The record-union., 1896-05-10

in the Army Observation-Disclosures
Colonial Office Scandal.
| BERLIN, May 9-The leaders of the
Agrarian party in the Reichstag have
| declared their intention to follow up
the blow they dealt in regard to the sys-
| tenn of gambling in grain futures. The
! actions to Amsterdam and Antwerp.
! dealings in futures has led number of
| operators to transfer their grain trans
action to Amsterdam and Antwerp.
/ Some dealers say that the prohibition
of time deals will not affect business in
the least, as they could carry on future
deals in Chicago or New York indepen-
IDENTIFY of the rules of the Berlin Pro-
duce Exchange, and though such con-
! tracts would not be legally binding,
the dealers say they can rely upon the
good faith of the contracting parties.
Several leading firms whose heads are
members of the Produce Exchange are
arranging, in conjunction with a num-
Der of Hamburg houses, to establish
grain trade banks in Antwerp, Amster-
dam and Brussels. To counteract this
movement, Count Won KahitZ, the
Agrarian leader has given notice in the
Reichstag of his intention to ask the
Government to negotiate with foreign
powers for the conclusion of treaties
prohibiting traffic in grain and produce
futures.
The Hanover Courier asserts that
the term of Office of the Imperial Chan
cellor Prince Hohenlohe will end with
the close of the present session of the
Reichstag, but the semi-official press,
on the contrary, declare that a minis
terial crisis has been averted, and that
Prince HOhenlohe will remain in power
as long as his health permits.
General Bronsart Won Schellendorf
Imperial Minister of War, has succeeded
in obtaining the Emperor's assent to the
scheme for the reform of the military
tribunals, and also certain reforms in
the army organization which have long
been opposed by the Emperor's Military
/ Cabinet. The Chancellor and the Min
lister OF WA will continue their struggle
against the influence of General Won
Hahnke, the Chief of the Emperor's
Military Cabinet, and DR.. Won Lucans,
Chief of the Civil Cabinet, and if they
should be successful it ought to lead to-
! change in the personnel of both the
Another Colonial Office scandal is ex-
citing political and official circles.
Baron Won Wissmann, the Governor of
German East Africa, who sailed from
Zanzibar last Thursday on his wav
home, does not intend to return to his
post, and as a mater of fact threatens
to leave the Imperial service He has
had a quarrel with the authorities of
the Colonial
on his staff of a certain Herr Won Eltz.
who was associated with the recent ac-
cusations made against DR.. Carl Peters,
the explorer
Eugene Wolff, the explorer, in an arti-
Gle In the Berlin "Tageblatt,'' makes a
Snarp attack upon the Colonial Office
authorities for their action in sending
Lieutenant Werther on a mission to
East Africa to explore a supposed re-
gion of gold reefs. In 1893 Herr Wolff
directed the attention of the Colonial
Office to Werther's conduct, abuse of
power and exactions while he was at the
mead of a geographical research expe-
ditlon in Africa The Colonial Office
authorities, in reply to this, asked Wolff
TO Keep silent about the matter, and
assured him that Werther would never
e1DiAil pC Similarly engaged DIV the Co.
lonial Office. Herr Wolff now protests
against Werther's second mission and
declares that there is no gold in the
regions which he has gone to explore.
The whole matter Herr Wolff maintains
is job.
The blindness of the Grand Duke of
Mecklenberg Strelitz led him into a dam
Serous predicament last Wednesday
while on his way to the horse fair at
New Brandonberg. AS he was being
led across railroad track his foot be-
came caught in the rails and could not
be extricated. The consequence was
that he was forced to remain standing
in the middle of the line over which
there was very large traffic and the
trains had to be brought to a standstiu
by the signalman until the Grand
Dukes foot was finally released by it's
being forced out of his boot.
The Empress, on the occasion of the
birthday of Crown Prince William. who
was IA years old last Wednesday, paid
a visit to the Crown Prince and his
brother, Prince Eitelfrederick, at Ploen,
where they are at school, returning to
Berlin Wednesday evening"
Last evening the Emperor and En-
press gave a dinner to the chiefs of the
German Red Cross Society in commem-
oration of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the foundation of the society, and
were afterward present at a gala opera
performance in honor of the occasion.
To-day the Emperor and Empress
started for Franfort, and will visit the
International Flower Exhibition at
Dresden en- route.
MajorGeneral A. Med. McCook,
United States Commissioner to attend
the coronation of the Car of Russia,
accompanied by his aides, Colonel Nc
Cook and Captain Soriven, military at
taches to the United States Legation
at Rome, Miss McCook, J. B. McCook
and wife, and Mrs. c. B. Alexander of
New York, will start from Berlin for
Moscow tomorrow.