The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-17

Berlin. Nov 16-The prosecutions fer lsss'
majestic. wh.ch are becoming q almosa
daily occurrence ana which are based iu
some cases upon frivolous grounds, ara
causing grave dissatisfaction among even
the conservative classes, while they arc
denounced by many men recognized as
broad liberals as not only encroach!ns up-
on liberty OF speech and the press, oua
as tending 70 serve rather than 20 eem-
bat sociaastic agitation.
Tho complaint among the ultra-oonser-'
vatives Is that he prosecutions only drag
the imperial dignity down into the mires
ami that the proper course would Do 10
treat the attacks with the scorn they de-
serve,
The strong conservative Post and Cologne
Gazette. both staunch upholders or tbs
state. expresses aStonishment AZ the prosecu-
ton OF Pref. DelbTooke for his recent re-
marks ia the Preussische J2hrhuehen re-
g8rdiug the extreme zeal OF the police in
plungiag into a pettifcgaing campaign
against the Socialists These utterances
are So innocent of any intent 70 insult ths
authorities. and are 50 clearly written IN
the Interests al the state. that. II the Judges
uphold the police contention. liberty OF
the press will be merely a farcical express
sion.
The extraordinary considerations whieu
led the Judge 10 sentence Herr liehkneehs
AT Breslau 10 four months !mprisonmens
for his recent speech at the opening or ths
Socialist congress there have simply auth~
founded the Liberals here He said thae
Liebknecht had evidently tried 10 ifaha
his remarks so as net 10 involve the crimes
af lese majestic and ne admitted that lAeo-
knecht had not intended to commit the OF
Tense. Yet, he continued, as there mlShe
have beon many persons AMONG the An-
dieuce who would have found in the words
an alIusion TO the emperor. he sentences
him To four months imprisonment.
Al the coming session OF the RUSSIAN
diet the government may ipSroduce oll
modifying tho restrictions IN the eNlsuhs
law governing associations. After the mole
of the Bavarian law. women ana minors
Will hencef0Ith bo excluded from poiucai
meetings, and the meaning OF the woras
political meeting IS 10 be enlarged anu
newly defined.
The police are trying TO discover VINO
shot apparently from pure malice, Em-
pcror Williams magnificent Russian grey%
hound "A gift from the cXar. whtse the ant~
NAL was in his kennel at the new palace.
The dog Was the emperor's favorite.
The practical trial or the Hamburg-
American line steamship Normannia as am
auxiliary cruiser has been very safisfac--
tory. Next year similar experiments VIII
be made with other ocean greyhounds.
and government contracts VIII be entered
into with the companies owning them it the
tests prove successfui.
United states Consul Partello. since his
return from America, has been waited up
on by the committee from the Chamber OF
Commerce Of Seunohurg and asked 10 ex-
plain his statements charging the exporters
of that town with deliberate and systematic
undervaluation of their goods. Mr. Partel-
10 replied that the charges and their proofs
were first made by the revenue officers OF
New York. and he refused 10 retTact his
own statements.
The exports 20 America show m increase
in nearly all the consular districts of Ger
many for October The exports from Ber-
lin show double the amount for that month
IN 1894 and three times the amount OF Oc-
tober. 1898.