The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-16

introduction of an emphatic resolution
challenging the production OF. the letters
is now deemed the best course to be pur-
sued by the party, although it is known
that in Hammerstein's correspondence
there are letters from certain Conservative
leaders in which passages abound contain
ing expressions in which lese majestic is
not lacking.
The president of the Reichstag can, of
course, interdict the reading of such pass
ages, but he cannot prevent the Socialists
from showing that the Conservatives, the
rhetorical defenders of the throne, COM
NIT lese majestic quite as readily as any
member of the suppressed Socialist asso-
Citations.
The Emperor is attending the ceremony
of swearing in the naval recruits at Kiel
to-day. and will go to Altoona tomorrow to
inspect the new German ironclad Koenig
Wilhelm. He will take luncheon with
Count Won Waldersee at Altoona and re-
turn to Berlin on Tuesday. The Empress
has been in Dresden during the week to
see her mother. the Dowager Duchess
Adelaide of Holstein, and while there paid
short courtesy visit to the Queen of Sax
newed her activity in Christmas shopping.
Diplomatic dinners are now frequent in
accordance with the requirements of the
season, and the receptions given at the
Austrian, Italian and Russian embassies
have added to the social burdens of the
officials, but the members of the imperial
family. until the court season opens after
Christmas, will take no part in society
functions. Herr Fischer, Socialist men,
Der OF the Reichstag. who was for some
time employed as an editor on the Vor-
waerts, the Socialist organ, complained at
public meeting yesterday that the paper
habtually garbled reports and left out or
smoothed down remarks in reports of
speeches that were unpalatable to the
editors. He himself, he declared, had
been obliged in order to get accurate re-
ports of his own speeches at the recent
Social Democratic Congress at Breslau to
go to the columns OF the Conservative Post.
The Munich General Anzeiger, which
journal is in touch with the Bavarian
Cabinet, announces the decision of the
Ministry to declare Prince Regent Luit-
pold King upon the tenth anniversary of
his regency, June TO- 1896. The paper
adds that the people are unanimous in
their approval of such a step. Prince
LuitpoId is an uncle of the present hope
lesslv insane King Otto.
The Local Anzeiger says it is convinced
that President Cleveland is not animated
by any positive ill feeling toward Ger
many, although there is much in his re-
cent message to Congress that was I'M
pleasant, but he was obliged to do some
thing to increase his following in view of
the coming Presidential election, so he
thought it good politics to attack Ger
many.
The Vorwaerts, commenting upon the
speeches of General Bronsart Won SchelIen-
Gorf, Minister of War, and DR.. Schoen-
stedt, Minister of Justice, in the Reich
stag during last weeks Socialist debate,
cites their remarks as proof that the Min
listers continue in blindness as to the
strength OF the Democracy. Time, it says,
will show that a repressive policy on the
part fanny Government is suicidal.
Chancellor Hohenlohe will give dinner
to the new British ambassador, Sir Frank
Lascelles, on Tuesday. Theodore Runyon
United States ambassador, will be one of
the guests.
The Hamburg shipping of H.
Vogemaan will inaugurate on January Is
a regular steamship line between Ham
burg and New York.
The Tageblatt publishes a report of an
interview of President Vincent of the Otto
man Bank. in which he declares that the
position of that institution is better than
that of most of the European banks. The
an al IF T,1rH he SC
not so serious as is generally supposed.
She always has some reserve funds in her
Golfers and the real deficiency in the treas
ury is much less than the assumed deficit.
The Vienna bourse operators have not yet
met their obligations to the Berlin operat-
ors which were fixed by compromise by
the president of the Berlin bourse last
week.
In consequence of this the London and
Paris bo"rse brokers have joined the Ber-
lin brokers in protest to the Vienna
bourse committee against the default of
the Austrian operators. The Vienna COM
mittee, on the strength of this protest, will
prepare a petition to the Government to
amend the betting law so as to enable the
bourse authorities to prosecute the de-
faulters, who are now refusing to pay their
differences to the Berlin brokers with
whom they had business transactions.
Despite the fact that the bourse committee
of Vienna rules that they might properly
settle their differences upon a basis of 40
per cent reduction of the amounts actually
due the defaulting operators have refused
to pay, taking refuge under the betting
clauses of the common law, which the
committee is now seeking to have
amended.
ABYSSINIANS ADVANCING.