Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
A MIXED SITUATION.
No Combination Is Possible Among
German Parties, and the
KAISER'S RULE Is EMBARRASSED.
A Military Outrage on Civilians Almost
Causes Lynching.
INDIFFERENCE OVER CARNOTs VISIT

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BERLIN, May 2S.-Beneath the surface,
which is calm, political life in Berlin now
presents a much perturbed appearance. The
movement of the parties keeps the party
leaders on a strain.
Both the National Liberal and the Frei-
sinnge parties have been holding conven-
tions, the former at Eisenach and the latter
at Mannheim. The Freisinnge Assembly
included delegates from the Northern,
Southern and Central sections of Germany.
Herr FIGHTER, in an address, explained the
attitude of the Government in the matter
of electoral reforms in Prussia in relation
to which subject the position of Herr
Herrfurth, the Prussian Minister of the In
terror, has been misrepresented. Instead of
promising to introduce in the Landtag a
bill reforming the electoral districts, Herr
Herrfurth declares that the Government
will uphold the existing system. Herr
Herrfurth declines positively to introduce
any measure having for its object the re-
distribution of seats, and scouts the idea Of
applying system Of universal suffrage to
Prussian elections.
Every Party Fights on IT'S Own Hook.
The Freisinnge leaders, hoping to find
the National Liberals willing to unite in an
attack upon Herr Herrfurth, were surprised
to find Herr Hobrecht and other prominent
National Liberals pronouncing in favor of
the Government The idea of coalition
between the Freisinnge party and the Ma
tional Liberals is becoming more and more
improbable.
Irregular combinations against the Gov
ernment, embarrassing legislation, have
become the feature of the day. Thus, the
Government was defeated in the Lower
House of the Diet on the bill securing
secrecy of income tax returns, by combined
votes of Conservatives, Centrists and
members of the Freisinnge party. In
the coming general elections for members
of the Landtag, each party will probably
fight by itself Overtures for the entente
between the leaders of the Conservatives
and Centrists, and the Freisinge and Ma
tional Liberals, have entirely ceased.
The war being waged in the newspapers
over President Carnot's proposed visit to
Nancy on the day of Pentecost, has neither
official prompting nor approval.
Emperor william Not Disturbed
The Emperor and the Ministers, accord
ing to the belief in the Foreign Office, are
Indifferent regarding the Nancy demonstra-
tons President Carnot is free, so far as
they are concerned, to make q tour of the
frontier, and the French Government Is
free to organize whatever manifestations it
may see fit.
The course adopted by them will not alter
the tenor of the German regime in Alsace-
Lorraine. The Emperor may respond at
Metz in September to the Nancy demonstra-
tions by prolonged maneuvers on large
scale on the battlefield of 1870.
The official press has been instructed to
declare the existence of the Dreibund Sc
cure, whatever may be the outcome of the
Italian crisis
Military Outrages on Civilians.
Another military outrage upon civilians
is reported from Spandau. An infantry
officer of the garrison there, who was proba-
bly, excited by drink, interfered in dis
pute which had arisen among q party of
civilians. and, drawing his sword, slashed
right and LETT, wounding several persons.
The crowd who witnessed the affair became
terribly excited, and the interference of the
police alone prevented them from lynching
the officer on the spot
Lieutenant Lucius, who was involved in
the recent Mentz affair, has resigned his
commission, but will, nevertheless, be tried
by court martial The Emperor has issued
private order to commanders, instructing
them to exercise stricter supervision over
their officers, and to severely punish all
offenses against civilians.
The heat in Berlin is intense, the ther-
mometer at noon to-day registering $40
celsius. A number Of sunstrokes have been
reported.