The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-17
Emperor William Orders Them
to Keep ont Of Politics.
THEY PROTEST INDIGNANTLY.
Protestant, Catholic and Socialist
Papers Condemn the Emperor.
Tho Disanection or the Kingdom Of
Bavaria shocking Le-e Maj ste ~
Frankfort, Offensive Language
Reaching the >acr~si Ears OF tho
Emperor.


Copyrighted by the Associated Press
Berlin. May lE-T.s German clergy.
Protestant and Catholic. are thoroughly
aroused IN consequences Of Emperor VIII
iari's telegram to Sehlnaraih H.rxreter.
regarding pz. Stoecksr. tae ex-coart chap
Ian ard Christian Socialist leader. watch
WAS published with the ernp~gor's consent.
This message was almost artatalfy hrusaaes
and read; The clergy must not rneddle
with politics. because j; IS no concern OF
theirs This sngered the elergymen. and
the whole clerical press has been sxpr~ss-
ing Indignation. DIR. Stoec&es has made
an outspoken protest in his organ. the
Evangelical Church Gazette. in which no
says the emperor. when stiii Prince Will
isn. himself characterized the caristiaa-
Socialist activity of the clergy as !. means
OF vanuuishlng Socialism. DF. Stoecxcr
added: Since Car.stian-Ssesalist thought
Was tahooed in Berlin. Socialism relgns
politically there. As ] have begun. 50
shall continue. l leave the snd TO God"
Two OF the leading cier.eai organs. the
Reichshote and the SoIk. severely con-
denim and aepiore the publication of the
telegram. CHASING II as ''lnconsiderate'
and unjust" and pointing out that
eIersymen. by the constitution. are grant,
Ell the same rights as other citizens. The
Roman Catholic organs. GermanlS and the
Cologne Yosks zeitaRg, publish articles of
a similar tone.
The Socialist press denoances The tele-
gram as imperial interference with consts-
tuttonal rights. and in various parts OF
Germany clerical synods have taken pains
to express confidence in DIR. Stoecker aud
his methods and severely cr.ticlse the en-
peror's telegram.
Early In the week the peace jubilee was
celebrated throughout Germany. Beside
the fetes at Frankfort there were eiabor-
ate fetes Of semi-miitary character at
Dresden. Darmstadt and Hanover ard a
vast festival IN this city. organized by the
veterans of the wars. of whom 700 march,
ed In procession. The jubilee was kept
generally in Bavaria. especially ~ Mum
ten. Nuremourg and AuEsberw. Twenty
thousand school children paraded at Nun
ieh and were reviewed by Prince Regent
lultpoid. II was remarked. however, that
the fetes In Bavaria were strictly Of a Ba-
varian character; that only Bavsr.an nags
were displayed: that neither the emperor
nor Prince bismarck was referrei to In
the oratory. and that no reference TO Ger
many or the German army was permitted,
the official censorship expunxing every-
thing from the submitted speeches refer
ring TO the nation generally.
Several of the persons arrested A.
Frankfort on the charge OF iese majeste
made discriminating remarks In close
proximity to and even within hearing of
the emperor during the unwilling there.
on Sunday last. OF the monument erected
TO the memory of Emperor William l. In
connection with the bill to reorganixe the
fourth hattalions OF infantry regiments
the Conservative and military parties have
begun an agitation for the abolition Of
the biennial military service and for q
revival OF the trtenniai The kreuz Zeit-
unG. the military weekly IL leading the
agitation L, the press. According to the
present law the biennial service is onfy
an experiment and ends April 1. 1897. un-
less specifically permanlzest by new ,ax.
As a counter check 10 this movement tho
Radicals In the reiehstag have resolved
TO add paragraph 10 the fourth baftai-
ION bin making the biennial service per-
manent- An interesting and sensational
debate will be the consequence. as the
Centfists mainly side with the Radicals
In this matter
The agitation for larger navy has
been renewed Lectures are delivered In
different parts OF the country under the
auspices % ALE Desitsch yerbund TO pro-
mote the movement.
The trial OF band OF fifteen fraudulent
railroad employees and ticke, swtnAirrs OF
Frankfort is expected to conclude today
The gang. IL WIS shown during the tes-
ttu1ony taken, has been operating for sew
eral years on a number Of Prasslan. Al
satan and HeSsian roads The frauds
arr estimated to be /. sea. 600 marks. and N
Is said the prisoners defranaed thousands
Of passengers for a consideration given
them. with tickets which had previously
been used.
The rejection by the diet Of the para
graph by which The PFussian government
sought 10 exclude all liberal elements
from the tadgeships Will induce the goy-
eminent to withdraw the whole Of the
eosrt reform Law. they declining to ac-
fhs f- IA
Herr WisSel. an ex member Of the rrtch-
stag and Diet and az intimate friend of
Eugene Richter. has been arrested on the
charge OF perjury.
Two German provincial expositlous were
ops red this week. the Bavarian state ex-
posit.on At Nursrnbgrg anf the marine
exposition at Kiei- Both exhibitions are
large and attractive.
The rector OF the technical hiFa school
at Carisruhe has strictly forbidden duels
Wins Partaxiey. q weli-known portrait
painter. protsge of the emperor start
Cd on Thursday las; on a six weeks tour
OF America
DIR. Bsio, the expert in hygiene has re-
susned his agitation against the cnnsurnp-
tion Of American meat He claims fhst
tSe American meat inspection is sham
intended to hoo-fwink Europe, and quotes
letter from Philip Armour saying ,hat
the meat inspection tn America worid se
ree2iiess and vsxst&ous. Or Bajo also
cr.tirtses the efforts of the American con-
sisls TO popuisrtzs American meats an bA-
Ing insinc-re and misleading.
The sos OF Or Sos Eeefsieher. fhe min
istsr OF the Interior. with a companion ana
an osieiAi huntsuan. xent nshinr on
Thursday last IN wltzinn lake. near
Rhe.nsbsrz. Their t9at wss capsszed and
al three were Drowned The bodies have
y.s,f k..Tr,