The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-30
IN THE GOOD OLD WAY.
Royalty Gladdened the Hearts
of. the Poor.
GIFTS FROM THE EMPRESS.
Children Distributed Many Presents
Among the Patients of a
Hospital.

BERLIN, Dec. 29.-Thls las been h0il-
day week, and even the Emperor's rest
less activity slowed down. The weather
in Germany has been fine, more like spring
than winter, and the seasons business
has been brisker than for many years past.
The imperial family celebrated Christ
mas in the old-fashioned German way.
On Monday after dinner al the new palace
the handsomely trimmed trees were lighted
and gifts were distributed. Emperor Will
liam and the Empress each had fine fr
eighteen feet high, and thickly hung with
glitterng trinkets, while on table stood
a pile of costly presents.
Emperor Williams principal gift to the
Empress was splendid necklace. ac-
companied by an album Of Norwegian
views, skeiched and colored by himself
during his trip north last summer.
The royal Princes each had smaller
tree and table covered with pretty, suit
able presents, and all those belonging to
the more intimate circle also had tree
and pile of gifts
On Thursday there was special matt
nee performance of "Haensel and Greta"
at the Royal Opera-house, for the young
princes. The mild weather has permitted
the imperial family to taks long excur-
sions on foot in Pottsdam and environs
during the week.
The Dowager EMPRESS Frederick cele-
brated Christmas by visiting number of
charitable institutions, where she left
handsome gifts.
An especially interesting scene took
place at the Emperor and Empress Fred
erick's Children's Hospital, where the
Dowager Empress sat in large ward and
distributed presents to those of the little
patients in the conyaescent stage who
were able 10 walk. She then went to the
cots Of the other children and with her own
hands gave them Christmas gifts and
spoke few kindly words to each patient.
Emperor William sent by his abide
camp, Major Won Motke. special
Christmas gift for the Queen Regent of
Holland. It was in the form of splen-
didly mounted copy of the original por-
trait of William Of Orange, now In the
gallery at Darmstadt.
Early during the past week the Emperor
viewed the statues of Hohenzollern rulers
destined to adorn the renovated white hail
of the old castle. and made speech to the
sculptors who had executed the work ac-
cordIng to instructions received direct
from the Emperor's lips. His Majesty
complimented them and conferred decora-
tions upon all.
RumOrs are now in circulation to the
effect that Prince Hobenlohe. the Chan
cellor, only intended to act as ad interim
Chancellor. and that the Emperor's real
choice for Chancellor is Count Botho zu
Eulen burg. whose disagreements with
Capriv led to the latter's resignatio of
the Chancellorship and the subsequent
Ministerial changes. including the resigna-
ton of Eulen burg himself.
The Freisinnige Zsitung directly calls
Eulenburg Hohenlohe's coming successor.
In the meanwhile, however, Hohenlo he,
not feeling strong. has escaped from the
turmoil and worry of Office by seeking
refuge outside Of Germany ON the fine
estate of his eldest son at Podiebrod, Be-
hemia, where he has been spending Christ
mas. The Chancellor is trying to gain aid
in his official duties by making his other
son, Prince Alexander, his personal go
between, as Prince Bismarck used Count
Herbert during the last years of his chan
ceIlorship. Young Hohenlohe relinquished
his seat in the Reichstag for Alsace-
Lorraine. gaining an influential office at
the chancellery.
The case of Engels, editor of the Ulmer
Zeitung. of Nuremberg. although of itself
of no great Importance. is significant be-
cause 1t illustrates the present state of
popular feeling in South Germany. Eugels
wrote and published an article severely
commenting upon the recent public utter
ances of tine Emperor. The editor of
newspaper at Constance. Baden, reprinted
Engels' article. and he is now undergoing
a term Of Imprisonment in consequence.
while Engels. whose case, according to
Wurtemberg law, was submitted to jury,
was acquitted.
The South German newspapers unapi
mously congratulate the jury on their
verdict.
An important convention Of Polish
socialists took place at Breslau this week.
The delegates were sent from Berlin.
BreslaU, Altoona. Bremen and the Rhenish
Westphalian districts. as well as from
Bromberg, Ratibor and Posen. resolu-
ton was passed to intensity socialist agi.
tatfon everywhere among The Poles as
their social and political interests are said
to be those of the socialists, but none In
touch with their religious convictions,
According to official figures submitted to
the Reichstag Bureau 25.411 young men
who were due for military enrolment last
year were absent without permission and
were tried and sentenced in their absence
for evading military service.
A Government bin will be presented to
the Reicnstag shortly after its reassem-
bling raising the duty on cotton seed oil 10
marks and reducing the duty ON adulter-
ated cotton seed oil 81 marks.
United States ambassador RHnyon gave
dinner to the Italian En- AMBASSADOR 10 Ger
many. Count Lama di Rusca, on Thurs
day last.
Copyright, 1894.