The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-10
REFUSED TO SWEAR
MENNONITE RECRUIT WHO WOULD
NOT BE A SOLDIER

In the Presence of His Most Terrible
Majesty Himself, He Declines to Violate
the Peaceful Tenets OF His Sect and is
Hustled on to Dungeon at Once-Ec-
clesiastical Utterance to which Russia
Night Take Exceptions-Emperor Goes
Neutrality-suspicious. Threaten the Iron
Industry-Socialists Seized.
Copyrighted 1895 by Associated Press)
Berlin, Nov 9-This has been another
week Of court fetes and public ceremo-
MES. Two somewhat sensational in
cidents occurred on Monday at the
swearing in of the recruits at Potsdam.
One of the recruits, man named Kali
lweiles. a Mennonite from Dalkehmon,
East Prussia, refused to take the oath
and was instantly arrested by order OF
the emperor and carried off to a dun
geon. AS this occurred in the presence
of the king of Portugal, who was visit
ing his imperial majesty, and, as the
king failed to grasp the meaning OF the
incident, the matter was explained TO
him in French by the emperor him
self
The second incident consisted In the
extraordinary remarks Of the eyangeli-
cal pastor, who warned the recruits
that they must not only think OF
"wacht Am Rhein," but also of ''Wacht
Am Weicsel" This utterance, levelled
against Russia, has caused great deal
of surprise and it is rumored that the
Russian embassy has reported the mat
ter to ST. Petersburg.
PUBLIC LOCKED OUT.
At the swearing in of the Berlin,
Spandau and Charlottenberg recruits
on Thursday, the public was rigorous
~ excluded, a Gordon of police prevent
ing all approach to the spot where the
ceremony took place. This precaution
airy measure has been serevely COM
mented upon; but it was due to the
special orders of the emperor, who,
however, verbally expressed his salts
faction to the police president and dis
tributed nineteen decorations to va
rious police officers who had displayed
zeal upon recent occasions and on this
occasion.
At the st. Hubertus day chase, on
Tuesday, in the Grunewald, in which
200 courtiers took part; the order Of the
White Stag was revived by the emperor
The motto of the order, in French, is
worn in gold embroidery across the
breast and runs: ''Vive lie Roi Eft Ses
Chasseurs'' Oong live the king and
his hunters). At the banquet which
was afterwards held at Gurnewald
toast, Fidelity and Faith" Only one
wild boar was speared during the chase
and this was sold to the keeper of a
popular Berlin restaurant, to whom the
emperor wished good appetite.
AGRARIANS ACETATE.
The Agrarians are resuming active
agitation in view of the approach of the
reopening of the reichstag. Their
speakers are touring the country, de-
claring that the palliative measures
proposed by the government are not
satisfactory and that Count Won Kan
it's proposal for a state grain mono
poly will alone suffice to relieve the de-
preston in agriculture. Moreover.
they demand that the government
adopt the principles of bimetallism.
The Agrarians are encouraged in this
agitation by the hesitating opposition
of the government. The Prussian min
lister of husbandry only recently de-
-cIared that the government was con-
sidering how to prevent a further fall
in silver.
The future policy Of the Agrarians
is indicated in the speech Of their lead
err, Herr Won Puttkammer, brother of
the former minister, in which he de-
clared that If the members of the reich
stag representing trade and Industrial
centers opposed the demands of the
Agriculturalists. the latter would take
their revenge by abolishing the protec-
tive duties on coal and iron and thus
ruin the German iron industry.
MILITARY REFORMS.
The proposed reforms in the manner
Of conducting military trials, after
hanging fire for a number of years,
have come to the front again and will
be brought before the reichstag this
winter. The emperor does not favor
publicity in such trials; but the minis
ter for war, General Bronsart Won
Schellendorf yielding to pressure
brought to bear upon his department
throughout Germany. has abandoned
his opposition to the measure within
the bundecrath and it is expected that
a bill decreeing comprehensive changes
will be passed by the reichstag.
Herr Richter and some of the Social
ist leaders collected a lot of highly inter-
esting material during the summer
months, showing the outrageous cases
of secret military trials, which will be
submitted to the reichstag.
At the military control meeting this
week. for the first time. the new i'm
perial order was read which prohibits
not only the possession and circulation
OF revolutionary or Socialist Literature
within military barracks; but which
also prohibits their possession or circu-
lation outside the barracks. even among
soldiers belonging to the army reserve,
and severe penalties are provided for
contraventions Of this order.
SOCIALISTS SEIZED
The Sunday, Wednesday and Thurs
day issues of the Socialist organ Vor-
waerts were seized by the police and
charges of les majestic have been pre-
ferred against three OF the editors OF
the paper. One of the incriminated
articles was headed "Gnade Wemmg-
made Gebuehrt." directly attacking the
emperor, for pardoning two police SER
geants who brutality treated two citi-
zens. and another article ridiculed the
divine right theory.
Advices received here from Frederic
hsruhe say that Prince Bismarck's con-
dition is satisfactory, barring facial
neuralgia and frequent insomnia. But
a growing weakness of the whole body
is perceptible. so the old statesman sell
dom ventures outside on foot.
Bertha Pierson, prima donna OF the
Berlin Royal opera. has entered into a
contract with Messrs Abbey and Grau
to undertake a tour of America in the
spring.
Carson S. Breckenridge. son OF the
United States minister TO Russia, has
entered for four years course at the
Berlin university.
The police have searched the home IN
Zehlendorf. close TO Berlin. OF Herr
Schuman. the correspondent of an
American newspaper, for reasonable
literature and have seized several pa
pers. Schuman Is a Prussian subject
and a former employee of the secret po-
lice.
The American colony here will cele-
brate Thanksgiving day with a dinner