The record-union., 1896-11-08
Prince Bismarck Will be the Chief
Object of Attack
Radical Newspapers Talk of lmpeach-
ing the Ex=ChancelIOr, in Which
Case 1t is Stated Nothing Could
Check the National Uprising Which
Would Manifest Itself Against
Such Course.

which will resume business on Novem-
Der 9th, will have a short session, but
it will nevertheless have an extremely
stirring one in the discussion of prom
ised interpretations by various political
leaders upon the question of the right OF
Prince Bismarck, or, for that matter,
any ex-Chanccllor or Minister, to dis
close State secrets.
The truth concerning the revelations
made through the medium of the
Hamburger Nachrichten," especially
regarding the RuSsian-German neutral
ity treaty alleged to have been made at
the Foreign Office in Berlin, is that only
Prince Bismarck, Count Schuvaloff, the
Russian ambassador to Germany, and
2e late Emperor of Russia, Alexander
Ill, had any knowledge of the under
standing until after the accession in
1883 of the present Emperor of Ger
many, through information which he
received from Vienna.
The "F'reissinnige Zeitung" and many
ether politically biased newspapers are
having a great deal to say about the
Reichstag impeaching Prince Bismarck
cor making the disclosures, but that
sort of talk is arrant nonsense. Even if
public sentiment does not approve
Prince Bismarck's course or understand
his motives, the House still SO implicitly
believes in the ex-Chancellor's patriot
ism that the Government could not
check the national uprising which
aould manifest itself against his i'm
parchment.
Prince Bismarck is aware that the
country has complete trust in him and
makes use of this influence as a shield
to defy the Government. The ex-Chan-
Cellor, through his personal organ, the
Hamburger "Nachrichten," is still fir
ing his big guns of defiance, and an ar
ticle in that paper, therefore, while it
does not in the least alter the position
of the controversy, shows that the
Prince has no disposition to back down.
Prince Bismarck's opponents in this
matter" the "Nachrichten" maintains,
are not the people of Germany, but the
party newspapers. Everything that the
Prince has done has been for the best
interests of Germany"
This utterance is regarded as pretty
conclusive evidence that the old Chan
cellor has no fear of the result of the
submission of the whole matter of his
official acts and the subsequent disclo-
sure thereof to the verdict of the Ger
LIAM people.
After the interpretations in regard to
the Bismarck disclosures are disposed
cf, it is the intention of Herr Richter,
the Radical leader In the Reichstag, to
raise a debate upon the question of sup
preston of the practice of dueling. and
in the course of the discussion will de-
mand of Prince Hohenlohe an explana-
ton of the murder of Herr Siebemann at
Carlsruhe at few weeks ago. by Lieu
tenant Baron Won Bruswitz, for which
crime the Lieutenant received from a
n ilitary court the nominal sentence of
four years confinement in a fortress
and dismissal from the army, a sent
ence which nobody believes was intend
e1 to be carried out.
Besides discussing these questions.
the Reichstag will also deal before the
holiday recess with a bill for the con-
version of 40,O00.000 marks of 4 per
cent. bonds into 31h per cents. the bill
running parahel with a similar measure
in the Landtag, converting three and
cne-half milliards of marks of Prussian
4 per cents into 80 per cents.
The anti-English furore which pre-
vailed in Germany a short time ago
has been again aroused by the puolica-
ton here of a wired summary from the
speech delivered in Edinburgh last even
ing by Lord Selbourne. Parliamentary
Secretary of the British Colonial Office,
end son-in-law Of Lord Salisbury, in
which he declared that II was wei that
the world knew that Great Britain
would never admit a rival in South
Africa where the predominance of the
Queen was permanent.
Commenting on the language used by
Lord Selbourne, the North German
Gazette" denies the existence of any
English right of predominance in South
Africa. and the "Neuste Nachrichten'
saws that the English claims to pre-
dominance In South Africa, which will
always be contested, are based upon
nothing beyond jingo pretensions. The
National Zeitung" says: English
politicians may continue their arrogant
shouts about the British predominance,
bur they must know that England Is
destitute of power TO enforce 1t. The
talk of Lord Selbourne and other Eng
lish politicians is mere pothouse lam
guage"
The bill which has been approved by
the Bundsrath increasing the annual
Steamship Company by 1,500.oOo marks
in consideration of the establishment
by that company of fortnightly mail
service TO China, continues, the contract
Of the company with the Government
fifteen years. Since the North German
Lloyd Company was first subsidized in
1883 the amount of goods shipped by
their vessels has risen from i4,o0ooo0
PARKS to 140,oo0000 marks annually
Chaplain Dicksee Of the American
Church in Berlin and his wife gave a
reception to the American colony at
their residence in Kurfursten strasse
On Tuesday. The attendance was n
veritable crush, all of the members of
the American official and social circles
being. present. Mr.. and Mrs. Dicksee
were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Uhl ard
Mrs. Patterson, the wife of J. c. Patter-
son, the Governor of Manitoba.
The American baritone Arthur Vane-
wyk will give concert on November
10th at the Saal Bechsteit.