The morning news., 1894-05-21
GERMANY And THE JESUITS
PTOtCStantS Alarmed at the Delay On
the Repeal Bill.

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eral Edwards-American Women in
Berlin Form League.
Berlin, May 20.-The federal council
has not yet acted upon the bill to repeal
the anti-Jesuit law, although the
Reichstag sent up the measure weeks
ago. This delay has caused increasing
anxiety recently among the Protestants,
and they have been storming the federal
government with inquiries as to the sig
niicance of the councils hesitation.
Several weeks ago the king of Wur-
temberg told deputation that he thought
the federal council would not consent to
the proposed repeal. In the last week
the Regent of Bavaria and the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha have allowed similar
opinions which they expressed to repre-
sentatives of Protestant synods to be-
come public. On Thursday two delegates
from the Prussian church had an
Interview on the subject with
Chancellor Won Caprivi. They OBJ
tanned from him the assurance that he
would never assent to the return of the
Jesuit order. AS the principal federal
states are determined to veto the Reichs-
tags proposal, and the governments of
several smaller states are preparing bills
forbidding the Jesuits to re-appear
within their borders, the exclusion of the
order Dids fair to remain the settled pol
icy of the empire for years to come.
ANTI-JEsUIT PETITIONS.
Numerous petitions which are gather
CrTla oil ha gt,1
great popular prejudice against the or
der Of Jesuits. The prejudice is q legacy
Of the Kulturklmpf, which gives no sign
of disappearing with time The Ger
mania, the chief clerical organ of North
Germany voices the resentment of the
Catholics in vigorous denunciation of the
king of Wurtemberg, who is accused
of interfering in the work of the federal
council Chancellor Won Caprivi, more
over, is charged with double dealing.
The Germania says that he deceived the
group of clericals who helped him in the
Reichstag because they had been led to
believe that he would not oppose the re-
peal bill. The charge is unjust, how
ever, for the chancellor simply held
his peace and avoided any signif-
cant act, merely letting the clericals
nurse the hope that he was more friendly
to them because he had ceased to rehuh
them. With his declaration on Thursday
he abandoned this policy of "lying low, .
as well as his old non possumus. The
clericals will reckon with him as soon as
the Reichstag re-assembles.
WILL HELP MIGUEL.
The movement of the Bavarian clericals
to form Bavarian party Independently
of the old center, promises to assist DIR.
Miguel in passing his finance reform.
lqn no man n of hn
says that its thirty parliamentary repre-
sentat1ves win advocate the proposed
tax on domestic manufacturers of to-
bacco together with an ncreaseof the
custom duties on foreign tobacco, both
manufactured and raw. The Bavarians
say that giving the empire these
revenues would tend to re-
lieve the farmers of taxes Of
other kinds. Several Bavarian
deputies are in favor of the tax
on artificial wines. The tobacco taxes in
question would produce, according to the
present estimates, 100000 marks annu-
ally the artificial wine tax 10000 900
marks annually, and the new customs
duties on high class wines 4,0000O0 to
6,000000 marks annually. The total would
suffice TO secure the majority of DR.. Mi
quel's reform.
SPLIT or THE MINERS.
After the international miners congress
closed yesterday, the German, French
and Belgian delegates went to the Freid-
richshain cemetery and placed laurel
wreaths on the graves of the men who
fell in the March revolution. The in
cident showed clearly the political
and socialistic nature of the miners
movement on the continent as compared
with the movement among the English
10 fgfp ich al tee
to the congress struggled to conceal the
radical divergence of views. After the
fury of Fridays tumult was over, Chair
man Wilson and Wilhelm Liebknecht
declared that the disputes were
due only to the diversity OF
language, signified no fundamental
difference of opinion, and were not likely
to cause any permanent rupture An
analysis Of the proceedings shows, how
ever, that the diversity of language was
not a notable factor IN the disputes. There
was. in fact wide breach on vital ques-
tions, and from this resulted the final
disagreement
SOME OF THEIR DIFFERENCES.
Tins the continental delegates voted to
make employers liable for every accident
in the mines, regardless of the cause,
while the English proposed that the La
bility be limited to accidents due to en-
ployers' negligence. The continental dele
gates voted that the minimum wages
ought to be fixed by law for all countries,
while the English argued that the
so-called living wages could not
be fixed without due consideration of en-
ployers profits and losses, and the selling
prices. The Belgians wanted to form an
international committee to fix the amount
of work which should be done in each
country. Their object was to
limit production according to the
needs of consumers, with a
general strike as the ultimate
means to this end. The English dele
gates laughed heartily over this proposal
and scorned to discuss II. In nutshell,
the practical English trade unionists and
the politico-sOcial theorists of the eonti-
nent found that great gulf separated
them and each group, while trying TO
treat the other courteously, felt for il the
strongest contempt.
LGNGUIsTs FOR oHAIRMEN.
In commenting on the troubles Of the
congress, the VorwacrtZ suggests that
henceforth professional linguists be en-
gagged for salaries to preside at inter
national meetings of workingmen. Such
an arrangement doubtless, would be a
great boon to may German socialists Of
education, who would be enabled by 1t
20 earn living as professional charmen
A PETITION DENIED.
The heirs of the deposed elector Of
Hesse-Cassel recently peutiOned the
PrUssian lower house to restore TO them
that part of the electors private fortune