The herald., 1895-11-17
IN THE KA|SER'S REALMS
The Turkish Crisis Is the Alb.
sorbing Topic
THE LESE MAJESTE TRIALS
Are Not Source Of Unalloyed
Satisfaction
An American Consul. Taken to Task, Re.
fuses to Make Retraction-Notss
Of Notable Persons
Associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.-(Copy rig GIFTED, 1895,
By the Associated Press.) The crisis in
Turkey is watched here with close atten
tion. and remark uttered by Prince Bis
marck last week in conversation with
Count Won Kardoff, tae German silver
champions at Flied: ichsruhe, to the effect
that Turkey IL like powder magazine
whose explosion would set all Europe
ablaze, is much com 10 ented upon.
The representative in this city Of tina
Associated Press had biief interview on
Thursday last with two diplomats who
are stationed at Berlin. one of them
said 1t was not likely war or revolution
in Turkey would take place before next
spring. That much, he added, is taken
for Rrantsd by the powers. But it Is
probable that events will become critical
in Turkey. Recent developments have
shown the sultan to be capable of almost
any coup d'etat, and something unex-
pected and unforeseen may occur at any
time. Continuing the diplomat said:
"Just now it looks as if Russia, when the
crash comes, will be the best prepared
for the emergency and will be the win
ner in the game"
The prosecutions for lese majestic, which
are becoming of almost dsilv occurrence
and which are based in some cases upon
frivolous GROUNDS, ars causing grave
dissatisfaction among even the conserva-
tive classes. whils they are denounced by
many men recognized as broad liberals
as not only sncroaching upon the liberty
of speech and press, but as tending TO
servo rather than to combat socialistic
agitation The complaint among the
ultra conservatives is that the prosecu-
tlons only drag the imperial dienitycown
into the mire, and that the proper course
would be- ito. treat the attacks with the
scorn they deserve.
The strong Conservative Post and the
Cologne Gazette, both staunch upholdsrs
of the state, express aston ish ment at the
prosecution of Professor DelbrOoke for
bis recent remarks in the Pfsussischs
Jahrbuchsn regarding the extreme zeal Ut
the police In plunging into . pettifoGging
campaign against spe' Socialists. These
to insult tbesautholitias and are 90 elsat-
ly written in the interests or the state
that 4 the judges uphold the police con
tention liberty OF the press Will be mere
ly a farcical expression. The. extraordi-
nary considerations which led the Judge
to four months imprisonment for bis
recent speech at the opening OF the
Socialist congress there, have sin ply
DUN bounded ths Liberals here. He said
that Lisbknecht had evidently Tried to
frame his remarks so a. not to involve
the crime of lsse mai sste, and he adm tilted
thas Lisbknech had not intended TO oom-
nit 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
months imprisonment.
At the coming session OF the Prussian
diet the government will introduce bill
modifying the restrictions in the existing
law governing associations. Alter the
mode of the Bavarianss law. women and
minors will henceforth DE excluded from
political meetings, and the meaning of
the words political meeting" is to be
enlarged and newly defined.
The police are trying to discover who
shot, apparently from pure malics, En-
peror Williams magnificent Russian
greyhound, q gift from the car, while the
animal was in his Kennel at the new
palace. The dog was the emperors ia
vorite.
The practical trial OF Ham burg-Ameri-
can line steamship Normannia as an
auxiliary cruiser has been very satisfac-
tory. Next year similar experiments will
be made with other ocean grey hounds
and government contracts will be entered
into with the companies owning them If
the tests are successful.
The United States consul. Dwight J.
Particle, since his return from America.
has been waited upon bv committee
from the cham Der OF commerce of Some.
berg and asked to explain his statements
charming the exporters of that town with
deliberate and systematic undervalus-
ton of their goods. Mr.. Particle rsplied
that the charges and their profits were
first made by the revenue officers of New
York and he refused to retract bis own
state ments.
The exports 10 America show an in.
creass IN nearly all the consular districts
OF Germany for October. Inc export from
Berlin shows double the amount for that
month in 1894 and three times the
amount of October, 1893.
The news that the medals and diplomas
awarded to German exhi bitors at the Chi
cago worlds fair will not be ready until
February has been badly received in this
country. The North German Gazette
commenting upon this fact says: "Such
delay Is nprecedented."
DR.. Fhnilsen, the we'll known surgeon
and university professr, has accepted a
call to San Francisco
Secretary Pierce of the United States
EN- bassy at st. Pete. sburg is now in this
city on leave of absence. He will spend
the IN onth of Decem Der in Italy ana will
return to his post at the beginning of the
new war