The morning times., 1895-12-30

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Program for New Years Day.
Berlin, Dec. 29.-The reaction towar
) Confidence in the future of 4 l-ricai
! finapces, especially as affecting inter
national monetary relations. has beer
| Surprisingly rapid within The Ia st feV
days. Berlin aud Frankfort tonk the lea,
of Loniiun in speculative buying of Amer
eau stocks, and operators there have ol
The whole benefited by the selling whici
was done in London, and at no time during
the Wall street panic have the German
bourses been 50 much Influenced, as wa
ihe English market. The buying set ii
l-earlicr here, and even investors took a
| chance in securing stocks at low values.
The bourse closed notably firm on Sat
urday. after considerable buying uf Ameri
can railroad securities. The course ni
| operations here gives evidence of The de
creasing influence of London upon matters
OF finance in which German fInanciers oI
investors are interested.
OUR BONDS WELCOME IN GERMANY.
Financicrs are no longer inclined to
| accept The tendencies of the London market
| as a good guide in important monetary
A;erprises at the present moment. II
| Is not forgotten how Germany absorbed
The American loans at low values during
| ihe war of The American rebellion. when
The bonds were almost unsaleable in Lon
| don.
SO now. when English financial houses
| seem to hesitate over the reception Of a
nNt ba
| nlent. II it is Gesirous OF having foreign
markets take part in the loan. might find
| German firms prepared TO negotiate. The
belief here in the peTmanence of peace
be, ween the United States and Great Brit
ain is absolute, and general conviction in
the recovery of a healthy condition OF
American finances is mistaken.
The capture in Athens of Baron Won
Hammarstein, the former editor of the
Kreuz Zeitung. who abscond ed under
charges OF forgery and enibezzlement,
created a tremendous sensation in political
and social circles when his arrest became
known on Saturday. The arrest OF this
fugitive has cut the ground from under the
feet of tie Socialist leaders and may be
even said to have carried away the feet
of some OF them.
GOT HIM IN GREECE
There has never been j moment since the
disappearance of Hanimerstein that the
G0vernmenthasnotbee been ea rnestand unceas-
ing In It's end eavors to find him and bring
him hack to justice. no matter who might
be injured by any revelations which his
prosecution might entail The political
police ira csed him through switzerland and
Italy ami finally spotted him as he was
landing from a steamer at Piraeus, the
part OF Athens and five miles from the city.
Having run him down the police commis-
saTies watched him closely during the en-
tire time occupied in making applications
in secret to the Greek government for his
surrender.
The government of Greece does rot eX-
tradite culpriis except for capital offenses,
but under pleasure from Eerlin the Athens
authorities took advantage of Hummer
STEMS having recorded himself as '.Wil-
liam Herbart'' to expel him from the
Kingdom as an anarchist suspect. Hammer
stein was therefore compelled 10 leave and
embarked on n steamer fer Brindisi. The
German police also took the steame and the
moment the vessel sailed Comfnissary Wolf.
OF the Berlin political police, placed him
under arrest.
The conduct of the government in the
Hamrnerstein matter having thus been
vindicatcd, the police will be allowed a
free hand TO pursue their plan OF socialist
repression. while the Conservatives, TO
longer deferred by Socialist menaccs OF
damaging revelations. viii urge repressive
measures in the Reichstag.
CHRISTMAS IN THE BARRACKS. -
At all the military barracks i'll Berlin
each company hadits Christmas tree and the
ceremony of "Bescherung''-th giving of
Christmas boxes-was observed. Each of
the men stood in line to receive his present
while the captain and other officers of each
company sang "Stlle Heilige Nacht." The
captain then told out to ea ch man his share
of punch. which concluded the service. The
ceremony was the same in each barracks
The hospitals and even the prisons also had
their Christmas trees.
The Countess Won Waldersee provided a
large number of widows and children with
their Christmas dinner and had an immense
tree upon which were hung parcels of cloth
ing. Ex-Empress Frederick visited the
Kaiser Friedrich Hospital on Christina Day.
She was received there by DR.. virchow and
DR.. Bosse, minister of ecclesiastical affairs,
instruction and medical affairs. The ex.
empress presided atthe tete which followed
her arrival nd distributed the presents.
Prince Bismarck spent Christmas alone
with his family, Count and Countess Won
Bantzau, the latter his daughter, and his
Son. Count Herbert Bismarck and his wife.
The health of the ex-chancelior is excellent,
He walks but little, but drives frequently.
The New Years Day program is AS fol-
lows: At O'Clock In the morning there
will be reveille from the castle to Bran
denburg gate and back performed by the
massed bands of the Berlin garrison. At
10 O'Clock religious services will be held
in the castle chapel, and at IL o'clock
the court ceremony of filing past the EN-
peror and the imperial party in the Weissen
Saal. At IL O'Clock there viii be q parole
in the yard of the arsenal by the kaiser in
the presence of all the commanders of the
German army corps. Then salutes will be
fired in the Lustgarten.
There is great anxiety over the condi-
ton of the Empress of Austria, who is
afflicted with prolonged spells of mel