The morning call., 1894-12-02
HIS GRASP OF MIND.
Where the Chancellor Differs
From Caprivi.
Opposition Developing to the Diph.
iberia Treatment Given to the
World by Germany.


visiting the South German states Prince
Hohenlohe has familiar IL ID himself with
the duties of his new Office and he has
done this with such rapdity and entire
absence of fuss and noise as to fully JUS
tify all the expectations built on him.
One of his first duties was to listen TO
number of reports made TO him by The
chiefs of the various departments. and he
showed surprising grasp of all questions
of Importance awaiting prompt solution.
Thus far the most radical difference be-
tween Won Hohenlohe and Won Caprivi is
that the former does not fight his battles
nor declare his intentions in what is
known as the 'official press" Hohenlohe
expects 10 see the ant1-revolutionary
measure adopted within few weeks after
the opening Of the Rsichstag, but it Is ex-
tremely probable the bill will be some
what modified in committee. The leaders
of the opposition as we'll as the opposition
papers point out that in its present shape
two paragraphs could easily be employed
against them instead of against the de-
stTuctionists.
The war within the Socialist camp con-
tinues to claim the attention of all poll
ticians. The apparent struggle for su-
premacy between Bebel and Vollmer with
their respective following is going on with
undiminished fervor. The quarrel, it is
said, will be submitted to the extraordin-
airy meeting of the Socialists of the
Reichstag on Tuesday. Apart from this
big duel there are other disputes, genuine
and otherwise. in the Socialist party
which would point to an impending dis
rupton. In Brunswick. for example,
which is one of the Socialist strongholds,
the Socialists are split in two factions.
Emperor William has ordered that $50
marks be given as a Christmas present
out Of his own private funds to each of
the sailors and fremen's widows whose
husbands persisted by the explosion of
steam pipe on board the German ironc.ad
Brandenburg early in the year. The EN-
peror has given Galus Groth. the poet,
who is a popular favorite with all Low
Germans, q large gold medal of art and
science.
On the return of the Dowager Empress
Frederick TO this city the Emperor and
Empress, accompanied by Prince Freder-
lex William, the heir apparent. paid her
long visit at her palace on Inter den
Linden. The dowager Empress is show
ing her accustomed interest in the affairs
of art, and one of her first visits was to the
studios of Ascan Letteroth and Ismail
GeutZ two of the leading painters in
water colors.
The AgTarian societies continued send
ing kilograms to the Emperor during the
past week expressing loyalty and asking
for his sympathy and aid in their efforts
to promote the interests of home hus-
bandry. TO dispatch from East Prus-
SLAMS the Emperor replied very kindly.
An interesting fact may here be men
toned. His Majesty's racing stud at
Graditz has been mostsuccess this year.
The horses trained there won about
$4,000 in stakes, the three owners coming
next to his Majesty being: Baron
Munchusen. whose wife is an American :;
Herr Won Langpunchoff and Prince
Fursten berg, their winnings being about
$4,000, $4,000 and $30.000 respectively.
The German newspapers are making
merry over a curious result of the EN-
peror's production Of the "Song of Egir."
It is apparently causing the registrar of
births a deal of embarrassment as it ap-
pears that nearly every father desires to
have his baby. If boy, named Ksir. Ac-
cording 10 law. however, children cannot
be registered by pagan names and the of
ficals are inquiring whether they are to
make an exception in this case. The
Court Chamberlain is now con sidering the
momentous question.
The fact that Princess Hohenlohe, wife
of the Chancellor, has gone to Paris for
time has caused much comment here.
A reaction against the unmeasured
claims advanced for the curative effects of
Professor Behring's diphtheria serum is
setting in rather seriously. The most sig
nifcant utterances in this respect was
made at meeting on Wednesday last of
the Berlin Medical Society, when DR..
Hansemann, assistant in Professor Vir-
elbows pathological institute.a mouth piece
of Professor Virch % himself. sharply crit
ieized in detail Professor Behring's serum
therapeutics. He denied that the serum
immunizes the human being and declared
that no sufficient proof had been produced
respecting its curative properties. Further
more DR.. Hansemann claimed that the eff
fects of serum treatment in many cases
was dangerous to health. even to life. The
statistics thus far obtain bic of the result
of the serum treatment he pronounced to
10 dBu iuiSledutUR. Q6 lecture
was received with great applause from one
part of the audience and Kisses from the
other part. The extension of the serum
treatment TO other cities at home and
abroad has been reported to be going on
steadily and the chemical works at
Hoechst. near Frankfort, where the serum
is manufactured, have been enlarged this
week to meet the demands for the serum.
DR.. G. F. II. Nutall. young American
physician. who is now assistant professor
of the Hygienic Institute of Berlin, in view
of the fact that his share of the discovery
of the serum treatment has not apparently
been clearly understood. has made the fol-
lowing statement to the A ssociated Press i:
He studied in 1887 and 1888 under Pro-
lessor Fluegge. at Breslau and at Coffin
gen, and while pursuing experiments in
the laboratories he made certain dis
coveries which enabled him to demon
strate for the first time that blood pos
sesses archaeological properties. He
published the results of those researches,
among which was the fact that the blood
Of an immunized sheep destroyed more
anthax or bacilli, than the blood of nom