
proceeded to attack the capitalists and the |
bourgeois in his usual vein.
He was permitted to proceed until he be- |
gan to comment on the annexation of AL |
sace-Lorraine, when the police, who were |
present IN considerable force, compelled |
him to deslst and broke up the meeting |