The evening times., 1895-12-09
'GlI. VIlIER N BERLIN
FashIlion!lab|s Iil Official Circles Pre-
pairing for a Brilliant Season.
CRAVE CABINET TROUBLES
Some German Papers Warn Their
. Readers 10 Go Slow with Retalia-
. ton on This4 Country ry-ProtestIng
,AgaIyist. tLe. Present Form of the
Sugar BIll-Othcr Cable Gossip.

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Berlin. Dec, 9.-The kaiser returned to
Berlin last Wednesday. and devoted Ta-i
OF, the day 10 interviews with the various
ministers. At noon he started for Han-
lover to participate In the annual grand
hunt in ibe. forests Of, Syringe. The two
days shooting In these forests as a rule
Complete the hunting season.
The gravity OF The ministerial situation,
however. caused the emperor 10 counter
'Inand all orders for this hunt. Saturday
he returned to Berlin. Meanwhile. de-
spite the cabinet troubles arising from
differences between. Herr Won -Koeller and
the other ministers. and the impending
crisis at Constantinople, fashionable and
official circles Ia, Berlin are looking for
ward to brilliant winter season.
The 'ex- Empress Frederick arrived in
Berlin Saturday for a stay extending over
the carnival festivities. and Princess Won
Hotenlobe nd her daughters resumed their
residence at the cbancellerie on Thursday.
The presence OF these personages In Berlin
always implies the coming OF numerous
members of the continental aristocracy for
the ason. n. De Szogyeny March. the
Austrian. inaugurated series OF dinners
on 'Thurstiay.-at which United states Am
bassador Runyon. Prince aud Princess An
ton Radziwill, Count and Countess Potoci,
Count Won Lochenfell. DR.. De Araujo, the
Brazilian minister. and other distinguished
persons were guests.
CROWN PRINCE AT SCHOOL.
The inspection of the old schloss at
Ploen preparatory TO Crown Prince Will
lam and his brother, Prince Eitel Frederick,
taking up their residence there while at
NJ m
vealcd the necessity OF thorough sanita-
ton and renovation of the entire interior
of the building and an army Of workmen
are now employed on the premises.
Amongst The CHORUS OF press declara-
tions against President Cleveland's refer
ences to Germany in his recent message TO
Congress. and threats OF bringing into
action Germans's power to make reprisals,
the Vorwacrts, the principal Socialist jour
nal is notably impartial, and its clear
signted article stands almost alone in warm
ing Germans that the industrial supremacy
of the United States must be admitted. 1t
is based" the article says, upon tue In
exhaustible natural wealth Of the country
and is enormously developed by enter
prise, and the techpica, skill and 1ntelli-
gence and skill OF workmen who are less
oppressed than the "workiDgmen OF im-
poverished Europe. Theprosperityo of Amer
lea is growing yearly and even its steel
and iron products are now eXcelling those
of European countries"
The .Ferwacrts. advises the critics of
President Cleveland to place less reliance
upon1te argument that America needs Ger
man wares.
A meeting of the Brandenburg rural econ
omic council was heh OH Wednesday, at
which the emperor approved the proposal
for the maintenance of the sugar premiums
and also limitation on the production.
The Poser delegates, however, protested
against the present form OF the sugar bill.
Baron Won Hammerstein- LoXten, Prussian
minister of agriculture. domains and forests
stated that the government would enter
into negotiations for the suppression OF
sugar premiums. If the governments of
Austria and France would gree to suppress
them Germany would concur.
AMERICA WOULD BENEFIT.
The, EIeisInnInge Zeitung expresses the
opinion that only the United States and
England. iweuld benefit 10y the operation of
the sugar bill. The Tageblatt says that
under a tariff war with America Germany
sugar exporters would be severely punished.
The Handel Zeiting expresses hope that
the new minister of the interior will cause
n revision Of the sugar bill, ard withdraw
the cancellation, oe the licenses of Ameri
can life insurance companies to do bust
ness IN GerInany.S''s
Mr.. Charles De Kay, United States con
sui general here. has secured twelve charter
IpcnIiieEs ofthe Eencing Club which is forIil-
ing in Berlin, including Prof. Miller. Ar.
j. B. Jackson. secretary of the American
embassy; Lieut.. Vreeland, the American
Naval alta che: Secretary Squires, United
States Vice Consul Zimmerman, and Lord
Greville.
. The gales which have prevailed through
out Germany. with their resultant dis
asters. still continue At Bremen Hamburg.
and Kiel there have been numerous shipping
casualties. steamboat traffic has ceased,
and inland traffic Is greatly impeded. The
rivers F2Ida, saaIe, Jagst. Kocher, and
KinZig have overturned their banks, in
undating great tracts of land. The luss OF
life and property has been heavy, but de-
tails ire difficult to obtain yet.
At Oldcnburg a workshop was blown
down Saturday. while twenty-five men
were at work within. Three were killed
and seven were seriously injured. The
HankiausenIn Inn at Oldenburg, wasstruckby
lightning and set on fire and destroyed and
three persons were burned tu death. The
dykes of the Baltic-Nurth Sea canal at
Rendsburg, Holstein, have burst and nther
damage to the canal is reported. The Co.
penhagen mail has been stopped, vessels
not daring To venture out and an Immense
loss of property in Jutland Is reported.
Miss Mary Howe sang in concert at
Leipsic on Wednesday with great success.
The ing and Queen OF Sa xuny were n present.