The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-17
MAKES THEM GROW
PROSECUTION OF SOCIALISTS ALL
THAT PAR Y NEEDS.


ism Thrives Apace-oueer judicial
2atiocination In the Case of Herr Lieb-
knecht-SomebodyS Shoots the Emperor's
Dog-German News.
Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press)
Berlin. Nov. 16.-The prosecutions for
les majestic, which are becoming Of al
most daily occurrence and which are
based in some cases upon frivolous
grounds, are causing grave dfssatisfac-
ton even among the conservative class
es, while they are denounced by many
men recognized as broad liberals, as
not only encroaching upon liberty Of
speech and the press. but as tending to
serve rather than to combat Socialist
agitation. The complaint among the
uftra-oonSeTvatives is that the prose-
c1tfons only drag the imperial dignity
down into the mire and that the proper
course would he to treat the attacks
with the scom they deserve.
The strongly conserva tive Post and
the Cologne Gazette both staunch up
holders Of the soa;te. express astonish-
ment 'at the proposed prosecution Of
marks IN the Preussische Jahrbuchen
regretting the extreme zeal Of the DO
lice IN 'plunging irfto a pettifogging
campaign" against the Socialists These
utteranceS are 50 innocent of any in
tent TO insult the authorities and are
80 clearly written in the interests Of the
state f!ftslt II the Judges uphold the DO
lice contention. liberty of the press
Will be a mere farcial expression.
JUST ON SUSPICION.
TIE extraordinary considerations
which led the judges to sentence Herr
Liehneclst, at Breslau, TO four months
imprisonment for his recent speech at
the opening of the Socialist congress
there, have simply dunIbfounded the
liberals here. He said that Lsaibknecht
had evidently tried to frame his re-
marks so as not no involve the crime
IF les majestic, and the admitted that
Liebknecht had not intended to commit
The offense. Yet, he, continued. as
there might have been many persons
among the audience who would have
found in the words an allusion TO the
emperor, he sentenced him to four
mon'ths Imprisonment
At the coming session OF the Prussian
ddst, the government Will introduce a (
existing law governing associations /.
After the mode of the Bavarsan law,
women and minors will henceforth be
excluded from political meetings and
the meaning of the words political
meeting" is ito be enlarged and newly /
defined
SHOT WILLIAMS DOG.
The police are trying to discover who |
peror Williams magnificent Russian
a gift from the car, while
the animal was in his kennel at the
new palace. The dog was the en-
peror's favoribe. Two scullions at the
palace. who are known to have attend
I'd Anarchist meetings in Berlin, have
been ARRESTED
Smallpox has appeared IN Berlin but !
not yet epidemically. The health Of
icers were notified of "a dozen cases last
week and the same number this week.
The disease has been imported from
Russia
The practical trial of the Hamburg
American line stea mship Normannia,
IN auxiliary cruiser, has been very sat
sfactory. Next year similar expert
nents will be made with other ocean
yreyhounds, and government contracts
VIII be entered into with the compa-
lies owning them If the tests are sue
,essful.
DWIGHT STICKS TO IT.
The United States consul, Dwight J.
'antello. since his return from America,
ras been waited upon by a committee
rom the Chamber of Commerce Of Con-
Deberg, and asked to explain his state
nents charging the exporters of that
own with deliberate and systematic
of goods Mr. Particle
epled that THE charges and their proof
vere first made by the revenue officers
f New York and he refused to retract !
lis own statements.
The export 10 America shows an in {
rease In nearly all the consular dis
ruots OF Germany for October. The
xport from Berlin shows double the
mount for the month in 1894 and three
ines the amount of October 1898.
The news that the medals and diplo-
has awarded to German exhibitors at Z
he Chicago worlds fair will not be 7
eady until February has been badly re- !
eived in this country. The Month Ger
IAN Gazette, commenting upon this 8
act says: Such a delay is unprece- Q
sTpted" f,
DR.. Fehleisen. the we'll known surgeon 6
nd university professor has resigned i
nd has accepted a call to San Francis {
o. r
An American bazaar was held here .
MS week, for the benefit OF the Ameri-
an Girls club, an adjunct of the Amer
an church of 'thds city. \
Secretary Pierce of the United States =
nbassy at St Petersburg, is now in c
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