The morning times., 1895-09-01

sessions III Africa, the authorities Of
which territory had imposed q heavy duty
upon the guns, etc. German agents worked
with Stokes, who, the Etuile says, met his
lust fate, death
The North German Gazette takes notice
Of the EtoIe's statement in view OF the Of
ficial character which It bears. After
making an explicit and emphatic denial OF
the assertions that the German authorities
were implicated IN the sale Of arms TO
Arabs and slave-tTaders, the Gazette pro
ceeds to caution the Belgians against
their summary execution of white men
who ought a. be tried in a court OF justice
instead of being left TO the mercy OF a high
handed official
The Bayarian minister OF justice has IN
formed the Bavarian legation in Berlin that
the case of Louis Stern, OF New York, who
was recently arrested at KiSsingen for an
alleged insult to Baron Von Thugngen,
the deputy commissioner at the Spa has
been referred TO the chief court, sitting at
Bamberg. for consideration on its merits.
| The clemeuCy OF the prince regent cannot
be exercised in the case until the court has
made a report
Preparations for the celebra tions OF
| Sedan Day in Berlin are proceeding with
feverish anxiety The municipal author
4 tiles have voted the sum Of so 900 marks
! TO be devoted to decorating and HluminRt-
/ ing the Schloss, which promises to pre-
/ sent the grandest spectacle OF the kind
the capital has ever seen
! All OF the government and municipal
/ buildings will be adorned with designs II
electric, gas, and other lights, which
] thousands of worBInen are busily engaged
arranging to-day. Crowds OF people
throng the streets. viewing the progress oi
! the decorations, the center OF attraction
! being the SchIoss
DECORATING WITH FLAGS
! The appeal OF Burgomaster Seelers to the
inhabitants of Berlin to houses
with flags. etc, has been responded to every,
where with tie result that the houses upon
miles and miles Of streets are displaying
flags and garlands. Most of the houses
also have some form OF Illumination, benga
lights having been supplied through the
| municipal authorities to Inhabitants who
were unable To buy them.
A reception OF the GeTman-AneriCan
veterans by the Berlin committee was
| originally very awkWarCily arranged. With
| out consulting Ambassador Runyou the
committee made arrangements for Mr
| Runyon to receive the veterans in the
Kaiserhof. When Mr. RunyOn was Informed
| of this he intimated point blank to the com
1 mittee, through Mr.. Coleman first secretary
of the embassy, that he would be very GLAD
to receive the veterans as American citizens
at the United States embassy, but that ht
could not do SO at a hotel. The committee
saw the propricty Of this and changed thei
arrangements so that to-day's reception
went off happily in every respect.
| John Guyer, a native Of Switzerland
and namralized citizen of the United
States, is engaged here is a search fol
the viii OF l. II. SiIber, a native of Rhinep
fclz, who died in 1913 Silher, it is
claimed, left fortune Of millions which
! Guyer says was seized by the aHthori
tics OF Prussia as unclaimed property
although 1t was known that Silher bat
heirs living in the United States.
Guyer charges the Prussian authon
ties OF wilfully keeping his heirs out ol
their rights and preventing them from
proving Sflber's will He has placed
the case before the United States enbass!
where some Importance is attached tc
| Guyer's statement
The Emperor and Empress have re