Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-23
THE BRESLAU CONGRESS Promises to Be Full of Interest
 ing Debates. GERMAN SOClALlSTSATOUTS Two of inc Leaders III and Will Probably Not
 Attend. ONE OF THE LEADERS ABSC0NDS Monument to Frederick III at Worth to Be Unveiled With Much Pomp and Ceremony-Monster Mass Meeting
GERMAN SOClALlSTSAT0U OUTS
ONE OF THE LEADERS ABSCoNDS

Berlin, Sept 22.-The socialist lead CTS are busily engaged in recasting their programme for the socialist congress, which will open in Breslau on October 6, and have greatly modified their proposed resolutions .n regard to the agrarian re- forms. This action is taken apparently with view of consolidating the opposi- tions of the delegates from the southern part of Germany. Judging from the temper of six public meetings which have been held in Berlin during the past week it will not be agrarian questions, but rather plans of defense against the state repressicn that will absorb the at tention of the congress At the meeting mentioned Heron -Liebknoeht, Rebel, Singer and other leading socialists spoke though they had positive knowledge that coup detat against the suffrage was intended by the government and were unanimous in exhortng the party to close their ranks and present a deter mined front to the common enemy. De spite these warnings and appeals, how ever, many men of influence in the SO ciahst party expressed belief that there was no danger from the source of the character mentioned and insisted that reform of the internal organization of the party ought to be the leading ques- ton discussed.
 Finally. however at five or six meet ings resolutions were carried request Ing the Breslau congress to consider the position of the socialist members of the reichstag and also to limit the annual payment to members of the socialist ex- ecutive committee to 5000 marks a year as the maximum amount, with a reduc- tion therefrom in the case of those mem- bers of the committee who earn their liv- ing as editors and in other pursuits. noE E f,tI r1ff fl,r.a hs, paid for their services, freely expressed their indignation that certain of their comrades should not feel ashamed to live in nabob style of comfort upon the hard-earned pennies of the working men, many of whom are getting only 15 marks week for their work.
 It is certain that the congress will ap- prove the resolutions in regard to the salaries of the members of the executive committee with sharply drawn lines. touching the compensation paid to cer- tain others in the party for services more or less valuable. With the passage of these resolutions there will disappear from the ranks of socialism a number of men who are attached to the party chiefly if not wholly for the sake of the money they get out of it.
 Heren Vollmar and Guittenberger will not be able to attend the congress Herr Vollmar is threatened with cerebral con- gestion and it is not probable that he will recover in time to make his appear ance in the reichstag during the coming session. Herr Guittenberger is very ill with a disease of the larnyx and his re- coVery is also uncertain.
 The absence of these leaders from con- gress is regrettable in view of the fact that it leaves Heren Auer and Seifert to face the other leaders. who are bent upon challenging them for taking part in the Sedan day celebrations. By ma nipulation of the vote for delegates Her ren Bebel and Leibknecht were able to secure a majority against the celebra- lions, and on Friday seven socialist communal deputies of RiXdorf resigned because of a packed meeting censurng them for approving the celebrations. If the congress, led by Bebel and Lcb- knecht should be indiscreet enough to pass a resolution of censure and denun- citation of the national fetes it Is abso- lutely certain that the police, who are carefully watching the movements of the socialists, will break up the meeting and arrest the leaders.
 Herr Gottleib who was vice-chairman of the last social congress, which was held in Berlin, and who has long been the recognized leader of the socialist party of Bremen, has absconded with the party funds, of which he was the custo- dian, and it has also been discovered that he has been engaged in fraudulent enterprises upon a large scale for long time past.
 The grand state function will be the nnEefl1ng the monument tO tIP UltIU- cry of Emperor Frederick III at Worth The programme of the ceremonies has been enlarged far beyond the original ideas, the kaiser seemingly being desir- ous of making the occasion almost as inn portant as-the Sedan day fetes. In re- sponse to special invitations all of the German princes, the Kings of Saxony and Wurtemberg and the Grand Dukes of Baden, Hesse and Oldenburg will be present. Prince Ludwig will represent ,x,5 trn n1 the ceremony of the unveiling will be accorded to the kaisers mother, x-Em- press Frederick After the ceremony the emperor and the princes will partake of banquet at Strasburg.
 Dr. Miquel. Prussian minister of finance has returned from his vacation and resumed the duties of his office. In an interview yesterday he said that as far as the government's intentions are concerned the next session of the reich stag and landtag will be quiet and bus like provided of course, that the socialists do not provoke the majority to action by keeping up an agitation of the masses Dr. Miquel said he expected that the reichstag would be convoked about November 12 to discuss the ordi- nary estimates. It is the intention Of the government, he says, 10 introduce a bourse bill, trade reform bill and bill prohibiting illegal competition in trade. If is possible also that the government may introduce an amendment to the ac- cident insurance act. This will provide the reichstag with sufficient work to last until after the beginning of the new wear. The landtag will not be called to- gether until the middle of January.
 The conservative committee has white washed Dr. Stoecker by unanimously passing a resolution expressing full con- fjdence in him and thanking him for his honest adherence to the principles of the party and lauding his upright conduct throughout his dealings with Baron Won Hammerstein, formerly editor-in-chiefsof the Kruez Zeitung. The charges lodged against Baron Won Hammerstein include an accusation of embezzlement of the