The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-03
TIRED OF THE KAISER'S TALK.
THE BRANDENDURG SPEECH
PROVES A BOOMERANG.

The Agrnrians Get Even for the Re-
bun Administered Them ny Clip
ping the EmperOr's Naval Plan.
Politicians OF All the other Parties
Also DispIeased with the Speech.
The Kaiser's Visit 20 vienna As n
Mourner.
Berlin, March p-Emperor williams
public appearances and speeches are caus-
dng Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe the
same anxiety and discomfort that they oc-
casioned his predecessor. The reflections
Of the torpedo boat appropriation in ths
Reichstag is due directly to his majestys
speech at the dinner of the Brandenburg
diet The agrarans We're angered by
the rebuff he administered on that occa-
sion. They resolved to get even. and they
did it by clipping his naval plan.
Politicians OF all the other parties also
have had much fault to find with the
Brandenburg speech, not so much on ac-
count OF its sentiments as because of its
Inconsistency with the emperor's prevt-
Gus utterances. They declare that his re-
bulSe TO the agrarians was wise. and that
the government must hold to the CONNER
clal treaties. But why, then, they ask
was II necessary to dismiss Count Won
Caprivi. The policy to which the emperor
clings IN defiance OF the agrarians was
Chancellor Caprivis. II was enforced by
him with the aid Of the deputies on the
left, liberals, and social democrats. BY
the dismissal of Chancellor Caprivi and
the summoning Of reactionary tory ana
protectionist ministers, his majesty allen
ated all this support and placed the gov
ernment at the mercy OF the agrarian
conservatives and the clericals. All OF
ChanHnllOr Prince H0heulOhefa official
statements at the opening OF the session
were framed with view OF gaining their
support. lie has had the great
est difficulty IN rallying a majority
to pass the anti-soclalist bill
Now his efforts have been largely frus-
trated by the emperor's loquacity and his
reciIlessness I'm offending the men into
whose hands he has delivered himself.
The Vossische Zeitung contingent and
the liberal unionists under Deputies Rick
ert and Barth are pleased with the pros
pect OF a return to Chancellor Caprivrs
tariff policy. The radicals In sympathy
with Herr Richter and his journals ap-
prove the emperor's utterances, but pro-
test that such erratic changes OF policy
must ultimately prevent men OF independ-
ent judgment from becoming ministers.
Emperor Williams journey TO Vienna
this week has excited much comment. II
Is understood that Emperor Franz JO-
seph did not desire his presence and in
tended to be himself the sole chief mourn
er at the Archduke Aibrechts funeral.
The archduke's brother-in-law, Prince
Luitpold Of Bavaria, absented himself for
that reason from the funeral Moreover
Emperor william left the official apart
ments at the Hoffburg to stay with his
intimate friend. Count Philip Zueuenburg,
the German ambassador. lt Is believed
that they mingled an unusual amount OF
politics with his mourning and condol-
ence at the Austrian court.
The inner circle of the council of stats
(Staatsrath) has been summoned to a
meeting March i2. The official pro-
gramme contemplates three main topics
as the best means OF fixing grain prices
with a view TO Increasing them eventu-
ally; the railway freight rates and their
regulation to suit the needs Of the farm
ers: the solution Of the sugar crisis. Count
Kanitz's grain monopoly plan has no place
in the programme, although It is UNDER
stood It win not be intro
duced in the Reichstag till
at the emperor's explicit request
It shall have been discussed in the council
OF state. The councils inner circle con-
who are ex-oflicio members, and the chiefs
OF those departments especially concerned
In the legislation to be considered In the
present case, the departments of agri-
culture and commerce. 1t happens that
among the present members the outspoken
opponents Of Count Kanitz's monstrous
monopoly scheme are in the minority.
Emperor William will open the councils
session with a speech on social reforms
and economic conditions. Chancellor
Prince Hohenlohe will be chairman.
Count Won Caprivis birthday, on Feb. "a.
passed absolutely unnoticed by the em-
peror and his court, but the Eighth regi-
ment, of which he is still honorary chief,
telegraphed congratulations. The Ger
man guests at the Montreux hotel, where
he Is staying, gave him three cheers and a
congratulatory reception.
The Radziweil and Oppersdorff families
gave a big dinner at the Palace hotel this
week to celebrate the engagement of the
Princess Dorothea Radzwie and Count
Johannes Oppersdorff. The TaIieyrands
and Radolins were the most conspicuous
of the princey families present.
Mrs. Guppert, wife of the socialist lead
err in Braubauerschaft, near Buchom,
drowned herself and her three children
this week to escape her husbands bru-
tality. Gupperts neighbors have told the
police terrible stories of life in his house,
hold. He Is said to have beaten his
wife almost daily and to have forced her
to do the most degrading work in the
presence Of her children. He has been ar
rested.