Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-05
AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.

A Lively Tilt in the German Reichs. tag-St Petersburg Is Full of Ger. man Traders and Commercial Agents-An order to Forbid Hus. sian Peasants Crossing the East Prussian Frontier.
 BERLIN, March 4-Gensral von Schel- lendorff, Prussian war minister, made noteworthy speech Friday against the so- cial democrats. The cauee was given by August Bebel, leader of the social demo- cratic party. Rebel, after denying that socialists were slways bad soldiers, said that In the next war many men without commissions would ns nscesssrily be called to fill the places of officers. Among the men who would be thus summoned to re- sponsible positions were many socsslists. The government might we'll bs glad, there fore, to be able to reckon on the support of party like the social democracy, which was powerful not only in the reichstsg, but also in the army.
 Amid conservative cheers and laughter, the war minister responded ssrdonically that he rejoiced in the assurance that the country might depend upon Its social dem ocratic citizen in the army. Considerable anxiety had been felt by misinformed men concerning the loyalty of socialist soldiers, but it must now be sllayed, as conspicu- ous social democratic leader had given the assurance that the prevalent mistrust was groundlsss. Toward the close of his speech, however, the war minister became exceedingly earnest and declared with spirit that the government could not ai- low men whose loyalty had been tanned with social democratic doctrine to hold any positions of command in the army.
 Daring the debate on the army credits ye esterdsy, a social democratic deputy com mented adversely on the emperors decora- ting General von Kirchhof after that off cer had been condemned 10 imprisonment by a court of justice, for shooting Editor Harich of the rsgeblatt, who published a paragraph to the effect that Fraulein von Ktrehhof had eloped with 6 man servaut. General Bronsart von Schellendorf made an elaborate defense of Ktrchhof and in- directly of the emperor. "What man of honor," hs asked, "would not aos as did General von Kirohhof, when the law would not help him avenge the elsnders on bis l dsugkter's reputation"
 The conservatives answered the question | with applause; the radicals with interrup tions and proteste; the social democrats with misses. The war minister's speech had angsred the liberal editors and theil journals attack him ferosly. All deplor. that man in his high official position should justify and even giorify Kirchof fol the shooting of Harich. The liberal dai lies declare the war minister's defence t. be subversive of respect for the laws ana judiciary of Prussia.
 The hotels in St. Petersburg are crowd cd with German traders and commercial agents, who are preparing to take advan tsge of the new treaty the moment 1t shal have passed the reichstsg. They repor that the treaty is the only subject in for | eign politics which now interests the Rus slams. Although 1t is almost certain tha the treaty will be pass sd, the finance min istry in St. Petersburg has made ready fo the other event by framing measures fo further reprisals. These preparation have been long suspected. if not actuall known, in Berlin and have done much t enhance anxiety in the Wilhelmstrssse.
 One of the contemplated reprtssls is sai to be an order forbfddipg Russian peasan, and workingmen to cross the east Pru
 sian frontier. The execution of this orde
 would deprive east Prussia of the sdval ! tsses of Russian cheap labor and would
 especially detrimental to the land ownerl
 who already suffer from the scarcity | agricultural lAborers. The MOSCOW men'
 lecturers and traders continue to denount
 the treaty, their object being to wrir
 from the government some new privileg
 as compensation for the reduction of GU
 toms duties on German goods. Sever
 classes of Russian manufacturers are no
 calling for measures which will give the
 monopolies, but their demands will ha
 little influence upon Finance Ainist
 Witte.
 In official circles and among fnancie
 with official relations Baron Sonnint
 financial proposals to the Italian chkmb
 have been mentioned with ostentatious q
 proval. The greater part of the spocu
 tive public, however, regard the proposi
 with distrust, and conse quently the marl
 is unsettled and Italian loans fuctus
 rapidly. One powerful cause of this .
 steadiness is the uncertainty whether Its
 will reduce her military and naval expt | dituree