The record-union., 1896-06-07
Lively Times Expected When the New
Civil Service Code Comes Up.
Foreign Office Authorities Deny That
the Government Has Received a
Protest or Note of Any Character
From Greece in Regard to the
Repression by the Turks of the
Uprising Which is in Progress in
Crete.

BERLIN, June 6.-Since the Reich
stag reassembled after the Whitsuntide
holidays it has been a difficult matter
to secure the attendance of a quorum.
The debate over the reform law gov
elning associations, the proposal to Gre
ate quarter battalions in the army
and the bill prohibiting certain trans
actions on the bourses failed to move
the chamber from it's lassitude, but
those in political circles are in expecta-
tion that there will be lively times
when the presentation of the COM
mittee On the new civil code enables
the chamber to discuss in full session
the civil marriage and other vexed
questions which are included in the
cCde
The Centrists have been untiring
since the code was introduced, and
have conducted privately and publicly
propaganda against the civil mar
riage clause thereof. The Government
has not yet expressly declared whether
or not it will make any concessions to
the party of the center, but if the oppo-
sition which prevails in the lobbies of
the Reichstag prove to be accurate, the
Centrists will succeed in obtaining some
degree of distinction by causing purely
civil marriages to lie placed upon a
footing not at all upon equality with
religious and civil marriages.
The bOurse and the commercial as
scciations are making strenuous pro-
tests against the restrictions which the
bCurse bill places upon time transac-
tions and other commercial and future
dealings, declaring that the extent to
which they hamper business causes
them great hardship. But judging from
the course Of yesterdays debate in the
Reichstag upon the question Of the
third reading Of the bill, the protests
will prove unavailing, as the Conserva-
tives, National Liberals and Socialists
hold to the By as IL stands.
The CentristS are preparing to re-
introduce their proposal to repeal the
laws against Jesuits, and the Socialists
and Poles will support it, thus giving
a motion to repeal the law so large a
majority as to probably oblige the
Government to assent to the abolish
ment of the law.
The majority in favor of the repeal of
the law, which was shown in the vote
on the subject taken in the Reichstag
in 1890, ought to have been sufficient
to secure the abrogation of the law,
but the Bundesrath ignored the decis-
ion of the chamber.
A significant bye election has just
been held in the towns of Ruppin and
Templin. comprising a rural parlia-
mentary district near Potsdam, which
was supposed to be strongly Conserva-
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Won Arnim, man of much ability, and
very popular, and he was supported by
the Agrarians, but in spite of this he
was defeated by the Radical candidate
by majority of 300 votes.
The Foreign Office authorities deny
that the Government has received a
protest or a note of any character from
Greece in regard to the repression by
the Turks of the uprising which is in
progress in Crete. Some concert GER
tainly exists among the Powers, how
ever, the object of which is to prevent
isolated action on the part of any
one of the Powers, as each of them has
sent warships to Canea or Retimo os-
tensibly for the purpose of protecting it's
own subjects in the island of Crete. but
it is understood that if the Turks should
attempt a massacre of Cretans the Off
GERS of the warships are authorized to
take combined action and hold the
Turks in restraint. Popular feeling in
Germany is entirely on the side of the
Cretans.
Following the recent injunctions of
the Emperor against clergymen taking
part in politics, the Prussian authori-
ties have decided that disciplinary pro-
ceedings be instituted against the Rev.
DR.. Won Soden, Berlin pastor ON ac-
count Of speech which he delivered in
the Evangelical Convention recently
held at Stuttgart. The prosecution of
the Rev. DR.. Soden is credited 70 the
secret influence of Baron Stumm. the
well-known advocate of socialist repres-
sion, who is credited with having great
influence and enjoying close intimacy
with the Kaiser. AT the Stuttgart con-
vention Professor Wagner paid his re-
spects to Baron Won Stumm, declaring
that he stood upon a lower politico-
moral level than Herr Bebel and tho
other Socialist leaders
The story of an incident connected
with the recent visit of Prince Henry of
Prussia, brother and representative of
the Emperor, to Moscow on the occa-
sion of the coronation of the Czar &c ha-
ing widely circulated. Upon his ar
rival at Moscow Prince Henry found
that none of the Russian Grand Dukes
were at the station to receive him
Prince Henry was greatly incensed at
this, and intimated to General Won
Werder, formerly German Fmbassa-
dor at st. Petersburg. who accomnanied
him, his intention to immediatelv re-
turn to- Berlin in resentment of the
gross slight, which he declared had
been put upon the representative Of the
German Emperor.
General Won Werder persuaded the
Prince to delay his departure. which he
did for few minutes, and lust as his
carriage was starting from the (serma n
Embassy the Grand Duke Paul Game
tearing up and explained that the sta
tion master had forgotten to telegram
Prince Henry's arrival
Prince Henry is not satisfied with
this explanation, and wants Prince Ho-
benlohe, the Imperial Chancellor. to OBJ
tain an official explanation and an
apology.
General A. Med. McCook, who was one