The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-13
i TITLED SOCIALIST
HI ECCENTRIC DUCHESS PAUI.INA
MATILDA. OF wURTEMBuRG.
Wore "a Flaming Red nlouse at the
BresIau Conventfon-Married n Doc
tor Against Her Family's Wishes.

BERLIN. Oct. 12-The Socialist conven-
ton at Breslau has been ollowe by the
general public with a great deal more in
terest than was the convention of 1889 at
Frankfort. The warning dement's within
the Socialist party have been sharply ar
rayed against each other. The younger.
more practical and moderate wing of the
party, though two of its ablest leaders.
Herren Vollmar and Grillenberger, were
absent through i'll health. displayed great
strength. This was more especially the
case during the long and bitter fight which
was waged over the agrarian programme.
The Ldebknecht wing of the party, how
ever. is still dominant, and the small
farmers and farm hands throughout Ger
man. will. therefore, not be welcomed
within the ranks of the Socialist army
The convention was in accordance with
the special instructions issued by Herr
Won Koeller, the Prussian Minister of the
Interior, and was under severe police SUI
pervision. Consequently the noisy party
demonstrations which had been planned
could not be carried out. A number of
foreign delegates. especially Austrian del
egate DR.. Enenbergen, were expelled by
the police on the ground that they were
obnoxious foreigners.
A sensational feature of the convention
was the presence of the Duchess Paulina
Matilda of Wurtemburg. now the wife OF
a wealthy physician, of Breslau, named
Willim. This lady. who is decidedly eccen-
trio, was attired in a flaming red blouse
and she manifested her intense socialism
by frequently applauding the most excited
utterances of the speakers, to demonstrate.
apparently. that she was in hearty SYM
pathy with the most radical remarks and
propositions made. The marriage of Duchess
Paulina Matilda of wurtemburg to DR..
Willim was a most romantic affair. The
Doctor. who is a handsome and amiable
man, was summoned to Carlsruhe to attend
a member of the ducal family of Wurtem-
burg. who was seriously i'll. This was in
1880, and the Duchess Paulina, who was
frequently thrown into the society of the
Doctor in the course OF mis- professional
visits to the castle. fell in love with him
and finally notified her family that she in
physician. At first the family strongly. OPP
posed the match, but when il was seen that
case cas u q reiucta mtu cons ssye w neF r WSy IN 10 any any
clergyman who oficiated pointed out the
couple, remarking incidentally that the
Duchess had come down to the rank of her
husband. This caused the bride to exclaim
warmly that she did not share the clergy
mans view. of the case and that, on the
contrary, che looked up to her husband.
riage has been a most happy one and the
Duchess assists her husband very effectively
in his practice, accompanying him, espe-
stoWin ga gifts riS s's npon 70 tRROoSsee p she : mas an TO DE be
most in need of assistance.
All the persons arrested in connection
with the Cologne espionage case have been
taken to Leipsic. where they will be tried
in the new Reichgericht Building, which is
to be dedicated on Oct. IS in the presence
of Emperor William of Germany and the
King Of Saxony. The Minister of War,
Gen. Bronsart Won Shellendorf, has per-
sonally investigated the case, and the opin-
ion Of the large general staff has been OBJ
tanned of the affair, which is considered
one or the most important of its kind that
has been discovered in many years. The
principal defendant is a man named Paul
Schoren, a native of the Duchy of Luxem-
burg. but a naturalized Frenchman. He
evacuated IN Paris at the Ecole Centrale.
Schoren, At appears, had been a member
of confederates in Luxembourg, but the most
important of them seemed to have escaped
to Switzerland. having in some unexplained
manner been warned that they were under
suspicion and that their arrests were con-
templated. The evidence against all the
| prisoners in any case ~sufices to insure their
conviction. The persons in custody are
kept strictly isolated In the prison at Leip-
sic. -
The Prussian Cabinet held a meeting
which lasted four nonrs on Wednesday
last and discussed the intended modifca-
ton of the Prussian association law. which
Herr Won Koeller has been working at for
some time past. 1t is understood that the
ministers came to the decision that he
should submit his project for approval at
a meeting of the Cabinet. to be held next
week, embodying his ideas in a measure
which will be of q reactionary character,
curtailing the right of public and political
Saxon law, which is the strictest and most
illiberal Of all the German laws dealing
with associations. This is intended to him
der the further growth and spread of So
cialism in Prussia. 1t will be the only at
tempt at anti-Socialist legislation which
will be made during the coming winter. and
it is confidently expected that the bill will
pass the Prussian Diet, whose composition
is widely different from that of the Reich
Prussian Diet to increase the salaries OF
public teachers, who are VIGOROUSLY under
paid.
| under discussion. International negotia-
tons for the abolition of the export pre-
| miums on beet sugar are being vigorously
pushed. and it is hoped that France and
| Austria will argee to this proposition. If
the negotiations fail a reorganization Of
German sugar legislation is contemplated
AS the law stands, Germany is bound TO
| cease paying bounties in 1897.
The statement signed by Chancellor Won
| Hohenlohe and other ministers, which APP
peared in Reichszanzeiger on "Wednesday
last, denying the charges made against DIR.
Won Boetticher, Imperial Minister Of the
| Interior, which have been published in the
| Socialist organs to the effect that he at
the time, when important financial reforms
were imminent, borrowed from prominent
| bankers large sums which he did not in
tend to repay, and that he had received a
large sum of money from the Guelph fund
in order to save his father-in-law from
ruin. appears to have been due to the En-
| peror's personal wish TO set at rest
the rumors which were still current,
| The truth, according to the Reichsanzeiger,
was that a bank director. who is a relative
OF DR.. Won Boetticher, was threatened with
| financial ruin in 1885,. and DR.. Won Boet-
ticher sacrificed his whole fortune to pay
his relatives debts, but, 1t Is added, he
never borrowed money from bankers. The
| publication of this statement, however, was
! a most unusual proceeding. the customary
method in such cases being the adoption of
legal means to obtain redress. The latter.
in this instance, were eschewed, because
| Prince Bismarck's personal testimony
would have been required. and this, in view
| of the ex-Chancellor's animosity towards
| DIR. Won Boetticher. might have been difi-
cult to obtain.