San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-24

ers are possibly better known than in
England. as being a trick upon the
Car. The National Zeitung in an ar
ticle on the subject says:
The English newspapers have made
a tremendous commotion over the af-
fair, their articles being obviously aim
ed at operating upon the sensibilities
of the Gar"
The Vossiche Zeitung, however, ex-
presses belief that there really is, or
was a Fenian-Anarchist conspiracy,
though the paper is not aware how
widely divergent Fenianism and An
archism are. The Vorwaertz, the or
gan of the socialists, views the matter
naturally as a police plot and assails
Inspector Melville, of the Scotland
Yard police, as the foster father of the
Berlin Anarchists. The Neuste Mach
richten and many other newspapers
express hope that at least England will
rouse herself to energetic action
against the anarchist pestilence which
nurses at her bosom, and join Cont
mental governments in the adoption of
The first international woman's con-
gress opened here Saturday in the
great hall of the Berlin city buildings
and it's sessions will last a week. Six
hundred women delegates are present
and two men are in attendance as rep
resentatives of the women of Buda
Pest. The proceedings Saturday were
restricted to mere formalities and Sun
day was devoted to a reception of the
delegates. The matters Of itnernation-
al Importance to be discussed are the
woman's right question upon which
F. G. French, of Washington, and Mrs.
Wright Sewall, of Indianapolis, will
speak among others. The following
days will be devoted to the discussion
OF questions affecting the protection of
children, early education in female
schools, employment of women, wages,
hours and kindred subjects. In the
discussion upon the subject of working
women's clubs, Mrs. Thomas Kirk
bridge, Chant, of London, will speak,
and these ladies with others will also
address the congress upon the fight of
woman against alcohol and other
themes including women's suffrage and
provision for the orphan poor. 1t is
quite plain that the congress will have
q big field to traverse. The socialist
executive committee have placed upon
the Agenda book of the congress de-
mands for woman's suffrage and equal
rights for women with men. A meet
ing of female socialists has Appointed
special delegates to the congress against
the question of women's rights and the
admission of certain delegates.
The Kreuz Zeitung announces that
the Conservatives of Germany are be-
ginning to share the indignation of the
people of England at the sultan's in
human government, but don't favor
the English demand of deposing of the
sultan. The best scheme TO be follow.
ed, the paper thinks, would be the for,
nation of an European commission tC
control the sultan and his ministers
by making the appointement of the lat,
ter as well as the appointment of the
territorial governors subject to the APP
prevail of the ambassadors.
The Car and Czarina are timed to
arrive at Darmstadt on Oct. 10. The
Kaiser will not go to Darmstadt to
meet them.
The rupture between the editors OF
the Vorwaertz and Herr Liebknecht
the socialist leader in the Reichstag,
continues. Herr Fisher, one of the
participants in the quarrel, urges halt
representing that the display of social
list dirty linen in public would only
be to play into the enemy's hand, and
promises a private settlement of the
differences between Herr Liebknecht
and the editors.
The socialists have gained five seats
in the Prussian Landtag in the recent
elections.
The ex-Empress Frederick, who is
now at Friedrichsof, in the Taurus
hills, will start at once for Balmoral
to visit her mother, the Queen, after
the departure of the Car and Czarina
Lieberrecht Won Kotz, the court
chamberlain and master of ceremo-
MES, who is still a prisoner in the for
tress at Gatz. where he is confined
for participating in the duel which re-
suited in the death of Baron Won
Schrader, has resigned his office of
master of ceremonies, but the emper-
or has permitted him to retain the Of
flee of court chamberlain and also to
hold his military office of captain of
the reserve cavalry.
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