The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-06
PRUSSIAN REFORMS.
Legislation Affecting the Freedom OF
Thought and Taxation Causes
Commotion,
Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated p


on Tuesday last. by vote of 237 to 81,
passed the evangelical church laws amend
| ment bill The new law permits that
church in future to regulate certain mat
| tiers by its own authority. Such matters
heretofore have been decided by the diet.
The bill is great concession to ultra or
thodoxy, aud will have the effect of driv-
ing from the church thousands of highly
educated, broad and liberal minded men.
This measure was passed in the teeth of
Liberal opposition aud by the assistance
of the Centre party, who want to see
ORTHODOXY STRENGTHENED
in every church. This will bring about q
general uprising of the Liberals, and
already call has gone out from a dozen
cities. The professors of the universities
are taking the lead and have determined
to make strenuous efforts 10 fight what
they class as this most serious attack upon
freedom of thought in Germany. II is
stated the bill will make Ineligible for any
church office any one who declines to de-
clare literal belief in a material trinity.
During the discussion in the unterhaus
of Herr MendeFs Interpolation concerning
the futility of the measures in force for
the exclusion of cattle diseases, Herr Won
Heyden Cadow, minister of agriculture,
declared the question was still under ex
animation. Experts, he added, favored
the formation OF extensive frontier slaugh-
ter houses.
The minister of agriculture also an
nouuced that a bill was in preparation
which would shortly be submitted to the
diet, prohibiting the sale of swine by
itiuerapt merchants.
The unterbaus today adopted the pro-
posals of the budget committee, the chief
of which affirms that the permanent or
ganizatiou of the state demands that the
amount of
PRUSSIAN CONTRIBUTIONS
to the empire shall be fixed sum. This
is virtual acceptance of the plan of DIR.
MIGUEL, the Prussian minister of finance,
involving the imposition of new and heavy
indirect imperial taxes. But as the
Centre party is opposed to the proposals.
they have little chance of being accepted
in he reichstag.
Emperor William and the empress were
present today al the opening of a beautiful
new Lutheran church which has cost 500.
000 marks. This is the thirtieth church
erected in Berlin since Emperor Williams
accession TO the throne.
The emperor is to devote the week be-
fore his departure for Norway TO the con-
sideration, with the general staff, of some
important innovations which Will be
tested at the coming army maneuvers.
These military displays will be attended
by Emperor Francis Joseph and the chiefs
~
teres.ed in tue new light rifle and the
modified German uniform.
THE EMPEEoR's PROHIBITION
of officers betting by the Tosalisateur
system does ro5 mean its abolition. for
later ne remarked that the suppression Of
the Totaiisateur would mean driving out
the devil by Beelzebub," adding that what
the betting mschine would lose. the book
maker would gain and if betting could not
be abolished altogether 1t was better 10
lose ones money honestly with the ma
chine But, the emperor concluded, the
army must give the example Of self dis
cipline-
Princess Alix of Hesse who is betrothed
to the czarowitch, has gone to England in
order to spend a few weeks with Queen
Victoria. On the return of the princess to
Darmstadt she will be placed under the
spiritual guidance Of the cars confessor,
Father Jonischeff, the Greek priest VINO
was sent specially TO Darmstadt in order
To CONVERT THE PRINCESS
to the Greek faith previous 10 her mar
rage The new name of Princess Alix |
will be either Marie or Helene. The we'd |
ding of the czsrowitch aud the princess is |
expected 10 take place in November or |
January next
The Cologne branch of the Germany |
Colonial society has forwarded a resolu- |
tion TO Chancellor Won Caprivi expressing |
confidence that the government will de-
fend Germsny's 'unquestionable claims"
in Samoa aud Tonga, and demanding that |
the Samoaus be placed under the German (
flag.
Heavy rains have caused tine rivers TO /
overflow in the low lying districts Of |
Silesia and warning has been issued 70 |
the Inhabitants, who are taking steps TO /
move themselves and their belongings /
from the districts which are threatened |
with floods \ heavy snow fall Is reported !
at Gloszu. Prussiau Siiesia