Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-09
Severely Cri tioised on His Koenigs-
 berg Speech.
ONE PRACTICAL BEARING
Adduced and That Is His De- termination to Govern
 the Empire.

BERLIN, Sspt. 8.-Emperor Williams Koenigsberg speech is the universal topic. The divine right of kings is discussed the whole length and breadth of the empire, and every editor is expressing his opinion as to what may or may not be done "by the grace of God"
 The radical and socialistic democratic dali lies teem. with adverse criticism. The Frank furter Zeitung says: "Although declaring the king's divine right to do anything with responsibility to God alone, the emperor freely repeats his vicious utterances; his words are still received with astonishment by those citizens who are accustomed to think that they live under constitution sustained by the voice of the people"
 The Vorwaerts, organ of theiSocial- Dem- ocratic central com mmittee, devotes sarcas- tic article to the emperor and his views, sWe admit the substantial accuracy Of the ivy and oak allegory.o It says: "The ivory sucks the life from the tree and kills it by degrees. So the sristocrats have often drained the vitality from monarchy to establish an oligarchy. In the emperor's mind, however, the struggle between the monarch and the nobility appears to be of small concern to the people,
 After mentioningjseveral skeletons of the conservative family the Vorwaerts comes to the emporor's remarks concerning the socialists and anarchists: "Who,' 1t asks, 'are these parties of the revolution? Whom are the nobility summoned to re- sist? Social democrats do not know the answers to these questions and they will not puzzle their heads with surmises. They will keep their powder dry and resist all attempts at unconstitutional coercion.
 The Koelnische Volk5 Zsltung, organ of the Rhineland Catholics, makes this com- ment: "Tho speech has at least one prac- tical beariug-it proclaims the emperor's determination to resist the agrarian oppo- sition, although not denying his willing. ness to conceds certain agraran forms.'
 The Koelnische Zeitung, national liberal I, is delighted with the rebukes administered to the East Prussian land owners. s.The emperor fulfilled the hope,' v it says, 'that while in Koenigsberg he would address q warning to the East Prnssian nobility. The speech ought to settle the agrarian op- position and convince the conservative land owners, who have been affecting the guise of loyalty, that the emperor felt that they were striking at him and bis throne when they struck at the govern ment poll icy. Hencetorth if they wish to be recog- nized as loyal these men must follow the emperor's lead. -
 The writer contends that none of the em- peror's remarks need be understood as pre- cluding another era of socialist laws.
 The Hannburgische correspondent, which draws inspiration from the Wilhelm Strasse, says 'From the leaders or the Prussian conservative one may now expect at least clear answers to clear questions. Upon their decision depends the further development of Prussian and imperial af- fairs. '
 ,The Hanoverische Courier, which speaks for the national liberal leader, Rudolf Won Bennigsen hears that the emperor has adopted the last means at his command to bring back the conservative nobility to the crown. If his words prove intellectual, it says, the breach will become irreparable.
 The conservative Reicbspote says: 'The opposition of the Prussian noblemen has undoubtedly made their own hearts bleed. They can remain the ivy which richly or- naments and protects the oak only on the condition that with the heritage of their ancestors they continue to furnish the crown with the supplies which will enable the king to fulfill his task
 The emperor reviewed the Seventeenth army corps, which is maneuvering against the first. After the march passed they peror presided at banquet in the old cas- tie. The emperor congratulated the oft1- cers briefly upon the fine condition of the troops, and told them to keep their weapons as did the knights of old in Marienburg.
 The emperor passed the night in Schlo- bitten with Count Dobna. The empress berg, which place she left this morning for Potsdam. The army maneuvers are pro- gressing around enburg. The grand movements of the First army corps against the Seventeenth will be executed between Elbing and Braunsberg on the 10th, uth and 12th. The maneuvers will close with naval review at Swineburn. The em. peror will watch from the Hohenzollern the evolutions of his fleet.
 The chair in the Paris Academy of the Fine Arts, left vacant by the death of 6@en