The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04
SNUB GIVEN BY NOT SHAKING.
THE KAISER OUT WITH HIS MINIS
TER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The Incident a Public Occurrence at
Academy of Arts-The kaiser No
ticeabIy Cordial to Other Members
OF the Ministry Present-OpeninE
Of the Industrial Exhibition.
Berlin, May 3.-The ceremonies which
took place at the Berlin academy of arts
yesterday upon the occasion of the biz
centennial celebration Of the founding Of
that institution possessed exceptional In
terest from the fact of the presence Of so
many art and literary celebrities. besides
the large number of official dignitaries.
The affair. too. was in marked contrast,
as far as order was concerned. to the
opening Of the Industrial exhibition on
Friday. when. despite all of the efforts
of the police, the carriages Of the minis
ters, state functionaries. ambassadors,
generals and other persons Of rank and
title. who had been invited to be present
were so mixed up and retarded in their
progress that many guests. including DR..
Won Boetticher, vice president of the coun-
ell of ministers, and Herr Thelein, min
lister of public works, left their vehicles
and walked through the crowd.
The throng inside the exhibition build
ings. though 1t was composed Of the bet
ter class Of Berliners and maintained a
fair degree Of order until the imperial par
ty arrived, gave a startling exhibition Of
boorishness the moment the emperor and
his party appeared. AS soon as his ma
jesty entered the crowd rushed like an
immense flock of sheep to secure places
behind the imperial cortege without the
slightest regard for the comfort or con-
venience of the imperial circle.
The function at the Academy of Arts on
the other hand was a stately and well
regulated affair and seemed to please the
emperor and empress greatly.
Both Of their majesties, after the brief
formal ceremony, conversed freely with
the political and artistic personages pres
emit The emperor especially sought out
Herr Won Puttkamer. DR.. MIGUEL, Prus-
sian minister Of finance, and the Italian
and Russian ambassadors, and engaged
each of them in conversation for some
time, while he passed Baron Marschall Won
Bleberstein, minister of foreign AFFAIRS,
without even shaking hands with him.
This act on the part OF the emperor may
not have had any particular meaning, but
in view of the present period of recur-
rent crises IL looked as though he had
purposely slighted the minister, and is re-
garded as confirming many of the rumors
which have been In circulation OF late
that the dissensiOns in the ministry nave
gone so far as to involve the emperor In
the differences alleged to exist.
Apropos Of these rumors Baron Won Ber-
lepsch, minister OF commerce, who was re-
ported on Thursday as being about TO re-
sign in consequence OF his discomfort at
the failure Of his measures in the Reich
stag, toasted the emperor at the eXhibi-
ton banquet in terms and a style which
could have been employed only by a thor
oughly contented minister and at the
same banquet Herr Eugene Wolff, the
German explorer, agreeably disturbed the
placidity of the official oratory by sudden
iy calling for cheers for Prince Bismarck.
Most Of those present rose to their feet
and cheered Justify after which they sang
| "Deutscheland ueber Allies" and resumed
their seats amid another burst OF cheer
ing.
The industrial exhibition opened in a
better state Of preparation than was ex-
pected, in view of the difficulties which
the managers had to encounter through
the arbitrary attitute of the workingmen
and from other causes A special view
of the exhibition arranged for the press
through DIR. Horwitz, the manager OF the
press department of the exhibition, dis
closed the fact that vast strides had been
made toward getting things into state
Of order within the last week. and the
general opinion Is that the exhibition will
become a popular success, and that those
who have seen the great international eX-
hbitions held in Europe and America can
come to Berlin with the assurance that
they will see something new.