The San Francisco call., 1895-12-23
Emperor William Enjoying Him
self in the Bosom of His
Family.
PLEASURES OF YULETIDE
Holiday Fetes in Which. People of All
Glasses Will Take
Part.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Dec. 22.-Public
interest in Berlin in the quarrel between
the United States and Great Britain has
never been highly strained and bids fair to
diminish rapidly, especially as regards
the political aspect of the question. On the
other hand, however, financial anxiety is
on the increase The operations on the
bourse here in Frankfort and in Vienna
on Saturday showed greater tendency to
take the situation seriously. 1t is true
that nothing like a war panic prevailed,
but the operators obviously got the i'm
preston that the financial position must
become much worse than it is, whatever
may happen, in relieving the political
difficulty. The selling of American stocks
on the various German bourses proceeded
actively and considerable number of sell
Ing orders are reported to have been sent
from Berlin to London.
The selling movement meanwhile is not
an indication that investors are unloading,
but it is largely confined to speculative
dealings which seem calculated to eventu-
ally draw in genuine holders. The con-
currence of the financial press in the gen.
eral gloomy view of the monetary pros
poets of the United States is giving great
deal of assistance to spectators for a fall.
Responsible newspapers, like the National
Zeitung, predict flow of gold from the
United States. To a large extent the
trouble lies in the difficulty of American
railroads and other enterprises obtaining
the support of European capital and the
cessation of the revival of American indus
try which recently set in.g
In regard to tariff war between Ger
many and the United States nobody affects
to believe that anything of the kind will
occur excepting interested Agrarians, who
have been hoping that such war would
result in the formation Of strong Agra
rian and protectionist Ministry in Ger
many.
The preparations which everybody is
making for Christmas places to the Ma
tion at large, political and financial events
in the background. The members of the
imperial family are passing their time in
thorough burgher fashion. The Emperor
is enjoying himself in the bosom of his
family, and the life of the royalties at the
new palace at Potsdam mirrors upon a
great scale the life of most of the house
holds in Germany. On Christmas eve the
biggest event for the young Princes will
be Idle Bescherung," the giving of Christ
mas boxes. The distribution of gifts will
be made from Christmas tree, OF which
each Prince will have one, their size vary
ing according to the ages of the owners.
There will be a tree, too, for the little
Princess, Vistoria Louise, and there will
also be trees for everybody in the house
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from democratic fetes Berlin will be quiet
socially until the season commences
shortly before the annual "Ordensfest,,"
which will take place on January IS, the
twenty fifth anniversary of the proclama-
tion of the German empire.
Chancellor Prince Won Hohenlohe left
Berlin on Friday on his way to Bohemia,
to pass the Christmas holidays with his
eldest son, Prince Philip.
Among the high society leaders OF Ber-
lin Prince and Princess Radziwill are the
only ones now here. The Princess is 'at
home' every day from o'clock in the
afternoon until 8 o'clock in the evening to
intimate friends. Just prior to the "Or-
densfest' all of the grand seigDeurs will
leave their country seats for Berlin. The
upper house of the Prussian Diet will
then begin its session and the series of
count balls will then commence. Each
aristocratic set gives its own special func-
tions, society cliquism not having been
modified in the slightest degree under the
regime of Emperor William IL. Besides
the regular court circle there is the set of
the officers of the First Guards, composed
of the old mediatized princely families.
This set is so exclusive that it will not
mix even with the officers of the Garde du
Corps. Then there is the Hohenlohe cir
Gle, to which belong the Furstenbergs,
Schoenborns, Hatzfeldts and other fami-