The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-01
FAULT FINDERS.
Some Germans Displeased Over Ber-
Inns Attitude Towards Erance


Copyrighted, 1884, by the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, June SO.-The tragedy at Ly-
ons by which France was thrown into
mourning for her chief magistrate, still
absorbs the attention of the public and it
is the main subject commented upon in the
newspapers throughout Germany. The Off
cial attitude of Grmany towards France
under these exceptional conditions has
ben the subject of much interest. 1t was
at first intended to send a member of the
Hohenzollern family to represent Emperor
William at the funeral But certain ques-
tions of precedence could not be settled to
the satisfaction OF the court here, hence,
Count Won Munster, the German embas-
sador at Paris. was instructed to lay
wreath upon the casket containing the re-
mains of the late President. Then UNI
bragg was taken in some quarters at the
fact that the Town Council of Berlin went
out of its way in order to express SYM
pathy with France in her grief. The fault
finders especially referred in their COM
plants at this action upon the part of the
municipal authorities to the neglect of the
municipal authorities of Paris to take any
instructed to express perfect confidence
action when the deaths of the late En-
perors William and Frederick were an
nounced.
The report that the German govern
ment had drawn the attention of the gov
eminent OF France TO the fact that the
p srf 0 by the antforeigner W." feeling
aroused by the fact that the assassin of
President Carnot is an italian is untrue.
instructed to express perfect confidence
in the energy and ability of the French
goT Ss aart6 to avert any eXeST
the presidency has been welcomed on all
sides as a fresh augury of the main
lin that France has for the first time
since the death of Theirs a real states
man in the presidential chair
The Conservative press is agitating the
revival of the exceptional anti-socialist
laws. In this connection the Neueste Mach
ricten has unearthed a letter written by
Prince Bismarck in 1873 to a subordinate
official complaining that the anti-SocialiSt
bill. which was then about to be intro
duced in the Reichstag, fell far short of
his wishes The Prince added that he
would dismiss all public officials without
the Socialist party: and In addition he
would deprive Socialists of all political
rights. Such drastic measures are impos-
sible nowadays, but the publication of
this letter shows the drift of opinion in
certain quarters.
Two Anarchists, Spohr and Doering, were
to-day sentenced each to a years imprs-
onment for delivering incendary speeches
in this city on May day. In connection
WIN tue AHdEcnlsl movement starting
report has reached here from st. Peters
burg. 1t says that the Car recently found
upon his table a document which set forth
that sentence of death had been pronounced
upon him. and that the sentence of death
would be carried out within twenty-four
hours. This document was signed: THE
Society for the Liberation of the Rus
slams" Subsequently the Car found upon
the dressing table in his bedroom a skull
with the word Alexander" inscribed upon
the frontal bone. Up to the present time
all the resources of the Russian police have
proved Intellectual to discover how the doc
ument and the skull were introduced into
the palace. or to find any clew to the per-
sons connected with this attempt to alarm
the Car.
General Tscherevin, who was in charge
of the Imperial palaces, and who was re-
sponsible for the safety OF the Gar has
since been dismissed from his post. Ii is
stated that all the imperial servants. since
the discovery of the Sentence of Death
and the skull have been replaced by old
soldiers