The San Francisco call., 1895-07-29
NOW HELD IN CONTEMPT.
Talk of a Retirement in Favor
of Boris, His Infant
Son.
RUsSIA's ACTION AWAITED.
Interest In the Courts of Europe
Now Centers In the Balkan
Situation.

BERLIN, GERMANY, July 28.-Although
the health of the Empress is steadily i'm
proving it is not likely that she will be
able to go to Sassnitz in time to be there
when the Emperor arrives. On Thursday
the Kaiser was at Nyland-not the Russian,
but the Swedish Nyland where he landed
from the Hohenzollern and gave picnic
party in a grove situated mile in the in
terror. On Friday he was at Bergholm,
and on Saturday at Helsingborg. From
Helsingborg to Sassnitz is but a short
distance The Emperor is in constant
communication with the Empress, how
ever, and in the event that her physicians
decide that she ought not to venture the
journey to Rugen the Emperor will come
to the New Palace and pass two days with
the Empress there before he starts for
England, where he will attend the Cowes
regatta. The Empress still passes the
greater part of each day in reclining
position, but she is able to take frequent
short drives, and these have done her
great deal of good.
Letters received by their friends from
several of the officers of the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern tell of jolly times on board
that vessel during the Kaiser's trip. While
at NyIand the Emperor arranged boat
races between the crews of the HohenZoE-
lern and the warship Gefion and crews
composed of local yachtsmen and fisher
men. After these and other sports the
Emperor gave a musicale-reception on
board the Hohenzollern, the crew of which
vessel are now proficient choristers. On
this occasion they sang number of Ger
vol
and tune as to excite the admiration of the
Swedes, who cheered them Justify.
The Emperor has been playing lawn
tennis at Tullgarn, dancing at Hernosand,
and having good time generally. His
entire tour has abounded with fetes given
in his honor. and good-natured familiarity
on his part with the natives. He has
learned enough Swedish to enable him to
toast Oscar in that language in a manner
intelligible to the Swedish folk and this
has greatly pleased them and also en-
hanced his prestige among them.
The imperial children have been at the
schloss in Dwasiden. They are kept very
close to the schloss, and rarely allowed to
go outside the park.
The report that an entente has been es-
tablished between England and the Drei-
bund in regard to a concerted policy con-
cerning the Balkan States is generally
discredited here. Count Goluchowski, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, had
a long conference with Emperor Francis
Joseph at Ischl on Thursday and on Fri
day went to Ait Ausse to see Prince Won
Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor, who
is sojourning there. 1t was the first meet
ing of these two statesmen as leading Min
listers of great powers, although they were
personally acquainted with each other.
Prince Hoheniohe was German Embassa-
dor to France during the time that Count
Goluchowski was Secretary of the Austrian
Embassy in Paris, and the two then met
very often. The official press is unable to
say whether the recent meeting of the two
Ministers was anything more than one of
mere courtesy, and handle the subject
with a marked degree of reticence as to
positive statements. Whatever may have
passed between them, the tone of the
North German Gazette's articles indicate
that Germany is not committed to follow
ing the lead of Austria in Bulgaria.
"Germany'' says the Gazette "though