Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-06
Berliners Believe it Was Instgated by
British Shippers
BRUSSEWITZ TRIAL TO BE REOPfNED
KAISER Hears of Further DamnGiuS
Evidences nnd Refuses 10 Approve
the Light Sentence Passed
Ipon the Ofliccr.

BERLIN, Dec. 5-Public attention during
the past week has been equally divided be-
tween the lockers strike and the LuetZow-
Leckert trial. The latter interests the em-
peror particularly and special representa-
tiOns have been made to him by Prince
Hohenlohe and Baron Marschal Won Beber-
stein. the minister for foreign affairs. The
Foreign Office had a corps OF shorthand re-
portors to take testimony verbatim with a
view to prosecuting the other persons in
volved in the intrigue against the present
and past cabinets. The Foreign office and
Prince IIohenlohe are determined to make
a clean sweep of the intrigucrs and prosecute
all the culprts. About fifteen persons, in
Guiding newspaper men, detectives and Of
ficials of various offices, are likely to be ar
raigncd and sent to Jail on the charge OF
calumny or blackmail. His majesty is es-
pecially inccnsed at the fact, incidentally
brought out in the trial. that his confidence
in certain persons has been misplaced or
abused in the past and the emperor will re-
quirc very satisfactory explanations of Count
Won Eulcnberg's connection with the mat
ter.
Baron Marschal Won Bebersten also in
tends to weed out a number Cs unreliable
IuIlbI bulNldlS WllH which li' -tItlEl ui-iGu
has been honeycombed. In addition the edi-
tors OF several Berlin newspapers and
string of correspondents, who have been pos
ing as repositories Of special conf lences from
high places, will also be branded as i'm
posters.
The lockers strike is generally regarded
as having been instgated by British agitators
aiming in the interests of British shippers.
MI. IA
conviction and the whole socialist press re-
flutes 1t. large ship owner declares that
he has ample proof of this charge.
ports of the strike developments
sont to him and he has expressed
the opinion to Prince Hohenlohe that
if the strike is not settled at the end OF
the coming week the imperial government
is to intervene and insist upon arbitration.
BUDGET DEBATE WAS TAME.
The budget debate in the Reichstag was
not as heated and interesting as those of
previous years, and the attendance was
small The most striking feature of the de-
bates was Herr Richter's arraignment OF
the government and Herr Rickert's charge,
supported by proof, that the cabinet is di-
vided on the most essential points. As to
the navy, Herr Richter says 1t is governed
by three powers, the naval department, the
private naval cabinet of the emperor and
the emperor himself, and that each has ar
rived at n different conclusion.
A crank named Neumann from Strasburg,
tried on Tuesday to gain forcible access
to the emperor at Potsdam under the i'm
preston that his majesty was able to COM
munlcate to him exact information about
an imaginary murder He was sent to an
asylum.
Emperor William on Tuesday attended
the first performance of Wilbur Bruch's
new drama, Henry ~ of Germany" and
personally congratulated the poet.
Prince Henry of Prussia, who on Wednes-
day started on a fortnights cruise in Sean
dinavian waters with a small squadron OF
ironclads is to have command of the homo
fleet, which is TO be formed next spring.
1t will consist of six divisions of which
an ironclad and two dispatch boats will
form the first and an ironclad and the re-
serve divisions of the German ocean Baltic
and Dantzic and fotilas OF torpedo boats
and watch boats will form the other d-
visions.
The emperor has not approved OF tho
sentence imposed upon Lieutenant Brusse-
witt -four months Imprisonment in a
fortress and dismissal from the army for
killing a mechanic who had accidentally
Knocked up against the lioutenants chair
while entering a cafe. Some new and ugly
evidence is said to have come to the surface
and his majesty has ordered the case to be
reopcncd for a new trial. Part of the fresh
evidence Is said to refer to the damaging
antCcedents of BrussewitZ and the rest s
reported to show the fact which was not
disclosed at the trial that the officer ran
the sword through the body after listening
to the apologies of his victim and appcala
for mercy
GERMAN SHIPS in THE BALTIC.
The first annual official report OF the Ball
tic canal has Just been issued. 1t shows
that 1854 vessels passed through II. or
these ships 1881 were steamers. The Ger
man vessels number II .957; the Danish, S12;
the Swedish 1886, and the British, 1874. The
dues amounted to S27s7G marks, which is
900 marks below the expenses OF run
ming the canal.
Dr. schweinlnger Is now again In attend
anco on Prince Bismarck. He was sum-
moned to allay the distinguished statesman's
insomnia.
INV N"So" H''" t"'''i N"''"'@S'O" """
concluded its session, but the report Will
not be published until after botF governments
have seen and approved IT, II IL understood
however, that the re9ut is In the nature OF
compromise. Germany is to diminish the
restriction on Russian food imports, cattle.
fresh meat, etc. and II the government
ratihes this agreement, It win be important
to America as the sanitary restrictions on
the imports Of American cattle and meat are
based on almost idoatcal reasons as those
which have caused tle restriction OF the
imports OF the Russian product and which
are now about to be mitigated. The United
States embassy 10 closely watching this
feature of the case.
A fair for the benefit Of the American
girls club viii be held on December IL.