Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-12
FIRST OF ITS KIND
That New Resohssag a Motley
Mass OF Law Makofs.
STARVING GERMAN PEASANTS
Inhabitants of Alimsns~et~r ttaid the
kspssals~ss Prv-ervs~ and ftght
thr Gsssekcrp~r~-

BERLIN, June Eastern Prussia has
produced Lithnnian party. H~~se an
Uionomirf party. aud M.ekienhurs
constitutional party which demands re
form in local and state affairs. There
are agrarians. a variety of free traders.
Ahlwar,iists. Poles. Alsaiians and
Guciphs. mixed up with. candidates of
the great old groups. Yet this unparal
leled medley remains without the accom-
paniment of anything like popular ex
citement. The candidates. who are
stumping the constituencies. are gencr
ali, heard amid an academic quiet. II
is only the anti. .semites and socialists
who succeed in stirring their meetings
into demonstrations 81 enthusiasm.
Herr Sigf among the Bavarian peasants
finds a hearty response In his prusso-
phobe and protection utteranccs. but,
taking Germany IA whole. II IL doubt
ful whether the electors will take the
trouble Ia poll their full strength.
The final results must depend on 20
liiical combinations ON the re- ballots.
Where the final ballot in any district lies
hstween a conservative and socialist,
then the centrist and freissinnigc minor
ities. 10y combining. may assist in the
return Of the conservative candidate. In
the issue IN between n conservative and
centrist. then the freissinnige and so
cialist minority will probably throw It's
vote Tor the centrist candidate ar an op-
poneut Of the army bill In many dis.
tricts the strength IL the factions is So
evenly distributed that il will be "A toss
up as 10 which candidate will head the
POLL. All over the country the re ballot
ing must lead 10 complex bartering and
vote mongering bargains. and the cleo
tion on the second poll will often be de
cided. not on lines ~ party policy. but
on considerations OF a private or local
nature.
The Motley New Reichstag.
Everything promises that the reich.
stag will be the most motley parliament
known Ia history. The conservatives
groups according Ia the party organs
means N organize movement against
universal suffrage. The national liber-
ais evince less marked tendency in the
same direction. The conservatives aim
to substitute a graded system of class
representation for every diet Of the fed
Grated states. with each diet eleeting
delegates to the reichstag. They seri-
ously discuss this proposal as the only
salvation from the democrat deluge
which now threatens To sweep the
country.
An incident that occurred at cen.
trists mass meeting in Westphalia shows
the spread ot the democrat sentiment.
Baron Won Schooner Alst made "A
speech. in the course OF which he de
4 n Ill
Being interrupted by opposition cries.
he exclaimed: "You arc not like social
lists"
The response was prompt and 10 the
point That is what we are was the re
ply and number of priests who were
on the platform did not venture To re-
monstrate against this very plain state
ment
Reports that congress will consider
the currency question in September are
creating lively interest I'm the financial
circles here aud more 80 in Austria.
Austria and Hungary each sf.ll requires
| lnO00oO0 forms in gold 10 complete
their currency conversion. Financiers
calculate that the cost of the Austrian
CURRENCY will become greatly enhanced
/ IL President Cleveland's plans are ap-
I proved.
Peasants Are Starving.
The report that Princess Alice %
/ Hesse was 10 h, shortly hetrothed To the
/ czarwitch il officially denied.
The drought in Freiburg and Breis.
/ gau continues. and the outlook IL ser.
/ ious There IL scarcity ~ food and
much suffering is thereby enfailed. \
number ~ the inhabitants of the vii
! lage of Allmansweier who lacked food
for themselves and their families deter
mined to raid the kippcnhcim preserves
/ and cautuTc whatever game was pos
+ sihle The keepers caught them poach
/ Jog and a pitched battle ensured. the in
vaders resisting the attempts ~ th,
/ keerers to drive them from the preserves.
4 \ number ~ the combatants we're
wounded and many Of the villagers ar
rested.
The government organs accuse Herr
I Liehnccht. the socialist leader, ~ hav.
ing declared at Metz few days ago that
/ Germany would DO defeated in the next
war Herr Liebnecht replies o. the
accusation in the Vorgswaeris today.
/ Among other things he says that the
aggresaors in the next war. whether IL
be France or Germany. is certain of de-
! feat
Dr. Won Rothberg and his bride. for
nlerly Miss Marian Phelps. daughter ~
/ lion William Walter Phelps. ey United
I States minister b. Germany. have re-
! turned from their honeymoon trip.
/ which was necessarily short because the
presence 20 Dr Won Rothherg IL rc
/ quired AZ the interior office. where he is
assistant secretary Accompanied by
! Mr. Phelps Df Won itoihbcrg and bis
/ wife wiil-make short trip % Nor,iheinl
( trs4re Dr Won Rothbcrg again settles
/ .i.,xn "a work They started today. and
+ 'he Hon. Theodore Rnnicou. the new
American minister. and the entirr staff
uf the legailon went Co the station q
lid Mr.. phelpa siieu. Mrs. He~mln=
Minister Ranicnn's daughter. and hci
hnshsnd viii start for Carlsbad of
. TUESDAY.