The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-30
Berlin GOSSIP


| Berlin, April 29-For the moment the
public is so utterly absorbed in the Ahl.
wardt inquiry that little else political i:
OF interest. The affair reached climax
today in a scene that was without a paral
lei in the history of the reichstag At q
plenary meeting today Of the committee
| appointed to examine the documents sub
mitted by Ahlwardt, Herr Bebel, the So.
! cialist, described the document AS worth
less. He declared that they were incor-
rect copies of Old pamphlets, with con-
| cocted appellations, badly spelled and con-
| tanning a number of erasures. DR.. Mi
| quel had already shown that one letter
furnished by Ahlwardt. and purporting
to be written by NJ Kalindaro, president
| of the Roumanian senate, in relation to 50
per cent alleged to have been paid to Dis
| conto Gescellschaft was a forgery, and
! that no man of the name of Knlndero
was ever the presiding officer CT the senate
| of Roumania. Notwithstanding these
disclosures, Ahlwardt remained Gallons
and unabashed, and declined 10 Withdraw
| the charges
The committee delegated DR.. Por.sch
ana Herr Bebel to confer with Ahlwardt
| privately, but the conference did not result
in anything, Ahlwardt declining to with
DR.. Lieber urged the committee to close
the matter. He declared that it produced
In him, as in most other people, feeling
of moral and physical disqule. to see a
German representative make such u spec
tacle Of himself.
This remark brought Ahlwardt to his
feet and he menaced Dr. Lieber with his
fist. He said that Dr. Lieber's remarks
were Infamous, whereupOn the whole COM
mittee arose. Ahlwardt hurled abusive
epithets at them collectively, and finally
left the committee room. shouting out
that he would not remain to be iEsulted.
He then rushed into the lobby, where he
told Il group that the committee would
next declare him mad.
The committee briefly passed report
affirming that ali the charges were base
less. Despite the exposure Ahlwardt will
address meeting Of antl-Semltes tonight.
DIR. Miguel proposes to bring a criminal
action against him, aud the reichstag may
revive disused law and expel him.
The debate on the report of the commit
tee on the army bill, which WAS presented
to the reichstag few days ago will open
on Tuesday. It is the general opinion
that four days will suffice for the discus |
sion; so, a week hence the fate of the bill |
will have been settled. Today Chancellor |
Caprivi caused to percolateintO the lobbes |
information to the effect that the gov |
cIulHcub Nouiu CduSe GIc SeCOuu Tedu ing /
of the bill To be ostponed-presnmably |
becaus e Emperor William desired to be |
present in Berlin on the eve of the dissolu-
tion of the reichstag.
The May day fetes will be celebrated by |
the Socialist of Germany generally in the |
evening. The police are taking no extra |
precautions beyond reinforcing the officials |
who will watch the fetes. The Austrian |
Socialist policy is different from the Ger
man. The government at Vienna has |
issued a decree threatening to prosecute
men who abstain from work on May day
without the assent of their employers: YET
the Socialist leaders will make it geuer-
al holiday. They have arranged to hold
forty meetings and street demonstrations
on Monday, which is the Austrian holi-
day. The meetings will demand universal
suffrage, as well approve the eight
hour day: The Austrian police will have
their hands full.