The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-04
The Unhappy Predicament OF
the German Chancellor.
ENEMIES SEEK HIS DOWNFALL.
The New Premier of Austria Very
Rude 10 the German Statesman.
Heligoiand Crumbiing Away Bismarck
in Excellent Health-Emperor Will
Jams Visit To England-ouarantin
Against American Cattle.

Copyrighted. fSs5. by the Associated Press
Berlin. Aug. S-There have been two
sensational facts in German politics this
week. One was the commence ement of "A
serious campaign against the chancellor.
Prince Hohenlohe, and the other was the
afront offered the latter by the Austrian
premier, Count Goluchowski, and the
consequent estrangement of the leading
statesmen of the allied powers. The Col
Observation-Disclosures affair is being care
fully cloaked officially in Berlin. as well
as in Vienna, and as a result the Austrian
premier's motives for offending the Ger
man chancellor have not been learned.
But it appears that Prince Hohenlohe. as
soon as he arrived at AusSe, had an aG-
dtence with Emperor Francis Joseph. and
according 10 an understanding arrived az
then, wrote d friendly letter 10 his new
colleague, Count GolGchowski, asking for
long confidential conference. and invit-
ing him 10 his estate atAltausse. The Aus
trian premisr replied telling Prince Ho-
henlohe that he would be glad TO see him
later in Vienna. hundreds of miles of.
The chancellor felt that Count Goiuch-
oWSki 5 response was an insult. and did
not make any reply. The conference,
therefore, did not occur. and when Count
Goluchowski, after an interview with the
Austrian emperor, tried TO make amends
for his rudeness by sending "A courier to
Hohenlohe replied that he was going
hunting and could not see the count
There Is much conjecture in political
circles as TO whether this unpleasant in
cident will have the effect of disturbing
the cordial relations between the two
cabinets.
The attack on Prince HoheRlohe. after
series of innuendoes and reproaches, es-
pecially from the AgrarIan and Radical
press. have been simultaneously iuaugu-
rated IN earnest by the leading Conser-
vative organ. the kTeuz Zeitung and by
the Freissinige partys mouthpiece. the
Nosssche Zeitung. The latter has de-
voted several columns to showing that
Prince Hohenlohe is unreliable in his
promises. unstable In his policy and con-
victions. and therefore quite unfit for
his post The kreuz Zeituns. on the
other hand. bluntly blames Prince Hohen-
lobe for the desperate condition of hus-
bandry, and for the fact that the govern
ment could not, without giving guaran-
tees for fulhllment of its promises, have
made a count in the majority in either
the diet or the reichstag. These attacks
are construed as being the beginning Of
bitter war on the chancellor. The sit
uation is similar 10 that OF a year ago,
when Capriyi was hunted down
a petition signed by William Waldorf
Astor. the United States consul. Mr.. Car
penter. Simon Sterne. of New York. and
others, has been presented TO the Bavar-
ian government at Munich. asking that
justice be done in the case OF Mr.. Louis
Sterne, charged with undertaking his
sons age IN order 10 avoid the payment
of a tax, and that the court at kissengen
expedite a hearing. In the absence of
the United States ambassador at Berlin
John b. Jackson, the secretary of the
United Staes legation. has obtained the
y =.
enfield. the Bavarian minister at Berlin
Mr.. Sterne has been bailed in the sum Of
e,000 marks
The German exports for the last six
months show an increase OF 5000 900
marks, compared with the same period Of
1894 The increase in sugar alone is As
900 900 marks.
During the early part OF the week Sc
we're thunder storms and cloudbursts did
much damage throughout Germany I'm
Bavaria the village OF Geiselhering was
entirely DESTROYED with much loss Of life.
six iersons were killed in the Chine prov
inces alone.
The empress has not yet completely re-
covered her health, and is still unable
To Join her children. Her condition, how
ever, is not very serious
on his way to England, whore he will
attend the Cowes regatta. Emperor VIII
lam will touch at Heligoiand in order 70
SEQ what measures are necessary TO keep
that tiny rock from crumbling away
Prince Bismarck is ia excellent health
lust now lie takes daily walks ana
drives but Or Schweninger insists on q
plain diet. and orders him to avoid eX-
citemcnt and visitors.
There have been number or snicides
in the army during the past fortnight
there being three cases of self-dcstruction
in the same regiment. During the man
euvers at Mannheim four soldiers were
killed by sunstroke.
Prince Max OF SaXony has heen or
dained a priest by tho bishop Of Eich-
stadt. Bavaria ais father Prince George
OF Saxonv. being present
The congress of the lnternationi RI
cyclists Association viii he held at Co
logne from Aug Ist II 20 p. number or
American wheelrien. including Wheeler.
zimmerman. Banker and Johnson, VIII
compete for the worlds championship
Mrs John w Nackay and family are
making a short stay at Hamburg
4 quarantine against transatlantic cat
tic. aimed especially against American
cattle. viii be enforced on October l.