St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-06
A VICTORY FOR ORTHODOXY
TIE PRUSSi&K UNTsRHHUS PASSES
CERTAIN CHURCH LAYS.
LIBERAL ELEMENT AROUSED.

Liberal ELEMENT AROUSED.
University Professors Say That 1t
Is a Serious Attack Upon the
Freedom of Thought in Ger.
many-Emperor William and
the Empress Attend Notable
Church Opening.
copyrighted, 1874. by the Associated Press
BERLIN, May 5.-The Prussian Un-
terhaus. OH Tuesday last, by a vote of
PSI to %, passed the evangelical church
laws amendment bill. The new law
permits the church in the future to
regulate certain matters by its own au-
thority. such matters heretofore having
been decided by the diet. The BILLS
great concession to ultra-orthodoxy. and
will have the effect of driving from the
church thousands of highly educated,
broad and liberal-minded men. This
measure was passed in the teeth of Lib
eral opposition, and by the assistance
of the Center party. who want to see
orthodoxy strengthened in every
church. This will bring about general
uprising of the Liberals, and already
cali has gone out from dozen cities.
The professors of the universities are
taking the lead, and have determined to
make strenuous efforts TO fight what
they class as the most serious attack
upon freedom of thought in Germany.
1t is stated that the bill will make
ineligible for any church Office any one
W Cd clines TO declare literal belief
il !. material trinity.
During the discussion in the inter
haus of Herr Mendei's Interpolation
according the tutility of measures in
force for the exclusion of cattle dis
eases, Herr Won Heydencadow, minister
of agriculture, declared that the ques-
ton was
STILL UNDER EXAMINATION.
Experts, he added. favored the for
nation of extensive frontier slaughter
houses.
The minister of agriculture also an
nounced that bill was in preparation
which would shortly be submitted to
the diet prohibiting the sale of swine by
itlnerant merchants.
The unterhaus today adopted the pro.
posals of the budget committee. the
Iir;rf of which affirms that the per,nan-
ent organization of the sta;e demands
that the amount of Prussian contribu-
tons to the empire shall be fixed sum.
This is virtual acceptance of the Elan
OF DR.. MIGUEL. the Prussian minister OF
finance, involving the imposition of new
indirect Imperial taxes. But as the
Center party is opposed to the proposals
they have little chance of being ac-
cepied in the re;chstag, and will proba-
bly, not be received at its next session.
Emperor William and the empress
were present today at the opening of a
beautiful new Lutheran church. which
has cost 100000 marks. The, whole
neighborhood OF The church was deco
rated, and their maJestles were most
enthusiastically greeted by the many
thousands of people who thronged the
vicinity of the new building. This is
the thirtieth church erected in Berlin
since Emperor Williams
ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
The erection of this number of
efforts of the empress, who has ex-
pressed the intention of perservering in
this good work until there are hun
dred churches in Berlin. 1t may be re-
marked, however, that eighty churches
already existing in Berlin are never
filed except on prominent festivals
like Christmas and Easter. The EN-
peror is to devote the few weeks before
his departure for Norway to the consid-
Grafton with the general staff of some
important innovations which will be
tested at the coming army maneuyers.
These military displays will be attended
by Emperor Francis Joseph and the
chiefs of the Austrian staff, WHO are
greatly Interested III the new light rifle
and the modified German uniform.
The empcror's prohibition of officers
betting by the totalisateur system does
not mean its abolition, for later he re-
marked that the suppression OF the
system would mean driving out the
devil by Beelzebub," adding, that what
tie betting machine would lose the
bookmaker would gain, and if betting
could not be abolished altogether it was
better to lose one simoney honestly with
the machine. Butte the emperor con-
Guided. the army lE ust give the example
of self-dlScipllne. 900
Count Douglas. an intimate friend of
the emperor, who has been greatly
Interested in four-in-h hand driving, has
ordered from Adams & Gourock, OF
Glasgow. yacht which is to compete at
the next Kiel ,egatta.
PRINCESS AI.IN OF HESsE,
who Is Uetrothed TO tile cZareWitch, has
gone to England in order to spend a
few weeks with Queen Victoria. On
her return to Darmstadt, she will be
placed under the spiritual guidance of
the ears cOnfessor, Father Jonischeff.
the Greek priest who was sent specially
To convert the princess to the Greek
faith previous to her marriage. The
new name of Princess Alix will be
either Marie or Helene. The wedding
is expected to take place in November
or January next.
Gen. Count Won Munster Leden-
burg. the German ambassador at Paris.
is restored to health, and is here on a
vacation.
Prince George of Prussia is about to
publish his memoirs.
The Cologne branch of the German
Colonial society has forwarded resolu-
ton TO Chancellor Won Caprivi express
ing confidence that the government
will defend Germany's "unquestionabIe
claims" in Samoa and Tonga, and de-
mahding that the Samoans he placed
under the German flag.
Heavy rains have caused the rivers to
overflow in the low-lying districts of
Silesla, ana warning has been issued
to the inhabitants, who are taking steps
to move from the districts which are
Threatened with floods. A heavy snow
fall is reported i'll Prussian Silesia.