The record-union., 1896-09-06
Their Meeting at BreSlau Will be DeYoid
Of Political Importance.
No Successor to Prince Lobanoff.
Rost0vsky Yet Appointed.
The Czar Struck With q Feeling of
Dread Since Count Won ScouvaIoff,
Governor OF Warsaw, Whom He
Has Asked to Act as His Adviser.
Was Stricken With Paralysis.

Has Asked to Act as His Adviser,
Was Stricken With Paralysis.
BERLIN, Sept. 5.--The diplomats
who are assembled at Breslau around
Prince Hohenlohe, the German Impe-
rial Chancellor. include Prince Radolin,
the German ambassador at ST. Peters,
burg; Count Won Osten-Sacken, the
Russian ambassador at Berlin; Baron
MarschaH Won Bieberstein, German
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Count Won
Pourtales of the German Foreign Office.
and Ghermrath Gunther of the German
Imperial Chancellorie
1t had been generally understood that
an important conference was to be held
upon the occasion of the meeting of the
| two Emperors at Breslau between
Prince Hohenlohe and Prince Lobanoff-
Rostovsky, the Russian Minister of
Foreign Affairs, but the sudden death
OF the latter while on his way from
Vienna to join the Car at Kieff has
thrown all of the plans which had been
mapped out for the meeting into state
OF uncertainty, and it is now believed
that most, if not all Of them, will be
dropped for the present, at least.
The representative of the United-As-
sociated Presses who went to Breslau
to report the incidents of the visits of
the Car and Czarina obtained to-day
an expression of opinion from Prince
Radolin that the meeting of the Gar
and the Kaiser would be devoid of all
political Importance, and further, that
the Car will not appoint a successor to
Prince Lobanoff as Minister of Foreign
Affairs until his majesty returns to ST.
Petersburg
If. however, Prince Radolin really
holds such views as these, they are
vastly different from those entertained
by well-informed officials in his own cir
Gle. 1t is positively known that the
Car, before leaving Kieff for Breslau.
telegraphed to Count Won Scouvaloff,
Governor of Warsaw, instructing him to
come to Breslau and act as his majesty's
adviser in place of Prince Lobanoff.
Count Vcr Scoav2loff was almost imme-
diateiy ssllc.,sn with paralysis, and
this circumstance, following so closely
after the death of Prince Lebanon, l.as
struck the Czar with a feeling Of dread
1t is said that he associates his being
deprived of ministerial advice at this
time with the i'll omen of the disaster
on the Hodynski Plain upon the occa-
sion of his coronation at Moscow
Though little is now known Of his
plans, the fact has leaked out that the
Car has instructed Count Won Osten-
Sacken to communicate with Prince
Hohenlohe upon the subject of con-
certed armed action of the political
rrv..-
But whether or not the Czar has de-
cided to reverse the policy of inaction
pursued by Prince Lobanoff, the Kali
ser and Prince Hohenlohe have clearly
altered the attitude of Germany toward
the Porte.
The North German Gazette" in an
article In yesterdays issue commenting
upon the situation in Constantinople.
says: For the first time it is now de-
clared to be a necessity that the Pow
ers shall put stop to outrages by the
Turks, or as official language has
phrased it, Civilized Europe must
adopt an attitude to induce the Porte
to prevent further disorders"
The National Zeitung" goes further
than this, saying: THE Sultan must be
warned that a recurrence of massacres
will endanger his throne and his
dynasty
The Hamburger Corresponding"
semi official journal says: Whatever
the Powers mean to do ought to be done
quickly. There is a shameful stain
upon the Sultan's Government that can
never be cleansed away, for a wild beast
let loose by the authorities is plumber
ing and cruelty slaughtering men,
women and children. The officials of
the Sultan's palace are mainly respon-
sible."
This significant change in the tone of
the semi official press is understood to
be dictated by Baron MarSchalI
Won Bieberstein, who has had
an inkling of the altered ten
dency of the Cars sentiments as
we'll as those of the Kaiser.
Anyhow, it is not conceivable that
after the exchange Of prolonged and in
cessant diplomatic communications the
Gar and the Kaiser could meet with
out entering into discussion of the fore
most topic of European politics.
The troops which took part in to-day's
military parade in honor OF the Car at
Gandau, near Breslau, were COM
manded by Prince Bernard of Sake
Meinengenen, brother-in-law of the
Emperor, and Commander of the Sixth
Corps of the German army.
One of the features of the fetes in
Breslau will be the presence of four
grandchildren of Queen Victoria of
England, the Czarina, Princess Char
lotte of Sake Meinengenen, the En-
peror and Prince Henry of Prussia The
town is overcrowded with visitors, and
the prices asked for the occupancy of
apartments have been increased to five
times their normal rate.
Sedan Day passed almost unnoticed
this year, in contrast with the general
celebration of the day last year. This
is not to be wondered at, however, as
last years celebration marked the twen-
ty-ffth anniversary of the birth of the
empire, for the observances of which
preparations were made.
The conversion of the Bavarian fours
into three and a half per cent. bonds is
proceeding with general public accept
ance. Holders of four per cents who do
not lodge protests before September
18th will be regarded as acquiescing in
the conversion. The success Of the pres
ent movement foreshadows the conver.
sion Of the German imperial loans>