The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-07
STRUGGLE OF THE SOCIALISTS.
NEW INTEREST IN THE FIGHT
AWAKENED IN GERMANY.

The Conservative Candidate Defeat
ed iR the By-EIectiOn I'm Gostin-A
Bold stand Tnken by the BurgO-
master of KOlburg In n Tilt with
the President of the DIstrIct-Thc
Illness of the Empress.
Berlin. July 6.-Desplte the mystery sur
rounding the illness Of the empress while
at Kiel, and the various conflicting states
ments which were issued in regard to II,
attrbuting her indisposition to this or
that cause, It has transpired that the
real cause OF her sickness and consequent
seclusion was a misfortune incident to
maternity, brought on by the exertion of
travelling and the excitement OF the fetes.
The empress being in the best Of health,
rapidly recovered from the effects Of her
mishap and the emperor was assured of
her complete restoration to health before
leaving for Stockholm, where he arrived
to-day. Since her return to Potsdam the
empress has enjoyed good health and has
been able to take her usual daily exer-
else in the open air.
Two incidents arising from the battle
which the government is waging against
socialism, are occupying public attention.
In the recent by-election In Gostin, Herr
Won Gerlach. conservative, headed the poll
by $500 votes over his nearest opponent,
the radical candidate. yet rebalot was
necessary TO an absolute election. Herr
Won Gerlach was so certain of being re-
turned that he attended the Kiel festivi-
I tnH 10 eks "a . -.
Reichstag In the meantime, the anti-Se-
mites combined with the socialists and the
radicals in opposition 10 Herr Won Ger
ZACH and defeated him in the reballot, re-
turning radical in his stead.
The other incident is that of the fiercer
feud which has arisen between the burgo-
master of Kolburg and the government at
Profsdist. The burgomaster permitted a
meeting of socialists to be held in the
rooms Of the corporation, whereupOn the
president of the district demanded an ex-
planation of his conduct. The burgOmaster
deiantly maintained his right 10 permit
any meeting in the corporation rooms that
he saw fit, and declared that the socialists
| of Kolburg were honest and in every other
respect good citizens. In addition to this
reply to the president the burgomaster
boldly asserted that persons who would
not sit where socialists sat, ran a great
risk of finding no resting place in Ger
many"
He did not, for one moment he said, re-
pent of what he had done, and would un-
hesitatingly do the same thing again. The
president made violent response to this
deliverance Of the burgomaster and
charged him with gross violation Of duty
in Willingly furthering the cause of a
party which was assailing the social order
Of the monarchy and attacking Christian
ity. The president informed the burgo-
master that he therefore fined him the sum
Of 80 marks. The municipal authorities
of Kolburg backed up the burgomaster,
and as a mark of their endorsement Of
him and his acts, presented him with an
address, expressing their approval of his
attitude. The publication of the corre-
spondence which passed between the
president and the burgomaster has led to
a vehement discussion Of the affair in the
newspapers.
simultaneously a social hutter has been
created by the action of the emperor in
sending a court marshal TO DIR. Brahm,
manager Of the Deutchse theater with an
order directing that the imperial subscrip-
tlons be taken off the list of the theater.
A police officer accompanied the marshal,
who directed that the imperial arms be
removed from the imperial box. The mar
shal insisted upon seeing this done before
he took his departure. DIR. Brahms offense
consisted In his permitting the theater TO
become the scene of a socialist demonstra-
ton upon the occasion of the performance
there Of Hauptmann's ''Wavers." II is
certainly true that the socialists held le-
wees nightly In the Hobbies of the theater
and vociferously acclaimed certain pass
ages In the play. but DR.. Brahm pleaded
that he could not prevent such demonstra-
tions. He appealed TO the emperor's appre-
ciation of the literary value of Haupt-
mann's work, but in vain.
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ing among the leaders Of the young Ger
man school of literature and in sympa-
thy with socialism and in these circum-
stances there is no chance of his receiv-
ing the emperor's pardon.
The Unterhaus of the Prussian Diet,
has passed an agrarlan proposal by the
provisions of which the Prussian land
owners are to obtain reimbursement for
the sums paid by them into the treasury
under the land tax reforms OF 1893. The
bill originated in the upper house. Its
effect will be chiefly 10 benefit the great
land owners, TO whom the state must now
refund the aggregate sum Of l6,OOOOO
marks. Doctor Miguel, Prussian minis
ter of finance, offered half-hearted op-
position to the measure, which he justly
denounced as an instance Of tunker ra-
pacity.
The anarchist leaders have decided to
publish an organ entitled Die Freihelt
the firts issue OF which VIII appear on July
l5 The police are awaiting the appear
ance of the paper in the hope that II will
contain something which may be con-
strued into pretext for its seizure.
The Vorwaerts, a socialist organ, In an
article commenting upon the opening Of
the electrical congress In Munich yester-
day. devotes considerable space to dis
cussion of the various applications Of
electricity. The paper is especially OPP
posed to the use Of electricity as an agent
in the execution of criminals and de-
nounces the execution Of DR.. Buchanan at
Sing Sing as a horrible instance of bar
barity.
The Tageblatt has an article on the same
subject in which II says II such an ap-
plication of electricity were made upon
dogs and cats every society for the pre-
ventlon of cruelty TO animals in the world
would make an outcry against it, and the
police would interfere without hesitation.
The Americans, the Tageblatt says, seem
to desire 70 increase the horror of capi-
tai punishment from terroristic motives.
A RIOT IN INDIA.