The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-05-23
AFFAIRS IN GERMANY INDICATE
THE APPROACHING OF A
CRISIS.
CHANCELLOR HOHENLOHE AND
MINISTER KOELLER CLASH.
They Fail to Agree on Subjects of I'M
portance-A Number of German I'm
porters Arrested for Fraudulently
Importing American Bacon.

h' -h1y .-(OOpyrlSQteu IOr the
18th by the Associated Press. Things are
once more in chaotic condition in Ger
many. 1.-Two government bills, the anti
revolution bill and the tobacco tax meas
ure have been crushingly defeated and
there is no talk of substitute measures.
It Is an open secret that the vice chancel-
Or Prince HOhenlohe, and the Prussian
minister of the interior, Herr Won KoelIer.
clash on most subjects of Importance, and
lhe existing situation can not endure. The
a"'ters position is so shaken that his ten
ure OF Office may end at any moment
Prince Hohenlohe, who has been much
worried for months past, offered his resig-
nation Immediately after the defeat of the
antl-revolution bill, but he was persuaded
10 remain in office on the urgent solicita-
tlon OF the emperor and his own family.
Herr Won KOeller's handling of the anti
revolution bill is condemned on all Sides
but he has displayed a total disregard of
'iielr dissatisfaction, and in fact strongly
urged before the council of state another
ahtl-reyolution bill aimed particularly ot
socialists. Prince Hohenlohe disapproved
Ills arguments and showed the futiIitv of
continuing the fight in the present reich
stag. The chancellor was sunnrtad in tbo
convention by Dr. Moquell. the minister
OF hnance; Baron Marschal Won Bieber-
stem, the minister for foreign affairs. and
Dr' Boettlcher, the imperial secretary of
sUaIe Tor the interior, while Dr. Schoen
Stedt, the minister of justice, sided with
Herr Won KOeller.
Prince Hohenlohe's views also met with
favor in the bundesrath, with the result
tnaC no antl-revOlution or tobacco tax bill
WIS introduced and an early close of the
felcnstag is therefore expected. Accord
ing to anticipation, the reichstag will adj
Journ at the end of the month.
Members of the Center party TODAY in
trouuced motion in the lower house of
the PruSSian diet fOr the restoration of the |
cause or the constitution in relation fol
the Christian church, which was repealed
IN lS6S, but only the Poles supported it |
line speakers of the remainder of the
parties declared themselves in opposition
TO the motion and declined to enter into its
discussion Ihereupon the bill was putt
to a vote and was rejected.
Owing to the increased price of petroIe-
UNI, inventors are busy throughout Ger
many trying to invent a substitute, and
one new lamp in which petroleum is used
10 iced an lncandescent lamp is being
tested with the view of replacing the pc
trOleum lamp.
Emperor William personally witnessed
a series of experiments with this lamp att
the new palace at Pottsdam, and pro-
nounced the apparatus to be calculated TO |
achleVe the desired result. He also eX-
pressed the hope that the lamp would be-
Of hn al
cheaper and better than petroleum.
Count Won kotS, on the personal order
OF the emperor has called off the remain
ing duels he intended to fight against
MS alleged traducers. Won Kots will he
remembered as the master of ceremonies
who was arrested ana subsequently re-
leased on suspicion of being the author
OF anonymous letters which caused so
much trouble in high court circles for
years.
"A big musical festival will occur at
brunswick from June II to June 16. with
Sm0ttel, Strauss, D'Albert and Reidel as
leaders of the orchestra. Both chamber
ana orchestra music will be performed.
Miss Eremstadt. an American musi-
clan, who halls from Minneapolis. gave a
successful concert here on Wednesday
evening last
The revenue officials having discovered
!naC american bacon has been imported
INTO Germany in large quantities under
fraudulent declarations, number of
German importers have been indicted all
Cologne. Dusseldorf and elsewhere.
Tests have been made on a large scale
at krupp's works at Meppez with the
new nickle steel plates such as are in
tended for the two ironcads built this
year. The new plates withstOod all at
tempts to pierce them and mutations only
being observed under the most severe
The epidemic of influenza. which has
so long made BerlinerS suffer. is at last
dead. There has been no case in this
city or death from influenza since Nav 4.
The bimetallists have laid a motion
similar to that adopted in the upper house
Of the PruSisan diet before the lower
house of the diet. 1t has been signed nv
over 200 members, chiefly Conservatives
and Centrists.
-Four dredges and seven tugs have been
engaged in dredging the earth which
slipped into the Baltic and North Sea
canal on Wednesday last. and large
quantities of gravel are being brought to
The spot to strengthen the damaged parts