The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
CROWNED HEAD AS CHAIRMAN.
THE KAISER An EXCELLENT PRE-
SIDING OFFICER.

His Prestige Somewhat Annoying TO
Him on Account of the Continual
Appeals Made 90 His Judgment.
Very Little Done For the AgrarIans
As Yet By the Council OF state.
An International Monetary Com
ference Certain.
Berlin, March l6.-AIembers Of the coun-
Gil of state agree in describing the en-
peror as an unusually able chairman.
He can control speakess and lead their
exclusive addresses to a peaceful conclus-
ion, they say, with more diplomacy and
success than any other presiding officer
in their experience. The only criticism
is that he often has drawn the reins too
tightly. The emperors prestige has be-
come, in fact, somewhat embarrassing
to him. The appeals made continually to
his judgment as chairman and sovereign
had become such an annoyance that ac-
cording to to-day's report he felt obliged
yesterday to rebuke several speakers
rather sharply. If his person were drawn
constantly into the debates within the
council as well as the discussion outside
it. he said. he must cease presiding at
the meetings. The reference to outside
discussions bore on the published state
ment that Count Kanitz at the emperor S
request would not bring his grain monop-
oily motion to a vote in the Reichstag un-
til the councils decision should be known.
AS far as is known the council Of state
has done little for the agrarians beyond
recommending steps to increase the su-
gar bounty and promote the exports of
the small distilleries. No member seems
to have ventured an open criticism of
Count Kanitzs sociahsuc enterprise and
others Of the same sort whose plan is to
tax the working people and middle classes
for the enrichment of the conservative
land owners.
The Reichanzeiger publishes this after
noon the coupcil's resolution indorsing
Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe's promise to
consider with the other powers the silver
problem. The resolution expresses the
opinion that the council should await the
result of the governme ment's steps and not
seek to initiate measures of its own.
To-day the council discussed again the
best means of promoting the sale and
export Of farm products. The persistent
demands Of the wheat growers for more
protection has reused the wine growers
of the empire to beg for similar favors
The growers of Moselle valley have pc
titioned the council to recommend a state
wine monopoly under which the govern
ment shall purchase and sell all foreign
and artificial wines establishing minimum
prices which VIII be high enough to save
the natural German wines from keen com
petition
Despite the protests from the commit
| tee of Berlin merchants, the chambers
of commerce and influential trades
througout the empire the certainty grows
that the government will summon an in
ternational monetary conference Prince
Hohenlohe must obtain the acquiescence
of the federal government first. With
this in hand he will prepare a programme
of the conference with the aid of spe-
cialists at home and abroad.
The situation in the state council has
caused the revival Of two Bismarck say
ings. Parson Stoecker in Das Nolk re-
lates that in 1854, after his appointment
to be member of the council. Prince Bis
marck wrote to Won Gerlach: MY wife
has asked me what the council of state
is like / replied 1T is the essence Of
all stupidity and selfshness embodied in
a secret council -.
Recently after signing Count Kanitz' s
grain monopoly motion, Count Herbert
Bismarck was questioned as to his opin-
ion of the project.
"Wen.p he replied, II would not sup
port it If 1 were chancellor, although
as a deputy I will vote for It,"
Sensational reports have been spread this
week about an epidemic here that re-
semble the foot and mouth disease trans
ferred to human beings. medical in
vestigat,on shows that the disease IS
| merely a peculiar form of a well known
| malady which is not commonly men
toned in polite society. The disease is
not an epidemic and the interest IN 1t
now is purely professional.
The Koelnisehe Zeitung says that Count
Hohenbroech, who forsook the Jesuits
and was converted to Professionalism, viii
enter the Prussian diplomatic service un-
der the emperor's special patronage
This will be a bitter pill for the clericals,
to whom Count HohenZbroech is con-
slant thorn in the side. 1t will do much
to widen the breach already threatening
to separate the government and clerical
party for this and the next parliamentary
session.
The Jury elected to choose the Bismarck
birthday poem to be sung to a student air
by a students chorus in Freiderichsruhe
on April /, gave the first prize to Helm
rich Schmeiderhom of CherlOttenburg.
There were $50 competitors. Twenty
poems besides that of Schmeiderhorn
were accepted for publication.
The Berlin synod has decided to collect
church taxes hereafter from the Anglo
American communities Worshipping here.
The decision has been received with great
satisfaction by the American and British
residents.