The San Francisco call., 1896-08-10

lated that he completely discarded his ac-
customed court stiffness and made him.
self particularly agreeable to high and low
alike. One of the Emperors guests on
this trip tells this story:
1.-THE Kaiser on becoming aware that
some of the officers of the Hohenzollern
were in the habit of riding bicycles upon
the promenade deck Of the imperial yacht,
went personally to the officers and asked
them why they mad not invited him to
take part in their sport The officers, with
a great deal of trepidation, admitted that
they had ridden their bicycles in disobe-
dience of the orders OF Captain Brussata,
the commander of the Hohepzollern,
whereupon the Kaiser summoned Captain
Brussata and compelled him to mount a
bicycle, his Majesty holding the machine
steady while the unhappy captain and the
group surrounding him were photo
graphed, amid the ill-concealed titters OF
the officers"
A Vienna sign-painter named Moritz
Bach recently arrived in Berlin and OBJ
tanned work at his trade. He complied
with all the requirements of the law re-
lating to newcomers, informing the police
OF his birthplace, occupation, ETC., but
was roughly given to understand by the
police that he was not wanted in Berlin I;
that there were already too many work.
men In Prussia, and that he ought to have
remained in Austria. He failed to heed
the warning given to him by the police,
and the latter In the meantime communi-
Gated with the police in Vienna, endeavor-
ing to lind some excuse for driving him
out of Germany. Among the inquiries
made was whether Bach had ever been
convicted OF any offenSe in Austria. The
Vienna police looked up Bach's record
and found that he had been convicted OF
the heinous offense of calling his employer
an "expIoiter," for which he was COM
PEELED to pay fine. The police, upon re-
ceiving this information, ordered Bach to
leave Prussia within ten days.
The Vorwaerts, the leading organ OF
the Socialists, in an article commenting
that his is test case upon which it is de-
signed to base wholesale expulsions OF
foreign workmen from Prussia.
The International Psychological Con-
gress at Munich has been well attended.
Professor Baldwin of Princeton College
was among the speakers and in his ad-
dress dwelt upon the importance of the
German universities to American students.
The congress invited Prince Ludwig of
Bavaria and other royalties to witness a
new experiment with the Roenteen rays
upon the body of man. The body was
submitted to the action of the rays
through an apparatus Of special design
which enabled the spectators to clearly
observe tie action of the diaphragm, heart
and stomach. The experiment was en-
tirely successful.
In connection with the recent pooling
of the petroleum business of the Hamburg
firm of John & Co. with that of Philip Pots
of Mannheim and the Passows of Bremen,
the Hamburger Boersenhalle now makes
the announcement that all of the dealings
of the mem bers of the pool or srlng" have
been transacted with the Standard Oil
Company since May "a, and that the uni
fication of the petroleum trade OF the
world is an accomplished fact.
The socialist Vorwaerts stigmatizes
Henry Georges action in entering the
Presidential campaign in the United States
as an advocate of Bryan as probably the
last phase of his downward career. The
paper adds that Mr.. Georges action Will
probably have very little political effect,
his few remaining followers having long
ago joined the ranks of the Populists.
Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, United States
ambassador to Italy, is in Berlin, en- route
from st. Petersburg for Rome.
IN connection with the policy of German
colonial expansion it is worthy of notice
that the Prussian rescript of 1859 forbid
ding the promotion OF emigration to the
three southern provinces of Brazil has
just been withdrawn. 1t is expected that
the German settlements founded in those
provinces prior to 1859 will now be deyel-
oped and extended. Arrangements have
been made for special steamship service
between Ham burg and Brazil.
The German feet is assem- bfed at Will
helmshaven to-day and the naval man.
euvers will begin tomorrow, August 10,
with the inspection of the vessels. After
the inspection the ships will be put
through various tactics in the North Sea
until August Ia. when the fleet will pass
through the North Sea-Baltic canal with
the object of testing the strategic value of
that waterway. 1t is expected that fifty
four vessels, besides the torpedo boats and
transports, will traverse the canal. After
the passage of the canal the fleet will! go
to Lubbock and the Neufahrwasser and re-
turn to Kiel on August 29, remaining there
four days. The idea of returning through
the North Sea- Baltic canal seems to have
been Abandoned. The route most likely
to be taken by the fleet will be by the way
of the Skagerrack to Helgoland, where
the sham naval battles will take place.
The feet will disband at the mouth of the
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