The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-10
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A Week of Fetes and Public
Ceremonies
SHOW ACTIVITY
Vorwaerts Editors Arrested, Charged
With Lese Majestic
They Attacked the Emperor Directly and
Poked Fun at tho Theory Of
His Divine Right

Assoioa ted Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, Nov. 9.-(Copyrlehted, 1895,
by the ASS ciated Press. This has been
another week pof court fetes and pubic
ceremonies. Two somewhat sensational
incidents occurred ON Monday at the
swearing in of the recruits at Potsdam.
One of the recruits,a man named Kali
weile, a Mennonite from Dalkehmon.
East Prussia, refused to take the oath
and was instantly arrested by order Of the
emperor and carried off to dungeon. AS
this occurred in the presence of the king
of Portugal, Who was visiting his i'm
perial majesty. and as the king failed to
or, sp the meaning OF the incident. the
matter was eyplained tJ him by tho en-
peror.
The second incident consisted in the
extraordinary remark of the evangelical
pastor. who warEeu the recruits that they
must think not only Of Yacht am Rhein.
but also of the wacht am Weichsel. THIS
utterance levelled against Russia has
caused great deal Of surprise, and 1t 10
rumored that the Russian mbassy has
reported the matter to st. Petersburg. At
ZIG III "a tuO bSliAht oPohN"N
and Charlotten berg recruits on Thurs
day. the public was vigorously excluded.
Gordon OF police preventing all approach
to the place where the ceremony took
place. This precautionary measure has
been severely commented upon, but it
was due to this special order of the en-
peror, who, moreover. verbally ex-
pressed his satisfaction TO the police pres
Ident and Distributed nineteen decora-
ton to varionss police officers who had
displayed zeal upon recent occasions and
upon this occasion.
AT the st. Hub rtuse day chase on Tues
day in Gruenwald, in which 200 courtlefs
took part the order of the White Stag
was Revived by the emperor. The motto
OF the order. in French. is worn in gold
emb uidsry across the breast and runs:
give lie Koi ct seschsassur." (Long
LEV the king and his hunters).
at the banquet which was afterward
held at the Cruenwald castle Emperor
William proposed the toast Fidelity and
Faith"
Only one wild boar was speared during
the chase and this was sold to the Keeper
OF popular Berlin restaurant, to whom
the emperor wished good appetite.
The AIgaIians are resuming active agi-
tation in view of the approach OF the re
opening Of the reichstag. Their speake s
are touring the country declaring that
the pallat measures proposed by the
government are not satisfactory and that
Count Won Kanitz's proposal for stae
grain monopoly will also sua:ce to r,.
lieve the depression. Moreover, they de-
mand the government appeal the princi-
ple of nimetallism. The Agrarians are
encouraged in tbis agitation by the hesi-
iatine opposition of the roverHment.
l he Prus ian ministry of husbadly oily
recently declared that the sovernm. mt
was consid sring how to prevent further
fall in silver.
The future policy of the Agrarians is in
dicated in the speech OF their leader, Herr
Won Puttkammer, brother of the former
minister, in which he declared that If the
mem bers of the relchstag, representing
trade and industrial centers opposed the
demands of the agricutura'ists, the lat
ter would take their revenge by abolish
ing the protective duties on coal and iron
and thus ruin The German iron industry.
The proposed reforms in the manner of
conducting military trials, after hanging
hre for number OF years, have come to
the front aaain and will be brought be-
fore the reichstas this winter. The en-
peror does not favor publicity in such
trials, but the minister of war, General
Bronsart Won Schellendorf. yielding to
pressure brought to bear upon his depart.
ment throua bout Germany. has abandon
ed his opposition to the measure within
the bund esrath and it is expected that
decieeing comprehensive changes will be
passed by the reicnstac.
Herr Richter ard some of the Socialist
leaders collected lot Of highly interest,"
ing material during the summer months
showing the OUTRAGEOUS cases of secret
military trials, which will be submitted
to the reich stag.
At the military control m ceilings this
week, for the first time. the new imper-
ial oruer was read, which prohibits not
only the possession and circulation of
revolutionary or socialist literature with
IN military barracks but which also pro-
hits their possession or circulation out
side the barracks, even among soldiers
belonging to the army reserve, and severe
penalties are provided for controventions
to this order.
The Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday
issues of the socialist organ. Vorwaerts,
were Sc zed by the police and charges of
les majestic have been preferred against
three Of the editors of the paper. One If
the nominating articles was beaded,
Gnade Wegnade Gebuent, directly attack
lug the emperor for pirdolng two police
sergeants who treated two citizens bru-
tally, and another article ridlouled the
divine right theory.
Advjces received here from Freidrichs-
ruhe say since Bismarcks condition is
satisfactory. barring facial neuralgia and
frequent insomnia. but growing weak
ness of the whole body is perceptible, so
the old statesman seldom ventures out
side on foot
Bertha Pierson. prima donna OF the
Berlin opera, has entered into a contract
with M.ssrs. Abbey and Grau to under
tase a tour of America in the spring.
Carson S. Bra, kinridge. $ n of the
United States minister to Russia, has
entered for four-yeaTs' course at the
Berl n university.
The police have searched the home IN
Zeealandorf, close to Berlin, of Herr
Schumann, the representative of an
American newspaper. for reasonable
literature, and have seized several papers.
ScLumann is q Prussian subject and a
former mployes OF the secret police.
The American colonv here will cele-
brate Than ks giving day with dinner
and ball at the Kaiser Hoff. The COM
m,ttee on arrangement includes the
Unitel States am bassador. Theodore Run
Won; the United States consul general,
Charles De Kay, and Messrs. Kreissman.
Griscom and McFadden, and Professors
Miller and Boies.
AoA a soft THING