The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-01
POLITICS And RIOTS
The Mother Country Has Her Hands
Full Nowadays.
CRISIS TALK IN GERMANY
Little Besides Turkey and the
Troubles Down There Occupies
the Minds OF the Interested
In the English Capital.

Copyrighted. 1895. by the Associated
Press)
Berlin. Nov. so.-Everything points
to q cabinet crisis. in spite OF Official
deniais. The positions OF Herr Won
Koeller. the Prussian minister for the
interior; DIR. Won Boetticher. the vice.
president OF the council of ministers
and imperial secretary OF state for the
interior; General Bronsart Won Schel-
1indorff. the minister OF war; Freiher
Won Berlepsch. the minister of COM
merce. and Freiher Marschal Won vich-
erstein. the minister OF foreign affairs.
and even that OF Herr Won Luceius.
the chief of the imperial civil cabinet.
are said to be shaken. Evidences of
widespread court intrigue to get rid of
the ministers who are distasteful to the
agrarians. conservatives and military
parties, have come to the surface re-
Gently. Herr Won Koeller Is. appar-
entity. the minister who is the most
threatened. The emperor. II Is stated.
is displeased at the recent maladroit
prosecutions for lese majestic. especial
ly the case of Prof. Del Bruack. which
were ordered by Herr Won Koefler.
The cabinet itself moreover. Is divided
resepcting the expediency of the ex-
treme anti-sociaiist measures adopted
by the police, and nobody would be
astonished to hear of a ministerial up
heaval.
Count Won Mirbach. the leader OF the
conservative party. has issued a mani
festo to the electors Of East Prussia.
in which ne rejects for his party the
overtures of the ma tional liberals and
declares that the conservative center
win continue to constitute a majority
of the reichstag and the diet. and the
| government can have his party sup
port only in exchange for some meas
ure similar to the Kanitz grain mon
opoly bin, and the redistribution OF bi-
metallism Is clearly defined. The gov
ernment programme modelled largely
on the policy of Prince Bismarck. he
declares. is absolutely required to In
duce confidence IN the government.
The extraordinary police campaign
| against the socialists during the past
week, involving the search of the
houses OF ali the socialist leaders, IN
Guiding the members of the reichstag
and the closing OF about a dozen OF the
leading socialist clubs. is based on the
antiquated Prussian law OF associa-
tions. dating back to 1850.
The closing of the big socialist clubs
on Friday has caused the greatest
fiutter In socialist circles. and the
matter win be brought before the
reichstag. when exciting debates are
expected.
The reopening of the retchstag on
Tuesday next win be without special
brilliancy. The nature Of all the gov
ernment's bills Is known and there will
be no surprises during the session,
though II IS expected to be a stormy
one.
Prince Bismarck has accepted men,
bership In the German association of
sports. and Friday a delegation from
the Berlin Academy of Arts. headed by
Professor Ende. presented him with a
splendidly mounted address. appointing
him an honorary member.
Constantinople. Nov. 20. via Sofa,
Bulgaria, Nov. 30.-After all the warlike
talk of yesterday. British Ambassador
Sir Phillip Currie has backed down
The British gunboat Dryad has been
ordered back to Salonica. The general
opinion Is that the powers have been
placed In a somewhat ridiculous posi-
ton Following the repeated threat Of
forcing a passage to the Dardenelles II
the sultan persisted In refusing to al
low extra gunboats 20 enter the Bos-
phorous, this looks very much as II
Abdul Hamfd and his advisors were
well informed when they persisted IN
holding out against the demands OF the
Representatives OF Great Britain. Rus
sia. italy and Austria for additional
guardships. believing they were justi-
fed In so doing on the ground that the
powers are not In accord. as officially
stated, and that the dissenting powers
were behind Abdul Hamid IN the stand
ne has taken.
London, Nov. 30.-A dispatch from
Constantinople this afternoon which
announced the humilSating baclodown
of the British ambassador. Sir Phillip
Currie, IN his insistence. based on
treaty rights. that Great Brfrain and
incidentally, Russia. Italy and Austria.
be allowed an extra guardship In the
Bosphorous. was not well received by
tine tory jtngoes. and II n certain TO be
made much of by their opponents. AL
though the Dryad has been ordered
back to Salonica. bt - understood that
this Is only a temporary move. taken IN
order TO avoid giving any provocation
which might lead 20 riot1ng IN Constan-
tlnople. and the sufaan's obsttnacy In
this matter Is all the more annoying.
as " is clear that the powers are be-
ing daliled with and placed In an un-
d1gnified position by Abdul Hamid- The
suggestion Is published here to-day
that u1e sultan has a few brokers op-
Grating on the different foreign bourses
and that he has been personally manlp-
ularing the recent rapid changes Of the
political situation IN the East from a
speculative point OF view.
w. X Vanderbilt. as lessee OF one OF
Lord Lovars deer forests. refuses 10
pay taxes. At the las, meeting OF the
Inverness county council. letter from
Vanderbilt was read In which he COM
plains that he Is continually annoyed
by claims for occupancy taxes. and that
he has reeolYed % pay no attention %