The San Francisco call., 1895-05-19
Clash of Prince HohenIohe
andVon Koelier on Most
Subjects.
CHANCELLOR STAYS IN OFFICE.
Count Won Klotz No Longer In a
Bloodthirsty Mood and VIII
Not Fight.

are once more III q CudOtlC COuultlon al
Germany The two chief Government
bills, the anti-revolution bill and the tobac-
co-tax measure, have been crushingly de-
feated and there is no talk of substitute
measures. It is an open secret that the
views of the Chancellor, Prince Hohen-
lohe, and the Prussian Minister of the In
terror, Herr Won Koeller, clash on most
subjects of Importance, and the existing
situation cannot endure. The latters po-
sition is so shaken that his term of Office
may end at any moment.
Prince Hohenlohe, who has been much
worried for months past, offered his resig-
nation Immediately after the defeat of the
anti-revolution bill, but he was persuaded
to remain in Office on the urgent solicita-
tons of the Emperor and his own family.
Herr Won Koeller's handling of the anti
revolution bill is condemned on all
sides, but he has displayed total disre-
gard of their dissatisfaction, and in fact
strongly urged before the Council of State
the introduction of another anti-revolu-
ton bill directed particularly at the So
cialists.
Prince Hohenlohe quietly disproved his
arguments and showed the futility Of con-
tinuing the fight in the present Reichstag.
The Chancellor was supported in this con-
tention by DIR. Miguel, the Minister of
Finance, Baron Marschall Won Bieber-
stein, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
DR.. Won Boettischer, the Imperial Secre-
tary of State for the Interior, while DR..
Schoenstedt, the Minister of Justice,
sided with Herr Won Koeller. Prince
Hohenlohe's views also met with favor in
the Bundesrath, with the result that no
new anti-revolution bill or tobacco-tax
bill will be introduced, and an early
close of the Reichstag session is therefore
expected. According to the anticipations,
the Reichstag will adjourn at the end of
the month.
Members of the Center party to-day in
troduced motion in the lower house of
the Prussian Diet for the restoration of the
clause in relation to tue Christian church
repealed In 1869; but only the Poles sup
ported it. The speakers of the remainder
of the parties declared themselves in oppo-
sition to the motion and declined to enter
into its discussion. Thereupon the bill
was put to vote and was rejected.
Owing to the increased price of petroleum
inventors are busy throughout Germany
trying to discover a substitute for pc
troleum, and one new lamp, in which raw
alcohol is used to feed an incandescent
lamp, is being tested with the view of re-
placing the petroleum. Emperor William
personally witnessed series of expert
ments with this lamp at the new palace at
Potsdam, and pronounced the apparatus
to be calculated to achieve the desired re-
suit He also expressed the hope that it
hao ba Low, &c Eo;r
both cheaper and better than the pc
troleum.
Count Won Klotz. on the personal order of
the Emperor, has called off all the remain
ing duels he intended to fight against his
alleged traducers. Kolz will be remem-
bered as the master of ceremonies who
was arrested and subsequently released
after having been suspected of being the
author of anonymous letters which caused
such trouble in high court circles for
| years.
| A big musical festival will occur at
| Brunswick from June IL to 16, with Mottl,
| Strauss, d'Albert and Riedel as the direc-
| tors. Both chamber and orchestra music
will be performed. Miss Eromstadt, an
American musician who hailed from Min
neapolis, gave successful concert here on
Wednesday last.
The revenue officers having discovered
| that American bacon has been imported
into Germany in large quantities under
| fraudulent declarations, number of Ger
man importers have been indicted at
Cologne, Dusseldorf and elsewhere
Tests have been made on large scale at
Krupp's works at Meppes with new nickel
steel plates such as are intended for the
| two ironclads built thss year. The new
plates withstood all attempts to pierce
them, indentations only being observed
| under the most severe firing.
Tie epidemic of influenza is at last dead.
| There has been no case in this city of a
| death from influenza since Maya.
The bimetallists have laid motion sim
liar to that adopted in the upper house OF
the Prussian Diet before the lower house
of the Diet. 1t has been signed by over 200
members, chiefly Conservatives.
Four dredges and seven tugs have been
engaged day and night dredging the earth
which slipped into the Baltic and North
Sea canal on Wednesday last and large
quantities of gravel are being brought to
the spot in order to strengthen the
damaged parts of the banks. 1t is now
recognized that it is impossible to obtain
in time for the opening of the fetes
which are to be celebrated on the compile.
ton of the canal works the stipulated
depth of nine meters, and SO the con trac-
tors have been ordered to get uniform
depth of eight meters throughout.
The imperial marquee at Holtenau, in
which the gala banquet will be given in
the evening of June 81, will be great
affair. twill measure 120 yards in length
and will be % yards wide. This mag
nifcent tent will accommodate 1000 guests,
who will be seated at tables. It will be an
exact reproduction of the German frigate
Niobe and the masts and rigging OF thai
vessel will be utilized in its construction.
COLOMBIA HAS CLAIMS.