The morning call., 1895-01-27
Some Bitter Contests Fought Within
the Commission.
GERMlKS ARE on THEIR METTLE.
However, There Will Be Rousing
Celebration Of The Birthday Ami.
VerSary Of tn e Emperor.

I0ere mas DeeQ aroused UnlS week Ce0I6Teu
mainly in the deliberations of the commits
sion to which the arti-revolutionary bill was
referred. Some bitter contests have been
fought within the commission between the
representatives of the Government and the
opponents of the bill with the result that
the Government was forced to consent to
lay before the commission part, at least,
of the material, printed and verbal, upon
which the bill was based. The Govern
ment also suffered distinct rebuff on par
graph three, making it felony to intro
duce socialist or radical ideas, and
the second and more important section of
this paragraph, providing severe penalties
even when Indictment has no result, were
rejected by a vote of IA to II.
Emperor William last evening received
in audience Count Aoki, the japanese Min
lister, who presented his Majesty with the
insignia of the Order of the Chrysanthe-
mum, bestowed upon the Emperor by the
Mikado of Japan in recognition of the SER
vices rendered to the japanese army by
the instructions given by German officers
to the Japanese.
1t is announced that the Emperor has
expressed the intention of presiding per-
sonally at the meetings of the Prussian
State Council, which will be convened to
discuss agrarian questions, and that
Prince Bismarck will be specially invited
to take part in the deliberations.
Count Won Kanitz and Count Won Mira
bach, the agrarian leaders, will take part
in the work of the Council of State, the
former having already been appointed a
councillor and ho inf ant 81 "a
latter is being decided upon. But the Gov
eminent organs take pains to point out
that Won Kanitz's grain monopoly bill will
not be accepted. On the other hand the
opposition newspapers dwell on the fact
that the agricultural section of the council
is now totally composed Of agrarians and
big landowners, and also that the Agri-
cultural Commission of the Reichstag has
resolved to forthwith introduce Count Won
Kanitz's bill in the Reichstag. In spite of
the energy of the promoters of the bill,
there is, however, but little chance of the
measure becoming a law.
The birthday anniversary tomorrow of
Emperor William will be more generally
and popularity celebrated than for years
past. Nearly all the reigning Princes of
oCAl1aLy WILL pHSel4J OAG44C1 tS4COhdAAy
like the King of Saxony and the King of
Wurtemberg, and the Grand Dukes of
Hesse, Baden and Oldenburg, or by proxy.
to present their congratulations to the En-
peror. His Majesty has received a letter
from Prince Bismarck felicitating him
upon his birthday and presenting his con-
gratulations, as his poor health and the
severity of the weather prevent him from
travelling. The Emperor replied in cor
dial letter of thanks, witten in his own
hand. The event Will be celebrated by the
aristocracy with gala dinner at the Mono
pole Hotel tomorrow night, while the
armies and official world will begin cele-
brating to-day, and will keep it up in
different regiments and cities until the
middle of February. The students of the
various universities will all hold fetes.
The officers of state, military officers, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and dis
tinguished foreigners, among the latter
being Poultney Bigelow, will carry their
congratulations personally to the En-
peror tomorrow at the castle.
The court reception last Wednesday was
attended by two thousand persons from
far and near.
The news that the Committee on Ways
and Means of the United States House of
Representatives had commenced the re-
peal of the American differential duty on
sugar was received very favorably here.
In an inspired article the Kreuz Zeitung
points out that the sugar interests of Ger
many are in critical condition; that
20,000,000 hundredweight of sugar are now
on the market for export, and that unless
there is a change before August number
of sugar-producers in Germany will fail
and whole districts will be injured for
years to come.
According to the Kreuz Zeitung it is alb
solutely imperative that the Government
should come to the assistance of the sugar
producers, and it proposes as the only
radical remedy to confine sugar produc-
ton to certain districts and to increase the
export premium.
The case of Sophie Barrison, the eldest
of the Barrison sisters, who appeared some
years ago in New York, and Count evil
lie" Bernstein, with whom she eloped, has
caused quite a sensation here. The Count,
who was born as Naples, in 1853, is the son
of the former Prussian Minister there. and
has a number of influential and highly
connected relatives. Sophie, although she
has been on the variety stage for some
years, is said to be only 16 years of age.
Her relatives have requested the German
ambassador at London, Count Won Halse-
felt-Wildenburg, to interfere in the mat
ter, and this caused a delay of several
days before Bernstein, who has divorced
wife living, could make it clear that he had
legal right to marry. 1t now transpires
that the Count only obtained marriage
license in London on Thursday, and he
was married to Miss Sophie to-day. The
Count resided in New York for several
years.
DIR. Wagner, who made insulting re-
marks on speech which Baron Won Stumm
delivered in the Reichstag, has been chal-
lenged by the latter to fight duel. The
professor to-day declined either to fight a
duel or to retract his words.
The son of Colonel Charles F. Johnston,
for many years associate editor of the Gin
cinnati Volksblatt, has been granted the
travelling prize at the Academy of Fine
Arts here, where he has been studying
painting. Young Mr.. Johnston is an artist
of great promise. Colonel Johnston is now
a resident of Berlin, and was formerly a