The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-17

! BERLIN, April 16-Emperor William,
hoping that his personal intervention
would lead to a renewal of friendly rela-
tions between the Conservatives and the
/ government, charged Count Won Wal
| dersee, who is fast friend, politically, of
! the Conservative leaders, and who holds
1 kindred religious views with them, to
/ ascertain what concessions 1t would be
/ necessary to make to effect a reconcilia-
| ton with them. Count Won Waldersee by
| negotiations, carried on partly through ex-
! Court Chaplain Stoecker and party di-
! rectly, found On all sides that Conserva-
| tives would accept nothing less than a re-
! turn to the policy Of which clerical control
! of education was the leading feature.
| The influence of Pastor Stoecker with
| the Conservatives is stronger than ever.
| He has induced the party to give promi-
nent place In its program to the anti jew
ish policy, which has been kept far in the
| background since the emperor's dismissal
of the pastor. This revival of anti-Semitism
has received a strong additional impetus
from the evidence in n libel action, during
the course of which the president of the
Berlin municipal school board was called
upon to testify. His evidence disclosed the
fact that out of the twenty-four member
posing the board, thirteen, or "A ma
jority, were Jews aud the rest aGnostics,
and that all OF them co-operated against
religious teaching in the schools.
The whole drift of the movements in the
political regrouping now going on tends to
solidfy the Conservatives and Centrist
coalition. The projected new cartel party,
composed of Moderates and Free Conserv-
atlves, together with National Liberals,
does not appear likely to be organized.
Herren, Ranchharpt, Helldorf and others
of the chiefs, who ought to know best
about the chances of the success of such
,f,1r 1r.fDF1N 0fI
although the emperor has advised both
branches that a coalition would meet with
his approval The sum OF the position,
therefore, is that when the reichstag and
landtag reassemble, the government will
be confronted with strong Conservative
ard Centrist majority in both parliament
tarY bodies.
The ministerial weakness will produce
two immediate results: The introduction
in the reichstag of the military bill, adding
80, 600 men to the army, Will be postponed.
and the question OF the salary OF Count
Won Eulenb berg as president of the Prusslan
ministry will be lodged in the land tag by
giving him the ministry of the interior.
The North German ZeiIung denies the ex-
i>tence OF the military bill. A semi-ofh-
cial communication given to the press be-
fore the government decided that denial
of it would be polite, announced a measure
of which the most striking proposal Is that
the term of service shall be only two years.
Besides the increase in the number of
men the bill entails larger estimates for
the artillery branch ofsthe service.
The preparations for the celebrations of
Nav Day have been completed. Every
where the program Is more OF festive
than of a political nature. Tableau vi
wants, concerts and games viii rule in
Berlin In Hamburg, Bremen and num-
Der of other centers outside OF Prussia the
authorities will allow professions and
open air meetings to be held.
Representatives here of a New York
firm have received 500 sacks of cornneal,
which they are supplying to the bakers of
Berlin Despite the efforts of Colonel
Charles Murphy, special representative in
Europe Of the United States agricultural
department, the German government has
not yet declared its intention of adopting
corn for army use.
Notifications of the literary convention
between Germany and the United States
were exchanged yesterday at Washington.
Prince Vladimir Djonvitch, prominent
Russian nobleman, well known in Berlin
society, figured in recent tragedy in st,
Petersburg. A feud had existed for some
time between the prince and his cousin,
Alexis Schipikuloff, and quarrel which
occurred snort time ago between them
ripened their mutual hatred of each other.
The prince under the influence OF his pas
sion, lay in wait upon 8 staircase in his
cousins house. and when the latter
assembled the stairs struck him number
OF heavy blows upon tue head with
Ratchet, killing him. The murderer fed,
pursued by his victims friends and the
police The prince, finding escape impossl-
bic, shot and killed himself