Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-09
FROM OVER THE SEA
Calamity Ho~les Working Against
Home Rule.
the BISMARCK MONUMENT
The I~ipsic Gazette Cows~s OSs ~ the
Champion or the lron Chanceiiss.
wilhelm fcarx Dynasnise.

home rule till debate on "Wednesday
was unexpectedly tame. All the hig
men II the opposition were ahs~nt Mr.
Baifour. leader of the unionist. was still
in Ulster exhoriing the Orangemen Ia
stand fast against the attempt Ia unload
q Dublin parliament on them.
Lord Randolph Churchill Was in the
provinces predicting civil war. Joseph
Chamberlain and Mr.. Goschen were out
pushing the campaign II prophesy and
d-nunciation in the principal cities In
the north. As James William Lowther.
who recently has assumed some prerog
atives IL leadership among the tories.
IN poor talker. the task VI answering
Nr. Gladstones speech on the motion
for the second reading devolved upon
Sir Michael Hicks Beach. second rate
debaier. who did nothing to redeem his
reputation. Mr.. Gladstone was IN good
form. and spoke with display III energy
which showed that the sea air of Brigh
ton has put new life into him. lie said,
however. little or nothing that he had
eaid in his great speech in introducing
the bill lie has returned t1 Brighton
Ia rally his energies for the hot tight.
WHICH Will i"Sih pu Auoitos NJ thV II
turn to the housc of the unionist leaders.
Bismarrk's Champion.
Like everything connected with Bis
marck. the celebration 81 his last birth
day has stirred some bad blood in Ger
man politics. The l.eipsic Gazette, in
apparent disgust with the hatterers in
Berlin who try Ia please the emperor by
sighting the ex chancellor. has let loose
torrent of scorn upon Herr Won
I.evetzow. president of the reichstag.
because he refuses To take steps toward
applying Ia it's proper uses the Bismarck
monument fund under his supervision.
This fund amounts to Sl..tp.Up marks.
Contributions toward il were received
Immediately after Bismarck's fall. and
the understanding of the contributors
was that the money was Ia he applied as
apon AZ 100000 marks had been col
lected. Naturally. the site Was expected
to be in Berlin. Since Bismarck began
speaking his mind about the emperor.
however. the committee in charge OF
the fund-a and most conspicuously Herr
Won Levetzow. the chairman have
been paralyzed by fear that any step
toward honoring Bismarck with a monu-
ment would offend the emperor. and
hence have allowed the money to lie
idle for two years after work should
have been begun.
The I.eipsic Gazette remarks. iron
ically. that perhaps Herr Won I.evetzow
has forgotten about the fund. as q few
weeks ago his lapee Of memory had bc-
come So remarkable that he omitted 10
mention Bismarck az one OF the few
members Of the North German reich
stag who had sat in the present house.
III Berlin h ashamed Ia honor the great
/ est of modern Germans" adds the
Gazette. "Leipeic will be only too happy
To relieve her of the duty and TO grant
az a site Of the Bismarck monument the
finest spot within the city limits"
To Protect wilhelm.
/ This article has been widely quoted
| and approved. and there is loud de
mand that the monument committee
either cease licking the emperors hand
| or get out of office.
! The monument is expected TO be com
| pleted during Bismarck's life. and n
fulfill this expectation II will be neces-
sary for his admirers 10 select site
within few weeks and offer prizes for
designs as. despite all reports Ia the
contrary. the princes health is shattered
So completely that his physician Relieves
he hardly will live Ia see his sOth birth
day.
The Swiss government is making ex
traordinary efforts Ia protect the special
train of Emperor William from dyna
miters on April m. when he and has
suite will pass through the country on
their way 10 the silver wedding IN Rome
More than hundred detectives have
been strung along the emperors route
from border a. border. Every foot oi
track over which the train will pass will
lie inspected next Saturday. and Sunday
special guards will be ordered out all
along the line for twelve hours before
| the train is due.
These precautions have been taken nj
the request ~ Emperor William and
King Humbert. in consequence ~ the
persistent rumors that anarchists and
nihilists. who swarm in Switzerland
threatened tsat Emperor William should
never reach Homc alive.
Isunntng Down Art"u.
Several raids have been made hy the
| police in the nihilisf and anarchist
colonies 10 Zurich and Genoa this week
/ in the hope Il finding some ciew H. The
origin 81 the rumore. hat nothing what
ever Was ascertaincd and mo- arrests ~ers
made
\ dispatch from Venice concerning
Z tndricuv and Ar'on wss received ~
Vienna last evening and more explicit
news ,s awaited anxiousl,. Andrieu'
was reported io have arrived IN th'
former city from Paris tao evenings hs
fore and to have sought the aii - tw'
local detectives in his efforts 81 place tbs
fugitive Panama lobbyist under arrest
Andrieus is said Ia have learned thai
Arien was living as an Engiish gentle
man n leisure m small hotel near th'
outskirts - the cits Somewhat .,miis
dispatches have l.-~n received 'his wrel
fron Arad. Athens ami Palermo al
though u - reasonably certain ihs
neither the yur-uer nor the pursued ha'
lsoeu IN any cue ~ the ciisss. Th'
Neniee dispatch - accepted ssworth, q
some eredence. however. az Andfieas 4
known Ia have sought bis man IN south
efn Austria aud northern Italy.