The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-09-15
THE LATEST BERLIN GOSSIP.
Emperor William 8 Military Skill
Loud y Praised.
Tho Army Movements mt stettin a Great
s"ceess-rhe Usefulness OF Cavalry by
No Means Past-Tho Crown Prince of
Italy Not Present at the Manmuvres.
kepressive Measures Agains. sooinl,sts.
copyrighted, 1905, by the APT

BERLIN. Sept. l4-Acrording tn,
military experts, the army manoeuvres
in the vicinity of Ststtin this week have
been great success and hsve demon.
ssrated amply the excellent discipline
OF tho mon, who. it is represented, are
shown to be ready for the initiative OF
their commanders. It has also been
shown, according to the same authori-
ties, thst the days OF usefulness of
cavalry are by no means past as mad
been asserted in some quarters. Both
German and foreign experts are loud in
their praises of the skill displayed by
Emperor William in handling the
troops in Thursdays action. A new
system OF Held telegraphY which was
Introduced in this engagements proved
most satisfactory.
Perhaps the only thing in nuection
with the army manmuvres which has
lett any ill-feeling is the fact that the
countoi Turin. second son King Hum
nerts OF Italy, was treated with decided
GOODNESS at Ste:tin. 1t Ia alleged that
Emperor William was greatly annoyed
that tho count, instead OF Crown Prince
Victor was delegated to represent Italy
among the royal guests st the manru.
vres. 1t Is understood that King Hum
bert did not send the crown-prince 10
Germany for fear that by 80 doing he
would give offence to France
Since the emperors denuuc'ation of
socialists the seizure OF sooielistlc
papers and the arrest of their editors
have been incidents OF almost daily oc.,
ourrence. Among the papers subjected
to this treatment are the Magdeburp
Volksiimme. the Breslau Volks Wacht,
Hanover Volks Willie, the Eieen Ar
better Ieitung and the Kiel Volks lei
tung' while lures OF presses at Leip-
sic, Furth, Nure borg and Munich
prove that the Saxon and Bavarian
governments arc prepared to join in the
anti-socialistic campaign. The vos-
sische Heitung, Of this city, warns the
government against i'll ADVISED ATTACKS
upon tho liberty of the press.
The ministers are all taking their
holidays, and it Is impossible that any
decided anti socialist measure will be
adopted at once. l. isknown, however,
that Count Won Fulenburg, who is
credited with having great influence
with Emperor William has been
strongly advising his sovereign toward
moro vigorous repressive enactm ents.
A Hamburg newspaper declares that
the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohen-
lohe, Will resign his office If the en-
peror should insist upon the introduce
ton OF any such measure.
A caterpillar plague is destroying all
the green crops in the vicinity of Berlin
and in Silesia. The first Berlin cleo
trio street car railway was opened for
business on Tuesday last. A swindler
named Bra,z has been arrested in Ham
burg for obtaining goods under false.
pretenses. He represented himself as
an agent of Mr.. w. n Vanderbilt.
Julia Buckley, of the University of
Chicago. has obtained the degree of
doctor of philosophy at the University
of Zurich. A great exhibition OF South
ern California fruit will be opened next
week in the old Reichstag building,
under the management of Joseph
Schurtz.