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are being made against the official re-
ception of the English naval architects
who are coming to Berlin on June 10th,
and will be feted at Kroll's Theater by
order of the Kaiser. A large majority
of the press attack the reception OF
these visitors as being something like
an outrage upon national honor and the
German taxpayers.
The "Neuste Nachrichten" deplores
the probability that the Emperor may
even invite the English architects to the
new palace and advises Germans 10
hold themselves aloof from the fete at
Kroll's Thealter. Continuing in this
strain the paper assails the Home De-
partment for the misuse of public
funds in entertaining such guests, and
expresses hope that the Reichstag will
have something to say on the subject.
The International Miners Committee,
which has been in session at Aachen
during the week, was chiefly notable
for the domination of socialist ideas
over mere trade unioniSt ideas. The
English delegates, headed by Ben
Pickard, the labor leader and memter
of the British House of Commons for
Yorkshire; Thomas Burt, M. P, for
Morpeth, and other exponents of trades
uniOnism were borne down before the
French and Belgian socialist votes on
questions of approving the national
ization of mines, State guarantees,
miners sick and Superannuated funds,
a fixed minimum of wages, etc. The
German delegates refrained from VOt
ing on the question of naturalization
of mines on the ground that a bureau
cratic empire could not be intruSted
with control of mines The congress
voted to hold their next session in Lon
don in 1898, and decided to invite Rus
sian and American delegates to attend.
The spring parade Of the Berlin gar
rison took place on the Templehof this
forenoon. The weather was showery,
but the streets were lined with hun
dIeds of thousands of people, extend
ing from the castle to the Templehof
field. The Emperor returned to the cas-
tie at noon at the head of the color COM
pany, and was cheered throughout the
route from the field. Unusual precau-
tlons were taken to keep the populace
at a distance, policemen being sta
toned a few yards apart and hundreds
of mounted police and guards at vari-
Gus points assigned to the duty of driv-
ing the crowds back. This procedure
had the effect TO keep the crowds in
constant uproar and led to innumerable
fights and arrests.
Mrs. Uhl, wife of the United States
Embasador to Germany, was received
by the Empress at O'Clock this after
noon.
The "Vorwaerts," the leading organ
of the socialists, asserts that the EN-
peror proposes to give a lecture in the
auditorium of the Chemical Exhibition
building in the Course of the coming
visit of the English naval architects
congress of spiritualists was held
this week in the Alsatlenhof in this city.
Delegates were present from Munich,
Vienna, Prague, Copenhagen, Dresden
and other places. The congress founded
q general union of German oculists
Herr Leopold Engel, editor of the "Das
Wort" was elected Corresponding Sec
retary. Herr Engel, who is the author
OF Der Wahrleitzsucher," and a very
prominent spiritualist, will visit the
United States in the autumn.
Rev. ]. ]. Kilburn, late Of the Amer
fcan chapel in St. Petersburg, will sail
shortly for the United States for the
purpose Of Delivering a series of lee
lures upon his System of memories.
Lahan Frank of Steinway Hall, New
York, has conducted with great sue
cess the concerts of brass orchestra,
which have been given at the Industrial
Exhibition.