The herald., 1896-08-02
The Government Troubled by
SociaIistic Activity
GRAND NAVAL MANEUVERS
Objection Made to Importation Of Ameri.
can Horseflesh
The Emperor Said to Favor the Practice
OF DueIIing - Gossip Regarding
the Royal Family
Associated Press Special Wire.

1S96.-The police have found new way
to look after the dreaded Socialists.
Policemen in citizens clothes are sent
to all places of resort frequented by mall
contents and the lower classes gem
orally. They are allowed certain sum
to pay for drinks and food, and all they
have to do is to keep their ears and eyes
open and to make arrests for Socialistic
utterances.
A new police order provides for the ar
rest of persons, who, after IL o'clock at
night, play the piano or sing with open
windows. This regulation is now in force
in the suburbs and if found applicable
it will be introduced in the capital.
The emperor Gill hold this fall the
grandest naval maneuvers yet essayed
by the German navy. The fleet will con-
sist of fifty-three ships, inclusive of
twenty-four torpedo boats. Admiral Won
Knorr has selected the torpedo school
ship Butcher as his flagship. Prince
Henry of Prussia contrary to expecta-
/ tions, will not have an important COM
mand.
/ Letters received here from Wilhelms-
hohe report the empress and her chill
uTeU 10 De Ill l1e DeSI Ol health. I1tl
majesty takes exercise on horseback
every morning, accompanied by her
eldest son, and toward eoloing the
whole family drives out in two carriages.
The mother and the eldest prince later
sup almost publicly on the terrace of the
castle, the participants serving them
selves after the servants have placed
the dishes on the table. No one is ever
invited to these suppers. The moon
often permits the empress and her chill
dren to play lawn tennis until 10 o'clock
or IL o'clock at night.
Since Prince Won Hohenlohe arrived
at the vice regal palace of Strasburg.
disquieting rumors have been circulat-
ing concerning the administration of
justice.
1t is alleged that the government, in
order to win over the aristocracy, IA
vors scions of noble families in every
way possible. Thus it is reported that
the young Baron Florent Charpentier,
son of the deputy of that name, after
failing to pass his examination at the
university of Strasburg, was declared
a graduate by special decree of the sec
rotary of state of the reichsland. 1t is
also reported that the circuit president
Of Upper Alsace permits the great in
dustrials in his district illegal liberties,
to the detriment of the poorer classes
Of workmen.
A long and costly inquiry on the part
of the chancellory has proven that
America does not send salt horsefesh
here to any extent and consequently the
empires horsehesh industry is not me-
naced. In spite of the, official denial,
however, the agrarian papers continue
to attack the United States for the al
legged endeayor to foist it upon Ger
many. It is said that the drummers fire.
Quently visit the cities of the Rhine and
Hamburg and Stettin.
Emperor William is preparing Castle
Bellvue, which is beautifully situated in
Berlin, for his eldest son. The house is
being thoroughly overhauled and mod
ernized. In order to save horsehesh, the
Bellvue station of the elevated road will
be connected with the park of the castle
by a staircase, so that the prince may
run up and see his parents at the schloss
at any time he chooses.
There has been fierce sunshine in many
parts Of Germany this week, and many
workmen have been Frustrated by the
heat. At Koenigsberg on Thursday the
heat was so great that eighteen persons
who were Frustrated have since died from
the effects.
A telegram received from Dares Sa-
lam says that Director Schroeder of the
East African Plantation company has
been sentenced to fifteen years penal
servitude for brutality to native men
and women. The details of his crime
have not arrived here, but they must be
OF most hideous character. as the pen
atty inflicted is the most severe in the
criminal code, save the death penalty.
Statistics show that the earnings os
the Prussian state railways increa sed
100000 marks during the first quarter
of 1896, as compared with the same pc
riod of 1895. The increase in the paH;en.
ger traffic was per cent, and the in
crease in the freight traffic was 10 per
cent.
Some months ago the Militair Woch-
onblatt. always considered an official or
gan ,astonished the reichstag by follow
ing its discussion against duelling with
an article UNFOLDING duels and duellists.
Later the minister of war, Baron Bron-
slit Won Schellendorf, disclaimed re-
Utility for the utterances of the ne
re zeal referred to. But the latest num-
j. = %. the paper again contains two ar
tcies in favor of duelling in the army.
declaring that without it the army
would degenerate. The article has
caused great deal of stir. as it is said
in army circles that the emperor himself
is in favor of duelling, and that the pa
per, therefore, can disregard the wishes
of the war office. His majesty's frequent
pardoning of duellists certainly gives
color to this opinion. 1t is expected that
the matter will be again ventilated in
the reichstag.
Prince Frederick of Sache- Meiningen
has gone to Florence to live He intends
to devote himself entirely to painting.
and is also clever literary man. His
wife is a daughter of the German novel
list, Wilhelm Jensen. The emperor re-
Gently made her Baroness Won Saal-
feldt.
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