New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17

BRINGS THE MEME Frs or THE COUNCIL of
STATE RIGHT TO THE POINT AND LECTURES
THEM WHEN THEY BECOME TOO PER-
soNAIe-IIrTLE DONE FOR TIE
AGRARIANs. AND 4 BITTER
Fill ADMINISTERED TO
THE CLERICALs.
Berlin. March 16.-Members of the Council Of
State agree in describing the Emperor as an un-
usually able chairman. He can control speakers
and lead their exclusive addresses to a practical
conclusion, 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 rein too tightly. The Emperors
prestige has become in fact somewhat embar-
RAISING to him. The continual appeals made TO
his judgment as chairman and sovereign had
grown to be such annoyance that, according
to tO-days reports he felt obliged yesterday to
rebuke several speakers somewhat sharply If
his person were drawn constantly into the de-
bates with the Council well as the discussions
outside 1t, he said. ne must cease to preside at
the meetings. The reference to outside discus
sions bore on the published statement that Count
Kantz at the Emperors special request. would
not bring his, grain monopoly motion TO vote
in the ReichAiag until the Councils decision
should be known
As far as is known. the Council Of State has
done little for the Agrarians beyond recommend
ing steps to increase the sugar export bounty
and to promote the exports of the small dis
tilleries. No member seems to have ventured an
open criticism of Count KanitZs Sociastic enter
prise and others of the same sort. whose plain
tendency is to tax the working people and middle
classes for the enrichment Of Conservative land
owners. The "Rechsanzeiger' publishes this
afternoon the Councils resolution indorsing
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe's promise to consider
with other Powers the silver problem The
resolution expresses the opinion that the Council
should await the result Of the Governments
steps and not seek TO initiate measures Of its
own.
To-day the Council again discussed the best
means of promoting the sale and expert OF farm
produce The persistent demands Of the wheat
growers for more protection have reused the
wine growers Of the Empire to beg for similar
favors The growers of the Moselle Valley have
peutioned the Council to recommend a State
wine monopoly. under which the Government
shall purchase and sell all foreign and artificial
wines establishing minimum prices. which will
be high enough 70 save the natural German wines
from keen competition.
The situation in the State Council has caused
the revival Of two Bismarck sayings. Pastor
St6cker in 'Das Nolk." relates that in 1884 after
his appointment To be a member Of the Council,
bismarck wrote to Won Gerlach MY wife has
asked me what the Council of state is like. re-
piled 1T IS the essence Of all stupidity and sci
fshness embodied in a secret council Recent-u
w. after signing Count KahitZ's grain monopoly
motion Count Herbert Bis narCk was questioned
AS To his opinion Il the project We'll, ~ re-
piled. Il would not support IL IL were Chancel-
ior although. Deputy. will VIE for it,
Sensational reports have been spread this week
about an epidemic here that resembed the foot
and-mOuth disease transferred 10 human beings.
4 medical investigation shows that the dlscdS'
Is merely a peculiar form OF a Well-knoWn
malacv The disease Is not an epidemic. and the
interest in it now is purely professional
The 'Kolnische Zetung' SAYS that Count Hons
hrJch who forsook the Jesuits and was converted
10 Professionalism. will enter the Prussian diplo-
matte service under the Emperor's special patron
age This will be bitter pill for the Cercals. 10
whom H6nsbrjch Is a constant thorn in the side
II will do much 10 widen the breach already
threatening to separate the Government ana the
Clerical party for this and the next Parhamer-
tary session
The Jury selected TO choose the Bismarck birth
dav poem, to be sung 10 a student air by stu
dents chorus in Friedrichsruh April !, gave
me first prize to Heinrich Schmiedhorn. Of Char
lottenburg There go competitors Twenty
poems besides Schme1horn's were accepted for
publication.
The Berlin Synod has decided not to collect
church taxes hereafter from the Anglo American
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