The record-union., 1895-12-09
AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.
The Emperor Perturbed Over the Minis
terial Situation.
THE CRISIS IS BELIEVED TO BE
GROWING VERY ACUTE.


er1ck's Arrival at the National Cap
itaI-The Kaiser Approves the Pro-
posaI for the Maintenance of the
Sugar Premiums.
BERLIN, Dec. S.-The Kaiser re-
turned to Berlin last Wednesday, and
devoted part of the day to interviews
with the various Ministers. At noon
he started for Hanover, to participate
| in the annual hunt in the forests of
| Syringe. The two days shooting in
| these forests as a rule complete the
hunting season. The imperial hunting
party included eighteen guns, and the
hunters were reckoning upon killing at
| least $50 wild pigs in the Beechwoods
of Syringe, besides enjoying battue
for red deer in the adjacent forests of
Landendou. The programme included
a banquet Thursday evening in the
Royal Castle, which was to be followed
/ by a gala performance in the theater.
On Friday there was to be a grand pa
rade of the troops of the Hanover Gar
rison and a dinner at the castle, en-
| livened with singing by the Hanover
Mans Chora Union, followed by a
musicale by the officers of the corps, a
quadrille, riding, etc.
The Emperor had arranged for a
short spell of relaxation from the cares
of State, and all kilograms, dispatches
and other papers were ordered sent to
him only if they were urgently i'm
portant, until the hunt should be over.
Suddenly on Friday he countermanded
this order, and DR.. Won Lucanus, Chief
of the Emperor's private Cabinet, was
summoned to Hanover. The doctor ar
rived in due time, and remained in con-
| ference with the Emperor from the
time of his arrival until both made
their appearance at the dinner in the
evening. The Emperor seemed preoc-
cupied. He talked very little, and i'm
| mediately after dinner he retired with
Dr. Won Lucanus for another confer
ence.
Nothing was known by the hunting
| party, of course, as to the reason for
these conferences, but the guests sur
missed that the Ministerial crisis had
| become more acute. The expectations
| that surprises were awaiting the coun-
| try became certaintieS on Saturday,
when it was made known that the EN-
started on his return to Berlin. 1t
transpired later that before leaving
Hanover the Emperor had conferences
with Herr Heydebrand, Provincial Pre-
! feet of BreSlau, DR.. Won Puttkamer
formerly Minister of the Interior, and
now Prefect of Pomerania, and Herr
Won Studt, Prefect of Westphalia, who
had been summoned to Hanover by DR..
Won Lucanus, by the order of the EN-
perOr early on Friday morning
Although there is coalition Of Min
| listers against Herr Won Koeller, Min
lister of the Interior, that gentleman ap-
pears to be firmly upheld. The Berlin
Post, commenting on the situation, de-
| clares that the best informed circles
expect that Won Koeller's leave of alb
sence will terminate very shortly, when
he will resume his duties at the head of
the Ministry of the Interior.
A letter written by Professor Hans
Delbrueck, editor of the Preussische
Jahrbucher, whom Won Koeller recently
attempted to prosecute, has been pub
! lished here. In this letter the writer
says that while not seeking to commend
Won Koeller's methods of socialistic
| repression, he desires to correct the
statements made in the press in regard
| to the Minister'S behavior toward him,
which he says, was most chivalric
Meanwhile despite the Cabinet
troubles arising from differences be-
tween Herr Won .Koeller and the other
Ministers and the impending crisis at
Constantinople, fashionable and Off
cial circles in Berlin are looking forward
| to a brilliant winter season. The ex-
Empress Frederick arrived in Berlin
Saturday for stay extending over the
! carnival festivities, and Princess Won
Fohenlohe and her daughters resumed
| their residence at the Chancellerie on
Thursday. The presence of these per-
sonages in Berlin always implies the
coming of numerous members of the
Continental aristocracy for the season.
! NJ De SZogyeny-M March, the Austrian
Minister, inaugurated a series of din
ners on Thursday at which United
States ambassador Runyon, Prince and
| Princess Anter RadZiWill, Count and
Countess Potoci, Count Won Lochen-
| fell, DR. De Araujou, the Brazilian Min
! lister, and other distinguished persons
were guests.
The inspection of the old Schloss at
Ploen, preparatory to Crown Prince
William and his brother, Prince Eitel
Frederick, taking up their residence
there while attending the gymnasium
at PlOen. has revealed the necessity of
thorough sanitation and renovation Of
the entire interior of the building, and
an army of workmen are now employed
on the premises. The work is being
done under the supervision of Court
Marshal Won Lincker. The inhabitants
of Ploen are having rich harvest of
applicants for lodgings, as the result of
the expected presence of the young
Princes hundreds of rich parents hay-
| ing decided to send their sons to the col
lege there while the Princes are also
studying there.
Herren Heydebrand and Won Studt
DIT fl-ev
lin, and each of them seems to be a cam
didate for Minister of War.
Among the chorus of press declara-
tions against President Cleveland's
references to Germany in his recent
I message to Congress, and threats of
| bringing into action Germany's power
to make reprisals, the Vorwaerts, the
principal socialist journal, is notably
| impartial, and its clear-sighted article
stands almost alone in warning Ger
mans that the industrial supremacy of
the United States must be admitted.
ut is based" the article says, upon the
| inexhaustible natural wealth of the
country and is enormously developed
by enterprise, and the technical skill
and intelligence of workmen who are
/ less oppressed than the workingmen of
! impoverished Europe. The prosperity
| of America is growing yearly and even
| its steel and iron products are now ex-
ceiling those of European countries"
The Vorwaerts advises the critics of
President Cleveland to place less re-
lance upon the argument that America
needs German wares.
The census of Germany, which was
taken last Monday, was the most care
! full and thorough ever known. The
Questions asked involved every particu-
| lar of employment, physical condition.
nationality and religion, and every
thing calculated to place the authorities
in possession of all the facts of social
and individual life Many of the news
lpapers complain, however that the sys-