The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-05
to report, assures the kaiser that the

to report, assures the kaiser that the
Christians in Turkey will be absolutely
safeguarded unless they indulge in an
archistic excuses.
A paper here prints an amazing story
of a scheme for the division of Turkey.
claiming the Whole of Asiatic Turkey
for Germany. adding that Germany
may possibly allow the sultan to re-
main ruler under a German protector
ate, assuming the direction and admin
istration only of affairs of the Tigris
and Euphrates valleys
The socialists now hold seats as fol-
lows: Saxony, IA; Bavaria, 5; Sake
Altenburg, 4; Wurtemberg, Baden,
Hesse and Russo, each; Sake Wei
mar, Sake Meiningen and Schwarz-
burg Rudolstadt, each l. The commit
tee of the socialist woman's propa-
ganda have anticipated the coming
congress of the socialist party at
-Sieblichen, near Gotha, by holding a
series of five meetings in Berlin, con-
Guiding on Saturday with a grand fete
in aid of the propaganda fund.
The Polish national movement is
again causing considerable anxiety to
the government, although
NOTHING OF A SERIOUS NATURE
is supposed to be imminent; but there
is abundant evidence that the contin-
ued efforts of the government to Ger
mamie PrussiaI-Poland have met with
very small degree of success. The
national spirit in that territory is very
strong, and it is being fostered by the
Roman Catholic clergy. Many in
stances of boycotting and otherwise
annoying German settlers are reported,
and these show that the feeling of dis
content is widespread. On the occa-
sion of the recent visit of Archbishop
Strablewski to Spalenitza the populace
became greatly excited and in the
height of their frenzy administered
severe mauling to the imperial repre-
sentative. This act has caused great
indignation among the inhabitants of
the Protestant districts of the empire,
and an official inquiry is now in prog
ress with a view of Furnishing the Of
tenders.
The notorious Bavarian haberfeldt-
reiben, a species of lynch law. has had
a sudden and unexpected check. 1t
will be remembered that it was an
ancient custom, said to have dated
back to Charlemagne, traditionally set
in motion after the close of the har-
vest season with a view of settling old
scores with obnoxious persons in the
rural districts In the olden times, 1t
was
A SORT OF ROUGH JUSTICE
and served its purpose. Of late years,
especially since the spread of socialism
among the rural population of upper
Bavaria, it has degenerated into
riotous and "moonlighting' custom, by
which people were shot, cattle manned
and property burned. During quar-
rel a few nights ago, q former victim
of the haberfaldtreiben denounced the
burgomaster of Saulach as "haber-
meister." The burgomaster promptly
arrested the man for having insulted
him in his official capacity. and the
efforts Of his friends to obtain his re-
lease have been unsuccessful, the
burgomaster having refused the sum
of $4,000 marks (s2O,00O) bail for his lib
Grafton. Since, that time 275 men.
landowners, farmers, laborers and
others have been arrested in the
Folzkirchen, Tolz and Schlierse dis
tricts under the charge of belonging
to the haberfeldtreiben. The excite
nent in the localities mentioned is in
tense on account of the unexpected &C
ton OF the authorities.
THE CROPS,
which before now ought to have been
gathered, are rotting in the fields on
account of the owners, overseers and
laborers belonging to the farms being
confined in prison. This state of af
fairs means serious loss and probably
total ruin to hundreds of farmers and
Others. The Bavarian officials have,
for a long time, sought to apprehend
this particular class of offenders, but
up to this time have not met with any
success.