The record-union., 1895-12-23
The fizzle which Rector Ahlwardt has

The fizzle which Rector Ahlwardt has
made in his anti-Semitic campaign
in the United States has still further
discredited him among anti-semites
here. A meeting Of the Democratic Anti
Semitic Union, which was held yester-
day. resented the suggestion that in
Ahlwardt's tour OF America he was act
ing in any way in a representative
capacity, and it was explicitly declared
that his trip was undertaken wholly
without the knowledge Of the union.
The Emperor has invited all of the
members of the Reichstag who sat i'll
the first session after the creation OF
that body in 1871 to be present at the
castle on July 18th, the twenty-fifth
anniversary OF the proclamation of the
German Empire. It has been ascer-
tanned that of the original body only
thirty-five are now alive, and that out
of the thirty who formed the memora~
BILE deputation to Versailles upon the
occasion of the proclamation of Will
am 1. as Emperor of Germany the only
living ones are the Duke of Ujest, the
Prince of Pless, Herren Won Drest
Won Romberg and Won Salze and Count
Hcmpeach. The Bundesrath has four
members who were in the first session
of the Reichstag, and to these a special
fete will be given on January 18th.
The ex-Empress Frederick will en-
tertain Prince and Princess Frederick
Charles of HesSe on Christmas. Her
present encourage in Berlin is limited
to the household ladies of the Secken-
DORIS and Ruschachs families. Since
L.
been very active in private charities,
and has inspected the children's homes.
She has also given several quiet even
ing receptions, among her guests being
Sir Frank Lascelles, British Embassa-
dor to Berlin; Professor Wagner, rector
of the University of Berlin, and a num-
ber of other notables in literature and
science.
The results of the completed census
of Germany shows the population of the
empire to be 81, ,75S, 1854, an increase of
1923. 1874 over the census of 1890. All
of the States of the empire show in
creases.
The "Vossische Zeitung,'' in an article
referring to the financial panic in New
York, says: THE outcome is likely to
prove to be President Cleveland's Sedan
The economic position of America is
bad enough now, but what will happen
in the event of WARP
The North German Gazette" ex-
presses fear that it will take at least
decade for America to recover the con-
fidence of the politicians and financiers
of Germany
The Emperor is suffering from cold
but his condition is not serious.
The ex-Empress Frederick to-day
presented Christmas gifts to the girls
of the Victoria Institute, and also to
pupils in the Pestalozzi and Froebel In
Stitute.
A report is in circulation that Count
Herbert Bismarck is about to obtain an
office in the Prussian Ministry, but the
rumor is not generally believed in Of
fetal circles.
DR.. Barth, Radical Unionist, member
of the Reichstag, has made a state
ment that the Emperor in a speech at
Breslau recently, spoke of the Coward
ly Burherdom, from which nothing can
be expected in combating socialists"
Like the story that the Emperor is sup
porting England in her quarrel with the
United States, this statement seems to
be an invention based upon his ma
jesty's supposed prejudices.