The record-union., 1895-10-21
The Reichstag Expected to Again
Convene on November Est.
NO ANTI-REVOLUTION BILL TO BE
INTRODUCED. - Eg3
The Question of Repression Revived in
an Acute Form by Dispatch Wired
by the Emperor in Relation to the
Murder of Wealthy Mine-O Owner
by a Socialist.

BERLIN, Oct. 2O.-Semi- official re-
ports agree in fixing the time of the
next session of the Reichstag Novem-
Der Dist All of the best informed
sources of political opinion credit the
Government with the intention of ad-
herring closely to the decision arrived at
some time ago not to again introduce
an anti-revolution bill in any form, the
chances of such a measure passing the
Reichstag being apparently no better,
if as good, as they were upon the last
occasion of the Introduction of bill of
that character. Nevertheless, there are
evidences of an increase in the public
sentiment in favor of repressive legis-
lation of some kind.
The dispatch wired by the Emperor a
week ago to Prince Acknowledgement
burg, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, in
regard to the murder of the wealthy AL
satan mine owner, Heinrich Schwartz,
at HulhouSe by socialist named An
dreas Mayer, coupled with the recent
developments of crime throughout the
empire, has revived the question of rep
resSiOn in an acute form, and the re-
sultant clamor for exceptional legisla-
demands emanating from the Conserva-
tive, the NationaI-Liberal and even the
Cenrist sections. Still, there is no rea-
son to believe that the Reichstag as at
present constituted could be depended
upon to pass a measure sufficiently re-
preSSiVe to meet the demands of the ag-
itators, and anything less sweeping
would satisfy nobody, nor could it
reach the element sought to be sup
pressed.
Concerning the murder of Schwartz,
the Vorwaerts, the leading Socialist
organ, denies that there is any cOnclu-
sive proof that Mayer, the assassin of
Schwartz, was either a socialist or an
anarchist, and protests against the dis
position to hold the socialist party or its
teachings responsible for the crime.
The police at Mulhouse have arrested
six men who were known to be aSSOci-
ates of Mayer. All of them are extreme
socialists, and are charged with having
had knowledge that 1t was the inten-
ton of Mayer to strike at some indus
trial chief, with the object of making
his taking-off an example to other in
duStrial magnateS who were unmindful
of the rights of workingmen.
Since the murder of Schwartz several
other heads of great manufacturing
concerns in MulhOuse have received
anonymous letters containing the warn
ing "One of you has been stiffened
OUT The police have not as yet been
able to trace the origin of these letters,
but are of the opinion that they will be
able to do so. In the meantime, the So
cialiSt party reSents the general diSpO-
sition to blame them for the commission
of such eXcesseS by their extremist COM
rades, but those who contend that the
crimes were committed by the order of
socialist party are determined to make
these acts of violence the occasion for a
demand for urgency in the passage of
repressiye measures as the first ques-
tion to be considered by the Reichstag
after that body reassembles.
The North German Gazette expresses
disapproval of the demand for excep-
tional legislation coming so soon after
the rejection of the anti-reVOlutiOn bill,
but adds that the Government can be
asked to resume the initiative in sub
mitting ntiEsocialist proposals, when
there are good prospects that they will
be accepted by the ReichStag.
The revival of the scandals connect
ing Dr.VOn Boetticher, the Vice-Presi-
dent of the Councils of Ministers, Min
lister of State and Imperial Secretary of
State of the Interior, with financial ir-
TcgularitieS il the matter Of the Guelph
fund in borrowing large sums from
bankers on the eve of important finan-
cial reforms, with no intention of repay
ing except through such benefits as his
creditors might obtain through such
reforms, is absorbing general attention,
despite the recent official declaration of
the ministry generating him.
The Lokal AnZieger has revived the
matter by publishing what purpOrts
to be a report of an interview with Dr.
Won BOetticher, in which that Minister
disclaims any share whatever in the
downfall of Prince Bismarck from the
Chancellerie. The interview further
makes DR.. Won Boetticher say that
Prince Bismarck alienated himself from
the Emperor by his authoritative man
ner and his utter want of respect for
the sovereign. In this circumstance,
he says, the Emperor dismissed him,
acting upon the belief that he had been
placed by God in position to conduct
the Government of Gemrany in ac-
cordance with his own views and his
own powers. DR.. Won Boetticher now
asserts that he never gave such an
interview to the Lokal Anzeiger, and
declares that the entire article is a
mixture of truth and fiction which
might have been cOncocted by some
well-meaning friend of his not conver-
SAINT with the affair, and therefore
failed in his intention to serve him.
DR.. Won Boetticher is at least right in
regard to the failure of his friend to
help him, if such was his intention. His
enemies-and he has many-have re-
turned to the attack by asserting that
DR.. Won Boetticher was responsible for
the disappearance of not 30O, 600 marks
as has been charged, but of very nearly
a million marks from the Guelph fund
The Vossiscghe Zietung expresses the
opinion that it would be extremely dan
gerous to the Government if they
should be unable to give the public an
exhaustive explanation of the affair
In the face of all this public discus
sion, Dr. Won Boetticher remains
calm, and has Informed your repre-
sentative that he has no intention of
abandoning the attitude of reserve
be has maintained throughout the
difficulty. The public reports of his in
tention to resign, he says, are abso-
lutely inventions for which there is
not even suspicion of a foundation.
Acting under legal advice, the per-
sons in whose custody the letters and
memoranda obtained from among
Baron Won Hammerstein's papers are
held have decided not to publish them,
but the papers will be used in the
Reichstag and read under the parlia-
mentary rule permitting such documents
10 De Tedu as pdTlS Oh speeches.. In the
meantime the papers are held in a ter
roriZing way over the head of Hammer
STEMS old associates. Fourteen sections
of the collections are bound with the in
dorsement, Cartel of Anti Revolution
bill. etc These parcels contain commu-
nications from some of the most ex-
alted persons in Germany.
1t is the expectation of Berlin society
that the coming winter season in the
capital will be one of exceptional brill
fancy. Reports emanating from the
court circles credit the Emperor with
the intention of maintaining a more