The record-union., 1896-04-06

Socialist Organ Warns England Not
to Meddle Further in the Transvaal.
BERLIN, April 5.-Advices received
here from Palermo say that the sojourn
in Italy Of the German imperial party is
concluded, and that the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern withs the party on board
will sail through the Straits of Messina
and up the Adriatic, the voyage being
timed so that the party will reach Ven
ice on April 10th. The weather during
their stay has been pleasant. The party
has visited several points of interest in
the interior, the Emperor and Empress
observing quasi incognito. The i'm
perial party has not ben troubled with
the curiosity, nor have they been an
noyed by the over attention of the au-
thorities. The Emperor telegraphed to
his brother at Rome on Friday request
ing him to convey to King Humbert an
expression of the delight experienced by
the Kaiser throughout his tour. Ac
cordingly Prince Henry and his wife,
Princess Irene of Hesse, went to the
Quirinal and delivered the Emperor's
message. They were cordially received
by the King and Queen Margherita
their reception lasting an hour. The
Emperor will drop his incognito upon
reaching Venice, where. he will be re-
ceived by the municipal authorities, the
Prince of Naples representing the King
the Due of Sermonita, italian Minister
CT Foreign Affairs, and Count Lansa di
Busca, the Italian Minister to Germany
the latter of whom left Berlin on Thurs
day for the purpose of assisting at the
interview which will take place between
King Humbert and the Kaiser
The Kaiser and Kaiserina observed
Easter week on board the Hohenzollern,
and the imperial pair went to commu-
MON on Thursday. DR.. Drysander the
court Chaplain, conducted the services
which were also attended by all of the
officers and men of the crew of the
yacht. The younger children of the i'm
perlal family who remained in Berlin
received special donation of Easter
presents, to help compensate them for
their disappointment in having been left
behind by their elder brothers The
younger boys have been treated to spec
lal exhibitions and taken to see other
sights during the absence of their pa
rents and two older brothers The En-
press will return home after the partv
have concluded their visit in Vienna.
taking the Crown Prince and Prince
Eitelfrederick with her in order that
they may begin their studies in the
Ploon College. 1t has been a seriously
considered subject who should be Sc
lected to share the studies of the yoUng
Princes, and as the group selected is
now constituted it includes the sons of
Counts Heidelberg and Nuremberg, the
son of an officer in the army and three
sons of merchants, representatives of
the nobility and burgherdom being thus
comprised in the set of students with
whom the imperial Princes will be asso-
ciated.
The representatives of the United
Press. while at Friedrichsruhe on April
1st. on the occasion of the birthday of
Prince Bismarck, had prolonged con-
VerSation with the celebrated German
artist, Franz Lenbach, who is one of
Prince Bismarck's oldest and most
trusted friends. Herr Lenbach showed
the correspondent his latest oil paint
ing of Prince Bismarck. 1t is a fine
work, the eye having speaking express.
sion that is marvellous. He also exhib-
tied the last portrait which he painted
from life of the old Kaiser, Wilhelm I.
The picture is now hanging in the
smoking-rOom at Friedrichsruhe and
is so placed that Prince Bismarck. sit
ting in his easy chair with is accus-
toned long-stemmed pipe, can obtain
the best possible view of the features of
his old master. Prince Bismarck passed
much of his time daily in this room.
The guests who visited the ex-Chan-
cellor on the occasion of his birthday
concurred in the opinion that the Kai-
ser's present to the Prince, a photo
graph of the imperial group encased in
bronze frame, the whole being about
foot long, signified almost anything
that the observer of the gift might sur
mise but really gave no indica ton of
the Kaiser's feeling. 1t was remarked
that the features of the notable per-
sons viewing the photograph made
rapid changes from cold to warmth and
vice versa. Count Won Waldersee, after
meeting the Prince, expressed his pleas
ure at seeing the ex-Chancellor SO
strong and bright.
The semi-official press are conject-
uring that the Emperor is again warm
ing toward Prince Bismarck and are
accordingly recurring to praises of the
Princes genius and services to the en-
pire.
The Cologne Gazette" which recent
ly published an article referring to the
pitiful sight of the decayed Chancellor,
stumbling, full of complaints, behind
the State chariot, now declares that
the period of antagonism toward him
is over, and that calumny has been
silenced. His worst enemies,' the Ca
zette' continues. "are ready to admit
the grandeur of this colossal historic
figure, and the heart of the whole of
Germany yearns toward him. The
newspapers do not accept any criti-
cism of the Princes dealing with the
x-Chancellor as belonging to past his
tory and hints that he will still be called
upon to guide the State through a
crisis.
The Berlin 'Neuste Nachrichten' as
serts that the discomfort at Prince Bis
marck's dismissal from the public serv-
ice remains as great to-day as it was in
1890. The noted German explorer, Eu-
gene s. Wolff, in conversation with
the. United Press correspondent at
Freidrichsruhe on Prince Bismarck's