The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-30

Berlin, Dec. copyrighted 1894,
by the Associated Press. This has
been a holiday week, and even the en-
peror's restless activity Slowed down.
The weather in Germany has been fine,
more like spring than winter, and the
seasons business has been brislzer than
for many years past.
The Imperial family celebrated
Christmas in the old fashioned German
way. On Monday, after dinner at the
new palace, the handsomely trimmed
trees were lighted and the gifts were
distributed. Emperor William and the
empress each had fine fir Is feet high,
and thickly hung with glittering trink
cts. while on the table stood a pile Of
costly presents.
Emperor Williams principal gift to
the empress was a splendid necklace
accompanied by an album of Norwegian
views ske'tched and coIored by himself
during his trip north last summer.
The royal princess each had a smaller
| tree and a, table covered with pretty
suitable presents, and ala those belong
| ing to the more intimate circles also
had a tree and a pile of gifts.
On Thursday, there was a special
matinee performance of "Haensl and
Greta" at the royal opera house for
has permitted the imperial family ito
take long excursions on foot in Potts
dam and environs during the week.
| Dowager Empress Frederick.
The Dowager Empress Frederick
celebrated Christmas by visiting a
number of charitable institutions where
she left handsome gifts. An especially
interesting scene took place at the
Emperor and Empress Frederick S
children's hospital, where the dowager
empress sat in a large ward and dis
tributed presents to those of the little
lpatients in the convalescent stage who
were able to walk. She then went to
the cots of the other children and with
her own hands gave them Christmas
gifts and spoke a few kindly words to
each patient.
Emperor William sent by his aide-de-
camp, Major Won Moltke, a special
Christmas gift for the Queen Regent
of Holland. 1t was in THE form Of a
splendidly mounted copy Of the original
portrait of William of Orange, now in
the gallery at Darnlstadt.
Early during the past week, the
emperor viewed the Statues Of the
Hohenzollern rulers destined to adorn
the renovated white hall Of the Old
caste and made a speech ito the Sculp-
tors who had executed the work accord
ing to instructions received direct from
the ernperor's lips. His majesty COM
plimente1 them and conferred decora-
tions upon all.
Rumors About HohenIOhe.
Rumors are now in circulation to the
! effect that Prince Hohenlohe, the chan
cellor, only intended to act as ad in
term chancellor and that the emperor s
real choice for chancellor is Count
Botho Zu Gutenberg, whose disagree
ments with Caprivi lead to the latter
resignation of the chancellorship and
the subsequent ministerial changes in
lcluding the resignation of Gutenberg
himself The Feissininge Zeitung di-
recrly calls Zu Gutenberg Hohenlohe' s
coming successor.
l In the meanwhile, however, Hohenlo-
he not feeling strong, has escaped from
the turmoil and worry of Office by seek
ing refuge outside of Germany on the
fine estate of his Oldest son at Podie-
brod, Bohemia. where he has been
spending Christmas. The oh ncellor is
by making his other son, Prince Alex
ander, his personal go-between as
Prince Bismarck used Count Herbert
during the last years of his chancellor
; ship. Young Hohenlohe relinqu.shed
his seat in the reichstag for Alsace-
. Lorraine, gaining an influential office
! at the chancellory.
The case of Engels, editor of the
Timer Zeitung of Wurtemburg, al
l IF fy11O ~
is significant because it illustrates the
present state of popular feeling in
South Germany Engels wrote and
published an article severely COMMENT
ing upon the recent public utterances
of the emperor The editor of q news
paper at Constance, Badre, reprinted
Engels' article and he is now under
going term of Imprisonment In con-
sequence, while Engels, whose case, &C.
lcording to Wurtemburg law, was sub
mitted to a jury, was acquitted. 1.-THE
South German newspapers unanimous
d dict s'iiS'
Convention of Polish Socialists.
An important convention of Polish
socialists took place at Breslau this
week The delegates were sent from
Berlin, Breslau, Altoona, Bremen and
the Rhenish Westphalfa districts as
we'll as from Bromberg, RatTbor ano
Posen. A resolution was passed to in
tensify Socialist agitation everywhere
among the Poles as their social and
political interests are said to be those
of the socialists, but not in touch with
|, their religious convictions.
According to official figures submit,
ted to the reichstsss bureau, 25,41l
young men VINO were due for military
enrolment last year were absent with
: out permission and were tried and SEN
fenced in their absence for evadine
military service.
A government bill will be presented
! to the reichstag shortly after its re-
assembling raising the duty on cotton
seed oil to 10 marks and reducing the
duty on adulterated cotton seed oil tc
31s marks.
United States Ambassador Runyor
gave a dinner to the Italian ambassa-
dor to Germany, Count LAMA di Rusca
!, on Thursday last.
SIR JOHN THostPsON's ESTATE.
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