The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-07
Will Build a United Party From
the Conservative
Ranks.
CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS
Another Socialist Editor Arrested
for Lese- Majeste-Archduke
Francis Illness.

the members of the German Ministry will
resume their departmental duties in Ber-
lin tomorrow, consideration of the legisla-
tive programme for the coming session of
the Reichstag will not begin until the
Emperor returns to Potsdam, which he
Will do on October 81.
During his stay in Rominten the Kaiser
has busted himself far more with foreign
affairs than he has with domestic matters
nevertheless, he has not neglected the lat
ter. Apparently with the desire of sound
ing the representatives of the Agrarian
and Prussian Conservative party, he has
successfully invited the president OF the
Agricultural Union of Littauen, Baron
Seydol-Chelchen, and Count Frederick
Doenhof TO spend day in hunting with
him and also to become his personal guests
at dinner. During his interviews with
these gentlemen his Majesty made minute
inquiries as to their views upon various
political questions, and the Conservatives
are hoping that results may spring from
these conferences.
The current talk of the approaching for
nation of a new Conservative party is
completely in touch with what is supposed
to be the programme of the Emperor. Ac-
cording TO this plan the Conservative party
will no longer seek an alliance with the
anti-Semitic element, but recurring to its
old principles will attempt to build up
new cartel, contemplating the coalition of
the various factions of the party. welding
them into common thought and action.
The Emperor, although he has enjoyed
a splendid season of sport at Rominten,
where he has had remarkable success in
bagging red deer and big game, has gone
TO his hunting box at Hubertstock to in
augurate the annual Hubertus hunt. On
October IA his Majesty will start for Wies-
baden, where the Empress will join him.
The programme arranged by the Court
Marshal, marking out the progress of the
Emperor and his party through Alsace, in
Guiding the ceremonies on the battlefield
of Woerth, is now complete. 1t is now ar
ranged that the imperial party. with the
Emperor's full suite, will attend a gala
performance in the Wiesbaden Opera
Kaiser will take train at Wiesbaden and
proceed to CouTcelles, near Metz.
From there the imperial party Will drive
to the Schloss at Urville, where 1t will re-
main two days. On the journey from
Courcelles to Urville, the Emperor
will be greeted by a popular reception
which has been prepared by the inhabit-
ants of the locality. The programme con-
templates a demonstration of the school
children and the various societies. desig-
mated to give the Emperor what testimony
can be elected of the contentment of the
people of Alsace. On October IS the En-.
peror will start for Woerth to unveil the
memorial statue of his father, Emperor
Frederick III, on which occasions orations
will be delivered by General Won Meschke
and ex-Secretary of State Hoffman. In
addition 10 these addresses the exercises
will be participated in by the various Ger
man choral societies, and the ceremonies
will end with review of the troops by the
Emperor. In the evening the Kaiser will
give grand banquet in the imperial pal
ace at Strasburg, for which 800 covers
will be laid. On October 10 the Kaiser will
inspect the Strasburg garrison, and start
for Berlin on the evening of that day.
The unfounded gossip alleging that a
bitter quarrel has taken place between the
Emperor and his brother, Prince Henry OF
Prussia, resulting in the virtual Danish
ment of the latter for a year, has received
its final quietus by the announcement that
Prince henry will accompany the EN-
peror during his tour of Alsace.
Prince Hohenlohe has been visiting
Stuttgart for the purpose of seeing the
King OF Wurtemberg and consulting with
him as he consulted with the Prince Re.
gent of Bavaria and the Grand Duke OF
Baden last year, by personal and informal
visits. The relations of the Emperor with
h. obi 3
the time of the Chancellor's visits to
Munich and Baden very much strained
but the tension has become decidedly
ameliorated since that time.
Herr Singer, the leader OF the Socialist
party in the Reichstag was interviewed by
United Press representative to-day in re
gard to the disagreements and possible
ruptures among the delegates to the So
cialist congress in Breslau. Herr Singer
expressed has belief that everything woulc
pass off tremendously and declared thai
the discord which the enemies of the So
cialist party predicted and desired would
not end in a serious rupture.
Whatever differences of opinion might
exist or arise within the party, he said
would be met by the prevailing spirit O
compromise and Cancellation which wa,
too strong to permit factional pickering Il
overthrow the principles and defect thu
aims of the party. The Socialist party
he continued, was again placed in the posi-
ton of facing probable measures of repres
sion, but he had no fear that the Reichsta.
would assent to any exceptional laws. H,
thought, however, that the Landtag NIGH
go the extreme of enacting measures
which would result in an increase of lega
prosecution throughout Prussia.
"What then viii happen?'' asked tn,
interviewer.
"What then? Why, the Government
will find that socialism viii thrive unde
such prosecutions. Let them imprison
our editors and speakers who are conduct.
ing the propaganda. Where one is silencet
two will take his place and continue tn,
struggle"
Herr Illge, the editor of the Leipsi,
Tageblatt, was sentenced on Thursday t.
five months imprisonment for publishin,
an article in his paper commenting un
favorobly upon the Emperor's speech tt
the officers of the guards on the occasion
of the Sedan dav hanouet in Rerlin mr.