Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-05
,. FALSTAFF IS :. IN BERLIN ? Brilliant Production of The z. Merry Wives of Windsor" Gaf'
 MAN OF BLOOD AND IRON
''Go and Shoot Your Ducks With His Enemies
 Elsewhere You Shoot None Here. "
THE ENGLISH BOYCOTT OF THE CANAL
Is Joined In by German Ship Owners. The New Waterway Is Not a Suc- GS
 cess-The American Hog r Is in Disfavor.

..- Berlin, Aug. 1.-The prevailing dullness of Berlin, especially in the social circles received a passing enlivener Thursday when the new royal opera and Thier- garten, formerly Kroll's opera house was opened with splendid production of uNicolas Merry Wives of Windsor. The emperor and his entire military house. hold in resplendant uniforms were pres ent and occupied the grand imperial box, ' which faced the stage. The box was draped with crimson brocaded silk, with heavy gold ornamentals. The style of the decoration is that of the Heron sheimsee castle of Louis II in Bavaria. The auditorium was scented with lilac eau d'cologne. All of the fashionable people remaining in Berlin were in at tendance, but most of the society people here are at the spas or the seaside. All of the prominent persons in the American colony were also present. They were headed by Secretary J. B. Jackson, charge d'affaircs, in the absence of the ambassador.
 The Swiss tour of the crown prince ana his brother QPrince Eitel Frederick, was extended to several points in the south of Germany all of the ancient seats of the Hohenzollerns being especial ly visited. The young princes travelled incognito, but this was not rigidly ob- served, and the people flocked to see them upon every occasion that afforded a chance. This was particularly true of the female portion of the public, whose special object of adoration was young Prince Eitel Frederick, who is a general favorite. IHe is a merry. rougsh young fellow and is taller and broader than his brother who is somewhat prematurely HafVn to 1NNtyn 1nr.l .lnt.Al hot beautiful golden locks had been shorn which was done in accordance with the strict military training which forms d most important part of the Prussian sys- tenn of education. The public eagerly read such personal mention of the princes as was allowed to appear in the press, even to descriptions of their daily meals and drinks.
 Dr. Schweninger has returned from his excursion to the north. He paid a visit to Prince Bismarck at Friedrichs- rune, and reports that the ex-chancellor had So we'll stood the eXertion incident 10 his birthday fetes, etc, thanks to good care and his quiet home life that he (Schweininger) does not advise an ex- change of his retirement in the Sachens- Wald for the hustle and discomfort of visit to Kissengen or Gastein. Never thelesS Dr. Schweininger informed the prince that he would not allow him to have any more receptions, hoping that complete rest will fortify him against the eXactionS of the winter. Among the latest stories of Bismarck is that of the rebuff given to pr. Hermesfreissing, member of the reichstag by Chief Ranger Muller, who is in charge of the royal hunts at Vielsig. Hermes, who Is on the record as having voted against President Won Levitows proposals that the reiohstag officials congratulate Prince Bismarck on his birthday, wrote to Null Ter for permission to shoot wild ducks on the Vielsiger lake Muller. who is an intense admirer of Prince Bismarck, re- piled to the application in these words: You helped in the reichstag to withhold the honor proposed to be shown by that body to Prince Bismarck. Go and shoot your ducks with his enemies elsewhere You will shoot none here.
 The Limited Press correspondent, in Munich learns that the relations between the Russian and Bavarian courts are much warmer and closer than the rela- tons existing between the Bavarian and Prussian courts. A Bavarian statesman, in conversation with the correspondent yesterday said: Although the czar and kaiser are personally very good friends, their political relations are merely polite Emperor Nicholas II is no man to en- force his personal will against the oppo- sition against the bureaucrats who are bound together by tradition and political learnings The pro-German influence, which it was hoped would grow through H tle cZar11ld, d f1eSSldH DtlHCtSS, HdS Ilol vet manifested itself, and the feeling pre- yails that by the time her majesty is able to assert herself she will probably have become so Russianized by the in- fluence of the orthodox priesthood and others that she will not feel inclined to run counter to the sentiment of the St. Petersburg court.
 In spite of the denunciationS or the Vossische Zeitung and other journals of the English boycotting of the Kaiser Will
 .c<1HfV n rn inclined to take sides with the English owners and join in the general dissatis- faction holding that the tariffs are eX- cessive Moreover, the German ship own CTS are grumbiing at the management or the canal which they declare is not con- ducted upon commercial or practical principles everything being bound up in red tape The Post comes out as champ ion of the shipers, and in an article on the subject declares that the inefficiency of the management is aggravated by the discourtesy of the pilots and subordinate officials. Many captains, the Post de- clares. have avoided the canal after their first experience in it's passage, prefering the risks involved in the passage around the Skaw.
 ,rhe Post contends that the limited use of the new waterway proves the truth of its charges and appeals to the govern ment to remedy the matter by the ap- plication of practical and equitable principles in the management of the canal
 The Russian government is about to subsjdize a new depot at Hamburg of the Russian products suitable for exporta- tion and especially to the United States. These products include cotton and woolen fabrics, brandy, glue, preserves porce- lain. soap, etc.
 The Landurrthschaft Milchzeitung, In a leading article on the importation of American meats. declares that 1t is vastly more Important to keep an eye upon timed meat than upon live cattle. "If," the paper says, i've could trace the ori- gin of timed and packed beef sent out from Chicago we should find that the packers buy the most inferior quality.