The herald., 1895-10-13
Public Interest in the Late
Socialist Convention
WARRING WITHIN THE PARTY
Proposed Laws to Suppress the Growth
of Socialism
The Question Of AboIishing Sugar Bounties Is
Again Under Discussion-Political
and Personal Notes
Associated Press Special Wire.

BERLIN, Oct. 12.-(Copyright, 1895, by
the Associated Press. 1.-The Socia list
convention at Breslau had been followed
by the general public with great deal
more interest than was the case with the
convention of 1894 at Frankfort. The
warning elements within the Socialist
party have been sharply arrayed against
each other. The younger, more practical
and moderate wing OF the party, though
two of its aplest leaders, Herr Volmar
and Grillenberger, we're absent through
ill health, displayed great strength. This
was more especially the case during the
long and bitter tight which was waged
over the agrarIan programme. The
Liebknecht wing of the party, however,
is still dominant and the small farmers
and farm hands throughout Germany will
not yet therefore be welcomed within
che ranks OF the Socialist army. The SON.
vention was in accordance with the
special instructions issued by Herr Won
koeller, the Prussian minister of the in
terror, and was under severe political
supervision. Consequently the noisy
party demonstrations which had been
planned could not be carried out. A
number of foreign delegates, especially
the Austrian delegate, DR.. Ellenberg,
we're expelled by the police on the ground
that they were obnoxious foreigners.
All persons arrested in conn ection with
tee Cologne espionage cases have been
taken to Leipsic. where they will be tried
in the Reichszgoerit building, which i s
to be dedicated on October 26th in the
presence of Emperor William OF Germany
and the king of Saxony.
The minister of war, Gen. Bronzart
Won Scnellsndorf, has personally in
vestigated the case and the opinion of the
large general staff has been obtained of
tne affair, which is considered one of the
most important of Its kind which has
been discovered in many years. The
principal defendant is a man named Paul
Sohocron, native of tho duchy of Lux
nmburg, but q naturaliZed Fsenchman.
He graduated in Paris at the Ecole Cen
trale, which he left with an engineers
diploma. Sch0ereD, 1t appears, had
numb ber of confederates in Luxem burg,
but the most important of them seems
to have escaped to Switzerland, having
IN some unexplained manner been
warned that they were under suspicion
and their arrests we're contem plated. The
evidence against all the prisoners in any
case sufti ces to ensure tbvir conviction.
The persons in custody are kept strictly
isolated in the prison at Leipsic.
The Prussian ministers held a meeting
which lasted four hours on Wednesday
last, and discussed the intend ed modifi
cation of the Prussian association law
which Herr Won Koeller has been working
ar for some. time past. 1t is understood
that the ministers came to the decision
that he sh ould su 5mit his project for ap-
proval at a meeting of the cabinet to be
held next week, em mbodying his idea in
measure which will be of a reactiopary
character, curtailing the right of public
and political meeting and modelled
largely after the Saxon law. which is
German laws dealing with associations.
This is intended to hinder the further
growth and spread of socialism In Prus-
sia. It will be the only attem pt at anti.
socialist legislation which will be made
during the coming winter, and it is con-
the Prussian diet, whose composition is
widely different from that of the reich
stag.
A bill will also be introduced in the
Prussian diet to increase the salaries of
public teachers, who are notoriously un-
derpaid.
The question of sugar bounties is again
under discussion. International negota-
tons for the abolition Of export premium
on beet sugar are being vigorously
pushed, and 1t is hoped that France and
Austria will agree to this proposition.
II the negotiations fail, a reorganization of
Geiman sugar legislation is in contem-
platiOn. AS the law stands Germany is
bound to cease paying bounties In 1897.
The North German Gazette tonight
makes the significant announcemenr that
Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky, the Russian
minister for foreign affairs, will have an
audience with the emperor at Hubertu-
stock tomorrow and that the chan cellor.
Prince Won Hohenlohe, will also be pres
ant. Naturally the presence of the cnan-
cellors of the two empires at Emperor
Williams hunting seat is regarded as
having moro than ordinary coincidence,
and as being not unlikely to have i'm.
portant political results.
The Socialist congress at Breslau con-
cluded its laDors stoday. Gotha was
selected as the next meeting place and
Be-.in was chosen as the Headquarters of
the Socialist party. Herren Singer and
besbel were elected presidents ana Her.
rel Auer and Plannkuch were chosen
secretaries.
:. The decision Of Mr.. Louis Stern 1of
New York to forfeit his bail of 80, 600
marks in .prefsrenc ce to undergoing the
two weeks imprisonment to which he
had been condemn med IN addition to being
n1ed ooo marks, is announced. Inc,den.
my, IL may be added, an article pub-
ilsnea IN the Cologne Gazette, strongly