The morning call., 1894-09-23
FEARS THE POLES.
William Sees a New
Menace.
GERMANS MUST BACK HIM
Against Disaffection Wherever
Found.
MERICANS IN RECENT PLOTS.
They Have Offered Money and
Drilled rlen to Secure the
Freedom of Poland.

BERLIN, Sept. 22.-Once more has pub
lie utterauce of Emperor William created
a deep impression throughout the empire.
This time it is his emphatic reiteration Of
his Koenigsburg utterance addressed to
the Prussian mobiles and others.
His Majesty evidently desires that the
people should not be mistaken as TO the
attitude he has assumed toward those who
Fave opposed him, consequently. as al.
ready cabled. replying TO the speech of
welcome of the burgomaster OF Thorn,
West Prussia, to-day. the Emperor said he
was rejOiced that Thorn had always re-
tanned the German spirit.
be had, however, unfortunately found
that the conduct of their Polish fellow
citizens had not been such as be desired.
and he. the Emperor. wished all to re.mem-
Der his words-to fight against the parties
Of revolution. Only those who fully and
completely considered themselves German
subjects could hope for his royal favor.
Emperor William concluded by saying:
LET us stand firm against all hostile
schemes. All my subjects must stand
firm at my back. Trusting that Thorn
will ever be the stronghold when this is
borne in mind. bid you lebs wonl"
His Majesty's remarks are also inter-
rreed here as an expression of renewed
confidence in Chancellor Won Capriyi in
his fight againt the aRrarians.
The Emperor and the Chancellor are both
alarmed at the recent signs of Pol sh
agitation. such as the Eruption caused by
the POsen guests at the exhibition held al
Lomberg. Austrian Galicia. among whom
were many of the leading politicians of the
Polish faction in both the Reichstag aud
the Diet. These guests were warmly re-
ceiyed by their Galician brethren. 1t is
noticed as a curious fact that the American
Poles. especially those from Chicago and
the West, are playing a conspicuous part
in the Lomberg exposition.
The st. Petersburg Novoe Vremya, in
an article just published, mentions that
100000 Poles in America and Russia have
offered to furnish 10000 men, armed,
drilled and equipped. together with ample
funds. at any time a new Polish insurrec-
ton should break out
Two Florentian nObIemeD, named Di-
guelfi. claiming to be direct descendants of
the Guelph family, have applied to the
Emperor. through the Italian Embassy,
requesting that the Guelph fund, now
amounting to $l5.OO0.OOO, be handed over
to them as the only legitimate heirs.
Prince Hermann Hatsfeldt Won Trach-
enberg has been appointed Governor Of
Slssia.
The matter of the American life insur-
ance companies doing business 10 Prussia,
so seriously affected by the new law re-
curing annually definite information, on
oath as to the dividends and surplus &C
cumulated for the benefit OF those insured
under the ontine plan, seems now about
definitely settled.
The Equitsole of New York mas def
nitely retired from the field 30 far as OBJ
tanning new insurance is concerned aud
the enormous building owned by that
company in Berlin, the only structure in
this city entirely built on American prin-
ciple. and which cost about 81 800. 900. is
soon 10 change hands. Things are similar
in the case If the New York Life, which
has definitely retired from Prussian bust
mesa