The morning news., 1894-11-26
GROWL OF GERMANY'S GIANT
Even tbe Kaiser Afraid to Risk a Snub
From Bismarck.

mates That the Old Chanoellor's
Presence at the Inauguration of the
New Reichstag Building Would Be
Very WeIcome-The Princess Bis
uarck III, But the Prince Fairly Well.
Defeat of the Government on the New
Repressive Measures Probable.
Berlin. Nov. 25.-The emperor has caused
Prince Hohenlohe to let Prince Bismarck
know that his presence would be very well
com. at the Inauguration of the new
Fs.h-tag building on Dec 5. The person
carrying the message to Varzin intimated
that the emperor had refrained from send
ms formal invitation merely because he
was not sure how Prince Bismarck would
take it, If Prince Bismarck should re-
fuse the invitation, even on the valid
ground of his wife's illness, it was said
the general opinion would be that the
emperor had been rebuffed, and this was to
be avoided. As yet no reply to these over
lures has come from Varzin
DR. schweninger has been in Varzin
since Wednesday attending the princess,
whose illness still prevents the family's
return to FREDERICKSBURG. Considering
the adverse circumstances at home, be-
sides the raw air and tickle winds of the
last two weeks, the prince is doing we'll
Ills intimate friends say that his health
is excellent and his interest in politics is
unabated. He watches with intense ex-
pectancy the development of Prince Ho-
benlohes policy In his opinion this policy
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old line. Neither he nor Count Herbert is
known to have anticipated Prince Ho-
henlohes acts with word of hostility.
Count Herbert, moreover, has disavowed
explicitly the Interview published by
the Pail Mall Gazette. He never saw
Pan Mall Gazette reporter, he says and
never accorded such an interview TO any
body,
The preparations to celebrate Prince
Blsmarcks S0th birthday are pressed for
ward with energy. Birthday committees
are forming throughout the empire. In
Wugzburg Munich, Augsburg, Heidel-
berg, Jena and Stuttgart the deputations
have been appointed. The rural villages of
Suaba viii send a deputation headed by
Burgomaster Won Fischer.
The tide of opposition to the new re-
pressive measures has grown so strong
that the defeat of the government seems
l'ho|ei.i"f anu the prospective OlSSOiuLlOD
is already leading topic Although the
exact scope of the proposals has not been
revealed enough is known to stir up an
Hgonism in unexpected quarters The
hh!ueland clericals have joined the Bava-
raus i'm their protest against giving police
and Judges discretionary powers, OF the
whole clerical party, only the Prussian
catholics, of a strongly conservative bias,
seen inclined to help the government. AS
me combined vote of the clerical majority,
the radicals and the social democrats
would defeat the government, a crisis is
deemed inevitable.
The high tariff conservatives make the
most of the situation to claim their pound
OF flesh. The Agrarian Deutsche Tages
H-lung warns the government not to risk
am election before giving a clear and bind
ing declaration of it's attitude to the agri-
cultural agltators. 1--WE are convinced"
IL says, that the demands of the CON
seIFatiVe landowners will prove a great
FACTOR in any election. The ministers
make a great mistake if they believe the
campaign can be fought with only the
baJue cry: Down with the revolution"
The Tages zeitung here reveals the
IaleS agrarian scheme. The agrarians
VIII enter the new Reichstag building as
'he advocates of a political deal in which
'hey plan to sell their support of the re-
p'essiVe laws for government concessions
20 me grain growers. Since the clericals
IN South and West Germany have de-
'ateI against the repressve laws, the
Ia'ue OF agrarian votes has risen, and
lne agrarian deputies feel that they have
'he cabinet in close corner.
Meantime the clericals may not prove
so hreconcilable as they seem. Prince
Hohenlohe has their good will, and he
may strike bargain by promising the re-
yniu OF the Jesuits, or the revival of the
Aeedlltz-Truetschler school bill, and at the
t"ne ume concede few minor points
i'll lhe anu-revolutionary movement. How
tdI Ffince HOhenlohe can go in weak
ening the Catholic opposition remains to
seen. In any event the fate of the bill
"tL pe known probably within two weeks
'0ler the reOpening of the Reichstag The
,,"''ohaI liberal newspapers, despite some
l'poEhance toward the proposal to limit
F'FUIar liberties, admit that the govern
parity
me conservatives alone hail the return
w jhe repressive system as an unmixed
eyoH- The semi-ofiiciaI press has thrown
-l some hints that something may be
needed to the agrarian agitatOrs, but
nl further protection of the sugar inter-
Is probable despite the outcry of the
Nleuz Aeitung in behalf of the beet sugar
s1, The Kreuz Zeitung also suggests
I'l Dr. Miquers new tobacco tax be re-
r.''eo with an increased duty on beer.
budget scheme is still indefinite,
lle new ministry has not found time
o debate Or. Miquers plans
dispatches from st. Petersburg ridicue
reports of an Anglo-Russian alliance
W.. tHe basis of the free passage of the
'"'ts, mutual action in the far east,
me negotiations in progress be-
Zen lhe two gov ernments relate solely
y 'S sdla, to be more accurate delimita-
yum OF The Afghan frontier The settle
tl OF the Pamr questions has been
.e9' and the protocol has been
t'4 Thee entente covers also the sue
SION tp the throne of Afghanistan, In
..l Russia has pledged herself not tc
.Fene. This is a practical gain for
..hi, as it relieves her Of the fear OF
Aishan prstender, who now viii be
m more than subsidized refugee
matters do not concern Germany
'Aeir settlement causes neither salts
H nor regret here. Count SchOu
the Russian ambassador 10 Ger
hhs NOT returned 20 Berlin al
the reports OF his recall have beer
+sfman government has the best
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