The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-22
The Chancellor Refused to Re-
introduce the Anti-Revolu-
ton Bill.
THEN THREATENED TO RESIGN.
Other Stories of the Conference
Are That the Kaiser Made I'M
portant Concessions.

Won HOhenlOhe, who Joined the emperor
on the imperial train at DantZic on Sep
TENDER Is, in obedience to the Kaiser's
summons to the Chancellor to report to
him the results of the Princes mission to
st. Petersburg, had a conference with his
Majesty covering three days, each days
audience being prolonged for several hours.
After the conference the Chancellor pro-
ceeded to his seat at Aussee, Austria, the
Emperor starting at the same time for
RomintOn.
Prior to taking his departure from Ber-
lin, the Emperor ordered Count Philip Won
Eulenburg, the German ambassador to
Austria, to accompany him. As Count
Won Eulenburg is generally regarded as an
enemy of Prince Won Hohenlohe and COM
monty designated as his successor in the
chancelry, new impetus is given to the
prevailing reports that ministerial crisis
is imminent. 1t is commonly rumored
that at the conference between the En-
peror and the Chancellor, the Kaiser per-
sisted in his demand that the anti-revolu-
ton bill be reintroduced in the
Reichstag, despite the ChancellOr's
depreciation of such a course, whereupon
Prince Hoheniohe plainly refused to pur-
sue the policy suggested by the Emperor,
and intimated that he. would resign.
There is no stamp of authenticity on these
reports, but they certainly bear marks of
verisimilitude and are generally credited.
On the other hand to-day's issue of the
Munich Neuste Nachrichten, which is pre-
sumed to be an authority, asserts that
such crisis as above described did exist,
and that the Chancellor succeeded in con-
vincing the Emperor that the enactment
of any exceptional laws was altogether
needless. The paper also declares that
Prince Hohenlohe proposed that rather
than to attempt to pass any such laws, it
would be better to introduce the Bavarian
Vereingesetz, law applying directly to
secret and other societies and organiza-
items into Prussia. According to the
Neuste Nachrichten the Kaiser acceded to
this, and subsequently told his encourage
that as long as Prince Hohenlohe should
dedicate himself to his country, J. the
Emperor, would not sever himself rom
him. AS far as the anti-revolution bill is
concerned) that is very likely true, but in
diplomatic circles 1t is known that the in
terview between the Emperor and the
Chancellor really concerned foreign mat
tiers, such as the relations between Japan
and Russia, the new Russo-Chinese loan,
and England's supposed hostile attitude
toward Russia. Just before leaving on
Thursday the Emperor took luncheon with
Count Won Hatzfeidt- WiIdenburg, the Ger
man ambassador to Great Britain.
All that can be nationally said about the
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entente between Germany and England
upon all questions, including those con-
corning the interests of both countries in
Africa, is expected.
In the preparations for the opening of
the coming session of the Reichstag, Count
Posadowski- Wehrener, Imperial Minister
Of the Treasury, is reshaping various
economic bills. In the course of this work
the Minister has been sounding the Federal
Government as to their views in regard to
scheme of taxation involving the CO.
operation of the southern States. Count
Posadowski saw the various political lead
ers of these States and received from them
assurances of support of his plans for a new
tobacco bill, the main feature of which is an
increased duty on imported tobacco and
cigars, while there shall be no manufacture
ing tax upon cheap cigars of home make.
The comments of the German press upon
the Italian fetes commemorating the entry
of Victor Emmanuel into Rome are
mostly sympathetic, but are not strongly
marked and are generally devoted to con-
gratulations on the progress Italy has
made since she became unified. Ger
mania, the Catholic organ. expresses the
sentiment of the entire body of German
Catholics by declaring that the celebra-
tons ought not to have been held. "The
robbery of the church," the paper con-
tinues, twas for a time successful, but it
could no more eventually succeed than
could the robbery of Almighty God.
Both the Pope and the King will yet see
the triumph of the church over its worst
enemy"
The North German Gazette admits that
devout Catholics cannot appreciate the
morality of the act, though it raised the
nation by giving it possession of its his
toric and natural capital. Time" the
Gazette adds, twill reconcile Catholics TO
an event which will ultimately increase
the prestige and power OF the Vatican"
The Italians residing in Berlin, who are
mostly workingmen, will hold fetes to-
night, consisting of banquets ana concerts
in various beer-halls. The warmest con-
gratulations to the Italians appropriately
comes through the Hamburger Nachrich-
ten in the shape of greeting from Prince
Bismarck to Premier Crispi. The paper
says:
''If there is anything at which Italy
ought to rejoice it is the manner in which
she solved the problem of maintaining the
liberty and dignity of the Pope and at the
same time preserving her national dignity.
May she, under the leadership of the ma
tional dynasty, surmount all difficulties
and always advance
Baron Won Hammerstein, the deposed
and absconding editor-in-chief of the
Kreuz Zeitung, has replied to the charges
of forgery and embezzlement made
against him, declaring that he holds re-
ceipts in full for all the disbursements
made by him, and asserting that an exam
ination of his accounts will prove that the
accusations against him are impossible.
He further denies that the letters pub
lished in the Forwaerts in regard to him
self and DR.. Stoecker, the court chaplain,
are authentic. He says he never COM
municated anything whatever to the Vor-