The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-31
HOCHS FOR WILHELM
GERMANS PLEASED WITH THE KALI
sER's ATTENTIONS TO BISMARCK.
Comment ON the Action of the Reichs-
tag in Voting Against Formal
Congratulations.

Copyright, 1888, by the Associated FFessJ
BERLIN, March 30.-The refusal of the
majority of the Reichstag to celebate Prince
Bislnarck's birthday. Emperor Williams
bitter comments thereon and the scenes
which occurred at Friedrichsruhe during
the past week have, altogether put the
Germans in a feverish condition and public
opinion il being expressed much more gen.
orally and outspokenly than customary.
The Conservative and Liberal press vigor-
ously denounce the Reichstag majority, one
paper in Leipsic going to the extent of
saying that "They ought to be buried like
so much carbon So far as the spon-
taneous utterances of popular feeling are
concerned, the vast majority of the Ger
man people certainly disapprove of the
Reichstag's decision. A significant sign
of this is the fact that throughout the
week, whenever the Emperor appeared pub
lcly, both in Berlin and elsewhere, he was
the recipient of popular ovations Thou
sands of people lined Unter Den Linden
on Monday and cheered h IN vociferousy
and this has been repeated every day
since.
On the other hand, the Centrist, Radical
and Socialist press have taken the Emperor
to task in unequivocal language, for his
telegram to Prince Bismarck and because
of sundry passages in his address at Fried
richsruhe. The Cologne Volks Zeitung, the
chief organ of the Center party, in
series of prominent articles, criticised the
Emperor SHARPLY, saying that w h.s r, II =
or conduct towards Prince Bismarck, 1T
could not be disputed that it was the right
of the Reichstag majority. and the Centrists
especially to adhere steadfastly to their
old opinions. ut could be disputed still
Reichstag has the right to demand to know
whether the politics of the empire are to
be again shaped by Prince Bismarck, or
HohenIohe, is counted for something"
Herr Richters, organ. the Freisinnige
between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck
and those which existed between them a
couple of years ago. and asks whether the
Reichstag has gone as far in refusing to
share the celebrations as the monarch did
in 1892, when he forbade all recognition of
Prince Bismarck and the friends OF the
latter were officially ostracised.
The Vossische Zeiturg speaks in similar
terms OF the Emperors attitude .t, ana ;ns de
the Reichstag in defiance OF constitutional
government
THE KAISER'S ADDRESS CRITICISED.
The passage in the Emperor's address to
Prince Bismarck at F'riedrichsruhe, when
his Majesty presented the ex-Chancellor
with the sword on behalf of the army, in
which he referred to the sword as an unfail-
ing instrument IN the hands of princes, is
ton of the press. Several of the Radical
organs ask the Emperor to study history
for the proof of the fact that the sword in
the hands of a prince is nowise always an
unfailing weapon, being two edged. The So
cialiStic press, notably the Vorwaerts, is
more outspoken, and calls upon the Reichs-
tag to rebuke the monarch's utteranees re-
specting their vote, and claims that Herr
Won Levetzow and the Conservative minor
ity were instigated from F'riedrichsruhe in
provoking last Saturdays stormy scene. in
the RpichStaR. and that the bismarck cIinna
is aiming to displace the present Cabinet.
The Vorwaerts yesterday stated that Baron
Reichstag, in letter in which he refused
to submit to the house the socialistic mo-
to Prince Bismarck, declared that the mo-
ton had nothing to do with the discussion
Of the estimates, during which it was intro-
duced. Moreover, the Baron is said to have
added. the telegram was not signed by the
Chancellor, and, therefore, could not form
the subject of a resolution in the Reichstag
The banquet in honor of Prince Bismarck
at the Philharmonic Hall, this evening, WIS
crowded with persons of distinction from
officials. A number of ladies appeared in
the galleries. Among those who We're in at
Boetticher, Minister of the Interior: DR..
MIGUEL, Minister of Finance; DR.. Hesse
Prussian Minister of Instruction and Wor-
ship; DR.: schoenstedt, Prussian Minister of
Justice. Many of the members OF the Reichs-
sta an. and Diet were so also present pr.
proceedings in the midst of loud and long
continued cheering. DR.. Hahn called for
three cheers for the Emperor. These. were
given with will. He alluded to the recon-
Citation between the Emperor and Prince
Bismarck. He condemned the recent action
luton to honor the ex-Chancellor and re-
ferred to the marks of respect which his
Majesty mad bestowed on the Prlnee Prof
jan followed with speeches which aroused
much enthusiasm. The gathering. concluded
with the singing of the BiSmarckian songs
and the students prize song.
The recent diplomatic changes are inter-
preted as pointing to some disturbance of
the friendly relations between Germany and
Russia. 1t appears that the new Russian
ambassador to Berlin, Count Osten-Sacken,
formerly Russian minister to Bavaria, was
appointed without considering the desires
of Emperor William, and the latter's reply
was the recall of General Won Werder, the
Russian ambassador at Berlin, and the APP
pointments in his place of the Pole, Prince
Badolin, recently German ambassador to
Turkey, German ambassador to Russia.
The Russian government, according to
good authority, is greatly concerned at the
agrarian agitation in Germany, which is
made directly against Russia. In the Rechs-
tag to-day the agrarian proposals OF Count
Won KantZ were again brought up and were
applause and against the votes of the Gem
trists, Radicals and Socialists. who urged
their direct rejection. Herren Galen. Barth
Vollnar and komierowSki opposed the pro-
posal to refer the matter to a committee
and Herr Holtz, Count Won Kardorff and
others spoke in favor of the notion Fret
Foreign Affairs, defended the commercial
treaties policy, and described Count Won
kanitzs grain monopoly proposal as being
impractieable. In so doing he said that
hopes should not be awakened in the breasts
of the people which could never be fulfilled
The Reichstag was then adjourned until
April "a. Although to-day'S vote was APP
parently victory for the Agrarians yet the
opinion is generally expressed that the pros
poets of the eventual adoption of the pro-
poSai are in no wise improved.
THE BERLIN EXHIBITION.
Emperor William to-day accorded a long
audience to managers Goldberger and
Kuhnemann and to architect Bruno Schnitz
in regard to the plans for the Berlin expo
sition of 1895. His Majesty manifested the
liveliest interest in the plans submitted, ex-
pressing the highest satisfaction with the
proposed organization of the exposition He
addressed numbegleSS questions to the man
ayers and the architect, promising to make.
early and frequent visits to the exhibition
According to the advces received here
from Bremen, the gross profit of the North
German Lloyd Steamship Company during
1894 were $S7S, rs, compared with $1.9is,S2
in 1898. This balance will be devoted to the
appreciation account, for which another ST.
l25.o00 viii have to be written of the re-
serve fund. The unsatisfactory state of the
industries and commerce of the United
States Is given the reason for this re-