The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-22

Ruler of a German State Who Won
Many HonOrs i'm Battle.
His Military Jubilee to Be Celebrated
This Week-The Kaiser to Be Pres
ent-A Mighty Deer Hunter.

Is, lSZS, ana IS chief or the First Regiment
of the Saxon Grenadiers, commands reg
ment of cavalry OF the guard. a regiment
of hussars. regiment of artillery, a regi-
ment of Prussian Dragons and another
regiment of Bavarian infantry the fetes
will extend for several days, and Emperor
William will be among those present at the
festivities. Emperor William arrives at
Dresden at s o'clock tomorrow evening,
and Archduke Albrecht, of Austria, left
Vienna to-day in order to represent the
Emperor OF Austria at the King OF Sax
ony's military jubilee. The King OF Saxony
mas been number Of years in the army,
and has been an almost regular attendant
at the Austro-Hungarian army maneuvers.
King Albert has received thorough mill
tary education, and took active part in
ls4S, In the Danish war. The Saxon King
also Fought on the side of the Austrians in
the battle of Sadowa, in 1866 which battle
frst gave Prussia definite idea of her
own strength. and probably led up, to
some extent, to the fateful campaign of
1901 against the French. In the opera
tions against Metz, during the Franco
German war, and in the operations which
led TO the surrender Of Napoleon, at Sedan,
as we'll as in the skillful investment of
Paris, King Albert was prominently to the
front, and in the latter movement of the
Prussian army he held the right bank of
the Seine against the French forces. When
peace had been concluded, and the German
empire firmly established. King Albert of
Saxony was made field marshal and in
spector-general of the army.
During the autumn maneuvers of the
austrian and German armies King AL
Dert' or Saxony. has repeatedly been
guest or the two Emperors, and has joined
with them in hunting expeditions. In Syria
King Albert has frequently hunted with
the Austrian Emperor, and it is admitted
tnat ne Is better acquainted with the good
points and bad points of the Austrian
army than any one else. In Germany 1t is
cOnsluered special compliment TO him.
as soldier, that the Emperor sent Prince
Aloert Victor to Custozza to represent
ths rbirS deRgtaion Of officers of men Of
OF which King Albert Is honorary colonel
mas arrived at Dresden, commissioned to
at the jubilee of the King of Saxony The
Qeiegation from the Austrian Dragon
regiment, II is expected. will be Joined
kan. Colonel Count Auersperg, Captain
Count Thurh and three officers, who. in
Crown wels ne Ser In aan fS on the
Rersonages to be present are the Grand
Duke of OF SSx S Prince Leopold of Ba-
Altenberg, Mecklenburg Strelitz and
Princes schwarzburg Sondreshausen and
Reuss, The Emperor will personally pre-
Archduke Albrecht, at the conclusion of
the jubilee fetes. VIII proceed to Berlin in
order to thank Emperor William for con-
field marshal. $50
The Emperor has been greatly benefited
by his stay at this secluded hunting lodge
OF Hubertstock, which has been favored
with excellent weather. The Emperor, as
usual, was ND early in the morning, and
went out shooting before breakfast He
was always accompanied by an attend
ant, who loads and hands him his gun in
vertical position, so that the Emperor,
when firing and using his right hand low
ers the gun gradually until he has sighted
the object, and then fires. When deer shoot
ing an attendant makes a kind of a rest
he holds at arms length The E;mneror
then rests his gun upon the attendants
arm, takes aim and fires. The Empress
afternoon excursions During the remain
der of the day the Emperor is immersed
In state business. He receives the Minis
tiers reports, dictates letters, examines
reports and attends to considerable
amount of routine business The Emperor
Is considerably gratifed with the result of
twenty-seven stays, all of them having
splendid antlers, as well as a large number
OF smaller game.
The fact that General Schellendorf has
succeeded General NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
Minister OF War does not excite any sur
prise, as the resignation of General Stachau
was taken as being among the possibilities
eighteen months ago. All reports to the
contrary, it now appears the resignation Of
the Minister of War was due to Ill health
outwardly. but in reality 1t was due to his
complete incompetency, not as military
man, but as a minister and as parliament
airy debater and tactician- His offensive
and dictatorial manner in the Reichstag
tended TO imperil every military measure
brought forward. The questions regarding
the shooting Of civilians by sentinels in Ber-
lin and references TO the recent maneuvers
were conspicuous examples of the ex-War
Minister'S inaptitude which compelled
Chancellor Won Caprivi himself to bear the
burden of the advocacy OF all military
measures. The Emperor long ago saw that
the resignation of General Stachau was inn
perative, but he stopped calling for * Until
the critical period between the introduction
and the adoption of the army bills.
Referring to the army bill, the Prussian
Minister OF Finance, DR.. MIGUEL, the au-
thor OF the graduated income tax, is per-
fecting his scheme for abolishing altogether
the existing tax on homegrown tobacco
and to reduce by the same amount, namely.
~ HidlhS per OHc HuliulSu huOSIdlus, the
duty on imported tobacco In place of these
taxes. Dr. MIGUEL proposes to introduce a
system OF graduated taxation on all manu-
factured forms of tobacco intended for con-
sumption within the empire. This system
Will be calculated upon the value of the
raw material and the cost of production.
the idea being TO throw the chief burden of
the tax on the better class OF consumers
and that the decrease OF consumption will
be averted. According to the plan of the
Prussan Minister OF Finance the new
taxes will be levied on homegrown tobacco
when IL leaves the factory in a manufac-
tursd state and on imported tobacco at the
same time as the customs duties. 1t is
added that special care will be taken to
spare those kinds OF tobacco which require
manual labor in their manufacture as
against those for which machinery is large
ly used.
The Foreign Office in Berlin is closely
watching the outcome OF interchange of
notes which recently took place between
the Bulgarian and Greek governments re-
garding the possible hasty action OF the
sergeant of the Bulgarian river police who
fired on the crew Of Greek vessel in the
Danube The incident, trivial in itself,
shows how a European disturbance might
possibly be caused by a comparatively in
significant happening. The incident referred
TO occurred some time ago. little way
above Widin, a strongly-fortfed town on
the Danube. The captain OF the Greek YES
sci, IL appears was endeavOring to land on
the Bulgarian shore when he was chal-
lenged by the sergeant referred to, who
asked him IL he had a sanitary agent on
board Not receiving any reply the SER
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