The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-23
Trouble Will Follow If the
Sedan Celebrations Are
Denounced.
RESTORATION OF THE POPE.
German Catholics Renew Their
Campaign for His Return to
Temporal Power.

Socialist leaders are OuSlly engaged IN re-
casting their programme for the Socialist
congress, which will open in Breslau on
October 6, and have greatly modified their
proposed resolutions in regard to agrarlan
reforms This action is taken apparently
with view of conciliating the opposition
OF the delegates from the southern part
Of Germany. Judging from the temper of
six public meetings, which have been held
in Berlin during the past week, it will not
be agrarian questions, but rather plans OF
defense against state oppression that will
absorb the attention of the congress. At
the meetings mentioned Herr Liebknecht,
Bebel, Singer and other leading Socialists
spoke as though they had positive knowl-
edge that a coup d'etat against the suffrage
was intended by the Government, and
these were unanimous in exhorting the
party to close their ranks and present a
determined front to the common enemy.
Despite these warning appeals, however,
many men OF influence in the Socialist
party ex press the belief that there was no
danger from the source or of the character
mentioned, and insist that reform of the
internal organization of the party ought to
be the leading question discussed. Finally,
however, at five of the six meetings resolu-
tons were carried requesting the Breslau
congress TO consider the position of the
Socialist members of the Reichstag, and
also to limit the annual payment to men,
bers of the Socialist Executive Committee
to 5000 marks a year as the maximum
amount, with 2 reduction therefrom in the
case of those mem ers of the committee
who earn their living as editors and in
other pursuits. The speakers outside of
those who were paid for their services
freely expressed their indignation that
certain of their comrades should not feel
ashamed to live in nabob style of COM
fort upon the hard-earned pfennigs of the
workipgmeT, many of whom are getting
only Is marks a week for their work. 1t
is certain that the congress will approve
the resolutions in regard to the salaries OF
members OF the executive committee, with
sharply drawn lines touching the compen-
sation paid to certain others in the party
for services more or less valuable.
With the passage of these resolutions
there will disappear from the ranks OF So
ciahsm number of men who are attached
to the party chiefly, if not wholly. for the
sake of the money they get out of it.
Herren Vollmar and Grillenberger will
not be able to attend the congress. Herr
Vollmar is threatened with cerebral con-
gestion, and it is not probable that he will
recover in time to make his appearance in
the Reichstag during the coming session.
Herr Grillenberger is very i'll with disease
of the larynx and his recovery is also I'M
certain. The absence of these leaders from
the congresses regrettable in view of the
fact that it leaves Herren Auer and Seifert
to face the other leaders, who are bent
upon challenging them for taking part in
the Sedan-day celebrations. By maniou-
lating the vote for delegates Herren Bebel
and Liebknecht were able to secure a ma
jorlty against the celebrations, and On Fri
day seven socialist communal Deputies of
Rixdorf resigned because of the packed
meeting censuring them for approving the
celebrations. If the congress, led by Bebel
and Liebknecht, should be indiscreet
enough to pass resolution of censure and
dcnunciation of the national fetes it is alb
solutely certain that the police, who are
carefully watching the movements of the
socialists, will break up the meeting and
arrest the leaders.
Herr Gottlieb, who was vice-chairman
of the last Socialist congress, which was
held in Berlin, and has long been the
recognized chief of the Socialist party of
Bremen, has absconded with the party
funds, of which he was the custodian, and
it has also been discovered that he has
been engaged in fraudulent enterprises
upon large scale for long tine.
The next grand state junction will be
the unveiIing of the monument to the
memory of Emperor Frederick III at
Woerth. The programme of the cere-
monies has been enlarged far beyond the
original ideas, the Kaiser seemingly being
DESTROYS of making the occasion almost as
important as the Sedan-day fetes. Whether
such is the intention or not, the celebra-
ton of this event may be made much
more irritating to France than the Sedan
fetes were. In response to special invita-
tons ali of the German Princes, the Kings
of Saxony and Wurtemberg and the Grand
Dukes of Baden, Hesse and Oldenburg will
be present. Prince Ludwig will represent
Bavaria, and prominent place during the
ceremony of the unyelling will be accorded
to the Kaiser's mother, ex-Empress Fred
cIiSh. IHe c8dCS VI lTOOpS
will occupy the old battlefield at Woerth
is not known, but 1t is understood that
there will be sufficient number to make
an imposing spectacle. After the cere-
mony the Emperor and Princes will par
take of banquet in Strasburg.
DR.. MIGUEL, Prussian Minister of
Finance, has returned from his vacation
and resumed the duties of his Office. In
an interview yesterday he said that as far
as the Governments intentions are con-
cerned the next session of the Reichstag
and LaDdtag will be quiet and business
hke-provided, of course, that the Social
lists do not provoke the majority to action
by keeping up an agitation of the masses.
Mr.. MIGUEL said he expected that the
Reichstag would be convoked about No
vember II to discuss the ordinary items.
1t is the intention of the Government he
says, to introduce a bourse bill, trade
reform bill and a bill prohibiting illegal
competition in trade. 1t is possible also
that the Government may introduce an
amendment to the accident insurance act.
This will provide the Reichstag with suffi-
Gent work to last until after the beginning
of the new year. The Landtag will not be
called together until the middle of