The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-11-14

of the recruits at Potsdam. One of the
recruits refused to take the oath and was
instantly arrested by order of the emper-
or and carried off to dungeon. This oc-
CURED in the presence of the King of
Portugal, who was visiting his imperial
majesty.
The second incident consisted in the
extraordinary remarks of the evangelical
pastor, who warned the recruits that they
must not only think of "Wacht am
Rhein," but also of ''Wacht am WEIGH
SELL"
This utterance, levelled against Russia,
has caused much surprise, and it is ru-
mored that the Russian embassy has re-
ported the matter to st. Petersburg.
AT the swearing in of the Berlin,
Spandau and Charlottenburg recruits on
Thursday the public was vigorously ex-
cluded. This precautionary measure has
been severely commented upon, but it
was due to the special order of the en-
peror. The agrarian speakers are touring
the country declaring that the palliative
measures proposed by the government
are not satisfactory and that Count Won
Kanitz' proposal for q state grain mo-
nopoly will alone suffice to relieve the de-
preston in agriculture; moreover they
demand that the government adopt the
principle of bimetallism.
The Prussian ministry of husbandry
only recently declared that the govern
ment was considering how to prevent a
further fall in silver. The agrarian lead
er, Herr Won Puttkammer, has declared
that if the members of the reichstag rep
resenting trade and industrial centers OPP
posed the demands of the agrarians the
latter would take their revenge by
abolishing the protective duties on coal
and iron and thus ruin the German iron
industry.
The proposed reforms in the manner of
conducting military trials will be
brought before the reichstag this winter.
The emperor does not favor publicity in
such trials; but it is expected that bill
decreeing comprehensive changes will be
passed by the reichstag.
The Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday
issues of the socialist organ, Voerwaerts,
was seized by the police and charges of
lese majestic have been preferred against
three of the editors of that paper. One
| of the incriminated articles, headed,
"Gnade Wen, Gnade Gebuhert," direct
ly attacked the emperor for pardoning
two police sergeants who brutally treat
| ed two citizens, and another article ridi-
culed the divine right theory.
Advices received here from Fred
erichsruhe say that Prince Bismarck's
condition is satisfactory, barring facial
neuralgia and frequent insomnia. But a
growing weakness of the whole body is
perceptible, so the old soldier seldom ven
lures outside the door,
Bertha Pierson, prima donna of the
Berlin Royal opera, has entered into a
contract with Messrs. Abbey and Grau
| to undertake tour of America in the
spring.
| Carron Breckenridge, son of the United
| States minister to Russia, has entered
for four years. course at the Berlin
university.
The police have seached the home at
Sehlendorf, close to Berlin, of Herr
Schumann, the correspondent of an
American newspaper, for reasonable
| literature and have seized several papers
Schumann is Prussian subject and a
| former employee of the secret police.
The American colony here will cele.
brate Thanksgiving day with a dinner
and ball at the Kaiserhof.